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  • 21friend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Person on intimate terms with another Nouns 1. friend, acquaintance, neighbor, well wisher; alter ego; bosom or fast friend, gentleman or lady friend; partner; fidus Achates; persona grata; associate,… …

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  • 22Henry H. Rogers — Henry Huttleston Rogers (January 29 1840 ndash; May 19 1909) was a United States capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Henry H. Rogers Dies Today. |url=… …

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  • 23hearty — Synonyms and related words: AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, abandoned, ablaze, able seaman, able bodied seaman, abundant, active, acute, affable, affectionate, afire, aggressive, amiable,… …

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  • 24Friend — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Friend >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 friend friend friend of one s bosom Sgm: N 1 acquaintance acquaintance neighbor wellwisher Sgm: N 1 alter ego alter ego Sgm: N 1 bosom friend bosom friend fast friend …

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  • 25bonanza — [19] Bonanza entered the language via American English from Spanish, where bonanza means ‘prosperity’, or literally ‘good weather’. It came from an unrecorded general Romance *bonacia, a derivative of Latin bonus ‘good’. (Other English words… …

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  • 26bonanza — [19] Bonanza entered the language via American English from Spanish, where bonanza means ‘prosperity’, or literally ‘good weather’. It came from an unrecorded general Romance *bonacia, a derivative of Latin bonus ‘good’. (Other English words… …

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  • 27pal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, [bosom or boon] companion, crony, comrade, mate; sidekick, buddy, chum. See friend. Ant., enemy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. companion, bosom friend, buddy; see friend 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 28George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe — George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS (4 April 1918 ndash; 22 February 2007) was a British politician and statesman, diplomat and businessman. Jellicoe was the only son but sixth and youngest child of… …

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  • 29bon vivant — Synonyms and related words: Brillat Savarin, Cyrenaic, Heliogabalus, Lucullus, Sardanapalus, amateur, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, authority, board and roomer, boarder, boon companion, cannibal, carnivore, carpet knight,… …

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  • 30cars and taxis — Despite the newfound prominence of the private sedan in post socialist China, the history of the motorized vehicle in China has been one marked by scorn, rejection and opprobrium. If the slick, latest model cars of the 1990s and the new… …

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