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121Whoop-Up — Infobox Musical name= Whoop Up subtitle= caption= Page from sheet music (cropped) music= Mark Charlap lyrics= Norman Gimbel book= Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin basis=”Stay Away, Joe” by Dan Cushman productions= 1958 Broadway awards= Whoop Up is a… …
122Deductive fallacy — A deductive fallacy is defined as a deductive argument that is invalid. The argument itself could have true premises, but still have a false conclusion.[1] Thus, a deductive fallacy is a fallacy where deduction goes wrong, and is no longer a… …
123amuse — amusable, adj. amuser, n. /euh myoohz /, v.t., amused, amusing. 1. to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner: She amused the guests with witty conversation. 2. to cause mirth, laughter,… …
124get — gettable, getable, adj. /get/, v., got or (Archaic) gat; got or gotten; getting, n. v.t. 1. to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension. 2. to cause to be in one s possession or succeed …
125ibn Khaldun — /ib euhn khahl doohn /, n. Abd al Rahman /ahb dahl rddah mahn/, 1332 1406, Arab historian and philosopher. * * * orig. Abū Zayd ʽAbd al Raḥmān ibn Khaldūn born May 27, 1332, Tunis, Tun. died March 17, 1406, Cairo, Egypt Noted Arab historian. He… …
126propaganda — /prop euh gan deuh/, n. 1. information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. 2. the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc. 3. the particular doctrines or… …
127Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
128Johnson, Samuel — known as Dr. Johnson born Sept. 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Eng. died Dec. 13, 1784, London British man of letters, one of the outstanding figures of 18th century England. The son of a poor bookseller, he briefly attended Oxford… …
