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  • 31artificial intelligence — the capacity of a computer to perform operations analogous to learning and decision making in humans, as by an expert system, a program for CAD or CAM, or a program for the perception and recognition of shapes in computer vision systems. Abbr.:… …

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  • 32GREY, LADY JANE —    the ill fated nine days queen, born at Bradgate, Leicestershire; was the daughter of the Duke of Suffolk and the great granddaughter of Henry VII.; her talents were of a rare order, and sedulously cultivated; she attained to great proficiency… …

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  • 33ZAK, ABRAM — (d. 1893), Russian financier. Zak was born in Bobruisk. An autodidact, he achieved great proficiency in mathematics and foreign languages. He occupied high posts in various financial institutions, and as chairman of the board of the Discount and… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 34Sophia Loren — Infobox actor name = Sophia Loren imagesize = 200px caption = from the trailer for Five Miles to Midnight (1962) birthname = Sofia Villani Scicolone birthdate = birth date and age|mf=yes|1934|9|20 location = Rome, Italy (Cassino) othername =… …

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  • 35Theodore Gardelle — (November 30, 1722 ndash; April 4, 1761) was a Swiss painter and enameller.He was born in Geneva, where he studied portrait miniature painting. Having acquired its first rudiments, he went to Paris in 1744. There he gained great proficiency in… …

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  • 36John Alcock (bishop) — Infobox bishopbiog name =John Alcock religion =Catholic See =Diocese of Ely Title = Bishop of Ely Period = 1486 ndash;1500 Predecessor = John Morton Successor =Richard Redman ordination = bishops = Bishop of Rochester Bishop of Worcester post =… …

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  • 37Close Quarters Battle — (CQB) or close quarters combat (CQC) is a type of fighting in which small units engage the enemy with personal weapons at very short range, potentially to the point of hand to hand combat. In the typical CQB scenario, the attackers try a very… …

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  • 38Pannalal Ghosh — (1911 1960), also known as Amal Jyoti Ghosh, was a Bengali Indian flute (bānsurī) player and composer.Education A virtuoso of Hindustani classical music on the transverse flute, Pt. Pannalal Ghosh was born on July 31, 1911. Born in Barisal, East… …

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  • 39Jo Ann Castle — (born Jo Ann Zering on September 3, 1940, in Bakersfield, California, United States) is a noted ragtime pianist. She adopted the stage name Castle from a type of accordion, another instrument she played with great proficiency. She was often… …

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  • 40Joseph Dacre Carlyle — (4 June 1758 18 April 1804) was an English orientalist, born in Carlisle, England, where his father was a physician. In 1775 he went to Cambridge, and was elected a fellow of Queens College in 1779, taking the degree of Bachelor of Divinity in… …

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