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  • 61fringe —    unconventional, insubstantial, or fraudulent    Close to the edge of propriety or convention in the arts, as in the fringe theatre, or of honesty in commerce:     The Bank of England s least favourite fringe banker. (Private Eye, March 1981) …

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  • 62proclivities —    unconventional sexual preferences    Literally, any personal choice:     Shaleen had never made any secret about her proclivities. She had a wild thing going for a make up girl. (Turow, 1999) …

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  • 63unconventionality — unconventional ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed. DERIVATIVES unconventionality noun unconventionally adverb …

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  • 64unconventionally — unconventional ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed. DERIVATIVES unconventionality noun unconventionally adverb …

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  • 65Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 …

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  • 66United States Special Operations Command — Infobox Military Unit unit name= United States Special Operations Command caption= United States Special Operations Command emblem dates= April 16, 1987 country= United States allegiance= branch= type= Special Operations role= Provide fully… …

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  • 67Myosin — Part of the myosin II structure. Atoms in the heavy chain are colored red on the left hand side, and atoms in the light chains are colored orange and yellow. Myosins comprise a family of ATP dependent motor proteins and are best known for their… …

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  • 68Oil shale — For the scientific technical journal, see Oil Shale (journal). Not to be confused with Shale oil or Tight oil. Oil shale Sedimentary Rock Combustion of oil shale Composition …

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  • 69Charles Dickens, Jr — Charles Dickens, Jr, born Charles Culliford Boz Dickens (6 January 1837 – 1896), was the first child of the novelist Charles Dickens (1812–1870). A failed businessman, he became the editor of his father s magazine All the Year Round , and a… …

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  • 70Mitigation of peak oil — The standard Hubbert curve, plotting crude oil production of an oil well or oil field over time …

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