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  • 1Low intensity conflict — (LIC) is the use of military forces applied selectively and with restraint to enforce compliance with the policies or objectives of the political body controlling the military force. The term can be used to describe conflicts where at least one… …

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  • 2low — [adj1] close to the ground; short below, beneath, bottom, bottommost, crouched, decumbent, deep, depressed, flat, ground level, inferior, junior, lesser, level, little, lowering, low hanging, low lying, low set, minor, nether, not high, profound …

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  • 3low life — noun 1. Sordid social circumstances 2. People of low social class 3. (also lowˈlife) the criminal fraternity or a member of it 4. (also lowˈlife) anyone considered dishonest or disreputable • • • Main Entry: ↑low * * * ˈlow life [ …

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  • 4Low German house — Dat groode Hus, a 1795 Low German house at the Winsen Museum Farm …

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  • 5Edward Low — For other people named Edward Low, see Edward Low (disambiguation). Edward Low ca. 1690 – ca. 1724 …

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  • 6The High End of Low — Studio album by Marilyn Manson Released …

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  • 7Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal — (10 June, 1759, at Prostiebor (now Prostiboř), near Kladrau, in the district of Pilsen, Bohemia ndash; 12 December 12, 1849 Vienna) was an Austrian merchant.During the famine in Ansbach in the middle of the eighteenth century, Hofmann s parents… …

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  • 8To lie low — Lie Lie, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n), ({Lien} (l[imac] [e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.] [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan …

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  • 9Connoisseur — For other uses, see Connoisseur (disambiguation). A connoisseur (French connaisseur, from Middle French connoistre, then connaître meaning to be acquainted with or to know somebody/something. ) is a person who has a great deal of knowledge about… …

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  • 10Chancellor Williams — Chancellor James Williams (December 22, 1898, Bennettsville, South Carolina – December 7, 1992, Washington, DC) was an African American sociologist, historian and writer. He was the author of The Destruction of Black Civilization (1971), a work… …

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