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41Land reform — Land reforms (also agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning) is an often controversial alteration in the societal arrangements whereby government administers possession and use of land. Land reform may consist of a government… …
42japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
43Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
44APOTROPOS — ( Guardian ). The Concept The term apotropos (Heb. סֹופ ֹור ְט ֹופַא) for guardianship in Jewish law is derived from the Greek ἁπότροπος and means the father of minors or the guardian or custodian of another s affairs (see Maimonides to Mishnah,… …
451948 Palestinian exodus — Palestinian refugees in 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus (Arabic: الهجرة الفلسطينية, al Hijra al Filasṭīnīya), also known as the Nakba (Arabic: النكبة, an Nakbah, lit. disaster , catastrophe , or cataclysm ),[1] …
46City of Bell scandal — Robert Rizzo redirects here. For the German musician, see Robert Hunecke Rizzo. City of Bell   City   …
47Norm Coleman — For the former Secretary of Agriculture, see Norman Jay Coleman. Norm Coleman United States Senator from Minnesota In office January 3 …
48land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… …
49ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
50Jones v. Flowers — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Jones v. Flowers ArgueDate=January 17 ArgueYear=2006 DecideDate=April 26 DecideYear=2006 FullName=Gary Kent Jones v. Linda K. Flowers and Mark Wilcox, Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands USVol=547 USPage=220 Citation=126 S.… …
