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91Iraq War troop surge of 2007 — The New Way Forward redirects here. For Ford Motor Company s restructuring plan, see The Way Forward. In the context of the Iraq War, the surge refers to United States President George W. Bush s 2007 increase in the number of American troops in… …
92Lou Fellingham — Infobox Musical artist Name = Lou Fellingham Img capt = Lou Fellingham singing on Songs Of Praise on BBC1 in September 2008 Background = solo singer Birth name = Louise Hunt Born = birth date and age|1974|7|4 Died = Origin = flagicon|UK Brighton …
93American Civil War — the war in the U.S. between the North and the South, 1861 65. * * * or Civil War or War Between the States (1861–65) Conflict between the U.S. federal government and 11 Southern states that fought to secede from the Union. It arose out of… …
94football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… …
95Palestine — /pal euh stuyn / for 1, 2; /pal euh steen / for 3, n. 1. Also called Holy Land. Biblical name, Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean. 2. a former British mandate (1923 48) comprising part of this country,… …
96colonialism, Western — ▪ politics Introduction a political economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, following the European… …
97double quick — Synonyms and related words: acceleration, agile, amain, apace, at flank speed, at the double, breakneck, crowded, dashing, double march, double time, double quick time, double time, eagle winged, expeditious, expeditiously, express, fast,… …
98double time — Synonyms and related words: Trinkgeld, acceleration, at the double, bonus, bounty, bribe, bundle, bustle, chase, consideration, crowd, crowded, dash, dash off, dash on, donative, double march, double quick, double quick time, fee, festinate,… …
99hurried — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, accident prone, at the double, breakneck, brief, careless, crowded, cursory, desperate, devil may care, double quick, double time, expeditious, festinate, feverish, flying, frantic, frenetic, furious, hard… …
100on the double — Synonyms and related words: amain, apace, at flank speed, at the double, crowded, double quick, double time, expeditiously, fast, hand over fist, hand over hand, hard pressed, hard pushed, hard run, hastily, hell for leather, hell bent, hell bent …
