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Inkatha Freedom Party
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Four Freedoms
Four Freedoms In his message to Congress proposing lend-lease legislation (Jan. 6, 1941), President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stated that Four Freedoms should prevail everywhere in the world—freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. These... Read more |
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Freedom
FreedomSocial freedomOther descriptive meaningsValuational meaningsBIBLIOGRAPHYThe word “freedom,” with its synonym “liberty,” has a strong laudatory connotation. It has therefore been applied to whatever actions, policies, or institutions may be deemed valuable, from obeying the law to attaining... Read more |
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American Indian Religious Freedom Act
AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT. Passed in 1978 by both houses of Congress, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA), recognized the "inherent right" of American citizens to religious freedom; admitted that in the past the U.S. government had... Read more |
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New Freedom
NEW FREEDOM NEW FREEDOM. The reform philosophy of Woodrow Wilson, enunciated during the 1912 presidential race and embodied in the legislation of his first term. During the campaign, Wilson contrasted the New Freedom to Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism. Whereas Roosevelt argued that... Read more |
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Larry McMurtry
McMurtry, Larry [Jeff] (1936– ), novelist.After childhood and high school in Archer City, Texas, he attended North Texas State University and later Rice and Stanford. His first novel, Horseman, Pass By (1961), about the passing of old‐time cattle ranching, set the theme and locale of... Read more |
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four
four four-colour problem a mathematical problem to prove that any plane map can be coloured with only four colours so that no two same-coloured regions have a common boundary.four eyes see more than two two people are more observant than one alone (compare two heads are better than one). The saying... Read more |
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The Enlightenment
Enlightenment, The In 1784 the German philosopher Immanuel Kant gave a simple answer to the difficult question "What is enlightenment?" He defined this intellectual movement as man's emergence from his self-imposed tutelage. This emancipatory view of the Enlightenment was widely shared, as was... Read more |
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academic freedom
academic freedom right of scholars to pursue research, to teach, and to publish without control or restraint from the institutions that employ them. It is a civil right that is enjoyed, at least in statute, by all citizens of democratic countries. In the case of scholars, whose occupation is... Read more |
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freedom of the press
freedom of the press liberty to print or to otherwise disseminate information, as in print, by broadcasting, or through electronic media, without prior restraints such as licensing requirements or content review and without subsequent punishment for what is said. Freedom of the press, which has... Read more |
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Dos Passos, John (Roderigo)
...social background of the nation, and as their major theme the vitiation and degradation of character in a decaying civilization...Brazil on the Move (1963) treats travels abroad. The Theme Is Freedom (1956) and Occasions |
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Feminine Mystique, The
...home a “comfortable concentration camp” in which housewives lost their freedom and sense of identity.The Feminine Mystique reworked themes—individual freedom, suburban conformity, and domestic discontent—that pervaded postwar popular... |
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anniversaries
...Boyne and Aughrim took over from the commemoration of William's birthday (4 Nov.), and the theme of the defence of civil and religious freedom, which had made the Williamite tradition attractive to patriots and radicals, gave way to the... |
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Ordeal of Richard Feverel, The
...keeping the boy at home and in trusting to authoritarian parental vigilance. Richard's struggle for freedom and knowledge forms the underlying theme of the book. Richard and Lucy Desborough, a neighbouring farmer's niece, fall in love and an idyllic... |
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Duffy, Maureen (Patricia)
...Restitution (1998), a post-Holocaust novel, set in England and Berlin, exploring themes of family guilt, genetic heritage, and existential freedom.Her poetry includes The Venus Touch (1971), Evesong (1975), Memorials of the Quick... |
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Ward, Mary Augusta
...much debate. Most of her other novels deal with social and religious themes, frequently contrasting traditional belief with the values of progress and intellectual freedom; they include The History of David Grieve (1892) and The Marriage of... |
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McMurtry, Larry (Jeff)
...Horseman, Pass By (1961), about the passing of old‐time cattle ranching, set the theme and locale of his best work: a half‐mythic West of values, freedom, and heroic friendship, not without drawbacks. Horseman was made into the movie Hud... |
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Capitalism
...and differences in political freedoms. Capitalism's supporters...growth and greater political freedoms than communism.Some scholars...capitalism, such as individual freedoms and the role of markets in internal...for competitive markets and freedom of ... |
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Due Process, Substantive
...141). Though not a major theme in substantive due process scholarship...were barred from abridging freedom of contract and liberty...may say with much truth that freedom of contract theory was as...was for the legitimation of freedom of contract. The Court ... |
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Foreign Relations
...to specific regions and eras, certain themes often recur. These themes—including free trade, democracy, continental expansion...enshrined both the principles of “freedom of the seas” and political “self‐determination”. In 1941...expansionism represents another powerful ... |
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biblical theology
...potential popularized it in pulpits.Biblical themes of redemption, resurrection, freedom were held to have a validity of their own...into a theological unity round one or two chosen themes; on the contrary, the sheer diversity of the... |
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Copland, Aaron
...1956, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom 1964. He wrote several books. Prin. comps...and unacc. ch. (1947); Canticle of Freedom (1955, rev. 1965). CHAMBER MUSIC...orch.); Vitebsk (Study on a Jewish Theme), pf. trio (1928); vn. sonata... |
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Luther, Martin
...Babylonian Captivity of the Church, Address to the German Nobility, and The Freedom of a Christian. In the same year the papal bull, Exsurge Domine, censured...for the world. Justification through faith is thus a central Lutheran theme. |
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Beethoven, Ludwig van
...Beethoven was held is that in 1815 Vienna conferred its honorary freedom on him. When he died, his funeral at Währing was a nat. occasion...tempestuous, exultant scherzo; he was the first to use ‘motto-themes’ as a consistent formal device. In his slow movements... |
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Liberation Theology
...makes us all brothers and sisters’ (Gutiérrez).Major themes of liberation theology can be discerned in the titles of some of the leading books. Jesus Christ...to a caricature, led to a second Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation (1986). This was to be read in conjunction... |
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Auden, Wystan Hugh
...increasingly involved in the exploration and expression of Christian themes. After the death of his mother (a committed Anglo-Catholic...Canonicae (1955). Acknowledgement of guilt becomes the ground of freedom: to live in the tangle of human history makes one, inevitably... |
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NAACP Upholds Freedom At 93rd Annual Convention In Houston; 'Freedom Under...
...NAACP) in Houston, July 6-11. The convention theme, "Freedom Under Fire," took direct aim at the recent challenges...challenged convention attendees to stand and protect freedom, equality and justice. Julian Bond, NAACP Board... |
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General Institute for Culture organizes a women's cultural seminar under the...
...Tripoli, 21.11.2009 (JANA) As of Sunday, the city of Tripoli will host a women's cultural seminar under the theme "Freedom in Women's Literature". The three-day seminar will be hosted by the General Institute for Culture. Elite male... |
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go + do; Minnesota's Juneteenth one of the largest; The 21st annual...
...than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The 21st annual celebration, with the theme "Freedom Rings," offers several new events, including a 2-mile walk for cancer research and a photo contest. Participants... |
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Airport's 'Community Days' flies high; Vintage bombers, military re-...
...tonight, followed by a "Hangar Dance." Activities will be held Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year's theme, "Freedom is Not Free," pays homage to the sacrifices of veterans such as Goldstoff as well as those of active U.S. military... |
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Freedom 'best hope for peace'; Bush echoed Wilsonian themes in an address...
...inaugural address promoted the theme of freedom as a hinge on which virtually...guiding course - promoting freedom as the task of Americans for...tyranny and advance the cause of freedom. In a 17-minute speech fraught...world echoes philosophical ... |
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BUSH'S SECOND ACT ; THE THEME OF FREEDOM DOMINATES A SPEECH THAT IS TYPICALLY...
...sought to warm America to broad themes of freedom and the international spread...Iraq and equated the spread of freedom with the spread of peace...the president struck broader themes centered on America's role...the abstract, that Wilsonian ... |
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MOKENA PARADE THEME IS "FREEDOM LIGHTS UP THE SKY"
"Freedom Lights Up the Sky" will be the theme of the big annual July 4th celebration and parade complements...the Chamber of Commerce's "Select a Fourth of July Parade Theme" contest. Eighth grader Mary Counts won second place and a... |
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'FREEDOM AND EQUALITY' THEME OF TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY INSTITUTE
...students the beneficiaries of the new and engaging ways to teach traditional American history. With an over-arching theme of "Freedom and Equality," Baylor will host 37 teachers selected for the intensive "Teaching American History" Summer Institute... |
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Bush inauguration to be lavish affair with freedom as theme ; Events will...
...ongoing conflicts and sacrifices by U.S. forces with the theme, "Celebrating Freedom, Honoring Service." But the festivities will rival those...have served in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as highlight the freedoms in the United States and the U.S. effort to bring the same... |
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Theme: Freedom of Information and Women's Rights in Africa/Theme: Liberte de...
The right to Freedom of Information (FOI) has been overlooked...political instabilities. The right to Freedom of information is even guaranteed in Article...s and children's rights, religious freedom and other critical social issues which... |
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