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  • 101Rudy Giuliani during the September 11 attacks — As Mayor of New York City during the September 11, 2001 attacks, Rudy Giuliani played a key role in the response to the terrorist attack against the World Trade Center Towers in New York City. For this he earned great praise at the time, but he… …

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  • 102biting — bitingly, adv. bitingness, n. /buy ting/, adj. 1. nipping; smarting; keen: biting cold; a biting sensation on the tongue. 2. cutting; sarcastic: a biting remark. [1250 1300; ME bitynge. See BITE, ING2] Syn. 2. incisive, trenchant; caustic,… …

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  • 103brickbat — /brik bat /, n. 1. a piece of broken brick, esp. one used as a missile. 2. any rocklike missile. 3. an unkind or unfavorable remark; caustic criticism: The critics greeted the play with brickbats. [1555 65; BRICK + BAT1] * * * …

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  • 104literature — /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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  • 105performing 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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  • 106tart — tart1 tartish, adj. tartishly, adv. tartly, adv. tartness, n. /tahrt/, adj., tarter, tartest. 1. sharp to the taste; sour or acid: tart apples. 2 …

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  • 107Scooter Libby — I. Lewis Scooter Libby Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States In office 2001–2005 Vice President Dick Cheney Preceded by …

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  • 108Paul Legrand — Nadar: Paul Legrand as Pierrot, c. 1857. Musée d Orsay, Paris Paul Legrand (1816–1898), born Charles Dominique Martin Legrand, was a highly regarded and influential French mime who turned the Pierrot of his predecessor, Jean Gaspard Deburau, into …

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  • 109Victor de Broglie (1785–1870) — For other people with a similar name, see Victor de Broglie. Victor de Broglie 9th Prime Minister of France In office 13 August 1830 – 2 November 1830 …

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  • 110Christian views on Hell — vary, but in general traditionally agree that hell is a place or a state in which the souls of the unsaved suffer the consequences of sin. Different Hebrew and Greek words are translated as hell in most English language Bibles. They include:… …

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