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  • 91Hit — Hit, n. 1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. [1913 Webster] So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A stroke of… …

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  • 92Sacrifice hit — Hit Hit, n. 1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. [1913 Webster] So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A stroke …

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  • 93Safe hit — Hit Hit, n. 1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. [1913 Webster] So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A stroke …

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  • 94Hadith — ( ar. الحديث ArTranslit|al ḥadīth, pl. aḥadīth ; lit . narrative ) are oral traditions relating to the words and deeds of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Hadith collections are regarded as important tools for determining the Sunnah, or Muslim way… …

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  • 95Nathaniel Hawthorne — in the 1860s …

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  • 96Plautus — For the Roman noble, see Rubellius Plautus. Plautus Born c. 254 BC Sarsina, Umbria Died 184 BC Rome …

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  • 97Rome — For the civilization of classical antiquity, see Ancient Rome. For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). Rome Roma    …

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  • 98Democratic–Republican Party — Infobox Historical American Political Party party name= Democratic Republican Party party party articletitle= Democratic Republican Party active= 1792 1824 ideology= Classical liberalism, states rights, agrarianism, republicanism position= N/A… …

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  • 99Orion (mythology) — For other uses, see Orion (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Arion. An engraving of Orion from Johann Bayer s Uranometria, 1603 (US Naval Observatory Library) Orion (Greek: Ὠρίων …

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  • 100Wilhelm Steinitz — Infobox chess player playername = Wilhelm Steinitz caption= birthname = Wilhelm Steinitz country = flag|Austrian Empire USA datebirth = birth date|1836|5|17 placebirth = Prague, Bohemia datedeath = death date and age|1900|8|12|1836|5|7 placedeath …

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