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61The Case of the Gilded Fly — Cover of a 1980 Avon paperback edition The Case of the Gilded Fly is a detective novel by Edmund Crispin first published in 1944. Crispin s debut novel, it contains the first appearance of eccentric amateur sleuth Gervase Fen, who is Professor of …
62in case of something — in case of (something) if something unusual or unexpected should happen. In case of fire, go immediately to the nearest emergency exit. Related vocabulary: in the event of something …
63in case of — (something) if something unusual or unexpected should happen. In case of fire, go immediately to the nearest emergency exit. Related vocabulary: in the event of something …
64performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
65Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
66Mimicry — For other uses, see Mimic (disambiguation). Plate from Henry Walter Bates (1862) illustrating Batesian mimicry between Dismorphia species (top row, third row) and various Ithomiini (Nymphalidae, second row, bottom row) In …
67Call signs in North America — are frequently still used by North American broadcast stations in addition to amateur radio and other international radio stations that continue to identify by call signs around the world. Each country has a different set of patterns for its own… …
68mimicry — /mim ik ree/, n., pl. mimicries. 1. the act, practice, or art of mimicking. 2. Biol. the close external resemblance of an organism, the mimic, to some different organism, the model, such that the mimic benefits from the mistaken identity, as… …
69Bartolomeo Cristofori — Photo of a 1726 portrait of Bartolomeo Cristofori. The original was lost in the Second World War. Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor… …
70Fictional crossover — A fictional crossover (short: crossover) is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright… …
