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  • 31Thrasymachus — (Θρασύμαχος) (ca. 459 400 BCE) was a sophist of Ancient Greece best known as a character in Plato s Republic . The Historical ThrasymachusThrasymachus was a citizen of Chalcedon, on the Bosphorus. His career appears to have been spent as a… …

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  • 32Theodorus of Byzantium — Theodorus (Greek: Θεόδωρος) was a Greek sophist and orator of the late fifth century BC, born of Byzantium. Theodorus is noted by Plato in his ironic survey of oratory in the Phaedrus for mentioning confirmation and further confirmation , and… …

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  • 33SELF-HATRED, JEWISH — The phenomenon of self hatred arises among minority groups forced together by outside pressure and produces a negative attitude on the part of members toward their own group, but the very word is absent from important dictionaries of the English… …

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  • 34Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) — The Inland Empire is a region in the Pacific Northwest centered on Spokane, Washington, including much of the surrounding Columbia River basin. It extends into northern Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and far northwestern Montana. It is sometimes… …

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  • 35Surpliced Choir —    When the body of singers of the Church service is composed of boys and men they are vested in cassocks and surplices or cottas and given a place in the Chancel. This is a very ancient usage in the Church of God, reaching back to the Temple… …

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  • 36separation — [[t]se̱pəre͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] separations 1) N VAR: oft N of/from/between n The separation of two or more things or groups is the fact that they are separate or become separate, and are not linked. He believes in the separation of the races. ...a… …

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  • 37Ribald — Rib ald, n. [OE. ribald, ribaud, F. ribaud, OF. ribald, ribault, LL. ribaldus, of German origin; cf. OHG hr[=i]pa prostitute. For the ending ald cf. E. {Herald}.] A low, vulgar, brutal, foul mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow. Spenser. Pope. [1913… …

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  • 38Ben Brown (journalist) — Infobox Celebrity name = Ben Brown imagesize = caption = birth date = birth date and age|1960|5|26|df=y birth place = Kent, England death date = death place = occupation = TV presenter, newsreader and journalist salary = networth = website =Ben… …

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  • 39lesbian —    a female homosexual    The poetess Sappho lived on the island:     It was commonly rumoured that Tanya was a Lesbian. (Bradbury, 1959)    Lesbianism is female homosexuality:     I practised Lesbianism, which was certainly sterile. (F. Harris,… …

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  • 40Monte Carlo method — Not to be confused with Monte Carlo algorithm. Computational physics …

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