fifth column

  • 31The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories — originally published in 1938. It contains Hemingway s only full length play, The Fifth Column , along with all the short stories Hemingway had published to that point. The Fifth Column is set during the Spanish Civil War. Its main character,… …

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  • 32The Fifth Column and Four Stories of the Spanish Civil War — is a collection of works by Ernest Hemingway, including his play The Fifth Column and four stories concerning the Spanish Civil War: The Denunciation, The Butterfly and the Tank, Night Before Battle, and Under The Ridge . Chicote s bar and the… …

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  • 33the fifth column — the column in a newspaper that tells about the media    The fifth column often comments on the need for fair reporting …

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  • 34fifth columnist — fifth column ► NOUN ▪ a group within a country at war who are working for its enemies. DERIVATIVES fifth columnist noun. ORIGIN from the Spanish Civil War, when General Mola, leading four columns of troops towards Madrid, declared that he had a… …

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  • 35Fifth — may refer to: * One fifth, a quintile, or 20% of a certain amount * The fifth in a series, or four after the first * 1st Battalion 5th Marines * In the United States, the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution especially as in the… …

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  • 36Fifth Estate — is any class or group in society other than the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), the commoners (Third Estate), and the press (Fourth Estate). [Random House Dictionary] It has been used to describe trade unions, the poor and… …

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  • 37fifth columnist — noun a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader • Syn: ↑saboteur • Hypernyms: ↑traitor, ↑treasonist • Member Holonyms: ↑fifth column, ↑Trojan horse * * * …

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  • 38column — n. series of articles 1) a syndicated column (in a newspaper) vertical division of a page 2) advertising (esp. BE) columns; correspondence (esp. BE) columns; a personal; society; sports column list of numbers 3) to add up a column shaft 4) a… …

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  • 39fifth — n. & adj. n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 5 in the sequence 1 5. 2 something occupying this position. 3 the fifth person etc. in a race or competition. 4 any of five equal parts of a thing. 5 Mus. a an interval …

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  • 40column — col|umn W2S2 [ˈkɔləm US ˈka: ] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: colomne, from Latin columna, from columen top ] 1.) a tall solid upright stone post used to support a building or as a decoration 2.) a line of numbers or words written… …

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