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DEFINITION: (noun) A large number or amount or extent. SYNONYMS: good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mint, muckle, peck, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, stack, raft, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight. USAGE: It was only when he found a mickle of old letters in the basement that he learned his grandmother had been a prolific and talented writer.

Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India from 1966 to1977 and from 1980 to 1984. She instituted a number of socialist economic reforms and fought a successful war against Pakistan, but she was later embroiled in political controversy and a fierce Hindu-Sikh ethnic conflict, which led to her assassination in 1984. Her son, Rajiv Gandhi, succeeded her as prime minister, but was himself assassinated by Tamil militants. Who was Indira Gandhi's father?

The Gettysburg Address, one of the most quoted speeches in US history, was delivered by President Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and half months after the famous battle fought there. Lincoln's three-minute address redefined the American Civil War as not merely a struggle for the Union, but also as "a new birth of freedom" for the US and its people. Which one of the 5 known manuscript copies has been called "the most inexplicable"?

The Aston Martin is a British luxury car manufacturer that is today part of the Ford Motor Company. The company's name was derived from Lionel Martin, one of the founders, and Aston Hill, the location where Martin enjoyed racing specials. The British glamour that characterizes Aston Martin cars has made them a natural choice for the James Bond series of action films. A silver Aston Martin DB5 appears in which four Bond films?

A new study reveals that eating a few squares of dark chocolate every day can improve heart health. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg School of Public Health found that a chemical in cocoa beans has a similar biochemical effect to aspirin and can reduce the likelihood of blood clotting. Previous research had already shown this effect with much larger quantities of dark chocolate, which has high levels of antioxidants called flavonoids.