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• rheˌtorical ˈquestion — noun [C] a question that you ask without expecting or wanting an answer …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Dick Turpin — This article is about the highwayman. For other uses, see Dick Turpin (disambiguation). Richard Dick Turpin …   Wikipedia

• Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion — CH 53 Sea Stallion Тип военно транспортный Производитель Sikorsky Aircraft …   Википедия

• Mussato, Albertino — (1261 1329)    Italian scholar and lawyer, conventionally classed as one of the early North Italian pre humanists, but in some recent scholarship discussed as one of the founders of a genuine Renaissance humanism at the very beginning of the 14th …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Scaliger, Josephus Justus — (1540 1609)    French literary and linguistic scholar. The son of an expatriate Italian humanist, Julius Caesar Scaliger, he seems to have believed his father s false claim of descent from the della Scala dynasty that had ruled Verona. He stud… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Valla, Lorenzo — (1407 1457)    Italian humanist, active mainly in Rome and Naples, often regarded as the ablest humanist scholar of the 15th century. He is remembered especially for his innovative approach to linguistic and textual criticism. He was critical of… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Historiography —    During the early Middle Ages, several kinds of historical works were written in the countries that only subsequently constituted the Low Countries and the Dutch Republic, for exam ple, the chronicles of Alpertus Mettensis, Melis Stoke, Emo and …   Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands

• THORBECKE, Johan Rudolf — (1798–1872)    Statesman and his torian. Thorbecke became professor of law at Leiden University in 1831. During his studies in Germany, he was influenced by the His torical School of Friedrich Karl von Savigny (1779–1861), as evi denced in… …   Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands

• high — The highest price of the day for a particular futures contract. Chicago Board of Trade glossary The top price paid for a commodity or its option in a given time period, usually a day or the life of a contract. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary… …   Financial and business terms

• rhetorical question — rhe,torical question noun count a question you ask without expecting or wanting an answer …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English