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81basketball — /bas kit bawl , bah skit /, n. 1. a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at each end, points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent s basket. 2. the round,… …
82France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
83Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… …
84publishing, history of — Introduction an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the… …
85Bribery — • The payment or the promise of money or other lucrative consideration to induce another, while under the obligation of acting without any view to private emolument, to act as the briber shall prescribe Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …
86Sicilian Mafia — Mafia redirects here. For other uses, see Mafia (disambiguation). Sketch of the 1901 maxi trial of suspected mafiosi in Palermo. From the newspaper L Ora, May 1901 The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the… …
87Official bilingualism in the public service of Canada — Because Canada has, for over two centuries, contained both English and French speakers, the question of the language used in the administration of public affairs has always been a sensitive issue. Among the aspect of this issue that have excited… …
88lucrativement — lucratif, ive [ lykratif, iv ] adj. • 1265; lat. lucrativus, de lucrum → lucre ♦ Qui procure un gain, des profits, des bénéfices. ⇒ rémunérateur, rentable. Occupation lucrative. Son travail « était peu lucratif, mais facile » (Duhamel). Opération …
89profitable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. remunerative, lucrative, paying, gainful; advantageous, productive; serviceable, useful. See utility. Ant., unprofitable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. lucrative, useful, sustaining, self sustaining,… …
90British Empire — For a comprehensive list of the territories that formed the British Empire, see Evolution of the British Empire. British Empire …
