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Copyright law
Copyright Act of 1976 Shubha Ghosh In the 1990s John Perry Barlow, former songwriter for The Grateful Dead and contemporary social commentator, announced that copyright law was dying. What prompted this prognosis was the birth and fast growth of the Internet. In a world where information... Read more |
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Nashua
Nashua , city (1990 pop. 79,662), seat of Hillsborough co., S N.H., on the Merrimack and Nashua rivers near the Mass. line; settled c.1655, inc. as a city 1853. Because of the availability of water power, Nashua developed (early 19th cent.) as a textile mill town; the closing of these mills after... Read more |
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Indochina
Indochina Fr. Indochine, former federation of states, SE Asia. It comprised the French colony of Cochin China and the French protectorates of Tonkin , Annam , Laos , and Cambodia (Cochin China, Tonkin, and Annam were later united to form Vietnam ). The capital was Hanoi . The federation... Read more |
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Steve Biko
Steve Biko (Steven Biko) , 1946-77, South African political leader. A medical student, he founded (1969) a black student organization and developed a national "black consciousness" movement to combat racism and apartheid policies. Arrested in 1977, he died in police custody, prompting... Read more |
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phenylalanine
phenylalanine , organic compound, one of the 22 α- amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Only the l -stereoisomer appears in mammalian protein. It is one of several essential amino acids needed in the diet; human beings cannot synthesize it from simpler metabolites. Young adults... Read more |
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World Intellectual Property Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. WIPO became an agency in 1974, but its roots go back to 1883 when the need for international protection of intellectual property prompted the Paris Convention for the Protection... Read more |
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Service industries
Service Industry DEFINITION OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRY GROWTH IN THE SERVICESDIVISION RECESSIONS AND THE SERVICESDIVISION HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE SERVICES DIVISION OFFSHORING FUTURE TRENDS IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY BIBLIOGRAPHY The United States is predominantly a service economy. As of 2008,... Read more |
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Saint Justus
Justus, St (d. c.627). Sent, according to Bede, by Pope Gregory I with Mellitus to Kent in 601, and consecrated bishop in Rochester by Augustine in 604, Justus was associated with Archbishop Laurentius' exhortations to bishops and abbots in Ireland, and to British priests, to follow Roman... Read more |
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Space Law
space law agreements governing the exploration and use of outer space, developed since the first launching (1957) by humans of a satellite into space. Space law, an aspect of international law , has grown under the aegis of the United Nations. A 1963 UN declaration stated that the exploration and... Read more |
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