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  • 111Symphonic poem — A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in one movement in which some extramusical program provides a narrative or illustrative element. This programme may come from a poem, a story or novel, a painting, or another source.… …

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  • 112Intentionality — The term intentionality is often simplistically summarised as aboutness . According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is the distinguishing property of mental phenomena of being necessarily directed upon an object, whether real or imaginary .… …

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  • 113Nobility — Nobles redirects here. For other uses, see Nobles (disambiguation). For other uses, see Noble (disambiguation). Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society,… …

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  • 114Ningbo dialect — 寧波閒話 Spoken in People s Republic of China Region Ningbo, Zhejiang province Ethnicity Ningbo peop …

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  • 115Pinter, Harold — born Oct. 10, 1930, London, Eng. British playwright and actor. Born into a working class family, he acted with touring companies until 1959. His early one act plays were followed by the full length The Birthday Party (1958). His next major plays …

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  • 116Southeast Asia, history of — Introduction       history of the area from prehistoric times to the contemporary period. Early society and accomplishments Origins       Knowledge of the early prehistory of Southeast Asia (Southeast Asia, history of) has undergone exceptionally …

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  • 117Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt     Egypt     † …

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  • 118ennui — en·nui (ŏn wē’, ŏn’wē) n. ▸ Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom: » The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters (John Barth). ╂ [French, from Old French enui, from ennuyer,… …

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  • 119ASSIMILATION — ASSIMILATION. In general the sociocultural process in which the sense and consciousness of association with one national and cultural group changes to identification with another such group, so that the merged individual or group may partially or …

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  • 120JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …

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