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Insurance Agent
Insurance Agent Insurance agents help people buy insurance plans to protect against illness, accidents, or emergencies. The three major categories of insurance are life, health, and property. Insurance agents may be self-employed or they may work for a particular... Read more |
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Double Agents
Double Agents A double agent is person who conducts espionage for two, usually antagonistic, countries. Double agents allow intelligence services to gather information by infiltrating enemy organizations under cover. An organization usually recruits double agents from the... Read more |
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Apparent
APPARENT That which is clear, plain, and evident. In the law of agency, an agent has apparent authority to represent the person, or principal, for whom he or she acts, when the principal acts in such a manner toward the agent that a reasonable person would plainly assume that the agent was acting... Read more |
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draft
draft in banking, order by one party to another party to pay a stated sum to the person or firm in whose favor the draft is made. It is similar in form to the ordinary bank check . Often the drawer and the drawee of a draft are the same person. A sight draft is payable immediately on presentation... Read more |
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Executive Agent
EXECUTIVE AGENT EXECUTIVE AGENT, an individual appointed by a U.S. president to conduct negotiations with foreign countries on special terms and without Senate confirmation. Executive agents are assigned such tasks as establishing diplomatic relations with new countries, conversing with... Read more |
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chelating agents
chelating agents . Certain organic compounds are capable of forming coordinate bonds (see chemical bond ) with metals through two or more atoms of the organic compound; such organic compounds are called chelating agents. The compound formed by a chelating agent and a metal is called a chelate. A... Read more |
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Respiratory system agents
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Decontamination Methods
Decontamination Methods ¦ BRIAN HOYLE Decontamination refers to the efforts to safeguard property and people that have been exposed to chemical, nuclear, or biological agents. The intent of decontamination is twofold. The first objective is to make the individual free from... Read more |
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Anti-Corn Law League
Anti-Corn Law League. Agitation against the Corn Laws, which imposed duties on imported foodstuffs to protect British producers, increased after the Corn Law of 1815, and peaked in 1838–46. The creation of a Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association in 1838 led in 1839 to the establishment there... Read more |
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Patriot has right perspective; Tragedy: 9/11 hit home with Vrabel
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