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  • 41Bill Pounds — Infobox MLB retired name=Bill Pounds position=Pitcher bgcolor1=black bgcolor2=black textcolor1=white textcolor2=white bats=Right throws=Right birthdate=March 11, 1878 deathdate=death date and age|1936|7|7|1878|3|11 debutdate= May 2 debutyear=… …

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  • 42look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves — (UK)    If you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves, meaning that if someone takes care not to waste small amounts of money, they will accumulate capital. ( Look after the pence and the pounds will look after themselves… …

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  • 43Two pounds (British pre-decimal coin) — A Two Pounds coin was an occasional feature of the British currency from 1823 until the early 1990s. With the exception of proof coins issued in 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1831, the design of the reverse always featured the George and Dragon of… …

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  • 44William F. Pounds — was Dean (from 1966 1980) and is currently a professor emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management.He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University …

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  • 45Lewis H. Pounds — Lewis Humphrey Pounds (1861 Lorain County, Ohio December 16, 1947 Brooklyn, New York City) was an American businessman and politician.LifeHe graduated from Oberlin College and Boston University. About 1893 he removed to Brooklyn, New York where… …

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  • 46Dartmoor Pounds — Grimspound vom Hügel Hookney Tor Die Dartmoor Pounds sind bis in die Bronzezeit datierbare, meist runde, teils auch eckige steinerne Umwallungen von bis zu etwa vier Hektar Größe[1] in der englischen Hügellandschaft Dartmoor (Grafschaft Devon).… …

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  • 47pack on the pounds — verb To gain weight, especially as a result of vigorous or excessive eating. For growing youngsters, this marvelous nourishment helps pack on the pounds, adds inches to height …

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  • 48many pounds heavier —    much fatter    Perhaps written more of women, who can be more sensitive on the subject of weight than men:     From time to time, she returned to the screen many pounds heavier. (Daily Telegraph, 19 March 2001, in an obituary of the actress… …

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  • 49look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves — ► look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves proverb if you concentrate on saving small amounts of money, you ll soon amass a large amount. Main Entry: ↑penny …

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  • 50be carrying a few pounds — be carrying five stone/a few pounds/a little bit etc/ phrase to weigh more than you should by a particular amount He was in his mid forties, I guessed, and carrying a bit of extra weight. Thesaurus: fatsynonym Main entry: carry …

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