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Third Amendment
THIRD AMENDMENT The Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Ratified in 1791, the Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution sets... Read more |
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Quirinal
Quirinal , one of the seven hills of Rome, NE of Capitoline Hill. It was the site of several ancient shrines and the quarter of the quirites, probably the aristocracy in the first centuries of Roman history. In the 16th cent. a papal palace was built there; known as Quirinal palace, it was the... Read more |
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Stephanus of Alexandria
STEPHANUS OF ALEXANDRIA(b. Athens, c. 550–555; d. Constantinople, c. 622), philosophy, astronomy, astrology, alchemy, medicine, mathematics. For the original article on Stephanus of Alexandria see DSB, vol. 13.During the last quarter of the twentieth century the research regarding Stephanus of... Read more |
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gross national product
gross national product (GNP), in economics, a quantitative measure of a nation's total economic activity, generally assessed yearly or quarterly. The GNP equals the gross domestic product plus income earned by domestic residents through foreign investments minus the income earned by foreign... Read more |
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transom
transom. 1. The athwartship timbers bolted to the sternpost of a ship to give it a flat stern. In the older square-rigged ships, particularly men-of-war, they were usually rather heavier than other timbers in order to support the overhang of the stern and quarter galleries. In modern vessels there... Read more |
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The Dial
Dial, The (July 1840–April 1844),quarterly magazine of literature, philosophy, and religion, was the organ of the New England Transcendentalist movement, and grew out of the informal meetings of the Transcendental Club. Although Alcott, who gave the magazine its title, thought it... Read more |
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Pforzheim
Pforzheim , city (1994 pop. 117,450), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the Enz River, at the northern end of the Black Forest. It is the center of the German jewelry and watchmaking industry. Other manufactures include machinery, electrical equipment, and paper. An important medieval trade... Read more |
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