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  • 21Let's Make a Deal broadcast history — The U.S. television game show Let s Make a Deal, one of the most popular of its genre from the mid 1960s through the late 1970s, proved durable enough to find its way onto the schedules of several networks and syndication well into the mid 2000s …

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  • 22Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan — Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) German troops in combat in Chardara …

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  • 23Maestro I — 1978 79 Softlab Munich, Tucherpark Maestro I from Softlab Munich was the world s first Integrated development environment for software.[1] Originally named Program development system terminal, or PET (name conflict with Commodore PET a home… …

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  • 24crowbar — Synonyms and related words: aspirator, bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, corkscrew, crank, crow, extractor, forceps, get a foothold, get leverage, handspike, iron crow, jimmy, lever, limb, marlinespike, outrigger, peavey, pedal, pincers,… …

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  • 25jimmy — Synonyms and related words: bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar, get a foothold, get leverage, handspike, iron crow, lever, limb, marlinespike, outrigger, peavey, pedal, pinch bar, prize, pry, ripping bar, spar, treadle,… …

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  • 26lever — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, agent, ancilla, appliance, bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, contrivance, crab, crane, crank, creature, crow, crowbar, derrick, device, dummy, dupe, erector, forklift, gantry crane, get a foothold …

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  • 27prize — Synonyms and related words: Academy Award, Nobel Prize, Oscar, accolade, accord respect to, admire, adore, aim, ambition, apotheosize, appraise, appreciate, apprize, arch, ascribe importance to, assay, assess, award, bar, barrow, beam, best,… …

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  • 28pry — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, backseat driver, bar, beam, beat the bushes, bend the eyes, boom, burrow, busybody, cant hook, claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar, delve, delve into, dig, dig into, direct the eyes,… …

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  • 29wedge — Synonyms and related words: arrowhead, articulate, batten, batten down, bed, bolt, buckle, butt, button, character, clasp, cleat, clip, confirm, crowbar, cuneiform, deep dye, define, demotic character, determinative, dovetail, embed, engraft,… …

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  • 30abide — I. v. n. 1. Stay, sojourn, tarry, lodge, rest, keep, take up one s quarters, pitch one s tent. 2. Dwell, reside, live, inhabit, settle, plant one s self, get a footing, get a foothold. 3. Remain, continue, persist, persevere, go on, keep on, be… …

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