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  • 91discourage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. depress, dishearten, dismay; dissuade, deter. See dejection, dissuasion, fear.Ant., encourage, persuade. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dishearten] Syn. dispirit, dampen, dismay, daunt, intimidate,… …

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  • 92deterrent — {{11}} 1829; see DETER (Cf. deter) + ENT (Cf. ent). {{12}} 1829, noun and adj., in Bentham, from L. deterrentem, prp. of deterrere (see DETER (Cf. deter)). In reference to nuclear weapons, from 1954 …

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  • 93Tragedy of the anticommons — The tragedy of the anticommons is a neologism coined by Michael Heller to describe a coordination breakdown where the existence of numerous rightsholders frustrates achieving a socially desirable outcome. The term mirrors the older term tragedy… …

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  • 94Closed-circuit television — CCTV redirects here. For other uses, see CCTV (disambiguation). For the Chinese television station, see China Central Television. Surveillance cameras on a corner. Closed circuit television (CCTV) is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal… …

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  • 95Mimicry — For other uses, see Mimic (disambiguation). Plate from Henry Walter Bates (1862) illustrating Batesian mimicry between Dismorphia species (top row, third row) and various Ithomiini (Nymphalidae, second row, bottom row) In …

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  • 96RAF Marham — Infobox Military Unit unit name = Royal Air Force Station Marham caption = Station crest dates = August 1915 (as Royal Naval Air Station) ndash; present country = United Kingdom branch = Royal Air Force command structure = British Armed Forces,… …

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  • 97Workhouse — Former workhouse in Nantwich, dating from 1780 In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a …

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  • 98United States Border Patrol — For other uses of Border Patrol , see Border Patrol (disambiguation). United States Border Patrol Common name Border Patrol Abbreviation USBP …

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