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1Society of Mary (Marist Fathers) — Society of Mary or Marist Fathers † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Society of Mary (Marist Fathers) (Initials S.M.) A religious order of priests, so called on account of the special devotion they profess toward the Blessed Virgin. I …
2Society of Mary (Marists) — For other uses, see Society of Mary (disambiguation). The Society of Mary Motto Sub Mariae Nomine Formation July 23, 1816 (1816 07 23) (195 years ago) …
3City of Derry Building Society — Type Building Society (Mutual) Industry Banking and Financial Services Founded 28 April 1876 …
4Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents — The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) is a leading UK safety organisation.It s origins are in the British Industrial Safety First Association, formed in 1918. In 1941, it adopted its current title with the agreement of the… …
5FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF — a community of Christians popularly known as Quakers, founded in 1648 by GEORGE FOX (q.v. FOX, GEORGE), distinguished for their plainness of speech and manners, and differing from other sects chiefly in the exclusive deference they pay to the… …
6Antisocial — An ti*so cial, a. Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles. [1913 Webster] …
7unsociable — a. Reserved, taciturn, unsocial, solitary, uncompanionable, ungenial, uncommunicative, averse to society …
8Risk aversion — is a concept in psychology, economics, and finance, based on the behavior of humans (especially consumers and investors) while exposed to uncertainty. Risk aversion is the reluctance of a person to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather …
9HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
10Homo economicus — This article is about an economic concept. For a journal, see Homo Oeconomicus. Homo economicus, or Economic human, is the concept in some economic theories of humans as rational and narrowly self interested actors who have the ability to make… …
