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  • 11ticket — {{11}}ticket (n.) 1520s, short note or document, from an aphetic form of M.Fr. etiquet label, note, from O.Fr. estiquette a little note (late 14c.), especially one affixed to a gate or wall as a public notice, from estiquer to affix, stick on,… …

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  • 12Big Brother 2 (U.S.) — Big Brother  ◄ ►  Season 2 (2001) …

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  • 13Ticket resale — is the act of reselling tickets for admission to events. Tickets are bought from licensed sellers and are then sold for a price determined by the individual or company in possession of the tickets. Tickets sold through secondary sources may be… …

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  • 14Big Brother 1 (U.S.) — Big Brother ►  Season 1 (2000) …

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  • 15Golden Ticket — A Golden Ticket is a fictional item created by Roald Dahl in the 1964 novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . It was also shown in the two films based on the novel: Willy Wonka the Chocolate Factory (1971), and Charlie and the Chocolate… …

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  • 16dearness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) High cost Nouns 1. dearness, costliness, high, stiff, or famine price, pretty penny; overcharge, price gouging; extravagance, exorbitance; heavy pull upon the purse, an arm and a leg; sellers market;… …

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  • 17Uccel — Corp is the name that the University Computing Company was changed to. UCC was founded as a data processing service bureau on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas by the Wyly brothers (Sam and Charles Jr) in 1963. The name …

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  • 182007 Delhi security summit — The Delhi summit on security took place on February 14, 2007, with the foreign ministers of China, India, and Russia meeting in Hyderabad House, Delhi, India to discuss terrorism, drug trafficking, reform of the United Nations, and the security… …

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  • 19Forward Booking — A way of trading currency while minimizing the risk of volatile exchange rates. The booking company (risk agents) will write up a contract specifying what the rate of exchange will be, and in doing so will assume the exchange rate risk. The… …

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  • 20Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …

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