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  • 101Legal Debate over Same-Sex Marriages — ▪ 2005 Introduction by Andrew Koppelman       Same sex marriage came to the United States in 2004. The Massachusetts Supreme Court decided in November 2003 that the denial of marriage licenses to same sex couples violated the state constitution… …

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  • 102Adobe Systems Incorporated — ▪ American company Introduction       American developer of printing, publishing, and graphics software. Adobe was instrumental in the creation of the desktop publishing industry through the introduction of its PostScript printer language. Its… …

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  • 103Latin American dance — Introduction  dance traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese. These traditions reflect the distinctive mixtures of indigenous (Amerindian), African, and …

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  • 104same-sex marriage — Introduction  the practice of marriage between two males or two females. Although the institution of marriage between male and female partners has been regulated through law, religion, and custom in most countries of the world, the legal and… …

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  • 105Comcast Center (Philadelphia) — Comcast Center Former names One Pennsylvania Plaza General information Type Commercial offices …

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  • 106Darvishan — is a town in the southern province of Helmand in Afghanistan. In January 2010, Darvishan was the theatre of Taliban fanned violent anti American demonstrations, following rumors of a desecration of the Qur an in a U.S. led military operation and… …

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  • 107Sikh holocaust of 1762 (Wadda Ghalughara) — The Waḍḍā Ghallūghārā (Punjabi: ਵੱਡਾ ਘੱਲੂਘਾਰਾ, IPA: [ʋəɖɖɑ kə̀lːugɑ̀ɾɑ]), meaning the great massacre or holocaust was the mass killing of the Sikhs by Muslims[dubious – discuss] that happened during the years of Afghan influence in Punjab… …

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  • 108New York City teachers' strike of 1968 — The New York City teachers strike of 1968 was a months long confrontation between the new community controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill Brownsville section of Brooklyn and New York City’s United Federation of Teachers. The… …

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  • 109fat finger trade — n. An erroneous or inadvertent trade, particularly one that has significant market consequences, caused by a typo. Also: fat finger, fat finger trade, fat fingers trade. Example Citations: A trader at RBS has admitted to making a fat finger trade …

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  • 110aggravated — Synonyms and related words: amplified, angry, annoyed, augmented, bothered, broken, browned off, bugged, burned, burnt up, burst, busted, chafed, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, deliberately provoked, deteriorated, disturbed,… …

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