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  • 71blood-and-guts — adjective Date: 1937 marked by great vigor, violence, or fierceness < blood and guts competition > …

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  • 72ferocious — adjective Etymology: Latin feroc , ferox, literally, fierce looking, from ferus + oc , ox (akin to Greek ōps eye) more at eye Date: 1646 1. exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality < a ferocious predator > …

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  • 73fury — noun (plural furies) Etymology: Middle English furie, from Latin furia, from furere to rage Date: 14th century 1. intense, disordered, and often destructive rage 2. a. capitalized any of the avenging deities in Greek mythology who torment&#8230; …

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  • 74glaring — adjective Date: 14th century 1. having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger 2. a. shining with or reflecting an uncomfortably bright light b. (1) garish (2) vulgarly ostentatious 3. obtrusively and often painfully obvious < a glaring&#8230; …

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  • 75Jews as a chosen people — In Judaism, chosenness is the belief that the Jews are the chosen people: chosen to be in a covenant with God. This idea is first found in the Torah (five books of Moses) and is elaborated on in later books of the Hebrew Bible. Much is written&#8230; …

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  • 76Frisians — Infobox Ethnic group group=Frisians caption=Historical Frisian settlement area poptime=1,500,000 (est.)Fact|date=February 2007 popplace=Frisia (comprising parts of The Netherlands, Germany) rels= Indigenously Germanic paganism, later Medieval&#8230; …

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  • 77Musical mode — This article is about modes as used in music. For other uses, see Mode (disambiguation). Modern Dorian mode on C &#160;Play …

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  • 78Shiva — For other uses, see Shiva (disambiguation). Shiva A statue de …

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  • 79Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God — Most famously preached on July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is Jonathan Edwards most recognizable sermon. [D.G. Hart, Sean Michael Lucas, and Stephen J. Nichols, The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards (Grand&#8230; …

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  • 80Winston Churchill — For other uses, see Winston Churchill (disambiguation). Churchill redirects here. For other uses, see Churchill (disambiguation). The Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill …

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