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Demetrius
Demetrius in the New Testament. 1 Silversmith of Ephesus who stirred up a riot against Paul. 2 Disciple commended in Third John.... Read more |
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Honore Mercier
Honoré Mercier , 1840-94, Canadian political leader, b. Quebec prov. Opposing confederation (1867) on the ground that unification of the Canadian provinces would imperil the influence of the French element, Mercier was (1871) a founder of the Parti national. He sat (1872-74) in the Canadian... Read more |
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dishonorable
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Alice Childress
Alice Childress 1920–1994 Actress, playwright, novelist Left School for Acting Career Miscegenation Play Stirs Controversy Young Adult Book Is Banned Selected writings Sources Read more |
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cocktail
cocktail short mixed drink originating in the United States and served as an appetizer. It generally has a basis of gin, whisky, rum, or brandy combined with vermouth or fruit juices and often flavored with bitters or grenadine. It is blended by stirring or shaking in a vessel containing cracked... Read more |
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Henry Cort
Henry Cort 1740-1800, English inventor. He revolutionized the British iron industry with his use of grooved rollers to finish iron, replacing the process of hammering, and through his invention of the puddling process. This process, called puddling, involved stirring the molten pig iron in a... Read more |
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Prince
Prince Singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, producer Multi-Instrumental Prodigy More Milestones The Artist Personal life Entered New Phase Selected discography Sources Pop stars frequently alter their names, but rarely has a change of moniker caused a stir like the one motivated by... Read more |
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Declaration of Rights
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. The Declaration of Rights on 14 October 1774, promulgated by the First Continental Congress, was an obvious precursor of the Declaration of Independence of 4 July 1776 in both language and content. It should be noted that fifteen years later, its very... Read more |
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Valentine
Valentine ♂, occasionally ♀ English form of the Latin name Valentinus, a derivative of valens ‘healthy, strong’. This was the name of a Roman martyr of the 3rd century, whose feast is celebrated on 14 February. This was the date of a pagan fertility festival marking the... Read more |
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Blood serum
blood serum Blood plasma from which the fibrin and clotting factors have been removed by centrifugation or vigorous stirring, so that it cannot clot. Serum containing a specific antibody or antitoxin may be used in the treatment or prevention of certain infections. Such serum is generally derived... Read more |
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dishonor
...shame or disgrace: the incident brought dishonor upon the police. • v. [tr.] 1. bring shame or disgrace on: the mayor dishonors his good battle by resorting to sniping...has its own principles it can itself honor or dishonor. ∎ refuse to accept or pay (a ... |
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shame
...shame at telling Alice a lie. ∎ a loss of respect or esteem; dishonor: the incident had brought shame on his family. ∎ used to...person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honor: ignorance of Latin would be a disgrace and a shame to any... |
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honor
...antonyms: unscrupulousness, dishonor. 2. a mark of honor synonyms...antonym: disgrace. 3. our honor is at stake synonyms: reputation...4. he was welcomed with honor synonyms: acclaim, acclamation...contempt. 5. she had the honor of meeting ... |
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blot
...stain, blight, flaw, fault; disgrace, dishonor. • verb 1. blot the excess water synonyms...tarnish, taint, stain, blacken, sully, mar; dishonor, disgrace, besmirch.antonym: honor. phrase: blot something out 1. Mary blotted... |
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disgrace
...disgrace on the family synonyms: dishonor, shame, discredit, ignominy...dated disesteem.antonym: honor. 2. the unemployment figures...through the mud/mire.antonym: honor. 2. he was publicly disgraced...cut down to size.antonym: honor. phrase: in disgrace ... |
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ignominy
...the ignominy of defeatsynonyms: shame, dishonor, disgrace, humiliation, mortification...with ignominysynonyms: contemptibleness, dishonor, wickedness, baseness, vileness, dishonesty, treachery.antonyms: honor; glory. |
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stigma
stigma • noun the stigma of bankruptcysynonyms: shame, disgrace, dishonor, ignominy, opprobrium, humiliation, (bad) reputation.antonyms: honor, credit. |
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glorify
...reverence, venerate, pay homage to, honor, adore, thank, give thanks to; formal...augment, promote; praise, celebrate, honor, extol, lionize, acclaim, applaud...immortalize; formal laud.antonym: dishonor. |
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blacken
...brighten. 3. someone has blackened my name synonyms: sully, tarnish, besmirch, drag through the mud/mire, stain, taint, smear, disgrace, dishonor, bring discredit to, damage, ruin; slander, defame.antonyms: clear, honor. |
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shame
...family synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, discredit, degradation...disesteem.antonyms: glory, honor. 4. it's a shame she never...name synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, discredit, degrade, debase...through the mud.antonym: honor. 2. he was shamed in public... |
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discredit
...synonyms: bring into disrepute, disgrace, dishonor, damage the reputation of, blacken the...discredit on the administration synonyms: dishonor, disrepute, disgrace, shame, humiliation...stigma; dated disesteem.antonym: honor. 2. the ships were a discredit to the... |
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obloquy
...moral obloquy connected with getting drunk in Japan synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, shame, discredit, stigma, humiliation, loss of face, ignominy...disrepute, ill repute, infamy, stain, notoriety, scandal.antonym: honor. |
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A Return to Glory: The Untold Story of Honor, Dishonor, and Triumph of the...
A RETURN TO GLORY: The Untold Story of Honor, Dishonor, and Triumph at the United States Military Academy...long history. The academy's watchwords of "Duty, Honor, Country" survived the ordeal in a way that reshaped... |
 "Dar Al Hayat, International ed. (Beirut, Lebanon)")
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Ayoon Wa Azan ( Not Honor, But Dishonor ).(Column)
...London published four articles on honor killings, written by Robert...episodes, which was "a Matter of Dishonor". In Fact, it is also my...or wife not to be a matter of honor at all, but a matter of shame...committed on behalf of the high honor that cannot ... |
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Honor and Dishonor
Leonard Fein Forward 09-30-1994 Honor and Dishonor.Two men are being honored by Jewish organizations this...that matter, it is difficult to imagine what yet another honor can add to a life so widely recognized as exemplary, a life... |
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National Conservative Political Action Committee vows to honor Casey,...
...CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE VOWS TO HONOR CASEY, "DISHONOR" CONTRA AID OPPONENTS VOWS TO HONOR WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In...the free people of Nicaragua, NCPAC will honor the late CIA Director William Casey with a... |
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ONLY HUMAN; 'Honor' Killings: Our Silence Dishonors Us
...killingrestore the family's honor?It is, instead, that government...learned that most victims of honor crimes are not dead.For each...in2004, women suspected of "dishonor" were effectively excluded...of getting a shelter at all.Honor crimes are but one slice ... |
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MIDYEAR HONORS AND DISHONORS.(Editorial)(Column)
...columnist It is time to award midyear honors and booby prizes to neighbors. First, the honors: Priscilla "Patsy" Collins, who passed...Helene Gayle of their foundation, brought honor to all of us with the foundation's...built in Detroit? Honorable mention for ... |
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Honors and dishonors: the NHL confers the best awards in sports, but we skate...
...respect. Naming the trophies for past icons of hockey is a fine tribute to the legends of the game and the recipients of those honors each year. Our problem is not with having a Hart Trophy for MVP, a Calder for top rookie or an Adams for the best coach...Martin Brodeur is there three times. BEST EUROPEAN ... |
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Stolen valor Bill to honor vets dishonors Constitution
...113 living recipients of the Medal of Honor. FBI agent Tom Cottone said last week...Under current law, wearing a Medal of Honor one isn't entitled to can get one in...active duty troops and officers wearing honors they had not earned. Although this might...authority to crack ... |
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Cal's honor for Kidd dishonors deserving stars
...which begs the following two-part question: What does this honor say about student-athletes? And what's the hurry anyway...education, robbing high schools for players. The proper time to honor Kidd -- who should be honored eventually - - would have been... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Honors, and dishonor.(Main)(Editorial)
...student newspaper's description of the Honors College. Bear with us as we do our middle...advantages offered by the university's new Honors College. Nor, they say, was any harm...a headline last month referring to the Honors College, which happens to be one of many... |
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