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Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval Trumpeter, flugelhornist Played with Dizzy in Cuba and Beyond “No Signs” A New Life Selected discography Sources The 1994 release Arturo Sandoval Plays Trumpet Concertos may have marked contemporary jazz label GRP’s first foray into classical music, as Paul... Read more |
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Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday in the Christian calendar, the Sunday before Easter , sixth and last Sunday in Lent , and the first day of Holy Week . It recalls the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem riding upon an ass, when his followers shouted "Hosanna" and scattered palms in his path. In the Roman Catholic and... Read more |
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Sabbatarians
Sabbatarians persons who insist upon strict observance of Sunday as the Sabbath . Societies promoting Sabbatarian objectives include the Lord's Day Alliance of the United States and the Lord's Day Observance Society in England. In the United States, Sabbatarian laws, known as blue laws, which bar... Read more |
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Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent urban area (1991 pop. 47,930), Staffordshire, W central England, on the Trent River and the Grand Trunk Canal. Brewing, begun there by Benedictine monks, is the most famous industry. From the 11th cent. to the Reformation, the area's history was closely connected with the... Read more |
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Staffordshire
Staffordshire , county (1991 pop. 1,020,300), 1,157 sq mi (2,997 sq km), W central England. The county seat is Stafford . The terrain is gently undulating except for a district of rugged moorlands in the north. The principal river is the Trent, which has various tributaries. Much of the land is... Read more |
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Defeasible
DEFEASIBLE Potentially subject to defeat, termination, or annulment upon the occurrence of a future action or event, or the performance of a condition subsequent. The most common legal application of the term is with respect to estates as interest in land, such as in the case of a conveyance... Read more |
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Birthday
Birthday The celebration of the anniversary of one's birth is a phenomenon of modern industrial society. It is connected to the rise of a scientific way of thinking and to new attitudes about children and childhood. Perfection of the calendar by the Egyptians and Mesopotamians enabled people to... Read more |
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Logging
LOGGING The cutting of, or commercial dealing in, tree trunks that have been cut down and stripped of all branches. The statutes in certain jurisdictions provide for the marking of logs for the purpose of identification. Once a log is marked, its mark must be recorded, as must any change in... Read more |
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Hillsborough
Hillsborough, Canada, UK, USA 1. UK (Northern Ireland): the Irish name is Cromghlinn. Hillsborough means ‘Hill's Fortified Manor’ from burh; ‘Hill’ referred to Colonel Arthur Hill (c.1601–63), constable and MP for the counties of Down, Antrim, and Armagh. He... Read more |
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Latifundia
Latifundia BIBLIOGRAPHY A latifundium is a large piece of contiguous land that belongs to a single individual or family. It is a form of property as well as a mode of production that for centuries has determined the socioeconomic structures in many parts of the world, even through to the... Read more |
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