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  • 91Ecuador — Ecuadoran, Ecuadorean, Ecuadorian, adj., n. /ek weuh dawr /, n. a republic in NW South America. 11,690,535; 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Cap.: Quito. * * * Ecuador Introduction Ecuador Background: The Republic of the Equator was one of three …

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  • 92suspend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hang, dangle; defer, postpone, stave off; adjourn, recess, intermit, prorogue, interrupt; debar, exclude. See lateness, discontinuance, latency, pendency. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To debar] Syn.… …

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  • 93Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War — Developer(s) Project Aces Publisher(s) …

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  • 94Watchmen — This article is about the comic book limited series. For the live action adaptation, see Watchmen (film). For other uses, see Watchman (disambiguation). Watchmen Cover art for the 1987 U.S. (left) and 1995 U.S./UK/Canada (right) collected… …

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  • 95Mark Twain — Mark Twain, photo by A. F. Bradley New York, 1907 Born …

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  • 96Howard Moscoe — (born circa 1940) is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, representing Ward 15 in the western part of Eglinton Lawrence. Among the most prominent and longest serving councillors in the city, he is also known for an outspokenness which has landed …

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  • 97repel — I (disgust) verb alienate, appall, be unpalatable, cause aversion, cause dislike, displease, excite dislike, fill with loathing, frighten, give offense, grate, horrify, incense, irritate, make one shudder, make one sick, make unwelcome, nauseate …

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  • 98avert — I verb amovere, arrest, avertere, avoid, change the course of, check, counteract, deflect, deter, divert, fend off, forestall, head off, intercept, make possible the avoidance of, parry, prevent, prohibere, shove aside, shunt, stave off, thwart,… …

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  • 99prevent — I verb arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, checkmate, circumvent, contest, counter, counteract, countercheck, cut off, debar, defeat, deflect, delay, detain, deter, discourage, estop, fend off, foil, forbid, foreclose,… …

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  • 100Where the Heart Is (1990 film) — Where the Heart Is is a 1990 romantic comedy directed by John Boorman, and starring Dabney Coleman and Uma Thurman.Infobox Film name = Where the Heart Is |210px director = John Boorman producer = John Boorman Edgar F. Gross writer = John Boorman… …

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