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Baum

[ bawm, bahm boum ]

noun

  1. L(y·man) Frank [lahy, -m, uh, n], 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.
  2. Vicki, 1888–1960, U.S. novelist, born in Austria.


Baum

/ bɔːm; bɑːm /

noun

  1. BaumL(yman) Frank18561919MUSWRITING: novelist L ( yman ) Frank 1856–1919, US novelist, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and its sequels


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A few years later, Baum posited that the math behind tumor growth looked more like chaos theory than anything else.

“It is so expensive it makes me weep,” says Baum, the British oncologist.

Baum's review was awesome: This is a disgraceful book, both in what O'Connor has to say and how she has chosen to say it.

Self-described liberal "gun guy" Dan Baum has traveled across the nation interviewing gun owners.

Baum inquired about whether Valle had ever actually met or even spoken on the phone with any of those he chatted with online.

On their approach, Baum strangely mistaking them for loyalists coming to his aid, held still.

Accordingly, with a force of five hundred men and two light field-pieces, Baum set forth, in proud anticipation of success.

In the mean while, Baum took post on the banks of the Walloon creek, to await the arrival of his auxiliaries.

Before Baum made his appearance, the number of Americans had swelled to about two thousand.

Baum was cursing the scene-shifters, clamoring for more verdure.

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