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Consensus
ConsensusI. The Concept of ConsensusEdward ShilsBIBLIOGRAPHYII. The Study of ConsensusLewis LipsitzBIBLIOGRAPHYI THE CONCEPT OF CONSENSUSConsensus is a particular state of the belief system of a society. It exists when a large proportion of the adult members of a society, more particularly a large... Read more |
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proportion
proportion in mathematics, the equality of two ratios . Two pairs of quantities a,b and c,d are in proportion if their ratios a / b and c / d are equal, i.e., if the equation a / b = c / d is true. For example, the lengths of two sides of any triangle and the lengths of the corresponding... Read more |
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Proportional representation
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION is an electoral device that seeks to make a representative body a faithful image of its electorate. Ideally, the system gives legislative voting strength proportionate to the electoral strength of every shade of societal opinion.... Read more |
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Gene frequency
gene frequency The number of loci at which a particular allele is found, divided by the total number of loci at which it could occur, for a given population, expressed as a proportion or percentage.... Read more |
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abacus (architecture)
abacus , in architecture, flat slab forming the top member of a capital. In classical orders it varies from a square form having unmolded sides in the Greek Doric, to thinner proportions and ovolo molding in the Greek Ionic, and to sides incurving and corners cut in Roman Ionic and Corinthian... Read more |
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Special Drawing Rights
Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), type of international monetary reserve currency established (1968) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Created in response to worries concerning the limitations of gold and dollars as the sole means of settling international accounts, SDRs are designed to... Read more |
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acceleration
acceleration change in the velocity of a body with respect to time. Since velocity is a vector quantity, involving both magnitude and direction, acceleration is also a vector. In order to produce an acceleration, a force must be applied to the body. The magnitude of the force F must be... Read more |
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Reichstag
Reichstag [Ger.,=imperial parliament], name for the diet of the Holy Roman Empire, for the lower chamber of the federal parliament of the North German Confederation , and for the lower chamber of the federal parliament of Germany from 1871 to 1945. Under the German Empire (1871-1918) the... Read more |
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representation
representation in government, the term used to designate the means by which a whole population may participate in governing through the device of having a much smaller number of people act on their behalf. Although an elective presidency and even a nonelective monarchy may possess psychological... Read more |
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Altichiero da Zevio
Altichiero da Zevio , c.1330-c.1395, Italian painter, follower of Giotto. He worked in Verona and then Padua. His frescoes in the churches of Sant' Antonio and San Giorgio in Padua are notable as early examples of the use of classical proportions in the treatment of figures and space.... Read more |
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Ulster plantation
...Land was divided into ‘proportions’ of 2,000, 1,500, and 1...undertakers received 51 ‘proportions’ of the best quality land...belt, received a similar proportion of less profitable lands and...revolt, were ignored. The rights of freeholders, which the ... |
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Poynings's Law
...vigorously asserted its sole right to transmit bills. Despite...convened and the privy council's right to veto any measures forwarded...claim to possess the ‘sole right’ to initiate financial legislation...In practice, only a small proportion of such bills ... |
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handedness
...significantly lower than the proportion of right-handed humans. The only species...testimony to the universality of right-handedness itself. Evidence from works of art suggests that the proportion of right-handers has been roughly constant... |
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Johnson v. De Grandy
...Supreme Court's first voting rights cases after Shaw v. Reno...violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by diluting minority...Dade County by providing a proportion of majority‐minority districts...science and stressed that voting rights ... |
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Tenth Amendment
...Ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, the Tenth Amendment specifies that “the...internal affairs reached irresistible proportions. In response to these fears, James...consensus was that Jefferson had been right in calling the Tenth Amendment the foundation...never ... |
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Judiciary Act of 1925
...considered inimical to federally protected rights, especially that of private property...and dramatically reduced the number and proportion of appellate cases decided by full opinions...after 1930, sharply increased the proportion of nonunanimous opinions. With the act... |
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Scalia, Antonin
...percent in First Amendment and civil rights, respectively. In these cases, he agreed with his liberal colleagues—Brennan...s 5.1 percent exceeded Scalia's proportion of regular concurrences (4.8), while Scalia's proportion of special concurrences was almost one... |
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Johnson v. Santa Clara County
...based voluntary affirmative action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In United Steelworkers of America v. Weber (1979...eventually, “a work force whose composition reflected the proportion of minorities and women in the labor force” (pp. 621... |
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Mercator projection
...latitude and longitude cut each other at right angles so that a rhumb line appears as...the latitude, though not in the same proportion. This means that in a chart covering...transverse Mercator (if the axis is at right angles to the polar axis) or oblique... |
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Petit Juries
...about 90 percent guilty pleas. On the civil side, the small proportion of jury trials mirrors high settlement rates as well as...of higher authority. ... Providing an accused with the right to be tried by a jury of his peers gave him an inestimable...by jury.” And three of the ten articles ... |
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scale
...time is plotted against a scale on the right. ∎ a device having such a...number, or extent, esp. by a constant proportion across the board: in the short term...number or extent, esp. by a constant proportion across the board: manufacturing capacity... |
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Burkina Faso
...parties, and a radical wing of the army leadership) and the right (the Roman Catholic Church, parts of the military, and politicians...and peasants. He battled against corruption and reduced the proportion of state expenditure taken up by salaries in the public sector... |
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child abuse
...abusers are men, although there is evidence that a very small proportion of women also abuse children sexually. Collecting reliable...power relations in families, and balance between children's rights as against those of parents. Less discussed, but no less... |
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Conservative Party, UK
...socialization, the party was able to harness the support of a large proportion of newly enfranchised women, and up to half of the working...important generational change for the party, as a host of young, right-wing Conservatives entered Parliament who had become politically... |
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marriage
...relationship, between an adult male and female, that carries certain rights and obligations. However, in contemporary societies, marriage...teenage marriages have declined significantly, with a growing proportion, albeit still a small minority, never getting married. At... |
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split
...issue new shares of (stock) to existing stockholders in proportion to their current holdings. 2. (with reference to a group...leaping in the air or sitting down with the legs straight and at right angles to the upright body, one in front and the other behind... |
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asteroid
...assigned a permanent number, and the discoverer then has the right to name it. Increasing numbers are being discovered in dedicated...reflectance spectra, which reveal differences in composition. The proportion of different asteroid classes changes markedly with increasing... |
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embourgeoisement
...and led to a shrinkage of the working class, considered as a proportion of the economically active population. Advanced Western societies...of the bourgeois or petitbourgeois parties of the political Right.The clearest statement of this thesis is Ferdynand Zweig... |
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New Right
New Right An intellectual movement of...to reformulate the basis of right-wing opposition to SOCIAL DEMOCRACY and SOCIALISM. New Right thinkers, whose influence...and the UK, drew in varying proportions upon the ideas of libertarianism... |
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compound
...substance formed from two or more elements chemically united in fixed proportions: a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. ∎ a word made up of...of: I compounded the problem by trying to make wrong things right. 3. Law forbear from prosecuting (a felony) in exchange... |
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INTERIORS; Figuring scale, proportion; All elements of a room must be...
...room lacks proper scale and proportion, it will feel unsettling...about making things look right together is in combining...offer a little variety. Proportion is a term that applies to...size. A room that has good proportions is neither too long, ... |
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A Centuries-Old Challenge: Finding the Right Proportions
...aesthetic judgments about proportions. While designing...functionality, and proportions, which affect visual quality."Proportion," the dictionary...Getting things right proportionally is...composed. Architectural proportion has been a ... |
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Smaller Proportion of Medicare Patients Hospitalized for Heart Problems.
...problems accounted for a smaller proportion of hospitalizations among...beneficiaries, found that the proportion of heart disease hospitalizations...are accounting for a smaller proportion of hospitalizations within...exercising regularly, taking the right ... |
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SMALLER PROPORTION OF MEDICARE PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART PROBLEMS.
...problems accounted for a smaller proportion of hospitalizations among...beneficiaries, found that the proportion of heart disease hospitalizations...are accounting for a smaller proportion of hospitalizations within...exercising regularly, taking the right ... |
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Proportion in middle-school mathematics: it's everywhere.
...really a topic in its own right, but rather the concept...by writing and solving a proportion equation. 1/5 = 40/x...the equation. The idea of proportion is usually not part of their...situation may be represented in a proportion table. [M.sub.1] ... |
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CHINA R&D OUTLAY PROPORTION LOWER THAN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
...2010 China R&D Outlay Proportion Lower than Developed CountriesBEIJING...Beat via COMTEX) -- The proportion of outlay for technical...In recent years, the proportion of outlay for R&D in...Services (via Comtex). All rights reserved |
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NPC Calls for Bigger Proportion of Female Deputies
The proportion of women deputies in the National...protect women's political rights and ensure their equal status...1949, women's status and rights have been acknowledged and...conformity with the political rights stipulated in the constitution... |
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RATOS: Ratos invests in active holdings - increased proportion of unlisted.
...active holdings - increased proportion of unlisted (C)1994-98...company with an increased proportion of unlisted holdings * The...company with an increased proportion of unlisted companies Ratos...appropriate. This could involve right of preference on ... |
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Playing with Proportion
...established the house's sense of proportion, another of Cornell's design principles. "Proportion gives you the feeling of...design," she explains. "Proportion is space, size, geometry...and window measurements, right down to the dimensions of...Petit Poucet ... |
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CHINA TELECOM CDMA SALE SOCIALIZATION PROPORTION TO 60%
...CDMA Sale Socialization Proportion to 60%BEIJING, Jun...witness sale socialization proportion of up to 60% by the end...lift the socialization proportion of the CDMA terminal sale...Services (via Comtex). All rights reserved |
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