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Concourse
Concourse an assembly of things or persons brought together; a moving group of people or things. See also assemblage. Examples: concourse of atoms, 1692; of books, 1855; of humours, 1604; of spiritual joy, 1628; of particles of matter, 1677; of all nations, 1642; of people, 1440; of dependent... Read more |
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Scaevola
Scaevola (Quintus Mucius Scaevola), d. 82 BC, Roman jurist. He was tribune of the people (106 BC) and consul (95 BC) with Lucius Licinius Crassus (see under Crassus , family); together they collaborated on a law that caused a purge of the rolls of citizenship. The wholesale disfranchisement of... Read more |
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Human Relations
HUMAN RELATIONS Owners and managers of profit and nonprofit organizations define human relations as fitting people into work situations so as to motivate them to work together harmoniously. The process of fitting together should achieve higher levels of productivity for the organization, while also... Read more |
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gooseberry
gooseberry as the first fruit of the summer, gooseberries were often traditionally eaten at Whitsun or at village feasts and celebrations.Children were traditionally told that babies were found under gooseberry bushes.In British informal use, someone who plays gooseberry is a third person who stays... Read more |
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RSHA
RSHA. Created by a decree of Heinrich Himmler on 27 September 1939 (with effect from 1 October), the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, or Reich Security Main Office, brought policing in the Third Reich under a single organizational umbrella and played a key part in the campaigns of mass murder in... Read more |
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Coterie
Coterie a circle of persons associated together and separated from outsiders; an association for political or social purposes; a number of people meeting familiarly, usually for social or literary reasons, 1738. See also clique, company, set. Examples: coterie of orchids, 1849; of... Read more |
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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey (James Francis Dorsey), 1904-57, and his brother Tommy Dorsey (Thomas Francis Dorsey, Jr.), 1905-1956, both b. Shenandoah, Pa., American jazz musicians and bandleaders during the Big Band era. Jimmy Dorsey played the clarinet and alto saxophone, his brother the trombone. Toward the... Read more |
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Howard Sackler
Sackler, Howard (1929–82),New York‐born dramatist, director, and film writer, whose first major play, The Great White Hope (1967, published 1968), about Jack Johnson, the first black heavy‐weight boxing champion of the world, won a Pulitzer Prize. Earlier he had staged Mr.... Read more |
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Helmet
Helmet Rock group Aggressive yet precise, Helmet has never fit the typical post-punk band mold. Blending extensive musical training with intellect and brute force, the band quickly became successful in the early 1990s. At the end of the decade, band members became weary of the music... Read more |
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