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61Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel — ▪ Mexican leader born May 8, 1753, Corralejo, near Guanajuato, Mexico died July 31, 1811, Chihuahua Catholic priest who is called the father of Mexican independence. Ordained a priest in 1789, he had an uneventful early career, though his… …
62the international community — UK US noun [S] ► POLITICS, GOVERNMENT a phrase used especially by politicians and in newspapers to describe all or several of the countries in the world, or their governments, considered as a group: » The international community , the Secretary… …
63asleep\ at\ the\ switch — adj. phr. 1. Asleep when it is one s duty to move a railroad switch for cars to go on the right track. The new man was asleep at the switch and the two trains crashed. 2. informal Failing to act promptly as expected, not alert to an opportunity.… …
64jump to it! — informal act promptly. → jump …
65foot-dragging — foot′ drag ging or foot′drag ging n. cvb reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly Etymology: 1945–50 …
66dispatch — Verb: To send; to act promptly; to put an end to something; to kill. Noun: A message; speed; an article transmitted to a news agency. See customary despatch …
67foot-dragging — /foot drag ing/, n. reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly. Also, footdragging. [1945 50; from the v. phrase drag one s feet] …
68prompt — promptly, adv. promptness, n. /prompt/, adj., prompter, promptest, v., n. adj. 1. done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply. 2. ready in action; quick to act as occasion demands. 3. quick or alert: prompt to take… …
69The United States of America — The United States of America † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America BOUNDARIES AND AREA On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …
70France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
