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  • 31spoil — [ spɔıl ] verb ** ▸ 1 make worse ▸ 2 allow child everything ▸ 3 treat someone with care ▸ 4 food: become too old ▸ 5 in election ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to affect something in a way that makes it worse, less attractive, or less enjoyable:… …

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  • 32Bear River massacre — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Bear River caption= partof=the American Civil War (Indian Wars) date=January 29, 1863 place=southeastern Washington Territory (present day Franklin County, Idaho) result=U.S. victory (massacre)… …

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  • 33spoil past tense and past participle spoiled or spoilt, — BrE verb 1 RUIN STH (T) to have a bad effect on something so that it is no longer attractive, enjoyable, useful etc: The countryside has been spoiled by the new freeway. | Don t spoil your sister s birthday by crying at her party. | spoil… …

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  • 34spoil */*/ — UK [spɔɪl] / US verb Word forms spoil : present tense I/you/we/they spoil he/she/it spoils present participle spoiling past tense spoiled or spoilt UK [spɔɪlt] / US past participle spoiled or spoilt 1) [transitive] to affect something in a way… …

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  • 35Eliot Spitzer — Infobox Governor name= Eliot Spitzer caption= order=54th office= Governor of New York term start= January 1, 2007 term end=March 17, 2008 lieutenant= David Paterson predecessor=George Pataki successor=David Paterson order2=63rd office2= New York… …

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  • 36spoil — I. noun Etymology: Middle English spoile, from Anglo French espuille, from espuiller Date: 14th century 1. a. plunder taken from an enemy in war or from a victim in robbery ; loot b. public offices made the property of a successful party usually… …

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  • 37Electoral fusion — is an arrangement where two or more political parties support a common candidate, pooling the votes for all those parties. By offering to endorse a major party s candidate, minor parties can influence the candidate s platform.HistoryUnited… …

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  • 38Battle of the Trebia — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Trebia partof=the Second Punic War caption= date=18 December, 218 BC place=Trebbia River, present day Italy casus= territory= result=Carthaginian victory combatant1=Carthage combatant2=Roman… …

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  • 39The Story of the Malakand Field Force — The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War was an 1898 book written by Winston Churchill; it was his first published work of non fiction.WritingIt details an 1897 military campaign on the Northwest Frontier (an area now… …

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  • 40Mark Satin — Satin talking about life and political ideologies in 2011 Born Mark Ivor Satin 16 November 1946 (1946 11 16) (age 65) …

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