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William of Auvergne
WILLIAM OF AUVERGNEalso known as Guilielmus Arvernus or Alvernus (b. Aurillac, Auvergne[now Cantal], France, between 1180 and 1190; d. Paris, France, 30 March 1249), philosophy, theology.After a brief teaching career at Paris, where he was made a master of theology in 1223, William was named... Read more |
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Christopher Jencks
Jencks, Christopher 1936- BIBLIOGRAPHY Christopher Jencks is among the most widely respected and influential social scientists in the United States. His career has been driven by an interest in economic opportunity and the welfare of individuals at the bottom of the income distribution.... Read more |
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Joao Goulart
João Goulart João Goulart (1918-1976) was a highly popular president of Brazil for a brief but turbulent two-and-a-half years. He was removed from office by the military in 1964; civilians did not rule the country again until 1985. Jo Read more |
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Elizabeth Spencer
Spencer, Elizabeth (1921– ),Mississippi‐born novelist, resident for some time in Italy. Since 1958 she and her husband have lived in Canada. Her first novels, Fire in the Morning (1948), This Crooked Way (1952), and The Voice at the Back Door (1956), are set in her native state and in... Read more |
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Rory OConnor
Rory O'Connor 1116?-1198, last high king of Ireland. He became king of Connacht in 1156 and seized the high kingship in 1166. His ascendancy was brief, however, for his quarrel with Dermot McMurrough , who brought the English to Ireland, led to Rory's submission as vassal to Henry II of England by... Read more |
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Authorities
AUTHORITIES Governmental entities that have been created and delegated with official responsibilities, such as a county highway authority. In legal research and citation, entities cited as sources of law, such as statutes, judicial decisions, and legal textbooks. Parties support their positions in... Read more |
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Office of the Inspector General
Inspector General (OIG), Office of the The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is part of the United States Department of State and serves as a reviewer of department operations. The office also handles claims of government fraud, waste, and abuse, whether reported by... Read more |
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Josquin Desprez
Josquin Desprez , c.1440-1521, Flemish composer, b. Hainaut, regarded by his contemporaries as the greatest of his age. Luther spoke highly of Desprez, who may have instructed Erasmus in music. He was in Milan from 1459 to 1479, and he sang in the papal choir intermittently from 1486 to 1494. After... Read more |
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regium donum
regium donum, a state grant towards the payment of Presbyterian ministers, initiated, at £600 a year, in 1672 during Charles II's brief experiment with religious toleration (see restoration). Payments were suspended under James II, but resumed, at £1,200 per annum, under William III. In... Read more |
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Particularism
Particularism BIBLIOGRAPHY Particularism is a philosophical position that, in brief, claims that reasoning can be rational and noncapricious without being structured using principles. (Noncapricious in this context means that we do not decide on a whim that a case is of a certain sort; there... Read more |
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