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  • 101String figure — A string figure is a design formed by manipulating string on, around, and using one s fingers or sometimes between the fingers of multiple people. String figures may also involve the use of the mouth, wrist, and feet. They may consist of singular …

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  • 102boxing — boxing1 /bok sing/, n. 1. the material used to make boxes or casings. 2. a boxlike enclosure; casing. 3. an act or instance of putting into or furnishing with a box. [1510 20; BOX1 + ING1] boxing2 /bok sing/, n. the act, technique, or profession… …

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  • 103Chukat — Chukat, Hukath, or Chukkas (Hebrew: חֻקַּת‎, “decree,” the ninth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 39th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Numbers. It …

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  • 104Kit Kat — For other uses of Kit Kat or Kit Cat , see Kit Kat (disambiguation). Kit Kat International Kit Kat logo United States Kit Kat logo …

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  • 105Interzone — by William S. Burroughs (1989)    This collection gathers material William S. Burroughs wrote after completing junky and queer. The title is derived from Tangier’s status as an “international zone” during the time that Burroughs lived there.… …

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  • 106Cups and balls — Hieronymus Bosch: The Conjurer, 1475 1480. Notice the man on the far left is stealing the other man s purse while he is distracted by the game The cups and balls is a classic performance of magic with innumerable adaptations. The effect known as… …

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  • 107Persian marriage — Persian wedding traditions, despite its local and regional variations, like many other rituals in Persia goes back to the ancient Zoroastrian tradition.[citation needed] Though the concepts and theory of the marriage have changed drastically by… …

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  • 108touch — touchable, adj. touchableness, touchability, n. toucher, n. touchless, adj. /tuch/, v.t. 1. to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously. 2. to come into contact with and perceive ( …

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  • 109cross — cross1 [ krɔs ] verb *** ▸ 1 go to other side ▸ 2 be across (each other) ▸ 3 combine animal breeds ▸ 4 appear on face ▸ 5 in sports ▸ 6 oppose someone ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to go from one side of something such as a road or… …

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  • 110Casualty lifting — is the first step of casualty movement, an early aspect of emergency medical care. It is the procedure used to put the casualty (the patient) on a stretcher.Developed emergency services use lifting devices, such as scoop stretchers, that allow… …

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