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61The Practice of Everyday Life — is a book by Michel de Certeau which examines the ways in which people individualise mass culture, altering things, from utilitarian objects to street plans to rituals, laws and language, in order to make them their own. It was originally… …
62(a) slice of life — a slice of life phrase a description or picture of ordinary life in a book, play, film etc The documentary was meant to be a slice of life. Thesaurus: descriptions and storiessynonym Main entry: slice * * * a ˌslice of ˈlife …
63Commissioners Standard Ordinary Mortality Table — An actuarial table used to compute the minimum nonforfeiture values of ordinary life insurance policies. The Commissioners Standard Ordinary (CSO) mortality table reflects the probability that people in various age groups will die in a given year …
64History of life imprisonment — In the history of life imprisonment or life incarceration, where all or most of a person s remaining life is spent imprisoned, its purpose has chiefly been as an alternative to the death penalty or exile. The phrase life without parole is… …
65National Life and Accident Insurance Company — The National Life and Accident Insurance Company is a former life insurance company which was based in Nashville, Tennessee. National Life and Accident began in 1900 as the National Sick and Accident Association, a mutual company. It was… …
66slice-of-life — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the noun phrase slice of life, translation of French tranche de vie : of, relating to, or marked by the accurate transcription into drama or another art form of a segment of actual experience in these… …
67whole life insurance — see life insurance Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. whole life insurance …
68whole life insurance — noun insurance on the life of the insured for a fixed amount at a definite premium that is paid each year in the same amount during the entire lifetime of the insured • Syn: ↑ordinary life insurance, ↑straight life insurance • Hypernyms: ↑life… …
69a slice of life — something (such as a story or movie) that shows what ordinary life is like The story is/shows/presents a slice of life in a small Midwestern town. see also ↑slice of life • • • Main Entry: ↑slice …
70straight life — The most common form of life insurance; ordinary life insurance. Life insurance which matures and calls for payment by the insurer only upon the death of the insured, containing no endowment or other feature calling for payment of the proceeds of …
