heroic+achievements

  • 81The Counter-Reformation —     The Counter Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Counter Reformation     The subject will be considered under the following heads:     I. Significance of the term II. Low ebb of Catholic fortunes III. St. Ignatius and the Jesuits,… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 82Palace of Versailles — Versailles redirects here. For the city, see Versailles (commune). For other uses, see Versailles (disambiguation). Palace of Versailles Château de Versailles The interior court of the Palace of Versailles …

    Wikipedia

  • 83Socialist realism — is a teleologically oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism. Although related, it should not be confused with social realism, a type of art that realistically depicts… …

    Wikipedia

  • 84Terry Fox — For other uses, see Terry Fox (disambiguation). Terry Fox …

    Wikipedia

  • 85Shunrō Oshikawa — (押川 春浪, Oshikawa Shunrō?, real name 押川 方存 Oshikawa Masaari ,[1] March 21, 1876 November 16, 1914), was a Japanese author, journalist and editor, best known as a pioneer of science fiction …

    Wikipedia

  • 86Hero (title) — The title of Hero is presented by various governments in recognition of acts of self sacrifice to the state, and great achievements in combat or labor. It is originally a Soviet type honor, and is continued by several nations including Belarus,… …

    Wikipedia

  • 87Terra Nova Expedition — Scott s party at the South Pole, 18 January 1912. L to R: (standing) Oates, Scott, Wilson; (seated) Bowers, Edgar Evans The Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1912), officially the British Antarc …

    Wikipedia

  • 88comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… …

    Universalium

  • 89humanism — /hyooh meuh niz euhm/ or, often, /yooh /, n. 1. any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate. 2. devotion to or study of the humanities. 3. (sometimes cap.) the studies, principles, or culture… …

    Universalium

  • 90Serbia — /serr bee euh/, n. a former kingdom in S Europe: now, with revised boundaries, a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the N part; includes the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. 9,660,000; 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Cap.:… …

    Universalium