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Private sector
Private Sector BIBLIOGRAPHY The private sector is the part of a country’s economy that is not controlled directly by the government; it is a term that combines households and businesses in the economy into a single group. The resources of production owned by the private sector are owned... Read more |
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Shinar
Shinar , in the Bible, the whole or a part of Babylonia.... Read more |
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ileum
ileum In Mammalia, the final part of the small intestine.... Read more |
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White House Conference on Children and Youth
NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH The National Committee for Children and Youth (NCCY) is a private association that was established in 1960 as a part of President Eisenhower's White House Conference on Children and Youth. It was thus part of a larger initiative intended to improve the... Read more |
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Kensington palace
Kensington palace is architecturally one of the more modest royal residences, but historically it is full of interest. It began life as a private residence of the Finch family and was purchased by William III in 1689 since it provided fresh air but was near to London. Wren, surveyor of the works,... Read more |
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commons
commons, an area of waste land over which members of specified communities enjoyed customary rights such as estover (collection of wood or other necessaries), pasture, and turbary (see bogs). These rights of public commons were usually of medieval origin, and unlike similar rights of private... Read more |
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Private International Law
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW A branch of jurisprudence arising from the diverse laws of various nations that applies when private citizens of different countries interact or transact business with one another. Private international law refers to that part of the law that is administered between... Read more |
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Private Law
PRIVATE LAW That portion of the law that defines, regulates, enforces, and administers relationships among individuals, associations, and corporations. As used in distinction to public law, the term means that part of the law that is administered between citizen and citizen, or that is concerned... Read more |
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Narcissus
Narcissus , in the New Testament, Roman whose household was partly Christian.... Read more |
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PRIVATE LANGUAGE
...Perhaps the most common form of private usage in English occurs in families. Parents often coin private usages, such as nicknames...orientated EUPHEMISMS for bodily parts and functions, and adopt expressions...credited with developing a private language that ... |
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Schools, Private Military
Schools, Private Military. The disciplined...University, opened as the private American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy...they provide exists only as part of larger state universities. Today...1990s.Two other types of private military schools exist... |
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Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, The
Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, The, a novel by J. Hogg, published 1824.In the first part of the book Colwan, believing himself to be one of the ‘saved’ (according to the Calvinist doctrine of predestination... |
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Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
...p. 24) to apply it to all private discriminatory acts in the...sustained applying section 1982 to private behavior. Jones established...provision to section 1982, reaches private discrimination in contracts. Together...and Reunion, 1864–88: Part One (1971). ... |
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Foreign Aid
...originated with wartime relief and private philanthropic agencies. After World War...American exports, attract private foreign capital, and become integrated into...foreign aid failed, in large part because it continued to ignore...economic growth and direct aid to ... |
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Munn v. Illinois
...drew a distinction between private rights and public power, basing his dissent in part on the Due Process Clause...argument that by using their private property to engage in the business of grain storage the private owners had granted the public... |
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Social Work
...accelerated the organization of private philanthropic efforts, enlisting...thus took shape mainly in the private sector. Beginning in the 1870s...cities sought to coordinate private charities and to curb indiscriminate...entered the twentieth century as part ... |
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Assembly and Association, Citizenship, Freedom Of
...of association was viewed as part‐and‐parcel of the right...the public parks, at or near private homes, in both public and private shopping centers, picketing...pursuit of certain aims, be they private, public, political, social... |
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Office of Scientific Research and Development
...was the rapid enlistment of private sector leaders and resources...boundaries between the state and private enterprise. Lastly, Bush committed...government and the primacy of private enterprise. On the other...goals were attained only in part and with great ... |
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Shelley v. Kraemer
...racial covenant system to other parts of the country were very strong...agreements engaged in merely private behavior, activity not regulated...that the state when enforcing private agreements adopts or is accountable...means through which a system of ... |
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private
...particular an enlisted person in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps ranking below private first class. 2. (privates) inf. short for private parts. PHRASES: in private with no one else present: I've got to talk to you in private. |
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private sector
pri·vate sec·tor • n. the part of the national economy that is not under direct government control. |
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private parts
pri·vate parts • pl. n. used euphemistically to refer to a person's genitals. |
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privilege
...familiar friend, private place):— L. prīvātus PRIVATE. See -Y5. privity † secret thing; † privacy XIII; (chiefly pl.) private parts XIV; private knowledge XVI. — OF. priveté, -ité. |
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positional economy
...obtained from them derive in part from scarcity and social exclusiveness...some of the characteristics of private goods, in that its costs and...consumption items are either purely private or wholly public. To a thirsty...since the drink itself is a private ... |
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Marx, Karl
...as an émigré activist and private scholar, a career marked by...of which this concept is a part. This is because the argument...assumption of the prior existence of private property. Marx's own explanation for the existence of private property remains very ... |
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Penance
...confession of the details of sin was private and absolution was gradually...From this developed the ‘private Penance’ of today, with...mentioned. By the 15th cent. private confession to a priest, followed...Baptismal sin must be atoned for in part by the ... |
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job
...of regular employment: jobs are created in the private sector, not in Washington a part-time job. 2. a task or piece of work, esp...turn a public office or a position of trust to private advantage. PHRASES: do the job inf. achieve... |
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online service provider
online service provider A company that offers customers access to its private network. Such private networks are not part of the Internet. Many online service providers are increasingly migrating to the Internet and offering the same services as INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS. |
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Attlee, Clement, 1st Earl Attlee
...He immediately became parliamentary private secretary to Ramsay MacDonald and was appointed...qualities. He was no orator. Even his private conversation was clipped and uninformative...colleagues. During the 1930s he played his part in curbing the excesses of Labour's... |
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secret
...classified, undisclosed, unknown, private, under wraps; informal hush...place synonyms: secluded, private, concealed, hidden, unfrequented...confidential matter, confidence, private affair; skeleton in the...Surreptitious connotes guilt on the part of the ... |
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scene
...synonyms: clip, section, segment, part, sequence. phrases: behind the scenes...secretly, in secret, privately, in private, behind closed doors, surreptitiously...the-scenes romancesynonyms: secret, private, clandestine, surreptitious; confidential... |
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interior
interior • adjective 1. the interior part of the buildingsynonyms: inner, inside, on the inside, internal, inward. 2. the interior parts of the countrysynonyms: inland, noncoastal, central, up...inner, spiritual, mental, psychological, emotional, private, personal, intimate, ... |
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piece
...pieces of a clock synonyms: component, part, bit, section, segment, constituent...synonyms: share, portion, slice, quota, part, bit, percentage, amount, quantity...division; informal cut. 5. pieces from his private collection synonyms: work (of art... |
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inside
...noun 1. the inside of a volcano synonyms: interior, inner part; center, core, middle, heart.antonym: exterior. 2...synonyms: confidential, classified, restricted, privileged, private, secret, exclusive; informal hush-hush.antonym: public... |
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genitals
genitals • plural noun male genitalssynonyms: private parts, genitalia, sexual organs, reproductive organs, pudenda; crotch, groin, nether regions; informal privates. |
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Private label's unsung heroes: behind-the-scenes experts ranging from...
...four times share vs. having private label without replicated innovation...or value plank inside their private label. But in other ways...product concept ideation. Private label has become a critical part of the overall strategy for... |
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Private label resurgence: grocery wholesalers are boosting margins and market...
...grocery wholesalers with their own private-label brands. [ILLUSTRATION...Wholesalers have always been a large part of the private-label market," says Dayne...revenue this year, due in large part to its private-label brands, says David Lee... |
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Private control and collective control in international joint ventures.(Report)
...inconsistency may be ascribed in part to the lack of separation of parent control into private control and collective control. Private control seeks maximum gains for...some common goals. Accordingly, private control is one-sided, exercised... |
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Private equity funding for minority media ownership.
...such as the bank loan, private debt placement, or public...investigation on the part of potential investors...their business. The private equity market, where...or top manager, being part of a company financed...a large company. The private ... |
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Private pension coverage in nine countries.
...calculated as the ratio of workers covered by private pensions to the labor force.(4) The private sector labor force includes full-time and part-time wage-earners and salaried employees of private sector employers plus the unemployed and... |
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Private Equity International Magazine Launched to Track The Changing European...
...coverage of the fast-growing private equity industry in Europe. It became part of Euromoney PLC in 1998 and...participants in the European private equity industry. Its products...news channel covering the private equity market in Europe... |
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Private fleet use: a transaction cost model.
Private trucking fleets are an important part of the United States transportation system. Although private fleet use was expected to...and inertia played a large part in the continued operation of private fleets. The economics literature... |
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Private Equity as an Asset Class, 2nd Edition Considers Newly Emergent Issues...
...2010-Research and Markets: Private Equity as an Asset Class...post-graduate modules on private equity and investment strategy...Strategy, also published as part of the Wiley Finance series...com/research/51b130/private_equity_as CONTACT: Laura... |
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PRIVATE SHOPPES, LLC Creates In-Flight Catalog for Private Jets as Industry...
...nation are currently receiving the PRIVATE SHOPPES, and several have augmented...their shipments to meet demand. "PRIVATE SHOPPES makes Sharper Image look...affluent shoppers, and the best part is that PRIVATE SHOPPES is found in-flight and... |
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Private Equity-backed Companies Weathered "Great Recession" Better Than...
...Recession" of 2008-2009 private equity-backed businesses...and new competition and auto parts suppliers devastated by the...cumulative default rate of private equity acquisitions will approach...S. companies acquired by private equity investors in a buyout... |
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