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Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel
Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel kăm´eren, lŏkh-ēl´ , 1629-1719, chief of the Scottish highland clan of Cameron after 1647. On behalf of Charles II he led his clan in an uprising against the Commonwealth in 1653, and only in 1658 did he submit to the Puritan general George ... Read more
Georgius Agricola Georgius Agricola
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Seneca (the younger) Seneca (the younger)
Seneca the younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) loo´shes enē´es sĕn´eke , c.3 BC-AD 65, Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman, b. Corduba (present-day Córdoba), Spain. He was the son of Seneca the elder. The younger Seneca went to Rome in his childhood,... Read more
Narcissus (mythology) Narcissus (mythology)
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Sir Alan Ayckbourn Sir Alan Ayckbourn
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Sir John Davies Sir John Davies
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Europa (mythology) Europa (mythology)
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Acute stress disorder Acute stress disorder
Acute stress disorder Definition Acute stress disorder (ASD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by a cluster of dissociative and anxiety symptoms that occur within a month of a traumatic stressor. It is a relatively new diagnostic category and was added to the fourth... Read more
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