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  • 21Stripped — Strip Strip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stripped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stripping}.] [OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str?pan in bestr?pan to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen.] 1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder;… …

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  • 22Stripping — Strip Strip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stripped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stripping}.] [OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str?pan in bestr?pan to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen.] 1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder;… …

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  • 23James Renshaw Cox — Born March 7, 1886 Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania Died March 20, 1951 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Resting place Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Nationality …

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  • 24William Thomas Pipes — (April 15, 1850 ndash; October 7, 1909) was a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. Biography Pipes was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He ran in the 1878 federal election against Charles Tupper, but was unable to wrest away Tupper s seat in the… …

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  • 25The Robbers — For the 1962 Spanish film, see The Robbers (film). For other meanings, see Robbery. First edition, 1781 The Robbers (German: Die Räuber) was the first drama by German playwright Friedrich Schiller. The play was published in 1781 and …

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  • 27Bashkortostan, Republic of —    An ethnic republic of the Russian Federation. Historically known as Bashkiriya, this ethnic republic was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR) within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic during the Soviet era. In 1990, the …

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  • 28extortion — c.1300, from L. extortionem (nom. extortio) a twisting out, extorting, noun of action from pp. stem of extorquere wrench out, wrest away, to obtain by force, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + torquere to twist (see THWART (Cf. thwart)) …

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  • 29Wrested — Wrest Wrest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wresting}.] [OE. wresten, AS. wr?stan; akin to wr?? a twisted band, and wr[=i]?n to twist. See {Writhe}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to… …

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  • 30Wresting — Wrest Wrest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wresting}.] [OE. wresten, AS. wr?stan; akin to wr?? a twisted band, and wr[=i]?n to twist. See {Writhe}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to… …

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