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  • 1advise — /ad vuyz /, v., advised, advising. v.t. 1. to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious. 2. to recommend as desirable, wise, prudent, etc.: He advised secrecy. 3. to give (a person, group, etc …

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  • 2The Seal of Confession —     The Law of the Seal of Confession     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession     In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …

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  • 3biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 4Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program — Congressional inquiries and investigations Three days after news broke about the Terrorist Surveillance Program, a bipartisan group of Senators Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California, Carl Levin of Michigan, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republicans… …

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  • 5NSA warrantless surveillance controversy — For the related controversy about data mining of domestic call records see NSA call database. National Security Agency logo The NSA warrantless surveillance controversy (AKA Warrantless Wiretapping ) concerns surveillance of persons within the… …

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  • 6international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 7Venona project — The VENONA project was a long running secret collaboration of the United States and United Kingdom intelligence agencies involving cryptanalysis of messages sent by intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union, the majority during World War II.… …

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  • 8Carl Friedrich Goerdeler — Infobox Person name = Carl Friedrich Goerdeler caption = birth date = Birth date|1884|07|31 birth place = Schneidemühl, Germany (modern Piła, Poland) death date = Death date|1945|2|2 death place = Berlin party=DNVP spouse = Anneliese Ulrich… …

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  • 9Switzerland — /swit seuhr leuhnd/, n. a republic in central Europe. 7,248,984; 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Cap.: Bern. French, Suisse. German, Schweiz. Italian, Svizzera. Latin, Helvetia. * * * Switzerland Introduction Switzerland Background: Switzerland s …

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  • 10Alger Hiss — Infobox Person name = Alger Hiss image size =300px caption =Alger Hiss testifying birth name = birth date = Birth date|1904|11|11 birth place = Baltimore, Maryland, USA death date = Death date and age|1996|11|15|1904|11|11 death place =Lenox Hill …

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