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  • 71Dowber — This unusual name is a variant form of the more commonly found surname Dauber or Dawber . The name is of early medieval English origin, and is an occupational surname for a plasterer, specifically a builder who used wattle and daub to build walls …

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  • 72gild — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. aurify (see covering). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To give the appearance of gold] Syn. wash, plate, overlay, tinsel, electroplate, overlay with gold, coat with gold leaf. 2. [To adorn] Syn. varnish,… …

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  • 73varnish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shellac, lac, lacquer; spar; gloss, mitigation, whitewash, excuse. v. t. shellac, lacquer, etc.; palliate, glaze, gloss, excuse, whitewash; finish. See smoothness, covering. II (Roget s IV) n. Colors… …

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  • 74palliate — palliate, extenuate, gloze, gloss, whitewash, whiten are comparable when they mean to give a speciously fine appearance to what is base, evil, or erroneous. Palliate may stress the concealing or cloaking or the condoning of the enormity of a… …

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  • 75whitewashing — noun Date: 1663 an act or instance of applying whitewash; also whitewash 3 …

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  • 76Bloody Sunday (1972) — Part of The Troubles Father Edward Daly waving a blood stained white handkerchief while trying to escort the mortally w …

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  • 77Hansie Cronje — Infobox cricketer biography playername = Hansie Cronje country = South Africa fullname = Wessel Johannes Cronje nickname = Hansie dayofbirth = 25 monthofbirth = 9 yearofbirth = 1969 placeofbirth = Bloemfontein countryofbirth = South Africa… …

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  • 78Alhambra — This article is about the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. For other meanings, see: Alhambra (disambiguation). Infobox World Heritage Site WHS = Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada State Party = Spain Type = Cultural Criteria = i, iii, iv ID =… …

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  • 79Cover-up — Snowjob redirects here. For other uses, see Snow Job. For other uses, see Cover Up (disambiguation). A cover up is an attempt, whether successful or not, to conceal evidence of wrong doing, error, incompetence or other embarrassing information.… …

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  • 80Andrea Dworkin — Infobox Person name = Andrea Dworkin image size = caption = birth date = birth date|mf=yes|1946|9|26|mf=y birth place = Camden, New Jersey death date = death date and age|mf=yes|2005|4|9|1946|9|26 death place = Washington, D.C. known for =… …

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