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  • 111Flank defense — Flank Flank (fl[a^][ng]k), n. [F. flanc, prob. fr. L. flaccus flabby, with n inserted. Cf. {Flaccid}, {Flanch}, {Flange}.] 1. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of {Beef}. [1913… …

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  • 112Ground-Based Midcourse Defense — (GMD) is a component of the national missile defense strategy of the United States administered by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Previously known as National Missile Defense (NMD), the name was changed in 2002 to differentiate it from other… …

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  • 113Environmental Defense Fund — or EDF (formerly known as Environmental Defense) is a US based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health. It is nonpartisan, and its …

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  • 114Idiot defense — The idiot defense is a satirical term for a legal strategy where a defendant claims innocence by virtue of having been ignorant of facts of which the defendant would normally be expected to be aware. Other terms used for this tactic include dumb… …

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  • 115Home School Legal Defense Association — The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is a United States based nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family… …

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  • 116Criminal defense lawyer — A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal conduct. Criminal defense lawyers can be permanently employed by the various jurisdictions with criminal courts. Such lawyers are …

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  • 117Mutual Defense Assistance Act — The Mutual Defense Assistance Act was a United States Act of Congress signed by President Harry S. Truman on 6 October 1949. For US Foreign policy, it was the first U.S. military foreign aid legislation of the Cold War era, and initially to… …

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  • 118self-defense — n. The act of defending oneself against threatened injury; the right to protect oneself or one’s family from immediately threatened harm, which can serve as a defense in a criminal or tort action arising out of injuries caused by an act of self… …

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  • 119Left-right politics — or the Left right political spectrum is a common way of classifying political positions, political ideologies, or political parties along a one dimensional political spectrum.The perspective of Left vs. Right is an imprecise, broad, dialectical… …

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  • 120Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland — Infobox Political Party party name = Self Defense of the Republic of Poland party colorcode = #FFFF00 leader = Andrzej Lepper foundation = 10 January 1992 (1991) ideology = Agrarianism, Populism, Euroscepticism, Socialism headquarters = Aleje… …

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