The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier, 1985 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... term center around the concept of an educated , sophisticated person as a " cultured " individual ; that is , a man ... term emerged in the writings of anthropologists in the mid - 19th cen- tury . The English anthropologist Sir Edward B ...
... term center around the concept of an educated , sophisticated person as a " cultured " individual ; that is , a man ... term emerged in the writings of anthropologists in the mid - 19th cen- tury . The English anthropologist Sir Edward B ...
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... term to expand or to renovate their plant and equipment ( factories , warehouses , stores , farms , machinery , and tools ) , and to cover a permanent rise in their working capital require- ments . Business borrowing includes also long- ...
... term to expand or to renovate their plant and equipment ( factories , warehouses , stores , farms , machinery , and tools ) , and to cover a permanent rise in their working capital require- ments . Business borrowing includes also long- ...
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... term characteristically evokes positive emotive re- sponses among those who utter it as well as those who hear it . There was a time when " democrat " was a term of abuse . Today its connotations are honorable . Whereas in centuries ...
... term characteristically evokes positive emotive re- sponses among those who utter it as well as those who hear it . There was a time when " democrat " was a term of abuse . Today its connotations are honorable . Whereas in centuries ...
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