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  • 91discord — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Want of agreement Nouns 1. discord, discordance, disaccord, dissidence, disagreement, dissonance; friction, incompatibility; variance, difference, dissension, dissent; misunderstanding, cross purposes,… …

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  • 92Hick, John Harwood — (b. 1922)    Theologian.    Hick was educated at the Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford. He has taught philosophy of religion at Cambridge and Birmingham and at the Claremont School of Graduate Studies in California and he is an ordained… …

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  • 93poser — noun this situation s a bit of a poser Syn: difficult question, vexed question, awkward problem, tough one, puzzle, mystery, conundrum, puzzler, enigma, riddle; informal dilemma, toughie, stumper …

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  • 94Duchesneau, Jacques —    Intendant of New France, 1675 1682. His commission invested him with the title of president of the Sovereign Council, an office which had hitherto been filled by the governor. As Frontenac, a man of dominant spirit, was then governor,… …

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  • 95discrepancy — n 1. inconsistency, variance, dissimilarity, deviation, divergence; disparity, incongruity, contrariety; difference, disagreement, discordance, misunderstanding, credibility gap, cross purposes. 2. moot point, disputed point, question at issue,… …

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  • 96poser — n 1. model, sitter, subject, live model, nude model. 2. problem, question, vexed question, knotty point, knot, stickler, stumper; teaser, hard nut to crack, Inf. brainteaser, Inf. braintwister; dilemma, enigma, perplexity, intricacy; puzzle,… …

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  • 97HEILBRUN, CAROLYN G. — HEILBRUN, CAROLYN G. (1926–2003), U.S. academic, literary critic, and feminist writer; president of the Modern Language Association (1984). Born in New Jersey, the only child of Archibald and Estelle Roemer Gold, Heilbrun moved to New York City… …

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  • 98Joint resolution — Resolution Res o*lu tion ( l? sh?n), n. [F. r[ e]solution. L. resolutio a loosening, solution. See {Resolve}.] 1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts …

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  • 99Resolution — Res o*lu tion ( l? sh?n), n. [F. r[ e]solution. L. resolutio a loosening, solution. See {Resolve}.] 1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The… …

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  • 100Resolution of a force — Resolution Res o*lu tion ( l? sh?n), n. [F. r[ e]solution. L. resolutio a loosening, solution. See {Resolve}.] 1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts …

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