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  • 51Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show) — Infobox Television bgcolour = red caption = Title card of the show. show name = Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? format = Game Show creator = Brøderbund Software runtime = 30 minutes starring = Lynne Thigpen as The Chief Kevin Shinick as Time… …

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  • 52King Min of Qi — (simplified Chinese: 齐湣王; traditional Chinese: 齊湣王; pinyin: qí mǐn wáng; Wade–Giles: Ch i Min Wang) (323–284 BC, ruled 300–284 BC) was a notoriously unsuccessful king of the northeastern Chinese state of Qi during the Warring States Period.… …

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  • 53obedient — adjective obviously, you want an obedient dog for security work Syn: compliant, acquiescent, tractable, amenable; dutiful, good, law abiding, deferential, respectful, duteous, well trained, well disciplined, manageable, governable; docile, tame,… …

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  • 54KISSINGER, HENRY ALFRED — (1923– ), U.S. secretary of state, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Born into an Orthodox Jewish family in the Bavarian town of Furth, and named   Heinz Alfred, Kissinger immigrated to New York in 1938. He attended high school at night, working… …

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  • 55Obsequies — Obsequy Ob se*quy, n.; pl. {Obsequies}. [L. obsequiae, pl., funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs[ e]ques. See {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequious}.] 1. The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony… …

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  • 56Obsequy — Ob se*quy, n.; pl. {Obsequies}. [L. obsequiae, pl., funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs[ e]ques. See {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequious}.] 1. The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to …

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  • 57Satellite — Sat el*lite, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, itis, an attendant.] 1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent. The satellites of power. I. Disraeli. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which… …

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  • 58Satellite moth — Satellite Sat el*lite, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, itis, an attendant.] 1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent. The satellites of power. I. Disraeli. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) A secondary… …

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  • 59Scopelosoma satellitia — Satellite Sat el*lite, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, itis, an attendant.] 1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent. The satellites of power. I. Disraeli. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) A secondary… …

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  • 60Shadow — Shad ow (sh[a^]d [ o]), n. [Originally the same word as shade. [root]162. See {Shade}.] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of… …

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