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  • 91Romeo and Juliet on screen — See also: Shakespeare on screen. William Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet may be the most screened play of all time. The most notable theatrical releases were George Cukor s multi Oscar nominated 1936 production, Franco Zeffirelli s 1968 version,… …

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  • 92Ambrosian Liturgy and Rite — • The liturgy and Rite of the Church of Milan, which derives its name from St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (374 397) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ambrosian Liturgy and Rite     Ambrosian Liturgy and Rite …

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  • 93HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 94SODOM (modern Sedom) AND GOMORRAH — (Heb. וַעֲמֹרָה סְדֹם), two cities in the plain of the Jordan, usually mentioned   together and sometimes with Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela, which is identified with Zoar. The first biblical reference to them is in the account of the boundaries of… …

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  • 95Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns — The quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns (French: querelle des Anciens et des Modernes) was a literary and artistic debate that heated up in the early 1690s and shook the Académie française. Contents 1 Description 2 See also 3 Notes …

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  • 96Goncourt, Edmond and Jules — ▪ French authors in full  Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt  and  Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt  Respectively,   born May 26, 1822, Nancy, France died July 16, 1896, Champrosay born December 17, 1830, Paris died June 20, 1870, Auteuil  French …

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  • 97BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS — Bartelt, Chuck, and Barbara Bergeron, compilers. Variety Obituaries, 19051986. 11 vols. New York: Garland, 1989. Bloom, Ken. The Routledge Guide to Broadway. New York: Routledge, 2007. Bonin, Jane F. Prize Winning American Drama: A… …

    The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • 98The Hedgehog and the Fox — is the title of an essay by Isaiah Berlin, regarding the Russian author Leo Tolstoy s theory of history. The title is a reference to a fragment attributed to the ancient Greek poet Archilochus: πόλλ οἶδ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα ( The fox knows… …

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  • 99Linda and Terry Jamison — (born 1955) are a pair of American identical twins. The Psychic Twins were the only psychics who predicted the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. [http://psychictwins.com/predict.html] While being interviewed on… …

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  • 100MOSS, CELIA (1819–1873) and MARION (1821–1907) — MOSS, CELIA (1819–1873) and MARION (1821–1907), Anglo Jewish writers and educators. The Moss sisters were born in Portsmouth, England, two of the 12 children of Amelia and Joseph Moss. Avid readers, they began writing poetry in early childhood.… …

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