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11Special Purpose Acquisition Company - SPAC — A publicly traded buyout company that raises money in order to pursue the acquisition of an existing company. SPACs raise blind pool money (most of which goes into a trust) from the public for an unspecified merger, sometimes in a targeted… …
12Section 98 — (s. 98) of the Criminal Code of Canada was a law enacted after the Winnipeg General Strike banning unlawful associations. It was used in the 1930s against the Communist Party of Canada.After the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, Arthur Meighen,… …
13Council of Residential Specialists — Logo of the Council of Residential Specialists Founded in 1976, The Council of Residential Specialists is the largest not for profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors, with its headquarters in Chicago, IL. It is composed of nearly …
14New Netherlander — New Netherland series Exploration Fortifications:  • Fort Amsterdam  • Fort Nassau (North)  • Fort Orange  • Fort Nassau (Sout …
15education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
16international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
17Kant’s moral and political philosophy — Don Becker Practical philosophy, for Kant, is concerned with how one ought to act. His first important work in practical philosophy, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, provides Kant’s argument for the fundamental principle of how one ought …
18France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
19United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
20Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
