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Red
red a colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as the colour of blood, fire, or rubies. As a liturgical colour, red is used for Passion Sunday and Pentecost, and for the feasts of martyrs; figuratively it is associated with the emotions of anger and embarrassment, and... Read more |
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Marcellus of Ancyra
Marcellus of Ancyra , fl. 350, Galatian churchman, the most violent opponent of Arianism in Asia Minor. He developed the theory that the Trinity was the result of emanations from God that would ultimately revert to God in the final judgment. Marcellus practically denied all distinction between... Read more |
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Battle of Stratton
Stratton, battle of, 1643. Much of 1643 was devoted by king and Parliament to establishing local domination. In most areas, there were divided loyalties and towns to be made secure. Even in Cornwall and Devon, royalist strongholds, there was considerable support for Parliament. Hopton suffered an... Read more |
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economical reform
economical reform. Demands for government economy have a long pedigree. Christopher Wyvill's Yorkshire Association was launched in 1779 when taxation was biting as a result of the American War. A programme of retrenchment, with the abolition of sinecures, was bound to have wide appeal and was taken... Read more |
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Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark 1574-1619, queen consort of James I of England (James VI of Scotland), daughter of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway. She married James in 1589. Brought up a Lutheran, she became a Roman Catholic some time in the 1590s and at James's English coronation (1603) refused to take... Read more |
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Joan Quigley
QUIGLEY, JOAN 1927- W HIT E HOUSE ASTROLOGER Stranger Than Fiction In Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Landthe president of the world secretly receives advice from an astrologer. In 1988 it was learned that the wife of the... Read more |
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Leo Taxil
Jogand-Pagès, Gabriel (1854-ca. 1906) Nineteenth-century French journalist who, under the name "Léo Taxil," perpetrated an extraordinary and prolonged hoax in which he claimed to have exposed devil worship within Freemasonry. Jogand's motives are not entirely clear even today, but it... Read more |
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Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs ¦ LARRY GILMAN The Bay of Pigs (Bahía de Cochinos) is a small bay on the southern coast of Cuba that was invaded on April 17, 1961 by approximately 1,400 Cuban exiles organized and armed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The invasion was... Read more |
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Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia Definition Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by intense fear related to being in situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing (i.e., being on a bus or train), or in which help might not be available in the event of a ... Read more |
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vexatious
VEXATIOUS LITIGATION A legal action or proceeding initiated maliciously and without probable cause by an individual who is not acting in good faith for the purpose of annoying or embarrassing an opponent. The U.S. legal system permits persons to file civil lawsuits to seek redress for injuries... Read more |
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'Schools are failing on sex and relationship education'.(News)
...because of the embarrassment factor. Asked...the moral and emotional aspects of sex education...details on the physical aspects of sex are part...teaching to the physical changes that...not to find it ... |
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"Don't die of embarrassment; A survey to mark this week's Men's Health Week...
...specialises in all aspects of the male...mainly due to embarrassment. He said...said the most embarrassing problems for...and how such physical problems can...huge impact on emotional wellbeing...Don't die of embarrassment ... |
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Breaking children's nervous habits
...persistently embarrassing, self- injurious...reaction to a physical injury or psychological...children's physical and emotional well-being...habit. A crucial aspect of breaking a...aggravation, embarrassment and damaged ... |