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111History of Ohio State Buckeyes football — For general information about the team see Ohio State Buckeyes football The history of Ohio State Buckeyes football covers 117 years through the 2006 season. The team has represented the Ohio State University in the Western Conference, its… …
112Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement — ▪ 2006 Introduction Trials of former heads of state, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain and the death penalty, and high profile cases against former executives of large corporations were leading legal and criminal issues in 2005.… …
113CIA transnational human rights actions — This article deals with those activities of the Central Intelligence Agency that preserve or violate human rights. General principlesIn 2003, Assistant Secretary of state for Human Rights Patricia Derian when she wrote, Through these [U.S.… …
114NASCAR lore — has developed since the sport s founding in 1947. It includes NASCAR s colorful history of races along with the men and machines that have competed in them. Largely through the efforts of sportswriters and television, some events have become… …
115hot seat — noun 1. an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair • Syn: ↑electric chair, ↑chair, ↑death chair • Hypernyms: ↑instrument of execution 2. a diffic …
116Albert Reynolds — Infobox Prime Minister name =Albert Reynolds imagesize =150px office =Taoiseach 1blankname =Tánaiste 1namedata =John Wilson Dick Spring president =Mary Robinson term start =11 February 1992 term end =15 December 1994 predecessor =Charles Haughey… …
117Portugal — /pawr cheuh geuhl, pohr /; Port. /pawrdd too gahl /, n. a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 9,867,654; 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Cap.: Lisbon. * * * Portugal… …
118tennis — /ten is/, n. a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half. Cf. lawn tennis. See illus. under racket2.… …
119Thought of Thomas Aquinas — This article contains selected thoughts of Thomas Aquinas on various topics. Aquinas and the death penalty The following is a summary of Summa Contra Gentiles, Book 3, Chapter 146 [http://www.corpusthomisticum.org/scg3111.html#27017] , which was… …
120Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin …
