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  • 81foot|hold — «FUT HOHLD», noun. 1. a place to put a foot; support for the feet; surface to stand on: »He climbed the steep cliff by getting footholds in cracks in the rock. 2. Figurative. a firm footing or position: »It is hard to break a habit after it has a …

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  • 82Barley-Break —    A popular chasing game, mentioned often in literary sources of the 16th to 18th centuries, played either by children or young people of both sexes. The game reconstructed by the Opies involved three mixed sex pairs of players. One pair stood… …

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  • 83Folk wrestling — Focus Grappling Pinning Submission A folk wrestling style is a traditional wrestling discipline which may or may not be codified as a modern sport. Most human cultures have developed their own sort of grappling styl …

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  • 84Mel Doig — Melbourne A. Doig (died October 25, 1998) was a longtime Communist politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as leader of the Communist Party of Canada Ontario in the 1981 provincial election, and was a prominent member of the federal party. Doig… …

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  • 85rescue — [n] saving from danger deliverance, delivery, disembarrassment, disentanglement, emancipation, exploit, extrication, feat, heroics, heroism, liberation, performance, ransom, reclaiming, reclamation, recovering, recovery, redemption, release,… …

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  • 86United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 87international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 88MythBusters (2009 season) — Country of origin Australia United States No. of episodes 23 (includes 3 specials) Broadcast Original channel …

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  • 89Professional wrestling — For the Olympic sport, see Wrestling. For other uses, see Professional wrestling (disambiguation). Professional wrestling A professional wrestling match. Two wrestlers grapple in a wrestling ring while a referee (in white, right) looks on …

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  • 90china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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