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  • 11Minority leader — In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body.[1] Given the two party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat, with their …

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  • 12Minority group — A minority is a sociological group within a demographic. The demographic could be based on many factors from ethnicity, gender, wealth, power, etc. The term extends to numerous situations, and civilizations within history, despite the misnomer of …

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  • 13Minority business enterprise — A Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) is an American term which is defined as a business which is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled on a daily basis by one or more (in combination) American citizens of the following ethnic minority… …

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  • 14Minority Business Enterprise — A minority Business Enterprise (MBE) is defined as a business which is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled on a daily basis by one or more (in combination) American citizens of the following ethnic minority classifications:# African… …

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  • 15James Madison: A Plurality of Interests and a Balance of Powers — ▪ Primary Source              In the federal Convention of 1787, James Madison was the acknowledged leader of the group favoring a strong central government. The final draft of the Constitution did not fully satisfy Madison, for he thought the… …

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  • 16Center for Minority Health — The Center for Minority Health (CMH), part of The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, was established in 1994 through a grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation. It provides the framework that is necessary to address… …

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  • 17Roma minority of Hungary — Infobox Ethnic group group = Roma people of Hungary Magyar cigányok Magyarországi romák poptime = 205,720 (census 2001) [ [http://www.nepszamlalas.hu/eng/volumes/24/tables/load1 1.html Hungarian census 2001] ] Estimated: 450,000 to 1,000,000 [… …

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  • 18American Minority Groups in World War II — The following passage from pages 187 190 of Selective Service and Victory: The 4th Report of the Director of Selective Service (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948) represents the best statistical information available to the United… …

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  • 19Liberal democracy — Part of the Politics series Democracy History · Vari …

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  • 20democracy — /di mok reuh see/, n., pl. democracies. 1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2. a state… …

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