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wheelchair
WHEELCHAIRS The wheelchair is made from many components ideally chosen to meet the needs of the person using the chair. The reasons to choose a wheelchair and the options available are as varied at the people who will use them. The most important thing before purchasing or renting a wheelchair is... Read more |
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Recliner
Recliner Background A reclining chair is an upholstered chair with a metal mechanism activated by the user so that the back is pushed out and a foot rest rises up to accommodate the user's lower legs. Most recliners are armchairs, meaning they include arms. Upholstered backs... Read more |
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Betty Boothroyd
Betty Boothroyd The first woman Speaker in Britain's House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd (born 1929), a Labour Party member, was the first Speaker in the 20th century chosen from an opposition party. MPs (Members of Parliament) dragged Betty Boothroyd to the speaker's chair despite the... Read more |
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upholstery
upholstery general term for household fittings, hangings, curtains, cushions, and covers. It refers to stuffed, padded, and spring-cushioned furniture, such as chairs and sofas, or to the usually decorative materials and fabrics that cover them. The first furniture upholstery was probably leather,... Read more |
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Saint Peter
Saint Peter d. AD 64?, most prominent of the Twelve Apostles, listed first in the Gospels, and traditionally the first bishop of Rome. His original name was Simon, but Jesus gave him the nickname Cephas [Aramaic, = rock], which was translated into Greek as Petros [Gr. petra... Read more |
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dado
dado. 1. Die or flat-faced plain block of a Classical pedestal between the base and cap.2. Surface of an internal wall like an extended pedestal all the way round a room between a chair-rail (cornice), and skirting (base or plinth), called a chair- or dado-rail. A panelled timber dado is called a... Read more |
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Social Perception
pain, social perception The word ‘pain’ is used frequently in Western society, yet it is difficult to define, because it covers so many feelings and situations. It may be physical or mental, acute or chronic, caused by body damage or created in the mind. It may be punishment (as in... Read more |
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Paul Eugen Bleuler
BLEULER, PAUL EUGEN (1857-1939) Paul Eugen Bleuler, a Swiss professor of medicine, holder of the chair of psychiatry at the University of Zurich and director of the university psychiatric clinic of Burgh Read more |
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Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev
POBEDONOSTSEV, KONSTANTIN (1827–1907), conservative statesman, professor and chair of civil law at Moscow University (1860–1865), senator, chief procurator of the Holy Synod (1880 Read more |
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