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- proper noun   A female given name occasionally borrowed fromScandinavia .
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								There is some personal drama played out as well in Thora's self-doubt about her parenting abilities. REVIEW: The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction edited by George Mann 2007 
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								A recalcitrant Thora is still causing problems, and sets off an alert that allows aliens to discover where they are, and leads them to Earth. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Galactic Alarm - Kurt Mahr Blue Tyson 2006 
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								He called Thora and asked her to prepare all necessary materials for the construction of a second transmitter. The Ghosts of Gol Mahr, Kurt 1976 
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								It was a ship from a land called Thora; and on board it was a man from Havatoo, who was a prisoner of the Thorists. Escape on Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1963 
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								He liked "Thora"; it was a song of the north, and Glen had often sung it to him. 
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								She was deep in conversation for much of the dinner with teenage actress Thora Birch, then the saucer-eyed sensation of movies like American Beauty. Phil Bronstein: Elizabeth Taylor's Passion Phil Bronstein 2011 
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								She was deep in conversation for much of the dinner with teenage actress Thora Birch, then the saucer-eyed sensation of movies like American Beauty. Phil Bronstein: Elizabeth Taylor's Passion Phil Bronstein 2011 
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								She was deep in conversation for much of the dinner with teenage actress Thora Birch, then the saucer-eyed sensation of movies like American Beauty. Phil Bronstein: Elizabeth Taylor's Passion Phil Bronstein 2011 
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								My Soul to Take is theeagerly awaited second title fromYrsa Sigurdadottir (Hodder), again featuring lawyer Thora Gudmundsdottir, this time investigating a murder at a health resort. Reading Maxine 2009 
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								She was deep in conversation for much of the dinner with teenage actress Thora Birch, then the saucer-eyed sensation of movies like American Beauty. Phil Bronstein: Elizabeth Taylor's Passion Phil Bronstein 2011 
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