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  • 71Myanmar — /muy ahn mah/, n. Union of, official name of Burma. * * * I or Burma officially Union of Myanmar Country, Southeast Asia, on the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Area: 261,228 sq mi (676,577 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 42,238,000. Capital:… …

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  • 72Ashford v Thornton — The Court of King s Bench, circa 1808 Court Court of King s Bench Full case name William Ashford v Abraham Thornton …

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  • 73ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit …

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  • 74Charon's obol — Charon and Psyche (1883), a pre Raphaelite interpretation of the myth by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope Charon s obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth[1] of a dead person before burial. According to …

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  • 75Monasteries in Spain — The monasteries in Spain are a rich historical heritage, arts and culture. Spanish monasteries testify to its religious history and political military history, in both the Middle Ages and in earlier times, with the arrival and settlement of the… …

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  • 76Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps — A Navy JROTC cadet salutes during the parading of the colors ceremony held at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the… …

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  • 77law — law1 lawlike, adj. /law/, n. 1. the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision. 2 …

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  • 78Iran, ancient — Introduction also known as  Persia        historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and… …

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  • 79Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin      …

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  • 80Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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