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  • 1Stump the Experts — is a popular session of Apple Computer s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) conference. The first Stump took place at the WWDC92 in San Jose. Structure Stump the Experts is structured as a game show in which the audience acts as one… …

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  • 2Stump — Мик Линч на обложке Melody Maker, 1986 …

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  • 3stump — [stump] n. [ME stumpfe, prob. < or akin to MLowG stump < IE * stomb < base * steb(h) > STAMP, STAFF1] 1. the lower end of a tree or plant remaining in the ground after most of the stem or trunk has been cut off 2. anything like a… …

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  • 4Stump the Schwab — infobox television |Lop show name = Stump the Schwab caption = format = Game show runtime = 30 minutes creator = starring = Stuart Scott Howie Schwab country = United States network = ESPN2 (2004 2005) ESPN Classic (2006 ) first aired = July 8,… …

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  • 5Stump speech (minstrelsy) — The stump speech was a comic monologue from blackface minstrelsy. A typical stump speech consisted of malapropisms, nonsense sentences, and puns delivered in a parodied version of Black Vernacular English. The stump speaker wore blackface makeup… …

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  • 6Stump (game) — Infobox Game subject name = Stump players = 2+ ages = Legal drinking age setup time = 5 minutesStump is an American drinking game played with a hammer, nails, a tree stump, and beer. The exact place of origin is vague, but evidence suggests it… …

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  • 7stump — I. noun Etymology: Middle English stumpe; akin to Old High German stumpf stump and perhaps to Middle English stampen to stamp Date: 14th century 1. a. the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed b. a rudimentary or… …

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  • 8stump liquor —    American illegal spirits    Probably made by a stump jumper, or hillbilly:     People in these hills still made moonshine, or stump liquor as they call it. (Bryson, 1989, writing about Tennessee) …

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  • 9Stump Edington — Jacob Frank Stump Edington (July 4, 1891 November 11, 1969) was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates for about a month in 1912 (June 20 July 13). The 20 year old rookie, who stood 5 8 and weighed 170 lbs.,… …

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  • 10Al Stump — (October 20, 1916 – December 14, 1995), was an American author and Sports writer. Stump spent a great deal of time with Ty Cobb before Cobb s death. Stump wrote two books on Cobb and a handful of magazine articles about the time the two men spent …

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