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21Jacques Derrida — Derrida redirects here. For the documentary film, see Derrida (film). For the physicist, see Bernard Derrida. Jacques Derrida Full name Jacques Derrida Born July 15, 1930(1930 07 15) El Biar ( …
22State Sponsors of Terrorism — is a designation applied by the United States Department of State to nations who are designated by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. [http://www.state.gov/s/ct/c14151.htm] Inclusion on …
23Gunning fog index — In linguistics, the Gunning fog index is a test designed to measure the readability of a sample of English writing. The resulting number is an indication of the number of years of formal education that a person requires in order to easily… …
24SS Ohio — The SS Ohio was an oil tanker built for the Texas Oil Company (now Texaco); she was the largest oil tanker in the world at the time of construction. The tanker was launched on April 20, 1940 at the Sun Shipbuilding Yard in Chester, Pennsylvania,… …
25Causation in English law — This article refers to the legal tests of remoteness, causation and foreseeability in the tort of negligence.In the English law of negligence, causation proves a direct link between the defendant’s negligence and the claimant’s loss and damage.… …
26Pseudoscientific language comparison — is a form of pseudoscience that seeks to establish historical connections between languages by pointing out similarities between them. While comparative linguistics also studies the historical relationships of languages, linguistic comparisons… …
27look-over — /look oh veuhr/, n. a brief or superficial examination or reading. [1905 10; n. use of v. phrase look over] * * * …
28Embroidery — • In Christian worship embroidery was used from early times to ornament vestments Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Embroidery Embroidery …
29at first glance — adverb After only a superficial examination or review At first glance it seems to be a reasonable idea. But well see …
30locked-in syndrome — noun A rare, severe physical disorder in which a person cannot speak and is paralyzed with the possible exception of some voluntary eye movement while his or her mental faculties remain fully intact …
