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Environmental Protection
E NVIRONMENTALP ROTECTION Conservative Conservation During the 1990s several judicial and legislative challenges were made to environmental protection laws passed in previous decades. Reflecting a growing property-rights movement that sought to strengthen the... Read more |
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Integumentary System
Integumentary system The human integumentary system is made up of the skin, hair, nails, and associated glands. Its main function is to protect the body. It prevents excessive water loss, keeps out microorganisms that could cause illness, and shields the underlying tissues from external... Read more |
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Strict Scrutiny
STRICT SCRUTINY A standard of judicial review for a challenged policy in which the court presumes the policy to be invalid unless the government can demonstrate a compelling interest to justify the policy. The strict scrutiny standard of judicial review is based on the equal protection clause of... Read more |
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Rhinoceroses
rhinoceros massive hoofed mammal of Africa, India, and SE Asia, characterized by a snout with one or two horns. The rhinoceros family, along with the horse and tapir families, forms the order of odd-toed hoofed mammals. The five living species, which once ranged widely across Africa and Asia,... Read more |
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John Joseph OConnor
John Joseph O'Connor 1920-2000, American Roman Catholic cardinal, b. Philadelphia. He was ordained a priest in 1945 and served as a military chaplain for 27 years, achieving the rank of rear admiral. Ordained a bishop in 1979, he was appointed bishop of Scranton, Penn. in 1983. In 1984 he was... Read more |
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge 1850-1924, U.S. Senator (1893-1924), b. Boston. He was admitted to the bar in 1876. Before beginning his long career in the U.S. Senate he edited (1873-76) the North American Review, was lecturer (1876-79) on American history at Harvard, and edited (1880-81) the International... Read more |
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court-martial
COURT-MARTIAL A tribunal that tries violations of military criminal law. It often refers to the entire military justice process, from actual court proceedings to punishment. First established in eighteenth-century U.S. law, the court-martial is today the result of tremendous modernization that... Read more |
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Coir
Coir Background What is commonly called a coconut, as found in grocery stores, is actually only the single seed of a fruit of the coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera).Before being shipped to market, the seed is stripped of an external leathery skin and a 2-3 in (5-8 cm)... Read more |
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