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• Eugenics
  ...its various advocates as a [[social responsibility]], an altruistic stance of a society, meant to create healthier, stronger and/or more [[intelligence|i ...forced sterilization of persons deemed genetically defective, the killing of institutionalized populations, and genocide.
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• Secularism
  ...ard to the well-being of [[mankind]] in the present life, to the exclusion of all considerations drawn from [[belief]] in God or in a future [[state]]. :a. As the name of a definitely professed system of belief, promulgated by G. J. Holyoake (1817-1906).
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• George Soros
  ...aggerated. In the United States, he is known for having donated large sums of money in a failed effort to defeat President George W. Bush's bid for re-el <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''George Soros''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?ti
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• Remote Viewing
  ...psychic]] [[phenomena]]. The program was terminated in 1995, citing a lack of documented [[evidence]] that the program had any value to the [[intelligenc ...eriment]]s was lauded by proponents as having improved the [[methodology]] of remote viewing testing and as raising future experimental standards, but al
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• Happiness
  ...rized by contentment, satisfaction, [[pleasure]], or [[joy]].[1] A variety of philosophical, religious, psychological and biological approaches have stri Philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a [[Goodness|good]] life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an [
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• Revised Standard Version
  ...sed Version]] (RV) of 1881-85, and the [[American Standard Version]] (ASV) of 1901, with the ASV being the primary basis for the revision. ...it has been known and used through the centuries" and "to put the message of the Bible in simple, enduring words that are worthy to stand in the great T
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• Totalitarianism
  ...promulgated by institutional means to direct the most significant aspects of public and private life)[3]. ...]] and [[criticism]], the use of mass [[surveillance]], and widespread use of state [[terrorism]].
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• Peace
  ...ternational conflict; in this international context, peace is the opposite of [[war]]. ''Peace'' can also describe a relationship between any parties ch ...is latter understanding of peace can also pertain to an individual's sense of himself or herself, as to be "at peace" with one's self would indicate the
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• Science fiction
  ...he [[tradition]]al [[purpose]] of science fiction, making it a "literature of [[ideas]]".[1] Science fiction is largely based on writing entertainingly a ...ve [[timelines]], or in a historical past that contradicts known [[facts]] of [[history]] or the [[Archaeology|archeological]] record
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• Oxford English Dictionary
  ...,400 illustrative [[quotation]]s. The latest, complete ''printed'' edition of the dictionary (Second Edition, 1989) was 20 volumes, comprising 21,730 pag ...tempt recording a word's most known uses and variants in ''all'' varieties of English, worldwide, past, and present; per the 1933 Preface:
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• Integral
  ...tegral approach''') is a movement that seeks a comprehensive understanding of humans and the universe by combining [[science|scientific]] and [[spiritual ...' mysticism (or [[spirituality]]) are necessary for complete understanding of humans and the [[universe]].
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• Causality
  ...and another event called effect which is the direct consequence (result) of the first. [https://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Causality&x=35&y=25 R ...ise the correct causal relata, and how best to characterize the [[nature]] of the relationship between them, has as yet no [[universal]]ly accepted answe
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• Hair
  ...The musical broke new ground in [[musical theatre]] by defining the genre of the "rock musical", utilizing a racially-integrated cast, and by inviting t ...''Hair'' ranked tenth in a [[BBC Radio 2]] listener [[Opinion poll|poll]] of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals" ("Nation" referring to the [[U
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• 2012-07-28-ABC Summaries, Document L
  ...an staff for the return of Michael is chosen. They will wear the same Ring of Service as There will be 144 mortal servants of God on the staff of Michael as there are 144 staff members
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• 2012
  ...rom a mixture of amateur [[archaeoastronomy]], alternative interpretations of [[mythology]], numerological constructions, and alleged prophecies from [[e <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''2012''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cate
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• Thomas Jefferson
  ...he official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on January 1. ...tial Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States. Major events during his presidency incl
  84 KB (12,835 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Community
  ...of people living in a common location or with a common purpose regardless of their location. The word is often used to refer to a [[group]] that is orga <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Community''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title
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• Culture
  ...w culture]], [[folk culture]], or [[popular culture]]) John Befrger ''Ways of Seeing'', anthropologists understand "culture" to refer not only to [[consu <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Culture''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=C
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• Cultural
  ...w culture]], [[folk culture]], or [[popular culture]]) John Befrger ''Ways of Seeing'', anthropologists understand "culture" to refer not only to [[consu ...he social, and the normative, nor does it reflect three competing theories of culture.
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• Intelligence
  ...r other psychologists prefer not to include these traits in the definition of intelligence. <center>Follow these links for lessons on the related [[topics]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Facts '''''Facts''
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