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  • 1Rubber bridge — is a form of contract bridge played among four players, often in friendly play but sometimes for stakes. As in other card games, the outcome of rubber bridge depends partly on luck and partly on skill. Over a long period of play, luck becomes… …

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  • 2suit — [[t]su͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦ suits, suiting, suited 1) N COUNT A man s suit consists of a jacket, trousers, and sometimes a waistcoat, all made from the same fabric. ...a dark pin striped business suit. ...a smart suit and tie. 2) N COUNT A woman s suit… …

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  • 3wet suit — noun a close fitting garment made of a permeable material; worn in cold water (as by skin divers) to retain body heat • Hypernyms: ↑garment * * * noun : a close fitting suit made of material (as sponge rubber) that water will go through but that… …

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  • 4wet suit — wet suits also wetsuit N COUNT A wet suit is a close fitting rubber suit which an underwater swimmer wears in order to keep their body warm …

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  • 5wet suit — n. diving suit, tight fitting rubber suit worn to keep the body warm while participating in water sports …

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  • 6dry suit — noun : a close fitting waterproof rubber suit used especially by a skin diver * * * a close fitting, double layered synthetic garment worn by a scuba diver in especially cold water, protecting the skin from contact with water and having an… …

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  • 7Dry suit — A dry suit or drysuit provides thermal insulation or passive thermal protection to the wearer while immersed in water,[1][2][3][4] and is worn by divers, boaters, water sports enthusiasts, and others who work or play in or near cold water. A dry… …

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  • 8Pressure suit — A pressure suit is a protective suit worn by high altitude pilots who may fly at altitudes where the air pressure is too low for an unprotected person to survive, even breathing pure oxygen at positive pressure. Such suits may be either full… …

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  • 9Diving suit — Two divers, one wearing a 1 atmosphere diving suit and the other standard diving dress, preparing to explore the wreck of the RMS Lusitania, 1935 A diving suit is a garment or device designed to protect a diver from the underwater environment.… …

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  • 10The International Labor Fund vs. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company — (2005) was a class action law suit filed by The International Labor Rights Fund on November 17, 2005 against The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, on behalf of a group of former child laborers, in Liberia. The plaintiffs accused the company of… …

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