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  • 2Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction  history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …

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  • 3Robert Andrews Millikan — Infobox Scientist name = Robert A. Millikan imagesize = 180px birth date = birth date|mf=yes|1868|3|22 birth place = Morrison, Illinois, USA nationality = United States death date = death date and age|mf=yes|1953|12|19|1868|3|22 death place = San …

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  • 4healthy — 1 *healthful, wholesome, salubrious, salutary, hygienic, sanitary Analogous words: & Contrasted words: see those at HEALTHFUL 2 Healthy, sound, wholesome, robust, hale, well are comparable when meaning having or manifesting health of mind or body …

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  • 5religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… …

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  • 7Roland Barthes — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image size = 175px image caption = name = Roland Barthes birth = November 12, 1915 death = March 25, 1980 school tradition = Structuralism, Semiotics… …

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  • 8Charles Peirce — Infobox Scientist name = Charles Peirce box width = image size = 200px caption = Charles Peirce birth date = September 10, 1839 birth place = Cambridge, Massachusetts death date = April 19, 1914 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality …

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  • 9WorkChoices — The Workplace Relations Act 1996, as amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment Act 2005, or WorkChoices, which came into effect in March 2006, was the most comprehensive change to industrial relations in Australia in over a century. In 1904… …

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  • 10musical composition — Introduction       the act of conceiving a piece of music, the art of creating music, or the finished product. These meanings are interdependent and presume a tradition in which musical works exist as repeatable entities. In this sense,… …

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