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  • 21Zulu Dawn — Infobox Film name = Zulu Dawn caption = film poster by Tom Chantrell director = Douglas Hickox producer = Nate Kohn James Faulkner writer = Cy Endfield Anthony Story narrator = starring = Burt Lancaster Peter O Toole Simon Ward Bob Hoskins music …

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  • 22O'Charley's — Type Public (NASDAQ: CHUX) Industry Restaurants Founded 1969 …

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  • 23Honeydripper (film) — Infobox Film name = Honeydripper caption = Theatrical poster director = John Sayles producer = Maggie Renzi writer = John Sayles narrator = starring = Danny Glover Keb Mo Mable John Kel Mitchell music = Mason Daring cinematography = Dick Pope… …

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  • 24No. 233 Squadron RAF — Active 31 August 1918 15 May 1919 18 May 1937 – 15 December 1945 1952 1957 1 September 1960 – 31 January 1964 Country …

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  • 25Château Gaillard — For the commune in the Ain département, see Château Gaillard, Ain. Château Gaillard Les Andelys, France …

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  • 26fall — [c]/fɔl / (say fawl) verb (fell, fallen, falling) –verb (i) 1. to descend from a higher to a lower place or position through loss or lack of support; drop. 2. to come down suddenly from a standing or erect position: to fall on one s knees. 3. to… …

  • 2771st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders — The 71st Regiment of Foot was a regiment of infantry raised during the American Revolution. The unit served in both the Northern and Southern Campaigns, and participated in many major battles including the Battle of Long Island (1776), the Battle …

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  • 28Slowness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Slowness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 slowness slowness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 languor languor &c.(inactivity) 683 Sgm: N 1 drawl drawl Sgm: N 1 creeping creeping &c. >V. lentor …

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  • 29delay — vb 1 Delay, retard, slow, slacken, detain are not always close synonyms, but they carry the same basic meaning: to cause someone or something to be behind in his or its schedule or usual rate of movement or progress. Delay implies the operation,… …

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  • 30slack — slack, slacken Both words have been in use since the 16c, and remain interchangeable in many meanings. There are, however, some areas of preference: slacken is generally more dominant in the sense ‘to make or become slack (or slacker)’: a breeze …

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