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101marketing — /mahr ki ting/, n. 1. the act of buying or selling in a market. 2. the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling. [1555 65;… …
102persuasive — persuasively, adv. persuasiveness, n. /peuhr sway siv, ziv/, adj. 1. able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument. n. 2. something that persuades; inducement. [1580 90; ML persuasivus. See PERSUASIBLE, IVE] Syn. 1. convincing …
103rhetoric — /ret euhr ik/, n. 1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast. 2. the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech. 3. the study of the effective… …
104Richard III — 1. (Duke of Gloucester) 1452 85, king of England 1483 85. 2. (italics) a drama (1592 93?) by Shakespeare. * * * born Oct. 2, 1452, Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, Eng. died Aug. 22, 1485, Bosworth, Leicestershire Last Yorkist king of… …
105Collins, Michael — born Oct. 16, 1890, Clonakilty, County Cork, Ire. died Aug. 22, 1922, Beal na Blath, Cork Irish national leader. He worked in London (1906–16), then returned to fight in the Easter Rising. Elected as a member of Sinn Féin to the Irish assembly… …
106Marshall, John — born Sept. 24, 1755, near Germantown, Va. died July 6, 1835, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. U.S. patriot, politician, and jurist. In 1775 he joined a regiment of minutemen and served as a lieutenant under Gen. George Washington in the American… …
107Anderson, Poul — ▪ American writer in full Poul William Anderson born November 25, 1926, Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S. died July 31, 2001, Orinda, California prolific American writer of science fiction and fantasy, often praised for his scrupulous attention …
108Augustine, Saint — ▪ Christian bishop and theologian Introduction also called Saint Augustine of Hippo, original Latin name Aurelius Augustinus born Nov. 13, 354, Tagaste, Numidia [now Souk Ahras, Algeria] died Aug. 28, 430, Hippo Regius [now Annaba, Algeria]… …
109Hugh of Cluny, Saint — ▪ French abbot French Saint Hugues De Cluny, original name Hugues De Semur born 1024, Semur en Brionnais, Burgundy [France] died April 29, 1109, Cluny, France; canonized 1120; feast day April 29 French abbot of the Benedictine monastery …
110Jellinek, Elvin M — ▪ American physiologist born Aug. 15, 1890, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 22, 1963, Palo Alto, Calif. American physiologist who was a pioneer in the scientific study of alcoholism. Jellinek studied at several European universities… …
