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  • text=Garnet is a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. Garnets are most often seen in red, but ...
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  • on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt to serve as that port's landmark ... Founded by Alexander the Great, it was home to a significant number of Greeks ...
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  • The lung is either of the two primary respiratory organs in air-breathing ... In addition to respiratory functions, lungs also play important non ...
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  • reason and Aristotelian doctrines are unable to prove it. In spite of efforts ... Pomponazzi also radically criticized what are generally thought of ...
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  • India launched in August 1942, in response to Mahatma Gandhi's call ... driving force behind Britain's decision to leave India. However, the political ...
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  • Coral reef is the term for any fully marine, underwater ecosystem ... In addition to their vital ecological function, coral reefs provide ...
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  • Sontag, originally named Susan Rosenblatt, was born in New York City ... studies at Berkeley, but transferred to the University of Chicago, ...
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  • In logic, a theorem is formally meant to be a formula that can be ... The proof of a mathematical theorem is a logical argument demonstrating ...
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  • text=Moloch is a Canaanite god in the Old Testament associated with human sacrifice. While no particular form of Moloch is known due to the ambiguity ...
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  • Refugee was defined as a legal group in response to the large numbers ... The lead international agency coordinating refugee protection is the ...
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  • Sirach), also called Ecclesiasticus (not to be confused with Ecclesiastes ... Greek for "church book"). Today it is more frequently known as Ben ...
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  • A boat is a watercraft designed to float on and provide transport ... In naval terms, a boat is small enough to be carried aboard another ...
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  • Aquamarine (Lat. aqua marina, "water of the sea") is a gemstone ... yellow beryl, such as occurs in Brazil, is sometimes called aquamarine ...
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  • , is the Japanese festival honoring the autumn moon, a variant of ... bounty in the future. The celebration is now so popular in Japan that ...
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  • Kidnapping is the crime of taking away of a person by force, deceit ... As humankind becomes more aware of the need to recognize all people ...
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  • in Greece and raised in Wales, he emigrated to the United States at the age ... In 1890, Harper’s sent Hearn to Japan as a newspaper correspondent ...
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  • of the Morioka Clan in Iwate, he converted to Christianity while a student ... 1930s. He wrote many books in English, and is most famous in the West for ...
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  • Palm Sunday is a Christian feast day which falls on the Sunday before ... The holiday is celebrated with processions in which Christians carry ...
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  • known for applying evolutionary theory to the study of politics and ethics ... one of nine children born, but the only one to survive childhood. Coming from ...
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  • presidential election but narrowly lost to the Republican nominee, Richard ... Humphrey was strongly committed to achieving civil rights for all ...
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