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Authentication
Authentication Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of something or someone, often for security purposes, through some unique characteristic. Although the term has a specific meaning in the context of computer use, authentication is something people do on a... Read more |
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abominable snowman
abominable snowman or yeti , humanlike creature so named because it is associated with the perpetual snow region of the Himalayas. A figure unknown except through tracks ascribed to it and through alleged encounters, it is described as being 6 to 8 ft (1.8 to 2.4 m) tall and covered with long,... Read more |
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cinema verite
cinéma vérité a style of filmmaking that attempts to convey candid realism. Often employing lightweight, hand-held cameras and sound equipment, it shows people in everyday situations and uses authentic dialogue, naturalness of action, and a minimum of rearrangement for the... Read more |
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Angry Penguins
Angry Penguins. An Australian avant-garde quarterly journal (1940–6) devoted to art and literature, published first in Adelaide and then from 1943 in Melbourne. It was founded by the poet and critic Max Harris (1921–96), the title coming from a line in one of his poems. Harris was... Read more |
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craquelure
craquelure , hairline surface cracking of paintings into characteristic patterns determined by age, climatic conditions, and the materials used in the work. Cracking was so common in works by 18th-century English painters that it became known as craquelure anglaise. Forgers and restorers often... Read more |
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Authentic Fitness Corp
Authentic Fitness Corporation 6040 Bandini BoulevardCommerce, California 90040U.S.A.Telephone: (323) 726-1262Fax: (323) 721-3613Web site: http://www.speedo.com Wholly Owned Subsidiary of The Warnaco Group Inc.Incorporated: 1990Employees: 1,100Sales: $311.8 million (2001)NAIC: 315228 Men |
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Attestation
ATTESTATION The act of attending the execution of a document and bearing witness to its authenticity, by signing one's name to it to affirm that it is genuine. The certification by a custodian of records that a copy of an original document is a true copy that is demonstrated by his or her signature... Read more |
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Part 1 Animal science.(Part 3: H-M)(Definition)
...harness horses. See Snaffle Bit. Half Sisters--Queen or worker bees produced by a single queen and sired by drones that are not related to each other. Half-blood Wool--The designation of a grade of wool classified immediately below the fine grade... |
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Part 1 Animal science.(Part 2: D-G)(Definition)
...originally by the Purebred Dairy Cattle Association in 1943, it does not consider production records. Dairy Herd Improvement Assocation...all the salable meat). Dead Wool--Wool pulled from dead (not slaughtered) sheep. Wool recovered from sheep that have been... |
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Part 1 Animal science.(Part 4: N-R)(Definition)
...a payment on sales of unshorn lambs. Native--(1) Designating a plant that grows naturally in a country or region; one not introduced by people. (2) Designating animals, as cattle, hogs, and horses, which, though originally introduced into... |
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Part 1 Animal science.(Part 1: A-C)(Definition)
...Any mite or tick. Acarine Disease--A disease of adult bees caused by a mite, Acarapis woodi, infesting the tracheae; not known to be present in North America. Acarology--The branch of science that deals with mites and ticks. Acceptable Daily... |
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Part 2 Business and mechanical technology.(Part 1: A-F)(Definition)
...deductible in the taxable year in which incurred, whether paid or not. Complete inventories of livestock, crops, produce, feed...accounting period (usually a year), whether that output is sold or not. Activity Gross Margin--Activity gross income minus the variable... |
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Part 2 Business and mechanical technology.(Part 3: Q-Z)(Definition)
...lime. Quit-claim Deed--A document by which the seller conveys all his/her rights to the real estate in question but does not give any warranties as to the title. The use of the quit-claim deed is usually reserved for clearing title and settling the... |
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Part 2 Business and mechanical technology.(Part 2: G-P)(Definition)
...the relationship between ancestor and descendant is halved with each additional generation that intervenes between them. It is not correct in the sense that the individual's heredity is completely determined by the heredity of its ancestors. Rather, in... |
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Part 3 Forestry and natural resources management.(Part 3: N-R)(Definition)
...is subject to frequent failures and has not been widely accepted in the United States...grows naturally in a country or region; one not introduced by people. (2) Designating...prohibited. Natural Boundary--Any feature not made by people, such as a river, or a... |
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Part 3 Forestry and natural resources management.(Part 1: A-D)(Definition)
...ions in the soil solution. In common parlance, a "sour" soil, as opposed to a "sweet" soil. Acid--fast-Property of not being readily decolorized by acids. Acidulation--The process of treating a material with an acid to make it more soluble... |
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Part 4 Plant science.(Part 5: R-S)(Definition)
...common weed clover of fields and waste places. This clover should not be fed to livestock when the fuzzy heads are on the plant because...seasons and where the temperature is high and constant and does not approach freezing at any time. Rain Shadow--Refers to an... |
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last
...rearmost, hindmost, endmost, at the end, at the back, furthest (back), final, ultimate.antonyms: first, leading. 2. Rembrandt spent his last years in Amsterdam synonyms: closing, concluding, final, ending, end, terminal; later, latter.antonyms... |
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paint
...gloss, spray-paint, airbrush. 2. painting slogans on a wall synonyms: daub, smear, spray-paint, airbrush. 3. Rembrandt painted his mother synonyms: portray, picture, paint a picture of, depict, represent. 4. you paint a very stark picture... |
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above
...greater than, more than, exceeding, in excess of, over and above, surpassing. 4. above suspicionsynonyms: beyond, not subject/liable/open to. 5. prize honor above lifesynonyms: in preference to, more than, rather than, before, in favor... |
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accordingly
...and must act accordinglysynonyms: appropriately, correspondingly, suitably, properly, fitly, consistently. 2. they could not pay the rent and accordingly leftsynonyms: as a result, consequently, therefore, so, thus, as a consequence, in consequence... |
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actuality
...hard to tell actuality from fiction synonyms: reality, fact, truth, real life. phrase: in actuality in actuality, she's not my daughter—she's my wifesynonyms: in (actual) fact, actually, really, in reality, in point of fact, in truth... |
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adequacy
...its adequacy rather than its excellencesynonyms: passableness, tolerableness, acceptability, mediocrity, indifference. 3. not disputing his adequacysynonyms: capability, competence, suitability, ability, qualifications, fitness. |
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advantage
...superiority, dominance, ascendancy, supremacy, power, mastery, upper hand, trump card. 3. little advantage in going | not to one's advantagesynonyms: benefit, profit, gain, good.antonyms: disadvantage; handicap; detriment. |
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agree
...proposalssynonyms: concur with, be of the same mind/opinion with, comply with, see eye to eye with. 2. the statements do not agree with each othersynonyms: match, correspond to, conform to, coincide with, fit, harmonize with. 3. the warm climate... |
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almost
...atticsynonyms: nearly, (just) about, more or less, practically, virtually, all but, as good as, close to, near, not quite, roughly, not far from, for all intents and purposes; approaching, bordering on, verging on; informal pretty near, pretty... |
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alternatively
alternatively • adverb alternatively, you can build your own barbecuesynonyms: on the other hand, as an alternative, or; otherwise, instead, if not, then again, alternately. |
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REMBRANDT'S AMSTERDAM TRAVELING EXHIBIT TO HONOR ARTIST'S WORKS.(Travel)
...drawings. But during the big Rembrandt celebration, the museum is presenting...Lastman, The Man Who Taught Rembrandt" (Dec. 7, 1991- Feb. 16...the furnishings on display did not belong to Rembrandt and Saskia, they date from the... |
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Rembrandt's Genius Lies In the Brand, not the Hand
...but because he had a decent business sense. The "Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt" debate spawns more headlines than nearly any other...there's simply no such thing as "Rembrandt" or "not Rembrandt." That these are categories the artist himself... |
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Rembrandt the rebel: New looks at his personality on the occasion of his...
...dismisses the notion of Rembrandt as the impoverished artist...inventiveness and originality did not come without hard work...said in an interview. Not only was Rembrandt's character in doubt...paintings that might or might not be his. Recent analyses... |
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Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus Ed. Lloyd Dewitt.(Book review)
...intimate and focused works. Rembrandt's new naturalism emphasised...iconography, a real person--not a distant figure or idea...artists and friends of Rembrandt complaining about the...This study shows us that Rembrandt did not immediately succeed in... |
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Rembrandt's Eyes
...teach us to recognize Rembrandt, to understand him...through his eyes. Not everyone will be...everyone who reads Rembrandt's Eyes. Schama...questions that he is not able to answer entirely...Schama also does not sufficiently acknowledge...popular reception of Rembrandt and in his own ... |
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Rembrandt Relumed.(Review) (book review) (book reviews)
...history a great read, if not a great book. The subject of Rembrandt's Eyes is nominally Rembrandt...Hellenistic sculpture, Rembrandt could not simply reproduce Rubens...book, and the problem is not so much Rembrandt but his foil Rubens. Scarcely... |
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Rembrandt in Australia. (from introduction to the catalogue for Rembrandt...
...The exhibition was not only the first for Rembrandt's but also the...research that the Rembrandt presented here is one that in a sense did not exist, and could not have existed, a...Search of the "Real" Rembrandt Rembrandt occupies... |
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REMBRANDT AT 400
...Bergen County, NJ) 08-27-2006 REMBRANDT AT 400STAFF AND NEWS SERVICE REPORTSDate...All EditionsUnlike many great artists, Rembrandt enjoyed fame and adulation while he was...and continue into early 2007.The Rembrandt-Caravaggio show in Amsterdam drew record... |
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Rembrandt's Self-Contained Art; At Holland's Mauritshuis Museum, Coming Face...
...face with some 60 of the 75 Rembrandt self-portraits known to exist...produced by a great artist--Rembrandt left few clues. In their joint...and it was very probably not the same throughout Rembrandt's life--remains one of... |
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Rembrandt: Portraits in Print
...subject to seventeen of Rembrandt's three-hundred...extant etchings, not to mention his portraits...they include some of Rembrandt's most innovative images, they have not been the subject...prints were produced not for a mass audience...almost all cases for Rembrandt's close ... |
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