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11Tricycle — For other uses, see Tricycle (disambiguation). A tricycle (often abbreviated to trike) is a three wheeled vehicle. While tricycles are often associated with the small three wheeled vehicles used by pre school age children, they are also used by… …
12Mayor — For the mayor in Foursquare, see Foursquare (service). In many countries, a Mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning greater ) is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city. In many municipal systems the… …
13Dance of the Forty-One — Hoja Suelta, José Guadalupe Posada, 1901 The Dance of the Forty One (Spanish: El baile de los cuarenta y uno) was a society scandal in early 20th century Mexico, during the presidency of Porfirio Díaz …
14science, philosophy of — Branch of philosophy that attempts to elucidate the nature of scientific inquiry observational procedures, patterns of argument, methods of representation and calculation, metaphysical presuppositions and evaluate the grounds of their validity… …
15Yoga — (Sanskrit: , IAST: yóga , IPA2|joːgə) refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India, to the goal achieved by those disciplines, and to one of the six orthodox (āstika) schools of Hindu philosophy. [ Yoga has five… …
16Daily Mirror — This article is about the British newspaper. For the Australian newspaper, see The Daily Mirror (Australia). For the Sri Lankan newspaper, see The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Daily Mirror Type Daily newspaper Format Tabloid …
17Floatplane — A floatplane is a type of seaplane, with slender pontoons (known as floats ) mounted under the fuselage; only the floats of a floatplane normally come into contact with water, with the fuselage remaining above water. A floatplane is opposed to a… …
18Not proven — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions …
19The Race Question — is a UNESCO statement issued on 18 July, 1950 following World War II. Signed by some of the leading researchers of the time, in the field of psychology, biology, cultural anthropology and ethnology, it questioned the foundations of scientific… …
20agnosticism — /ag nos teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. the doctrine or belief of an agnostic. 2. an intellectual doctrine or attitude affirming the uncertainty of all claims to ultimate knowledge. [1870 75; AGNOSTIC + ISM] * * * Doctrine that one cannot know the… …
