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111hideous — hideously, adv. hideousness, hideosity /hid ee os i tee/, n. /hid ee euhs/, adj. 1. horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster. 2. shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime. 3. distressing;… …
112literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
113Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
114United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
115Hine, Lewis Wickes — born Sept. 26, 1874, Oshkosh, Wis., U.S. died Nov. 3, 1940, Hastings on Hudson, N.Y. U.S. photographer. He was trained as a sociologist. In 1904 he began to photograph immigrants at Ellis Island and the tenements and sweatshops where they lived… …
116Saint Petersburg — I City (pop., 2000: 248,232), west central Florida, U.S. It lies near the tip of Pinellas Peninsula, adjacent to Tampa Bay. Settled in 1876, it became in the late 1940s one of the first Florida cities to encourage tourists to spend their… …
117Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Trial of O. J. Simpson (1995) — ▪ Primary Source Race was a central theme in two of the most publicized events of 1995: the trial of O. J. Simpson and the Million Man March. Simpson, a legendary former National Football League running back, was accused of murdering his ex …
118The Byzantine Empire — The Byzantine Empire † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Byzantine Empire The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at …
1192011 Tucson shooting — First responders at the crime scene outside the Casas Adobes Safeway …
120Controversy and criticism of The X Factor — The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. It is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions and has been franchised in many countries. Since it was first broadcast in 2004, The X Factor has… …
