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  • 111Siege of Lathom House — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Lathom House partof=the First English Civil War caption= date=February 27–May 27, 1644 place=Lathom, Lancashire result=Royalist victory combatant1=Royalists combatant2=Parliamentary Army… …

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  • 112Curtis F. Shoup — Born January 11, 1921(1921 01 11) Napenoch, New York Died January 7, 1945(1945 01 07) (aged 23) Tillet, Belgium …

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  • 113heaven — Synonyms and related words: Agapemone, Arcadia, Avalon, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Caelus, Canaan, Civitas Dei, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Erewhon, Garden of Eden, Goshen, Happy Valley, Land of Youth, Laputa, Never Never land,… …

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  • 114lift — Synonyms and related words: Caelus, Great Leap Forward, Olympian heights, Sunday drive, a leg up, abstract, acculturate, acme, advance, advancement, aerial heights, aerosphere, aggrandize, aid, air, airing, ameliorate, amelioration, amend,… …

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  • 115Biggar —    BIGGAR, a parish and market town, in the Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 12 miles (S. E.) from Lanark, on the road from Dumfries to Edinburgh; containing 1865 inhabitants, of whom 1395 are in the town. The original name of this place, as… …

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  • 116Clunie —    CLUNIE, a parish, in the county of Perth, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Blairgowrie; containing 763 inhabitants. This place, which is of remote antiquity, is distinguished as the scene of a battle between the Caledonians and the Romans under… …

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  • 117Kirriemuir —    KIRRIEMUIR, a burgh of barony, market town, and parish, in the county of Forfar; containing, with the village of Northmuir, 7085 inhabitants, of whom 3067 are in the town, 6 miles (W. N. W.) from Forfar, and 20 (N. by W.) from Dundee. This… …

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  • 118links — undulating sandy ground, 1728, from Scottish/Northumbrian link sandy, rolling ground near seashore, from O.E. hlinc rising ground, ridge; perhaps from the same P.Gmc. root as LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.). This type of landscape in Scotland was where golf …

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  • 119bank — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse bakki bank; akin to Old English benc bench more at bench Date: 13th century 1. a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: as a. a piled up mass …

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  • 120Curia Hostilia — Coordinates: 41°53′35″N 12°29′07″E / 41.89306°N 12.48528°E / 41.89306; 12.48528 …

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