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John Norris
John Norris 1657-1711, English clergyman and philosopher. As the most prominent follower of Malebranche he wrote, in exposition of that philosopher's system, An Essay towards the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World (1701-4). Previously he had been one of the earliest critics of Locke's ... Read more |
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Townsville
Townsville city (1991 pop. 101,398), NE Queensland, Australia, on Cleveland Bay. It is a major port. Wool, hides, meat, copper, and sugar are the chief exports. Copper and sugar refining, meat and fish packing and freezing, and cement making are other industries. Within easy reach of the Great... Read more |
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Barry Marshall
Marshall, Barry J. (1951- ) Australian physician Barry Marshall was born in Perth, Australia. He is a physician with a clinical and research interest in gastroenterology. He is internationally recognized for his discovery that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the major cause of stomach... Read more |
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Malcolm II
Malcolm II (d. 1034), king of ‘Scotland’ (1005–34). Son of Kenneth II, Malcolm was known to later generations as ‘the most victorious’, and at his death was described by an Irish chronicler as ‘the honour of all the west of Europe’. His career was not... Read more |
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blackjack
blackjack one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. Each player receives one card face down and bets that this card plus additional cards dealt face up will... Read more |
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Dunkeld
Dunkeld , village, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland. It was a center of Celtic Christianity and the seat of the early Scottish kings.... Read more |
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Schiehallion
Schiehallion (mountain) Perth. ‘Fairy hill of the Caledonians’. Gaelic sidh.... Read more |
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Bask: Townsville beat Perth despite losing Mackinnon
...Sports News (Australia) 11-12-2000 Bask: Townsville beat Perth despite losing Mackinnon TOWNSVILLE, Nov 11 AAP - The NBL's controversial...58 to play in the Crocodiles'win over ... |