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  • 1demoted tenancy — England, Wales A one year probationary public sector residential tenancy. A social landlord can apply for a demotion order where a tenant has engaged in anti social behaviour or used the premises for unlawful purposes (section 82A, Housing Act… …

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  • 2Demoted — Demote De*mote , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoting}.] [Pref. de + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.] To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one s employment, or in school; to assign to a lower …

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  • 3demoted — de·mote || ‚diː məʊt v. lower in rank or position …

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  • 4be demoted — index fail (lose) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5was demoted — was brought down in level, level was decreased …

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  • 6given new responsibilities —    demoted    The new responsibilities are invariably less demanding or rewarding than those relinquished:     ... the two existing top managers... have been given new responsibilities. (Daily Telegraph, 2 September 1994, under the headline… …

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  • 7Emperor Gaozong of Tang — (zh cp|c=唐高宗|p=Táng Gāozōng) (July 21, 628 [ [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2 dyna=%AD%F0 king=%A4%D3%A9v reign=%ADs%C6%5B yy=2 ycanzi= mm=6 dd= dcanzi=%A9%B0%B1G 兩千年中西曆轉換 ] ] December 27, 683 [… …

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  • 8Wu Zetian — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu. Wu Zetian Empress Regnant of the Zhou Dynasty Empress of Zhou Dynasty …

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  • 9Niu-Li Factional Struggles — (Chinese: 牛李黨爭; pinyin: Níu Lǐ Dǎngzhēng) referred to the phenomenon that persisted at court in the middle late Tang Dynasty of China largely viewed to have started during the reign of Emperor Muzong, circa 821, but having its seeds in the events …

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  • 10Li Linfu — (李林甫) (d. January 3, 753 [ [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2 dyna=%AD%F0 king=%A5%C8%A9v reign=%A4%D1%C4 yy=11 ycanzi= mm=11 dd=24 dcanzi= 兩千年中西曆轉換 ] ] ), nickname Genu (哥奴), formally the Duke of Jin (晉公), was an official… …

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