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Barry Morris Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater 1909-98, U.S. senator (1953-65, 1969-87), b. Phoenix, Ariz. He studied at the Univ. of Arizona, but left in 1929 to enter his family's department-store business. After noncombat service in World War II, he won election to the Phoenix city council. In the U.S. Senate,... Read more |
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Henry Martin Scoop Jackson
Henry Martin Scoop Jackson 1912-83, American political leader, b. Everett, Wash. As a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1941-53) and as Senator (1953-83) he was a supporter of organized labor, civil rights, the emigration of Soviet Jews, and a strong defense posture. He... Read more |
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Barry M. Goldwater
Barry Goldwater Barry Goldwater (born 1909) was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate five times between 1952 and 1980, leaving temporarily to run unsuccessfully for president in 1964. His outspoken conservatism gained him the label "Mr. Conservative" in American politics. He was considered... Read more |
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Ronald Wilson Reagan
Ronald W. Reagan Beginning as a radio sports announcer, Ronald W. Reagan (born 1911) enjoyed success as a motion picture actor and television personality before embarking on a political career. After two terms as governor of California (1967-1975), he defeated incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter for the... Read more |
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Les Aspin
Les Aspin (Leslie Aspin, Jr.), 1938-95, U.S. politician and government official, b. Milwaukee, Wis. Running as a Democrat opposed to the Vietnam War , he won election as a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin in 1970. Reelected 10 times, he served in the House until 1993. In 1985 he became chairman... Read more |
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RainbowPUSH Coalition
RAINBOW COALITION RAINBOW COALITION. The Rainbow Coalition was a group developed within the Democratic Party during the 1984 presidential election. Led by the African American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, it attracted blacks, Latinos, Asian Americans, American Indians, and poor whites. As... Read more |
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gun control
gun control government limitation of the purchase and ownership of firearms. The availability of guns is controlled by nations and localities throughout the world. In the United States the "right of the people to keep and bear arms" is guaranteed by the Constitution, but has been variously... Read more |
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), U.S. agency created in 1964 to end discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in employment and to promote programs to make equal employment opportunity a reality. It has since become responsible for ending discrimination... Read more |
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Ronald Harwood
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Caspar Willard Weinberger
Caspar Willard Weinberger , 1917-2006, U.S. government official, U.S. secretary of defense (1981-87), b. San Francisco, grad. Harvard (1938), Harvard Law School (1941). After serving in the army during World War II and as a law clerk (1945-47), he was a lawyer in private practice and a Republican... Read more |
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Abortion
...abort a pregnancy involved the fundamental right of women to control their bodily processes...Connecticut, which had established the right to privacy in contraceptive decision‐making, Roe established a fundamental right to abortion. Under Roe, except to ensure maternal... |
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Abrams v. United States
...substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.”Justice Holmes, joined by...protective of First Amendment, free‐speech rights in hopes that, first, the courts would...Amendment discourse.See also Bill of Rights; Censorship; Civil Liberties; Sedition... |
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Actor
...cinema and television for intimacy and the play of facial expression. As always, the great actor or actress will come at the right moment, equipped to suit the time. Handicaps can be overcome. Something of acting can be taught, but the art of acting is... |
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Adams, John Quincy
...nullification, the imposition of a gag rule, and annexation of Texas. In 1841, abolitionists persuaded him to defend the right to freedom of fifty‐three Africans before the Supreme Court in United States v. The Amistad (1841). Justice Joseph Story... |
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Adkins v. Children's Hospital
...faire economics, the Supreme Court in the 1890s fashioned the liberty of contract doctrine, which affirmed the constitutional right of private parties to enter contractual arrangements. This doctrine curtailed the power of government to interfere with contractual... |
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AESTHETICS
...beautiful from the ugly, and to know when it is not right to make such judgements at all; it is also often...inspiration or grace, to good breeding or the right social background, to the right kind of teacher, to proper observance of the rulings... |
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African National Congress
...Congress (ANC) South African political party. It was formed in 1912 with the aim of securing racial equality and full political rights for non-whites. by the 1950s, the ANC was the principal opposition to the apartheid regime. A military wing, Umkhonte... |
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African American Religion
...employment, education, recreation, and health care. Black churchgoers marched, sang, and prayed in support of the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr., himself a Baptist preacher and member of the Progressive National Convention of America... |
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Afrika Korps
...Italian C-in-C in North Africa, and through him to the Italian High Command (see Comando Supremo), but as he had the right to appeal to Berlin his independent command was unfettered by Italian wishes or orders. However, he was hamstrung by several... |
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After the Fall
...instantaneously.” These include his first wife, Louise, who berates him for failing to appreciate her as a person in her own right; a onetime friend and fellow Communist, now an informer to a congressional investigating committee; and another friend, also... |
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Part 2 Business and mechanical technology.(Part 3: Q-Z)(Definition)
...Deed--A document by which the seller conveys all his/her rights to the real estate in question but does not give any warranties...deed is usually reserved for clearing title and settling the rights of persons who have claim to the property being transferred... |
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Abacha, Sani
...international pressure for an end to his brutal regime, which increased after his execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other human rights activists. Western sanctions remained ineffective as long as they excluded Nigeria's vital export commodity, oil. He clung... |
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Śabda
...thought) but not expressed; (iv) āhata, sound of all kinds, whether humans can hear it or not. Śabda has power in its own right, not just in speech, especially in mantras or in bells and drums: Śiva's drum (ḍamaru) manifests creation. Śabda-brahman... |
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abolitionism
...criminology. Abolitionists argue that prisons are ineffective, their justification untenable, and their violations of human rights widespread. The abolitionist stance rejects reformism on the grounds that this perpetuates and legitimizes the existing system... |
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abortion
...groups which stress each individual mother's right to choose whether or not to proceed with...v. Wade of 1973, ruled in favour of a ‘right to choose’ as an implied constitutional ‘right to privacy’. However, the problem has... |
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about
...drought, flout, gout, grout, knout, Kraut, lout, mahout, misdoubt, nowt, out, out-and-out, owt, pout, Prout, right about, rout, scout, shout, snout, spout, sprout, stout, thereabout, thereout, throughout, timeout, tout, trout... |
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access rights
access rights (access privileges) A classification of the modes...Thus, the owner of a file will typically have rights to read, write, or delete the file. Some or all these rights may also be granted to other users on the system... |
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address
address †make straight or right; †accoutre, dress; †direct; refl. apply oneself to XIV; direct (words or speech) to XV; speak directly to XVIII. — OF... |
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Adharma
Adharma (Skt.). In Hinduism, the opposite of dharma, synonym of pāpa: evil, sin, what is not right or natural, or according to śāstras.Adharma is personified in Hindu mythology as the son of Brahmā and brother of Dharma, born from Brahmā's back. |
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affirmative action
...candidate's educational opportunities at high school, and in this way employed more sensitive measures of discrimination ensuring continuous above-average access to minorities candidates.Civil Rights Acts (US); civil rights movement |
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aide
aide • noun an aide to the supervisorsynonyms: assistant, helper, adviser, right-hand man, man/girl Friday, adjutant, deputy, second-in-command, second; subordinate, junior, underling, acolyte. |
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angle
angle1 • noun 1. a right angle | the angle of the wallssynonyms: intersection, inclination; projection, corner, bend, fork, nook, niche, recess, elbow. 2... |
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approve
...past, and the woman in question might have to certify that she possesses the necessary training and qualifications. But to ratify a constitutional amendment granting equal rights to women requires a lengthy set of legislative procedures. |
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apropos
...synonyms: appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apposite, apt, applicable, suitable, germane, fitting, befitting, material; right on.antonym: inappropriate. phrase: apropos of nothing apropos of nothing, she started speaking only in rhymesynonyms: irrelevantly... |
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arrow
arrow • noun 1. a bow and arrow synonyms: shaft, bolt, dart; historical quarrel. 2. the arrow pointed right synonyms: pointer, indicator, marker, needle. |
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astray
astray • adverb/adjective 1. go astray in the fogsynonyms: off course, off the right track, adrift; lost. 2. led astray by wicked mensynonyms: into wrongdoing, into error/sin, to the bad. |
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basic
basic • adjective 1. basic human rights synonyms: fundamental, essential, primary, principal, cardinal, elementary, elemental, quintessential, intrinsic, central... |
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boss
...number one, kingpin, boss man, boss lady, top dog, bigwig, big cheese, head honcho, big kahuna. • verb you have no right to boss me around synonyms: order around, dictate to, lord it over, bully, push around, domineer, dominate, pressurize... |
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bright
...USAGE NOTES brilliant, effulgent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining Looking for just the right word to capture the quality of the light on a moonlit night or a summer day? All of these adjectives describe an intense... |
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champion
...flag-bearer. 3. historical the king's champion synonyms: knight, man-at-arms, warrior. • verb championing the rights of refugees synonyms: advocate, promote, defend, uphold, support, back, stand up for, take someone's part; campaign... |
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