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  • 71basketball — /bas kit bawl , bah skit /, n. 1. a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at each end, points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent s basket. 2. the round,… …

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  • 72Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — Full title The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Acronym PPACA Colloquial name(s) Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Insurance Reform, Obamacare, Healthcare Reform Enacted by the …

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  • 74Abbey National — For the rebranded company, see Santander UK. Abbey National plc Former type Subsidiary Industry Financial Services Fate Renamed under parent brand …

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  • 75steady — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. firm, secure, stable; constant, unvarying, uniform; regular, habitual; trustworthy. See stability, regularity.Ant., unsteady, unstable. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Showing little variation] Syn.… …

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  • 76collected — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Composed] Syn. poised, self possessed, cool, in control; see calm 1 . 2. [Assembled] Syn. accumulated, amassed, compiled; see gathered . See Synonym Study at cool . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. composed, calm, cool,… …

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  • 77steady — adj 1. stable, solid, substantial, stout, sound; poised, balanced, offset, counterbalanced, counterpoised. 2.(all of movement) even, regular, rhythmic, rhythmical; metronomic, metronomical. 3. uniform, changeless, unchanging, unvarying,… …

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  • 78poise — I [[t]pɔɪz[/t]] n. v. poised, pois•ing 1) a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight 2) a dignified, self confident manner or bearing; composure; self possession: showed great poise in company[/ex] 3)… …

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  • 79CANADA — CANADA, country in northern half of North America and a member of the British Commonwealth. At the beginning of the 21st century, its population of approximately 370,000 Jews made it the world s fourth largest Jewish community after the United… …

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  • 80poise — I. verb (poised; poising) Etymology: Middle English, to weigh, ponder, from Anglo French peiser, poiser, from Latin pensare more at pensive Date: 1598 transitive verb 1. a. balance; especially to hold or carry in equilibrium …

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