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  • 61letterhead —    appointed other than on merit    It is used of an attempt to bolster the image or credibility of an organization through its association with an eminent person or one who comes from a minority:     Some years ago, Sackville recounted, he flew… …

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  • 62maestro —    (mah ESS troh) [Italian: master] An eminent person in any of the arts, especially a respected composer, conductor, performer, or teacher in music. Used as an honorary title.    Even in his eighties, the maestro continued to conduct major works …

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  • 63monarch — n. 1 a sovereign with the title of king, queen, emperor, empress, or the equivalent. 2 a supreme ruler. 3 a powerful or pre eminent person. 4 a large orange and black butterfly, Danaus plexippus. Derivatives: monarchal adj. monarchic adj.… …

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  • 64eminento — ˌeməˈnen.ˌtō noun ( s) Etymology: modification of Italian eminente : an eminent person …

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  • 65Mamprusi people —  person    people  Mamprusi  language  Mampruli  country  Mamprugu The Mamprusi or Mamprussi are an ethnic group of northern Ghana and Togo …

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  • 66literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 67property law — Introduction       principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …

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  • 68Kelo v. City of New London — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Kelo v. New London ArgueDate=February 22 ArgueYear=2005 DecideDate=June 23 DecideYear=2005 FullName=Susette Kelo, et al. v. City of New London, Connecticut, et al. Citation=125 S. Ct. 2655; 162 L. Ed. 2d 439; 2005 U.S. LEXIS… …

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  • 69Edinburgh —    EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from …

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  • 70ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

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