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  • 41play the game — {v. phr.}, {informal} To obey the rules; do right; act fairly. * / That s not playing the game, we told him when he wanted to desert his wife./ * / Oh, let s play the game, he said, when his partner suggested a way to keep from paying some of… …

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  • 42play\ the\ game — v. phr. informal To obey the rules; do right; act fairly. that s not playing the game, we told him when he wanted to desert his wife. Oh, let s play the game, he said, when his partner suggested a way to keep from paying some of their debts. Your …

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  • 43The Rough Wooing — was a term coined by Sir Walter Scott and H. E. Marshall to describe the Anglo Scottish war pursued intermittently from 1544 to 1551. It followed from the failure of the Scots to honour the terms of the 1543 Treaty of Greenwich, by which the… …

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  • 44play the game — ► play the game behave in a fair or honourable way; abide by the rules. Main Entry: ↑game …

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  • 45(the) Football Association — the Football Association [the Football Association] (abbr the FA) a British organization that was established in 1863 to decide the rules of the game of ↑football. It controls the way game is played in England and is responsible for all English… …

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  • 46play the game — you find out early on who s willing to play the game, and that s the kind of person this company holds on to Syn: play fair, be fair, play by the rules, conform, be a good sport, toe the line …

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  • 47The RISC Group — is a New Jersey based collective formed by Tomas Kalnoky to assist in the publication of artistic works, and the retainment of ownership of such works by the artist. The name is an acronym whose meaning has been rumored to stand for Revolution In …

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  • 48The Black Swan (Taleb book) — The Black Swan   …

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  • 49The Moods of Marianne — (French: Les Caprices de Marianne ), is an 1833 play by French dramatist Alfred de Musset. It served as the basis for Jean Renoir s 1939 film, The Rules of the Game . [cite video | people = Jean Renoir (director) | title = La Règle du jeu |… …

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  • 50Rules of Go — This is an in depth discussion of the rules of go. There has been a certain amount of variation in the rules of go over time, and from place to place. This article discusses those sets of rules broadly similar to the ones currently in use in East …

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