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  • 1pleasantry — noun (plural pleasantries) an inconsequential remark made as part of a polite conversation. ↘a mild joke …

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  • 2pleasantry — ► NOUN (pl. pleasantries) 1) an inconsequential remark made as part of a polite conversation. 2) a mildly amusing joke …

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  • 3performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 4P. G. Wodehouse — Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE Wodehouse in 1904 (aged 23). Born 15 October 1881(1881 10 15) Guildford, Surrey, England, UK …

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  • 5Blenheim Palace — is a large and monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the only non episcopal country house in England to hold the title palace . The Palace, one of England s largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa… …

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  • 6The Catcher in the Rye — Catcher in the Rye redirects here. For the song, see Chinese Democracy. The Catcher in the Rye   …

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  • 7List of scandals with "-gate" suffix — The suffix gate derives from the Watergate scandal of the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon. The word Watergate is derived from the Watergate Complex, where the scandal started. On …

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  • 8Granfalloon — A granfalloon, in the fictional religion of Bokononism (created by Kurt Vonnegut in his 1963 novel Cat s Cradle ), is defined as a false karass (imagined community). That is, it is a group of people who outwardly choose or claim to have a shared… …

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  • 9The Age of Innocence — For other uses, see Age of innocence (disambiguation). The Age of Innocence   …

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  • 10Nobel Prize controversies — Nobel Prize Awarded for Outstanding contributions in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, identified with the Nobel Prize, is awarded for… …

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