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Borghese Villa
Borghese Villa bōrgā´zā vēl´lä or Villa Umberto I , summer palace built by Scipione Cardinal Borghese outside the Porta del Popolo, Rome. Begun in 1605, the villa was transformed in the 18th cent. into a more elaborate edifice. In 1806 it yielded much of its... Read more |
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Trophy
Trophy Background Trophies are a category of awards given primarily for academic, work, and sport contests or events. They are physical evidence that one person or group has bested another in some contest. Imposing and sculptural, trophies often include a figure, sports... Read more |
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Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus , 1707-78, Swedish botanist and taxonomist, considered the founder of the binomial system of nomenclature and the originator of modern scientific classification of plants and animals. He studied botany and medicine and taught both at Uppsala. In Systema naturae (1735) he... Read more |
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glory
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morning glory
morning glory common name for members of the Convolvulaceae, a family of herbs, shrubs, and small trees (many of them climbing forms) inhabiting warm regions, especially the tropics of America and Asia. The family is characterized by milky sap. The largest groups are the predominantly tropical... Read more |
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David Ricardo
David Ricardo 1772-1823, British economist, of Dutch-Jewish parentage. At the age of 20 he entered business as a stockbroker and was so skillful in the management of his affairs that within five years he had amassed a huge fortune. He then turned much of his attention to scientific topics, and in... Read more |
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Good
GOOD. Philosophical accounts of "the good" are, broadly speaking, accounts of what it is to be an object of value —especially of moral value. A systematic study of these accounts is aided by such distinctions as the following. Moral versus Nonmoral Good There is an important difference... Read more |
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Intrinsic value
INTRINSIC VALUE A thing's intrinsic value is the value it has in itself as opposed to the instrumental value it derives from causally producing something else. Such value is important for the theory of the right, since on most views at least one moral duty is to promote intrinsic goods and prevent... Read more |
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value
value in economics, worth of a commodity in terms of other commodities, or in terms of money (see price ). Value depends on both desirability and scarcity. The marginal theory of value, pioneered in the late 19th cent. by Leon Walras , Stanley Jevons , and Carl Menger , has been highly... Read more |
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Cuscuta
Cuscuta Description Cuscuta is the name of a group of plants in the morning glory family, of which the species Cuscuta epithymum is most commonly used in healing. A member of the Cuscutaceae family, species of cuscuta are found almost everywhere in the world, although cuscuta is more often called... Read more |
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Angel Thought for The Day.(Society)
...of a million mornings filled my heart...now that your glory has come shining...claim they value the protection...all of us who value her priceless contributions...biological age because I still value our ... |
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Football: EE'S BALDLY GOING FOR IT; Everton 1 Liverpool 0 Everton slaphead...
...thought of personal glory? Ask any Evertonian this morning and they wouldn...Premiership this morning. If hard work...old-fashioned values, then Carsley is throwback to an age when footballers...Everton's hero is priceless. ... |
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FOOTBALL: LEE'S BALDLY GOING FOR IT; Everton 1Liverpool 0 Everton slaphead...
...thought of personal glory? Ask any Evertonian this morning and they wouldn...Premiership this morning. If hard work...old-fashioned values, then Carsley is throwback to an age when footballers...Everton's hero is priceless. ... |
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This invasion of the body snatchers still won't produce a gene genius.(Column)
...peacefully away at the age of 83 last Friday...could run to the glory of Karl Marx...Graham Cowdrey had good cricketing careers...The following morning, a full page...all about the priceless value of expert coaching at an ... |
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