political jargon

  • 31Aliger, Margarita Iosifovna — ▪ Russian writer, and Soviet propagandist born September 24 [October 7, New Style], 1915, Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire died August 1992, Peredelkino, Russia       Russian poet, journalist, and Soviet propagandist.       Born into a poor family …

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  • 32naked re-elect — n. A polling question in which respondents are asked whether an incumbent politician deserves to be re elected. Example Citation: Since it is now unclear where the district s constituents will be, Jones asked all Utahns if Matheson has done a… …

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  • 33table — {{11}}table (n.) late 12c., board, slab, plate, from O.Fr. table board, plank, writing table, picture (11c.), and late O.E. tabele, from W.Gmc. *tabal (Cf. O.H.G. zabel, Ger. Tafel), both from L. tabula a board, plank, table, originally small… …

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  • 34advantaged —    neither poor nor feckless    Political jargon of those who believe that individual prosperity may result more from injustice and greed than from thrift and application. Thus the poor may be described as the least advantageous section of the… …

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  • 35Native American name controversy — The Native American name controversy is a dispute about the acceptable terminology for the indigenous peoples of the Americas and broad subsets of these peoples, such as those sharing certain cultures and languages by which more discrete groups… …

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  • 36literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 37language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… …

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  • 38The Rush Limbaugh Show — Genre Talk show Running time 3 hours Country United States …

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  • 39The Note (ABC News) — The Note is a summary and analysis of political news stories and trends published every weekday morning by ABCNews.com.Begun as an internal staff e mail by then Political Director Mark Halperin, it was first published on January 14, 2002 and… …

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  • 40Wikipedia:Featured article candidates — Here, we determine which articles are to be featured articles (FAs). FAs exemplify Wikipedia s very best work and satisfy the FA criteria. All editors are welcome to review nominations; please see the review FAQ. Before nominating an article,… …

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