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  • 41international 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… …

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  • 42Dates of 2008 — ▪ 2009 January As we meet tonight, our economy is undergoing a period of uncertainty.… At kitchen tables across our country, there is a concern about our economic future. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, in his final state of the union address, January …

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  • 43Global warming controversy — refers to a variety of disputes, significantly more pronounced in the popular media than in the scientific literature,[1][2] regarding the nature, causes, and consequences of global warming. The disputed issues involve the causes of increased… …

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  • 44Lysergic acid diethylamide — LSD redirects here. For other uses, see LSD (disambiguation). LSD 25 redirects here. For the dock landing ship, see USS San Marcos (LSD 25). For the Fringe episode, see Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (Fringe). Lysergic acid diethylamide …

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  • 45Prohibition (drugs) — [ Drug Enforcement Administration in a training exercise.] The prohibition of drugs through sumptuary legislation or religious law is a common means of attempting to control drug use and the illegal drug trade. Prohibition of drugs has existed at …

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  • 46GT Interactive — Infobox Company company name = GT Interactive company vector company type = Predecessor to Atari, Inc. genre = foundation = 1993 founder = Ron Chaimowitzcite book |last=Kushner |first=David |authorlink=David Kushner |title=Masters of Doom |format …

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  • 47Intermittent power source — [ Erie Shores Wind Farm monthly output over a two year period] An intermittent power source is a source of electric power generation that may be uncontrollably variable or more intermittent than conventional power sources, and therefore non… …

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  • 48Negative gearing (Australia) — Negative gearing is a form of financial leverage where an investor borrows money to buy an asset, but the income generated by that asset does not cover the interest on the loan. The investor must fund the shortfall until the asset is sold, at… …

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  • 49Life — • The enigma of life is still one of the two or three most difficult problems that face both scientist and philosopher Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Life     Life      …

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  • 50Passions — • Motions of the sensitive appetite in man which tend towards the attainment of some real or apparent good, or the avoidance of some evil. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Passions     Passions …

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