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  • 81Short form cricket — is a collective term for several modified forms of the sport of cricket, with playing times significantly shorter than more traditional forms of the game. A typical short form cricket match can be completed within two to three hours, compared to… …

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  • 82Time-Domain Thermoreflectance — is a method by which the thermal properties of a material can be measured, most importantly thermal conductivity. This method can be applied most notably to thin film materials (up to hundreds of nanometers thick), which have properties that vary …

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  • 83Historical basis for King Arthur — The historical basis of King Arthur is a source of considerable debate among historians. The King Arthur of Arthurian legend appears in many legends but it has not been decisively established whether his origin was entirely mythical or whether he …

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  • 84Short-term effects of alcohol — on the human body can take many forms. The drug alcohol, specifically ethanol, is a central nervous system depressant with a range of side effects. The amount and circumstances of consumption play a large part in determining the extent of… …

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  • 85short selling — The practice of selling securities not owned by the seller in the hope that the price subsequently falls and they can then be bought back at a lower price. The seller may have borrowed the necessary securities on a temporary basis in order to… …

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  • 86Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage — is an anti theatre pamphlet written in 1698 by the Non juror bishop and divine Jeremy Collier. Collier attacks the most popular recent comedies on the London stage, notably Love For Love (1695) by William Congreve and The Relapse (1696) by John… …

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  • 87Time in Advance — (no ISBN) is a collection of four short stories by science fiction writer William Tenn (a pseudonym for the sci fi work of Philip Klass). The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications between 1952 and 1957. Time in… …

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  • 88Short-tailed Albatross — Conservation status Vulnerable ( …

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  • 89short cause — A lawsuit that is estimated to take no more than one day. A short cause case may get priority for courtroom space because it can fill a time slot between bigger cases. However, if a supposed short cause lasts beyond one day the judge is… …

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  • 90For Esmé with Love and Squalor — is a short story by J. D. Salinger. Originally published in The New Yorker on April 8, 1950, it was anthologized in Salinger s Nine Stories two years later. (While the story collection s American title is Nine Stories , it is actually known as… …

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