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Abuja
Abuja , city and federal capital territory (2006 provisional pop. 1,405,201), central Nigeria. Plans to move the capital from Lagos were approved in 1976, and a 3,000-sq mi (7,770-sq km) capital territory was created near the old town of Abuja (renamed Suleja). The site was chosen for its location... Read more |
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Bangalore
Bangalore , city (1991 pop. 2,651,000; metropolitan area 4,130,288), capital of Karnataka state, S central India, 3,000 ft (914 m) above sea level. A major industrial and transportation area of S India, Bangalore is the economically vibrant center of India's high-technology sector, including... Read more |
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Brigham City
Brigham City city (1990 pop. 15,644), seat of Box Elder co., N Utah; inc. 1869. It is the center of a large farm area served by the Ogden River project. Sheep, cattle, wheat, sugar beets, and orchard fruit are raised. There is petroleum refining and the manufacture of propulsion systems, space... Read more |
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Columbia
Columbia . 1 City (1990 pop. 75,883), Howard co., central Md., between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Founded in 1967 and developed by James Rouse, it is one of the largest and most successful American planned cities. It incorporates nine villages around a downtown, along with schools, churches,... Read more |
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Ottumwa
Ottumwa , city (1990 pop. 24,488), seat of Wapello co., SE Iowa, on both banks of the Des Moines River, in a farm and coal area; inc. 1851. A commercial and industrial center, Ottumwa's economy is based on its meatpacking plant and a farm machinery industry. In the center of the city is a park... Read more |
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Hagen
Hagen , city (1994 pop. 214,880), North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ennepe River. It is an industrial center in the Ruhr district. Its manufactures include iron and steel, chemicals, machinery, paper, and textiles. Hagen was chartered in 1746 and became famous for its textiles in the late... Read more |
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Hialeah
Hialeah , city (1990 pop. 188,004), Dade co., SE Fla., NW of Miami; inc. 1925. Its industries include printing and the making of metal and plastic goods. Nearby Miami International Airport is a major employer. The city's population has grown substantially since the 1970s, and a vibrant Cuban... Read more |
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Alamogordo
Alamogordo , city (1990 pop. 27,596), seat of Otero co., S N.Mex., near the Sacramento Mts.; inc. 1912. Holloman Air Force Base, home to U.S. stealth aircraft, is there, and the White Sands Missile Range is nearby. The city, founded in 1898 with the arrival of the Southern Pacific RR, became a... Read more |
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Gilroy
Gilroy city (1990 pop. 31,487), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1870. Located in the fertile Santa Clara valley, Gilroy supports diversified agriculture, including vineyards, orchards, dairy and mushroon farms, and plant nurseries. It produces food, fabricated-metal, and paper products. Gilroy has... Read more |
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Grand Haven
Grand Haven city (1990 pop. 11,951), seat of Ottawa co., SW Mich., at the mouth of the Grand River; inc. 1867. It is a port on Lake Michigan that ships sand and gravel. Grand Haven manufactures fabricated-metal and paper products. The city, with its state park (noted for its "singing sand," ... Read more |
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Separation of Powers
...has an impeachment club to check the others; the president's veto...produced a safety net of “checks and balances...Background. What was the evil that checks and balances were designed...such curbs upon the masses as checks and balances—especially ... |
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Englandspiel
...contain the correct security check. But again Blizard ignored...in the use of his security check, which only resulted in Jordaan...who were involved in ‘Plan for Holland’, the blueprint...expanded by de Bruyne's ‘Plan B’ which envisaged a 10...network.To ... |
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Madison, James
...as a key institution able to check legislative excesses by either...responsibility of the Supreme Court to check state executives. He refused...institution among many that could check the legislative excesses of...legislature. In the Virginia Plan introduced ... |
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Twentieth Century
...made her his star and his mistress. His plan is to have her play Mary Magdalene in his production of The Passion Play. A check from a fanatically religious millionaire...to assure his production. Although the check proves worthless when Clark is shown to... |
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American War of Independence
...falling prey to Spain or France kept the colonists in check. That check was removed at exactly the moment that the British...The first phase finished when Burgoyne's grandiose plan to drive down the Hudson river from Canada and cut off... |
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Butler, United States v.
...local welfare was of no consequence, because the statutory plan to regulate and control agricultural production invaded the reserved...be assumed to have capacity to govern. ... [T]he only check upon our own exercise of power is our own sense of self... |
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Medicare and Medicaid
...recipient's monthly Social Security checks. Part B originated as the American Medical...for a compulsory health‐insurance plan.The enactment of Medicare and Medicaid...comprehensive national health‐insurance plan, in large part because of fierce opposition...led reformers to ... |
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Sinclair, Upton (Beall)
...positions; Jimmie Higgins (1919), a pacifist novel; The Brass Check (1919); 100%, the Story of a Patriot (1920); They Call Me...Speak! (1949) describes the war's end and Lanny's peace plans. The Return of Lanny Budd (1953), a sequel to the series... |
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Abrams v. United States
...the war” and amounted to “an attempt to defeat the war plans of the Government” (p. 623). Moreover, he continued...the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country” (p. 630). The Supreme... |
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Judicial Review
...judicial authority over Congress as proposed in the Virginia Plan. James Madison, for example, reiterated the authority of...that the national government would be limited by the judicial check. In The Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton endorsed the... |
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American War of Independence
...falling prey to Spain or France had kept the colonists in check. That check was removed at exactly the moment that the British became...The first phase finished when Burgoyne's grandiose plan to cut off New England ended in capitulation at Saratoga... |
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rain
...someone from enjoying an event; spoil someone's plans.take a rain check said when politely refusing an offer, with the implication that one may take it up at a later date (a rain check is a ticket given for later use when a sporting fixture... |
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El Salvador
...sympathetic to badly needed social reform, they were held in check by their more conservative military colleagues in concert with...won the majority of seats. In 1995 the government announced plans for economic reform.Capital: San SalvadorArea: 21,041... |
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Paul III
...virtue and scholarship, established commissions to draw up plans for reform, and favoured the new religious orders, especially...in 1545. He was less successful in his political efforts to check the spread of Protestantism; the bull he published against... |
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regular
...instances; recurring at short uniform intervals: a regular monthly check her breathing became deeper, more regular. ∎ (of a...member of a political party who is faithful to that party: he plans to sell tickets to the big-money party regulars. ∎ Christian... |
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Constitution of the USA
...produced a series of modifications to MADISON's original Virginia Plan. The Great Compromise, between large and small states, gave...judiciary (Supreme and other federal courts), a series of checks and balances sought to share and divide power between these... |
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draft
...party's manifesto | [as adj.] a draft document. ∎ a plan, sketch, or rough drawing. ∎ (in full draft mode) Comput...farm implement. 5. a written order to pay a specified sum; a check. 6. (Brit. draught) a single act of drinking or inhaling... |
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move
...independence. ∎ an action that initiates or advances a process or plan: my next move is to talk to Matthew. ∎ a maneuver in a sport...of a piece in a board game: that move will put your king in check. ∎ a player's turn to make such a change: it’s your... |
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Albania
...World War I in 1914 its southern half was occupied by Italian troops to check Greek expansionism. The whole country was formally declared an Italian protectorate in 1917. Plans by Italy, Yugoslavia (then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes... |
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pattern
...order, arrangement, form, method, structure, scheme, plan, format, framework. 3. this would set the pattern...Patterns argyle basketweave bird's-eye Black Watch broken check check diaper dogtooth Fair Isle figured geometric glen plaid... |
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frustrate
frustrate • verb 1. his plans were frustrated synonyms: thwart, defeat, foil, block, stop, put a stop to, counter, spoil, check, balk, disappoint, forestall, dash, scotch, quash, crush, derail, snooker; obstruct, impede, hamper... |
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limitation
...curb, restraint, constraint, qualification, control, check, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, bar, barrier...incapability, incapacity, defect, frailty, weakness. 3. the new plan has its limitationssynonyms: weak point, weakness, drawback... |
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draft
...preliminary version, rough outline, plan, skeleton, abstract; main points, bare...2. a draft of the building synonyms: plan, blueprint, design, diagram, drawing...representation. 3. a bank draft synonyms: check, order, money order, bill of exchange... |
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line
...technique, tactic, tack; policy, practice, approach, plan, program, position, stance, philosophy. 12. her own line...referee kept him in line synonyms: under control, in order, in check. in line for Laine is in line for a senior positionsynonyms... |
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nip
...off) the withered shootssynonyms: snip, cut, lop, dock. 3. frost nipping her cheekssynonyms: sting, bite, hurt.phrase: nip in the bud her plans were nipped in the budsynonyms: stop, quash, quell, check, thwart, frustrate. |
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thwart
thwart • verb thwart their plans | he was thwarted in his aimssynonyms: frustrate, foil, balk, check, block, stop, prevent, defeat, impede, obstruct, hinder...to throw off course so as to discourage further effort (her plan to arrive early was foiled by heavy traffic). ... |
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setback
setback • noun their progress/plans suffered a setbacksynonyms: reversal, reverse, upset, check, stumbling block, hitch, holdup, hindrance, impediment, obstruction, disappointment, misfortune, blow. |
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shelve
shelve • verb plans to reopen the school have been shelvedsynonyms: postpone, put off...give up, stop, cancel, jettison, ax, put over, table, take a rain check on; informal put on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage... |
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U-turn on plan to scrap yearly MoT tests
Annual MoT tests will continue, the Government said as it abandoned the idea of making the vehicle check-ups less frequent. Safety campaigners had attacked a move to two-yearly inspections, warning it would lead to "many more... |
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E-CHECKS, PLEASE; Fed's electronic check clearing program allows banks to...
...for a week and a half, the checks stayed put, too. Banks created...money was deducted from the check-writer's account and a plan that was started in the 1990s to simplify the way checks were processed received an extra push. The Check ... |
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Check-less: Some North Carolina merchants a step ahead of check-clearing law.
...machines are not a part of Check 21, but can indicate whether a check is good or bad. Donald Shaw...We do get a lot of bad checks from time to time, but as long as it goes through the check reader it's fair game...their clients to have a backup ... |
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The Check Truncation Act
...States. Part of the Fed's plan to modernize the check payment...investments before they're ready. Check modernization The Fed's proposal...right to examine a physical check. Banks which make the switch...receive printed versions of the check ... |
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Check 21: Seeing Beyond the Requirements to the Opportunities
...significant percentage of total check volume - as much as 70 percent...increasing the unit cost for check clearing. Higher unit costs...institutions that continue to clear checks via paper is one reason all...the minimum participation in Check 21. ... |
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CHECK CARD A QUICKER WAY TO PAY
...Summit Bank, and Midlantic Bank plan to offer check cards. First Fidelity, the...1.50 monthly fee for its check card if you use it during that...the cards by lowering their check-processing costs. Consumers...you could end up bouncing ... |
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CHECK REVOLUTION UPCOMING CHANGES IN BANKING BRING PAPER TRAIL TO DEAD...
...Bank already processes checks in an average of 1...Also, the banks have no plans to relax bounced-check fees. After all...processing services in the new Check 21 era. Opinions are divided on Check 21's potential effects...increased ... |
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Check 21 Nearing, But Many CUs Are Refraining From Tech Investments.(credit...
...We do not have any immediate plans to implement new Check 21 technology," explained...Spokane area we currently courier checks to a local processing center. For outlying branches checks are deposited to our account...We are looking at acquiring ... |
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Federal Check-Clearing Act Is Less Than Clear
...digital image or a substitute check, which all banks must accept...Hillebrand said. At least Check 21 requires banks to tell you what they plan to do if you currently receive canceled checks with your monthly statements...spell out what a substitute ... |
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CHECKS AND BALANCES ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY ARE MAKING FRAUD EASIER TO COMMIT,...
...The federal government also has plans to curb check fraud. Beginning in October, the Check Clearing for the 21st Century...George W. Bush in October 2003, Check 21 allows banks to convert original paper checks into electronic images which... |
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