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61animal rights — the rights of animals, claimed on ethical grounds, to the same humane treatment and protection from exploitation and abuse that are accorded to humans. [1975 80] * * * rights, primarily against being killed and being treated cruelly, that are… …
62France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
63History of gay men in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust — After World War I, in the period known as the Weimar Republic, gay men in Germany, especially in Berlin, enjoyed more freedom and acceptance than anywhere else in the world.Fact|date=May 2008 However, upon the rise of Adolf Hitler, gay men and,… …
64Incarceration — is the detention of a person in jail or prison. People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime. Incarceration rates, when measured by the United Nations, are considered distinct and separate from the… …
65California Proposition 2 (2008) — Proposition 2, the proposed Standards for Confining Farm Animals initiative statute, is a California ballot proposition in that state s general election on November 42008. The proposition would add a chapter to Division 20 of the California… …
66Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust — Memorial to gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism in Cologne. Its inscription reads: Totgeschlagen – Totgeschwiegen (Struck Dead – Hushed Up). In the 1920s, homosexual people in Germany, particularly in Berlin, enjoyed a higher level of… …
67Chris Hargensen — Christine Chris Hargensen is a fictional character created by Stephen King. She is the main antagonist in his first published novel, Carrie. In every adaptation and portrayal of Carrie, Hargensen she is portrayed as a mean spirited, snobbish… …
68Eastern Front (World War II) — Great Patriotic War redirects here. For a discussion of the term itself, see Great Patriotic War (term). Not to be confused with Patriotic War of 1812. Eastern Front Part of World War II …
69Agüeybaná and Agüeybaná II — Agüeybaná (died 1510) and Agüeybaná II (died 1511), were brothers and the principal and most powerful caciques (chiefs) of the Taíno people in Borikén (Puerto Rico) when the Spaniards first arrived on the island on November 19, 1493.… …
70Bill Frist medical school experiments controversy — While he was a medical school student in the 1970s, Bill Frist (formerly a Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee) performed medical experiments on shelter cats while researching the use of drugs on the mitral valve. By his own account, Frist… …
