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  • 11Santa Casa di Loreto (Holy House of Loreto) —     Santa Casa di Loreto     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Santa Casa di Loreto     (The Holy House of Loreto).     Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the Holy House of Loreto has been numbered among the most famous shrines of… …

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  • 12Robert Gouger — (26 June 1802 – 4 August 1846) was one of the founders of South Australia and colonial secretary.Early lifeGouger (pronEng|ˈgʊdʒɚ) was the fifth son of nine children of George Gouger (1763 1802), who was a prosperous city merchant, and his wife… …

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  • 13GOUGER, Robert (1802-1846) — one of the founders of South Australia was born on 26 June 1802 and educated at a school in Nottingham. His father, Robert Gouger, was a prosperous city merchant and on leaving school the boy entered his office. He became friendly with Robert… …

    Dictionary of Australian Biography

  • 14History of the United States (1980–1991) — The history of the United States (1980 1991) includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency, eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration, and the first two years of the George H. W. Bush presidency, up to the collapse of the Soviet… …

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  • 15MUSEUMS — In her entry on museums for the 1948 Universal Jewish Encyclopedia the eminent historian of Jewish art Rachel Bernstein Wischnitzer (1885–1989), founding curator of the Jewish Museum in Berlin, cited the origin of collecting and exhibiting of… …

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  • 16Nathaniel Brassey Halhed — (25 May 1751 – 18 February 1830) was an English Orientalist and philologist. Halhed was born at Westminster. He was educated at Harrow, where he began his intimacy with Richard Brinsley Sheridan, which continued after he entered Christ Church,… …

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  • 17Singin' in the Rain (film) — Infobox Film name = Singin in the Rain image size = 215px caption = theatrical poster director = Gene Kelly Stanley Donen producer = Arthur Freed writer = Betty Comden Adolph Green starring = Gene Kelly Donald O Connor Debbie Reynolds Jean Hagen… …

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  • 18Ronald Reagan: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Monday, January 21, 1985       Senator Mathias, Chief Justice Burger, Vice President Bush, Speaker O Neill, Senator Dole, Reverend Clergy, members of my family and friends, and my fellow citizens:       This day has been… …

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  • 19Itineraria — • Under this term are comprised two kinds of works: travellers relations describing the places and countries visited by them, together with such incidents of the voyage as are worth noting; and compilations intended to furnish information for the …

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  • 20Johann Eck —     Johann Eck (Eckius)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Johann Eck (Eckius)     Theologian and principal adversary of Luther, b. 15 Nov., 1486, at Eck in Swabia; d. 10 Feb., 1543, at Ingolstadt. His family name was Maier, and his father, Michael… …

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