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81inferiority — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of being lesser Nouns 1. inferiority, minority, subordinacy; inadequacy, deficiency (see insufficiency); minimum; smallness; imperfection; poorness, meanness; subservience. See inequality,… …
82ear — see fields have eyes, and woods have ears little pitchers have large ears you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear walls have ears …
83it takes three generations to make a gentleman — Although apparently not expressed in this form before quot. 1823, the three generation concept was current in the Renaissance period: e.g. 1598 J. KEPERS tr. A. Romei’s Courtier’s Academy 187 He may bee called absolutely noble, who shall have… …
84make — see make hay while the sun shines as you make your bed, so you must lie upon it you cannot make bricks without straw clothes make the man make haste slowly if you don’t make mistakes you don’t make anything …
85sow — noun see a sow may whistle, though it has an ill mouth for it you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear verb see sow dry and set wet as you sow, so you reap they that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind …
86Fashions — ▪ 2009 The faltering global economy determined the direction of fashion during 2008. Initially, the euro s significant appreciation against the dollar proved a boon to style conscious travelers who, visiting the U.S. from abroad as the year …
87Hermès — Infobox Company name = Hermès International, S.A. type = Public (Euronext|RMS) foundation = 1837 founder = Thierry Hermès location = 24 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, Paris, France locations = USA 23 area served = Global locations key people =… …
88Villains in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers — The villains of the Power Rangers universe that appeared in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie were aliens serving or allied to Rita Repulsa and/or, later, Lord Zedd, including… …
89spider — spiderless, adj. spiderlike, adj. /spuy deuhr/, n. 1. any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey. 2. (loosely) any of various other arachnids resembling or… …
90Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
