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  • ...earch=spectacle&searchmode=none] The term "spectacle" has also been a term of art in [[theater]] dating from the 17th century in [[English language|Engli ...[[Circus]]es, in the rather famous philosophy of the [[Rome|Roman]] elite of "Bread and Circuses" to maintain civil order due to the an inability to sol
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  • ...", meaning something in the vein of "that through which the actor speaks", i.e. a mask (early [[Greek]] actors wore masks). ...udy of [[communication]], persona is a term given to describe the versions of self that all [[individuals]] possess. [[Behaviours]] are selected accordin
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  • ...example is [https://www.columbia.edu Columbia University]'s aborted launch of [https://www.fathom.com Fathom.com] (logo at right) one the first serious e ...of the imperial yard. Formerly, the term was used for any of several units of length varying around 5 and 5½ feet.
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  • ...Proemial Annotations of Volume I of the [[Douay-Rheims Bible|Old Testament of Douay]] A comparative list can be found in the article on [[books of the Bible]]. For extra-biblical works sometimes referred to as ''apocrypha
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  • ...anged [[meaning]] into our modern concept of "serf". This meaning fell out of use by the 1700s, but the current meaning was first used in 1611. The term ...er of a servile feudal class bound to the [[land]] and subject to the will of its owner
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  • ..._arms-2006_11_30_murraybuckley.svg.png|right|frame|<center>Carthusian Coat of Arms</center>]] ...he order has its own Rule, called the ''Statutes'', rather than the [[Rule of St Benedict]] (as is often erroneously reported) and combines [[Hermit|erem
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  • ...ll as [[erotic]] and love poems. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits. ...aul%27s Dean of St Paul's Cathedral] in London. He also served as a member of parliament in 1601 and in 1614.
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  • <center>A '''disciple''' is a follower and student of a [[mentor]], [[teacher]], or other [[wisdom|wise]] figure.</center> ...ME. di-, deciple, a. OF. deciple, semi-popular ad. L. discipul-us. Both in OF. and ME., deciple was gradually conformed to the L. spelling as disciple; M
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  • *2 : a [[system]] of [[social]] [[organization]] in which descent and inheritance are traced thr ...arch already in the early 17th century. By [[contrast]], gynæcocracy "rule of women" has been in use since the 17th century, building on an actual [[Gree
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  • *2. The means of bringing about a gentle and easy death. Also transf. and fig. ...proposal that the [[law]] should sanction the putting painlessly to death of those suffering from incurable and extremely painful diseases.
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  • ...ovements''' are a type of |group action. They are large informal groupings of [[individual]]s and/or [[organization]]s [[focus]]ed on specific [[politics ...ovements. However others point out that many of the major social movements of the last hundred years grew up, like the Mau Mau in Kenya, to oppose Wester
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  • ...f others. Telepathy, along with [[psychokinesis]] forms the main branches of [[parapsychological]] research, and many studies seeking to detect and unde ...lly enabled telepathy, called "techlepathy", will be the inevitable future of humanity, and seek to develop practical, safe devices for directly connecti
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  • ...nt school]] for boys, between [[Hurtmore]] and [[Godalming]] in the county of [[Surrey]]. ...London|Smithfield]] (see [[London Charterhouse|Charterhouse]]), it is one of the original nine English public schools as defined by the [[Public Schools
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  • ...sense, [[Cornelius Van Til]] argued that there "is no alternative but that of theonomy or [[autonomy]]" (Christian Theistic Ethics p. 134). Among Reforme ...ormers and [[Puritans]]. Some in the modern Reformed churches are critical of this understanding,[2] while other Calvinists affirm Theonomy.[3]
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  • [[Image:Magna_carta_thumb.jpg|right|"Magna Carta to which King John of England agreed in 1215"]] ...ething up, or establishing something; the [[composition]] or [[structure]] of such a thing; its [[makeup]].
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  • [[Image:Sovgood.jpg|right|frame|<center>a [[state]] of [[love]]?</center>]] ...upreme lawmaking authority, subject to no other, and most often the [[head of state]]. Thus the legal maxim, "there is no law without a sovereign."
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  • ...The musical broke new ground in [[musical theatre]] by defining the genre of the "rock musical", utilizing a racially-integrated cast, and by inviting t ...''Hair'' ranked tenth in a [[BBC Radio 2]] listener [[Opinion poll|poll]] of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals" ("Nation" referring to the [[U
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  • ...,400 illustrative [[quotation]]s. The latest, complete ''printed'' edition of the dictionary (Second Edition, 1989) was 20 volumes, comprising 21,730 pag ...tempt recording a word's most known uses and variants in ''all'' varieties of English, worldwide, past, and present; per the 1933 Preface:
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  • ...self-development, peak or [[mysticism|mystical experiences]], experiences of living. ...by psychologists who are focused on the personal and developmental aspects of the human psyche.
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  • '''The Episcopal Church''' is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. ...copalchurch.org/visitors_8950_ENG_HTM.htm What makes us Anglican?Hallmarks of the Episcopal Church]
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  • At the temple of religion on Lake Urmia Jesus delivered a series of lectures: ...tements as they stand after having been edited by the Melchizedek chairman of the revelatory commission.”
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  • ...theories based on [[dualism]] or [[pluralism]]. For singular explanations of the phenomenal [[reality]], materialism would be in contrast to [[idealism] <center>For lessons on the topic of '''''Materialism''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?tit
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  • ...he [[tradition]]al [[purpose]] of science fiction, making it a "literature of [[ideas]]".[1] Science fiction is largely based on writing entertainingly a ...ve [[timelines]], or in a historical past that contradicts known [[facts]] of [[history]] or the [[Archaeology|archeological]] record
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  • ...o]] or to reform society slowly, while others seek to return to the values of an earlier time, the [[status quo ante]]. ...[[Stalinists]], or the reformers who have adopted the [[right-wing]] views of modern conservatives such as [[Margaret Thatcher]]?"<ref>[https://political
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  • ...tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph]'s people, and he did this of his own [[free will]]. ...ely decided to finish his life on [[earth]] and to complete his [[career]] of [[mortal]] [[existence]] in the same [[land]] in which he entered the [[hum
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  • ...nterpreting of the [[meaning]] of a [[text]] and the subsequent production of an equivalent text, likewise called a "translation," that [[communication|c ...nto account constraints that include [[context]], the rules of [[grammar]] of the two languages, their writing conventions, and their idioms. A common mi
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  • ===Topic: ''Healing of This Distraught World''=== Team members present: Roxanne Andrews, James Travis, Sherille Raphael, Rick Brunson, Craig Carmichael, Liz Cratty, Jeff
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  • ...ssance]] in the sixteenth century. It is defined partly by the [[process]] of rediscovering the ancient culture developed in Greece and Rome in the [[cla The [[history]] of medieval philosophy is traditionally divided into three main periods:
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  • ...primary methods, and the text that is written as a result of the practice of anthropology and its elements. ...criticisms of [[post-colonialism|post-colonial]] oppression and promotion of [[multiculturalism]].
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  • ...d=b-8cONT4lHIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=life+of+samuel+johnson#PPP13,M1 Life of Samuel Johnson]''. ...The Life of Richard Savage'', the poems "London |London'' and ''The Vanity of Human Wishes'', and the play ''Irene''.
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  • ...g class [[social movement|political movement]] that criticized the effects of industrialization and private ownership on society. [[Karl Marx]] posited t ...], the first [[individual]] to coin to term "socialism" and the originator of technocracy and industrial planning. The first socialists predicted a world
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  • ...ent has ever officially and publicly asserted that UFOs represent any form of alien intelligence. <center>For lessons on the topic of '''''Ufology''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=C
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  • ...[[demonstrating]] [[consciousness]] of the "[[spiritual]] [[counterpart]] of [[material]] [[knowledge]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title ...wiki/1972 1972], but only intermittently thereafter. During its four years of regular publication, the Catalog earned a reputation, a following, and a [h
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  • ...wake]]</center><center>by [[August Jaccaci]]</center><center>painting by [[James Wyeth]]</center>]] ...he official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on January 1.
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  • ...erm "communism" is sometimes used to refer to communist [[state]]s, a form of government in which the state operates under a one-party system and declare ...alists or social democrats, slowly drifted away from the [[radical]] views of Marx after his death in 1883; other communists, like [[Vladimir Lenin]], co
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  • ...s_Auge_am_Tor_des_Aachener_Dom_2.jpg|right|frame|<center>An all-seeing eye of [[providence]].</center>]] ...chieving communion, [[Unio Mystica|identity]] with, or conscious awareness of ultimate [[reality]], the [[Other]], [[divinity]], [[Spirituality|spiritual
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  • ...u]], "the Lost City of the Incas," has become the most recognizable symbol of the [[Inca]] civilization.</center>]] ...up normally defined as a [[complex society]] characterized by the practice of [[agriculture]] and settlement in [[city|cities]].
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  • A '''home''' is a place of residence or refuge. [https://dictionary.reference.com/browse/home] It is u ...in social evolution. The family is the [[channel]] through which the river of culture and [[knowledge]] flows from one generation to another.([[84:0]])
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  • <center>Restricted to one or few [[persons]] instead of available to the wider [[community]]. (contrast with [[public]]).</center> <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Privacy''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=C
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