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  • 41To lose one's heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …

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  • 42Signs of Hope in Africa — ▪ 1997       by Kenneth Ingham       In November 1996 the Mozambican government withdrew a draft law on defense and the armed forces from the business of the current session of the national assembly because the elected opposition had described it …

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  • 43despair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hopelessness, sadness, dejection, despondency, discouragement. Ant., hope. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hopelessness, despondency, discouragement; see depression 2 , desperation 1 , gloom 2 . III (Roget s… …

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  • 44despair of — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. lose hope, lose faith, lose heart, lose courage, give up, give up hope, abandon hope, give up all expectation, give way, give in to despair, despond, have no hope, have a heavy heart, lose faith in, abandon oneself to fate;… …

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  • 45hopelessness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of hope Nouns 1. hopelessness, futility, impossibility; despair, desperation; despondency, dejection; pessimism, Weltschmerz; hope deferred, dashed hopes; vain expectation, disappointment. Slang,… …

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  • 46The Quillan Games — infobox Book | name = The Quillan Games title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = D. J. MacHale cover artist = Victor Lee country = United States language = English series = Pendragon genre = Fantasy novel publisher …

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  • 47Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored — is a film directed by Tim Reid and the screenplay was written by Paul W. Cooper. The film is based on Clifton Taulbert’s real life and his nonfiction book, Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored. The film plays out Taulbert’s life. The film… …

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  • 48get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… …

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  • 49despair — I. verb Etymology: Middle English despeiren, from Anglo French desperer, from Latin desperare, from de + sperare to hope; akin to Latin spes hope more at speed Date: 14th century intransitive verb to lose all hope or confidence < despair of&#8230; …

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  • 50Adam, Robert — born July 3, 1728, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scot. died March 3, 1792, London, Eng. Scottish architect and designer. Son of the architect William Adam, he apprenticed in his father s offices. He traveled in Europe in 1754–58, studying architectural theory …

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