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  • 111self-serving — UK / US adjective a) having an effect that is designed to benefit itself or the person who does it self serving statements b) used about people who do self serving things Her friends are a pretty self serving bunch …

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  • 112self-serving — /sɛlf ˈsɜvɪŋ/ (say self serving) adjective 1. of or relating to a person who assiduously seeks their own advantage, often to the disadvantage of others: a self serving politician. –noun 2. the actions of such a person: I am tired of his self… …

  • 113Packet Data Serving Node — The Packet Data Serving Node, or PDSN, is a component of a CDMA2000 mobile network [ [http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk721/tk488/tsd technology support sub protocol home.html Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) Cisco Systems ] ] . It acts as… …

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  • 114Hispanic-serving institution — A Hispanic serving institution, or HSI, is a college or university in the United States that caters to primarily Hispanic students. According to Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, in order for an HSI to receive federal funding it must …

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  • 115Kipling's Six Honest Serving Men — is the famous phrase listing the main interrogative words. It comes from four lines of poetry by Rudyard Kipling:I keep six honest serving men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. These… …

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  • 116Easy Serving Espresso — Une Dosette Easy Serving Espresso, ou dosette E.S.E., est un petit disque de café emballé dans un filtre en papier. Chaque dosette contient sept grammes de café compressés dans un emballage filtrant alimentaire. Une dosette double contient 14… …

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  • 117self–serving declaration — see declaration 2c Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 118long-serving — adj [only before noun] having a particular job or position for a long time ▪ a long serving member of the committee …

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  • 119self-serving — adj showing that you will only do something if it will gain you an advantage used to show disapproval ▪ self serving politicians …

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  • 120big-serving — /ˈbɪg sɜvɪŋ/ (say big serving) adjective Tennis having a powerful serve: the big serving Belgian is hard to beat …