preserving stability
1General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan) — GID redirects here. For other uses, see GID (disambiguation). General Intelligence Department (GID) دائرة المخابرات العامة Official Seal of the GID Agency over …
2Communist Party of China — 中国共产党 Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng The emblem of the Communist Party of China. General Secretary Hu Jintao …
3Magnus VI of Norway — Magnus VI Lagabøte King of Norway Co reign Solo reign 1257 1263 1263–1280 …
4Dairat al-Mukhabarat al-Ammah — ) (translated: General Intelligence Department, or GID) is the Jordanian Intelligence Agency.Law and EstablishmentGID was established in accordance with the Act 24 for the year 1964 which went through all its constitutional stages.GID Director is …
5cognitive dissonance — Psychol. anxiety that results from simultaneously holding contradictory or otherwise incompatible attitudes, beliefs, or the like, as when one likes a person but disapproves strongly of one of his or her habits. [1960 65] * * * Mental conflict… …
6New Zealand — New Zealander. /zee leuhnd/ a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 3,587,275; 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Cap.: Wellington …
7co-optation — A term devised by Philip Selznick (see TVA and the Grass Roots 1949), to refer to a political process found especially in formally democratic or committee governed organizations and systems, as a way of managing opposition and so preserving… …
8Preservation of illuminated manuscripts — Preserving parchment becomes more difficult when pigments, inks, and illumination are added into the equation. Pigments do not dye parchment; instead, they lie on the surface of the parchment and so are rather fragile. [ Jenkins, Penny. “Printing …
9Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …
10Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
