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21Garman Sisters — The Garman sisters were the seven daughters of Walter Chancellor Garman, an eccentric Edwardian doctor, and his wife Margaret Frances Magill, who led notoriously high profile lives within artistic circles of interwar London. With their two… …
22humanism — /hyooh meuh niz euhm/ or, often, /yooh /, n. 1. any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate. 2. devotion to or study of the humanities. 3. (sometimes cap.) the studies, principles, or culture… …
23papacy — /pay peuh see/, n., pl. papacies. Rom. Cath. Ch. 1. the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope. 2. the system of ecclesiastical government in which the pope is recognized as the supreme head. 3. the period during which a certain pope is in… …
24Bryan, William Jennings — born March 19, 1860, Salem, Ill., U.S. died July 26, 1925, Dayton, Tenn. U.S. politician and orator. He practiced law at Jacksonville, Ill. (1883–87), before moving to Lincoln, Neb., where he was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1890. In the U.S.… …
25Protestant Heritage — Introduction Protestantism originated in the 16th century Reformation, and its basic doctrines, in addition to those of the ancient Christian creeds, are justification by grace alone through faith, the priesthood of all believers, and the… …
26anarchism — index disorder (lack of order), misrule Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 anarchism …
27advocacy — n 1. support, backing, patronage, active espousal, maintenance, sustenance, Obs. advocation; countenance, favor, endorsement, subscription, sanction, recommendation, approval, approbation, blessing, grace, sponsorship, auspices or auspice, good… …
28neo-conservative — /ˌnioʊ kənˈsɜvətɪv/ (say .neeoh kuhn servuhtiv) adjective 1. espousing what are regarded as more traditional values, sometimes permeated by a religious view, in relation to political agendas that affect social mores. –noun 2. a person espousing… …
29ARAB WORLD, 1945–2006 — The Arab world is divided into four subregions: the Maghreb (morocco , tunisia , algeria , libya , Mauritania), the Nile Valley (egypt and Sudan), the Fertile Crescent (syria , lebanon , iraq , jordan , and the palestinian authority ), and the… …
30Bucentaur — Bu*cen taur, n. [Gr. boy^s ox + ke ntayros centaur.] 1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man. [1913 Webster] 2. [It. bucentoro.] The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic. [1913 Webster] …
