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pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

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Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

6 Important Mughal Emperors

Sailboat against a beautiful landscape

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Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Binary Computer Code, Binary Code, Internet, Technology, Password, Data

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contralto

vocal range

Also known as: female alto

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Key People:: Marian Anderson; Annie Louise Cary; Ernestine Schumann-Heink; Marietta Alboni; Kathleen Ferrier

Related Topics:: castrato; alto

contralto, in vocal music, the second-highest voice in four-part music, also called alto (q.v.).