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  • 71Ice (comics) — Superherobox| caption=Ice, art by Adam Hughes character name=Ice publisher=DC Comics debut= Justice League International #12 (April 1988) creators=Keith Giffen (writer) J. M. DeMatteis (writer) Kevin Maguire (artist) real name=Tora Olafsdotter… …

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  • 72Ghent — • Comprises the whole territory of East Flanders, one of the nine provinces of Belgium Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ghent     Ghent      …

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  • 73Philistines — • Inhabitants of the maritime plain of Palestine from the time of Judges onward Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Philistines     Philistines      …

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  • 74Teutonic Order — • A medieval military order modeled on the Hospitallers of St. John Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Teutonic Order     Teutonic Order      …

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  • 75save — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. rescue, deliver, preserve, salvage, safeguard; store, lay up, keep, hoard; redeem, convert; spare, avoid; economize, conserve. See preservation, piety. prep. saving, except[ing], barring, but,… …

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  • 76Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard — Pierre Terrail LeVieux, seigneur de Bayard Pierre Terrail LeVieux, seigneur de Bayard (1473 – Rovasenda (VC) 30 April 1524) was a French soldier, generally known as the Chevalier de Bayard. Throughout the centuries since his death, he has been… …

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  • 77privateer — /pruy veuh tear /, n. 1. an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships. 2. privateersman. v.i. 3. to cruise as a privateer. [1640 50; PRIVATE + EER, modeled on volunteer] * * *… …

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  • 78Extort — Ex*tort , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extorting}.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about, twist. See {Torsion}.] 1. To wrest from an unwilling person by physical… …

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  • 79Extorted — Extort Ex*tort , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extorting}.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about, twist. See {Torsion}.] 1. To wrest from an unwilling person by… …

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  • 80Extorting — Extort Ex*tort , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extorting}.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about, twist. See {Torsion}.] 1. To wrest from an unwilling person by… …

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