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101Nicholas Watson — Left to right: Charles Thomson, Nicholas Watson, Terry Marks, Marisa Shepherd, Jesse Richards and Catherine Chow in Marks New York apartment in 2001. Nicholas Watson (born July 9, 1977) is a writer and filmmaker. He co founded the New Haven… …
102Kamakaimoku — Kamakaokinaimoku was a Hawaiian . She was descended from the widespread and powerful family of I of Hilo. She became wife of three of the most powerful and influential men of the Big Island of Hawaii in her days. She was the mother of the two… …
103Tatyana Sukhotina-Tolstaya — Tatyana Lvovna Sukhotina Tolstaya (or Tatiana Sukhotin Tolstoy) ( ru. Татьяна Львовна Сухотина Толстая, born Tatyana Lvovna Tolstaya (October 4, 1864 September 21, 1950), was the oldest daughter of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.Tatyana (known in …
104HMS Friday — is an urban legend concerning a disastrous attempt by the Royal Navy to dispel the superstition against sailing on a Friday. While widely circulated the story is in fact untrue, and there was never a ship named HMS Friday .The details of the… …
105scientificmethod — scientific method n. The principles and empirical processes of discovery and demonstration considered characteristic of or necessary for scientific investigation, generally involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis… …
106Zola, Émile — Zo·la (zōʹlə, zō läʹ), Émile. 1840 1902. French writer and critic who was a leading proponent of naturalism in fiction. His works include Les Rougon Macquart (1871 1893), a series of 20 novels, and “J Accuse” (1898), a letter in defense of Alfred …
107deceit — /di seet /, n. 1. the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating: Once she exposed their deceit, no one ever trusted them again. 2. an act or device intended to… …
108false — falsely, adv. falseness, n. /fawls/, adj., falser, falsest, adv. adj. 1. not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement. 2. uttering or declaring what is untrue: a false witness. 3. not faithful or loyal; treacherous: a false friend. 4.… …
109grandiose — grandiosely, adv. grandioseness, grandiosity /gran dee os i tee/, n. /gran dee ohs /, adj. 1. affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words. 2. more complicated or elaborate than necessary; overblown: a grandiose scheme. 3. grand in an… …
110humbug — humbugger, n. /hum bug /, n., v., humbugged, humbugging, interj. n. 1. something intended to delude or deceive. 2. the quality of falseness or deception. 3. a person who is not what he or she claims or pretends to be; impostor. 4. something… …