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  • 91performing 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 …

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  • 92Nuß — Einem eine harte Nuß zu knacken geben: ihm eine schwere Aufgabe stellen; auch schweres Geschick kann eine harte Nuß genannt werden; rheinisch ›de hett noch en hart Nüßje zu knacke‹, er hat noch viel Schwierigkeiten zu überwinden; vgl. französisch …

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  • 93hardship — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. adversity, difficulties; calamity, affliction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Injury] Syn. misfortune, calamity, accident; see catastrophe , disaster . 2. [Burden] Syn. trial, sorrow, worry, difficulty; see… …

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  • 94obdurate — [adj] pigheaded, stubborn adamant, bullhead*, callous, cold fish*, dogged, firm, fixed, hanging tough*, hard, hard boiled*, hard hearted*, hard nosed*, harsh, heartless, immovable, implacable, indurate, inexorable, inflexible, iron*, mean,… …

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  • 95Peninsular War — For the 1862 American Civil War campaign, see Peninsula Campaign. Peninsular War Part of the Napoleonic Wars …

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  • 9610,000 Days — Infobox Album | Name = 10,000 Days Type = studio Artist = Tool Released = May 2, 2006 Recorded = August December 2005 at O Henry Studios in Burbank, California, The Loft and Grandmaster Studios in Hollywood, California Genre = Progressive metal… …

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  • 97Mutilated chessboard problem — a b c d e f g h …

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  • 98difficulty — n 1. laboriousness, arduousness, stren uousness, formidableness, formidability; labor, strain, struggle, hard sledding, rough going, tough job, hard row to hoe. 2. troublesomeness, bothersome, irksomeness, bur densomeness, oppressiveness,… …

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  • 99tough proposition — Synonyms and related words: Augean task, Chinese puzzle, Herculean task, backbreaker, baffling problem, ballbuster, bitch, brain twister, chore, crossword puzzle, crux, dead lift, enigma, enigmatic question, floorer, handful, hard job, hard pull …

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  • 100asperity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. harshness, severity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Acrimony] Syn. bitterness, sharpness, ill temper; see roughness 2 , rudeness . 2. [Hardship] Syn. rigor, severity, difficulty; see difficulty 1 , 2 , rigor …

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