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51Roy Painter — (born c. 1920s) is a Conservative politician who for a time became one of the leading figures on the British far right.Painter, who enjoyed a distinguished career in the Army, being decorated for his services during the Korean War fact|… …
52Ballet Shoes (novel) — Ballet Shoes is a classic 1936 children s novel by Noel Streatfeild. Ballet Shoes and the other Shoes books have been popular world wide, since their initial publications from 1936 to 1962. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A908985 BBC h2g2 The… …
53That Kind of Woman — is a 1959 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, who was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. The screenplay by Walter Bernstein, based on a short story by Robert Lowry, is highly reminiscent of… …
54bumptiously — See bumptious. * * * …
55literature — /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.… …
56performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
57-tious — a suffix originally occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin (fictitious); on this model, used with stems of other origin (bumptious). Also, ious, ous. [ < L tiosus, equiv. to t(us) ptp. suffix + iosus IOUS] * * * …
58caricature and cartoon — ▪ graphic arts Introduction in graphic art, comically distorted drawing or likeness, done with the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing its subject. Cartoons are used today primarily for conveying political commentary and editorial opinion… …
59bumptiousness — noun The state of being bumptious; conceitedness. The woman would be quite likable sans bumptiousness …
60bumptiously — adverb In a bumptious manner. He bumptiously introduced himself and subsequently infered himself as the topic of conversation …
