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  • 81List of 2006 human rights incidents in Egypt — The following is a list of notable events concerning human rights in Egypt in 2006. Although there is no single accepted definition of what constitutes a human rights incident in common use, those listed here are commonly called either human… …

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  • 82List of journalists killed in Russia — This is list of journalists who have been killed in Russia, compiled based on data of Russian based Glasnost Defense Foundation and the Committee to Protect Journalists [http://www.cpj.org/killed/killed archives/stats.html A database by Committee …

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  • 83List of whistleblowers — * Stanley Adams, a former Hoffmann LaRoche executive, who discovered evidence of price fixing in 1973. He passed the evidence to the European Economic Community, who erroneously leaked Adams name back to Hoffman LaRoche. Adams was arrested for… …

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  • 84Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 — The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (also called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008, USBill|110|H.R.|6304, enacted 2008 07 10) is an Act of Congress that amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. [cite… …

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  • 85election — /i lek sheuhn/, n. 1. the selection of a person or persons for office by vote. 2. a public vote upon a proposition submitted. 3. the act of electing. 4. Theol. the choice by God of individuals, as for a particular work or for favor or salvation.… …

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  • 86evidence — /ev i deuhns/, n., v., evidenced, evidencing. n. 1. that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof. 2. something that makes plain or clear; an indication or sign: His flushed look was visible evidence of his fever. 3.… …

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  • 87japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 88Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 89novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; <&#8230; …

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  • 90William Howard Taft: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Thursday, March 4, 1909       Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office upon which he is about to enter,&#8230; …

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