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  • 31Oil pulling — or oil swishing, in alternative medicine, is a traditional Indian folk remedy that involves swishing oil in the mouth for claimed oral and systemic health benefits. It is mentioned in the Ayurvedic text Charaka Samhita where it is called Kavala… …

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  • 32Lights Out (radio show) — Lights Out was an extremely popular American old time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum . Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at …

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  • 33Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! — Infobox Album Name = Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! Type = Video Artist = Nirvana Released = November 15, 1994 (VHS/Laserdisc) November 7, 2006 (DVD) Recorded = 1991–1993 Genre = Grunge Length = 83:00 Label = Geffen Records Last album = MTV Unplugged… …

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  • 34wire-pulling —    the covert use of influence or pressure    Like the actuation of a puppet:     ... promises were held out of wire pulling tactics in high political circles . (R. F. Foster, 1993, referring to the advance publicity for Mrs Parnell s 1914… …

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  • 35straight out of the chute — adverb something done immediately, or from the beginning . Taken from rodeo routine: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, until it is released and dashes out to its fate: His ride… …

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  • 36pull somebody out (of something) — ˌpull sb/sth ˈout (of sth) derived to make sb/sth move away from sth or stop being involved in it Syn: ↑withdraw • They are pulling their troops out of the war zone. related noun ↑pull out Main entry: ↑ …

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  • 37pull something out (of something) — ˌpull sb/sth ˈout (of sth) derived to make sb/sth move away from sth or stop being involved in it Syn: ↑withdraw • They are pulling their troops out of the war zone. related noun ↑pull out Main entry: ↑ …

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  • 38Jack-out-of-office — Jack Jack (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You… …

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  • 39The Tiger Makes Out — Infobox Film name = The Tiger Makes Out image size = 250 caption = Promotional movie poster for the film director = Arthur Hiller producer = George Justin Eli Wallach (uncredited) Anne Jackson (uncred.) writer = Murray Schisgal narrator =… …

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  • 40tear (your) hair (out) — to be extremely worried or upset about something. I got my new tax bill and decided I could tear my hair or move, so I ve decided to sell and move. Companies are pulling their hair out trying to decide how to deal with these new regulations …

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