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41Pennsylvania state elections, 2008 — Pennsylvania s state elections will be held on November 4, 2008. Necessary primary elections were held on April 22. All 203 seats of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 25 seats of the Pennsylvania Senate, as well as the offices of… …
42Trophic state index — The quantities of nitrogen, phosphorus, and other biologically useful nutrients are the primary determinants of a body of water s trophic state index (TSI). Nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus tend to be limiting resources in standing water …
43Pelican Bay State Prison — s most dangerous inmates.The prison is a supermax facility located in the northwestern part of the state near Crescent City, Del Norte County, on 275 acres (1.1 km²). The Pelican Bay prison was featured in a March 4, 2007 episode of the… …
44Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York — The New York Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1768 by twenty New York City merchants, was the first commercial organization of its kind in the country. Attracting the participation of a number of New York s most influential business leaders, such… …
45women (the condition of) — Socially, the PRC government has promulgated a series of statutes to promote women’s status and gender equality. The Marriage Law of 1950 backed by Mao prohibited arranged marriages, concubinage, foot binding and child marriages. The Marriage Law …
46lapse — n 1 slip, *error, mistake, blunder, faux pas, bull, howler, boner Analogous words: *offense, sin, vice, crime: *fault, failing, frailty, foible: transgression, *breach, violation, trespass 2 relapse, backsliding (see under LAPSE vb) …
47return — vb 1 Return, revert, recur, recrudesce are comparable when they mean to go or come back (as to a person or to a place or condition). The same distinctions in implications and connotations are evident in their corresponding nouns return, reversion …
48inferiority — n. 1. Lower state or condition. 2. Subordination. 3. Mediocrity, poor quality. 4. Deficiency, imperfection, lower quality, lower worth …
49Inferiority — In*fe ri*or i*ty, [Cf. F. inf[ e]riorit[ e].] The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth. [1913 Webster] A deep sense of our own great inferiority. Boyle. [1913 Webster] …
50bastardize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1587 1. to reduce from a higher to a lower state or condition ; debase 2. to declare or prove to be a bastard 3. to modify especially by introducing discordant or disparate elements • …
