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  • 21scholasticism — /skeuh las teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators. 2. narrow… …

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  • 22Attachment therapy — This article is about a specific form of therapy commonly known as attachment therapy . For therapies based on Bowlby s attachment theory, see Attachment based therapy (children). Attachment therapy is the most commonly used term for a… …

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  • 23Eyeglass prescription — Using a phoropter to determine a prescription for eyeglasses An eyeglass prescription is an order written by an eyewear prescriber, such as an optometrist or ophthalmologist, that specifies the value of all parameters the prescriber has deemed… …

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  • 24List of Gulag camps — This enormous, but far from complete list enumerates sites of Soviet forced labor camps ( corrective labor camps ). Most of them served mining, construction, and timber works. Even this incomplete list can give a fair idea of the scale of forced… …

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  • 25United States Office of Special Counsel — For the other United States offices of special counsel, see U.S. Office of Special Counsel (disambiguation). United States Office of Special Counsel Official seal Agency overview Formed …

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  • 26Intersexuality — is the state of a living thing of a gonochoristic species whose sex chromosomes, genitalia, and/or secondary sex characteristics are determined to be neither exclusively male nor female. An organism with intersex may have biological… …

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  • 27Labor camp — A labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons. Conditions at labor camps vary widely depending on the operators. Labor camps… …

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  • 28comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… …

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  • 29BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …

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  • 30List of English words of Russian origin — Including English, contain words most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are truly fluent Russian or Slavic origin. Some of them co exist in other Slavic languages and it is difficult to decide whether they made… …

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