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  2. Edgar Wallace - Wikipedia

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    Wallace was such a prolific writer that one of his publishers claimed that a quarter of all books in England were written by him. [1] As well as journalism, Wallace wrote screen plays, poetry, historical non-fiction, 18 stage plays, 957 short stories and over 170 novels, 12 in 1929 alone. More than 160 films have been made of Wallace's work. [2]

  3. Criterion of dissimilarity - Wikipedia

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    Aside from Käsemann, his teacher Rudolf Bultmann and Norman Perrin were also major proponents of the criterion of dissimilarity. [4] John P. Meier (1991) stated that the criterion of dissimilarity is "closely allied to the criterion of embarrassment", but unlike Polkow (1987), he did not think the two criteria completely overlap. [1]

  4. David's Mighty Warriors - Wikipedia

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    David refuses to drink the water, instead pouring it out "before Yahweh", arguing that it was the blood of the men who had risked their lives. [12] Biblical scholars argue that the description of David pouring out the water is a reference to David offering the water to Yahweh as a libation .

  5. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  6. Will Shortz - Wikipedia

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    His favorite individual clue is "It might turn into a different story" (whose solution is SPIRAL STAIRCASE). [19] In addition to work as a crossword editor, Shortz is a skilled table tennis player. He has co-owned the Westchester Table Tennis Center in Pleasantville, New York since 2009, and has been playing table tennis daily for the past 11 ...

  7. David Brooks (commentator) - Wikipedia

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    David Brooks (born August 11, 1961) [1] is a Canadian-born American book author and political and cultural commentator. Though he describes himself as an ideologic moderate, others have characterised him as centrist, moderate conservative, or conservative, based on his record as contributor to the PBS NewsHour, and as opinion columnist for The New York Times [2] [page needed] [3] [better ...

  8. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...

  9. List of A Different World characters - Wikipedia

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    Kimberly Reese (Charnele Brown): [12] native of Columbus (Ohio), daughter of Clinton Reese, roommate (and best friend) of Whitley during freshman and sophomore years, a biology major, employed by Mr. Gaines at The Pit part-time throughout her undergraduate career, involved in serious relationship with Robert (had a pregnancy "false alarm ...