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  • 11democracy — /di mok reuh see/, n., pl. democracies. 1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2. a state… …

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  • 12Giant-Landover — Infobox Company company name = Giant Food LLC company company type = Subsidiary of Royal Ahold foundation = 1936 location = Landover, Maryland key people = Robin Michel, Executive Vice President and General Manager industry = Retail products =… …

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  • 13Confucianism — Confucianist, n., adj. /keuhn fyooh sheuh niz euhm/, n. the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and… …

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  • 14Eufaula, Oklahoma — Infobox Settlement official name = Eufaula, Oklahoma settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Eufaula shown in Oklahoma mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type =… …

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  • 15John Ross Robertson — (December 28 1841 ndash; 31 May 1918) was a Canadian newspaper publisher, politician, and philanthropist in Toronto, Ontario.Born in Toronto, the son of son of John Robertson and Margaret Sinclair, Robertson was educated at Upper Canada College,… …

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  • 16philanthropy — n 1. benevolence, beneficence, helpfulness, ministration, ministry, public or social service, do goodism; charity, Latin, caritas. almsgiving, charitableness, munificence, generosity, bounty, bountifulness, liberality, liberalness, open… …

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  • 17Union League Club of New York — Union League clubs, which are legally separate but share similar histories and maintain reciprocal links with one another, are also located in Chicago and Philadelphia. Defunct Union League Clubs were located in Brooklyn and New Haven.HistoryThe… …

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  • 18Machiavelli, Niccolo — (1469 1527)    Florentine political theorist, statesman, and historian, commonly regarded as the greatest political thinker of the Renaissance. His keen analysis of the realities of power and the foundations of political success was so often… …

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  • 19Ziya Gökalp — (born Mehmed Ziya; March 23 1876, Diyarbakır October 25 1924, İstanbul) was a sociologist, writer, and poet. In 1908, after a Young Turk revolution, he adopted the pen name Gökalp ( sky hero ), which he retained for the rest of his life. As a… …

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  • 20John Brough — Infobox Governor name =John Brough order =26th office =Governor of Ohio term start =January 11, 1864 term end =August 29, 1865 lieutenant =Charles Anderson predecessor =David Tod successor =Charles Anderson birth date =September 17, 1811 birth… …

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