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commercialism
Commercialization "Space commercialization" is a general term that distinguishes private activities from those of the government in enabling the use of space from either an Earth-based operation or from space itself. Private-sector use of space involves activities that are... Read more |
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George Papandreou (1888-1968)
George Papandreou pä&180;pendrā´oo , 1888-1968, Greek political leader, father of Andreas Papandreou and grandfather of George Papandreou (1952-). As a young man he became involved in antiroyalist politics, serving as a member of parliament, interior minister (1923), and in... Read more |
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pro-Boer
pro-Boer was the misleading name given to those who opposed the government's policy of fighting the Boer war of 1899–1902. Few of them actually sympathized with their country's enemies. Most were either old-fashioned Gladstonian Liberals, or socialists. Some were physically assaulted by... Read more |
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Malcolm Fraser
Malcolm Fraser (John Malcolm Fraser), 1930-, Australian political leader and prime minister (1975-83). A graduate of Oxford (1952), he entered the Australian parliament as a Liberal member in 1955. Under a Liberal-National Country coalition he held a number of cabinet positions, serving as minister... Read more |
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Antiterrorism measures
Counterterrorism OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE TOOLS ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES BIBLIOGRAPHY Many different programs and activities, at all levels of government and in the private sector, help to save lives and property from terrorism and are properly considered aspects of counterterrorism. The... Read more |
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Lib-Labs
Lib-Labs were working-class MPs who, whilst prepared to speak out on ‘labour’ issues, accepted the Liberal whip. In 1874, Thomas Burt ( Morpeth) and Alexander Macdonald ( Stafford) became the first two such MPs. In constituencies where union members (chiefly miners) predominated,... Read more |
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Michael Heseltine
Michael Heseltine One time defense secretary and environment secretary, Michael Heseltine (born 1933) was a key figure in British politics from the 1980s into the mid-1990s, first as a member of the Thatcher governments, then as an alternative Conservative voice to that of then Prime Minister... Read more |
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Solicitation
SOLICITATION Introduction Solicitation, or incitement, is the act of trying to persuade another person to commit a crime that the solicitor desires and intends to have committed. Occasionally this type of criminal activity is defined in terms of a specific substantive offense, making it... Read more |
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To Boost His Presidency and Party, Clinton Leaps Into the Policy Void
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