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  • 1frippery — n. 1. Old clothes, cast off dresses. 2. Trumpery, second hand finery. 3. Trifling, trifles, stuff, nonsense, fribbling. See flummery …

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  • 2Nancy Reagan — First Lady Nancy Reagan in 1983 First Lady of the United States In office January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 Preceded by …

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  • 3History of fashion design — The first fashion designer who was not merely a dressmaker was (Charles Frederick Worth) (1826–1895). Before the former draper set up his maison couture fashion house in Paris, fashion creation and inspiration was handled by largely unknown… …

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  • 4History of Madagascar — The recorded history of Madagascar began in the 7th century when Arabs established trading posts along the northwest coast of the island. Madagascar s prehistory began when the first human settlers arrived, which included a large component from… …

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  • 5Supermodelo 2006 — infobox television show name = Supermodelo format = Reality runtime = 60 minutes host = Judit Mascó creator = Tyra Banks starring= Judit Mascó, Valerio Pine, Moncho Moreno, Emmanuel Rouzic, Paola Dominguín, Antonia Dell Atte country = Spain… …

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  • 6List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …

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  • 7Inventions in medieval Islam — A significant number of inventions were developed in the medieval Islamic world, a geopolitical region that has at various times extended from Al Andalus and Africa in the west to the Indian subcontinent and Malay Archipelago in the east.… …

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  • 8Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …

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  • 9United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 10Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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