Terrorism in the Webster's New American Dictionary is defined as "the systematic use of intense fear as a means of intimidation." ... The use of terror is usually a tool to promote ideologies according to the dictionary but what about the use of terror for revenge? ... The hostage crisis at the American embassy in Teheran twenty years ago was another example of terrorism based on revenge. ... There are other examples of terrorism that fit under revenge but those are a combination of revenge and political or social coercion. ... This example of terrorism is different, however, than the oth...

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According to Oxford Dictionary, morals are defined as a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do. ... The couple is affiliated with 39 different charities/foundations. ... (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Donate 4.9 Million to Charity) Pitt, having grown up very religious never agreed with the teachings he was faced with, and attributes his moral code with the need he sees around him. ... Another prime example of contribution to society from a nonbeliever is the technological advances, and charity work from by Bill Gates. ... For examp...

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Our world as we see' it, is full of extended objects, three dimensional things with surfaces, each identifiable in part by their colour. ... This view is obviously contrary to the definitions given from the dictionary but highlights the philosophical paradox about the nature of colour. ... More commonly, dispositionalism suggests that these perceptual responses are bounded with visual experiences of colour qualia or accumulated sense data. ... This idea, as has been said, has parallels with both the subjective and physicalist models of colour. ... Consider the experiences of two creature...

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Whether visible or requiring heavy microscopic machinery, the world is filled with life. ... This means that there are no counter examples. ... A lexical definition can be found in a dictionary (lexicon) as it is simply a report of how the word is used in standard discourse. ... An example would be someone with no brain activity and machines living for them, yet their cells are still replicating and living. ... Even with an adequa...

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It is her choice to deny his parenthood with an abortion or economically enslave him with custody battles that often lead to years of child support payments. ... According to Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary, "... a defendant is innocent until proven guilty" (Cornell Law). ... I will complain, like Quindlen, Obama does not justify her claim with any supporting evidence. ... For example, women make up only nineteen percent of congress and four percent of Fortune 500 CEOs (Center for American Progress). ... The one-sided approach to domestic violence is one of the most prevalen...

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Phillips writes, "An example of this cross-culturally prevalent genre of graffiti, political graffiti may combine with other artistic and expressive forms such as poster and comic book production, mural paintings, and newspaper and pamphlet productions, and political art exhibitions." ... It makes public property useless by covering up street signs, and ruining property with carvings. ... With graffiti making things appear dirtier than it needs to be no one will use these materials like the bus benches or the sign covered by useless writing. ... For example, this group of individuals shows t...

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Competencies, also known as capabilities are "the ability to do something successfully or efficiently" (Oxford English Dictionary, 1989). ... For example, Ben & Jerry's core competency is the combination of unique flavours and the way they name their products which allow them to stand out in the market (Thompson et al., 2013). ... For example, General Motors, once a symbol America's industrial prowess, was declared bankrupt in 2009, and it was one of the largest-ever bankruptcy filing for a US manufacturing company. ... To cope with the core rigidity, companies can consider many dif...

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Webster's 10th Collegiate Dictionary defines 'foreign policy' as "the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states." ... The best example of the actions of states being affected by other nation's policy is with regards to war. ... This example illustrates that the actions of one states policy affects others. ... These are a few examples with Canada's neutrality and constant search for peace and stability in an unstable environment. ... The most recent example is Canada...

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The tropical climate, the sun and the natural beauties, they do an only place today of the country and with enormous tourist potential. ... African languages, especially from Nigeria and Angola, have survived in religious rituals, cooking and some general words, the most well-known example being samba. ... If thinking of buying a dictionary or phrasebook, it's important to make sure it is for Brazilian Portuguese. ... There are so many differences between the Iberian languages, that a pocket dictionary will be your best investment. ... The cities are dotted with favelas, shanty towns ...

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Islamophobia is defined in Oxford Dictionary by "Dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force". ... Many examples can be mentioned to clarify that terrorism is not promoted merely by any religion. ... However, this is exactly the same misunderstanding going on these days with Islam. ... For example, Charlie Hebdo shooting and Chapel Hill shooting two important incidents that took a place within six months early this year, however, they had completely different reactions by Media. ... The entire world has to work with Muslims, whose religion considers killin...

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In fact, Michael Adams is Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English at Albright College and the editor of Dictionaries: The Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America. ... He begins with slayer jargon, differentiating it from the slang by associating it with general terms used on the show like: Slayer, Watcher, Hellmouth, Bronze, stake, undead, etc. ... For example, slayer slang stretches -age beyond its established boundaries for use, producing words such as sparkage to indicate a spark of romance, not of fire (p65). ... Original meanings can go out the window wit...

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Science, according to the definition given by the dictionary, "is the ability to produce solutions in some problem domain- (Hyperdictionnary, 2003). ... As a human being I feel concerned with the subject, and second I have some principles and believes that, in fact, contradict with some aspects of cloning. ... An egg cannot combine with another egg, and a spermatozoid cannot mix with another spermatozoid. ... For example, therapeutic cloning could be used to remove altered genes and replace them by good genes. ... And because some "bad- genes also serve a useful purpose - for example, the g...

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, to catalogue is to 'make a systematic list of (items of the same type)' (Oxforddictionaries.com, 2015). ... An example of this comes from a popular Berger quote – 'Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography. ... Paris, I believe, is a man in his 20s in love with an older woman.' ... Kettle's Yard, housing the personal collection of Jim Ede, is an interesting example of a catalogue. ... Ede's bedroom is an example of the way in which he catalogued the works in his collection. ...

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One problem with intercultural communication is language barriers. ... For example, even in countries that share the English language, the meaning of "yes" varies from "maybe, I'll consider it" to "definitely so," with many shades in between. ... Even if an individual studies all the possible dictionaries of a random language, he would still be somewhat of a stranger to that language since he is unaware of all the dialectal changes. ... For example, in Asian countries the word "no" is rarely used, so that "yea" can mean "no" or "perhaps" (Fitzgerald 235). ... For example, if our culture...

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For example, today, people do not need to attend in the business hours to make a research at library. ... For example, some students have FOMO, which means Fear of Missing Out something important on a Social Media. ... According to the Business Dictionary, the definition of privacy is, "the right of be free from secret surveillance and to determine, whether, when, how and to whom, one's personal information will be revealed.... For example, write a post on Facebook is much easier than get a paper to writing a letter and send it to a friend. ... Their information are not just being sh...

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It is then easier to deal with an anxiety that arises from these internal impulses and threats. ... An example of this is a manager attributing future success to an interview applicant due to his or her resume indicating particular attention to spelling, presentation and neatness. ... Another example of projection in organizational behavior is the manager who assumes that the needs of subordinates are the same as his or her own. ... In this example the subordinates may be perfectly happy and satisfied doing jobs that the manager sees as dull and routine. ... The term is described in Chaplin...

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Environmental ethics have no precisely fixed conventional definition in glossaries or dictionary terminology. ... His land ethic has become a modern classic and may be treated as the standard example of environmental ethics. ... These papers were most influential with regard to environmental issues. ... For example it can enlighten the public on many of the environmental issues we face today. ... The concerns for environmental ethics might begin with thought of the Earth tomorrow. ...

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Gauss commented that he (Gauss) had "favorable expectations of his (Dedekind's) future performance- (Dictionary 2). ... He lived with his sister who also never married. ... Along with his close friends Dirichlet and Riemann, Dedekind was fully conscious of his intellectual worth, but with a modesty bordering on shyness, he never paraded it in front of his peers. ... In characteristic humility, Dedekind once said, "for what I have accomplished and what I have become, I have to thank my industry much more, my indefatigable working rather than any outstanding talent- (Dictionary 3). .....

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Urrea gives many examples of this concept in his book, but I think the example that he gave that genuinely made me stomach flip was when Jesusita and her husband were executed by a local militia living in the slum. ... It blew his head pieces, leaving only the back of his skull, with his ears still attached" (Urrea, 55). That vivid description had me raging with frustration in my room while I was reading. ... The concept that I feel was the most prevalent in Across the Wire was the topic of transitional migration, which Webster's Dictionary defines as "Those persons who having m...

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Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines intelligence as "the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria". ... An example of cultural bias is represented in a case study conducted by Renee Kimberley entitled "Psychological testing with african americans. ... It can be argued that these tests do have some merit and can be used in predicting intelligence but not assessing it because of reasons to do with cultural bias, and the impact the state of health of the person taking the test can have on the results. For examp...

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But I also try to encourage my students to look up the meaning in the dictionary if they are not sure and the right phonetic transcription should be always next to each word in their notebook as well. ... The next difference between the two methods is the dealing with grammar. Whereas grammar is taught deductively in Grammar-Translation Method (grammar rules are presented with examples) Direct Method uses an inductive way so students are given examples and they figure out the rule or generalisation from those examples. ... The students would have induced the grammar rule they need to fill in ...

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One example would be an individual with sexual urges deemed undesirable by society in general (eg. paedophilia), channelling these urges into an artistic endeavour, such as sculpture (Schultz & Schultz, 1994). ... In this way, a person may accuse their spouse or other family member of being angry with them, when it is in fact the individual who is unconsciously experiencing anger (Schultz & Schultz, 1994). ... The reality may be too disturbing for him to consciously deal with. ... With advances in the scientific understanding of behaviour, many disregard the work of one of the founding...

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The fantasy genre typically contains elements that are not realistic and according to the Merriam Webster Dictionary is defined as "a book, movie, etc., that tells a story about things that happen in an imaginary world". ... The audience can see his disproportionately large feet that are particularly hairy which is another example of a character with human features that we can relate too but the fantasy elements of his small stature and large feet remind us that it is make believe. ... Hand to hand combat is not our idea of warfare in modern society so the image of the good and evil ...

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The thesis in this case is based on definition, data, and example. ... Body Paragraphs: You will develop the topic in two major chunks or sections, ONE SECTION PER VIEWPOINT by providing dictionary definitions, working definitions using examples, facts, and expert opinions based on the sources you find in Points of View and other collections. ... Example Essay Plan: Capital Punishment - Major Opposing Positions Topic Choice You have already chosen the debatable topic and written about it in Essay 3. ... Present each position with its supporting arguments in one large chunk. ... Your task is ...

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Before Africans were associated with the slave trade, the color black was literally and symbolically distasteful to Europeans. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, before 1600, it was defined as: "Deeply stained with dirt; soiled, dirty, foul. ... Fergus agreed with Zinn in that racism towards the Africans began before the slave trade. ... Fergus (2008) gave an example of how the church moralized the slave trade by naming the slave ships after important icons in Christianity such as the Solomon, The Lord, and the Madre de Dios. ... Eric Williams in Capitalism and Slavery gives many exam...

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