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Thomas Stephen Foley
Thomas Stephen Foley 1929-, American political leader, b. Spokane, Wash. A lawyer, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964. Foley became a prominent liberal Democratic member of Congress. He was chairman of the House agriculture committee (1975-81), Democratic whip (1981-87),... Read more |
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Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay One of the most powerful political figures in America in the early 2000s, Tom DeLay (born 1947) rose through the ranks in the United States House of Representatives to become the leader of the majority Republican party. He seemed a strong candidate to attain the still more powerful... Read more |
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balloon lighter-than-air craft without a propulsion system, lifted by inflation of one or more containers with a gas lighter than air or with heated air. During flight, altitude may be gained by discarding ballast (e.g., bags of sand) and may be lost by releasing some of the lifting gas from its... Read more |
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vertical air motion
vertical air motion In contrast to horizontal air motion (i.e. wind), vertical motion is both difficult to measure and is typically of very small magnitude. As a weather-producing agent, however, it is the key to differences between sunny conditions or cloud and rain. Air may ascend or descend for... Read more |
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Transcendence
Transcendence The term transcendence, from the Latin transcendere (to climb up), means to go beyond, surpass, or rise above, particularly what is given in personal experience. In theology, transcendence is associated with the beyondness and holiness of God, in the sense of the existence of God... Read more |
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