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  2. George F. Kennan - Wikipedia

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    In 1929, Kennan began his program in history, politics, culture, and the Russian language at the Oriental Institute of the University of Berlin. In doing so, he followed in the footsteps of his grandfather's younger cousin, George Kennan (1845–1924), a major 19th century expert on Imperial Russia and author of Siberia and the Exile System , a ...

  3. Audre Lorde - Wikipedia

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    Gloria Joseph. Children. 2. Audre Lorde (/ ˈɔːdri ˈlɔːrd / AW-dree LORD; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet" who ...

  4. In This World - Wikipedia

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    UK£950,000. In This World is a 2002 British docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film follows two young Afghan refugees, Jamal Udin Torabi and Enayatullah, as they leave a refugee camp in Pakistan for a better life in London. Since their journey is illegal, it is fraught with danger, and they must use back-channels, bribes, and ...

  5. Ambiguity - Wikipedia

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    A common aspect of ambiguity is uncertainty. It is thus an attribute of any idea or statement whose intended meaning cannot be definitively resolved, according to a rule or process with a finite number of steps. (The prefix ambi - reflects the idea of "two", as in "two meanings"). The concept of ambiguity is generally contrasted with vagueness.

  6. Invictus (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Bands of rebels range over the land. A unit of the army's finest is dispatched to restore the peace. Their commander is Vitellius, a veteran of unmatched ambition. Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro are amongst the Roman troops. Their mission is fraught with danger: on the one hand, feuding tribes, challenging terrain and an embittered populace.

  7. Eristic - Wikipedia

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    Eristic was a type of "question-and-answer" [3] teaching method popularized by the Sophists, such as Euthydemos and Dionysiodoros.Students learned eristic arguments to "refute their opponent, no matter whether he [said] yes or no in answer to their initial question".

  8. Rimrunners - Wikipedia

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    PS3553.H358 R56 1989. Rimrunners is a science fiction novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh, set in her Alliance-Union universe, in which humanity has split into three major power blocs: Union, the Merchanter's Alliance and Earth. Chronologically, the book follows immediately after the author's Downbelow Station and is one of Cherryh's series ...

  9. Louis Félicien de Saulcy - Wikipedia

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    Louis Félicien Joseph Caignart de Saulcy. Louis Félicien Joseph Caignart de Saulcy (19 March 1807 – 4 November 1880), better known as simply Félicien or Félix de Saulcy, was a French numismatist, Orientalist, and archaeologist. Shihan stele, in the Louvre. Sarcophagus of Helena of Adiabene.