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  • 121Equal Employment Opportunity — (EEO)  A federal program and USPS policy that provides equal opportunities for all personnel in employment, training, assignment, promotion, and job security without discrimination owing to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or… …

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  • 122equal sign — n. the sign (=) used to indicate that the terms on either side of it are equal or equivalent …

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  • 123equal-area — [ē′kwəl er′ē ə] adj. designating any of several map projections in which areas enclosed between corresponding meridians and parallels are proportionally equal to areas on the earth s surface, but distances and directions are distorted …

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  • 124equal-opportunity — [ē′kwəl äp΄ər to͞o′nə tē, ē′kwəl äp΄ərtyo͞o′nə tē] adj. 1. treating all employees and applicants for employment equally, without discriminating in terms of race, sex, religion, etc. 2. random or impartial in action or effect; not selective: often …

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  • 125equal to the occasion — Fit or able to cope with an emergency • • • Main Entry: ↑equal …

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  • 126equal pay — UK US noun [uncountable] business the right of two people doing the same job to be paid the same amount of money, whatever their sex or race Thesaurus: equal rightssynonym …

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  • 127Equal Danger — (Italian title: Il contesto ) is a 1971 detective novel by Leonardo Sciascia where a police inspector investigating a string of murders finds himself involved in existential political intrigues. Set in an indeterminate country this novel is… …

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  • 128Equal marriage — can refer to: *The custom of Ebenbürtigkeit practiced by European royalty and much European nobility; see Royal intermarriage. *Same sex marriage, as one of many synonyms …

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