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  • 121Progressive Bulbärparalyse — Progressive Bulbärparalysen sind eine Gruppe neurologischer Erkrankungen, deren gemeinsames Merkmal eine Schädigung motorischer Hirnnervenkerne ist. Die progressiven Bulbärparalysen gehören zur Gruppe der so genannten spinalen Muskelatrophien mit …

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  • 122Progressive Movement —   [prəʊ gresɪv muːvmənt], in den USA etwa 1900 17 eine beide große Parteien erfassende heterogene Reformbewegung, die frühere Reformbewegungen (u. a. Populist Party, Frauenwahlrechtsbewegung) aufnahm. Ausgelöst durch die Gesellschaftskritik der… …

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  • 123progressive tax — ➔ tax1 * * * progressive tax UK US noun [C, usually singular] TAX ► a tax in which the rate of tax is higher on larger amounts of money: »In a progressive tax system, rich people pay a higher percentage of their income as taxes than do poor… …

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  • 124progressive rock —    Progressive rock emerged from psychedelia and refers to the trend towards increased technical and textural presentational complexity while retaining thematic links with the ‘counterculture’ of the 1960s. Progressive rock’s ascendant period… …

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  • 125Progressive party — (U. S. History) The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republican party, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the… …

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  • 126Progressive Socialist Party — الحزب التقدمي الإشتراكي Leader Walid Jumblatt Founder …

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  • 127Progressive Party of Working People — Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού Leader Andros Kyprianou Founded 1926 Headquarters …

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  • 128Progressive shifting — is a technique for changing gears commonly practiced by drivers of semi trailer trucks. It is meant to reduce fuel consumption mdash; something very important for drivers who travel several hundred miles each day.Progressive shifting is… …

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