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61performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
62Minneapolis — This article is about the city in Minnesota. For other uses, see Minneapolis (disambiguation). Minneapolis   City   City of Minneapolis …
63History of education — In its widest sense, the history of education is the history of teaching and of learning, and the history of what might be described as the curricula: what it is that is taught or learned.Education has taken place in most communities since… …
64Minneapolis, Minnesota — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Minneapolis settlement type = City nickname = City of Lakes, Mill City, Mini Apple, Twin Cities (with St. Paul, MN) motto = En Avant (French: Forward ) imagesize = image caption = Downtown Minneapolis in …
65Orality — An oral community in Takéo, Cambodia confronts writing. Modern scholarship has shown that orality is a complex and tenacious social phenomenon. Photo: Brett Matthews, 2006 …
66Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
67Computer literacy — For the Silicon Valley retailer, see Computer Literacy Bookstore. Computer literacy is defined as the knowledge and ability to use computers and related technology efficiently, with a range of skills covering levels from elementary use to… …
68Digital literacy — is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and analyze information using digital technology. It involves a working knowledge of current high technology, and an understanding of how it can be used. Digitally literate people can… …
69folk music — 1. music, usually of simple character and anonymous authorship, handed down among the common people by oral tradition. 2. music by known composers that has become part of the folk tradition of a country or region. [1885 90] * * * Music held to be …
70rite of passage — 1. Anthropol. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person s change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan. 2. any important act or event that serves… …
