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  • Majulah Singapura ("Onward Singapore") is the national anthem ... relaunched in the lower key of F major to allow for a "grander and ...
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  • Melaleuca is a genus of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae ... tree"), Melaleuca alternifolia, is notable for its essential oil ...
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  • Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance ... The increasing reliance on the interval of the third as a consonance ...
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  • and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar ... Never afraid that his comments would be offensive and always enjoying ...
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  • jpg|thumb|right|250px|The effigial monument to John Gower in Southwark Cathedral ... A tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. Derived from the ...
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  • Cedar is the common name for a number of trees in different genera ... The term cedar applies not only to the trees but also to the wood ...
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  • 16, 1998) was an American novelist, who is now considered one of the most ... of His Own (1994), Gaddis' importance to the history of American literature ...
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  • The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book, included in the Roman ... which has convinced her city of Bethulia to surrender, she travels to the ...
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  • Alpha and Omega (Greek: Αλφα and Ω) is an appellation of God ... first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God." While the context ...
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  • providing for the return of escaped slaves to their owners regardless of ... the return of fugitive slaves. This seems to have been the only instance ...
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  • such as slave-holders. His ideas helped lead to the American Civil War a decade ... afterwards. He reversed course in the 1820s to attack nationalism in favor ...
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  • and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her story is told in the Book of Genesis ... #039;s uncle Laban, Rachel had been engaged to marry Jacob after he arrived ...
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  • ) is a sort of processed animal hide that is thin, smooth, durable ... Animal vellum is, however, still used for Jewish scrolls, the Torah ...
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  • of space flight. He was among the first to write about the use of liquid ... triggered some speculation on his part as to how one might travel to the ...
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  • The Texas Ranger Division, commonly called the Texas Rangers, is a ... from well researched works of nonfiction to pulp novels, making them significant ...
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  • Royal Observatory at Greenwich translates to an exact time difference of ... (equator and 76° E) and the mountain which is the seat of the gods (the North ...
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  • The Ponzo illusion is an optical illusion where a pair of converging ... The Ponzo illusion is often illustrated with two converging lines ...
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  • Some historians consider the crisis to have been a primary reason ... This struggle brought home to America the widening conflict between ...
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  • Mamba is the common name for any of the several fast-moving, venomous ... Ecologically, mambas provide a valued function by helping to control ...
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  • , is a traditional African concept. The word ubuntu comes from the ... by post-apartheid South Africa, as a vehicle to bring about harmony and cooperation ...
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  • in Vermont, United States until he returned to Russia in 1994 after his citizenship ... Solzhenitsyn's significance in helping to strip away the legitimacy ...
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  • Aikido is a modern Japanese budo (martial art), developed by Morihei ... Aikido techniques can be practiced with or without weapons, in a variety ...
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  • who made significant contributions to the classification of educational ... on mastery learning, showing that it is not innate giftedness that ...
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  • are grounded in reality, in sharp contrast to the characters of many of his ... Boccaccio's poetry would be some of the most widely influential ...
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  • that the imprisoned Swiss mercenaries would be freed to join them, on September ... circular that called on provincial patriots to defend Paris by eliminating ...
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  • members of the Roman Catholic Church, but it is suggested that he played as ... in temporal affairs. Siger’s importance to philosophy lies in his acceptance ...
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  • Bebop or bop is a style of jazz that evolved in the 1940s and is notable ... The innovators of bebop made a conscious decision to create a style ...
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  • Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located ... the loose organizational structure led to a rapid growth of the Baptist ...
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  • poetics, as defined by Louis Zukofsky, were to treat the poem as an object ... sharing the attitudes and approaches to poetry of this core group. ...
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  • |motto = Fiat Lux (Latin) (Let There be Light) ... Clark University is a private research university and liberal arts ...
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  • battles over the seven days, from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond ... James River. Lee's final opportunity to intercept the Union Army was ...
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  • from Earth into space; the green material is the aurora borealis—or plasma ... An ion is an atom, group of atoms, or subatomic particle with a net ...
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  • had been Nikita Khrushchev's attempt to stifle dissent by "letting ... Daniel lied about his age and volunteered to serve at the front. He fought ...
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  • of the Sicilian Expedition, but fled to Sparta after his political ... or under his supervision. Once restored to his native city, however, he ...
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  • milkweed), was also named after the god, due to its numerous uses in folk medicine. Given humanity's universal interest in health and longevity, ...
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  • 1810 – November 12, 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was ... one except the first-born, John (born 1806), to survive infancy. Her father ...
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  • John Lawrence Sullivan (October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918) is ... his $1 million in ring earnings, he retired to a Massachusetts farm. At age ...
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  • A floodplain (or flood plain) is flat or nearly flat land adjacent ... of wildlife. Despite their susceptibility to flooding, floodplains attract ...
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  • Concupiscence usually refers to sinful physical desire, especially ... Jewish tradition tends to consider the tendency to evil, known as ...
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  • composer who became an important contributor to the French opera comique. He ... selling trade, he was allowed, nevertheless, to indulge his fondness for music ...
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  • Mulberry is the common name for any of the deciduous trees comprising ... and ecological benefits. The edible fruit is eaten fresh or used in jams ...
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  • to get this template or go to :Template:Chembox simple organic. --> ... Methionine is an α-amino acid present in many proteins and, together ...
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  • Giftedness in a child is an ability significantly higher than other ... stages of development. Also, giftedness is often distributed unevenly ...
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  • and Nobel Prize winner for Literature. She is considered to be one of the ... Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia to ...
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  • ) is a cultural region, ancient civilization, and nation in East Asia ... of conflicting ideologies. This has led to difficulties in terms of modernization ...
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  • founded The Wall Street Journal in order to present business news in a ... Dow's work remains a substantial contribution to society today ...
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  • most popular of all American presidents up to that time. He won his second ... He supported the Spanish-American War, the purpose of which was to ...
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  • on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus. It is interesting as the first truly ... The kingdom can be traced from the third century B.C.E. until it was ...
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  • Electrostatics is a branch of science that involves the investigation ... of some materials gives them the ability to attract small, light objects ...
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  • The term plastic is applied to a wide range of synthetic and semi ... and the problem of plastic litter that is not biodegradable. To help ...
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