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  • 1mealy-mouthed — not brave enough to say what you mean directly and honestly. Strangely enough, although we are getting more mealy mouthed about mental and physical disabilities, we are increasingly frank about bodily functions …

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  • 2mealy-mouthed — [[t]mi͟ːlima͟ʊðd[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is being mealy mouthed, you are critical of them for being unwilling to speak in a simple or open way because they want to avoid talking directly about something unpleasant.… …

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  • 3mince — I. v. a. 1. Hash, cut into small pieces, chop fine. 2. Extenuate, palliate, be mealy mouthed about, be reserved in speaking of. II. v. n. Affect delicacy …

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  • 4mouth — mouth1 W1S2 [mauθ] n plural mouths [mauðz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(face)¦ 2 keep your mouth shut 3 open your mouth 4 (you) watch your mouth 5¦(entrance)¦ 6¦(river)¦ 7¦(bottle/container)¦ 8 big m …

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  • 5BBC News — This article is about the organisation within the BBC. For the television channel, see BBC News (TV channel). For other uses, see BBC News (disambiguation). BBC News BBC News logo Type Department of the BBC Industry …

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  • 6Henry Blake — MASH character Caption=Lt. Col Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) bidding farewell to Corporal Radar O Reilly (Gary Burghoff) in Abyssinia, Henry . bgcolor=#c00 fgcolor=#000 rank=Lieutenant Colonel name=Henry Blake gender=Male hair=Brown (graying)… …

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  • 7Falsehood — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Falsehood >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 falsehood falsehood falseness Sgm: N 1 falsity falsity falsification Sgm: N 1 deception deception &c. 545 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm …

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  • 8Criticism of the BBC — Contents 1 Iraq and the Hutton Inquiry 2 Allegations of bias 2.1 Political bias …

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  • 9Robert Olen Butler — Jr. (b. January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short story collection A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (1992) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. [cite web last = first = title =The Pulitzer Prizes url… …

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  • 10Kevin and Bean — is the morning show on KROQ FM, an alternative rock format radio station in Los Angeles, California. It is hosted by Kevin Ryder and Gene Bean Baxter. The show has been on the air for more than fifteen years and intersperses music and news with… …

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