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121Tenure — commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic s contractual right not to have their position terminated without just cause. Academic tenureUnder the tenure systems adopted as internal policy by many universities… …
122Asenaca Caucau — Adi Asenaca Coboiverata Caucau, generally known simply as Adi Asenaca Caucau, is a Fijian politician. She served as Minister For Women and Minister for Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation from 2001 to 2006, when she became Minister of State… …
123Elizabeth Needham — (right foreground) as portrayed in William Hogarth s A Harlot s Progress Elizabeth Needham (died 3 May 1731), also known as Mother Needham, was an English procuress and brothel keeper of 18th century London, who has been identified as the bawd… …
124nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …
125Tenure (academic) — This article is about academic tenure. For feudal land ownership, see Land tenure. For the 2009 film, see Tenure (film). Tenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic s contractual right not to have his or… …
126France — /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.… …
127literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
128performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
