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  • 51captivate — captivatingly, adv. captivation, n. captivative, adj. captivator, n. /kap teuh vayt /, v.t., captivated, captivating. 1. to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated… …

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  • 52tennis — /ten is/, n. a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half. Cf. lawn tennis. See illus. under racket2.… …

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  • 53Voltaire — Voltairean, Voltairian, adj., n. /vohl tair , vol /; Fr. /vawl terdd /, n. (François Marie Arouet) 1694 1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist. * * * orig. François Marie Arouet born Nov. 21, 1694, Paris, France… …

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  • 54Clark, Dick — in full Richard Wagstaff Clark born Nov. 30, 1929, Mount Vernon, N.Y., U.S. U.S. television personality. He worked as a radio and television announcer before beginning his long engagement as host of the TV show American Bandstand (1956–89), a… …

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  • 55Bae Yong Jun — ▪ 2007       It was a return to form on the small screen for South Korean actor Bae Yong Jun when filming began on The Tale of the First King s Four Gods in March 2006. The television miniseries, budgeted at more than $45 million, drew tourists… …

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  • 56Knievel, Evel — ▪ 2008 Robert Craig Knievel  American motorcycle daredevil born Oct. 17, 1938, Butte, Mont. died Nov. 30, 2007, Clearwater, Fla. captivated audiences with his death defying aerial stunts and horrified them with his bone shattering crashes when… …

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  • 57Van Atta High — (or VAH) was a four member rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2006, and disbanded on May 14, 2010. Contents 1 History 2 The End of VAH 3 Members 3.1 Past members …

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  • 58Charis Wilson — Helen Charis Wilson (May 5, 1914 November 20, 2009), most widely known as a subject of Edward Weston s photographs, was a model and writer. Contents 1 Early life 2 Her years with Weston 3 Later life 4 Refe …

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  • 59Désirée Artôt — (21 July 1835 – 3 April 1907) was a Belgian soprano (initially a mezzo soprano), who was famed in German and Italian opera and sang mainly in Germany. In 1868 she was engaged, briefly, to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who claimed she was the only… …

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  • 60Nora Roberts bibliography — The list of works by Nora Roberts includes all of the novels and novellas published by author Nora Roberts. The list is in order by year, and within each year it is in alphabetical order. It includes books published under the names Nora Roberts,… …

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