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  • 121João do Rio — Infobox Writer name = João Paulo Emilio Cristóvão dos Santos Coelho Barreto imagesize = caption = pseudonym = João do Rio birthdate = birth date|1881|8|5|mf=y birthplace = Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil deathdate = death date and… …

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  • 122Aboriginal child protection — describes services designed specifically for protection of the children of aboriginal or indigenous peoples, particularly where these peoples are a minority within a country. They may differ at international, national, legal, cultural, social,… …

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  • 123urbanization — See urbanize. * * *       the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.       The definition of what constitutes a city changes from time to time and place to place, but it …

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  • 124Richard III — 1. (Duke of Gloucester) 1452 85, king of England 1483 85. 2. (italics) a drama (1592 93?) by Shakespeare. * * * born Oct. 2, 1452, Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, Eng. died Aug. 22, 1485, Bosworth, Leicestershire Last Yorkist king of… …

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  • 125LA HARPE, JEAN FRANÇOIS DE —    French littérateur and critic, born in Paris; wrote dramas and éloges, but his best known work is his Cours de Littérature in 12 vols., of little account except for its criticism of French literature, in which he showed not a little pedantry… …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 126ankle\ biter — Someone of little account, who criticizes others who are much better than she is. Like a little dog that barks and jumps around, trying to bite people s ankles. That guy who said you could never do the job is just an ankle biter …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 127ankle\ biter — Someone of little account, who criticizes others who are much better than she is. Like a little dog that barks and jumps around, trying to bite people s ankles. That guy who said you could never do the job is just an ankle biter …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 128disability —    It is widely assumed that the term ‘disability’ refers to a biological or medical condition. However, since the late 1980s those involved in the campaign for civil rights for disabled people have stressed the difference between an impairment… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture