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  • 31Belgium — • Information on the history, education, and cemeteries of the country Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Belgium     Belgium     † …

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  • 32Conflict of Investitures —     Conflict of Investitures     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Conflict of Investitures     (Ger. Investiturstreit.)     The terminus technicus for the great struggle between the popes and the German kings Henry IV and Henry V, during the period 1075 …

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  • 33Michael Levadoux —     Michael Levadoux     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Michael Levadoux     One of the first band of Sulpicians who, owing to the distressed state of religion in France, went to the United States and founded St. Mary s Seminary in Baltimore; born at… …

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  • 34scowl — I. v. n. Frown, look angry, sour, or sullen, lower, glower. II. n. 1. Frown. 2. Gloom, threatening aspect …

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  • 35quarrel# — quarrel n Quarrel, wrangle, altercation, squabble, bickering, spat, tiff are comparable when they mean a dispute marked by anger or discord on both sides. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are found in their corresponding… …

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  • 36Oregon Boundary Question —    D Settled in 1846, 27; occupation of the Columbia by the Astorians made basis of United States claims, 72; Oregon Treaty, 1846, 114; fundamental elements of dispute, 147 149; the Spanish title, 148; the collision at Nootka, 148; Gray s exploit …

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  • 37frown´less — frown «frown», noun, verb. –n. 1. a wrinkling of the forehead in deep thought, anger, or disapproval: »a frown of concentration. 2. any expression or show of disapproval: »Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are (Hartley… …

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  • 38frown´ing|ly — frown «frown», noun, verb. –n. 1. a wrinkling of the forehead in deep thought, anger, or disapproval: »a frown of concentration. 2. any expression or show of disapproval: »Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are (Hartley… …

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  • 39frown´er — frown «frown», noun, verb. –n. 1. a wrinkling of the forehead in deep thought, anger, or disapproval: »a frown of concentration. 2. any expression or show of disapproval: »Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are (Hartley… …

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  • 40France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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