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  • 41Vitiosity — Vi ti*os i*ty, n. [L. vitiositas. See {Vicious}.] Viciousness; depravity. [1913 Webster] The perverseness and vitiosity of man s will. South. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 42perverse — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French purvers, pervers, from Latin perversus, from past participle of pervertere Date: 14th century 1. a. turned away from what is right or good ; corrupt b. improper, incorrect c. contrary to the… …

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  • 43Pope Celestine V — Infobox Pope English name=Celestine V birth name=Pietro Angelerio term start=July 7 1294 term end=December 13 1294 predecessor=Nicholas IV successor=Boniface VIII birth date=1215 birthplace= near Isernia, Italy dead=dead|death date=death… …

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  • 44The Black Cat (short story) — Infobox short story | name = The Black Cat title orig = translator = author = Edgar Allan Poe country = United States language = English series = genre = Horror Short story published in = publisher = The Saturday Evening Post media type = Print… …

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  • 45Tree of life — For other uses, see Tree of life (disambiguation). An 1847 depiction of the Norse Yggdrasil as described in the Icelandic Prose Edda by Oluf Olufsen Bagge The concept of a tree of life, a many branched tree illustrating the idea that all life on… …

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  • 46Carolyn Merchant — (born 1936 in Rochester, New York) is an American ecofeminist philosopher and historian of science most famous for her theory on the Death of Nature , whereby she identifies the Enlightenment as the period when science began to atomise, objectify …

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  • 47Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey — Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (December 28, 1802 ndash;October 9, 1894), known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman.He was the son of the 2nd Earl Grey, prime minister at the time of the Reform Bill of 1832.He… …

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  • 48Eliza Haywood — (1693 February 25, 1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. Since the 1980s, Eliza Haywood’s literary works have been gaining in recognition and interest. Described as “prolific even by the standards of a… …

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  • 49Mishpatim — (מִּשְׁפָּטִים Hebrew for “laws,” the second word of the parshah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 21:1–24:18. Jews in the… …

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  • 50Militia (United States) — The role of militia, also known as military service and duty, in the United States is complex and has transformed over time.[1] The term militia can be used to describe any number of groups within the United States. Primarily, these fall into:… …

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