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  • 1act — 1 n 1 a: something done by a person in accordance with his or her free will a tortious act see also actus reus b: the failure to do something that one has a legal duty to do – called also negative act; 2 a …

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  • 2violence — noun 1 hurting other people physically ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, excessive, extreme, great, large scale, serious ▪ fresh ▪ There are fears of fresh …

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  • 3act — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 thing that sb does ADJECTIVE ▪ charitable, kind ▪ heroic, selfless ▪ a heroic act of bravery ▪ aggressive …

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  • 4Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2004 — This page is a partial listing of incidents of violence in the Israeli Palestinian conflict in 2004. * IDT = Israeli (civilians/soldiers) killed by Palestinians; cumulative * PDT = Palestinians (unarmed/armed) killed by Israelis; cumulative.… …

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  • 5commit — verb Commit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abuse, ↑act, ↑adultery, ↑assault, ↑atrocity, ↑blasphemy, ↑blunder, ↑breach, ↑burglary, ↑crime, ↑deed, ↑error …

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  • 6Sherman Antitrust Act — Sen. John Sherman (R OH), the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act …

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  • 7REAL ID Act — of 2005 Full title To establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver s license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism related… …

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  • 8Epidemiology of domestic violence — Domestic violence occurs across the world, in various cultures,[1] and affects people across society, irrespective of economic status.[2] In the United States, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics in 1995 women reported a six times… …

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  • 9The Logic of Violence in Civil War — is a book which challenges the conventional view of violence in civil wars as irrational. The main argument is that violence only emerges in those disputed territories, and it is generally driven not by the conflict itself, but by previous… …

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  • 10Domestic violence statistics — attempt to provide statistical measures of domestic violence. IssuesMeasures of the incidence of violence in intimate relationships can differ markedly in their findings depending on the measures used. Care is needed when using domestic violence… …

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