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11atrocious — a. Infamous, villanous, flagitious, heinous, felonious, flagrant, outrageous, enormous, grievous, nefarious, diabolical, monstrous, infernal, hellish, horrible, black, very wicked, excessively cruel …
12oppressive — Cruel, severe, unduly dominating and exacting, exercising authority excessively. United States v Deaver (DCNC) 14 F 595, 597 …
13United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
14Harmelin v. Michigan — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Harmelin v. Michigan ArgueDate=November 5 ArgueYear=1990 DecideDate=June 27 DecideYear=1991 FullName=Allen Harmelin v. State of Michigan USVol=501 USPage=957 Prior=Defendant convicted, sentenced; aff d, People v. Harmelin ,… …
15List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …
16literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
17Corset controversy — The corset controversy is an ensemble of letters and articles concerning the corset that appeared in newspapers and periodicals in the 19th century. Contents 1 Introduction …
18Law, 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.… …
19List of Emberverse characters — S. M. Stirling s Emberverse series of novels features several major and minor characters. Contents 1 Bearkillers 2 Clan Mackenzie 3 Portland Protective Association (PPA) 4 …
20British moralists of the eighteenth century: Shaftesbury, Butler and Price — David McNaughton In this chapter I discuss the moral theories of three influential writers: Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713); Joseph Butler (1692–1752) and Richard Price (1723–91). All three wrote extensively on issues …
