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Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney (Richard Bruce Cheney) , 1941-, vice president of the United States (2001-), b. Lincoln, Nebr. His family moved to Casper, Wyo., when he was 13, and he attended the Univ. of Wyoming (B.A., 1965; M.A., 1966) and the Univ. of Wisconsin. A conservative Republican, he served (1970-73) in... Read more |
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Condoleezza Rice
Rice, Condoleezza November 14, 1954 • Birmingham, Alabama National security adviser Condoleezza Rice became one of the most influential women in the world of global politics when President George W. Bush (1946–) named her as his national security adviser in December... Read more |
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Albert Arnold Gore Jr
Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. 1948-, vice president of the United States (1993-2001), b. Washington, D.C., grad. Harvard, 1969. After serving in the army in Vietnam and working as a reporter, he was elected (1976) to the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee as a Democrat. In the Senate... Read more |
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Joseph Gurney Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon 1836-1926, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1903-11), b. Guilford co., N.C. A lawyer in Illinois, Cannon served as a Republican in Congress from 1873 to 1923, except for the years 1891-93 and 1913-15, when first the Populists and then the Progressives were able to... Read more |
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Karl Liebknecht
Karl Liebknecht , 1871-1919, German socialist, leader of the Spartacus party ; son of Wilhelm Liebknecht . His antimilitaristic writings caused his conviction (1907) for high treason. Released from prison, Liebknecht entered the Prussian lower house in 1908 and the Reichstag in 1912. As a member... Read more |
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Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille , 1897-1962, French writer. Bataille was the founding editor of the journal Critique (1946). Strongly influenced by Nietzsche, he focuses on extreme states of consciousness (violence and eroticism) as forms of mediation between nature and culture. He presents his ideas in his... Read more |
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Liquidity
Liquidity BIBLIOGRAPHY An asset is considered to be liquid if it can be: (1) easily exchanged; (2) quickly exchanged; and (3) exchanged at little or no cost. For example, currency (coins and paper money) is an extremely liquid asset, whereas consumer durables and housing are very illiquid... Read more |
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beryl
beryl , mineral, a silicate of beryllium and aluminum, Be 3 Al 2 Si 6 O 18 , extremely hard, occurring in hexagonal crystals that may be of enormous size and are usually white, yellow, green, blue, or colorless. Beryl is commonly used as a gemstone. The refractive index is low, and the stones have... Read more |
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COMPOUND WORD
...such adjectival phrases as the white house (as opposed to the WHITE House) and nouns used attributively...blackboard, bluebird, brownstone, greenhouse, paleface, redcoat, redskin...Greystoke, Redpath, the White ... |
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greenhouse
greenhouse •douse, dowse, Gauss, grouse, house, Klaus, louse, Manaus, mouse...treehouse • wheelhouse • greenhouse •clearing house • meeting house •counting house • ice house •lighthouse, White ... |
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White House
White House •douse, dowse, Gauss, grouse, house, Klaus, louse, Manaus, mouse, nous...treehouse • wheelhouse • greenhouse •clearing house • meeting house...house • ice house •lighthouse, ... |
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Part 2 Business and mechanical technology.(Part 3: Q-Z)(Definition)
...breast and hips. (2) Place used to house workers on plantations or ranches...shape is used in the construction of greenhouses, hog houses, shops, and storage buildings. Quotation...dipping, etc. (5) An elongated white mark on the face of a horse or ... |
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barrelhouse
...douse, dowse, Gauss, grouse, house, Klaus, louse, Manaus, mouse, nous...statehouse •treehouse • wheelhouse • greenhouse •clearing house • meeting house •counting house • ice house •lighthouse, White ... |
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dormouse
...douse, dowse, Gauss, grouse, house, Klaus, louse, Manaus, mouse, nous...statehouse •treehouse • wheelhouse • greenhouse •clearing house • meeting house •counting house • ice house •lighthouse, White ... |
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dosshouse
...douse, dowse, Gauss, grouse, house, Klaus, louse, Manaus, mouse, nous...statehouse •treehouse • wheelhouse • greenhouse •clearing house • meeting house •counting house • ice house •lighthouse, White ... |
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dowse
...douse, dowse, Gauss, grouse, house, Klaus, louse, Manaus, mouse, nous...statehouse •treehouse • wheelhouse • greenhouse •clearing house • meeting house •counting house • ice house •lighthouse, White ... |
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farmhouse
...douse, dowse, Gauss, grouse, house, Klaus, louse, Manaus, mouse, nous...statehouse •treehouse • wheelhouse • greenhouse •clearing house • meeting house •counting house • ice house •lighthouse, White ... |
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hothouse
...douse, dowse, Gauss, grouse, house, Klaus, louse, Manaus, mouse, nous...statehouse •treehouse • wheelhouse • greenhouse •clearing house • meeting house •counting house • ice house •lighthouse, White ... |
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house
house •douse, dowse, Gauss, grouse, house, Klaus, louse, Manaus, mouse...treehouse • wheelhouse • greenhouse •clearing house • meeting house •counting house • ice house •lighthouse, White ... |
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White House Greenhouses Offered Much
...Seale writes in "The White House Garden," published...There were palm houses, a fern house, and rose and orchid houses. Harriet Lane, Buchanan's niece and White House hostess, strolled...sago palm, but the ... |
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U.S. is reducing greenhouse gases without Kyoto, White House adviser says
...LONDONThe United States is making progress toward lowering greenhouse gas emissions and curbing global warming, despite not signing the Kyoto accord, a senior White House adviser on the environment told an environment conference... |
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White House, greenhouse.(Perspective)(Editorial)
...misleading. While he called for a global effort to reduce greenhouse gases, he also made clear that his administration would...anytime soon. It was a typically cynical move by this White House, paying lip service to one of the most serious environmental... |
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White House vs. greenhouse: will the president listen to industry's hot air...
...research say human-induced greenhouse warming is now occurring...carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases implicated in global...of its human-caused greenhouse gases--is willing to abide by. White House aides say they expect... |
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WHITE HOUSE, GREENHOUSE -- 2
...Dukakis says that he will raise the greenhouse effect as an issue during the presidential...international well-being posed by the greenhouse effect. Wirth, a Democrat, has taken...to an international conference on the greenhouse effect, Wirth outlined the steps that... |
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WHITE HOUSE, GREENHOUSE -- 1
...international conference on the greenhouse effect, "that is irrelevant...about what has caused the greenhouse effect and, more important...possibly, reverse it. The greenhouse effect is caused mainly by...percent, which means cooler houses in the winter and ... |
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US ELECTIONS: THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE GREENHOUSE.(greenhouse gas...
...the Democrats from the White House and elect George W Bush...engage the issue of greenhouse, and herein lies a...belt-tightening on greenhouse gases and our compliance...sending our trend in greenhouse gas emissions the wrong... |
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White house, greenhouse.(The Beat)(Brief article)
The Supreme Court's 2 April 2007 ruling that greenhouse gases are pollutants does not require the U.S. EPA to...human health. President Bush has said he plans no caps on greenhouse gases, and on 14 May 2007 reiterated his proposal to depend... |
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White House rejects greenhouse-gas rules
...rejected regulating the greenhouse gases blamed for global...the insistence of the White House and officially kicking...serious about regulating greenhouse gases, the Clean Air...percent reduction in greenhouse gases worldwide by 2050... |
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White House grasping after greenhouse gases
...5 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution. Total...is the biggest of the greenhouse gases, so called because...As a first step, the White House talks of reducing the...significantly slow the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and... |
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