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  • 111international trade — Introduction       economic transactions that are made between countries. Among the items commonly traded are consumer goods, such as television sets and clothing; capital goods, such as machinery; and raw materials and food. Other transactions… …

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  • 112Louis Pasteur —     Louis Pasteur     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Louis Pasteur     Chemist, founder of physio chemistry, father of bacteriology, inventor of bio therapeutics; born at Dole, Jura, France, 27 December, 1822; died near Sevres, 28 September, 1895. His …

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  • 113St. Alphonsus Liguori —     St. Alphonsus Liguori     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Alphonsus Liguori     Born at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at Nocera de Pagani, 1 August, 1787. The eighteenth century was not an age remarkable for depth of… …

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  • 114Kid Baldwin — Catcher Born: October 1, 1864(1864 10 01) Newport, Kentucky …

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  • 115Nicola D'Onofrio — Professed Camillian Seminarian, Servant of God Born March 24, 1943 Villamagna, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy Died June 12, 1964 Rome, Italy Honored in Cath …

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  • 116Bacon (Francis) and man’s two-faced kingdom — Francis Bacon and man’s two faced kingdom Antonio Pérez Ramos Two closely related but distinct tenets about Bacon’s philosophy have been all but rejected by contemporary historiography. The first is Bacon’s attachment to the so called British… …

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  • 117Comte and positivism — Robert Brown COMTE’S AIMS The chief aim of all of Auguste Comte’s publications, and the constant mission of his entire working life, was the improvement of human character through the perfecting of human society. He was convinced that the… …

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  • 118History of Denmark — This article is part of a series on Scandinavia Geography Mountains Peninsula Viking Age Old Norse Viking Thing (assembl …

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  • 119Franklin B. Gowen — Infobox Person name = Franklin Benjamin Gowen caption = birth date = birth date|1836|2|9|mf=y birth place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania death date = death date and age|1889|12|13|1836|2|9|mf=y death place = Washington, D.C.Franklin Benjamin Gowen… …

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  • 120William Lloyd Garrison: The Dangers of Slavery (1829) — ▪ Primary Source       Antislavery movements had existed in the United States since the Revolution. They had even received occasional support in the South, on moral grounds; but the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made slavery a seeming… …

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