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  • 51Olga Maynard — (January 16, 1913 – December 26, 1994).[1] Writer and educator on theater arts, author of articles and monographs on dance and dancers. Her published books are on ballet, modern dance, opera and the integration of performing arts into general… …

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  • 52Sexuality in the People's Republic of China — has undergone revolutionary changes and this sexual revolution still continues today.The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality: China, [http://www2.hu berlin.de/sexology/IES/china.html#0 Demographics and a Historical Perspective] ] Chinese… …

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  • 53autocatalysis — autocatalytic /aw toh kat l it ik/, adj. autocatalytically, adv. /aw toh keuh tal euh sis/, n., pl. autocatalyses / seez /. Chem., Biochem. catalysis caused by a catalytic agent formed during a reaction. [1890 95; AUTO 1 + CATALYSIS] * * * …

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  • 54Leninism — /len euh niz euhm/, n. the form of Communism as taught by Lenin, with emphasis on the dictatorship of the proletariat. [1915 20; LENIN + ISM] * * * Principles expounded by Vladimir Ilich Lenin to guide the transition of society from capitalism to …

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  • 55stimulus — I noun activator, animator, arouser, calcar, catalyst, catalytic agent, cause, drive, encouragement, excitant, fillip, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitamentum, incitement, inducement, influence, inritamentum, motivating force, motive,… …

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  • 56autocatalysis — au•to•ca•tal•y•sis [[t]ˌɔ toʊ kəˈtæl ə sɪs[/t]] n. pl. ses [[t] ˌsiz[/t]] biochem. chem. catalysis caused by a catalytic agent formed during a chemical reaction • Etymology: 1890–95 au to•cat a•lyt′ic ˌkæt lˈɪt ɪk adj …

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  • 57carrier — [kar′ē ər] n. [ME carier < carien, CARRY] 1. a person or thing that carries, as one who delivers mail or newspapers, or a train, bus, airplane, etc. 2. a) a person or company in the business of transporting goods or passengers b) a company in… …

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  • 58car|ri|er — «KAR ee uhr», noun. 1. a) a person or thing that carries something. A postman is a mail carrier. A porter is a baggage carrier. b) a bearer; messenger: »A jungle safari usually has water carriers. Troubadours and peddlers were often carriers of… …

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  • 59ETHICAL LITERATURE — (Heb. סִפְרוּת הַמּוּסָר, sifrut ha musar). There is no specific ethical literature as such in the biblical and talmudic period insofar as a systematic formulation of Jewish ethics is concerned. Even the wisdom literature of the Bible, though… …

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  • 60catalysis — catalytic /kat l it ik/, adj., n. catalytical, adj. catalytically, adv. /keuh tal euh sis/, n., pl. catalyses / seez /. 1. Chem. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst. 2. an action between two or more… …

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