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  • 111Buenos Aires Conference, 1936 —    Concerned about the possible impact of conflict in Europe on the western hemisphere, Franklin D. Roosevelt called for an Inter American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, which met in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the Buenos Aires… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

  • 112Emergency Relief Appropriations Act, 1937 —    Concerned about the continuing cost of relief and the need to balance the federal budget, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked for only $1.5 billion in relief spending for 1937 1938. The Emergency Relief Appropriations Act of 1937, passed on… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

  • 113good thing, on to a —  Concerned with something promising …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 114galvanic — concerned with an electrical current …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 115worldly — Concerned with the enjoyments of this present existence; secular, not religious, spiritual, or holy. Commonwealth ex rel. Woodruff v American Baseball Club, 290 Pa 136, 138 A 497, 53 ALR 1027. Of or pertaining to the world or the present state of …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 116education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

    Universalium

  • 117literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

    Universalium

  • 118Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …

    Universalium

  • 119Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …

    Universalium

  • 120geology — /jee ol euh jee/, n., pl. geologies. 1. the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is… …

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