Joint Chiefs of Staff
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~ the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
Joseph Stalin
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~ Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
jump-start
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~ starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car; "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"
junior status
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~ in a junior position
Jan Steen
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~ Dutch genre painter (1626-1679)
Joseph Lincoln Steffens
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~ United States journalist whose exposes in 1906 started an era of muckraking journalism (1866-1936)
John Ernst Steinbeck
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~ United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)
John Steinbeck
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~ United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)
James Maitland Stewart
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~ United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
Jimmy Stewart
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~ United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
joss stick
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~ a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the Chinese
Jatropha stimulosus
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~ a stinging herb of tropical America
joint-stock company
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~ a company (usually unincorporated) which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fund; transferable shares represent ownership interest; shareholders are legally liable for all debts of the company
jewelry store
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~ a firm that sells and buys jewelry
Japanese stranglehold
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~ a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe
Johann Strauss
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~ Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)
Johann Strauss
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~ Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)
jet stream
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~ a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere; has important effects of the formation of weather fronts
John Stuart Mill
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~ English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)