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  • 101Dick Motta — John Richard Dick Motta Born September 3, 1931 (1931 09 03) (age 80) Midvale, Utah, U.S. Oc …

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  • 102Richard Ollard — (1923 ndash;2007) was an English historian and biographer. He is best known for his work on the English Restoration period.LifeRichard Laurence Ollard was born in Yorkshire on 9 November 1923, the son of Rev Dr S L Ollard, an Anglican clergyman.… …

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  • 103Laconic phrase — A laconic phrase is a very concise or terse statement, named after Laconia (a.k.a. Lacedaemon [Greek Λακεδαίμων ] ), a polis of ancient Greece (and region of modern Greece) surrounding the city of Sparta proper. In common usage, Sparta referred… …

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  • 104L'esprit de l'escalier — L esprit d escalier (literally, stairway wit ) is a French term used in English that describes the predicament of thinking of the right too late. Originally a witticism of Denis Diderot, the French encyclopedist, in his Paradoxe sur le Comédien …

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  • 105Jerzy Linderski — (born 21 August 1934) is a Polish contemporary scholar of ancient history and Roman religion and law. Currently George L. Paddison Professor of Latin Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jerzy Linderski is one of the… …

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  • 106Bob Cunis — Personal information Full name Robert Smith Cunis Born 5 January 1941(1941 01 05) Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand Died 9 August 2008(2008 08 09) (aged 67) Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand Batting style …

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  • 107Saying — A saying is something that is said, notable in one respect or another, to be a pithy expression of wisdom or truth. [1] There are a number of specific types of saying: Apothegm. “…an edgy, more cynical aphorism; such as, ‘Men are generally more… …

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  • 108Lisa Cuddy — House character First appearance Pilot (1.01) Last appearance …

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  • 109Melitzah — is a medieval Hebrew literary device in which a mosaic of fragments and phrases from the Hebrew Bible as well as from rabbinic literature or the liturgy is fitted together to form a new statement of what the author intends to express at the… …

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  • 110Factory Records catalogue — The following is a list of items with recorded Factory Records numbers. The list primarily includes music releases. The list also includes promotional graphics, film, etc. However, the list was not confined to creative output. A party (FAC 83), a …

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