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  2. Opening sentence - Wikipedia

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    The opening sentence or opening line stands at the beginning of a written work. The opening line is part or all of the opening sentence that may start the lead paragraph . For older texts the Latin term incipit ('it begins') is in use for the very first words of the opening sentence.

  3. Capricious - Wikipedia

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    Capricious may refer to: Capricieuse, also spelled Capricious, a solitaire card game; Capricious (cheese), an aged goat's milk cheese; See also.

  4. Paragraph - Wikipedia

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    English students are sometimes taught that a paragraph should have a topic sentence or "main idea", preferably first, and multiple "supporting" or "detail" sentences that explain or supply evidence. One technique of this type, intended for essay writing, is known as the Schaffer paragraph .

  5. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually reported as funny from modern Italians because the same exact words, in today's dialect of Rome, mean "A black dog eats a beautiful peach", which has a ridiculously different meaning. canes pugnaces: war dogs or fighting dogs: canis canem edit: dog eats dog

  6. Standard of review - Wikipedia

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    When made by administrative agencies, decisions concerning mixed questions of law and fact are subjected to arbitrary and capricious review. Additionally, in some areas of substantive law, such as when a court is reviewing a First Amendment issue, an appellate court will use a standard of review called "independent review."

  7. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    The sentence can be read as "Reginam occidere nolite, timere bonum est, si omnes consentiunt, ego non. Contradico. " ("don't kill the Queen, it is good to be afraid, even if all agree I do not. I object."), or the opposite meaning " Reginam occidere nolite timere, bonum est; si omnes consentiunt ego non contradico.

  8. Capricious (cheese) - Wikipedia

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    Capricious is an aged goat's milk cheese made by the Achadinha Cheese Company in Petaluma, California. It won "Best in Show" at the 2002 American Cheese Society ...

  9. It was a dark and stormy night - Wikipedia

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    It challenges entrants to compose "the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels." [ 9 ] The best of the resulting entries have been published in a series of paperback books, starting with It Was a Dark and Stormy Night in 1984.