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61Drug policy of Sweden — The Drug policy of Sweden is one of zero tolerance, including cannabis, focusing on prevention, treatment, and control, aiming to reduce both the supply of and demand for illegal drugs.[1] Enforcement is in the form of widespread drug testing,… …
62Second Stadtholderless Period — The Second Stadtholderless Period or Era ( nl. Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk) is the designation in Dutch historiography of the period between the death of stadtholder William III on March 19 [This is the date from the Gregorian calendar that… …
63Great Depression — This article is about the severe worldwide economic downturn in the 1930s. For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation) …
64belote — /beuh lot /, n. a card game for two players, using 32 cards and following the same basic rules as klabberjass, popular in France. Also, belotte. [1940 45; < F, of uncert. orig.; the hypothesis that the game was put in its present form by an F.… …
65bridge — bridge1 bridgeable, adj. bridgeless, adj. bridgelike, adj. /brij/, n., v., bridged, bridging, adj. n. 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or… …
66football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… …
67redouble — redoubler, n. /ree dub euhl/, v., redoubled, redoubling, n. v.t. 1. to double; make twice as great: to redouble one s efforts. 2. to echo or reecho. 3. Bridge. to double the double of (an opponent). 4. to go back over: to redouble one s footsteps …
68Andre-Hercule de Fleury — André Hercule de Fleury † Catholic Encyclopedia ► André Hercule de Fleury Born at Lodève, 26 June, 1653; died at Paris, 29 January, 1742. He was a protégé of Cardinal de Bonzi and become chaplain to Maria Theresa in 16790, and to… …
69Blessed Margaret of Savoy — Blessed Margaret of Savoy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Margaret of Savoy Marchioness of Montferrat, born at Pignerol in 1382; died at Alba, 23 November, 1464. She was the only daughter of Louis of Savoy, Prince of Achaia, and of… …
70St. Benedict Joseph Labre — St. Benedict Joseph Labre † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Benedict Joseph Labre Born 26 March, 1748 at Amettes in the Diocese of Boulogne, France; died in Rome 16 April, 1783. He was the eldest of fifteen children. His parents, Jean …
