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  2. On the razzle - Wikipedia

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    The OED suggests [1] that "on the razzle" is a shortening of "on the razzle-dazzle", which is found at least as early as the 1890s: "I live ever so quietly; I don't drink; I don't bet much; and I never go regularly on the razzle-dazzle as you did when you were my age."

  3. Didot (typeface) - Wikipedia

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    Several revivals of the Didot faces have been made, first for hot metal typesetting and then for phototype and digital versions.. Digital use of Didot poses challenges. While it can look very elegant due to the regular, rational design and fine strokes, a known effect on readers is 'dazzle', where the thick verticals draw the reader's attention and cause them to struggle to concentrate on the ...

  4. Electrical injury - Wikipedia

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    Current from arm to arm, or between an arm and a foot, is likely to traverse the heart, therefore it is much more dangerous than current between a leg and the ground. This type of shock by definition must pass into the body through the skin. Microshock: Very small current source with a pathway directly connected to the heart tissue. The shock ...

  5. Dedekind cut - Wikipedia

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    Otherwise, that cut defines a unique irrational number which, loosely speaking, fills the "gap" between A and B. [3] In other words, A contains every rational number less than the cut, and B contains every rational number greater than or equal to the cut. An irrational cut is equated to an irrational number which is in neither set.

  6. Circumcision - Wikipedia

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    Actor Melusi Yeni became the 1 millionth VMMC against HIV/AIDS transmission in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [26]There is a consensus among the world's major medical organizations and in the academic literature that circumcision is an efficacious intervention for HIV prevention in high-risk populations if carried out by medical professionals under safe conditions.

  7. Director's cut - Wikipedia

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    In public use, a director's cut is the director's preferred version of a film (or video game, television episode, music video, or commercial). It is generally considered a marketing term to represent the version of a film the director prefers, and is usually used as contrast to a theatrical release where the director did not have final cut privilege and did not agree with what was released.

  8. Cut glass - Wikipedia

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    Cut glass or cut-glass is a technique and a style of decorating glass. For some time the style has often been produced by other techniques such as the use of moulding , but the original technique of cutting glass on an abrasive wheel is still used in luxury products.

  9. Vajazzle - Wikipedia

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    A vajazzle of an HTML tag. A vajazzle, also occasionally spelled vagazzle and sometimes nicknamed glitter pubes, is a form of genital decoration.The word is a portmanteau of vajayjay [1] (a euphemism for vagina) [2] and bedazzle.