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31mass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bulk, size; lump, wad, accumulation. See density, populace. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A body of matter] Syn. lump, bulk, piece, portion, section, batch, block, hunk, chunk, wad, gob, body, core, clot,… …
32Social Security (United States) — This article is about the retirement/disability program. For the general concept of providing welfare, see Social security. For other uses, see Social Security (disambiguation) …
33Food web — A freshwater aquatic and terrestrial food web. A food web (or food cycle) depicts feeding connections (what eats what) in an ecological community. Ecologists can broadly lump all life forms into one of two categories called trophic levels: 1) the …
34Anaxagoras and the atomists — C.C.W.Taylor ANAXAGORAS In the course of the fifth century BC the political and cultural pre eminence of Athens attracted to the city a considerable number of intellectuals of various kinds from all over the Greek world. This phenomenon, the so… …
35Chandrasekhar limit — When a star starts running out of fuel, it usually cools off and collapses (possibly with a supernova) into one of three compact forms, depending on its total mass: a White Dwarf, a big lump of Carbon and Oxygen atoms, almost like one huge… …
36Lottery jackpot records — are a matter of some interest to both participants and observers of this form of gambling.It is often said that the annual Christmas lottery in Spain, the Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad, is the largest in the world. In 2003 its prize fund… …
37Anthracite — (Greek Ανθρακίτης, literally a type of coal , from Anthrax [Άνθραξ] , coal) is a hard, compact variety of mineral coal that has a high lustre. It has the highest carbon count and contains the fewest impurities of all coals, despite its lower… …
38Tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy …
39List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1987 — This is a complete list of all 1468 Statutory Instruments published in the United Kingdom in the year 1987. NOTOC 1 100* Parish and Community Meetings (Polls) Rules 1987 S.I. 1987/1 * National Health Service (Food Premises) (Scotland) Regulations …
40social security — 1. (usually caps.) a program of old age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups. 2. the theory or practice of… …
