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  • 111Richard Pakenham — The Rt Hon Sir Richard Pakenham (May 19 1797 ndash;October 28 1868) was a British diplomat.Pakenham, the fifth son of Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham, by his wife, Louisa, daughter of the Right Hon. John Staples, was born at Pakenham Hall,… …

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  • 112Mischief Night — (also known as Devil s Night, Hell Night, Cabbage Night, Gate Night, Mizzy Night, Miggy Night, Goosing Night, and Egg Nyte) is an annual tradition in parts of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and the United States …

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  • 113Mike Morton (geologist) — Mike Morton Born 11 July 1924 Huddersfield, England Died …

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  • 114Commence — Com*mence (k[o^]m*m[e^]ns ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Commenced} (k[o^]m*m[e^]nst ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Commencing}.] [F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L. com + initiare to begin. See {Initiate}.] 1. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to… …

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  • 115Commenced — Commence Com*mence (k[o^]m*m[e^]ns ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Commenced} (k[o^]m*m[e^]nst ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Commencing}.] [F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L. com + initiare to begin. See {Initiate}.] 1. To have a beginning or origin; to… …

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  • 116Commencing — Commence Com*mence (k[o^]m*m[e^]ns ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Commenced} (k[o^]m*m[e^]nst ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Commencing}.] [F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L. com + initiare to begin. See {Initiate}.] 1. To have a beginning or origin; to… …

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  • 117Graduate — Grad u*ate, v. i. 1. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 118Poll — Poll, n. [Gr. ? the many, the rabble.] One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. [Cambridge Univ., Eng.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 119commence — verb (commenced; commencing) Etymology: Middle English comencen, from Anglo French comencer, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiare, from Latin com + Late Latin initiare to begin, from Latin, to initiate Date: 14th century transitive verb to enter upon ; …

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  • 120Thomas Cavendish — Sir Thomas Cavendish (or Candish) ( 1560Judkins, 2003] 1592) was known as the Navigator because he was the first who deliberately set out to circumnavigate the globe. While members of Magellan s, Loaisa s, Drake s, and Loyola s expeditions had… …

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