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Biarritz Biarritz
Biarritz , town (1990 pop. 28,887), Pyrénées-Atlantiques dept., SW France, on the Bay of Biscay near the Spanish border. An ancient fishing village, it was a favorite vacation spot of Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie, whose visits sparked the growth of Biarritz into one of the... Read more
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Eisai The Japanese Buddhist monk Eisai (1141-1215) introduced the Zen Buddhist Rinzai sect to Japan, and under him Zen first became acknowledged as an independent school of Buddhism. He is also responsible for popularizing the cultivation of tea in Japan. Also known by his honorific title of... Read more
Paramahansa Yogananda Paramahansa Yogananda
Yogananda, Paramahansa (1893-1952) An early Indian spiritual teacher who visited and taught in Western countries and who founded the Self-Realization Fellowship. Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakpur, near Calcutta, on January 5, 1893. He manifested psychic powers as a child. As a... Read more
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UKCC n. United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting: a statutory body, established by the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act (1979), that regulated the nursing, midwifery, and health visiting professions in the public interest. The UKCC was superseded in 2002 by... Read more
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goes he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing involving oneself in debt is likely to lead to unhappiness; proverbial saying, late 15th century.what goes around, comes around often used as a comment on someone becoming subject to what they have visited on others. This modern saying (of US origin)... Read more
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pilgrimages, visits to shrines or holy places, were undertaken for a variety of reasons—from piety, as thanksgiving or penance, in hope of a cure, or as a form of holiday. The great and mighty could visit Rome, Jerusalem, or Compostella: Ine of Wessex went to Rome to die c.726; the real... Read more
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Watson, Homer (b Doon, nr. Kitchener, Ontario, 14 Jan. 1855; d Doon, 30 May 1936). Canadian landscape painter, active for most of his life in his home town of Doon. He was mainly self-taught. His early works were rather dry and descriptive, but after a visit to England in 1887–90 his style... Read more
Kumbakonam Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam , city (1991 pop. 150,869), Tamil Nadu state, SE India, on the Kaveri River. Its district, in the richest part of the river delta, has one of the highest population densities in India. Kumbakonam is an agricultural trading center in an area known for its rice and betel leaves.... Read more

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