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  • 51luck — n 1. chance, mere chance, happy chance, happenstance, fortuity, serendipity; fortune or Fortune, Lady or Dame Fortune, Irish Eng. Inf. cess; Lady Luck, wheel of fortune or chance, heads or tails, roll or cast or toss or throw of the dice;… …

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  • 52New Year's Eve — For other calendars, see New Year. For other articles with similar names, see New Year (disambiguation). New Year s Eve Also called Hogmanay (Scotland), Calennig (Wales), Silvester (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary,… …

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  • 53India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 54arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 55Success — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Success >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 success success successfulness Sgm: N 1 speed speed Sgm: N 1 advance advance &c.(progress) 282 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 trump card trump card Sgm: N 2 …

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  • 56The Prince — This article is about the book by Niccolò Machiavelli. For other uses, see Prince (disambiguation). The Prince   …

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  • 57blow — blow1 /bloh/, n. 1. a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon: a blow to the head. 2. a sudden shock, calamity, reversal, etc.: His wife s death was a terrible blow to him. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action: The invaders struck a blow …

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  • 58Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …

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  • 59John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough — Duke of Marlborough and John Churchill redirect here. For subsequent dukes, see Duke of Marlborough (title). For others of this name, see John Churchill (disambiguation). His Grace The Duke of Marlborough KG, PC …

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  • 60William Nelson Page — (January 6, 1854 ndash;March 7, 1932), was a United States civil engineer, entrepreneur, capitalist, businessman, and industrialist. Born into an old Virginia family about seven years before the American Civil War (1861 1865), William Nelson Page …

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