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  • 21David Durell — D.D. (1728–1775) was Principal of Hertford College, Oxford from 1757 to 1775,[1] Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1765 to 1768,[2][3] and a noted Old Testament scholar of his day.[citation needed] Content …

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  • 22Josephus Flavius — (c. 38–c. 100 AD)    Jewish historian. The Jewish war against Roman rule in the first century AD, and the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple, are known mainly from the works of a remarkable chronicler who had himself been both an… …

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  • 23brown-nose —    to flatter    Not from exposure to the sun but from the figurative proximity of your proboscis to the anal area of the object of your sycophancy:     Hungerford you missed the beginning but this is a course you can t fail so there is no need… …

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  • 24UNITED STATES LITERATURE — The Influence of the Bible and Hebrew Culture The Jewish influence on American literary expression predated the actual arrival of Jews in the United States in 1654, for the Puritan culture of New England was marked from the outset by a deep… …

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  • 25Candied — Can died, a. [From 1st {Candy}.] 1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup. (b) Conted or more or less with… …

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  • 26Smooth-tongued — a. Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 27Homeland — For other uses, see Homeland (disambiguation). Native land redirects here. See also: Indigenous land rights. The Motherland by William Adolphe Bouguereau (1883), a view of the home country as a benign mother A homel …

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  • 29Kryptonite — This article is about Kryptonite, the element from the Superman mythos. For other uses, see Kryptonite (disambiguation). Kryptonite Lex Luthor in front of a display of kryptonite and holding green kryptonite. From a panel in Action Comics Annual… …

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