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Traffic regulations
traffic regulation control of the movement of vehicles and pedestrians, chiefly on city streets. Formal regulation of motor vehicle traffic was instituted in New York City in 1903; a set of Rules for Driving was issued by the police commissioner, and a traffic squad was formed. Similar systems... Read more |
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Itching
Itching Definition Itching is an intense, distracting irritation or tickling sensation that may be felt all over the skin's surface, or confined to just one area. The medical term for itching is pruritus. Description Itching instinctively leads most people to scratch the affected area. Different... Read more |
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hegemony
hegemony , [Gr.,=leadership], dominance, originally of one Greek city-state over others, the term has been extended to refer to the dominance of one nation over others, and, following Gramsci , of one class over others. Conflict over hegemony fills history from the war between Athens and Sparta to... Read more |
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Battle of Worcester
Worcester, battle of, 1651. In July 1650 Charles II landed in Scotland and was crowned at Scone on 1 January 1651. But finding his army outflanked by Cromwell, he moved south in August, making for the old royalist strongholds of Wales and the west midlands. Cromwell pursued him with an army almost... Read more |
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Frank Gehry
Gehry, Frank February 28, 1929 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada Architect Over the years many adjectives have been used to describe Frank Gehry's creations, including edgy, forward-looking, astonishing, and weird. Anything but ordinary, Gehry challenged the mainstream in... Read more |
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University of Iowa
University of Iowa at Iowa City; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1847, opened 1855. It has a noted program in the creative arts, including the Iowa Writers' Workshop, one of the most prestigious U.S. creative writing programs, attracting teachers and students from all over the world. It... Read more |
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over-the-counter
over-the-counter method of buying and selling securities outside the organized stock exchange. Unlike an organized stock exchange , the over-the-counter market is composed of dealers who negotiate most transactions by telephone and computer. For the most part, dealers purchase stocks for their own... Read more |
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Hide wants ratepayers to have spending veto.
...not listed all the services...listed Hamilton City Council's...Invercargill City Council's...rate increases over the next three...board probably felt they knew what...Reid cited Auckland City as an example...in planned shakeup of local government... |
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Plenty of pomp as Chorus and Telecom part.
...Telecom pulled out all the stops to...the ceremony in Auckland attended by several...had sometimes felt like he was in...24 towns and cities over the next eight...high of $3.31 over the past week...biggest corporate shakeups and was voted... |