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  • 1Temporary Kings — is a novel by Anthony Powell, the penultimate in his twelve volume masterpiece, A Dance to the Music of Time . It was published in 1973 and remains in print as does the rest of the sequence.The novel introduces a surreal element, mischievously… …

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  • 2Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem — The arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, then president of South Vietnam, marked the culmination of a successful CIA backed coup d état led by General Duong Van Minh in November 1963. On the morning of November 2, 1963, Diem and his adviser …

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  • 3arrest — 1. To stop, check, or restrain. 2. A stoppage; interference with, or checking of, the regular course of a disease, a symptom, or the performance of a function. 3. Inhibition of a developmental process, usually at the ultimate stage of… …

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  • 4arrest of ship — A temporary detention, without design of depriving the owner of the vessel, but to liberate or restore the ship or goods detained, or to pay the value thereof. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1323 …

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  • 5Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act (Singapore) — Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act A police officer equipped with a firearm and handcuffs An Act to make temporary provisions for the maintenance of public order, the control of supplies by sea to Singapore, and the prevention of strikes and …

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  • 6Cardiac arrest — A medical emergency with absent or inadequate contraction of the left ventricle of the heart that immediately causes bodywide circulatory failure. The signs and symptoms include loss of consciousness; rapid shallow breathing progressing to apnea… …

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  • 7Fall arrest — is the form of fall protection which involves the safe stopping of a person already falling. It is one of several forms of fall protection, forms which also include fall guarding (general protection that prevents persons from entering a fall… …

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  • 8Mass arrest — A mass arrest occurs when the police apprehend large numbers of suspects at once. This sometimes occurs at illegal protests. Some mass arrests are also used in an effort combat gang activity.[1] This is sometimes controversial, and lawsuits… …

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  • 9Cardiac Arrest (TV series) — Cardiac Arrest was a controversial medical drama series made for British television by World Productions for the BBC and first broadcast between 1994 and 1996.CreationThe series was created by Jed Mercurio (writing under the pseudonym John… …

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  • 10cardiac arrest — noun Date: 1950 temporary or permanent cessation of the heartbeat …

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