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81minimize — [v] make smaller; underrate abbreviate, attenuate, belittle, cheapen, curtail, cut down to size, cut rate, decrease, decry, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, downplay*, dwarf*, knock*, knock down*, lessen,… …
82Cannibals and Kings — (1977, ISBN 0 394 40765 2) is a book written by anthropologist Marvin Harris. The book presents a systematic discussion of ideas about the reasons for a culture making a transition by stages from egalitarian hunter gatherer to hierarchically… …
83Gene Amdahl — Gene Myron Amdahl (born November 16, 1922) is a Norwegian American computer architect and hi tech entrepreneur, chiefly known for his work on mainframe computers at International Business Machines (IBM) and later his own companies, especially… …
84Spanish dollar — The Spanish dollar (also known as the piece of eight , the real de a ocho , or the eight real coin ) is a silver coin, worth eight reales, that was minted in the Spanish Empire after a Spanish currency reform in 1497. It was legal tender in the… …
85Yasumi Matsuno — Born October 24, 1965 (1965 10 24) Nationality Japanese Occupation Video game designer Yasumi Matsuno ( …
86Miniaturization — Chargers for iPods, all of which are made by Apple Inc., have become increasingly small over just a few years. They are in order of age, oldest left, newest right. Miniaturization (Br.Eng.: Miniaturisation) is the creation of ever smaller scales… …
87Shilling (British coin) — In the United Kingdom, a shilling was a coin used from the reign of Henry VII until decimalisation in 1971. Before decimalisation there were twenty shillings to the pound and twelve pence to the shilling, and thus 240 pence to the pound. At… …
88diminish — verb /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/ a) To make smaller. b) To become smaller …
89comminute — (v.) 1620s, from L. comminutus, pp. of comminuere to lessen, break into smaller parts, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + minuere to make smaller (see MINUS (Cf. minus)). Related: Comminuted; comminuting …
90contract — con·tract || kÉ’ntrækt n. agreement, pact, covenant; (Slang) arrangement with a hired assassin to kill a person v. create a formal agreement; get; make smaller; reduce; become smaller …
