despotisms

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• despotisms — des·pot·ism || despÉ™tɪzm n. tyranny, absolute power and control; dictatorship, rule of a despot …   English contemporary dictionary

• The Indian Sociologist — ( TIS ) was an important Indian nationalist publication in the early twentieth century. Its subtitle was An Organ of Freedom, and Political, Social, and Religious Reform . TIS was edited by Shyamji Krishnavarma from 1905 to 1914, then between… …   Wikipedia

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• Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany — Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in Italian Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Francesco Ferdinando Carlo, in German Leopold Johann Joseph Franz Ferdinand Karl (3 October 1797 ndash; 29 January 1870), of Habsburg Lorraine, was Grand Duke of Tuscany… …   Wikipedia

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• Igor Shafarevich — Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich (Russian: Игорь Ростиславович Шафаревич, born June 3, 1923 in Zhytomyr) is a Russian mathematician, founder of the major school of algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry in the USSR, and a political writer …   Wikipedia

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• The White Haired Girl — (Chinese:白毛女; pinyin: Bái Máo Nǚ) is a Chinese opera and ballet by Yan Jinxuan to a Chinese libretto. The first opera performance was in 1945. The first ballet performance was by Shanghai Dance Academy, Shanghai in 1965.Along with Red Detachment… …   Wikipedia

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