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  • 11Procrastination — Pro*cras ti*na tion, n. [L. procrastinatio: cf. F. procrastination.] The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness. [1913 Webster] Procrastination is the thief of time. Young. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12dilatory — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French dilatorie, Late Latin dilatorius, from Latin differre (past participle dilatus) to postpone, differ more at differ, tolerate Date: 15th century 1. tending or intended to cause delay < dilator …

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  • 13Battle of Bosworth Field — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Bosworth Field partof=the Wars of the Roses caption= date=August 22, 1485 place=In the area of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, England result=Decisive Lancastrian victory combatant1=&#8230; …

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  • 14Gottfried Leibniz — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 18th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE |250px image caption = Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz name = Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz birth = 1 July (21 June Old Style) 1646, Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony …

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  • 15Pope Gregory IX — Infobox Pope English name=Gregory IX birth name=Ugolino di Conti term start=March 19, 1227 term end=August 22, 1241 predecessor=Honorius III successor=Celestine IV birth date=between 1145 and 1170| birthplace= Anagni, Italy dead=dead|death&#8230; …

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  • 16Samuel Johnson — For other people named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation). Samuel Johnson LLD MA Samuel Johnson c.&#160;1772, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Born …

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  • 17Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer — Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name = Robert Harley honorific suffix = 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer imagesize = 225px caption = order = Chancellor of the Exchequer term start = 1710 term end = 1711 prime&#8230; …

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  • 18Aeschines — Infobox Person name= Aeschines caption= Marble bust of Aeschines birth date= 389 BC birth place= Athens death date= 314 BC death place= SamosAeschines (in Greek polytonic|Αἰσχίνης, 389 ndash;314 BC), Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic&#8230; …

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  • 19Fabian strategy — The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition. While avoiding decisive battles, the side employing this strategy harasses its enemy to cause attrition&#8230; …

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  • 20Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola — Francesco Bussone, often called Count of Carmagnola[1] (c. 1382 – May 5, 1432), was an Italian condottiero. Biography Francesco Bussone was born at Carmagnola, near Turin, in a humble peasant family. He began his military career when twelve years …

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