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  • 81Murder, She Said — Directed by George Pollock Written by David D. Osborn B …

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  • 82Leonard Welsted — ( baptised June 3, 1688 August 1747) was an English poet and dunce in Alexander Pope s writings (both in The Dunciad and in Peri Bathos ). Welsted was an accomplished writer who composed in a relaxed, light hearted vein. He was associated with… …

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  • 83Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata — Royalty Theatre programme, March 1875, with Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata on the bill Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata,[1] or While it s to be Had was a one act play styled a successful romantic Extravaganza , written by R. H. Edgar and Charles… …

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  • 84Ľudo Ondrejov — (October 19, 1901 in Slanje, present day Croatia – March 18, 1962 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak poet and prose writer. Biography Ľudo Ondrejov was born in a Slovak family in Slanje (today part of Donji Martijanec, Croatia) on March… …

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  • 85Nahum Shahaf — (Hebrew: נחום שחף‎) is an Israeli physicist, best known for his role in an October 2000 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) investigation surrounding the shooting of a 12 year old Palestinian boy, Muhammad al Durrah. Prior to the investigation, Shahaf… …

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  • 86blandishment — /blan dish meuhnt/, n. Often, blandishments. something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.: Our blandishments left him unmoved. We succumbed to the blandishments of tropical living. [1585 95; BLANDISH + MENT] Syn.… …

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  • 87blarney — /blahr nee/, n., v., blarneyed, blarneying. n. 1. flattering or wheedling talk; cajolery. 2. deceptive or misleading talk; nonsense; hooey: a lot of blarney about why he was broke. v.t., v.i. 3. to flatter or wheedle; use blarney: He blarneys his …

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  • 88cajolery — /keuh joh leuh ree/, n., pl. cajoleries. persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing. [1640 50; < F cajolerie. See CAJOLE, ERY] * * * …

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  • 89United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great&#8230; …

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  • 90wheedle — wheedler, n. wheedlingly, adv. /hweed l, weed l/, v., wheedled, wheedling. v.t. 1. to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent. 2. to persuade (a&#8230; …

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