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  • 31Jon Dellandrea — Jon Samuel Dellandrea, C.M., LLB, EdD, MEd, BA (born October 8, 1949) is a Canadian educator and university currently serving as the Pro Vice Chancellor (Development and External Affairs) at the University of Oxford until Autumn 2008. Biography… …

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  • 32History of algebra — Elementary algebra is the branch of mathematics that deals with solving for the operands of arithmetic equations. Modern or abstract algebra has its origins as an abstraction of elementary algebra. Historians know that the earliest mathematical… …

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  • 33Charles Henry Mackintosh — Born October 1820 Glenmalure Barracks, County Wicklow, Ireland Died 2 November 1896 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Charles Henry MacKin …

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  • 34St. Maximus of Constantinople —     St. Maximus of Constantinople     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Maximus of Constantinople     Known as the Theologian and as Maximus Confessor, born at Constantinople about 580; died in exile 13 August, 662. He is one of the chief names in… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 35television magazines — The television magazine format has become a feature of Chinese television schedules, offering a window on to contemporary society. Magazine shows can be broadly classified as investigative news/current affairs or info tainment formats. The first… …

    Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

  • 36television ratings and surveys — TV ratings and demographic surveys are familiar territory to the institutions of quantitative reporting on the media industries. The need to scope potential and actual audiences for their viewing expectations and preferences has long been part of …

    Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

  • 37adulation — noun /ˈædˌjʊu.leɪ.ʃən/ Flattery; fulsome praise. The adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors. See Also: adulate, adulator, adulatory …

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  • 38Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Nishapuri — Muslim ibn al Hajjaj Born 204/206 AH [1] Nishapur, Iran Died 261 AH /c. 875 Nishapur, Iran Occupation scholar …

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  • 39Knuth, Gustav — (1901 1987)    Actor. Knuth is closely associated with the theaters of Hamburg and Zurich, though he worked for Gustaf Gründgens at the Berlin State Theater from 1937 to 1944. Knuth began his career as a teenager (with very little training) in… …

    Historical dictionary of German Theatre

  • 40Excerpta Valesiana —    A short biography of Constantine I (q.v.) written in the late fourth century by an anonymous pagan author. Compared to the fulsome praise of Eusebios of Caesarea (q.v.), the view of Constantine is surprisingly objective. The author even makes… …

    Historical dictionary of Byzantium