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  • 91content — I con•tent [[t]ˈkɒn tɛnt[/t]] n. 1) Usu., contents a) something that is contained: the contents of a box[/ex] b) the subjects or topics covered in a book or document c) the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document 2) something… …

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  • 92aye — I. /aɪ/ (say uy) adverb 1. yes. –noun (plural ayes) 2. an affirmative vote or voter: the ayes have it. Also, ay. {earlier I, ? variant of Middle English yie, Old English gī yea1 (with loss of y as in …

  • 93ay — Yes; an affirmative vote …

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  • 94aye — aye1 [ā] adv. [ME ai, ay < ON ei < IE base * aiw , vital force > AGE] Old Poet. always; ever: also sp. ay aye2 [ī] adv., interj. [prob. < I, pers. pron.] yes; yea n. an affirmative vote or a person voting affirmatively: Also sp …

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  • 95content — content1 [kən tent′] adj. [OFr < L contentus, pp. of continere: see CONTAIN] 1. happy enough with what one has or is; not desiring something more or different; satisfied 2. willing: used in the British House of Lords as an affirmative vote 3.… …

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  • 96placet — n. an affirmative vote in a church or university assembly. Etymology: L, = it pleases …

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  • 97P.R.O. — pro1 «proh», adverb, adjective, noun, plural pros. –adv., adj. in favor of; for: »to argue a question pro and con (adv.). Being pro one usually meant being anti the other (New Yorker) (adj.). –n. 1. a reason in favor of. The pros and cons of a… …

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  • 98VENEZUELA — (Span. República Bolivariana de Venezuela), republic in northern South America; general population:   24,000,000; Jewish population (2005), est. 15,500 (mainly in the cities of caracas , Valencia, Maracay, Maracaibo, Barquisimeto, San Cristóbal,… …

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  • 99United 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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  • 100Joe Lieberman — Infobox Senator name = Joe Lieberman nationality = American imagesize=220px jr/sr= Junior Senator state=Connecticut term start = January 3, 1989 alongside= Christopher Dodd preceded = Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. residence= New Haven, Connecticut… …

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