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  • 111Stone, Philip — (b. 1924)    Philip Stone began acting in television in 1961, in episodes of The Avengers. Screen roles soon followed, and Stone has acted in such films as Thunderball (1965), O Lucky Man! (1973),Voyage of the Damned (1976), and Indiana Jones and …

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  • 1122001:A Space Odyssey — (Alternative titles: Journey Beyond the Stars, Two Thousand and One: A Space Odyssey)    MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer), 139 minutes (final cut), 156 minutes (premiere cut), April 1968 Producer: Stanley Kubrick; Director: Kubrick; Screenplay: Arthur C …

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  • 113austere — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. harsh, stern, severe, rigorous; ascetic, simple. See severity, asceticism.Ant. mild, luxurious, comfortable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. harsh, for bidding, ascetic, stark; see modest 2 , severe 1 …

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  • 114prose — [[t]pro͟ʊz[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft poss N, in N Prose is ordinary written language, in contrast to poetry. Shute s prose is stark and chillingly unsentimental... What he has to say is expressed in prose of exceptional lucidity and grace. Ant: poetry …

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  • 115chill — noun 1》 an unpleasant feeling of coldness. 2》 a feverish cold. 3》 a metal mould designed to aid cooling of metal during casting. verb 1》 make cold.     ↘cool (food or drink) in a refrigerator. 2》 horrify or frighten. 3》 (usu. chill out) informal… …

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  • 116chilling — UK [ˈtʃɪlɪŋ] / US adjective 1) making you feel suddenly very frightened or worried The chilling truth is that the killers are still out there. 2) American making something become less open, friendly, or easy than it was before The proposed law… …

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  • 117chilling — [ˈtʃɪlɪŋ] adj making you feel suddenly very frightened or worried The chilling truth is that the killers are still out there.[/ex] chillingly adv …

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  • 118Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton-Bulwer, 1st Lord — (1803 1873)    Novelist and statesman, third son of General Earle Bulwer of Heydon and Dalling, Norfolk, and of Elizabeth Lytton, heiress of Knebworth, Herts, was b. in London, and ed. privately and at Camb. He began to write when still a boy,… …

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  • 119chill — /tʃɪl / (say chil) noun 1. coldness, especially a moderate but penetrating coldness. 2. a sensation of cold, usually with shivering. 3. a cold stage, as a first symptom of illness. 4. a depressing influence or sensation. 5. a metal mould for… …

  • 120chilling — /ˈtʃɪlɪŋ/ (say chiling) adjective 1. frightening; horrifying: *a delirium of witch like imprecations that had a weird and chilling power –david malouf, 1984. 2. causing coldness: a chilling wind. –chillingly, adverb …