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  • 81One Meridian Plaza fire — The fire at One Meridian Plaza was the worst high rise fire in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania history, as well as the costliest in United States history.Fact|date=August 2008It started on the 22nd floor of the 38 story One Meridian Plaza on Feb 23 …

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  • 82one —     The makers claim that one in 14 people in the world are following the exploits of this new hero (Sunday Times). In such constructions one should be singular. In effect the sentence is saying: Out of every 14 people in the world, one is… …

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  • 83One Little Spark — multi listen item filename=One Little Spark.ogg|title= One Little Spark description=The theme song for Journey Into Imagination. This sample is when Dreamfinder sings to introduce himself to the riders. format=Ogg One Little Spark is a song… …

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  • 84claim to fame — noun That for which one has bragging rights; ones reason for being well known or famous. It seems to me that grass seed capital of the world is a fairly shaky claim to fame …

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  • 85claim jumper — noun One who disreputably mines land legitimately claimed by another …

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  • 86Claim dilution — A reduction in the likelihood one or more of the firm s claimants will be fully repaid, including time value of money considerations. The New York Times Financial Glossary …

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  • 87claim dilution — A decrease in the likelihood that one or more of a firm s claimants will be fully repaid, including time value of money considerations. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 88claim responsibility for —    to admit to    A usage of terrorists, especially in Northern Ireland, who saw murder and arson as creditworthy:     He turned on the radio... is just coming in of a bomb explosion... no one has yet claimed responsibility. (McCrum, 1991) …

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  • 89Donation Land Claim Act — The Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 (ch. 76, 9 Stat. 496, enacted September 27, 1850, sometimes known as the Donation Land Act) was a statute enacted by the United States Congress intended to promote homestead settlement in the Oregon… …

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  • 90To give one's self away — Give Give (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth.… …

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