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Book of life
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African religions
A FRICANR ELIGIONS In the religions of Africa, life does not end with death, but continues in another realm. The concepts of "life" and "death" are not mutually exclusive concepts, and there are no clear dividing lines between them. Human existence is a dynamic... Read more |
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Rural life
RURAL LIFE RURAL LIFE. Rural life has been a central and defining aspect of the history of the United States, which has transformed from an agrarian-based society to a largely urban and industrial one. The term "rural life" broadly describes the lifestyle of residents of nonurban areas, defined... Read more |
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Quality of life
QUALITY OF LIFE Before the 1970s, quality of life received little attention in the medical or public health literature, but since then the situation has been reversed. Despite its widespread use, the term "quality of life" has different meanings to different people. For some researchers and... Read more |
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Walden
WALDEN WALDEN. Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) published Walden in 1854. It is based on the two years (1845–1847) he spent living in a cabin beside Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, and describes his simple way of life, along with meditations on nature and society. It has... Read more |
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History of Public Health
HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH Public health was defined by the American public health leader, Charles-Edward A. Winslow, in 1920 as, "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the... Read more |
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life-zone
life-zone An original concept of C. H. Merriam (1894) describing the way in which changing vegetation forms give a series of life-zones in relation to temperature gradients. In modern ecology these life-zones are defined by reference to a range of interacting environment gradients, and reflect... Read more |
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Life expectancy
Life Expectancy Life expectancy refers to the number of years that people in a given country or population can expect to live. Conceptually, life expectancy and longevity are identical; the difference between them lies in measurement issues. Life expectancy is calculated in a very precise manner,... Read more |
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Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinley 1905-78, American poet, b. Ontario, Oreg. Her light verse treats aspects of modern life with humor and underlying seriousness. Among her best-known collections of verse are A Pocketful of Wry (1940), The Love Letters of Phyllis McGinley (1950), and Times Three (1960; Pulitzer... Read more |
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Primal Therapy
Primal therapy A therapeutic technique that claims to cure psychological disorders by encouraging people to feel deeply the pain and trauma they experienced very early in life. Primal therapy was pioneered by Dr. Arthur Janov in the late 1960s. Janov describes it as a "natural therapy" based... Read more |
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