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(Encyclopedia)block and tackle: see pulley.bites and stings
(Encyclopedia)bites and stings: see first aid. ...Chandragupta I and II
(Encyclopedia)Chandragupta I and II, Indian emperors. See Gupta. ...Storm and Stress
(Encyclopedia)Storm and Stress: see Sturm und Drang. ...visit and search
(Encyclopedia)visit and search: see search, right of. ...guardian and ward
(Encyclopedia)guardian and ward, in law. A guardian is someone who by appointment or by relationship has the care of a person or that person's property, or both. The protected individual, known as the ward, is cons...population I and II
(Encyclopedia)population I and II, in astronomy: see stellar populations. ...Dablon, Claude
(Encyclopedia)Dablon, Claude klōd däblôNˈ [key], 1619?–1697, French Jesuit missionary in North America. He went from France to Canada in 1655 and worked first among the Onondaga Indians in New York, then (166...Alfonso X, Spanish king of Castile and León
(Encyclopedia)Alfonso X (Alfonso the Wise), 1221–84, Spanish king of Castile and León (1252–84); son and successor of Ferdinand III, whose conquests of the Moors he continued, notably by taking Cádiz (1262). ...Aholah and Aholibah
(Encyclopedia)Aholah əhōˈlə [key], in the Bible, the sisters in an allegory on Israel's idolatry. ...Browse by Subject
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