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  • 91Mont Pelerin Society — Abbreviation MPS Formation 1947 Type Economic policy think tank Headquarters Switzerland President …

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  • 92Founding Fathers — 1. the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. 2. (often l.c.) any group of founders: the town s founding fathers. * * * ▪ United States history Introduction  the most prominent statesmen of America s Revolutionary… …

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  • 93govern — govern, rule are comparable when they mean to exercise power or authority in controlling or directing another or others, often specifically those persons who comprise a state or nation. Govern may imply power, whether despotic or constitutional,… …

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  • 94freedom — [frē′dəm] n. [ME fredom < OE freodom: see FREE & DOM] 1. the state or quality of being free; esp., a) exemption or liberation from the control of some other person or some arbitrary power; liberty; independence b) exemption from arbitrary… …

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  • 95Ham Seok-heon — Infobox Korean name hangul=함석헌 hanja=咸錫憲 mr=Ham Sŏkhŏn rr=Ham Seok heon Ham Seok heon (13 March 1901 4 February 1989) was a notable figure in the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) movement in Korea, and was nicknamed the Gandhi of Korea. Ham… …

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  • 96History of the Jews in England — The first written records of Jewish settlement in England date from the time of the Norman Conquest, mentioning Jews who arrived with William the Conqueror in 1066 although it is believed that there were Jews present in Great Britain since Roman… …

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  • 97Buka Island — is the second largest island in the Papua New Guinean province of Bougainville. History Buka was first occupied by humans in paleolithic times, some 30,000 years ago. The present inhabitants speak languages that in all likelihood stem from the… …

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  • 98Lowell Mill Girls — Tintype of two young women in Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell Mill Girls was the name used for female textile workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. The Lowell textile mills employed a workforce which was about three quarters female; …

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  • 99dictatorship — n. 1. Dictatorial office. 2. Term or tenure of absolute power. 3. Despotism, absolutism, arbitrary power, absolute power, iron rule …

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  • 100Tyrannize — Tyr an*nize (t[i^]r an*n[imac]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tyrannized} (t[i^]r an*n[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tyrannizing} (t[i^]r an*n[imac] z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. tyranniser, Gr. tyranni zein to take the part of tyrants.] To act the tyrant; to… …

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