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  • 61ACKORD, ELIAS — (d. 1811), physician, born in Mogilev (White Russia). Ackord, who studied medicine in Berlin, received his medical diploma in 1788 in St. Petersburg. From 1789 he served as an army doctor in Kiev and in Wasilkov, and subsequently practiced as a… …

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  • 62Michael Winner — Winner in 2004. Born Michael Robert Winner 30 October 1935 (1935 10 30) (age 76) London, England …

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  • 63Daniela Denby-Ashe — Born 9 August 1978 (1978 08 09) (age 33) London, England, UK Occupation Actress Years active 1992 present Daniela Denby Ashe (born 9 August 1978) is an English actres …

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  • 64Pole — (3) inhabitant or native of Poland, 1650s, from Ger. Pole, singular of Polen, from Pol. Polanie, lit. field dwellers, from pole field, from PIE root *pele flat, plain (see PLANE (Cf. plane) (n.1)) …

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  • 65polander — n. Pole, native of Poland …

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  • 66pole — n. 1. Extremity (of an axis or a diameter). 2. Staff, rod, stick. 3. Rod, perch. 4. Shaft, thill. 5. Polander, native of Poland. 6. Polestar, north star, loadstar, Polaris. 7. Firmament, sky …

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  • 67polonium — [pə lō′nē əm] n. [ModL: so named (1898) by its co discoverer CURIE Marie, after her native land, Poland (ML Polonia) + IUM] a radioactive, nonmetallic chemical element formed naturally by the disintegration of radium or synthetically by the… …

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  • 68Chelmer — native of Chelm (ancient Jewish town in Poland known in folklore as the Town of Fools) …

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  • 69literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 70Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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