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  • 81Somigliana, Carlos — (1932–1987)    Argentine playwright and screenwriter. Born in Buenos Aires, Somigliana attended the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. In 1958 he relocated to the city of Ushuaia, where he began a long career as a functionary of the Argentine… …

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  • 82agent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) One who acts for another Nouns 1. (one who acts for another) agent, representative, ombudsman, delegate, emissary, instrument, envoy, deputy, proxy, broker, factor, attorney; commissary, commissioner;… …

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  • 83officer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. policeman; functionary, official, bureaucrat; president, vice president, secretary, treasurer; registrar; mayor, governor. See director, authority. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An executive] Syn. manager,… …

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  • 84official — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. officer, functionary, dignitary. adj. authoritative, functional, authentic, authorized; formal. See legality, authority.Ant., unofficial. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having to do with one s office] Syn …

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  • 85Consignee — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Consignee >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 consignee consignee trustee nominee committee GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 delegate delegate Sgm: N 2 commissary commissary commissioner Sgm: N 2 emissary …

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  • 86officeholder — noun 1. someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust he is an officer of the court the club elected its officers for the coming year • Syn: ↑officer • Hypernyms: ↑official, ↑functionary, ↑holder …

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  • 87clerk of the weather — An imaginary functionary facetiously supposed to govern the weather • • • Main Entry: ↑clerk * * * clerk of the weather, British. an imaginary functionary humorously supposed to control the state of the weather …

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  • 88func|tion|ar|y — «FUHNGK shuh NEHR ee», noun, plural ar|ies, adjective. –n. a person who has certain functions or duties to perform; an official: »a government functionary, a church functionary. –adj. official …

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  • 89AUSTRIA — AUSTRIA, country in Central Europe. Middle Ages Jews lived in Austria from the tenth century. However the history of the Jews in Austria from the late Middle Ages was virtually that of the Jews in vienna and its environs. In the modern period,… …

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  • 90PREACHING — In the Talmudic Period NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE SERMON The sermon, delivered in the synagogue or in the house of study, mainly on Sabbaths and festivals, is a very ancient institution. Nothing is known of its beginnings. It may have originated… …

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