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  • 51elaborate — [16] Etymologically, something that is elaborate has been produced by hard work. The word comes from ēlabōrātus, the past participle of Latin ēlabōrāre; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and labor ‘work’ (source of English… …

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  • 52elaborate — [16] Etymologically, something that is elaborate has been produced by hard work. The word comes from ēlabōrātus, the past participle of Latin ēlabōrāre; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and labor ‘work’ (source of English… …

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  • 56Howard Spring — (February 10, 1889 May 3, 1965) was a Welsh author.He began his writing career as a journalist, but from 1934 produced a series of best selling novels, the most successful of which was Fame is the Spur (1940), which has been both a major film and …

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  • 57Carlo Dolci — Carlo (or Carlino) Dolci (25 May, 1616 – 17 January, 1686) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. BiographyHe was born in Florence, on his mother s side the grandson of a painter. Although he was precocious and… …

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  • 59Jamshedpur — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name = Jamshedpur type = city latd = 22.8 |longd = 86.18 locator position = right state name = Jharkhand district = East Singhbhum leader title = leader name = altitude = 135 population as of = 2001 population… …

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  • 60U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School — The U.S. Air Force Flight Test School is located on Edwards Air Force Base in California. Its mission is to produce test pilots and flight test engineers to test new and experimental aircraft. The job is dangerous, and many test pilots have died… …

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