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Junk art
Junk art. Art constructed from the waste products of urban life. In so far as Junk art represented a revolt against traditional materials and a desire to show that works of art can be constructed from the humblest and most worthless things, it may be plausibly traced back to Cubist collages,... Read more |
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Consumer Behavior
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR While in medical school, Laura Trice's one major complaint about living a vegan lifestyle and following an animal-product-free diet was the lack of "great tasting sweets." Rather than sublimating her craving for junk food, she came up with a cookie recipe that she found satisfied... Read more |
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Junk bonds
JUNK BONDS JUNK BONDS. Michael Milken, the notorious investment banker of the 1980s, allegedly coined the term "junk bonds" to describe the portfolio of low-grade bonds owned by one of his early clients, Meshulam Riklis. Companies issue low-grade, also called "high-yield," bonds at high interest... Read more |
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electoral college
electoral college in U.S. government, the body of electors that chooses the president and vice president. The Constitution, in Article 2, Section 1, provides: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of... Read more |
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electors
electors in the history of the Holy Roman Empire , the princes who had the right to elect the German kings or, more exactly, the kings of the Romans (Holy Roman emperors). Until the reign (1493-1519) of Maximilian I , however, an elected king was traditionally crowned by the pope before he was... Read more |
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Spam (Junk email)
Spam Spam is a slang term that describes unsolicited commercial advertisements sent by e-mail over the Internet. Spam, which can be used as a noun or as a verb, is also known as junk e-mail or unsolicited bulk e-mail. According to Heather Newman in the Detroit Free Press, the term comes from a skit... Read more |
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Fen
Fen , river, 375 mi (604 km) long, rising in the Wutai Mts. and flowing southwest, through a narrow valley, to the Huang He, Shanxi prov., N central China; navigable for small junks only in its lower course. The wide and fertile lower Fen valley has been irrigated since ancient times; wheat, millet,... Read more |
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leveraged buyout
leveraged buyout the takeover of a company, financed by borrowed funds. Often, the target company's assets are used as security for the loans acquired to finance the purchase. The acquiring company or group then repays the loans from the target company's profits or by selling its assets. Many... Read more |
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You are being sold; As councils get ready to issue their latest electoral...
...moved. Registering on the electoral roll is compulsory, so the...show only initials. "The electoral roll is a source of names...about being bombarded with junk mail, ministers were forced...still appear on the full electoral register, which can be viewed... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Britain Votes: Junk mail keeps 2.5m off voting roll Electoral register
...because they want to avoid junk mail. To stop unsolicited...companies that have bought electoral rolls, growing numbers of...vote."Local councils sell electoral rolls for anything between...campaigns to boost sales. The electoral register reveals how many ... |
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Experian urges caution on electoral roll opt-out amid 'junk mail' fears.
...Experian urges caution on electoral roll opt-out amid 'junk mail' fears (C)1994-2002...excluded from a version of the Electoral Roll to be made available to...ticking the opt-out box on the Electoral Roll they will see a dramatic... |
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Junk mail firms face ban on sale of electoral roll.
...sale of addresses off the electoral register to companies which bombard the public with junk mail could be banned...review said the 'edited' electoral roll which is sold by local...out when filling in their electoral registration card - around... |
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Let's junk the Electoral College
...the coffin of an increasingly outmoded Electoral College system. Of course they have a right to be frustrated. Under the current Electoral College system, presidential campaigns...party keeps winning all their state's electoral votes.But in this case partisanship... |
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Let's junk the Electoral College: ; Whoever wins the popular vote should take...
...against popular democracy known as the Electoral College. Combined with the likelihood...still see the other candidate win in the Electoral College.Under our Constitution, voters...right. It is past time to eliminate the Electoral College - a system that adds no value... |
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Time to Junk the Electoral College?(Brief Article)
...election raises the question YES The Electoral College is a hopelessly outdated system...election system. The creation of the Electoral College got around that: As part of...states, in computing their share of electoral votes, could count slaves as three fifths... |
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Binay asks SC to junk Roxas' electoral protest.
...protest seeking the dismissal of the electoral protest filed against him by Liberal...Mar" Roxas II. Roxas filed his electoral protest against Binay before the...also serves as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET). In a comment... |
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Spotlight: Voting - Junk the Electoral College? -- Effort gaining in states...
...movement to essentially toss out the Electoral College and award the presidency to the...states to change their laws to award their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the popular...Vote: nationalpopularvote.com/npv/ Electoral College: archives.gov/federal... |
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Comelec junks electoral protest vs. Ormoc mayor.
...Comelec) 2nd Division dismissed, for lack of merit, the electoral protest against Mayor Eric C. Codilla after petitioner Engr...counter-protest and also accused Larrazabal of committing electoral fraud. He likewise sought for a recount, saying the invalidated... |
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