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  • 121clothing and footwear industry — Introduction also called  apparel and allied industries,  garment industries,  or  soft goods industries,         factories and mills producing outerwear, underwear, headwear, footwear, belts, purses, luggage, gloves, scarfs, ties, and household… …

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  • 122fibre, man-made — Introduction       fibre whose chemical composition, structure, and properties are significantly modified during the manufacturing process. Man made fibres are spun and woven into a huge number of consumer and industrial products, including… …

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  • 123Dancing on Ice — For the most recently concluded series see Dancing on Ice (series 6) Dancing on Ice New 2011 logo Format Talent show Created by …

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  • 124March Upcountry — This article is about the science fiction novel. For Xenephon s account of the march of the Ten Thousand through Persia, see Anabasis (Xenophon). March Upcountry   …

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  • 125The Guarnerius Family —    This is another glorious name in the annals of Cremona. Many of the first connoisseurs, now hesitate whether to apply the epithet greatest to Guarnerius or to Stradiuarius. The palm is therefore divided between them. Certain it is however that …

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  • 126cap — Synonyms and related words: Balmoral, Dutch cap, Panama, Panama hat, Salvation Army bonnet, Stetson, acme, apex, apogee, ascender, astrakhan, back, balaclava helmet, baseball cap, bastard type, beany, beard, bearskin, beaver, befog, belly, beret …

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  • 127close — vb 1 Close, shut are very close synonyms in the sense of to stop or fill in an opening by means of a closure (as a door, a gate, a lid, or a cover) and are often used interchangeably. However, they may have distinctive nuances of meaning and… …

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  • 128mousseline de soie — noun (plural mousselines de soie) Etymology: French, literally, silk muslin Date: 1835 a silk muslin having a crisp finish …

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