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National Press Photographers Association — NPPA is the acronym for the National Press Photographers Association, founded in 1947. The organization is based in Durham, North Carolina and its mostly made up of still photographers, television videographers, editors, and students in the… … Wikipedia
Arthur Caplan — Arthur L. Caplan PhD, is Emanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics and director of the [http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/ Center for Bioethics] at the University of Pennsylvania.Prior to coming to Penn in 1994, Caplan taught at the University… … Wikipedia
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Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
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literature — /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.… … Universalium
Declaration of Helsinki — This article is about the human medical experimentation ethics document. For other uses, see Declaration of Helsinki (disambiguation). The Declaration of Helsinki[1] is a set of ethical principles regarding human experimentation developed for the … Wikipedia
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