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21victory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. conquest, triumph, success; winning, mastery; the palm, laurel, wreath, award, trophy, prize, pennant. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The overcoming of an opponent] Syn. triumph, conquest, mastery,… …
22fluke — {{11}}fluke (1) flat end of an arm of an anchor, 1560s, perhaps from FLUKE (Cf. fluke) (3) on resemblance of shape, or from Low Ger. flügel wing. Meaning whale s tail (in plural, flukes) is 1725. {{12}}fluke (2) lucky stroke, chance hit, 1857,… …
23fluke — fluke1 noun an unlikely chance occurrence, especially a stroke of luck. verb achieve by luck rather than skill. Derivatives flukily adverb flukiness noun fluky (also flukey) adjective Origin C19 (orig. a term in games such as billiards denoting a …
24fluke — n. 1. Anchor flake, grappling flap. 2. Tail flap (of a whale). 3. Flounder, turbot, flowk (Platessa flesus or maximus). 4. Lucky stroke, stroke of luck (primarily, at billiards). 5. Fluke worm, liver worm, gourd worm (Distoma hepaticum) …
25fluke — fluke1 [flo͞ok] n. [ME floke < OE floc, akin to ON floki < IE base * plāg , broad, flat > FLAG2, Ger flach, flat, level] 1. any of various flatfishes, esp. a genus (Paralichthys) of flounders 2. TREMATODE fluke2 [flo͞ok] …
26Eric Sevareid — Sevareid was a child of the American Plains. He was born in Velva, North Dakota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1935. Of Norwegian ancestry, he preserved a strong bond with Norway throughout his life.Early lifeEric Sevareid had… …
27Fairfax M. Cone — Fairfax Mastick Cone (21 February, 1903 June 20, 1977) or Fax Cone, was an American businessperson, advertising executive and the former director of the American Association of Advertising Agencies.Early yearsCone s father was a prospector and a… …
28List of whistleblowers — * Stanley Adams, a former Hoffmann LaRoche executive, who discovered evidence of price fixing in 1973. He passed the evidence to the European Economic Community, who erroneously leaked Adams name back to Hoffman LaRoche. Adams was arrested for… …
29BC Drop Shot — Der BC Drop Shot ist niederländischer Badmintonverein aus Den Haag. Der Klub spielte über drei Jahrzehnte in der Eredivisie, der höchsten Liga in den Niederlanden. Geschichte Der Verein entstand am 1. Oktober 1947 als Winteralternative zum… …
30turn-up — Stroke of luck. Often turn up for the book Lucky occurrence …
