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Wrong
WRONG A violation, by one individual, of another individual's legal rights. The idea of rights suggests the opposite idea of wrongs, for every right is capable of being violated. For example, a right to receive payment for goods sold implies a wrong on the part of the person who owes, but does... Read more |
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access right
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right hand
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Right Wing
Right Wing OPPOSITION TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION CHANGING MEANINGS THE RIGHT WING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BIBLIOGRAPHY The term right wing originated with the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1791. The royalists sat on the right side of the chamber while their... Read more |
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Divine right of kings
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European Court of Human Rights
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Convention on the Rights of the Child
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European Convention on Human Rights
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Animal rights
Animal Rights The opinions regarding animals and their rights greatly vary. To some, animals have no rights and are merely a form of property that exists only to fulfill human needs. To others, they are creatures that can be used or owned by people, but which also have... Read more |
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Abortion
...abort a pregnancy involved the fundamental right of women to control their bodily processes...Connecticut, which had established the right to privacy in contraceptive decision‐making, Roe established a fundamental right to abortion. Under Roe, except to ensure maternal... |
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Abrams v. United States
...substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.”Justice Holmes, joined by...protective of First Amendment, free‐speech rights in hopes that, first, the courts would...Amendment discourse.See also Bill of Rights; Censorship; Civil Liberties; Sedition... |
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Actor
...cinema and television for intimacy and the play of facial expression. As always, the great actor or actress will come at the right moment, equipped to suit the time. Handicaps can be overcome. Something of acting can be taught, but the art of acting is... |
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Adams, John Quincy
...nullification, the imposition of a gag rule, and annexation of Texas. In 1841, abolitionists persuaded him to defend the right to freedom of fifty‐three Africans before the Supreme Court in United States v. The Amistad (1841). Justice Joseph Story... |
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Adkins v. Children's Hospital
...faire economics, the Supreme Court in the 1890s fashioned the liberty of contract doctrine, which affirmed the constitutional right of private parties to enter contractual arrangements. This doctrine curtailed the power of government to interfere with contractual... |
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AESTHETICS
...beautiful from the ugly, and to know when it is not right to make such judgements at all; it is also often...inspiration or grace, to good breeding or the right social background, to the right kind of teacher, to proper observance of the rulings... |
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African National Congress
...Congress (ANC) South African political party. It was formed in 1912 with the aim of securing racial equality and full political rights for non-whites. by the 1950s, the ANC was the principal opposition to the apartheid regime. A military wing, Umkhonte... |
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African American Religion
...employment, education, recreation, and health care. Black churchgoers marched, sang, and prayed in support of the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr., himself a Baptist preacher and member of the Progressive National Convention of America... |
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Afrika Korps
...Italian C-in-C in North Africa, and through him to the Italian High Command (see Comando Supremo), but as he had the right to appeal to Berlin his independent command was unfettered by Italian wishes or orders. However, he was hamstrung by several... |
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After the Fall
...instantaneously.” These include his first wife, Louise, who berates him for failing to appreciate her as a person in her own right; a onetime friend and fellow Communist, now an informer to a congressional investigating committee; and another friend, also... |
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Part 2 Business and mechanical technology.(Part 3: Q-Z)(Definition)
...Deed--A document by which the seller conveys all his/her rights to the real estate in question but does not give any warranties...deed is usually reserved for clearing title and settling the rights of persons who have claim to the property being transferred... |
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Abacha, Sani
...international pressure for an end to his brutal regime, which increased after his execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other human rights activists. Western sanctions remained ineffective as long as they excluded Nigeria's vital export commodity, oil. He clung... |
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Śabda
...thought) but not expressed; (iv) āhata, sound of all kinds, whether humans can hear it or not. Śabda has power in its own right, not just in speech, especially in mantras or in bells and drums: Śiva's drum (ḍamaru) manifests creation. Śabda-brahman... |
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abolitionism
...criminology. Abolitionists argue that prisons are ineffective, their justification untenable, and their violations of human rights widespread. The abolitionist stance rejects reformism on the grounds that this perpetuates and legitimizes the existing system... |
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abortion
...groups which stress each individual mother's right to choose whether or not to proceed with...v. Wade of 1973, ruled in favour of a ‘right to choose’ as an implied constitutional ‘right to privacy’. However, the problem has... |
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about
...drought, flout, gout, grout, knout, Kraut, lout, mahout, misdoubt, nowt, out, out-and-out, owt, pout, Prout, right about, rout, scout, shout, snout, spout, sprout, stout, thereabout, thereout, throughout, timeout, tout, trout... |
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access rights
access rights (access privileges) A classification of the modes...Thus, the owner of a file will typically have rights to read, write, or delete the file. Some or all these rights may also be granted to other users on the system... |
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address
address †make straight or right; †accoutre, dress; †direct; refl. apply oneself to XIV; direct (words or speech) to XV; speak directly to XVIII. — OF... |
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Adharma
Adharma (Skt.). In Hinduism, the opposite of dharma, synonym of pāpa: evil, sin, what is not right or natural, or according to śāstras.Adharma is personified in Hindu mythology as the son of Brahmā and brother of Dharma, born from Brahmā's back. |
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affirmative action
...candidate's educational opportunities at high school, and in this way employed more sensitive measures of discrimination ensuring continuous above-average access to minorities candidates.Civil Rights Acts (US); civil rights movement |
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aide
aide • noun an aide to the supervisorsynonyms: assistant, helper, adviser, right-hand man, man/girl Friday, adjutant, deputy, second-in-command, second; subordinate, junior, underling, acolyte. |
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angle
angle1 • noun 1. a right angle | the angle of the wallssynonyms: intersection, inclination; projection, corner, bend, fork, nook, niche, recess, elbow. 2... |
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approve
...past, and the woman in question might have to certify that she possesses the necessary training and qualifications. But to ratify a constitutional amendment granting equal rights to women requires a lengthy set of legislative procedures. |
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apropos
...synonyms: appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apposite, apt, applicable, suitable, germane, fitting, befitting, material; right on.antonym: inappropriate. phrase: apropos of nothing apropos of nothing, she started speaking only in rhymesynonyms: irrelevantly... |
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arrow
arrow • noun 1. a bow and arrow synonyms: shaft, bolt, dart; historical quarrel. 2. the arrow pointed right synonyms: pointer, indicator, marker, needle. |
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astray
astray • adverb/adjective 1. go astray in the fogsynonyms: off course, off the right track, adrift; lost. 2. led astray by wicked mensynonyms: into wrongdoing, into error/sin, to the bad. |
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basic
basic • adjective 1. basic human rights synonyms: fundamental, essential, primary, principal, cardinal, elementary, elemental, quintessential, intrinsic, central... |
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boss
...number one, kingpin, boss man, boss lady, top dog, bigwig, big cheese, head honcho, big kahuna. • verb you have no right to boss me around synonyms: order around, dictate to, lord it over, bully, push around, domineer, dominate, pressurize... |
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bright
...USAGE NOTES brilliant, effulgent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining Looking for just the right word to capture the quality of the light on a moonlit night or a summer day? All of these adjectives describe an intense... |
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champion
...flag-bearer. 3. historical the king's champion synonyms: knight, man-at-arms, warrior. • verb championing the rights of refugees synonyms: advocate, promote, defend, uphold, support, back, stand up for, take someone's part; campaign... |
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European Exploration of North America, 1000-1682 CE -- North America,United...
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