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  • 21Portugal — /pawr cheuh geuhl, pohr /; Port. /pawrdd too gahl /, n. a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 9,867,654; 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Cap.: Lisbon. * * * Portugal… …

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  • 22tragedy — /traj i dee/, n., pl. tragedies. 1. a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society …

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  • 23Donizetti, Gaetano — ▪ Italian opera composer Introduction in full  Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti  born Nov. 29, 1797, Bergamo, Cisalpine Republic died April 8, 1848, Bergamo, Lombardy, Austrian Empire  Italian opera composer whose numerous operas in both Italian… …

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  • 24Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand — ▪ Indian leader Introduction byname  Mahatma (“Great Souled”) Gandhi  born Oct. 2, 1869, Porbandar, India died Jan. 30, 1948, Delhi  leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule, considered to be the father of his country. He is …

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  • 25Spinoza —     Benedict Spinoza     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Benedict Spinoza     (d Espinosa, Despinoza).     Born at Amsterdam, 24 Nov., 1632; died at The Hague, 21 Feb., 1677. He belonged to a family of Jewish merchants of moderate means, and was… …

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  • 26St. Isidore of Pelusium —     St. Isidore of Pelusium     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Isidore of Pelusium     Born at Alexandria in the latter half of the fourth century; d. not later than 449 50. He is occasionally designated through mistake as Isidore of Damietta.… …

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  • 27parity — I noun alikeness, analogy, approximation, balance, close correspondence, coequality, comparability, comparison, correlation, correspondence, equability, equality, equation, equilibrium, equipoise, equivalence, equivalency, identical value,… …

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  • 28composure — I noun aequus animus, aplomb, balance, calm, calmness, command of one s faculties, command of temper, complacence, constraint, content, contentment, control, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, forbearance, fortitude, harmony,… …

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  • 29consonance — I noun accord, accordance, agreement, assent, assonance, attunement, chorus, coherence, coincidence, compatibility, compliance, concert, conciliation, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, consensus, consistency, continuity,… …

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  • 30uniformity — I noun absence of diversity, absence of variation, conformity, consistency, constancy, continuity, equability, evenness, homogeneity, levelness, order, persistence, regularity, singleness, smoothness, stability, standardization, symmetry, unity… …

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