The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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Page 171
... practice of cremation may have origi- nated in fires lit beside the dead to provide them with warmth in the afterlife . Fire may also have been believed to light or otherwise facilitate the passage of the soul to the otherworld ...
... practice of cremation may have origi- nated in fires lit beside the dead to provide them with warmth in the afterlife . Fire may also have been believed to light or otherwise facilitate the passage of the soul to the otherworld ...
Page 313
... practice in Jefferson , Texas . After serving as attorney for Marion county , he moved to Dallas in 1887. Elected attorney general of Texas as a Democrat in 1890 and 1892 , he represented the state in important law cases . He was ...
... practice in Jefferson , Texas . After serving as attorney for Marion county , he moved to Dallas in 1887. Elected attorney general of Texas as a Democrat in 1890 and 1892 , he represented the state in important law cases . He was ...
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... practice to a particular dental specialty . More than half of all dental specialists are orthodontists . The others are oral surgeons , pedodontists , periodontists , prosthodontists , endodontists , oral pathologists , and public ...
... practice to a particular dental specialty . More than half of all dental specialists are orthodontists . The others are oral surgeons , pedodontists , periodontists , prosthodontists , endodontists , oral pathologists , and public ...
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