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  • 91BURLA — BURLA, family of Jerusalem rabbis from the 18th century onward; members of the Burla family are also found in Greece and Turkey. ISRAEL JACOB BURLA (d. 1798) is mentioned in 1770 as one of the seven leading scholars who headed the Jerusalem… …

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  • 92Paraclete — For the school of Peter Abelard, see Oratory of the Paraclete. Paraclete comes from the Koine Greek word , , paraclete is used to describe the intercessory role of Jesus Christ. And in John 14:16 Jesus says another paraclete will come to help his …

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  • 93Shikasta — For Persian calligraphical style see Shikasta Nasta liq. Infobox Book name = Shikasta title orig = translator = image caption = US first edition cover (Alfred A. Knopf) author = Doris Lessing illustrator = cover artist = country = United States… …

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  • 94Norway in 1814 — For the years in Norway article, see 1814 in Norway. Kingdom of Norway Kongeriget Norge Unrecognized state …

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  • 95Bicameralism (psychology) — Bicameralism (the philosophy of two chamberedness ) is a hypothesis in psychology that argues that the human brain once assumed a state in which cognitive functions were divided between one part of the brain which appears to be speaking , and a… …

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  • 96Operation Willi — was the German code name for the unsuccessful attempt by the SS to kidnap Edward, Duke of Windsor in July 1940 and induce him to work with German dictator Adolf Hitler for either a peace settlement with Britain, or a restoration to the throne… …

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  • 97Occipital vein — Vein: Occipital vein Veins of the head and neck. (Occipial visible at left.) …

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  • 98Battle of Wuzhang Plains — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Wuzhang Plains partof=the Fifth Northern Expedition of Shu of the Three Kingdoms caption= date=April 234 Autumn 234 place=Wuzhang Plains, Shaanxi casus= territory= result=Inconclusive; Shu retreats… …

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  • 99Yakov Bulgakov — Yakov Ivanovich Bulgakov (15 October, 1743 7 July, 1809) was a Russian diplomat best remembered as Catherine II s emissary in Istanbul in the 1780s.Of noble parentage, Bulgakov attended the gymnasium of the newly founded Moscow University. His… …

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  • 100Conrad Weiser — Born Johann Conrad Weiser, Jr. November 2, 1696(1696 11 02) Died July 13, 1760( …

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