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  • 61manipulated — ma·nip·u·late || mÉ™ nɪpjÉ™leɪt / jÊŠl v. handle or operate with the hands; influence, manage, control; adapt or change to suit one s purpose …

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  • 62manipulates — ma·nip·u·late || mÉ™ nɪpjÉ™leɪt / jÊŠl v. handle or operate with the hands; influence, manage, control; adapt or change to suit one s purpose …

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  • 63manipulating — ma·nip·u·late || mÉ™ nɪpjÉ™leɪt / jÊŠl v. handle or operate with the hands; influence, manage, control; adapt or change to suit one s purpose …

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  • 64manipulation — ma·nip·u·la·tion || mÉ™ nɪpjÉ™leɪʃn / jÊŠl n. act of manipulating; act of handling or operating with the hands; act of managing or controlling; act of adapting or changing to suit one s purpose …

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  • 65manipulations — ma·nip·u·la·tion || mÉ™ nɪpjÉ™leɪʃn / jÊŠl n. act of manipulating; act of handling or operating with the hands; act of managing or controlling; act of adapting or changing to suit one s purpose …

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  • 66manipulate — ma•nip•u•late [[t]məˈnɪp yəˌleɪt[/t]] v. t. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to manage or influence skillfully and often unfairly: to manipulate people s feelings[/ex] 2) to handle or use, esp. with skill: to manipulate a large tractor[/ex] 3) to adapt or… …

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  • 67manipulate — /məˈnɪpjəleɪt / (say muh nipyuhlayt) verb (t) (manipulated, manipulating) 1. a. to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in order to achieve a desired effect: to manipulate the gearstick of a car. b. to handle or move (part of the body)… …

  • 68Glossary of contract bridge terms — These terms are used in Contract bridge[1][2] , or the earlier game Auction bridge, using duplicate or rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in Whist, Bid whist, and other trick taking games. This glossary supplements the Glossary of card… …

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  • 69Early Earth Federation mobile suits in the Gundam universe — Mobile suits (機動兵器) are fictional weapon systems from the Gundam anime metaseries. The following is a list of all early mobile suits from the Earth Federation.MSZ 010 ZZ GundamThe MSZ 010 ΖΖ Gundam is about a fictional weapon from the Universal… …

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  • 70List of Turn A Gundam mobile units — The mechanical design of the anime Turn A Gundam is the first and only in the series, using a non Japanese designer. Industrial designer Syd Mead designed these mecha with the view of simple and realistic, instead of following Japanese trend of… …

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