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Edison

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bonus

1

to decline to pay; to refuse payment

1

discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)

1

retirement; resignation

2

factory; manufactory; works; mill

1

electric light

1

transmission of electricity; electricity supply; power supply

8

direct current power transmission

2

standard; level; norm

1

employee; worker

1

electric current

1

advantage; point in favor; point in favour

4

long distance; long haul

1

partner

2

George Westinghouse

1

power supply; power distribution

1

world fair; international exposition

1

visitor; attendee; spectator; guest; audience

1

direct current; DC

1

just a handful; only a small number (of)

1

radio (communication); wireless; not using wires

3

in the mountains; among the mountains

2

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

2

Morgan

1

steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower

1

bias; eccentricity; obstinacy

1

pigeon; dove

1

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

contrastive

2

Guglielmo Marconi

1

patent rights

1

Supreme Court

1

one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

1

magnetic flux density

1

pair; the two; both persons; both things

1

polite; courteous; hospitable

1

Lizzie Borden

6

with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

1

children's song; nursery rhyme

2

Bawden; Borden

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Abbie; Abby

4

showering with blows

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Lizzy

15

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

2

Fall River

2

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

1

engagement; business; affair; use; need

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