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  • 101instalment — (esp. BrE) (AmE usually installment) noun 1 regular payment ADJECTIVE ▪ fixed ▪ repayment is by fixed monthly instalments ▪ equal ▪ a loan repaid in equal annual instalments …

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  • 102Lewis, C. S. — ( 1898 1963 )    Christian novelist, theologian, and lecturer    Clive Staples (Jack) Lewis was an English professor who, after converting to Christianity, wrote widely popular fiction and nonfiction books reflecting and promoting Christian… …

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  • 103LEWIS, Clive Staples — (1898 1963)    novelist, poet, literary critic and CHRISTIAN APOLOGIST. An ANGLICAN LAY MAN who taught at both the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He is best known for his Narnia Chronicles (1950 1569, 5 Vols.), The Screwtape Letters (1941) …

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  • 104Lewis, Clive Staples — (1898–1963)    Novelist and Devotional Writer.    Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and during the course of his career as a teacher of English Literature, he held chairs at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He is primarily… …

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  • 105Motivation —    Most literature on espionage lists four reasons people betray their country and become spies or defect: money, ideology, compromise, and ego (or MICE). These indeed explain the bulk of Cold War espionage cases. While both Western and Soviet… …

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  • 106Lewis, Clive Staples — (1898 1963)    C.S. Lewis, born in Belfast, Ireland, the son of a solicitor, started at University College, Oxford, in 1917, then enlisted into the Somerset Light Infantry. Wounded in the battle of Arras in April 1918, he returned to Oxford in… …

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  • 107C S Lewis — [C S Lewis] (Clive Staples Lewis 1898–1963) a British author, born in Northern Ireland. He is best remembered for his children’s books about ↑Narnia, but he also wrote serious historical works and ↑science fiction novels. His books on Christian… …

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