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• GNU Free Documentation License
  ...tice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be distributed under the terms of this License. Such a notice grants a world-wide, royalty-free license, u ...r with related matters, or of legal, commercial, philosophical, ethical or political position regarding them.
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• William Robertson Smith
  ...tament]], considering that it will reduce the Bible to rational historical terms and omit the supernatural [cf. 3-5]. He replies that the Bible's purpose is ...of then current religious practice. Instead of divination (often used for political convenience or emotional release), here the prophets of [[History of ancien
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• James Louis Garvin
  ...the cornerstone for an effective [[League of Nations]]. When the punitive terms of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] were published, he denounced it in an edito ...during this period. Working from Beaconsfield cut him off from much of the political life of the British capital. A new generation of British politicians emerge
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...utor, Mr. Philips] ranges over nearly the whole field of European history, political, social, ecclesiastical… The grievance is that [this work] lacks ...share names are organised alphabetically by country, then by ever-smaller political divisions.
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  ...technological changes in the environment, as well as those in our social, political, and economic institutions. Adler believed that the moral problems to be so ''Self-realization'' Adler defined as freedom from external coercion, political end economic freedom, etc. This is the kind of freedom that [[Thomas Hobbes
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• Depleted uranium
  ...hyxiate. This ICJ opinion was about nuclear weapons, but the sentence "The terms have been understood, in the practice of States, in their ordinary sense as ..."The question of who carries out the initial monitoring and clean-up is a political rather than scientific question," and "[[Multinational force in Iraq|the co
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• Textile manufacturing
  ===Economic, environmental and political consequences of cotton manufacture=== ...ose of cotton but take account that reeled silk is a continuous fibre. The terms used are different.
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• Work–life balance
  ..., family and spiritual development) on the other. Related, though broader, terms include "lifestyle balance" and "life balance". ...ignore this option, encouraged by prevailing [[consumerist]] culture and a political agenda that has "elevated the work ethic to unprecedented heights and there
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• Emergency management
  ...sasters. Within EU countries the term [[Crisis Management]] emphasises the political and security dimension rather than measures to satisfy the immediate needs ...ess Factors for Disaster Response'', The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 2006; 604; 256</ref> Combining that with the need to [[O
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• Mining
  ...], with the Bank's [[Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency]] offering [[political risk]] insurance.<ref>For an overview of the Bank and mining, see [http://w Mining operations can be grouped into five major categories in terms of their respective resources. These are, oil and gas extraction, coal min
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• Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits
  ...ractice are designed by bankers and merchants and not by legislatures with political and local considerations. The rules accordingly demonstrate the needs, cust ...sary companion to the UCP for determining compliance of documents with the terms of [[letters of credit]]. It is the expectation of the Drafting Group and t
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• List of phobias
  ...pecialists prefer to avoid the suffix ''-phobia'' and use more descriptive terms, see, e.g., [[personality disorders]], [[anxiety disorder]]s, [[avoidant p ...lophobia]] – fear of [[weapon]]s, specifically [[firearm]]s (Generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented).
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...notable historical figures, members of [[royal family|royalty]], current [[political leader]]s, and respected [[teacher]]s or other leaders associated with the ...nal institutions carry the names of members of [[royal family|royalty]] or political leaders who were in power at the time the institutions were established or
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• Cannabis (drug)
  The terms ''cannabis'' or ''[[marijuana (etymology)|marijuana]]'' generally refer to ...e of [[life in prison]] or even [[execution]]. More recently however, many political parties, non-profit organizations and causes based on the legalization of [
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• Trichloroethylene
  ...chloroethane production has been phased out in most of the world under the terms of the [[Montreal Protocol]], and as a result trichloroethylene has experie Political appointees in the EPA sided with the Pentagon and agreed to pull back the r
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• August 1980 Bologna bombing
  A long, troubled and controversial court case and political issue ensued. The relatives of the victims formed an association (''Associa In July 1988, four neo-fascists received life terms for the bombing: [[Valerio Fioravanti]] (23 at the time of the blast), his
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• Eric Robert Rudolph
  ...his April 13, 2005 [[Wikisource:Statement of Eric Rudolph|statement]], was political: ...s bombings in Atlanta on August 22, 2005, receiving three consecutive life terms. That same day, Rudolph was sent to the [[ADX Florence]] [[Supermax]] feder
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• Centennial Olympic Park bombing
  Rudolph is serving four life terms without the possibility of parole at [[ADX Florence]] supermax prison in Fl ...his April 13, 2005 [[Wikisource:Statement of Eric Rudolph|statement]], was political:
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• Temple Beth Israel (Eugene, Oregon)
  ...gation over a number of issues, including personal antagonisms, the rabbi, political differences over the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]], and ...er-neutral language|gender inclusive]] - for example, using gender-neutral terms and pronouns for [[God]], and adding references to the [[Matriarchs (Bible)
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• Beltway sniper attacks
  ...nvestigators reportedly said they had all but eliminated terrorist ties or political ideologies as a motive.<ref>Horwitz, Ruane ''Sniper: Inside the Hunt for th ...ifying there against Muhammad. Malvo was sentenced to six consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.
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