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  • 41small-minded — adjective Date: 1847 1. having narrow interests, sympathies, or outlook 2. typical of a small minded person ; marked by pettiness, narrowness, or meanness < small minded conduct > • small mindedly adverb • small mindedness noun …

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  • 42little — I. adjective (littler or less or lesser; littlest or least) Etymology: Middle English littel, from Old English lȳtel; akin to Old High German luzzil little Date: before 12th century 1. not big: as a. small in size or extent ; …

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  • 43small — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English smal, from Old English smæl; akin to Old High German smal small, Greek mēlon small domestic animal Date: before 12th century 1. a. having comparatively little size or slight dimensions b. lowercase 2. a.&#8230; …

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  • 44Robert Louis Stevenson — Infobox Writer name = Robert Louis Stevenson imagesize = 200px caption = Portrait by Girolamo Nerli, 1892 pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|df=yes|1850|11|13 birthplace = Edinburgh, Scotland deathdate = death date and&#8230; …

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  • 45Wernher von Braun — Von Braun at his desk at Marshall Space Flight Center in May 1964, with models of the Saturn rocket family Born March 23, 1912(1912 03 23) Wirsitz, German Empire …

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  • 46Politics of Argentina — This article is about the political institutions and political parties of Argentina. Some historical background is provided; for more details see the article on the history of Argentina. Politics of Argentina takes place in a framework of a&#8230; …

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  • 47Abu Nidal — [ right|thumb|180px|Abu Nidal in 1976 in a photograph released by the Israeli Defense Forces, one of only a handful of photographs of him known to exist.] Abu Nidal ( ar. أبو نضال) (May 1937 [ The Guardian has written that he was born in 1939;&#8230; …

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  • 48Ideology — An ideology is a set of beliefs, aims and ideas, especially in politics. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things (compare Weltanschauung), as in common sense (see Ideology in everyday society below)&#8230; …

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  • 49Jack Benny — Infobox Radio Presenter name = Jack Benny imagesize = caption = 1942 portrait photograph of Jack Benny. birthname = Benjamin Kubelsky birthdate = birth date|1894|2|14|mf=y birthplace = Waukegan, Illinois deathdate = death date and age&#8230; …

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  • 50Maxim Gorky — For other uses, see Maxim Gorky (disambiguation). Maxim Gorky Portrait of Gorky, c. 1906 Born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868 Nizhny Novgorod, Russ …

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