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  • 21snowbound — confined confined adj. 1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; usually a building. Opposite of {unconfined}. Note: [Narrower terms: {claustrophobic}; {close, confining}; {homebound, housebound, shut in}; {in childbed(prenominal)}; …

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  • 22stormbound storm-bound — confined confined adj. 1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; usually a building. Opposite of {unconfined}. Note: [Narrower terms: {claustrophobic}; {close, confining}; {homebound, housebound, shut in}; {in childbed(prenominal)}; …

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  • 23weather-bound — confined confined adj. 1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; usually a building. Opposite of {unconfined}. Note: [Narrower terms: {claustrophobic}; {close, confining}; {homebound, housebound, shut in}; {in childbed(prenominal)}; …

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  • 24prisoner — noun Date: 14th century 1. a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody; especially one on trial or in prison 2. someone restrained as if in prison < a prisoner of her own conscience > …

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  • 25Lunatic — A lunatic (colloquially: looney or loon ) is a commonly used term for a person who is mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable: a condition once called lunacy.Linguistic rootsThe word lunatic is borrowed from Latin lunaticus , which&#8230; …

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  • 26Ombudsman — An ombudsman (conventional English plural: ombudsmen) is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent&#8230; …

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  • 27Inter-American Commission on Human Rights — Abbreviation IACHR Formation 1959 Purpose/focus Human Rights monitoring in the Americas Location Washington, D.C., United States …

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  • 28Yellow-dog contract — A yellow dog contract (or a yellow dog contract or a yellow dog clause [ [http://www.jargondatabase.com/Jargon.aspx?id=795 JargonDatabase.com definition] ] of a contract) is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee&#8230; …

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  • 29Bell v. Wolfish — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Bell v. Wolfish ArgueDate=January 16 ArgueYear=1979 DecideDate=May 14 DecideYear=1979 FullName=Griffin Bell, Attorney General, et al. v. Wolfish, et al. USVol=441 USPage=520 Citation=99 S. Ct. 1861; 60 L. Ed. 2d 447; …

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  • 30Slavery in ancient Greece — Funerary stele of Mnesarete; a young servant (left) is facing her dead mistress.[1] Attica, circa 380 BC. (Glyptothek, Munich, Germany) Slavery was common practice …

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