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51Language of adoption — The language of adoption is changing and evolving, and it has become a controversial issue tied closely to adoption reform efforts. The controversy arises over the use of terms which, while designed to be more appealing or less offensive to some… …
52social structure — structure (def. 9). [1825 35] * * * Introduction in sociology, the distinctive, stable arrangement of institutions whereby human beings in a society interact and live together. Social structure is often treated together with the concept of… …
53Tocqueville, Alexis de — ▪ French historian and political writer Introduction born July 29, 1805, Paris, France died April 16, 1859, Cannes political scientist (political science), historian, and politician, best known for Democracy in America, 4 vol. (1835–40), a… …
54Muslim conquest of Persia — Part of the Muslim conquests Mounted Persian knight, Taq e Bostan, Iran …
55NNEST — (pronounced /ɛnˈnɛst/ en nest) or non native English speaking teachers is an acronym that refers to the growing body of English language teachers who speak English as a foreign or second language. The term was coined to highlight the dichotomy… …
56National Security Council (Israel) — Israel This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Israel Basic Laws Jerusalem Law …
57Foundation for Shamanic Studies — (FSS) A nonprofit educational organization located in Mill Valley, California (formerly the Center for Shamanic Studies in New York, established in 1983), founded and directed by Michael Harner. The FSS aims to “preserve and revive indigenous… …
58cognitive sociology — A version of ethnomethodology which examines the problematic nature of ‘meaning’ in everyday life, and seeks to integrate ethnomethodology with linguistics (deep structures), on the one hand, and traditional sociology (normative or surface rules) …
59HEINE, HEINRICH — (originally Ḥayyim or Harry; 1797–1856), German poet and writer. Though a celebrated romantic poet and a political writer, whose works provoked passionate discussion, Heine produced some of the greatest Jewish verse outside Hebrew or Yiddish.… …
60SEMITES — SEMITES, a term originally referring to those peoples listed in the table of nations (Gen. 10) as descendants of Noah s son Shem (Sem in the LXX and the Vulgate). The derivative Semitic was coined as a linguistic term by A.L. Schloezer in 1781… …
