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John Dewey is considered the leading progressive educator of the twentieth century, although his ideas reach back to fifth-century BC China and the Greeks.
Jenifer Fox: Education, What are we Talking About? Jenifer Fox 2010
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As holidaymakers ascended the hill to the fifth-century BC site, they were greeted by the slogan: The peoples have the power and never surrender.
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The stories generally agree that she was a fourth- or fifth-century British princess who was engaged to a pagan nobleman from a kingdom that's now part of France.
Bob Schulman: St. Ursula And The Virgins Of The Caribbean Bob Schulman 2011
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A fifth-century rabbinic compilation, the Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana, suggests that on Passover, the beginning of the harvest cycle, we do not know whether crops will be plentiful or not.
Rabbi Barry A. Kenter: Approaching Tishrei: Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away Rabbi Barry A. Kenter 2011
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A fifth-century rabbinic compilation, the Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana, suggests that on Passover, the beginning of the harvest cycle, we do not know whether crops will be plentiful or not.
Rabbi Barry A. Kenter: Approaching Tishrei: Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away Rabbi Barry A. Kenter 2011
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The stories generally agree that she was a fourth- or fifth-century British princess who was engaged to a pagan nobleman from a kingdom that's now part of France.
Bob Schulman: St. Ursula And The Virgins Of The Caribbean Bob Schulman 2011
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There is a tradition said to go back to fifth-century Ireland, in the time of Saint Patrick and Brigid of Kildare, whereby women may make marriage proposals -- but only in leap years.
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Bhakti - The Yoga of Valentine's Day Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2012
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There is a tradition said to go back to fifth-century Ireland, in the time of Saint Patrick and Brigid of Kildare, whereby women may make marriage proposals -- but only in leap years.
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Bhakti - The Yoga of Valentine's Day Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2012
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The stories generally agree that she was a fourth- or fifth-century British princess who was engaged to a pagan nobleman from a kingdom that's now part of France.
Bob Schulman: St. Ursula And The Virgins Of The Caribbean Bob Schulman 2011
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A fifth-century rabbinic compilation, the Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana, suggests that on Passover, the beginning of the harvest cycle, we do not know whether crops will be plentiful or not.
Rabbi Barry A. Kenter: Approaching Tishrei: Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away Rabbi Barry A. Kenter 2011
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