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  • 61ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …

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  • 62Aboriginal title in the Marshall Court — Chief Justice John Marshall composed several early and influential opinions on …

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  • 63Pulp Fiction — This article is about the Quentin Tarantino film. For the film s soundtrack, see Pulp Fiction (soundtrack). For the fiction magazine genre, see Pulp magazine. For other uses, see Pulp Fiction (disambiguation). Pulp Fiction …

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  • 64Psalms 55 — 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast… …

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  • 65epilepsy — [ep′ə lep΄sē] n. [OFr epilepsie < LL epilepsia < Gr epilēpsia, epilēpsis, lit., a seizure, hence epilepsy < epilambanein, to seize upon < epi , upon + lambanein, to seize: see LATCH] a recurrent disorder of the nervous system,… …

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  • 66Monte Rosa — For other uses, see Monte Rosa (disambiguation). Monte Rosa Dufourspitze West view of Monte Rosa …

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  • 67Rationalism — • Term used in an exact sense, to designate a particular moment in the development of Protestant thought in Germany, or in a broader, and more usual, sense to cover the view that the human reason, or understanding, is the sole source and final… …

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  • 68Pulp Fiction (film) — Infobox Film name = Pulp Fiction caption = Promotional artwork writer = Quentin Tarantino Roger Avary starring = John Travolta Samuel L. Jackson Uma Thurman Bruce Willis Harvey Keitel Tim Roth Amanda Plummer Maria de Medeiros Ving Rhames Eric… …

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  • 69Nazi foreign policy (historiographic debate) — This article refers to the historical argument over the Nazi Foreign Policy in terms of territorial expansion. The National Socialists (Nazis) governed Germany between 1933 and 1945. The argument being debated is whether Adolf Hitler, who was the …

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  • 70grasp — [[t]græsp, grɑsp[/t]] v. t. 1) to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms 2) to seize upon; hold firmly 3) to comprehend; understand: I don t grasp your meaning[/ex] 4) to make a motion of seizing: grasped for the gun[/ex] …

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