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  • 81Arnott's Biscuits Holdings — Infobox Company company name = Arnott s Biscuit Holdings company company type = Proprietary Limited company slogan = There is no substitute for quality foundation = 1865 location = Sydney, Australia num employees = 4,300+… …

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  • 82Spindoe — infobox television show name = Spindoe format = Gangsters runtime = 50 minutes creator = Robin Chapman starring = Ray McAnally Richard Hurndall Glynn Edwards Anthony Bate country = UK network = Granada TV first aired = April 19, 1968 last aired …

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  • 83Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica — Denarius of Metellus Scipio with elephant skin headgear to represent African imperium (47 46 BC). Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (ca. 100/98 BC – 46 BC), in modern scholarship often as Metellus Scipio, was a Roman consul and… …

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  • 84bloodsucker — bloodsucking, adj. /blud suk euhr/, n. 1. any animal that sucks blood, esp. a leech. 2. an extortioner or usurer. 3. sponger (def. 2). [1350 1400; ME; see BLOOD, SUCKER] * * * …

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  • 85caterpillar — /kat euh pil euhr, kat euhr /, n. 1. the wormlike larva of a butterfly or a moth. 2. a person who preys on others; extortioner. [1400 50; late ME catyrpel, prob. alter. of an ONF var. of OF chatepelose, equiv. to chate CAT1 + pelose hairy ( L… …

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  • 86extortionist — /ik stawr sheuh nist/, n. a person who engages in extortion. Also, extortioner. [1880 85; EXTORTION + IST] * * * …

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  • 87leech — leech1 leechlike, adj. /leech/, n. 1. any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting. 2. a person who clings to another… …

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  • 88Kean, Edmund — born March 17?, 1789, London, Eng. died May 15, 1833, London British actor. He acted with a touring stage company from 1805, and in 1814 he won acclaim in London with his innovative portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. He went on to… …

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  • 89Nevison, John — ▪ English highwayman also called  William Nevison, Nevison  also spelled  Nevinson  born 1630/40, Yorkshire, Eng. died March 15, 1685, Knavesmire, near York       Yorkshire highwayman of Restoration England, made famous in ballads and folklore.… …

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  • 90Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities     Charity and Charities …

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