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  • 41goldbrick — gold|brick [ gould,brık ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL someone who is lazy and tries to avoid work, especially by pretending to be sick …

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  • 42ЗОЛОТОЙ КИРПИЧ — GOLD BRICKТермин с отрицательным смыслом, используемый в отношении ненадежных, не обладающих какой либо стоимостью или фактически мошеннических ценных бумаг или предприятий, к рые, тем не менее, внешне выглядят надежными и привлекательными …

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  • 43List of World Beer Cup awards — The World Beer Cup, known as The Olympics of Beer Competition [1], is one of several major international beer competitions.[2] It was founded by Association of Brewers President Charlie Papazian. The World Beer Cup is held every two years. The… …

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  • 44Goldbricking — For other uses of the term goldbrick , see Gold brick (disambiguation). Goldbricking, in today s terms, generally refers to staff who use their work internet access for personal reasons while maintaining the appearance of working, which can lead… …

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  • 45List of confidence tricks — This list of confidence tricks and scams should not be considered complete, but covers the most common examples. Confidence tricks and scams are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type.… …

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  • 46The Impossibles (TV series) — The Impossibles, l to r: Fluid Man, Coil Man, Multi Man). The Impossibles was a series of animated cartoons produced by Hanna Barbera in 1966 and aired on American television by CBS. The series of shorts (6 minutes) appeared as part of… …

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  • 47goldbrick — /gohld brik /, n. 1. Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler. 2. Informal. anything supposed to be valuable but which turns out to be worthless. 3. Also, goldbricker. Slang. a person, esp. a soldier, who shirks responsibility …

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  • 48Доман, Гленн — Гленн Доман англ. Glenn Doman Дата рождения: 1920 год(1920) Место рождения: Филадельфия, США Страна …

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  • 49The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1960 TV program) — The New Adventures of Pinocchio Written by Jules Bass Arthur Rankin, Jr. Directed by Jules Bass Arthur Rankin, Jr. Voices of Stan Francis Larry D. Mann Paul Kligman Claude Ray Joan Fowler …

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  • 50money — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Medium of exchange Nouns 1. money, finance, funds, treasure, capital, assets; ways and means, wherewithal; money matters, economics, the dismal science; resources, backing (see means); purse strings.… …

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