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  • 101Maison royale de Saint-Louis — Location Saint Cyr l École, Yvelines, France …

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  • 102Mark Rosenzweig — Mark Richard Rosenzweig Mark Richard Rosenzweig (September 12, 1922 – July 20, 2009) was an American research psychologist who found in animal studies on neuroplasticity that the brain continues developing anatomically, reshaping and repairing… …

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  • 103Oscar Mogollon — Oscar Mogollón Jaimes was an education visionary of the late 20th century who pioneered the Escuela Nueva model and the Active school approach, educational models that have been used to improve the quality of education of the poorest children… …

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  • 104down-and-out — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. needy, destitute, poor, on the skids. See poverty.Ant., well off, on easy street. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. broke, penniless, bankrupt, destitute, impoverished, *in the poorhouse, *on the… …

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  • 105strapped — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. impoverished, out of money, broke*; see poor 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. penniless, *broke, destitute, impoverished, poverty stricken, needy, *down to one s last dime. ANT.: wealthy, *rolling in dough III… …

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  • 106impoverish — UK [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ] / US [ɪmˈpɑv(ə)rɪʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms impoverish : present tense I/you/we/they impoverish he/she/it impoverishes present participle impoverishing past tense impoverished past participle impoverished 1) to make a person… …

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  • 107poor — [[t]pʊər[/t]] adj. er, est, n. 1) having little or no money, goods, or other means of support 2) law Law. dependent upon charity or public support 3) (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds 4)… …

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  • 108poor — [poor] adj. [ME pore < OFr povre < L pauper, poor < IE base * pōu , small > FEW, FOAL] 1. a) lacking material possessions; having little or no means to support oneself; needy; impoverished b) indicating or characterized by poverty 2.… …

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  • 109Grub Street — n. (often attrib.) the world or class of literary hacks and impoverished authors. Etymology: name of a street (later Milton St.) in Moorgate, London, inhabited by these in the 17th c. * * * noun the world of literary hacks • Hypernyms: ↑world,… …

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  • 110poor´ness — poor «pur», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having few things or nothing; lacking money or property; needy: »The children were so poor that they had no shoes. The poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb (II Samuel 12:3). 2. not good in quality;… …

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