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  • 1the upshot — (of something) phrase the result of a process or an event The upshot was that he was banned from driving. Thesaurus: general words for results and outcomessynonym Main entry: upshot * * * the upshot : the final result or outcome of a …

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  • 2the upshot of something — the upshot (of something) phrase the result of a process or an event The upshot was that he was banned from driving. Thesaurus: general words for results and outcomessynonym Main entry: upshot …

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  • 3Upshot-Knothole Grable — was a nuclear weapons test conducted by the United States as part of Operation Upshot Knothole. Detonation of the associated nuclear weapon occurred shortly after its deployment at 8:30am PDT (1530 UTC) on May 25, 1953, in Area 5 of the Nevada… …

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  • 4Upshot — Up shot , n. [Up + shot, equivalent to scot share, reckoning. Cf. the phrase to cast up an account.] Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation. [1913 Webster] I can not pursue with any safety this sport …

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  • 5upshot of something — the upshot (of something) phrase the result of a process or an event The upshot was that he was banned from driving. Thesaurus: general words for results and outcomessynonym Main entry: upshot …

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  • 6Upshot-Knothole Harry — The first of two test firings of an atomic device in the Knothole phase of Operation Upshot Knothole conducted at the Nevada Test Site by the United States in 1953.The first 9 shots were part of the Upshot phase.Shot Harry fired at the Frenchman… …

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  • 7The Dog it was that Died — is a play by the British playwright Tom Stoppard.Written for BBC Radio in 1982, it concerns the dilemma faced by a spy over who he actually works for. The play was also adapted for television by Stoppard, and broadcast in 1988. StoryRupert Purvis …

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  • 8The Face on the Barroom Floor (painting) — The Face on the Barroom Floor is a painting on the floor of the Teller House Bar in Central City, Colorado, United States. It was painted in 1936 by Herndon Davis.tory of the paintingDavis had been commissioned by the Central City Opera… …

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  • 9The Comedian as the Letter C — is a poem from Wallace Stevens s firstbook of poetry, Harmonium (1923). It was one of the few poems firstpublished in that collection and the last written for it. Consequentlyit is still under copyright, thanks to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term… …

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  • 10The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin — is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on April 28th 1887, and first in book form in the first Indian edition of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888, and in subsequent editions of that… …

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