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  • 1demur — v. n. 1. Hesitate, pause, stop, waver, be in doubt, stop to consider. 2. Object, raise objections, scruple, state scruples, take exceptions …

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  • 2ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim… …

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  • 3England (Since the Reformation) —     England (Since the Reformation)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Since the Reformation)     The Protestant Reformation is the great dividing line in the history of England, as of Europe generally. This momentous Revolution, the outcome… …

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  • 4Scrupulosity — This article is about pathological guilt over religious or moral issues. For related terms, see Scruples (disambiguation). Scrupulosity is a psychological disorder characterized by pathological guilt about moral or religious issues. It is… …

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  • 5Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …

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  • 6German Resistance — The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Hitler from power and overthrow his regime. Their plans… …

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  • 7German resistance — Not to be confused with Werwolf. Memorial plaque to resistance members and wreath at the Bendlerblock, Berlin The German resistance (Widerstand) was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist… …

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  • 8Technological and industrial history of the United States — The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the United States emergence as one of the largest nations in the world as well as the most technologically powerful nation in the world. The availability of land and labor,… …

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  • 9Moscow gold — Northern façade of the building of the Bank of Spain in Madrid. Most of the gold reserves held inside until 1936 were sent to the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War. The term Moscow Gold (Spanish: Oro de Moscú), or alternatively, Gold of… …

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  • 10Napoleon Bonaparte —     Napoleon I (Bonaparte)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Napoleon I (Bonaparte)     Emperor of the French, second son of Charles Marie Bonaparte and Maria Lætitia Ramolino, b. at Ajaccio, in Corsica, 15 August, 1769; d. on the Island of St.… …

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