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  • 51Hurrying — Hurry Hur ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all… …

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  • 52Tumult — Tu mult, n. [L. tumultus; probably akin to Skr. tumula noise, noisy, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell, E. tumid: cf. F. tumulte.] 1. The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of… …

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  • 53Thomas Wyatt (poet) — Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 ndash; October 11, 1542) was a 16th century English lyrical poet.Wyatt was born at Allington Castle, near Maidstone in Kent, though his family was originally from Yorkshire. His father, Henry Wyatt, had been one of Henry… …

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  • 54Martha Plimpton — Martha Plimpton, May 23, 2010 Born Martha Campbell Plimpton November 16, 1970 (1970 11 16) (age 41) New York City, New York, U.S …

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  • 55New Castle, Delaware — Coordinates: 39°39′53″N 75°33′55″W / 39.66472°N 75.56528°W / 39.66472; 75.56528 …

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  • 56Reduplication — in linguistics is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word (or part of it) is repeated exactly or with a slight change. Reduplication is used in inflections to convey a grammatical function, such as plurality, intensification,… …

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  • 571898 in music — Events *Scott Joplin publishes Swipsy Cakewalk (for piano). *January 7 Sadko premiered at the Solodovnikov Theatre in MoscowPublished popular music* Because w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers * The Boy Guessed Right w.m. Lionel Monckton *… …

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  • 58Independent school (UK) — An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school relying upon private sources for all of its funding, predominantly in the form of school fees. In England and Wales the term public school is often used to refer to what is normally called… …

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  • 59MUF (programming language) — MUF (short for Multi User Forth ) is a Forth based programming language used on TinyMUCK MUCK servers and their descendants, including Fuzzball MUCK, ProtoMUCK and GlowMUCK. MUF is the system programming language for TinyMUCK systems. Many… …

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  • 60C. B. Fry — Personal information Full name Charles Burgess Fry Born 25 April 1872(1872 04 25) Croydon, England Died 7 September 1956(1956 09 07) ( …

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