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  • 51David B. Rivkin — Jr. Born 1956 Psov, U.S.S.R. Residence Washington, D.C. area Citizenship …

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  • 52Schläfli–Hess polychoron — The great grand 120 cell, one of ten Schläfli–Hess polychora by orthographic projection. In four dimensional geometry, Schläfli–Hess polychora are the complete set of 10 regular self intersecting star polychora (four dimensional polytopes). They… …

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  • 53Original Teachings of the Buddha — Painting of the first sermon depicted at Wat Chedi Liem in Thailand Original Teachings of the Buddha refer to the teachings of the historical Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the Buddha. What the original teachings were, or Buddha Vacana ( word… …

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  • 54enhancement — I (exaggeration) noun aggrandizement, elaboration, embellishment, exaggeration, exaltation, hyperbole, magnification, overstatement, superlative II (increase) noun accession, advance, aggrandizement, amelioration, amendment, amplification,… …

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  • 55increase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of making larger Nouns 1. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilation, expansion; advance, appreciation; gain, profit, increment, accretion; accession, addition; development, growth;… …

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  • 56Increase — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Increase >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 increase increase augmentation enlargement extension Sgm: N 1 dilatation dilatation &c.(expansion) 194 Sgm: N 1 increment increment accretion Sgm: N 1 accession …

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  • 57Expansion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Expansion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 expansion expansion Sgm: N 1 increase increase &c. 35 of size Sgm: N 1 enlargement enlargement extension augmentation Sgm: N 1 amplification amplification …

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  • 58aggrandisement — (n.) chiefly British English spelling of AGGRANDIZEMENT (Cf. aggrandizement). See IZE (Cf. ize) …

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  • 59Manifest Destiny —    A slogan of American territorial expansion that was coined in the 1840s. Justi ficatory rhetoric throughout the continental expansion of the United States was clothed in various garbs, of which Manifest Destiny is the best known, and to invoke …

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  • 60ego trip — noun an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance • Syn: ↑self aggrandizement, ↑self aggrandisement • Hypernyms: ↑aggrandizement, ↑aggrandisement, ↑elevation * * * noun, pl ⋯ trips [count] …

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