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Word of the Week Archives : 2013

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"[I]t would be at least counterintuitive for a “base” or “pedestal” to be more prominent than what it is supporting."

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The definition betrays the age of the by-law which was passed in 1963.

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word of the week - english civil war

[a] long, difficult and often bloody struggle between the Crown and Parliament culminated in the victory of the Parliamentarians in the so-called “Glorious Revolution”

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tax protester

In other words, these groups or individuals seek to avoid income tax obligations without any proper legal foundation.

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word of the week emotion hate speech

Emotion is an "instinctive ... feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge" and is therefore subjective

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floating ball gambling

Over the course of the three and a half years of play, one particular manoeuvre of the dealer drew frequent comments and complaints.

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File Slack

"[F]ile slack”, or unallocated space ... occurs after a file is deleted.

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Word of The Week - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization committed to the advancement of human rights across the globe.

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[The secured creditor bank] says that the Debtor and its related corporation ... (the “Related Party”) were involved in a scheme [similar to the commonly known scheme of “cheque kitting”] whereby cheques drawn against the [bank] account were matched by fictitious deposits of cheques drawn on the Related Party's account.

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