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  • 91SURE, BARNETT — (1891–1960), U.S. biochemist, born in Vilkomir (Ukmerge), Lithuania. Sure went to the U.S. in 1908. He became professor and head of agricultural chemistry department, University of Arkansas in 1927. Sure was an independent discoverer of vitamin E …

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  • 92sure-fire — sure ,fire adjective certain to be successful: a sure fire way to make new friends …

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  • 93sure-footed — sure foot|ed [ ,ʃur futəd ] adjective 1. ) good at walking or climbing and unlikely to fall 2. ) going ahead confidently in a situation that needs skill or good judgment: The whole department admired her sure footed approach to the problem …

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  • 94sure-fire — If something is sure fire, it is certain to succeed. ( Surefire is also used.) …

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  • 95sure thing — sure′ thing′ Informal. n. 1) something that is or should be a certain success, as a bet 2) surely; for sure • Etymology: 1830–40 …

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  • 96sure thing — [n] certainty all sewn up*, belief, cinch, definiteness, foregone conclusion, lock*, open and shut case*, positiveness, rain or shine*, safe bet, shoo in*, small risk, sure bet*, surefire*, surety; concepts 638,725 …

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  • 97sure thing — ► sure thing informal 1) a certainty. 2) chiefly N. Amer. certainly. Main Entry: ↑sure …

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  • 98sure-e|nough — «SHUR ih NUHF», adjective. U.S. Informal. genuine; real: »It was at once agreed that he “wasn t the sure enough bronco buster he thought himself” (Theodore Roosevelt) …

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  • 99Sure Shot Groove — was a hip hop act established in Sweden in the late 1980s and early 1990s by MC Lil C (aka D Flex) and Complicated C (aka DJ Chaka)All beats and music was created, programed and performed by VAL aka J.D.U.Valvassori. Their recordings was produced …

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  • 100Sure Thing (play) — Sure Thing is a short play by David Ives that was first presented at the Manhattan Punch Line Theatre in New York City in February 1988. It was directed by Jason McConnell Buzas.Robert Stanton played Bill, and Nancy Opel played Betty.In the play …

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