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  • 101Active — Ac tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.… …

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  • 102Active capital — Active Ac tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the… …

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  • 103Active wealth — Active Ac tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the… …

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  • 104Agile — Ag ile, a. [F. agile, L. agilis, fr. agere to move. See {Agent}.] Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue. [1913 Webster] Shaking it with agile hand. Cowper. [1913… …

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  • 105Nomad — Nom ad, n. [L. nomas, adis, Gr. ?, ?, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, fr. ? a pasture, allotted abode, fr. ? to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F. nomade. Cf. {Astronomy}, {Economy} …

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  • 106Fighter aircraft — A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air to air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs. Fighters are comparatively small, fast, and… …

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  • 107Jack Kemp — Infobox Officeholder name = Jack Kemp, Jr. imagesize = 200px small caption = order = 1996 Republican Vice Presidential nominee term start =August 16, 1996 term end =November 5, 1996 runningmate = Bob Dole opponent = Bill Clinton/Al Gore… …

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  • 108Joanna Lumley — For the sixteenth century translator see Jane Lumley. Infobox actor name = Joanna Lumley imagesize = birthdate = Birth date and age|1946|5|1|df=yes birthplace = Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India birthname = Joanna Lamond Lumley spouse =… …

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  • 109Jumping the shark — Jump the shark redirects here. For the episode of The X Files, see Jump the Shark (The X Files). For the Supernatural episode, see Jump the Shark (Supernatural). Fonzie on water skis, in a scene from the Happy Days episode Hollywood, Part Three… …

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  • 110The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game — Infobox RPG title= The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game caption= designer= Steven S. Long, Christian Moore, Owen M. Seyler, Ross Isaacs publisher= Decipher Inc. date= 2002 genre= Fantasy system= Coda System footnotes= The Lord of the Rings… …

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