to rise to a point of order
111Committee of the Whole — A Committee of the Whole is a device in which a legislative body or other deliberative assembly is considered one large committee. All members of the legislative body are members of such a committee. This is usually done for the purposes of… …
112Epicureanism — /ep i kyoo ree euh niz euhm, kyoor ee /, n. 1. the philosophical system or doctrine of Epicurus, holding that the external world is a series of fortuitous combinations of atoms and that the highest good is pleasure, interpreted as freedom from… …
113pain — /payn/, n. 1. physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc. 2. a distressing sensation in a particular part of the body: a back pain. 3. mental or emotional suffering or torment: I am sorry my news causes you such pain. 4. pains …
114Nightlife legislation of the United States — is mostly in local jurisdiction of the city or state. Contents 1 New York 1.1 Background 1.2 Gun shootings, bouncers, fake I.D s, Sean Bell 1.3 …
115Scottish Parliament — For the national legislative body before 1707, see Parliament of Scotland. Scottish Parliament Pàrlamaid na h Alba 4th Parliame …
116Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 — The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005[1] is a United States Act of Congress concerning the budget, that became law in 2006. Contents 1 Legislative history 1.1 Dispute over legal status 2 Provis …
117Colt McCoy — No. 12     Cleveland Browns Quarterback Personal information Date of birth: September 5, 1986 (1986 09 05) (age 25) Pl …
118Question Period — For the Canadian television program, see Question Period (TV series). Question Period, known officially as Oral Questions (French: questions orales, or période des questions) occurs each sitting day in the Canadian House of Commons. According to… …
119Synod of Dort — The Synod of Dort was a National Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618/19, by the Dutch Reformed Church, in order to settle a serious controversy in the Dutch churches initiated by the rise of Arminianism. The first meeting was on 13 November, 1618,… …
120Andreev reflection — [ An electron (red) meeting the interface between a normal conductor (N) and a superconductor (S) produces a Cooper pair in the superconductor and a retroreflected hole (green) in the normal conductor. Vertical arrows indicate the spin band… …
