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  • 22Acquisition — Ac qui*si tion, n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See {Acquire}.] 1. The act or process of acquiring. [1913 Webster] The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (Business, Finance) The… …

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  • 27takeover — take·over / tāk ˌō vər/ n: the acquisition of control or possession (as of a corporation) a hostile takeover Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. takeover …

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  • 28attainment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. accomplishment, fulfillment, feat; see achievement 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. achievement, accomplishment, getting, procurement, securing, acquirement, obtaining, realization, fulfillment, winning, success,… …

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  • 29Learning — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Learning >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 learning learning Sgm: N 1 acquisition of knowledge acquisition of knowledge &c. 490 acquisition of skill &c. 698 Sgm: N 1 acquirement acquirement attainment Sgm: N 1 edification… …

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  • 30MODERN TIMES – FROM THE 1880S TO THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY — introduction effects of anti jewish discrimination in russia pogroms and mass emigration german jewry racism and antisemitism The Economic Crisis of the Early 1930s In Soviet Russia after 1917 new types of social organization contribution to… …

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