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  • level of popularity it had in the Baroque era, although most composers still ... in augmentation entering in the bass is common at the end of fugues). Sometimes ...
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  • "Dajjal" (compare to "Devil") is a common Arabic ... reality, for others what follows is an era of peace and justice on a ...
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  • the oboe's tessitura in the Classical era was somewhat broader than ... playing one half-step lower (B4). Classical-era composers who wrote concertos ...
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  • conveyed other grand Hindu concepts to the common people, including consciousness ... The founders of the Haridasa movement shared a common goal. They sought ...
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  • Jacques Rousseau, as were many French during that era, Marie Antoinette was seeking a more natural style; one that would appeal to the common people ...
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  • was a founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense, and played an integral ... as a focal point for various proponents of common-sense philosophy (including ...
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  • assumed rather than constant. Wings, while common in Victorian artwork of fairies ... concerning the dead. This noted many common points of belief, such as ...
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  • to bronze, then steel during the Roman Era, to modern fabrics such as ... soon. The armor dates from the Mycenaean Era around 1400 B.C.E., some 200 ...
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  • in which professionals engage in a common task, in which individuals ... While the worker in the industrial era factory learned how to manipulate ...
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  • rather than bona fide resurrections. Other common associations are the biblical ... to the Book of Acts. Following the apostolic era, many saints were known to ...
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  • novel which attacks Victorian era hypocrisy. Written between ... can be found at all) unaffordable for the common reader. More easily available ...
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  • a judge for the Barnstable County Court of Common Pleas and later won election ... a poet and a historian of the Revolutionary era. However, all of her works ...
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  • Tulip is the common name for any member of the thousands of varieties ... peach aphids, Myzus persicae, an insect common in European gardens of the ...
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  • curve. The term "curve" is more common in vector calculus and differential ... as being required in complex analysis. The era of the space-filling curves ...
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  • century Christians has made them the most common type of surviving Medieval ... In the ninth and tenth centuries of the Common Era, monastic piety ...
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  • The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... The era is often characterized as a long period of peace, known as ...
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  • of feudalism had been swept away, and a new era of democracy had begun. In ... In 1847, Goncharov's first novel, A Common Story, was published; ...
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  • for food. Interestingly, one of the most common artifacts found is garbage. ... of History, from Antiquity to the Modern Era, lists and pictures a variety ...
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  • will be born at the beginning of the third era of the next (ascending) half ... number of time cycles before our present era and there will be an infinite ...
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  • in the late sixteenth century ushered in an era of smaller West African states ... Ghana, and Nigeria throughout the colonial era. France also controlled extensive ...
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  • The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical ... trait among many great artists of the Romantic era. This attitude attributes ...
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  • shelled nautiloid during the Paleozoic era, likely from within the bactritoid ... The majority of ammonoid specimens, especially those of the Paleozoic ...
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  • voyage of 1488. Like many voyages of this era, this one changed the world. ... these voyages of exploration ushered in an era of exploitation. Many indigenous ...
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  • were highly influential during the Victorian era. Coming from a strictly Calvinist ... Carlyle establishes that the bases for common belief and faith are empty ...
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  • fourth of 6 periods making up the Paleozoic era within the Phanerozoic eon ... during the period, and other lifeforms were more common. ...
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  • Sea urchin is the common name for various spiky echinoderms within ... term, sea urchin sometimes is used as the common name for all members of Echinoidea ...
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  • Watergate-era prosecutor Archibald Cox, famous for his firing during ... the peace in 1762, judge of the court of common pleas in 1765, and justice ...
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  • used, but pencils later became more common. Another distinguishing ... original Pitman's, Pitman's New Era, and Pitman's 2000. The ...
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  • times (pre-1500 C.E.). The first important era to mention here is the time ... pilgrims traveled in their company. In an era often labeled a dark age—quite ...
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  • America. There is only one species, the common or Virginia opossum, that ... in 1982, does not support this once-common belief. Rather, both main ...
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  • It was in this era that formerly independent ancient Egyptian states ... to uphold justice, and to act for the common good. The basic moral principles ...
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  • Bartering is traditionally common among people with no access to a ... As bartering lacks a common unit of exchange and standardization, ...
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  • rule, and theoretically ushering in a new era in which political power was ... were held throughout China for the common people, and more than four ...
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  • popular form of drama of the latter Jacobean era. Fletcher remains an important ... form or revised, were by far the most common fare on the English stage ...
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  • Initially political and common-law prisoners were housed together ... The particular character of the apartheid era prisoners, and their disciplined ...
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  • renamed Gorky in his honor during the Soviet era but restored to its original ... Its purpose was to elevate the common factory or agricultural worker ...
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  • the subject of heated debate. The most common historical account credits ... applies to modern players. Some think the era of gharānā has effectively ...
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  • Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden--"the era of great power") at the ... shallower infantry formations than were common in the pike and shot armies ...
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  • #039;s idea making solo improvisation a common practice of the genre. Also ... Famous Dixieland hits of this era included "Basin Street Blues ...
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  • but, like several other bluesmen of his era, he dropped out of the music ... As is typical of his era, James recorded a variety of material: blues ...
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  • The Yayoi period (弥生時代, Yayoi-jidai) is an era in the history ... Burial grounds were located near the villages. The mot common form ...
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  • During the early years of the Common Era, a major internal debate ... Two great Pharisaic teachers emerged during early Common Era: Hillel ...
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  • and musicians (Arnold de Lantins). The era begins with the fall of the ... music of the time. At the start of the era, the notated music is presumed ...
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  • so that they have three strings in common—G, D, and A—and is one ... on higher tension metal strings. It is common to use one on the A-string ...
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  • === Imperial Era === [[Image:yin-yang-and-bagua-near-nanning.jpg|thumb ... === Modern era === During the Industrial and Modern Ages, Chinese philosophy ...
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  • mentality of the American Revolution era. For example, Otis favored ... became friends with Thomas Paine, the author of Common Sense. ...
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  • By far the most common species of fox is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes ... in heat summoning dog-foxes. Contrary to common belief, however, it is also ...
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  • attacks on communists. During the McCarthy era trials, Helen Lynd was questioned ... in the nation, through the network of common social services. In 1923 ...
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  • with his gift for finding and showcasing the era's brightest new talent. ... having no personality. He is the commonest common denominator." Sullivan ...
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  • A common feature of lyric forms is the refrain, whether just one line ... number of syllables or on stress. The most common meters are: ...
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