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  • 101Noyes, John Humphrey — born Sept. 3, 1811, Brattleboro, Vt., U.S. died April 13, 1886, Niagara Falls, Ont., Can. U.S. social reformer. While studying for the ministry at Yale, Noyes declared his belief in perfectionism, announcing that he had achieved a state of… …

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  • 102Polynesian culture — ▪ cultural region, Pacific Ocean Introduction  the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific Islands known as Polynesia (from Greek poly ‘many and nēsoi ‘islands ). Polynesia encompasses a huge… …

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  • 103Judaism — • Judaism designates the religious communion which survived the destruction of the Jewish nation by the Assyrians and the Babylonians Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Judaism     Judaism …

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  • 104Religious views on pornography — often discourage people of various religions from viewing pornography, and cause support for legislation restricting its publication. These positions derive from broader religious views about sexuality. However, different religious groups do not… …

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  • 105NSW Business Chamber — Industry Not for Profit Founded 1885 as the Chamber of Manufactures of NSW 1995 as Australian Business Limited 2007 as NSW Business Chamber Headquarters …

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  • 106head-on — head′ on′ adj. 1) meeting with the fronts or heads foremost: a head on collision[/ex] 2) facing forward; frontal 3) characterized by direct opposition: a head on confrontation[/ex] 4) with the front or head foremost, esp. in a collision 5) in… …

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  • 107head-on — I adjective 1. characterized by direct opposition a head on confrontation • Similar to: ↑hostile 2. meeting front to front a frontal attack a head on collision • Syn: ↑ …

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  • 108In spite of the teeth — Tooth Tooth (t[=oo]th), n.; pl. {Teeth} (t[=e]th). [OE. toth,tooth, AS. t[=o][eth]; akin to OFries. t[=o]th, OS. & D. tand, OHG. zang, zan, G. zahn, Icel. t[ o]nn, Sw. & Dan. tand, Goth. tumpus, Lith. dantis, W. dant, L. dens, dentis, Gr. odoy s …

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  • 109In the teeth — Tooth Tooth (t[=oo]th), n.; pl. {Teeth} (t[=e]th). [OE. toth,tooth, AS. t[=o][eth]; akin to OFries. t[=o]th, OS. & D. tand, OHG. zang, zan, G. zahn, Icel. t[ o]nn, Sw. & Dan. tand, Goth. tumpus, Lith. dantis, W. dant, L. dens, dentis, Gr. odoy s …

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  • 110Teeth — Tooth Tooth (t[=oo]th), n.; pl. {Teeth} (t[=e]th). [OE. toth,tooth, AS. t[=o][eth]; akin to OFries. t[=o]th, OS. & D. tand, OHG. zang, zan, G. zahn, Icel. t[ o]nn, Sw. & Dan. tand, Goth. tumpus, Lith. dantis, W. dant, L. dens, dentis, Gr. odoy s …

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