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  • 81out of commission — Commission Com*mis sion, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. [1913 Webster] Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South. [1913… …

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  • 82The United States Christian Commission — Commission Com*mis sion, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. [1913 Webster] Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South. [1913… …

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  • 83The United States Sanitary Commission — Commission Com*mis sion, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. [1913 Webster] Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South. [1913… …

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  • 84To put a vessel out of commission — Commission Com*mis sion, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. [1913 Webster] Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South. [1913… …

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  • 85investigate — [c]/ɪnˈvɛstəgeɪt / (say in vestuhgayt) verb (investigated, investigating) –verb (t) 1. to search or inquire into; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail. 2. to examine in order to obtain the true facts: to investigate a… …

  • 86Empire and Communications — is a book published in 1950 by University of Toronto professor Harold Innis. It is based on six lectures Innis delivered at Oxford University in 1948. [Watson, John Alexander. (2006) Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis . Toronto:… …

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  • 87pass — I Permission to pass; a license to go or come; a certificate, emanating from authority, wherein it is declared that a designated person is permitted to go beyond certain boundaries which, without such authority, he could not lawfully pass. Also a …

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  • 88United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department — The United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department is a defunct a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. History of the United States Constitution provides that : No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in… …

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  • 89Suppression of English Monasteries Under Henry VIII —     Suppression of English Monasteries under Henry VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Suppression of English Monasteries under Henry VIII     From any point of view the destruction of the English monasteries by Henry VIII must be regarded as one… …

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  • 90investigate — in•ves•ti•gate [[t]ɪnˈvɛs tɪˌgeɪt[/t]] v. gat•ed, gat•ing 1) to search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail 2) to examine the particulars of so as to learn about something hidden, unique, or complex, esp. in an attempt to find a… …

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