One little thing to note about the English.

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It is unclear when parts of Asia and Asia Minor began using immunotherapy to prevent smallpox deaths, but in the early 18th century, Lady Mary Worthley Montagu, an English aristocrat stationed in Istanbul, made note of the practice and brought it back to England.

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In Sweden, English language news website The Local strikes a suitably Nordic note, reporting that workmen digging a rail tunnel under Stockholm have found Mjoelnir, the hammer used in Norse mythology by the thunder god Thor.

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Several Conservative MPs mentioned the unrest the issue provokes in the ranks, and note that the timing is particularly unfortunate as the English County Council elections loom in May.

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Note that almost all CDS contracts are written under either English or American law as well.

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" The lowest note of the fourth flute, a B-flat, is a fourth higher than the lowest note of the regular alto recorder, which is referred to by the English as the "common flute.

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Note the reference to tea: it has an entirely different place in the English mythorama, our view of how the world should be, to the place that tea, with its parties and Boston Harbour, has in the American.

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The first thing to note is that in the Common Law jurisdictions (largely, but not exclusively, the English speaking world) possession of such vileness is a strict liability offense.

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