speech of acceptance
91Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
92Romance languages — romance1 (def. 8). [1770 80] * * * Group of related languages derived from Latin, with nearly 920 million native speakers. The major Romance languages French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are national languages. French is probably… …
93Complimentary language and gender — Complimentary language is a speech act that caters to positive face needs. Positive face, according to Brown and Levinson, is “the positive consistent self image or ‘personality’ (crucially including the desire that this self image be appreciated …
9478th Academy Awards — Infobox Academy Awards | name = 78th date=Sunday, March 5 2006 site=Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California preshow=Billy Bush Chris Connelly Cynthia Garrett Vanessa Minnillo host=Jon Stewart producer=Gil Cates director=Louis J. Horvitz… …
95Homosexuality — Sexual orientation Orientations Asexual · Bisexual · Heterosexual · Homosexual …
96International Trade Union Confederation — ITUC Full name International Trade Union Confederation Founded 1 November 2006 Members 175 million in 155 countries (2010) Country International …
97LGBT movements in the United States — comprise an interwoven history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender social and political movements in the United States of America, beginning in the early 20th century. They have been influential worldwide in achieving social progress for… …
98Islam — Islamic /is lam ik, lah mik, iz /, Islamitic /is leuh mit ik, iz /, adj. /is lahm , iz , is leuhm, iz /, n. 1. the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the… …
99Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
100Lady Gaga — Gaga at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show …
