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  • 91transversality —    by Adam Bryx and Gary Genosko   A critical concept for literary criticism, transversality is introduced by Deleuze in the second edition of Proust and Signs. The concept concerns the kind of communication proper to the transversal dimension of …

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  • 92im´mi|nent|ly — im|mi|nent «IHM uh nuhnt», adjective. 1. likely to happen soon; about to occur: »The black clouds, thunder, and lightning show that a storm is imminent. 2. projecting or leaning forward; overhanging: »Flake by flake, the beetling avalanches Build …

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  • 93im|mi|nent — «IHM uh nuhnt», adjective. 1. likely to happen soon; about to occur: »The black clouds, thunder, and lightning show that a storm is imminent. 2. projecting or leaning forward; overhanging: »Flake by flake, the beetling avalanches Build up their… …

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  • 94sweep somebody away — ˌsweep sb aˈlong/aˈway derived usually passive to make sb very interested or involved in sth, especially in a way that makes them forget everything else • They were swept along by the force of their emotions. Main entry: ↑sweepderived …

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  • 95BERAB (Beirav), JACOB — (c. 1474–1546), halakhic authority and leader of the Jewish communities of Palestine, Egypt, and Syria during the first half of the 16th century. Berab was born in Maqueda near Toledo, Spain, and went to Morocco after the expulsion of Jews from… …

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  • 96Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation       January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …

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  • 97baseball — /bays bawl /, n. 1. a game of ball between two nine player teams played usually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 ft. (27 m) apart, forming a circuit that… …

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  • 98United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 99performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 100India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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