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  • 51awkward predicament — index dilemma Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 52egocentric predicament — noun : the epistemological predicament of apparently being unable to get outside one s own mind because all that the knower can know will be what is present to his own mind …

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  • 53literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 54Lucy Corin — is an American novelist and short story writer currently teaching English at University of California, Davis. Her stories have appeared in The Mid American Review , Conjunctions , Tin House, Ploughshares , and the Iowa Review . She is… …

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  • 55William Gillette — William Gilette en 1895 Nombre real William Hooker Gillette Nacimiento 24 de julio de 1853 …

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  • 56dilemma — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. predicament, perplexity, quandary. See doubt, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quandary, perplexity, predicament, double bind; see difficulty 1 , predicament . See Synonym Study at predicament .… …

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  • 57fix — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stabilize, establish; repair, adjust, mend; settle, decide; place; fasten; prepare; slang, bribe; informal, spay, castrate. See stability, restoration, junction, certainty, location, density. n.,… …

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  • 58corner — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. angle; nook, niche; control, monopoly; predicament; tight spot. See angularity, possession, difficulty. cut corners II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A projecting edge] Syn. ridge, sharp edge, projection, angle; …

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  • 59plight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. quandary, predicament, dilemma; trouble, difficulty, scrape, crisis; situation, condition; betrothal, promise, engagement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impasse, dilemma, situation, tight situation; see… …

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  • 60Leo Strauss — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Leo Strauss name = Leo Strauss birth = September 20, 1899 Kirchhain, Prussia, German Empire death = October 18, 1973 Annapolis, Maryland …

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