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  • 11King Vulture — Taxobox name = King Vulture status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Incertae sedis (disputed) familia = Cathartidae genus = Sarcoramphus genus authority =… …

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  • 12Haroli — The Huli HaroliMost visitors to modern day Papua New Guinea plan a visit to the Southern Highlands to see the fierce Huli warriors who are known for their colorful traditional dress, muscular torsos and physical strength. The Huli warriors, who… …

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  • 13Dragon Storm (game) — This is about the game Dragon Storm. For other uses, see Dragon Storm (disambiguation). Dragon Storm is a role playing game which is also a collectible card game, published by Black Dragon Press. All required statistics and rules are printed on… …

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  • 14Sex —    Unlike some Semitic peoples of the Near East, the ancient Egyptians had a rather relaxed view of sex and sexuality. While wisdom literatureadvised moderation in sexual life and also in drinking, sex was regarded as a natural and enjoyable part …

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  • 15take one's lumps — vb American to suffer misfortune or harsh treatment …

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  • 16come to grief — idi to suffer misfortune …

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  • 17grin and bear it — suffer pain or misfortune in a stoical manner. → grin …

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  • 18JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …

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  • 19tragedy — /traj i dee/, n., pl. tragedies. 1. a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society …

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  • 20The Theory of Moral Sentiments — was written by Adam Smith in 1759. It provided the ethical, philosophical, psychological and methodological underpinnings to Smith s later works, including The Wealth of Nations (1776), A Treatise on Public Opulence (1764) (first published in… …

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