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  • 1Piecemeal — Piece meal , adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. m?lum, dat. pl. of m?l part. See {Meal} a portion.] 1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. On which it piecemeal brake. Chapman. [1913 Webster] The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson. [1913 …

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  • 2piecemeal — /pees meel /, adv. 1. piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually: to work piecemeal. 2. into pieces or fragments: to tear a letter piecemeal. adj. 3. done piecemeal. [1250 1300; ME pecemele; r. OE styccemaelum. See PIECE, MEAL] * * * …

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  • 3Disjunction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disjunction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disjunction disjunction disconnection disunity disunion disassociation disengagement Sgm: N 1 discontinuity discontinuity &c. 70 Sgm: N 1 abjunction abjunction Sgm …

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  • 4United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 5Sidgwick, Henry — Sidgwick C.A.J.Coady Unlike John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham, Henry Sidgwick’s is hardly a household name in intellectual circles beyond the world of professional philosophy. His standing amongst many contemporary moral philosophers as possibly …

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  • 6Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 — Tiananmen Square as seen from the Tiananmen Gate in 2004. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese[1] (in part to avoid confusion with two prior Tiananmen Square protests), were a series o …

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  • 7Mayaguez incident — Part of the Vietnam War …

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  • 8Limbmeal — Limb meal (l[i^]m m[=e]l ), adv. [See {Limb}, and {Piecemeal}.] Piecemeal. [Obs.] To tear her limbmeal. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 10Doctor Octopus — This article is about the first Doctor Octopus, Otto Octavius. For the second Doctor Octopus, see Lady Octopus. Doctor Octopus Doctor Octopus drawn by John Romita Jr. Publication information …

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