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  • 121stick — 1 /stIk/ verb past tense and past participle stuck 1 PUSH (transitive always + adv/prep, intransitive always + adv/prep) if a pointed object sticks into something or you stick it into something, it is pushed into it: stick sth in/into/through etc …

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  • 122Plutarch — For other uses, see Plutarch (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Petrarch. Plutarch Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Μέστριος Πλούταρχος Parallel Lives, Amyot translation, 1565 Born c …

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  • 123History of Cape Colony from 1870 to 1899 — The year 1870 in the history of the Cape Colony marks the dawn of a new era in South Africa, and it can be said that the development of modern South Africa began on that date. Despite political complications that arose from time to time, progress …

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  • 124Michel Chiha — Born 1891 Mekkine, Ottoman Syria Died December 29, 1954 Beirut, Lebanon Occupation Banker, Politician, Writer and Journalist Spouse Marg …

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  • 125seem — W1S1 [si:m] v [linking verb, not in progressive] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: sœma to be appropriate to , from sœmr appropriate ] 1.) to appear to exist or be true, or to have a particular quality ▪ Ann didn t seem very sure. ▪ It seems …

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  • 126Battle of Washita River — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Battle of Washita River partof=the Indian Wars caption= Battle of Washita from Harper s Weekly , December 19, 1868 date=November 27, 1868 place=Roger Mills County, Oklahoma result=U.S. victory combatant1=… …

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  • 127Speck — Speck, n. [OE. spekke, AS. specca; cf. LG. spaak.] 1. A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in… …

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  • 128Ulocentra stigmaea — Speck Speck, n. [OE. spekke, AS. specca; cf. LG. spaak.] 1. A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of… …

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