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Childhood mental disorders
Interpersonal therapy Definition Interpersonal therapy (IPT) is a short-term supportive psychotherapythat focuses on the connection between interactions between people and the development of a person's psychiatric symptoms. Purpose Interpersonal therapy was initially... Read more |
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Premarital sex
FORNICATION Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman who are not married to each other. Under the common law, the crime of fornication consisted of unlawful sexual intercourse between an unmarried woman and a man, regardless of his marital status. If the woman was married, the crime was... Read more |
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Consortium
CONSORTIUM The marital alliance between a husband and wife and their respective right to each other's support, cooperation, aid, and companionship. Loss of consortium is an actionable injury for which money damages may be awarded. The loss of the love, sexual relations, and services of a spouse... Read more |
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Alfred C. Kinsey
Kinsey, Alfred C.WORKS BY KINSEYSUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHYAlfred Charles Kinsey (1894–1956) was undoubtedly the most famous American student of human sexual behavior in the first half of the twentieth century. In Europe at the turn of the century, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, and then Albert Moll,... Read more |
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tourniquet
tourniquet , compression device used to cut off the flow of blood to a part of the body, most often an arm or leg. It may be a special surgical instrument, a rubber tube, a strip of cloth, or any flexible material that can be tightened to exert pressure. Compression should not be maintained for more... Read more |
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adolescence
adolescence time of life from onset of puberty to full adulthood. The exact period of adolescence, which varies from person to person, falls approximately between the ages 12 and 20 and encompasses both physiological and psychological changes. Physiological changes lead to sexual maturity and... Read more |
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Primal Scene
PRIMAL SCENE The expression "primal scene" refers to the sight of sexual relations between the parents, as observed, constructed, and/or fantasized by the child and interpreted by the child as a scene of violence. The scene is not understood by the child, remaining enigmatic but at same time... Read more |
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Incubation
INCUBATION PERIOD The time that elapses between the invasion of a susceptible host by an infectious agent and the onset of symptoms of the disease caused by that agent is called the incubation period. The term is also used to describe the comparable period in the life cycle of parasitic pathogens... Read more |
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imaging techniques
...produce images of cross-sections or ‘slices’ of an organ or region of the body...dimensional thin section images or ‘slices’ of the brain or spinal cord, and...technique which gives very rapid multi-slice scans with fast image reconstruction...recorded. Having a very short ... |
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poisoning
...Poisons are agents that bring about the destruction of life when taken in small quantities. Further, if...of a carving knife blade delivers poison to the slice being cut or onto the next slice. By skilful use of such knives, which sometimes... |
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alpine pioneers of geology
...consists of gigantic thrust sheets, recumbent overfolds, and slices of basement, deformed and displaced during the collision of the...1937), a Züricher student of Escher who spent his long life investigating the dynamics of mountain-building and wrote... |
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catamaran
...Seacats, wave-piercing designs where the hulls were designed to slice through the waves instead of over them, and they are now in...the UK's first purpose-built floating ambulance, Star of Life, is a catamaran. See also surface effect ship; swath ship... |
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Naturalism
...century theatre. Initially such early exponents as Emile Zola conceived it as simply offering an unadulterated “slice of life” with all theatrical glossing over of hard facts removed and with only limited concern, if any, about the necessity... |
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Follow Thru
...Up Your Overcoat; My Lucky Star; You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You? Called in its programs “a musical slice of country club life” (a small indication of its punning humor), the Schwab– Frank Mandel show expressed the zesty, sometimes... |
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Zola, Émile-Edouard-Charles-Antoine
...he much disliked the facile, optimistic works of such dramatists as Scribe, and thought that a play should be a ‘slice of life’, thrown on the stage without embellishment or artifice. He exemplified his theory in his own plays, particularly... |
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vampire bat
vampire bat Small, brown bat that lives in tropical and subtropical America. It uses its sharp teeth to slice the skin of resting animals (including human beings) and then laps up their blood. Length: 7.6cm (3in). Wingspan: 30cm... |
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Rice, Elmer (Leopold)
...run. He earned a Pulitzer Prize for his unflinching slice of New York life, Street Scene (1929), but two other plays the same year...Island (1940), Flight to the West (1940), A New Life (1943), The Grand Tour (1951), Not for Children... |
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slice
...four slices of bread potato slices. ∎ a portion or share of something...authorities control a huge slice of public spending. 2. Golf a...something, esp. food) into slices: slice the onion into rings| [as adj...own net. PHRASES: ... |
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force
...effect; valid: the U.S. has over $8 trillion worth of life insurance in force. PHRASAL VERBS: force something down 1...swallow food or drink when one does not want to: I forced down a slice of toast. 2. compel an aircraft to land: the plane might... |
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life
life if life hands you lemons, make lemonade an adjuration...saying recorded from the late 20th century.life begins at forty proverbial saying, mid...large as life, and twice as natural, a slice of life, the staff of ... |
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liver
...other animals. ∎ the flesh of an animal's liver as food: slices of calf's liver [as adj.] liver pâté chicken livers...reddish brown. liv·er2 • n. [with adj.] a person who lives in a specified way: a clean liver high livers. |
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part
part • noun 1. the early part of her life | part of an orangesynonyms: portion, division, section, segment, bit, piece, fragment, scrap, slice, fraction, chunk, wedge. 2. spare partssynonyms: component, bit, constituent, element... |
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candy
...divinity dragée fondant frangipane friandise fruit paste fruit slice fudge ganache gianduia glyko (spoon sweet) gobstopper gulab...horehound jawbreaker Jordan almond kiss lemon drop licorice Life Saver lollipop lozenge macaroon malted milk ball maple sugar... |
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Slice of raw life is the new face of mixed martial arts
...Bergen County, NJ) 05-31-2008 Slice of raw life is the new face of mixed martial...audacious attempt at exposing Kimbo Slice's menacing face to mainstream...mixed martial arts match, Miami's Slice (2-0) will encounter England... |
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New Slice App Makes Tracking Shipments, Accessing Your Online Purchase...
...co-founder of Slice. "With Slice at your fingertips, you're...bought your daughter last year. Slice for the iPhone is the first and...really all about making daily life a little bit easier." Slice for the iPhone simplifies your... |
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TRY A DIFFERENT SLICE ON GRILLED CHEESE
...or aunt's kitchen, where life was simpler and more predictable...cheese Butter or margarine 1or 2 slices white cheese (Monterey Jack or Swiss) 1or 2 slices yellow cheese (Pepper Jack or cheddar) Red onion and tomato slices Spread each slice ... |
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TOSHIBA LAUNCHES WORLD'S 1ST HIGH-DEFINITION DUAL-SLICE CT SCANNER.
...elements for the narrowest 0.5-mm slice widths are placed at the center, making...2. High-speed scanning Two image slices are acquired in each revolution, and...for the high-level Aquilion Multi-Slice system, which makes it possible to obtain images with various ... |
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BBDO takes Slice of JWT billings
...assignment. The original concept for Slice, the first national juice...distribution. The decision to move Slice came after a creative shootout...two advertising agencies. "As Slice moves to a new stage in its life - from a successful new product... |
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KODAK SLICE Touchscreen Camera Lets You Share and Relive Moments Instantly;...
...January 2010-KODAK: KODAK SLICE Touchscreen Camera Lets You...consumers want the ability to share life's memories at a moment's...power of sharing and reliving life's moments drove the development...also introducing a case for the SLICE Camera, which was ... |
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Today's Slice question: What column debuted a decade ago today? ; The answer...
...the 10th anniversary of The Slice's debut. What a long, strange...works out to about 2,000 Slices. If you spent an average of...devoted 24 hours to reading The Slice. Thanks for spending the day...local people and more real life into the features section, ... |
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A Slice With Style // Cake-Cutting Pro Perfects Technique
...back, and then cut them into slices. She worked with a spatula...there, holding plates to catch slice after slice, you could serve cake to hundreds...Only beautiful, uniform slices that lay on the plate like...and sugar bells as if their ... |
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Philips First to Deliver 16-Slice CT Scanner to Hospitals Worldwide That...
...than a conventional single-slice CT scanner. CT scans enable physicians to view "slices" or wafer-thin cross-sections...internal anatomy. Increased slices acquired as thin as possible...diagnosis and outcomes. With 16-slice technology, physicians ... |
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Any way you Slice it, this is a circus.(SPORTS)
...TIMES Kevin Ferguson is a real-life Philo Beddoe, the street fighter...better character name - Kimbo Slice. In today's Internet world...legends surface quickly. Kimbo Slice, whose fights to date have...times in the fight business. Slice is a scary fellow, ... |
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