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  • 101sane — sanely, adv. saneness, n. /sayn/, adj., saner, sanest. 1. free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind: a sane person. 2. having or showing reason, sound judgment, or good sense: sane advice. 3. sound; healthy. [1620 30; < L sanus&#8230; …

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  • 102Edison, Thomas Alva — born Feb. 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio, U.S. died Oct. 18, 1931, West Orange, N.J. U.S. inventor. He had very little formal schooling. He set up a laboratory in his father s basement at age 10; at 12 he was earning money selling newspapers and candy on&#8230; …

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  • 103Monk, Maria — ▪ American author and prostitute born June 1, 1816, probably in St. John s, Lower Canada [now Quebec, Can.] died Sept. 4, 1849, Blackwell s Island [now Roosevelt Island], New York, N.Y., U.S.       Canadian American narrator of a salacious and&#8230; …

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  • 104Rudolf, Archduke and Crown Prince of Austria — ▪ crown prince of Austria German  Rudolf, Erzherzog Und Kronprinz Von Österreich   born Aug. 21, 1858, Schloss Laxenburg, near Vienna, Austria died Jan. 30, 1889, Schloss Mayerling, near Vienna       heir to the Austro Hungarian throne whose&#8230; …

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  • 105Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich —     Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich     A Dalmatian Jesuit and well known mathematician, astronomer, and natural philosopher, b. at Ragusa, 18 May 1711; d. at Milan, 13 February, 1787. He was&#8230; …

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  • 106vesania — noun Madness, insanity, mental derangement …

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  • 107superbrain — noun a) An exceptionally intelligent person; a genius. It does not take a superbrain to enumerate specifically the duties expected of a new man... b) An exceptionally powerful brain or artificial intelligence. This first superbrain died after&#8230; …

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  • 108mad as a cut snake — adjective Very angry (ie. mad in the sense of anger, not mental derangement) …

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  • 109distraction — 1. Difficulty or impossibility of concentration or fixation of the mind. 2. A force applied to a body part to separate bony fragments or joint surfaces. [L. dis traho, pp. tractus, to pull in different directions] * * * dis·trac·tion dis trak&#8230; …

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  • 110Dewatto River — Coordinates: 47°27′14″N 123°2′55″W / 47.45389°N 123.04861°W / 47.45389; 123.04861 …

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