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  • 51Lucille Ball — Nombre real Lucille Désirée Ball …

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  • 52literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 53Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …

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  • 54performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 55tennis — /ten is/, n. a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half. Cf. lawn tennis. See illus. under racket2.… …

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  • 56Turner, Lana — orig. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner born Feb. 8, 1920/21, Wallace, Idaho, U.S. died June 29, 1995, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. film actress. Allegedly discovered as a teenager at a Hollywood soda fountain, she made her screen debut in 1937. A… …

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  • 57Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …

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  • 59stormy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. turbulent, tempestuous. See violence, wind. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Characterized by storms] Syn. rainy, wet, damp, cold, bitter, raging, roaring, frigid, windy, blustery, pouring, blustering,… …

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  • 60tumult —  , turmoil  Both describe confusion and agitation. The difference is that tumult applies only to people, but turmoil applies to both people and things. Tumultuous, however, can also describe things as well as people ( tumultuous applause,… …

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