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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES, seven joint debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas during the 1858 senatorial election campaign in Illinois. The debates marked the culmination of a political rivalry that had its origin twenty-five years before, when both were... Read more |
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Methodology
Methodology A BODY OF RULES AND POSTULATES A PARTICULAR PROCEDURE OR SET OF PROCEDURES ANALYSIS OF PRINCIPLES METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE QUANTITATIVE VERSUS QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS BIBLIOGRAPHY The term methodology may be defined in at least three ways: (1) a body of... Read more |
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Cloture
CLOTURE CLOTURE is a procedure used by the United States Senate to end a filibuster or prolonged debate and reach a final vote on the pending motion, bill, amendment, or conference report. Unlimited debate in the Senate was curtailed by the addition of cloture under Senate Rule 22, adopted in... Read more |
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individualistic hypothesis
individualistic hypothesis The view, first proposed by H. A. Gleason in 1917, that vegetation is continuously variable in response to a continuously varying environment. Thus, no two vegetation communities are identical. It implies also that vegetation cannot be classified, and that recognition of... Read more |
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Acts of Parliament
Parliament, Acts of. The procedure whereby a bill becomes an Act of Parliament is lengthy and has evolved over many centuries. The main stages of a bill in the House of Commons are first reading, second reading, committee, report, and third reading. The first reading is purely formal with the title... Read more |
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Chance
Chance In both science and religion there is a lively debate about the role of chance in the universe. In science, this debate usual takes the form of a discussion deciding between determinism (all events follow of necessity from prior initial conditions) and physical indeterminism (some events,... Read more |
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NAFTA
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) On December 17, 1992, Canada, Mexico, and the United States entered into a historical trade pact called the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It aims to increase trade by expanding market access and reducing investment barriers across North... Read more |
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Executive Order
EXECUTIVE ORDER A presidential policy directive that implements or interprets a federal statute, a constitutional provision, or a treaty. The president's power to issue executive orders comes from Congress and the U.S. Constitution. Executive orders differ from presidential proclamations, which... Read more |
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Internet pornography
C YBERPORN A Pitfall on the Information Superhighway The Internet brought quick, easy access to information into homes and offices worldwide in the 1990s. Bright entrepreneurs developed various e-commerce sites, and the web became a viable place of business for many,... Read more |
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