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• Survey
  ...nd angular measurements and by applying the [[principles]] of [[geometry]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometry trigonometry] ...surface]] of the [[Earth]], and they are often used to establish land maps and boundaries for ownership or [[governmental]] [[purposes]].
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• Urantia Text
  ...fers an [[integral]] view of the functions of [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[religion]]. ...ience, philosophy, religion, history, sociology and theology was published and widely available at the time of c.1934 when these Papers were 'written'.
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• Cave
  ...from [[Latin]] cava, from cavus hollow; akin to [[Greek]] koilos hollow, and probably to Greek kyein to be pregnant ...ve sea caves], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_shelter rock shelters], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotto grottos].
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• Psychosomatic Medicine
  ...es such as the [[power]] of suggestion, the use of "positive [[thinking]]" and concepts like "mind over matter". ...uding psychiatry, [[psychology]], neurology, surgery, allergy, dermatology and psychoneuroimmunology. Clinical situations where mental processes act as a
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• Attitude
  ...being]]s or [[animals]]. to strike an attitude: to assume it theatrically, and not as the unstudied expression of action or [[passion]]. *6. attrib. and Comb., as attitude measurement, [[research]], scale, study, test, [[theory]]; attitude-taking vbl. n.
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• Telescopes
  The word "telescope" (from the [[Greek]] τῆλε, tele "far" and σκοπεῖν, skopein "to look or see"; τηλεσκόπος, teleskopos ...arias_Janssen Zacharias Janssen], who were spectacle makers in Middelburg, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Metius Jacob Metius] of Alkmaar. Galil
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• Battery
  ...o move from anode to cathode during discharge (and return during recharge) and terminals that allow current to [[flow]] out of the battery to perform work .../Secondary_battery secondary] (rechargeable batteries) that are discharged and recharged multiple times.
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• Self esteem
  ...esteem encompasses [[belief]]s (for example, "I am competent/incompetent") and emotions (for example, triumph/despair, pride/shame). Behavior may reflect ...cular") or have global extent (for example, "I believe I am a good person, and feel proud of myself in general").
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• Retardation
  ...llectual]] deficits associated with other medical and [[behavioral]] signs and [[symptoms]]. ''Non-syndromic mental retardation'' refers to intellectual d ...rofessional]] medical settings, such as formal [[scientific]] [[research]] and health insurance paperwork.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardatio
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• Oral history
  ...g traditional American music and folklore onto [[acetate discs]]. With the development of audio tape recordings after World War II, the task of oral historians be ...a Oral History Research Office, with a mission of recording, transcribing, and preserving oral history interviews. In 1967 American oral historians found
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• 2016-04-04-Only From the Center
  ...tive and allow the One Truth to help you sort out and discern what is real and what is fantasy. ...of great understanding can be harassed by high-ranking rebellious spirits and must be diligent to guard against these ungodlike interferences.
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• Etty Hillesum
  ...people in Amsterdam during the German occupation. In 1943 she was deported and killed in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp Ausch ...6–1945) and Michael or 'Mischa' (1920–1944) – of Levi Hillesum (1880–1943) and Riva Bernstein (1881–1943). After completing school she went to Amsterdam
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• Plausible
  ...[[appearing]] [[worthy]] of [[belief]] <the [[argument]] was both powerful and plausible> The believability of [[religious]] and/or [[secular]] meanings.
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• Ageing
  ...ng the [[biological]] changes that occur, but also reflecting [[cultural]] and societal [[conventions]]. ...sed [[effects]] that come about because of [[factors]] in the recent past) and "distal ageing" (age-based differences that can be traced back to a [[cause
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• Comfort zone
  *2: the level at which one [[functions]] with [[Confidence|ease]] and familiarity ...iment]] with new and different [[behaviours]], and then experience the new and different [[responses]] that then occur within their [[environment]].
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• Mental Disability
  ...] especially by delayed or abnormal development, by learning difficulties, and by [[problems]] in [[social]] [[adjustment]]. ...llectual]] deficits associated with other [[medical]] and behavioral signs and [[symptoms]]. Non-syndromic mental retardation refers to intellectual defic
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• ETANA
  ==[https://www.etana.org/home ETANA Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East Archives]== ...aunched in 2001. The founding institutions and associations that conceived and implemented this project were:
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• Assay
  ...l, test of quality, test of [[character]]," mid-14c., from Anglo-Fr. assai and [[Meaning]] "[[analysis]]" is from late 14c. For assay of currency coins th *2: [[examination]] and determination as to characteristics (as weight, [[measure]], or [[quality]]
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• Heredity
  .... Through heredity, variations exhibited by [[individuals]] can accumulate and cause a species to evolve. The study of heredity in [[biology]] is called [ ...ative]]) [[difference]]s, such as those seen by Mendel in his pea plants — and the idea of additive effect of ([[quantitative]]) genes was not realised un
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• 2005-06-05-Prepare Your Rational Minds
  ...(T/R’s) what has already been published, so that they stick to those terms and know what is being spoken. ...alence; what distinguishes them is that the first will have the experience and will be sharers.
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