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  • 81in the short run — in the long/short run a long or short time in the future. It means spending a bit now, but in the long run it ll save us a lot of money. Although prices may rise in the short run, they should begin to fall again by the end of the year …

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  • 82A Bit of Luck for Mabel — is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the December 26 1925 issue of The Saturday Evening Post , and in the United Kingdom in the May 1926 Strand . It was included in the collection Eggs, Beans, and… …

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  • 83Starving Time (Jamestown) — The Starving Time at Jamestown in the English Colony of Virginia killed all but 60 of 500 colonists during the winter of 1609–1610. The colonists, the first group of whom had originally arrived at Jamestown on May 14, 1607, had never planned to… …

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  • 84in a bit — in a minute, within a short time    Can we go? asked the girl. In a bit, her mother replied …

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  • 85The Fair at Sorochyntsi (short story) — The Fair at Sorochyntsi is the first story in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Ukrainian born Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. Later in the 19th century the story was adapted as an opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky (left… …

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  • 86in no time — Synonyms and related words: PDQ, apace, at once, decisively, directly, expeditiously, forthwith, immediately, in a bit, in a flash, in a jiff, in a jiffy, in a moment, in a second, in a trice, in a twink, in a twinkling, in a wink, in an instant …

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  • 87wait a bit — hold on, wait just a moment, wait a short time …

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  • 88little — lit|tle1 [ lıtl ] (comparative less [ les ] ; superlative least [ list ] ) function word, quantifier *** Little can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun): There s little time left. Little progress has been made. as a …

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  • 89Central processing unit — CPU redirects here. For other uses, see CPU (disambiguation). An Intel 80486DX2 CPU from above An Intel 80486DX2 from below …

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  • 90Formation evaluation — In petroleum exploration and development, formation evaluation is used to determine the ability of a borehole to produce petroleum. Essentially, it is the process of recognizing a commercial well when you drill one .Modern rotary drilling usually …

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