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Videoconferencing
VIDEOCONFERENCING George Jetson, a character in the 1970s cartoon, was not terribly futuristic when he used his telephone that enabled him to see the person to whom he was talking. Videoconferencing, as it is known today, has been under development in the research labs at Pacific Bell since the... Read more |
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Club of Rome
Club of Rome In April of 1968, 30 people, including scientists, educators, economists, humanists, industrialists, and government officials, met at the Academia dei Lincei in Rome. The meeting was called by Dr. Aurelio Peccei, an Italian industrialist and economist. The purpose of this meeting... Read more |
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Accountability
Accountability COMPLIANCE-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY RESULTS-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY HOLISTIC ACCOUNTABILITY VALUE-ADDED ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY GUIDELINES BIBLIOGRAPHY In the context of education, accountability refers to the concept that schools are responsible for ensuring that students... 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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Blackpool
Blackpool city (1991 pop. 146,297) and district, Lancashire, NW England, on the Irish Sea. Famed as a traditionally working-class resort (with often inhospitable weather), Blackpool has 7 mi (11.3 km) of beaches and promenades, many sport and amusement facilities, and a tower 520 ft (158 m) high,... Read more |
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coeducation
coeducation instruction of both sexes in the same institution. The economic benefits gained from joint classes and the need to secure equality for women in industrial, professional, and political activities have influenced the spread of coeducation. There were scattered examples of coeducation in... Read more |
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Martin Buber
Martin Buber , 1878-1965, Jewish philosopher, b. Vienna. Educated at German universities, he was active in Zionist affairs, and he taught philosophy and religion at the Univ. of Frankfurt-am-Main (1924-33). From 1938 to 1951 he held a professorship in the sociology of religion at the Hebrew Univ. in... Read more |
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coherence
coherence constant phase difference in two or more Waves over time. Two waves are said to be in phase if their crests and troughs meet at the same place at the same time, and the waves are out of phase if the crests of one meet the troughs of another. The waves are incoherent if the crests and... Read more |
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Denmark Vesey
Denmark Vesey 1767?-1822, African-American leader. After many years as a slave he won (1800) $1,500 in a lottery and purchased his freedom. Intelligent and energetic, he acquired considerable wealth and influence in South Carolina. Using church meetings as a cover, he supposedly planned (1822) a... Read more |
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Summit meetings
S UMMITC ONFERENCES Theodore A. Wilson The practice of tribal heads, kings, emperors, and princes of the church meeting together has been the normal way of conducting diplomacy for most of recorded history. Identification of the interests of the ... Read more |
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