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  • actor, director, and producer. He is one of the most famous and revered ... than six decades and included a wide variety of roles, from Shakespeare's ...
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  • Jamaica is an island nation of the West Indies. The third largest ... island Xaymaca (Jamaica), meaning "Land of Wood and Water." Christopher ...
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  • The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea ... defined as Melanesia. With a land area of 452,860 square kilometers, ...
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  • The Cambridge Platonists are a group of seventeenth century British ... scholars but often lacked the originality of thought of more illustrious ...
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  • British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum mechanics ... Paul Dirac was born in Bristol, England and grew up in the Bishopston ...
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  • Engineering is the discipline of applying technical and scientific ... engineer. Those licensed in specific areas of engineering may have formal ...
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  • Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods. In a ... In Judaism, blasphemy is the uttering of God's name and/or speaking ...
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  • is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Located on the west ... years. However, it only became the capital of the nation after Sri Lanka ...
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  • century in Europe, particularly as a result of the Industrial Revolution. ... have been successful in a number of fields, including retailing ...
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  • Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British ... The State Rooms form the nucleus of the working Palace and are currently ...
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  • objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public ... they are not bound by the competition of the business sector. In this ...
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  • The Boer Wars were fought between British and Dutch settlers of the ... But a new imperial policy arose in England. It aimed to bring the ...
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  • |affiliations = University Alliance Association of Commonwealth ... having an open entry policy. The majority of students are based in the UK ...
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  • eras. Ruskin is also known for his advocacy of "Christian socialism. ... Ruskin was born in London, and raised in south London, the son of ...
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  • William III of England (The Hague, November 14, 1650 – Kensington ... Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English ...
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  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and ... Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947 ...
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  • a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader ... Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth ...
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  • thumb|right|Friedrich II. (the Great), King of Prussia, aged 68, by Anton Graf.]] Frederick II of Prussia, also known as Frederick the Great (January ...
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  • The Bailiwick of Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency ... The defense of all these islands is the responsibility of the United ...
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  • The cross, found in many cultures and religions of the world, is an ... During the Roman Empire, the cross was an instrument of capital punishment ...
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