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  • 41pierce — vt pierced, pierc·ing: to see through the usu. misleading or false appearance of the object of summary judgment is to pierce the pleadings and allow a judgment on the merits J. H. Friedenthal et al. the Internal Revenue Service may attempt to… …

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  • 42head — ▪ I. head head 1 [hed] noun [countable] 1. JOBS the leader or person in charge of a group, organization, or part of an organization: head of • The head of each division is responsible for its operating performance. • Stone was head of corporate… …

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  • 43rational — ra|tion|al [ˈræʃənəl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: rationalis, from ratio; RATIO] 1.) rational thoughts, decisions etc are based on reasons rather than emotions ≠ ↑irrational ▪ Parents need to be fully informed so they can make a… …

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  • 44wit — [wɪt] noun 1) [singular/U] the ability to use words in a clever way that makes people laugh a novel of great inventiveness and wit[/ex] 2) wits [plural] the ability to think quickly and make sensible decisions Nurses can t afford to make mistakes …

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  • 45Cinema of Nepal — South Asian cinema Cinema of Afghanistan Cinema of Bangladesh Bengali cinema Cinema of India Assamese cinema Bengali cinema Bhojpuri cinem …

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  • 46Smyth Report — The Smyth Report was the common name given to an administrative history written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth about the Allied World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project. The full title of the report was the unwieldy… …

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  • 47Louise Botting — (Elizabeth) Louise Botting CBE (born 19 September 1939) was presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Money Box programme between 1977 and 1992. After her broadcasting career, she became one of the first female directors of a FTSE 100 company, CGU (now Aviva).… …

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  • 48failure — fail‧ure [ˈfeɪljə ǁ ər] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] COMMERCE a situation in which a business that is not successful has to close because it is losing money: • The Official Receiver recommended a detailed investigation into the reasons for… …

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  • 49boss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knob, stud; manager, supervisor. See convexity, authority. v. oversee, direct; bully, domineer. See authority, fear. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. supervisor, manager, person in charge; see administrator ,… …

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  • 50common sense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. logic, reason (see intelligence, judgment). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. good sense, practicality, horse sense*; see judgment 1 , sense 2 , wisdom 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. good sense, savvy,… …

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