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  • 91shrill — shrillness, n. shrilly, adv. /shril/, adj., shriller, shrillest, v., n., adv. adj. 1. high pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry. 2. producing such a sound. 3. full of or characterized by such a sound: shrill music. 4. betraying… …

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  • 92sports — /spawrts, spohrts/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a sport or sports, esp. of the open air or athletic kind: a sports festival. 2. (of garments, equipment, etc.) suitable for use in open air sports, or for outdoor or informal use. [1910 15; SPORT +… …

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  • 93theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …

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  • 94Niebuhr, Reinhold — born June 21, 1892, Wright City, Mo., U.S. died June 1, 1971, Stockbridge, Mass. U.S. theologian. The son of an evangelical minister, he studied at Eden Theological Seminary and Yale Divinity School. He was ordained in the Evangelical Synod of… …

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  • 95Augustine, Saint — ▪ Christian bishop and theologian Introduction also called  Saint Augustine of Hippo,  original Latin name  Aurelius Augustinus   born Nov. 13, 354, Tagaste, Numidia [now Souk Ahras, Algeria] died Aug. 28, 430, Hippo Regius [now Annaba, Algeria]… …

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  • 96storyboard — 1. noun a) A series of drawings that lay out the sequence of scenes in a film, especially an animated one. The storyboard process helps promote brainstorming, highlights missing tasks, and allows the team to incorporate changes prior to traveling …

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  • 97Fragile X syndrome — One of the most common causes of inherited mental retardation and neuropsychiatric disease in human beings, affects as many as one in 2000 males and one in 4000 females. The syndrome is also known as FRAXA (the fragile X chromosome itself) and as …

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  • 98Syndrome, fragile X — The most common heritable form of mental retardation, occurring in about one in two thousand males and a smaller percentage of females. Characteristics of Fragile X syndrome in boys include prominent or long ears, a long face, delayed speech,… …

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  • 99List of ThunderClan cats — Main article: List of Warriors characters Warriors is a novel series written by Erin Hunter, who is really 4 people: Victoria Holmes, Cherith Baldry, Kate Cary, and Tui Sutherland. The following is a list of cats in ThunderClan , shown in the… …

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  • 100Chiropractic controversy and criticism — Throughout its history chiropractic has been the subject of internal and external controversy and criticism.[1][2] According to Daniel D. Palmer, the founder of chiropractic, subluxation is the sole cause of disease and manipulation is the cure… …

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