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  • 51brickbat — [brik′bat΄] n. 1. a piece of brick, esp. one used as a missile 2. an unfavorable or critical remark …

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  • 52shot — shot1 [shät] n. [ME < OE sceot < sceotan (akin to ON skot, Ger schuss): see SHOOT] 1. the act of shooting; discharge of a missile, esp. from a gun 2. a) the distance over which a missile travels b) range; reach; scope 3 …

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  • 53dig — v. & n. v. (digging; past and past part. dug) 1 intr. break up and remove or turn over soil, ground, etc., with a tool, one s hands, (of an animal) claws, etc. 2 tr. a break up and displace (the ground etc.) in this way. b (foll. by up) break up… …

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  • 54pot shot — noun 1. A shot within easy range 2. A casual or random shot 3. A shot taken at a bird or animal with a view to one s next meal 4. A critical remark aimed at an easy or undeserving target • • • Main Entry: ↑pot * * * pot shot UK US noun [countab …

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  • 55stric|ture — «STRIHK chuhr», noun. 1. an unfavorable criticism; critical remark: »We may now and then add a few strictures of reproof (Samuel Johnson). 2. an unhealthy narrowing of some canal, duct, or tube of the body, as of the urethra, esophagus, or… …

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  • 56DEATH — In the Bible The Hebrew word for death is mavet (mawet) (Heb. מָוֶת) from the root mvt (mwt). For the Canaanites, Mwt (Mot) was the god of the underworld. Details of the myth of Mot are found in ugaritic literature. Mot fought against baal , the… …

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  • 57Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself …

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  • 58international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 59Hegelians (The Young), Feuerbach, and Marx — The Young Hegelians, Feuerbach, and Marx Robert Nola Largely through lectures delivered at the University of Berlin, Hegel built up a circle of followers, mainly contemporaries or pupils, who were intent on working out aspects of the… …

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  • 60Jeremy Clarkson — Clarkson, 2006 Born Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson 11 April 1960 (1960 04 11) (age 51)[ …

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