data.base updates - archeologist, hunter, shark
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and disciples have advanced so far as to be able to say
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when.
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[ The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce ]
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archeologist
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Archeology is the search for fact, not truth. [...]
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So forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel,
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and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried
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treasure, and X never, ever, marks the spot.
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[ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ]
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archon
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Archons are the predominant inhabitants of the heavens.
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However unusual their appearance, they are not generally
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resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of
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using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the
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Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species.
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hunter
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What of the hunting, hunter bold?
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Brother, the watch was long and cold.
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What of the quarry ye went to kill?
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Brother, he crops in the jungle still.
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Where is the power that made your pride?
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Brother, it ebbs from my flank and side.
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Where is the haste that ye hurry by?
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Brother, I go to my lair to die.
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[ The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling ]
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ice devil
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Ice devils are large semi-insectoid creatures, who are
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equally at home in the fires of Hell and the cold of Limbo,
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seas - which deals with the monster Kung Kung trying to
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seize power from Yao, the fourth emperor.
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[ Spectrum Atlas van de Mythologie ]
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shark
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As the shark moved, its dark top reflected virtually no
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light. The denticles on its skin muted the whoosh of its
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movements as the shark rose, driven by the power of the
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great tail sweeping from side to side, like a scythe.
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The fish exploded upward.
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Charles Bruder felt a slight vacuum tug in the motion of
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the sea, noted it as a passing current, the pull of a wave,
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the tickle of undertow. He could not have heard the faint
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sucking rush of water not far beneath him. He couldn't
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have seen or heard what was hurtling from the murk at
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astonishing speed, jaws unhinging, widening, for the
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enormous first bite. It was the classic attack
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that no other creature in nature could make -- a bomb from
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the depths.
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[ Close to Shore, by Michael Capuzzo ]
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shito
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A Japanese stabbing knife.
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shrieker
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