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  • 31Orphan —   [engl.], Schusterjunge …

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  • 32orphan — [n] child without parents foundling, ragamuffin*, stray, waif; concept 414 …

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  • 33Orphan drug — An orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that has been developed specifically to treat a rare medical condition, the condition itself being referred to as an orphan disease. The assignment of orphan status to a disease and to any drugs developed… …

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  • 34Orphan film — For the film, see Orphan (film). An orphan film is a motion picture work that has been abandoned by its owner or copyright holder; also, any film that has suffered neglect. Contents 1 History 2 Definition 3 Movement …

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  • 35Orphan Drug Act of 1983 — The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 is a law passed in the United States designed to facilitate the development and commercialization of drugs to treat rare diseases, termed orphan drugs. Orphan drug designation does not indicate that the therapeutic is… …

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  • 36Orphan works in the United States — An orphan work is a copyright work where it is difficult or impossible to identify or contact the copyright owner. See United States copyright law Contents 1 Orphan works 1.1 Public Domain Enhancement Act 1.2 Copyright Office study …

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  • 37ORPHAN, ORPHANAGE — Treatment of Orphans Communal concern for orphaned children has deep roots in Jewish tradition, and numerous biblical commandments stress the importance of providing for them. Along with the widow (almanah), resident alien (ger), and Levite… …

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  • 38Orphan works — Intellectual property law Primary rights Copyright · authors rights  …

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  • 39Orphan Train — The Orphan Train was a social experiment that transported children from crowded coastal cities of the United States to the country s Midwest for adoption. The orphan trains ran between 1854 and 1929, relocating an estimated 200,000 orphaned,… …

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  • 40Orphan — For other uses, see Orphan (disambiguation). Orphans by Thomas Kennington An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός[1]) is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents …

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