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  • 1212003 University of Bristol admissions controversy — The 2003 University of Bristol admissions controversy was an argument over the admissions process for the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. It was sparked by concerns over the fairness of the admissions system for Bristol and concerns… …

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  • 122Pierre Desfontaines — The Abbé Pierre François Guyot Desfontaines (1685 in Rouen 16 December1745 in Paris) was a French journalist, translator and popular historian.Known today for his quarrels with Voltaire, Desfontaines can be regarded as the founder of the new… …

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  • 123Theodore Prodromus — (Greek: Θεόδορος Πρόδρομος, d. c. 1166), also known as Ptochoprodromus (Πτοχοπρόδρομος = Poor Prodromus ), was a Byzantine writer, well known for his prose and poetry, some of which is in the vernacular. He wrote many occasional pieces for a… …

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  • 124Philitas of Cos — Infobox Writer name= Philitas of Cos caption= The Philosopher (circa|250–200 BC) from the Antikythera wreck illustrates the style used by Hecataeus in his bronze of Philitas. birthdate= c. 340 BC deathdate= c. 285 BC occupation= Scholar and poet… …

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  • 125Student prank — University students have a long association with pranks and japes. [ [http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/pranks.shtml Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library : FAQ Student pranks ] ] [ [http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/student pranks.html… …

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  • 126Charles A. Goodrich — Reverend Charles Augustus Goodrich (1790–1862) was an American author and Congregational minister, who popularized the motto a place for everything and everything in its place . Life and works Goodrich graduated from Yale University in 1812,… …

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  • 127Ablabius — (Greek polytonic|Αβλάβιος) was the name of several different people in the ancient world. It also may be the name by which those known as Ablavius were sometimes called.Ablabius was a physician on whose death there is an epigram by Theosebia in… …

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  • 128Thomas Bancroft — Infobox Person name = Thomas Bancroft image size = caption = ... where his parents are buried in Swarston Church.(sic) birth date = before 1633Dictionary of National Biography now in the public domain] birth place = Swarkestone, Derbyshire death… …

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