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- proper noun A
German device used duringWorld War II toencode strategic messages
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ENIGMA - Evelyn Easters Swain, 89, of Enigma died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at her son's residence in Enigma.
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"Blue Enigma" is a wonderful selection, starting to flower in July and out until it is frosted.
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Enigma is obscure enough that the bad guys did not include it on the list of blocked URLs.
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His strange geeky life and its social success are all documented in the biography of his called The Enigma by Andrew Hodges (1983).
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I don't want him to know this, but I hate most religious music - although I do like "Enigma" - but that is about as churchy as I get.
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I don't want him to know this, but I hate most religious music - although I do like "Enigma" - but that is about as churchy as I get.
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"Enigma" - Literary References - In Popular Culture - Study Aids - Frankenstein - Electronic Editions - Romantic
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I think you'd like the themes in the one Tim tells me is titled Enigma - really cool with some Gregorian chanting-type parts.
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In the history of cryptography, the Enigma was a portable cipher machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages.
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I watched a newcomer called Enigma practice a tricky combo with “Awesome” Austin Creed, a gregarious, handsome young black guy—the only African-American on the roster—whose character was modeled on Apollo Creed from the Rocky films.
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