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  • 111Painting —    In the cities of the northern parts of the Low Countries, painters were already active during the Middle Ages. Haarlem, Leiden, and ’s Hertogenbosch were centers of the arts in the 15th century, with painters such as Geertgen tot Sint Jans (c …

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  • 112GE — General Electric (Business » Firms) *** Georgia (Regional » Countries) ** General Electric Company (Business » NYSE Symbols) ** Germanium (Academic & Science » Chemistry) ** Genetically Engineered (Medical » Human Genome) * Genetic Engineering… …

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  • 113Corbucci, Sergio — (1927 1990) (Also worked under the names of Stanley Corbett and Gordon Wilson Jr.). Director and screenwriter. A prolific director who chose to work almost exclusively within the confines of the popular genres, Corbucci served an early… …

    Historical dictionary of Italian cinema

  • 114Pfulf, Antonie — (1877 1933)    politician; advocated equal rights for women* and abolition of Germany s death penalty. Born in Metz to a Bavarian army officer, she studied pedagogy during 1896 1902 and thereafter taught in Upper Bavaria.* In 1902 she joined the… …

    Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik

  • 115advantageously — Synonyms and related words: advisably, amelioratively, appropriately, at a profit, beneficially, congruously, conveniently, decently, desirably, effectively, effectually, efficiently, expediently, favorably, feasibly, fitly, fittingly, for money …

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  • 116earn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. work for, gain, win; deserve, merit, rate; make a living, be gainfully employed. See acquisition, justice. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deserve as reward] Syn. win, merit, gain; see deserve . 2. [To… …

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  • 117work — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. job, occupation, calling, trade, profession; task, stint, employment; drudgery, toil, moil, grind, routine; function; craftsmanship, workmanship; arts and crafts, craft, handicraft; opus, production,… …

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  • 118employed — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. working, occupied, busy, laboring, gainfully employed, holding down a job, not out of work, not on the unemployed rolls, not on the relief rolls, in collar, in someone s employ, in someone s pay, hard at it, on the job …

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  • 119profitably — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. lucratively, remuneratively, gainfully, usefully, advantageously, successfully, favorably, for money, productively, practically, effectively, effectually, sufficiently, sustainingly …

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  • 120gainful — gain|ful [ geınfəl ] adjective usually before noun FORMAL providing money or profit: a gainful occupation ╾ gain|ful|ly adverb: gainfully employed …

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