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  • 101Antisemitic canard — An antisemitic canard is a deliberately false story inciting antisemitism. [ [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/canard canard. ] Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 09 Jun. 2008.] The word canard is French for duck,… …

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  • 102appearance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Outward look Nouns 1. (what is seen) sight, show, scene, view; outlook, prospect, vista, angle, perspective, bird s eye view; scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, setting, mise en scène. See… …

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  • 103Dorothy Auchterlonie — Born Dorothy Auchterlounie 28 May 1915(1915 05 28) Sunderland, County Durham, England Died 21 February 1991(1991 02 21) (aged 75) …

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  • 104Várpalota — Infobox Settlement subdivision type = Country subdivision name = HUN timezone=CET utc offset=+1 timezone DST=CEST utc offset DST=+2 pushpin pushpin label position = pushpin map caption =Location of Várpalota pushpin mapsize = official… …

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  • 1051964 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=19th century c=20th century cf=21st century yp1=1961 yp2=1962 yp3=1963 year=1964 ya1=1965 ya2=1966 ya3=1967 dp3=1930s dp2=1940s dp1=1950s d=1960s da=0 dn1=1970s dn2=1980s dn3=1990s|Events* Among the… …

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  • 106come of age — slightly formal 1. to reach the age when you are an adult and are legally responsible for your behaviour. So what of all the fifty thousand youngsters who come of age this spring? Who will they be voting for? 2. something or someone that has come …

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  • 107literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 108performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 109mind — mind1 W1S1 [maınd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ability to think and imagine)¦ 2 change your mind 3 make up your mind/make your mind up 4 have somebody/something in mind (for something) 5 bear/keep somebody/something in mind 6 with somebody/something in mind 7… …

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  • 110Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …

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