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  • 51Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron — Bryan Fairfax (1736 1802), 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, boyhood friend of George Washington, became the first American member of the house of Lords. BiographyBryan Fairfax served under George Washington early in the French and Indian War. However …

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  • 52Sellars, Wilfrid — ▪ American philosopher in full  Wilfrid Stalker Sellars  born May 20, 1912, Ann Arbor, Mich., U.S. died July 2, 1989, Pittsburgh, Pa.       American philosopher best known for his critique of traditional philosophical conceptions of mind and… …

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  • 53request for admission — re·quest for admission: a written request served upon another party to an action (as under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36) asking that the party admit the truth of certain matters relevant to the action – called also request for admissions,… …

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  • 54Nuremberg principles — For the denaturalization of German Jews, see Nuremberg Laws. For the set of research ethics principles for human experimentation, see Nuremberg Code. The Nuremberg principles were a set of guidelines for determining what constitutes a war crime.… …

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  • 55document — ▪ I. document doc‧u‧ment 1 [ˈdɒkjmənt ǁ ˈdɑːk ] noun [countable] a record of important information on paper or computer disk: • His main expense is photocopying thousands of legal documents. • electronic document management systems deˈfence… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 56letter of appeal — UK US noun [C] (plural letters of appeal) ► a letter giving reasons why someone should consider a decision again because you think the original decision was wrong: »He helped me write a letter of appeal against my dismissal …

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  • 57justification — jus|ti|fi|ca|tion [ ,dʒʌstıfı keıʃn ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount a reason why something is correct and morally right: justification for: There can be no justification for such rude behavior. justification for doing something: What s the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 58Prichard, James Cowles —    (1786–1848)    Best known for his concept moral insanity, Prichard was born at Ross in Herefordshire, England, into a cultivated Quaker family but was raised in Bristol. He earned his M.D. from Edinburgh in 1808, and shortly thereafter began… …

    Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

  • 59argument —    While commonly any discussion in which there is disagreement, art criticism is a matter of giving reasons which demonstrate the truth of claims about a work. This requires the use of logic. An extended argument consists of a main conclusion… …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 60citation — [sʌɪ teɪʃ(ə)n] noun 1》 a quotation from or reference to a book or author. 2》 a mention of a praiseworthy act in an official report.     ↘a note accompanying an award, giving reasons for it. 3》 Law a reference to a former case, used as guidance or …

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