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  • 31Headstrong — Head strong ( str[o^]ng ; 115), a. 1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. [1913 Webster] Now let the headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy; as,… …

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  • 32unruly — adjective (unrulier; est) Etymology: Middle English unreuly, from un + reuly disciplined, from reule rule Date: 15th century not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed < an unruly crowd > < a mane of unruly hair > • unruliness noun Synony …

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  • 33intractable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unmanageable, ungovernable; obstinate, perverse; refractory, rebellious. See obstinacy. Ant., obedient. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unmanageable, contrary, stubborn, recalcitrant; see contrary 4 ,&#8230; …

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  • 34uncontrollable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. obdurate, obstinate, stubborn, ungovernable, lawless, insurgent; see also unruly . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. ungovernable, wild, out of control, unmanageable, intractable, out of hand, carried away,&#8230; …

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  • 36John Lindsay — This article is about the American politician. For other people of this name, see John Lindsay (disambiguation). John Lindsay Lindsay carrying in his budget in April 1966. 103rd Mayor of New York City …

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  • 37South Africa under apartheid — Apartheid (meaning separateness in Afrikaans, cognate to English apart and ) was a system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party government of South Africa between 1948 and 1990. Apartheid had its roots in the history of&#8230; …

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  • 38Corsican Republic — Ripublica Corsa Unrecognized state ← …

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  • 39John Jacobs (student leader) — Infobox person name = John Jacobs birth date = September 30, 1947 birth place = New York, USA death date = October 20, 1997 death place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada known for = Student activism Leader, Students for a Democratic Society&#8230; …

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  • 40education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of&#8230; …

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