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  • 81Nature fakers controversy — Illustration from William J. Long s School of the Woods (1902), showing an otter teaching her young to swim The nature fakers controversy was an early 20th century American literary debate highlighting the conflict between science and sentiment… …

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  • 82Ned McGowan — For the lawyer, see Ned McGowan (lawyer). Ned McGowan Born 1970 Genres Contemporary classical music Occupations Composer Instruments Flute, Contrabass Flute …

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  • 83Ned McGowan — (* 1970 in Philadelphia) ist ein US amerikanischer Flötist und Komponist, der auf dem Gebiet der Neuen Musik, des Jazz und der Weltmusik aktiv ist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben und Wirken 2 Werke 3 Diskographie …

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  • 84Даун, Лаура — Лаура Даун (англ. Laura Dawn)  американская политическая активистка, певица и поэтесса. Родилась 1 января 1970 в Плезантвиль, Айова, США. Она была культурным директором MoveOn (англ.) с марта 2004 и стала национальным творческим… …

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  • 85to-do — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ado, turmoil, bother, bustle, commotion. See excitement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. commotion, stir, fuss; see disorder 2 , fight 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. fuss, commotion, bother, uproar,… …

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  • 86trifle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bagatelle, nothing, triviality; gewgaw, trinket, knickknack, gimcrack; particle, bit, morsel, trace. See littleness, unimportance. v. i. toy, play, dally, fool. See neglect. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …

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  • 87Barkus, Arnold — (February 7, 1960, New York City, New York, USA )    After receiving a BA in philosophy from Yale Uni­versity, he made his film debut as actor (1991 A Little Stiff, Greg Watkins, Cavah Zahedi, USA; 1995 Cinq à sec, short, Jacky Katu; 1997 Sunday …

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  • 88teacup — [[t]ti͟ːkʌp[/t]] teacups also tea cup 1) N COUNT A teacup is a cup that you use for drinking tea. 2) PHRASE: PHR after v, v link PHR If you describe a situation as a storm in a teacup, you think that a lot of fuss is being made about something… …

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  • 89fuss — 1. noun 1) what s all the fuss about? Syn: ado, excitement, agitation, pother, stir, commotion, confusion, disturbance, brouhaha, uproar, furor, palaver, foofaraw, tempest in a teapot, much ado about nothing; bother, f …

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  • 90to-do — noun, informal the to do in the street finally prompted a call to the police Syn: commotion, fuss, ado, excitement, agitation, stir, palaver, confusion, disturbance, brouhaha, fracas, uproar, furor, tempest in a teapot, much ado about nothing;… …

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