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  • 51Henry Flood — (1732 ndash; 2 December 1791), Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, chief justice of the kings bench in Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics. He was …

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  • 52Border Reivers — For other uses, see Border Reivers (disambiguation). Reiver redirects here. For the radio station, see Reiver FM. Reivers redirects here. For the American actor, see David Reivers. For other uses, see The Reivers (disambiguation). Reivers at… …

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  • 53Pal Joey — This article is about the John O Hara novel. For the Frank Sinatra film, see Pal Joey (film).For the Broadway musical, see Pal Joey (musical). Pal Joey is a 1939 epistolary novel by John O Hara, which became the basis of the 1940 stage musical… …

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  • 54Postmodern literature — The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily, for example, on fragmentation …

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  • 55Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician) — Infobox Congressman name =Benjamin Franklin Butler state =Massachusetts district =5th, 6th 7th term start =March 4, 1867 term end =March 3, 1873 (5th) March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 (6th) March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 (7th) preceded =John B. Alley …

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  • 56Take Ionescu — Prime Minister of Romania In office December 18, 1921 – January 19, 1922 Monarch Ferdinand I of Romania Preceded by …

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  • 57Strigolniki — The Strigolniki (singular Strigólnik ndash; Стригольник in Russian) were followers of the first Russian heretical sect of the middle of the 14th and first half of the 15th century, established in Pskov and later in Novgorod and Tver. [ B. A.… …

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  • 58John Frith — For the Australian Rugby League player, see John Frith (rugby league). John Frith (1503 ndash;July 4, 1533) was an English Protestant priest, writer, and martyr.Frith was an important contributor to the Christian debate on persecution and… …

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  • 59Tuf Voyaging — is a science fiction novel by George R. R. Martin, first published in 1986. It is a darkly comic meditation on environmentalism and absolute power, and is regarded by many fans as being among Martin s best early work.This fix up novel is a… …

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  • 60Fearless Fosdick — was a long running parody of Chester Gould s police detective character, Dick Tracy . It appeared intermittently as a comic strip within a strip, in Al Capp s classic satirical comic strip Li l Abner (1934 to 1977).Li l Abner s ideel Fearless… …

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