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  • 101The Church —     The Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church     The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… …

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  • 102persuade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. induce, prevail upon, win [over]; convince, satisfy, assure. See belief, cause, influence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To influence] Syn. convince, move, induce, satisfy, inveigle, assure, cajole,… …

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  • 103KOOK (Kuk), ABRAHAM ISAAC — (1865–1935), rabbinical authority and thinker; first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of modern Ereẓ Israel. Born in Greiva (now Griva), Latvia, Kook received the type of Jewish education that was customary in 19th century Eastern Europe. At a very early… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 104Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program — Congressional inquiries and investigations Three days after news broke about the Terrorist Surveillance Program, a bipartisan group of Senators Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California, Carl Levin of Michigan, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republicans… …

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  • 105Eugenics — is the self direction of human evolution : Logo from the Second International Eugenics Conference, 1921, depicting Eugenics as a tree which unites a variety of different fields.[1] Eugenics is the applied science or the bio social movement which… …

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  • 106Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 — The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) is United States federal legislation that officially ensured the deregulation of financial products known as over the counter derivatives. It was signed into law on December 21, 2000 by… …

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  • 107Honorius III —     Pope Honorius III     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius III     (Cencio Savelli)     Born at Rome, date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 18 March, 1227. For a time he was canon at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, then he became papal… …

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  • 108Pope Honorius III —     Pope Honorius III     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius III     (Cencio Savelli)     Born at Rome, date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 18 March, 1227. For a time he was canon at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, then he became papal… …

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  • 109Hizb ut-Tahrir — Infobox Political Party party name = Hizb ut Tahrir rtl ar. حزب التحرير colorcode = #008000 party leader = Ata Abu Rashta foundation = 1953 founder = Taqiuddin al Nabhani ideology = Pan Islamism headquarters = Unknown international = Worldwide… …

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  • 110Clergy Letter Project — The Clergy Letter Project is an project that maintains statements in support of the teaching of evolution and in opposition to the teaching of creationism in public schools and collects signatures in support of the letter from American Christian …

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