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  • 81Edward Lamb — (April 23, 1901 March 23, 1987) was an American businessman, broadcasting executive and labor lawyer. He is best known for having defended striking workers during the Auto Lite Strike in 1934 and for successfully resisting the federal government… …

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  • 82Arkazhsky Monastery — The Arkazhy Monastery (Russian: Аркажский монастырь, Monastery of Arcadius ) was one of the most important monasteries of medieval Novgorod the Great. It stood about two miles south of the city and just west of the Yuriev Monastery. All that… …

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  • 83Tiste characters in the Malazan Book of the Fallen — The Tiste Andii, Tiste Edur and Tiste Liosan are races in the fantasy series the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Canadian author Steven Erikson. There are a wide variety of Tiste characters in the Malazan Book of the Fallen of major and minor… …

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  • 84Deck of Dragons — The Deck of Dragons is a part of the fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen. The Deck is made up of cards and acts not unlike a Tarot deck in that it is used to predict future events. In the Malazan world, it is used to give its readers a… …

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  • 85clip — clip1 clippable, adj. /klip/, v., clipped, clipped or clipt, clipping, n. v.t. 1. to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears: to clip a rose from a bush. 2. to trim by cutting: to clip a hedge. 3. to cut or …

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  • 86France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 87hog — hoglike, adj. /hawg, hog/, n., v., hogged, hogging. n. 1. a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine. 2. a domesticated swine weighing 120 lb. (54 kg) or more, raised for market. 3. a selfish, gluttonous …

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  • 88shearling — /shear ling/, n. 1. Chiefly Brit. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once. 2. short wool pulled from such a sheep. 3. the skin from a recently shorn sheep or lamb, tanned with the wool still on it. [1350 1400; ME scherling. See SHEAR, LING1] *… …

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  • 89teg — /teg/, n. 1. Animal Husb. a. a two year old sheep that has not been shorn. b. the wool shorn from such a sheep. 2. Chiefly Brit. a two year old doe. 3. Brit. Dial. a yearling sheep. Also, tegg. [1520 30; orig. uncert.] * * * …

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  • 90tonsure — /ton sheuhr/, n., v., tonsured, tonsuring. n. 1. the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head. 2. the shaving of the head or of some part of it as a religious practice or rite, esp. in preparation for entering the priesthood or a monastic… …

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