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Omniscience
Omniscience Omniscience concerns God's (a priori) knowledge about the course of people's lives. More generally, it concerns God's knowledge about the whole course of history, including the future. This appears in that aspect of prophetical literature that expresses itself in a forecasting style,... Read more |
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Future predictions
FUTUROLOGY. Futurology is the study of the future to obtain knowledge of it on the basis of present trends. Beginning in the 1960s, it is a relatively new field of study. The word futurology was first used in 1943 by Ossip Flechteim, a political scientist, to describe a new scientific field of... Read more |
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Norns
Norns the Norse Fates. Like the Fates of Greek religion and mythology, the Norns spun and wove the web of life. Belief in the Norns was of great importance in Germanic religion and life. It was said that no one, not even the gods, could escape their fate. The Norns were usually three in... Read more |
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Richard Allen Posner
POSNER, RICHARD ALLEN "[A] pragmatic approach [to lawisone] that is practical and instrumental rather than essentialist—interested in what works and what is useful rather than in what 'really' is. It is therefore forward-looking, valuing continuity with the past only so far as such... Read more |
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Scenario planning
Scenario Planning Strategic planning and forecasting tend to use projections of past events to develop future plans. These approaches rely on historical data and assume a continuation of past business practices and environmental stability. Scenarios are used to develop plans for significant changes... Read more |
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Remainder
REMAINDER A future interest held by one person in the real property of another that will take effect upon the expiration of the other property interests created at the same time as the future interest. The law of real property permits a person who owns real estate to convey all or part of her... Read more |
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Annual Report
ANNUAL REPORT A document published by public corporations on a yearly basis to provide stockholders, the public, and the government with financial data, a summary of ownership, and the accounting practices used to prepare the report. Annual reports measure a corporation's financial health. They... Read more |
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Dreamtime
Dreamtime In the mythology of the Australian Aborigines, Dreamtime, or The Dreaming, is the period of creation when the world took shape and all life began. During Dreamtime, ancestral beings created the landscape, made the first people, and taught the people how to... Read more |
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Indian Country
INDIAN COUNTRY INDIAN COUNTRY is a multifaceted term that historically has been used as a geographical designation, as a legal term, and as a cultural concept that encompasses the past, present, and future of American Indian people. It embodies the idea that there is "a place" for Indians. The... 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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Evangelicals at a Crossroads As Falwell's Generation Fades
...right in the past, then the...represent its future. From his...Falwell gave evangelicals a strong...evangelism to environmentalism.Page...s largest evangelical one, in...In the past, Baptists...generation of ... |
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In Greenland, an interfaith rally for climate change.(WORLD)
...prayer for the future of the planet...founder of the Evangelical Environmental...divide between environmentalism and faith. "Environmentalism is really...together to present a common...over the past decade...over the ... |
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Changes are needed to prevent global warming
...though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future. But light bulbs aside...author of "The Death of Environmentalism," adds, "The dominant...see the greening of the evangelicals - and into a corruption... |
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Global-warming denial will not save our planet
...though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future. But light bulbs aside...author of "The Death of Environmentalism," adds, "The dominant...see the greening of the evangelicals -- and into a corruption... |
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No change in political climate
...though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future. But light bulbs aside...coauthor of "The Death of Environmentalism," adds, "The dominant...see the greening of the evangelicals- and into a corruption... |