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  • 71go the whole hog — or[go whole hog] {v. phr.}, {informal} To do something completely or thoroughly; to give all your strength or attention to something. * /When Bob became interested in model airplanes, he went the whole hog./ * /The family went whole hog at the… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 72go the whole hog — or[go whole hog] {v. phr.}, {informal} To do something completely or thoroughly; to give all your strength or attention to something. * /When Bob became interested in model airplanes, he went the whole hog./ * /The family went whole hog at the… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 73Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing — Infobox Film name = Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing image size = caption = director = Alan J. Pakula producer = Alan J. Pakula writer = Alvin Sargent narrator = starring = Maggie Smith Timothy Bottoms music = Michael Small cinematography …

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  • 74Reload - The Whole 12 Inches (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Reload The Whole 12 Inches Type = Remix album Artist = Frankie Goes to Hollywood Released = start date|1994|5 Genre = Pop/Rock Length = 59:42 Label = ZTT 4509 95292 2 Producer = Trevor Horn, Stephen Lipson Reviews = Last… …

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  • 75Committee of the whole house — Committee Com*mit tee, n. [Cf. OF. comit[ e] company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. {County}.] One or more …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 76List of pieces which use the whole tone scale — *Béla Bartók:: String Quartet No. 5 *Alban Berg:: Violin Concerto :: Nacht from Seven Early Songs *Ferruccio Busoni:: An die Jugend for piano, the right hand part of the Preludietto, Fughetta ed Esercizio is based on the whole tone scale.*Claude… …

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  • 77Let's Call the Whole Thing Off — is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates. The song is most famous for its You like and I… …

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  • 78committee of the whole — Date: 1775 the whole membership of a legislative house sitting as a committee and operating under informal rules …

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  • 79on the whole — phrasal 1. in view of all the circumstances or conditions ; all things considered 2. in general ; in most instances ; typically …

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  • 80committee of the whole — the entire membership of a legislative body, sitting in a deliberative rather than a legislative capacity, for informal debate and preliminary consideration of matters awaiting legislative action. [1745 55] * * * …

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