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81work — I. v. n. 1. Act, operate, be in action. 2. Labor, toil, moil, drudge, be or keep at work, be diligent, be industrious. 3. Move, perform, succeed, get on. 4. Strive, endeavor, aim, attempt, try, exert one s self. 5. Ferment, effervesce. 6. Heave,… …
82Corvée — French corvée. Corvée is labor, often unpaid, that is required of people of lower social standing and imposed on them by their superiors (often an aristocrat or noble). It differs from chattel slavery in that the worker is not owned outright –… …
83Yemen — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Yemen <p></p> Background: <p></p> North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern… …
84James J. Davis — Infobox Officeholder name =James John Davis order =2nd office =United States Secretary of Labor term start =March 5 1921 term end =November 30 1930 deputy = president =Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover predecessor =William B. Wilson… …
85Micronesia, Federated States of — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Micronesia, Federated States of <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Federated States of Micronesia, a UN Trust Territory under US administration, adopted a constitution in …
86Finish — Fin ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finishing}.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss in several forms, whence E. ish: see ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin… …
87Finished — Finish Fin ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finishing}.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss in several forms, whence E. ish: see ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin …
88Finishing — Finish Fin ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finishing}.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss in several forms, whence E. ish: see ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin …
89United States Children's Bureau — ▪ United States federal agency U.S. federal agency established in 1912 to oversee and maintain national standards of child welfare. As early as 1900, reformers such as Lillian Wald (Wald, Lillian D.) and Florence Kelley (Kelley,… …
90Cyrus cylinder — The Cyrus cylinder, also known as the Cyrus the Great cylinder, is a document issued by the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great in the form of a clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform. The cylinder was created following the Persian conquest… …
