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  • 11drug use — Introduction       use of drugs for psychotropic rather than medical purposes. Among the most common psychotropic drugs are opiates ( opium, morphine, heroin), hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin), barbiturates, cocaine, amphetamines,… …

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  • 12play — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by with) occupy or amuse oneself pleasantly with some recreation, game, exercise, etc. 2 intr. (foll. by with) act light heartedly or flippantly (with feelings etc.). 3 tr. a perform on or be able to perform on (a… …

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  • 13Hysteric — Hys*ter ic, Hysterical Hys*ter ic*al, a. [L. hystericus, Gr. ?, fr. yste ra the womb; perh. akin to ? latter, later, and E. utter, out.] 1. Of or pertaining to hysteria. [1913 Webster] With no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement, they… …

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  • 14Hysterical — Hysteric Hys*ter ic, Hysterical Hys*ter ic*al, a. [L. hystericus, Gr. ?, fr. yste ra the womb; perh. akin to ? latter, later, and E. utter, out.] 1. Of or pertaining to hysteria. [1913 Webster] With no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement,… …

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  • 15Shining — Shin ing, a. 1. Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor. Fish . . . with their fins and shining scales. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Splendid; illustrious;… …

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  • 16CANDU reactor — The CANDU reactor is a Canadian invented, pressurized heavy water reactor developed initially in the late 1950s and 1960s by a partnership between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario (now known… …

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  • 17Old Tupi language — Infobox Language name=Old Tupi nativename= states=Brazil speakers=extinct familycolor=American fam1=Tupian fam2=Tupí Guarani script=Latin alphabet iso2= [http://www.sil.org/iso639 3/documentation.asp?id=sai sai] (Collective)Old Tupi or Classical… …

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  • 18Anglo–Spanish War (1585) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Anglo Spanish War partof=the Eighty Years War caption= A galleass date=1585 – 1604 place=Atlantic Ocean, English Channel, Low Countries, Spain, Spanish Main, Cornwall result= Treaty of London casus=… …

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  • 19Life Expectancy (novel) — infobox Book | name = Life Expectancy title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of Life Expectancy author = Dean Koontz illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Suspense, Psychological novel… …

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  • 20Ethan Brand — A Chapter from an Abortive Romance is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1850.Plot summaryThe story begins with a lime burner called Bartram and his son hearing a disturbing roar of laughter echo through the twilight in the… …

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