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  • 31To face down — Face Face (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Facing}.] 1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field… …

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  • 32to face the music — Face Face (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Facing}.] 1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field… …

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  • 33Śūnyatā — Śūnyatā, शून्यता (Sanskrit noun from the adj. sūnya void ), Suññatā (Pāli; adj. suñña ), stong pa nyid (Tibetan), Kuu, 空 (Japanese), Gong seong, 공성(空性) (Korean), qo ɣ usun (Mongolian) meaning Emptiness or Voidness , is a characteristic of… …

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  • 341960 U-2 incident — The 1960 U 2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960 when an American U 2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. At first, the United States government denied the plane s purpose and mission, but was forced to admit its role… …

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  • 35Jyotirao Phule — Jotiba Govindrao Phule Full name Jotiba Govindrao Phule Other names Mahatma Phule Born April 11, 1827(1827 04 11) Satara district Died November 28, 1890(1890 11 28) (aged 63) …

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  • 36Catharine Sedgwick — Infobox Writer name = Catharine Maria Sedgwick imagesize = caption = pseudonym = birthname = birthdate = birth date|1789|12|28 birthplace = Stockbridge, Massachusetts deathdate = Dda|1867|07|31|1789|12|28 deathplace = Boston, Massachusetts… …

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  • 37Sudjana Kerton — (22 November 1922 April 1994) was an Indonesian painter. Born at Bandung in the midst of political transition of the country from the Dutch colonial era to the independent republic of Indonesia, Kerton s paintings exhibited the revolutionary era… …

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  • 38Gladstone, William Ewart — ▪ prime minister of United Kingdom Introduction born December 29, 1809, Liverpool, England died May 19, 1898, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales  statesman and four time prime minister of Great Britain (1868–74, 1880–85, 1886, 1892–94). Early life… …

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  • 39brazen it out — we were shaking in our boots, but we brazened it out Syn: put on a bold front, stand one s ground, be defiant, be unrepentant, be unabashed …

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  • 40front — front1 [frunt] n. [ME < OFr < L frons (gen. frontis), forehead, front < IE * bhren , to project > OE brant, steep, high] 1. Now Rare a) the forehead b) the face; countenance 2. a) attitude or appearance, as of the face, indicati …

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