The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7Americana Corporation, 1960 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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COLLECTIVISM , a plan of social organization in which the means of production and distribution in a community would belong to the people collectively . The term is also applied to the theory that society should be so organized .
COLLECTIVISM , a plan of social organization in which the means of production and distribution in a community would belong to the people collectively . The term is also applied to the theory that society should be so organized .
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or it may be double acting ( which means that compression takes place , first on one side of the piston and then on the other ) . Older compressors followed steam - engine practice of few cylinders of large bore and stroke , low - speed ...
or it may be double acting ( which means that compression takes place , first on one side of the piston and then on the other ) . Older compressors followed steam - engine practice of few cylinders of large bore and stroke , low - speed ...
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It has been only since the 1930's that contour farming as a means of controlling soil erosion has received adequate attention in the United States . This is not to say that it has not been practiced intensively in local areas .
It has been only since the 1930's that contour farming as a means of controlling soil erosion has received adequate attention in the United States . This is not to say that it has not been practiced intensively in local areas .
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