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capillary action
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Action Francaise
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Catholic action
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Action
ACTION Conduct; behavior; something done; a series of acts. A case or lawsuit; a legal and formal demand for enforcement of one's rights against another party asserted in a court of justice. The term action includes all the proceedings attendant upon a legal demand, its adjudication, and its... Read more |
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Homeostasis
HomeostasisBIBLIOGRAPHYThe concept of homeostasis is widely used, in physiology and psychology, to identify what seems to be a general attribute of living organisms: the tendency to maintain and restore certain steady states or conditions of the organism. An obvious example is that of body... Read more |
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Derivative Action
DERIVATIVE ACTION A lawsuit brought by a shareholder of a corporation on its behalf to enforce or defend a legal right or claim, which the corporation has failed to do. A derivative action, more popularly known as a stockholder's derivative suit, is derived from the primary right of the... Read more |
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Computer action games
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fixed-action pattern
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Northern Securities Case
Northern Securities Case (1904), landmark antitrust case.In 1901 three powerful business leaders, J. Pierpont Morgan, James. J. Hill, and E.H. Harriman, decided to cooperate rather than compete, forming the Northern Securities holding company, which held the stock of their rival railroad... Read more |
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ritualization
ritualization An evolutionary process in which the form or context of an action is altered because it comes to play a role in social communication. For example, many courtship and greeting ceremonies in animals include ritual food presentation (though the quantities of food may be negligible),... Read more |
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Chicago Tribune Barbara Rose Column.
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AP Executive Morning Briefing
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...1400 GMT, vote to follow. EU-KOSOVO BRUSSELS...the high-speed crash that killed Princess...Jewish state for its actions in the Gaza Strip...of a US recession may spell trouble. By...European Union antitrust regulators fine German...says that ... |