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  • 11what can you expect from a pig but a grunt? — Used rhetorically with reference to coarse or boorish behaviour. 1731 Poor Robin’s Almanack C6 If we petition a Hog, what can we expect but a grunt. 1827 SCOTT Journal 10 Apr. (1941) 41 They refuse a draught of £20, because, in mistake, it was £8 …

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  • 12Private Letter Ruling - PLR — An interpretation of statute or administrative rules and their application to a particular set of facts or circumstances. The private letter ruling addresses unusual or complex questions pertaining to a particular taxpayer and his or her tax… …

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  • 13Mon cher Mustapha letter — The Mon cher Mustapha letter was an anonymous chain letter distributed in Dreux, France around 1981–82 by supporters of the far right political party National Front. It was supposedly written by an Algerian living in France to a friend or brother …

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  • 14Capital letter — Capital Cap i*tal, a. [F. capital, L. capitalis capital (in senses 1 & 2), fr. caput head. See {Chief}, and cf. {Capital}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to the head. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect with mortal …

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  • 15R.E. Lee: Letter of Resignation — ▪ Primary Source        It is all my fault. It is I who have lost the fight : this was the apology that Gen. Robert E. Lee offered the Confederate troops straggling back to their lines after the debacle of Pickett s Charge, and in many ways Lee… …

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  • 16Einstein's Letter to President Roosevelt, 1939 — ▪ Primary Source       Albert Einstein Old Grove Rd.Nassau PointPeconic, Long IslandAugust 2nd, 1939       F.D. Roosevelt,President of the United States,White HouseWashington, D.C.       Sir:       Some recent work by E.Fermi and L. Szilard,… …

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  • 17Nathan Shaham — (Hebrew: נתן שחם) (born 1925) is an Israeli writer. Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Works 4 References 5 …

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  • 18Richard Townsend — Richard Townesend (as he spelled his name) was a soldier and politician in England. He was born in 1618 or 1619. Much research has been undertaken by various members of the Townsend family to trace Richard s origins but nothing is known about him …

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  • 19Richard Townsend (soldier) — Richard Townesend (as he spelled his name) was a soldier and politician in England. He was born in 1618 or 1619. Much research has been undertaken by various members of the Townsend family to trace Richard s origins but nothing is known about him …

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  • 20Muqawqis — Letter to Muqawqis by Muhammad Al Muqawqis (Arabic: المقوقس‎) is mentioned in Islamic history as a ruler of Egypt, who corresponded with the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is often identified with Cyrus, Patriarch of Alexandria, who administered… …

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