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Bedouin
Bedouin [Arab.,=desert dwellers], primarily nomad Arab peoples of the Middle East, where they form about 10% of the population. They are of the same Semitic stock as their sedentary neighbors (the fellahin; see Arabs ) and share with them a devout belief in Islam and a distrust of any but their... Read more |
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willow herb
willow herb name for several plants, among them the fireweed (see evening primrose ).... Read more |
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Speciesism
SPECIESISM "Speciesism" is the name of a form of bias or discrimination that is much discussed in the contemporary debates over the moral status of animals. It amounts to discriminating on the basis of species; that is, it takes the fact that, say, baboons and humans belong to different species as... Read more |
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police court
police court court with jurisdiction limited to minor offenses, chiefly the least grave misdemeanors and breaches of municipal ordinances. In practice the trial is usually held before a judge sitting without a jury. A police court may also examine persons accused of felony and commit them to... Read more |
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Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars 1803-15, the wars waged by or against France under Napoleon I. For a discussion of them see under Napoleon I .... Read more |
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biplane
biplane aircraft, typically of early design, having two sets of wings fixed at different levels, especially in a vertical stack with the fuselage included between them. See airplane .... Read more |
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Sophists
Sophists , originally, itinerant teachers in Greece (5th cent. BC) who provided education through lectures and in return received fees from their audiences. The term was given as a mark of respect. Protagoras was perhaps the first to style himself a Sophist and to receive payment for his... Read more |
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Midian
Midian or Midianites , in the Bible, a nomadic Bedouin people of N Arabia in what is S Jordan. They were associated with the Moabites and the Israelites. Moses took refuge with them and married the daughter of their priest Jethro. They were defeated by the Hebrews after they gave refuge to... Read more |
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Uni
Uni , fl. c.2325 BC, Egyptian official of the VI dynasty. His career is known through his private inscription. After rising from an obscure court position to a position of command, he defeated the Bedouins five times and pursued them as far as Palestine. As governor of the south under Pepi I, he... Read more |
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Proverbs
Proverbs book of the Bible. It is a collection of sayings, many of them moral maxims, in no special order. The teaching is of a practical nature; it does not dwell on the salvation-historical traditions of Israel, but is individual and universal based on the observation of nature. There are eight... Read more |
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Bedouin officer's arrest for spying makes room for Islamic Movement
...one of 30-odd Bedouin villages in the...Now we shall see them more and more." The immediate reason is the arrest...in thenumber of Bedouin volunteering for...several score of Bedouin youth enlist annually...officials who ... |
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Kuwaitis Fear War but Want Saddam Out
...torn between a desire to see Saddam Hussein go and fears of what could happen if...said Um Abdullah, a Bedouin woman peering at the view...Kuwait for purely selfish reasons and that America's motives are no more noble today. "Saddam... |
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Exploring Israel and Jordan by foot and by hoof.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
...hands as you go. No reason to let go and fall...death far below. No reason to grip...ve faced your fear?" Janet asked...profusely, to see...an elderly...keffiyehs _ checkered Bedouin headdresses _ for...the ... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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Saddam's former chef recalls a very picky eater.(PAGE ONE)
...for the scantest reasons. But even so...Every time I see him on TV, I...found only in Bedouin villages. The...closed, with no hesitation...own cooks for fear he would be poisoned...couriers from small Bedouin villages ... |
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Contra Costa Times May 8 Letters from our readers
...areas. There's no chance at all that...there is little or no abuse of prescription...torture I'm glad to see the East Bay version...we were all in fear of another attack...aren't immune; Bedouin citizens in the...Israel yearly. One ... |
 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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HEAD TO THE RED SEA FOR A SHARMED LIFE.(Features)
...life No need to fear the sheikh-up...diplomats there was no fear of unrest. There is no sign of the heady...ions, there's no reason not to holiday...half expected to see the old tyrant...tea ... |
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The Uses of Periodicity in English Verse
...more like the tents of Bedouins than the apartments of...stable energy states. No wonder we find these...the infinite regress of reasons, murmuring "let us assume," and "let us reason downwards from this point...conscious, it does not see ... |
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Gulf Notebook;Of Battles And Beetles In the Desert;The Mighty M1A1 Tank &...
...champion of tanks. No one knows what...but I want to see what war is like...impression that she sees a continuity here...but you can see it from here...camels, they had Bedouins driving around...Now, for some reason, they ... |
 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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What the nation s papers say today, Feb 9, 1999
...comes a tremor of fear that one of the...are many now who see great difficulties...did not live to see genuine peace...this nation of Bedouins and Palestinians...appeared to be no reason to fear that ... |
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King's Gambit
...and to promise to war no more. The ceremony should...of his countrymen who see peace with Israel as...now say that the only reason the king does not sign...Israel is because he fears the Syrians will kill...own, more substantial reasons to ... |
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