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Saint Augustine of Hippo
St. Augustine The Christian philosopher and theologian St. Augustine (354-430) is best known for "The Confessions" and "The City of God." After the authors of the New Testament, he has probably been the most influential Christian writer. The greatest of the Latin Fathers of the Church,... Read more |
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Thomas Sir More
MORE, THOMAS(1478–1535) Sir Thomas More, later canonized St. Thomas More, was a lawyer and statesman rather than a philosopher. More was born the son of a London lawyer who later became a judge. He was educated at St. Anthony's School and was appointed a page in the household of Archbishop... Read more |
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Donald Hall
Donald Hall New England writer Donald Hall (born 1928) was a major poet in the lineage of Robert Frost. Memoirist, short story writer, essayist, dramatist, critic, and anthologist as well as poet, he was one of the most versatile and respected writers of his generation. "In the history of... Read more |
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Paulus Orosius
Paulus Orosius , c.385-420, Iberian priest, theologian, and historian, b. Tarragona, Spain or Braga, Portugal. He went to see St. Augustine (c.413) and wrote, on request, a summary of the errors of Priscillian and of Origen. Augustine then sent him to Palestine to warn St. Jerome of the menace of... Read more |
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lawn
lawn grass turf or greensward cultivated in private yard or public park. A good lawn, or green, has both beauty and usefulness; its maintenance for golf, tennis, baseball, and other sports is a costly and specialized procedure. It requires good soil, frequent watering and mowing, and occasional... Read more |
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Multiplier
MULTIPLIER The multiplier is a conceptual tool used to capture the complicated process by which changes in spending affect a nation's income. It is based on the idea that a small change in spending can bring about a much larger change in income. Consider the following example as an illustration of... Read more |
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Golf Club
Golf Club Background A golf club is used to strike the ball in the game of golf. It has a long shaft with a grip on one end and a weighted head on the other end. The head is affixed sideways at a sharp angle to the shaft, and the striking face of the head is inclined to give... Read more |
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Detroit
Detroit , city (1990 pop. 1,027,974), seat of Wayne co., SE Mich., on the Detroit River and between lakes St. Clair and Erie; inc. as a city 1815. Michigan's largest city and the tenth largest in the nation, Detroit is a major Great Lakes shipping and rail center. Economy Detroit's early carriage... Read more |
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warehouse
Warehousing and Warehouse Management Warehousing is the storage of goods for profit. The physical location, the warehouse, is a storage facility that receives goods and products for the eventual distribution to consumers or other businesses. A warehouse is also called a distribution center.... Read more |
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