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101William Howard Taft: Defense of a High Tariff — ▪ Primary Source Taft and the Republicans promised a lowering of tariffs during the 1908 campaign. When Taft took office he called a special session of Congress for this purpose. The House reported a bill that did lower most duties,… …
102Cenni di Petro Cimabue — Cenni di Petro Cimabue † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Cenni di Petro Cimabue Florentine painter, born 1240; died after 1301; the legendary founder of Italian painting and reputed master of Giotto. Vasari begins his biography with these… …
103Diocese of Cork — Diocese of Cork † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Diocese of Cork (Corcagia, Corcagiensis). In Ireland, suffragan of Cashel. St. Finbarr was the founder and first bishop of this see. He was born about the middle of the sixth century at… …
104Martin Chuzzlewit — The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit Vie et aventures de Martin Chuzzlewit Frontispice de Martin Chuzzlewit par P …
105Salo, Gaspar di — , Brescia, dates from 1560 to 1610. This celebrated artiste was the contemporary of the ancient Amatis, and is thought by some connoisseurs to have been the master of Andrew. However that may be, as there can be no certainty of the fact, the… …
106lot — [[t]lɒ̱t[/t]] ♦ lots 1) QUANT: QUANT of n A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them. A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export... I remember a lot of… …
107lightness — lightness, light mindedness, levity, frivolity, flippancy, volatility, flightiness are comparable when denoting the quality, manner, or attitude of one who is irresponsibly gay or indifferent especially when seriousness is expected. Lightness… …
108Compitalia — Procession of the Compitalia, drawing from a fragment of bas relief in the former Lateran Museum In ancient Roman religion, the Compitalia (Latin: Ludi Compitalicii) was a festival celebrated once a year in honor of the …
109Soft despotism — is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by a network of small complicated rules might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called hard despotism ) in the sense that it is… …
110Kristiya Sanyasa Samaj, Kurisumala Ashram — Kurisumala Ashram is a Cistercian Monastery in Syro Malankara Catholic Church. Kurisu is the translation of the word Cross, into Malayalam the language of Kerala, the small State in the South West tip of India; Mala means mountain; Ashram means… …
