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51Destructive distillation — Destructive De*struc tive, a. [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif.] Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as,… …
52Destructive sorties — Destructive De*struc tive, a. [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif.] Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as,… …
53Religion — This article is about a general set of beliefs about life, purpose, etc.. For other uses, see Religion (disambiguation). Religious redirects here. For a member of a Catholic religious order, see Religious (Catholicism) …
54James K. Galbraith — (born January 29, 1952) is a progressive American economist who writes frequently for mainstream and liberal publications on economic topics. CareerThe son of renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith and of Catherine (Kitty) Atwater Galbraith,… …
55St Andrews — Infobox UK place official name= St. Andrews gaelic name= Cill Rìmhinn (modern); Cell Rígmonaid, Ceann Righmonaidh (obsolete) static population= 18,000 map type= latitude= 56.336978 longitude= 2.799761 country= Scotland os grid reference= post… …
56Origins of the American Civil War — For events following South Carolina s declaration of secession from the Union, see Battle of Fort Sumter and American Civil War. The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first stage in a conflict that had been brewing for decades. The main explanation… …
57Cotton library — The Lindisfarne Gospels is but one of the treasures collected by Sir Robert Cotton. The Cotton or Cottonian library was collected privately by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton M.P. (1571–1631), an antiquarian and bibliophile, and was the basis of the… …
58Compton Wynyates — Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, circa 1983 Compton Wynyates is a country house in Warwickshire, England, a Grade I listed building. The Tudor period house, an example of Tudor architecture, is constructed of red brick and built around a central… …
59Homeric Greek — is the form of Ancient Greek that was used by Homer in the Iliad and Odyssey. It is an archaic version of Ionic Greek, with admixtures from certain other dialects, such as Aeolic Greek. It later served as the basis of Epic Greek, the language of… …
60Sicilian Baroque — is the distinctive form of Baroque architecture that took hold on the island of Sicily, off the southern coast of Italy, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The style is recognizable not only by its typical Baroque curves and flourishes …
