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  •  165  Dwarf, duergar Duergar and Steeder (Giant Spider) An "evil and avaricious" dwarven subrace,: 152  Backstab reviewer Michaël Croitoriu found them...
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    be his retinue The fifth devil is Mammon and has with him the avarice [avaricious] and also fittingly, a foul sin, covetousness, is with his company of...
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    hard to make good small films now", Allen said in a 2004 interview. "The avaricious studios couldn't care less about good films—if they get a good film they're...
    199 KB (19,104 words) - 18:44, 25 April 2024
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    a talkative cellmate of Marlowe's; Henry Gibson, as the frighteningly avaricious proprietor of a rehab clinic; and Jack Riley (of the original "Bob Newhart...
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  • begrudging, discontentedly yearning; hostile and domineering; envious, avaricious; pleasures more in taking than in having. Risk-taking antisocial (including...
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  • by Miguel de Cervantes; Scrooge, a pejorative for misers based on the avaricious main character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol; and Pollyanna, referring...
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  • Popular 208 Wanted for Wealth Anon. (W. J. Lomax) The Penny Popular 209 The Avaricious Aristocrat Anon. (W. J. Lomax) The Penny Popular 210 The Poacher's Plight...
    417 KB (1,702 words) - 07:04, 12 April 2024
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    The Book of Misers, and another by Jim Colville titled Avarice and the Avaricious. Editions: Arabic (al-Ḥājirī, Cairo, 1958); Arabic text, French preface...
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    ensure public protection. Black women were socially perceived as sexually avaricious and since they were portrayed as having little virtue, society held that...
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  • championship match by disrupting the plans of their scheming manager and an avaricious team owner who wants their contracts, and Colt's plans also involve Howie...
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    name of Corinth). King Sisyphus promoted navigation and commerce but was avaricious and deceitful. He killed guests and travelers in his palace, a violation...
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    19th-century historian W.R.W. Stephens, "affords some illustrations of the avaricious and parsimonious character of the king". It seems that Henry was skilful...
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    extravagance. In an alternate view, Norman Cantor has described Edward as an "avaricious and sadistic thug". From what is known of Edward's character, he could...
    111 KB (15,120 words) - 06:18, 28 April 2024
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    weaknesses. A nobleman in the state of Wei accused the Qin state of being "avaricious, perverse, eager for profit, and without sincerity. It knows nothing about...
    48 KB (5,814 words) - 00:03, 28 April 2024
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    appropriate mean are punished in the fourth circle. They include the avaricious or miserly (including many "clergymen, and popes and cardinals"), who...
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  • "Cowboy Camp" almost the entire film. Wayne Knight as Al McWhiggin: An avaricious toy collector and owner of Al's Toy Barn. He kidnaps Woody and plans to...
    86 KB (8,409 words) - 13:11, 4 May 2024
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    travel to settle the family business, Bailey Brothers Building and Loan. Avaricious board member Henry Potter, who owns the bank and most of the town, seeks...
    91 KB (10,719 words) - 03:24, 29 April 2024
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    described the man as "undeserving" of the position, but appropriate "for the avaricious and rebellious people of Antioch". Julian's rise to Augustus was the result...
    105 KB (12,438 words) - 18:37, 22 March 2024
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    in books like A Short History of Slaves (奴才小史) and The Biographies of Avaricious Officials and Corrupt Personnel (貪官污吏傳) by Laoli (老吏). During the abdication...
    143 KB (16,501 words) - 00:32, 18 April 2024
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    Retrieved 22 February 2024. Thompson, Chris (23 February 2024). "Vice's Avaricious Stewards Finally Succeeded At Bleeding It Dry". Defector. Archived from...
    140 KB (11,861 words) - 21:51, 29 April 2024
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