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Child Support
CHILD SUPPORT A payment that a noncustodial parent makes as a contribution to the costs of raising her or his child. In the mid-1990s, as never before, child support became a topic of urgent U.S. national discussion. The system that awards and enforces child support was declared inadequate by... Read more |
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Robert Schuller
Robert Schuller 1926-, American Protestant minister and television evangelist, b. Alton, Iowa. Schuller gained attention (1955) when he used a drive-in theater to meet the needs of his expanding Los Angeles congregation. His Reformed Church in America congregation is now housed in a multimillion... Read more |
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Attention
AttentionBIBLIOGRAPHYThe contemporary approach to attention has been strongly influenced by neurophysiological research on the attention, or arousal, systems of the brain (Lindsley 1960). Attention as behavior is associated with the responses of these systems and also with the neuromuscular... Read more |
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Catriona
Catriona ♀ Anglicized form of the Gaelic names Ca(i)trìona (Scottish) and Caitríona (Irish), which are themselves forms of Katherine. As the accents show, it is stressed on the second i. The name is now also used elsewhere in the English-speaking world, although it is still... Read more |
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Simon Mayr
MAYR (MARIUS), SIMON (b Gunzenhausen, Germany, 20 January 1573; d. Ansbach, Germany, 26 December 1624) astronomy. Mayr was the first to mention in print the nebula in Andromeda, to publish tables of the mean periodic motions of the four satellites of Jupiter then known, to direct attention to the... Read more |
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Federalist party
Federalist party in U.S. history, the political faction that favored a strong federal government. Origins and Members In the later years of the Articles of Confederation there was much agitation for a stronger federal union, which was crowned with success when the Constitutional Convention drew... Read more |
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mountain men
Mountain Men US fur trappers and traders, who explored and developed the Rocky Mountains between the 1820s and 1840s. They caught public attention through their exploits and occupy an important position in the frontier legend. Their living conditions were harsh, and only a handful, such as Kit... Read more |
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Gerontology
GERONTOLOGY Gerontology, the study of aging, has become a major focus of attention in science and the professions. With increasing life expectancy and falling birth rates, populations are getting older. Increases in life expectancy in both developed and developing countries and increased needs for... Read more |
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Hollow Earth
H OLLOWE ARTH Edmund Halley (1656–1742) is best known for having calculated the orbit of a comet that passes by Earth every 76 years. The comet known as Halley's made its first appearance under that name in 1682. During the next decade, Halley turned his... Read more |
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Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Tisdale 1964— Professional basketball player, musician Bass player Wayman Tisdale played twelve years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a power forward before turning his undivided attention to his first love: music. Releasing his first solo album in 1995... Read more |
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Carter, Jimmy
...1970 and attracted national attention by repudiating racial segregation in his inaugural...plummeted when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 and remained...foreign elections, focused attention on disease and starvation...dictatorship. Although critics ... |
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AFGHANISTAN DEMANDS INCREASED ATTENTION, SAYS REP. SKELTON
...delegation that visited Afghanistan a few days ago, and...there demands increased attention. In the days following the 9/11 attacks, Afghanistan was the center of our...Iraq, our efforts in Afghanistan lost the focus and...Qaeda terrorists are ... |
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Defiant Afghanistan Deserves Candidates' Attention
...Deserves Candidates' Attention History provides very...impose their will on Afghanistan, history provides...Attempting to retreat from Afghanistan in 1842, 4,500 British...thousand troops in Afghanistan under unilateral and...diminished. It is ... |
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Obama notes military concerns on Iraq pullout, but says Afghanistan needs...
...urgently needs to turn its attention to Afghanistan. Noting that the job...abroad, Obama said Afghanistan is now the "central...have drawn huge media attention at home and abroad...rules the Gaza Strip. Still, his openness to talking... |
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AFGHANISTAN STILL NEEDS ATTENTION.(Opinion/Commentary/Editorial)
...the country's - attention on Afghanistan. Somehow lost in...the vital point that Afghanistan was terrorism central...and our business in Afghanistan is far from finished...scratch, one that still can't be trusted... |
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Health Care Has Center Stage, but Iran, Afghanistan Draw Congressional Attention
...care debate, but some still found time to react to developments in Afghanistan and Iran. Congressional...American involvement in Afghanistan, to decide what the best...the military action in Afghanistan increasing, congressional... |
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VOA NEWS: KOREAN HOSTAGES IN AFGHANISTAN CAPTURE INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION
...200 non-combat troops in Afghanistan, and they were already scheduled...withdrawal have already begun. In Afghanistan, local tribal leaders are...believe the second hostage is still alive. Sand report (mp3...Audio/Mp3/Sand L Update AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGES1.Mp3 |
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Clinton: Afghanistan needs more US attention
...failed to give proper attention to Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed...Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Clinton noted how...resources he needs." Afghanistan needs to get "as...election. "Is race still a factor in our society... |
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Conflicts in Afghanistan Demands New Attention
...Afghanistan Demands New Attention Host: RENEE MONTAGNETime...of U.S. forces in Afghanistan appears likely to grow...week, on his visit to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary...opinion, needed in Afghanistan? Mr. RASHID: I think...seems pretty ... |
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Dow Jones Insight-2008 Presidential Election Media Pulse: Media Swings Even...
...mentioned in reference to Afghanistan 8,299 times, or 61% of...s stance on Iraq, Obama still remained ahead on the issues...Despite Obama's heavy media attention, Dow Jones Insight finds...Energy 6. Terrorism 7. Afghanistan 8. Fuel Prices 9. Environment... |
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Dow Jones Insight-2008 Presidential Election Media Pulse: Media Swings Even...
...trip, he was mentioned in reference to Afghanistan 8,299 times, or 61% of all mentions...criticism of Obama's stance on Iraq, Obama still remained ahead on the issues of Iraq...McCain? Despite Obama's heavy media attention, Dow Jones Insight finds that the media... |
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