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mysticism
mysticism [Gr.,=the practice of those who are initiated into the mysteries], the practice of putting oneself into, and remaining in, direct relation with God , the Absolute, or any unifying principle of life. Mysticism is inseparably linked with religion. Because of the nature of mysticism,... Read more |
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Donkeys Tail
Donkey's Tail (in Russian: Oslinyi Khvost). Title of an exhibition organized in Moscow in 1912 by Goncharova and Larionov after they had dissociated themselves from the Knave of Diamonds group in 1911. They accused the Knave of Diamonds of being too much under foreign influence, and advocated a... Read more |
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Composition with Creditors
COMPOSITION WITH CREDITORS A contract made by an insolvent or financially pressed debtor with two or more creditors in which the creditors agree to accept one specific partial payment of the total amount of their claims, which is to be divided pro rata among them in full satisfaction of their... Read more |
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Frame of Reference
FRAME OF REFERENCE CONCEPT Among the many specific concepts the student of physics must learn, perhaps none is so deceptively simple as frame of reference. On the surface, it seems obvious that in order to make observations, one must do so from a certain point in space and... Read more |
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Anabaptists
Anabaptists [Gr.,=rebaptizers], name applied, originally in scorn, to certain Protestant sects holding that infant baptism is not authorized in Scripture and that baptism should be administered to believers only. A convert if baptized in infancy must be baptized again as an adult (Anabaptists did... Read more |
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Merchants
Merchants Sources Activities.In the large port cities of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia merchants were the individuals who imported or exported goods in bulk. Usually they also owned or rented a warehouse. In contrast, shopkeepers sold only a limited amount of... Read more |
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Freudianism
FREUDIANISM Freud's Idea Sigmund Freud's theories enjoyed great popularity in the 1920s. Aspects of his work made their way into everyday conversation, journalism, and literature. Before his time, psychology had been overwhelmingly concerned with the intellect, regarding... Read more |
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cobbler
cobbler let the cobbler stick to his last people should only concern themselves with things they know something about (the cobbler's last is a shoemaker's model for shaping or repairing a shoe or boot). The saying, recorded in English from the mid 16th century, is a translation of Latin ne sutor... Read more |
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Baby foods
BABY FOOD BABY FOOD. The consumption of food is an extraordinarily social activity laden with complex and shifting layers of meaning. Not only what we eat but how and why we eat tell us much about society, history, cultural change, and humans' views of themselves. What, when, and how we choose to... Read more |
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Face to Face
Face to Face Rock group Bad boy rockers Face to Face made a name for themselves as a punk band, but they weren't entirely comfortable with that label. The group combined pop influences with classic punk sounds for a crowd-pleasing blend that owed as much to the Police as it did to the Sex... Read more |
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