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  • 21shift*/ — [ʃɪft] verb I 1) [I/T] to change, or to change something Public opinion had shifted sharply to the left following the war.[/ex] The government has shifted its attention away from the fight against crime.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to move, or to move… …

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  • 22shift — [[t]ʃɪft[/t]] v. t. 1) to transfer from one place, position, person, etc., to another: to shift the blame[/ex] 2) to put aside and replace by another; change or exchange: to shift ideas[/ex] 3) aum to change (gears) from one ratio or arrangement… …

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  • 23shift — /ʃɪft / (say shift) verb (i) 1. to move from one place, position, etc., to another. 2. to manage to get along or succeed: *It was easier in these shiftless times to let things indeed shift for themselves and not count the cost or plan anything… …

  • 24The Reverberator — Infobox Book | name = The Reverberator image caption = Cover of 1989 Oxford World s Classics edition of A London Life and The Reverberator author = Henry James country = United Kingdom, United States language = English genre = Novel publisher =… …

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  • 25The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality — Infobox Book name = The Anti Capitalistic Mentality author = Ludwig Von Mises illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = publisher = D Van Nostrand Company, Liberty Fund pub date = 1956 media type = Print… …

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  • 27The Young and the Restless minor characters — The following are characters from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles. Contents 1 Current Characters 1.1 Genevieve …

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  • 28The Twelve Caesars —   Author(s) Suetonius Original title De vita Caesarum (literal trans.: On the Life of the Caesars) …

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  • 29The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards — logo The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards is an annual contest put forth by Lucasfilm and AtomFilms to showcase and acknowledge the growing genre of fan films made by, for, and about fans of the Star Wars saga. The inaugural contest in 2002 was …

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  • 30To shift off — Shift Shift (sh[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shifting}.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part,… …

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