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  • 31Enfranchising — Enfranchise En*fran chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfranchising}.] [Pref. en + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.] 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To endow… …

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  • 32enfranchisement — enfranchise ► VERB 1) give the right to vote to. 2) historical free (a slave). DERIVATIVES enfranchisement noun …

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  • 33List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1997 — This is a complete list of all 1840 Statutory Instruments published in the United Kingdom in the year 1997. NOTOC 1 100* Education (Recognised Bodies) Order 1997 S.I. 1997/1 * Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance and Paramedic Service… …

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  • 34Slavery and Christianity — • Discusses the history Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Slavery and Christianity     Slavery and Christianity     † …

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  • 35free — adj Free, independent, sovereign, autonomous, autarchic, autarkic are comparable when they mean not subject to the rule or control of another. The same differences in implications and connotations are found in their corresponding nouns freedom,… …

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  • 36Brooks–Baxter War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Brooks Baxter War partof= caption=Woodcut representation from the 50th Anniversary edition of the Arkansas Gazette. date=April 15, 1874 ndash; May 15, 1874 place=Little Rock, Arkansas casus=governorship of… …

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  • 37International Foundation for Election Systems — IFES (formerly known as the International Foundation for Election Systems) is an international, non profit, Washington, DC based organization that supports the building of democratic societies . Founded in 1987, IFES has 200 employees with field… …

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  • 38Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom — Women were not formally prohibited from voting until the 1832 Reform Act and the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act. Both before and after 1832 establishing women s suffrage on some level was a political topic, although it would not be until 1872… …

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  • 39Marsha Looper — Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 19th district Incumbent Assumed office January 10, 2007[1 …

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  • 40United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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