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  • 101rhythm — rhythmless, adj. /ridh euhm/, n. 1. movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like. 2. Music. a. the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic… …

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  • 102Romance languages — romance1 (def. 8). [1770 80] * * * Group of related languages derived from Latin, with nearly 920 million native speakers. The major Romance languages French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are national languages. French is probably… …

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  • 103singsong — /sing sawng , song /, n. 1. verse, or a piece of verse, that is monotonously jingly in rhythm and pattern of pitch. 2. monotonous rhythmical cadence, tone, or sound. 3. Brit. an unrehearsed singing of well known songs by an audience or other… …

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  • 104Jacq, Christian — ▪ 2001       “Life was so monotonous.” So begins Nefer the Silent, the first volume of The Stone of Light, a series of historical novels about the artists who created the legendary tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs and the soldiers who guarded the… …

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  • 105Denmark — • History includes politics, religion, literary, and art Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Denmark     Denmark     † …

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  • 106Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …

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  • 107Numismatics — • The science of coins and medals Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Numismatics     Numismatics     † …

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  • 108Spain — • This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions …

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  • 109Fauna of A Series of Unfortunate Events — Lemony Snicket s novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events mentions numerous forms of wild and domestic fauna. Though many such animals are only described in passing – swans, marmosets, manatees, carrier pigeons, butterflies, and yaks to name a …

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  • 110Metroid II: Return of Samus — Metroid 2 redirects here. For the second game in the Metroid Prime metaseries, see Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Metroid II: Return of Samus European box art …

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