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  • 81William Lloyd Garrison: The Dangers of Slavery (1829) — ▪ Primary Source       Antislavery movements had existed in the United States since the Revolution. They had even received occasional support in the South, on moral grounds; but the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made slavery a seeming… …

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  • 82strike — I. verb (struck; struck; also stricken; striking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strīcan to stroke, go; akin to Old High German strīhhan to stroke, Latin stringere to touch lightly, striga, stria furrow Date: before 12th century… …

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  • 83low|er — low|er1 «LOH uhr», verb, adjective, adverb. –v.t. 1. to let down or haul down: »We lower the flat at night. 2. to make lower: »to lower the water in a canal, to lower the volume of the radio, Figurative. to lower the price of a car, to lower the… …

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  • 84Communist Party of French India — Parti Communiste de l Inde Française Secretary General V. Subbiah Student wing Students Federation Youth wing Youth League[1] …

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  • 85strike — I. v. a. 1. Smite, beat, hit, knock, pound, give a blow to. 2. Slap, smite, buffet, beat, pound, thump, cuff. 3. Cast, dash, hurl. 4. Impress, imprint, stamp. 5. Mint, coin. 6. Thrust, shoot. 7. Thrust, force, drive, impel …

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  • 86color — See: CHANGE COLOR, GIVE COLOR TO or LEND COLOR TO, HAUL DOWN ONE S COLORS, HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, NAIL ONE S COLORS TO THE MAST, OFF COLOR or OFF COLORED, SAIL UNDER FALSE COLORS, SEE THE COLOR OF ONE S MONEY, SHOW ONE S COLORS, WITH FLYING… …

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  • 87strike one's colors — See: HAUL DOWN ONE S COLORS …

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  • 88color — See: CHANGE COLOR, GIVE COLOR TO or LEND COLOR TO, HAUL DOWN ONE S COLORS, HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, NAIL ONE S COLORS TO THE MAST, OFF COLOR or OFF COLORED, SAIL UNDER FALSE COLORS, SEE THE COLOR OF ONE S MONEY, SHOW ONE S COLORS, WITH FLYING… …

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  • 89strike one's colors — See: HAUL DOWN ONE S COLORS …

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  • 90Quasi-War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Quasi War caption= USS Constellation served with distinction in the Quasi War date=1798–1800 place= North American coasts and off Tarifa result= Effective end of French Revolutionary privateer attacks on… …

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