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  • 51idealism — /uy dee euh liz euhm/, n. 1. the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. 2. the practice of idealizing. 3. something idealized; an ideal representation. 4. Fine Arts. treatment of subject matter in a work of art… …

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  • 52political science — political scientist. a social science dealing with political institutions and with the principles and conduct of government. [1770 80] * * * Academic discipline concerned with the empirical study of government and politics. Political scientists… …

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  • 53fermer — [ fɛrme ] v. <conjug. : 1> • 1080 « fixer, attacher »; lat. firmare « rendre ferme », de firmus I ♦ V. tr. 1 ♦ Appliquer (une partie mobile) de manière à boucher un passage, une ouverture. Fermer une porte, la porte. « Et quand viendra l… …

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  • 54Alexander Calder — Infobox Artist bgcolour = #EEDD82 name = Alexander Calder imagesize = 170px caption = Alexander Calder birthname = Alexander Calder birthdate = birth date|1898|7|22|mf=y location = Lawnton, Pennsylvania deathdate = death date and… …

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  • 55Mino Argento — Born January 5, 1927 (1927 01 05) (age 84) Rome, Italy Nationality Italian, American Field …

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  • 56Lambda calculus — In mathematical logic and computer science, lambda calculus, also written as λ calculus, is a formal system designed to investigate function definition, function application and recursion. It was introduced by Alonzo Church and Stephen Cole… …

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  • 57Brownfield (software development) — Brownfield development is a term commonly used in the IT industry to describe problem spaces needing the development and deployment of new software systems in the immediate presence of existing (legacy) software applications/systems. This implies …

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  • 58River Dee regulation system — The water demands of North West England including Liverpool and the Wirral far exceed the locally available sources of clean water. The River Dee runs mainly in north Wales before flowing through Chester, England, and then returning to Wales in a …

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  • 59Japanese painting — is one of the oldest and most highly refined of the Japanese arts, encompassing a wide variety of genre and styles. As with the history of Japanese arts in general, the history Japanese painting is a long history of synthesis and competition… …

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  • 60Metaphysical naturalism — This article is about the worldview. For the methodological paradigm, see Methodological naturalism. Part of a series on Irreligion …

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