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  • referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the ... Though she shied away from the title of trailblazer, she is often ...
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  • mountain range, forming a continuous chain of highland along the western ... feet (6,960 m) above sea level. The summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Ecuadorean ...
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  • – January 16, 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament ... It covered the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from ...
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  • techniques, such as pointe work, turn-out of the legs, and high extensions; ... In ballet, the expressive, disciplined movement of the human body ...
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  • is used for fishing. Fishing nets are made of mesh usually formed by knotting ... A variety of fishing nets have been developed since antiquity. Local ...
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  • from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus), son of King Pippin ... Charlemagne was crowned Imperator Augustus in Rome on Christmas Day ...
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  • [[Image:Virgil Solis - Tereus Philomela.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rape ... Rape is a form of assault involving the non-consensual use of the ...
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  • Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music ... As the world is increasingly globalized, preservation of traditional ...
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  • but a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts ... resolved to devote himself to the practice of law. He contributed to the ...
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  • his accession) was the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty ... He was reportedly afflicted with some type of disability, and his family ...
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  • John LaFarge (March 31, 1835 – November 14, 1910) was one of the ... A founder and leader of the American watercolor movement by the late ...
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  • He was one of the first to expose the use of psychiatric imprisonment ... Vladimir Bukovsky was born in the town of Belebey, Bashkirian ASSR ...
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  • thumb|right|300px|Albert Einstein, archetype of genius.]] intellectual capacity standing in a class of its own far above that possessed ...
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  • with two neighboring islands, forms one of Australia's external dependent ... works include The Thorn Birds and the Masters of Rome series as well as Morgan ...
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  • El Greco (probably a combination of the Castilian and the Venetian ... a prominent painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. He ...
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  • Prose is a form of written or spoken language that follows the natural ... Works of philosophy, history, economics, journalism, and most fiction ...
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  • The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... priest and missionary and founding member of the Society. Xavier, however ...
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  • generally and the positive contributions of mothers to society. It is complemented ... in Europe commonly celebrated a forerunner of today's holiday, the contemporary ...
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  • Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled ... became unpopular. However, the value of on the job training and practical ...
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  • The Dresdner Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") is a Lutheran ... Reconstruction commenced in January 1993, under the direction of church ...
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