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  • 41List of number-one singles of 1954 (U.S.) — This is a list of number one songs in the United States during the year 1954 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1954, the following three charts were… …

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  • 42rag — rag1 [ræg] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(cloth)¦ 2¦(newspaper)¦ 3 in rags 4 from rags to riches 5¦(music)¦ 6¦(students event)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 4,6; Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: rögg rough hairiness ] [Sense: 5; …

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  • 43rag — rag1 [ ræg ] noun * 1. ) count a piece of old cloth used for cleaning or wiping something: an oily rag 2. ) rags plural clothes that are old, torn, and dirty: in rags (=wearing rags): The little girl was dressed in rags. 3. ) count INFORMAL a… …

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  • 44literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 45Seattle Slew — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Seattle Slew caption = sire = Bold Reasoning grandsire = Boldnesian dam = My Charmer damsire = Poker sex = Stallion foaled = 1974 country = United States flagicon|USA colour = Brown breeder = Ben S.… …

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  • 46NBA Ballers: Rebound — NBA Ballers:Rebound Developer(s) Backbone Entertainment Publisher(s) Midway Games …

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  • 47rag — [[t]ræ̱g[/t]] rags, ragging, ragged 1) N VAR A rag is a piece of old cloth which you can use to clean or wipe things. He was wiping his hands on an oily rag. ...a bundle of old rags... It looked like a piece of rag. 2) N PLURAL Rags are old torn… …

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  • 48Horatio Alger, Jr. — Infobox Writer name = Horatio Alger, Jr. pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|1832|1|13 birthplace Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States deathdate = death date and age|1899|7|18|1832|1|13|df=yes deathplace = Natick, Massachusetts occupation =… …

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  • 49Slumdog Millionaire — Theatrical release poster Directed by Danny Boyle P …

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  • 50Mummy paper — is paper that is claimed to be made from the linen wrappings and other fibers (e.g. papyrus) from Egyptian mummies imported to America circa 1855.[1] The existence of this paper has not been conclusively confirmed, but it has been widely… …

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