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  • 21cut teeth in something — cut (your) teeth in (something) to get your first experience doing a particular kind of work or using a particular skill. He cut his teeth in politics as a campaign manager for a small town mayor. They had just graduated from law school and were… …

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  • 22Elvis Presley — For other uses, see Elvis (disambiguation) and Elvis Presley (disambiguation). Elvis Presley …

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  • 23News from Nowhere — For the album by Air Supply, see News from Nowhere (album). For the Journal of the Oxford English Faculty Opposition, see News from Nowhere: Journal of the Oxford English Faculty Opposition. News from Nowhere (or An Epoch of Rest)   …

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  • 24C.O.P.S. — For other uses, see Cop (disambiguation). CyberCOPS redirects here. For the Japanese TV series, see Dennou Keisatsu Cybercop. C.O.P.S. Logo shown for C.O.P.S. Format Animated series …

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  • 25Bobby Orr — For other people of the same name, see Robert Orr (disambiguation). Bobby Orr Orr in March 2010 …

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  • 26Mahabharat (TV series) — For the 2008 TV series produced by Balaji Telefilms, see Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki. For the 2008 TV series produced by Bobby Bedi, see Mahabharat (2008 TV series). Mahabharat Mahabharat tv series.jpg Genre Indian History Created by Baldev… …

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  • 27on the rack — anxious, often because you are waiting for something or because people are asking you difficult questions. You re left on the rack for three days waiting for the results from the hospital. Here was a respected politician being put on the rack (=… …

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  • 28international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 29Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 30List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …

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