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  • 71white bread White elephant - A — Meaning Pertaining to the US white middle classes. Something that is more trouble than it is worth. Origin This disparaging term refers to the supposed bland and uninteresting nature of white middle class culture in the US …

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  • 72a white elephant — Meaning Something that is more trouble than it is worth. Origin White (albino) elephants were regarded as holy in ancient times in Thailand and other Asian countries. To keep a white elephant was a very expensive task, since you had to provide… …

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  • 73opening a can of worms —    If you open a can of worms, you do something that will cause a lot of problems and is, on balance, probably going to cause more trouble than it s worth.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 74Louisiana Purchase — (1803)    The 1803 purchase by the United States from France of the land west of the Mississippi River, consisting primarily of the Mississippi and Missouri River basins. The purchase makes up most of what is known as the Great Plains today.… …

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  • 75opening a can of worms — If you open a can of worms, you do something that will cause a lot of problems and is, on balance, probably going to cause more trouble than it s worth …

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  • 76Opening a can of worms —   If you open a can of worms, you do something that will cause a lot of problems and is, on balance, probably going to cause more trouble than it s worth …

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  • 77Killmoulis —    An ugly Brownie who has a huge nose, and no mouth. To eat, he stuffs food into his nose. He haunts mills and will often help the miller, but the many pranks he plays usually make him more trouble than he is worth …

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  • 78metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …

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  • 79January 31 — Groundhog Day Blizzard Satellite image of the storm on the evening of February 1 over the American Midwest. Storm type: Winter storm, Blizzard, Ice storm, Tornadoes, Thundersnow …

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  • 80The Morganville Vampires —   Author(s) Rachel Caine Language …

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