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  • 111Ostrów Agreement — Vytautas the Great, 17th century painting …

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  • 112Holy Alliance — • The Emperor Francis I of Austria, King Frederick William III of Prussia, and the Tsar Alexander I of Russia, signed a treaty on 26 September, 1815, by which they united in a Holy Alliance. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holy… …

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  • 113Münchausen by Internet — is a pattern of behavior in which Internet users seek attention by feigning illnesses in online venues such as chat rooms, message boards, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC). It has been described in medical literature as a manifestation of factitious …

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  • 114My Bride is a Mermaid — Cover art of the first Japanese manga volume 瀬戸の花嫁 (Seto no Hanayome) …

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  • 115Dysmorphophobia —    or body dysmorphic disorder (from 1891). Uneasiness about one’s looks is probably as old as the human condition. The French poet Baudelaire described in the late 1850s in Scattered thoughts ( Pensées éparses ): The man who believes himself… …

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  • 116LEAs —    The golden era for Local Education Authorities (LEAs) in England and Wales was between the end of the Second World War and the 1974 reorganization of local government, when their position in a national system of education locally administered… …

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  • 117abnormal —    obsolete homosexual    • In the days when heterosexuality was the only accepted norm:     ... lived an institutional life with other men in uniform without ever seriously arousing the suspicion that he was what is called abnormal. (P. Scott,… …

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