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  • 1lighted, lit — The past tense of light is lighted or lit. Thus, it is correct to say Bill lighted a cigar and Bill lit a cigar. Take your choice; one is as standard as the other. True, you are more likely to refer to a lighted cigarette than a lit cigarette,… …

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  • 2Windsor Ruins — Infobox nrhp | name = Windsor Ruins nrhp type = caption = location = Claiborne County, Mississippi nearest city = Port Gibson, Mississippi lat degrees = lat minutes = lat seconds = lat direction = long degrees = long minutes = long seconds = long …

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  • 3San Diego Free Speech Fight — The San Diego Free Speech Fight in San Diego, California in 1912ndash 1913 was one of the most famous of the free speech fights , class conflicts over the free speech rights of labor unions.IntroductionBy the beginning of the 20th century,… …

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  • 4Uncle Cleans Up — (1965) is a children s story written by J. P. Martin as part of his Uncle series. Plot summaryIn this story, Goodman the Cat joins Uncle s supporters. He is rescued from down trodden and hungry service at Wizard Blenkinsop s and throws himself… …

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  • 5Bombay Natural History Society — Infobox Organization name = Bombay Natural History Society image border = size = caption = msize = mcaption = Location of the headquarters of BNHS abbreviation = BNHS motto = formation = 15 September 1883 extinction = type = NGO status = Society… …

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  • 6Crinoline — Bustle cage crinoline, c. 1868, Victoria and Albert Museum. Cutaway vie …

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  • 7The Wild Cat (boat) — The Wild Cat is a green two masted schooner that Captain Flint, the Swallows and Amazons and Peter Duck sail in Arthur Ransome s Swallows and Amazons book Peter Duck . She also appears in the opening chapters of Missee Lee .The ship would have… …

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  • 8Hypnotism — • The nervous sleep, induced by artificial and external means, which has been made the subject of experiment and methodical study by men of science, physicians or physiologists Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hypnotism     Hypn …

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  • 9light — light1 [līt] n. [ME liht < OE lēoht, akin to Ger licht < IE base * leuk , to shine, bright > Gr leukos, white, L lux & lumen, light, lucere, to shine, luna, moon, Welsh llug, gleam] 1. a) the form of electromagnetic radiation that acts… …

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  • 10light — light1 lightful, adj. lightfully, adv. /luyt/, n., adj., lighter, lightest, v., lighted or lit, lighting. n. 1. something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light. 2. Physics …

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