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  • 11Count Olaf — For the Danish prince, see Count Oluf of Rosenborg. Count Olaf A Series of Unfortunate Events character First appearance The Bad Beginning …

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  • 12Other Losses — Other Losses: An Investigation into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of the French and Americans after World War II   Author(s) …

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  • 13La Peau de chagrin — (English: The Magic Skin or The Wild Ass s Skin ) is an 1831 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). Set in early 19th century Paris, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that… …

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  • 14Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) — Charlie Kelly It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia character First appearance The Gang Gets Racist Created by …

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  • 15communism — /kom yeuh niz euhm/, n. 1. a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. 2. (often cap.) a system of social organization in… …

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  • 16Gordon Brown — This article is about the former UK Prime Minister. For other people with the same name, see Gordon Brown (disambiguation). The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP …

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  • 17Herr, Michael — (1940– )    The novelist, journalist, and screenwriter Michael Herr was born in Syracuse, New York. He filed several reports for Esquire while serving as a civilian war correspondent in Vietnam; these crystalline first person accounts, really a… …

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  • 18slatternly — slatternly, dowdy, frowzy, blowsy can all mean deficient in neatness, freshness, or smartness, especially in dress or appearance. Slatternly stresses notions of slovenliness, unkemptness, and sordidness {a small, slatternly looking craft, her… …

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