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#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|chapter=Foreword|passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him {{...}} of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous '''century''' and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}

#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-20|volume=408|issue=8845|magazine=w:The Economist

|titletitleurl=[httphttps://www.economist.com/newsbusiness/http:2013/07/www.economist.com20/news/business/21582001the-armyattack-newof-onlinethe-courses-scaring-wits-out-traditional-universities-can-they moocs|title=The attack of the MOOCs]

|passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over '''centuries''' have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717183119/https://www.economist.com/business/2013/07/20/the-attack-of-the-moocs}}

#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Glen Jankowski|title=Alopecia in art history: The many ways women’s hair loss has been interpreted|magazine=w:CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/alopecia-in-art-history-wellness|date=2024-03-31|passage=In 16th and 17th '''century''' Britain, for example, women’s alopecia was sometimes interpreted as retribution for sins, including adultery.}}

# A [[unit]] in [[ancient]] [[Roman]] army, originally of 100 [[army]] soldiers as part of a [[cohort]], later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a [[centurion]].

#: {{hol|en|maniple|cohort|legion}}