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  • 81Twain, Mark — orig. Samuel Langhorne Clemens born Nov. 30, 1835, Florida, Mo., U.S. died April 21, 1910, Redding, Conn. U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer. He grew up in Hannibal, Mo., on the Mississippi River. At age 13 he was apprenticed to a local printer …

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  • 82Japanese literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced by Japanese authors in Japanese or, in its earliest beginnings, at a time when Japan had no written language, in the Chinese classical language.       Both in quantity and quality, Japanese… …

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  • 83Canon of the Old Testament — • Signifies the authoritative list or closed number of the writings composed under Divine inspiration, and destined for the well being of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Canon of the Old Testament      …

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  • 84Duty — • The definition of the term duty given by lexicographers is: something that is due , obligatory service ; something that one is bound to perform or to avoid Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Duty     Duty …

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  • 85Thomas Canon Flanagan —     Thomas Canon Flanagan     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Thomas Canon Flanagan     Born in England in 1814, though Irish by descent; died at Kidderminster, 21 July, 1865. He was educated at Sedgley Park School. At the age of eighteen he proceeded… …

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  • 86MARTENS, Conrad (1801-1878) — artist was born at London, in 1801. His father, J. C. H. Martens, was a German merchant at Hamburg, who settled in England and married an English woman. Little is known of Martens s education and early life, but it is evident that he must have… …

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  • 87congénital — congénital, ale (kon jé ni tal, ta l ) adj. Terme de médecine. Qui naît avec. Maladie congénitale. Déplacements congénitaux. REMARQUE    L Académie dit congénital ou congénial. C est une confusion vicieuse. Congénial dans le sens de congénital… …

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  • 88genial — See congenial. See congenial, genial …

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  • 89host — n. 1) to play host to (who will play host to the next Olympic Games?) 2) a congenial host 3) host to (which city will be host to the next World s Fair?) * * * [həʊst] a congenial host host to (which city will be host to the next World s Pair?) to …

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  • 90affable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. friendly, sociable, gracious; approachable. See courtesy. Ant., discontented, sour, impolite. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sociable, courteous, approachable, friendly; see amiable , friendly 1 . See… …

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