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Difference Principle
Difference Principle BIBLIOGRAPHY The difference principle is the second part of the second principle of John Rawls’s theory of justice. The first principle requires that citizens enjoy equal basic liberties. The first part of the second principle requires fair equality of opportunity.... Read more |
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Mechanics Lien
MECHANIC'S LIEN A charge or claim upon the property of another individual as security for a debt that is created in order to obtain priority of payment of the price or value of work that is performed and materials that are provided in the erection or repair of a building or other structure.... Read more |
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lien
lien claim or charge held by one party, on property owned by a second party, as security for payment of some debt, obligation, or duty owed by that second party. A lien may arise by agreement between the parties or by operation of law from the relation of the parties or the circumstances of their... Read more |
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Seniority
SENIORITY Precedence or preference in position over others similarly situated. As used, for example, with reference to job seniority, the worker with the most years of service is first promoted within a range of jobs subject to seniority, and is the last laid off, proceeding so on down the line to... Read more |
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Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews Air Force Base U.S. military installation, 4,279 acres (1,732 hectares), central Md., est. 1943. It is the chief military airport of Washington, D.C., as well as the headquarters for the air force's high-priority airlift command.... Read more |
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Sustainable development
Sustainable Development The concept of sustainabledevelopment was popularized by the World Commission on Environment and Development in its report "Our Common Future" that was published in 1987. The Commission defined sustainable development as development that meets... Read more |
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Independent Irish Party
Independent Irish Party. The forerunner of the Irish National Party put together by Isaac Butt and Parnell. It was formed by about 40 Irish MPs in 1852 to assist the Tenant League campaign and to obtain the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act. But it split badly between catholics and... Read more |
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Baghdad Pact
BAGHDAD PACT (1955) Anti-Soviet security pact sponsored by Britain and the United States. The Baghdad Pact formally came into existence in 1955; it was an exemplary Cold War agreement reflecting the priority the Eisenhower administration gave to containment of the Soviet Union through... Read more |
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Christoph Scheiner
Scheiner, Christoph (1573–1650)Germanscholar and astronomer. In 1611, with the aid of a telescope he built himself, he became one of several independent discoverers of sunspots (the others included Galileo, who unjustly accused Scheiner of claiming priority). He believed them to be small... Read more |
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