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71Domestic of the Schools — The Domestic of the Schools (Greek: δομέστικος τῶν σχολῶν, domestikos tōn scholōn) was a senior Byzantine military office, extant from the 8th century until at least the early 14th century. Originally simply the commander of the Scholai, the… …
72Sidgwick, Henry — Sidgwick C.A.J.Coady Unlike John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham, Henry Sidgwick’s is hardly a household name in intellectual circles beyond the world of professional philosophy. His standing amongst many contemporary moral philosophers as possibly …
73ruinous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dilapidated, rundown; disastrous, calamitous, desolating, tragic. See deterioration, pain, adversity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Destructive] Syn. pernicious, calamitous, disastrous; see destructive …
74calamitous — adjective (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin the stock market crashed on Black Friday a calamitous defeat the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign such doctrines, if true, would be… …
75Brion Gysin — Infobox Writer name = Brion Gysin imagesize = 180px caption = Brion Gysin (upper left) on the cover of Junk birthname = John Clifford Brian Gysin birthdate = 19 January 1916 birthplace = Taplow, England deathdate = death date and… …
76Elizabeth I of England — Infobox British Royalty|majesty name = Elizabeth I title = Queen of England and Ireland caption = Elizabeth I , Darnley Portrait , c. 1575 reign = 17 November 1558 – 24 March 1603 coronation = 15 January 1559 predecessor = Mary I successor =… …
77Marshall Plan — Labeling used on aid packages The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the large scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of… …
78San Francisco Giants — 2012 San Francisco Giants season Established 1883 Based in San Francisco since 1958 …
79Second Boer War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Anglo Boer War partof=the Boer Wars caption=Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War date=11 October 1899 ndash; 31 May 1902 place=South Africa casus belli=The Jameson Raid, 1895 96 [Thomas Pakenham,… …
80History of Portugal — This article is part of a series Prehistoric Iberi …
