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  • 101Philo Vance — is a fictional character who starred in 12 crime novels written by S. S. Van Dine (the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright), published in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio. He… …

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  • 103Obscurantism — (French: obscurantisme, from the Latin obscurans, “darkening”) is the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or the full details of some matter from becoming known. There are two, common, historical and intellectual, denotations: 1)… …

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  • 104Vinyar Tengwar — is a linguistic journal (ISSN|1054 7606) published by the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, dedicated to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien. Vinyar Tengwar is Quenya for News Letters .IssuesVinyar Tengwar first appeared …

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  • 105Nitpicking (pastime) — This article is about the figurative use of the term. For other uses, see Nitpicking (disambiguation). Nitpicking is the pastime of pointing out minor flaws or mistakes. The term is often used in a negative light. The term comes from the intense… …

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  • 106Acéphale — [ thumb|200px|André Masson’s cover for the first issue of Acéphale . (1936).] Acéphale (from the Greek a cephalus , literally headless ) designates both a public review created by Georges Bataille (which counted five issues, from 1936 to 1939)… …

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  • 107Depiction — is meaning conveyed through pictures. Basically, a picture maps an object to a two dimensional scheme or picture plane. Pictures are made with various materials and techniques, such as painting, drawing, or prints (including photography and… …

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  • 108Henry Denifle — Henry Denifle, in German Heinrich Seuse Denifle (January 16, 1844, Imst, Austrian Tyrol June 10, 1905, Munich), was an Austrian paleographer and historian. Contents 1 Life and work 2 Work on Mysticism 3 Work on Medieval Philosophy …

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  • 109George Alfred Barnard — (September 23, 1915 August 9, 2002) was a British statistician known particularly for his work on the foundations of statistics and on quality control.BiographyGeorge Barnard was born in Walthamstow, London. His father was a cabinet maker and his …

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  • 110Chase Vault — Christ Church Parish Church The Chase Vault is a burial vault in the cemetery of the Christ Church Parish Church in Oistins, Christ Church, Barbados. It is best known for a widespread but unverified story of unexplained incidents in the early… …

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