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  • 101Craig Cobb — (born on 9 October 1951 in Maryville, Missouri, United States), also know as Craig corn on the Cobb, is a longtime anti semitic white supremacist activist who operated a now defunct video sharing website named Podblanc. He claims racism is my… …

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  • 103Science and mathematics from the Renaissance to Descartes — George Molland Early in the nineteenth century John Playfair wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica a long article entitled ‘Dissertation; exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Mathematics and Physical Science, since the Revival of Letters …

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  • 104laconic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. concise, pithy. See shortness, diffuseness. Ant., wordy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. concise, brief, uncommunicative; see concise , short 2 , taciturn , terse . See Synonym Study at concise …

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  • 105rude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. barbarous, crude, primitive, rough, rustic; harsh, rugged; coarse, uncouth; discourteous, uncivil, insolent. See vulgarity, courtesy, inelegance, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Boorish]… …

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  • 106a dusty answer — Brit. a curt and unhelpful reply. → dusty …

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  • 107dusty — adjective (dustier, dustiest) 1》 covered with or resembling dust. 2》 staid and uninteresting. Phrases a dusty answer Brit. a curt and unhelpful reply. Derivatives dustily adverb dustiness noun …

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  • 108gruff — adjective 1) a gruff reply his gruff exterior Syn: abrupt, brusque, curt, short, blunt, bluff, no nonsense; laconic, taciturn; surly, churlish, grumpy, crotchety, curmudgeonly, crabby …

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  • 109concise — concise, terse, succinct, laconic, summary, pithy, compendious are comparable when meaning briefly stated or presented or given to or manifesting brevity in statement or expression. A person is concise who speaks or writes briefly ; a thing is… …

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  • 110rude — 1 Rude, rough, crude, raw, callow, green, uncouth mean deficient in the qualities that make for finish or for perfection in development or in use. Rude, as applied to men and their minds, suggests a comparatively low state of culture or a dearth… …

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