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veritable
VERITABLE, codename for an operation carried out by Crerar's First Canadian Army, with the British 30th Corps under command, to clear the Germans from east of Nijmegen in the Netherlands south-east to the Lower Rhine in preparation for the Rhine crossings. After a preliminary operation (BLACKCOCK)... Read more |
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fetishism
fetishism in psychiatry, a paraphilia (see perversion, sexual ) in which erotic interest and satisfaction are centered on an inanimate object or a specific, nongenital part of the anatomy. Generally occurring in males, fetishism frequently centers on a garment (e.g., underclothing or high-heeled... Read more |
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Accusation
ACCUSATION A formal criminal charge against a person alleged to have committed an offense punishable by law, which is presented before a court or a magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire into the alleged crime. The sixth amendment to the Constitution provides in part that a person accused of a... Read more |
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Saint Stephen (Christian martyr)
Saint Stephen d. AD 36?, first Christian martyr, stoned at Jerusalem. He was one of the seven deacons. Accused of blasphemy, he was brought before the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. His speech defending his beliefs further enraged his accusers, who were Hellenistic Jews, and he was taken out and stoned... Read more |
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Stephen Fuller Austin
Stephen Fuller Austin 1793-1836, American leader of colonization in Texas, known as the Father of Texas, b. Wythe co., Va.; son of Moses Austin. He grew up in Missouri, studied at Transylvania Univ. in Kentucky, served (1814-20) in the Missouri territorial legislature, and was studying law in New... Read more |
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Beguines
Beguines , religious associations of women in Europe, established in the 12th cent. The members, who took no vows and were not subject to the rules of any order, were usually housed in individual cottages and devoted themselves to charitable works; their community was called a beguinage. Until the... Read more |
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Domestic violence
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE All states made "wife beating" illegal by 1920. However, only since the 1970s has the criminal justice system begun to treat domestic violence as a serious crime, not as a private family matter. Domestic violence is any physical, sexual, or psychological abuse that people use... Read more |
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Stephen Phillips
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