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  • 111Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction — The Bram Stoker Award for Best Non Fiction is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for superior achievement in horror writing for non fiction.Winners and nomineesNominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.* 1987:… …

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  • 112Reasonable and Non Discriminatory Licensing — (RAND) is a term for a type of licensing typically used during standardization processes. The normal case is that when joining the standardization body, companies agree that if they receive any patents on technologies which become essential to… …

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  • 113Sine Qua Non (Battlestar Galactica) — Infobox Television episode Title =Sine Qua Non Caption =No image yet available Series =Battlestar Galactica Season =4 Episode =10 Airdate =May 27, 2008 (UK) Production = 410 Writer = Michael Taylor Director = Rod Hardy Guests = Mark Sheppard… …

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  • 114persona non grata — n. (Latin) A person who is not pleasing; an unwelcome, undesirable, or unwanted person. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. persona non grata …

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  • 115sine qua non — [[t]sɪ̱ni kwɑː no͟ʊn, AM nɑ͟ːn[/t]] N SING: a N A sine qua non is something that is essential if you want to achieve a particular thing. [FORMAL] Successful agricultural reform is also a sine qua non of Mexico s modernisation …

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  • 116sine qua non —    (SEE neh kwah NON) [Latin: without which, nothing] Indicating something essential; a necessary element or condition.    The ability of each player to listen to the others in a quartet is a sine qua non of fine ensemble playing …

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  • 117sine qua non — si•ne qua non [[t]ˈsɪn eɪ kwɑ ˈnoʊn, ˈnɒn, kweɪ[/t]] n. fot an indispensable or essential condition, element, or factor • Etymology: 1585–95; < LL sine quā (causā) nōn without which (thing) not …

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  • 118sine qua non — [sī′nē kwā nän′, sin′ā kwä nōn′] n. [L, without which not] an essential condition, qualification, etc.; indispensable thing; absolute prerequisite …

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  • 119sine qua non — noun /ˌsɪneɪ kwɑː ˈnoʊn,ˌsaɪnɨ kweɪ ˈnɒn/ a) An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient. 2000:Przeworski, A., Alvarez, M., Cheibub, J., Limongi, F. Democracy and Development. Cambridge University Press.p34. b) a test used to… …

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  • 120actio non — n. (Latin) No action; a pleading of nonperformance; a nonsuit. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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