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  • 31on principle — idi a) according to rules for right and moral conduct b) according to habit or self imposed regulations …

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  • 32ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …

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  • 33Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points — (HACCP) is a systematic preventive approach to food safety and pharmaceutical safety that addresses physical, chemical, and biological hazards as a means of prevention rather than finished product inspection. HACCP is used in the food industry to …

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  • 34fable, parable, and allegory — Introduction       any form of imaginative literature (allegory) or spoken utterance constructed in such a way that readers or listeners are encouraged to look for meanings hidden beneath the literal surface of the fiction. A story (rhetoric) is… …

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  • 35Gimnasio Moderno — The Gimnasio Moderno is a private all male traditional and liberal, primary and secondary school located in Bogotá, Colombia. It was founded in 1914 by various prestigious Colombians following the leading initiative of Don Agustín Nieto Caballero …

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  • 36rectitude — /rek ti toohd , tyoohd /, n. 1. rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue: the rectitude of her motives. 2. correctness: rectitude of judgment. 3. straightness. [1400 50; late ME < MF < LL rectitudin (s. of rectitudo) straightness, equiv.&#8230; …

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  • 37rule — noun 1》 a regulation or principle governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity.     ↘a code of practice and discipline for a religious community: the Rule of St Benedict. 2》 control or government: an end to British rule. 3》 …

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  • 38maxim — /ˈmæksəm / (say maksuhm) noun 1. an expression, especially an aphoristic or sententious one, of a general truth, especially as to conduct. 2. a principle of conduct. {Middle English maxime, from Old French, from Latin maxima(prōpositio),&#8230; …

  • 39Quebec Act — The Quebec Act of 1774 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 14 Geo. III c. 83) setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec. Principal components of the act:*Expansion of territory to take over part of the Indian&#8230; …

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  • 40Diocese of Albany —     Albany     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Albany     Diocese comprising the entire counties of Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington, and that part of&#8230; …

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