Against the Day — infobox Book | name = Against the Day image caption = First edition cover author = Thomas Pynchon country = United States language = English genre = Novel publisher = Penguin Press release date = November 21, 2006 pages = 1085 pp media type =… … Wikipedia
Speaking — Speak Speak, v. i. [imp. {Spoke}({Spake}Archaic); p. p. {Spoken}({Spoke}, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Speaking}.] [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG. sprehhan, and perhaps… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
against her will — Essential allegation in indictment for rape. 44 Am J1st Rape § 56. The words against her will mean exactly the same thing as without her consent, since the crime may be committed when, strictly speaking, the woman exhibits no will at all in the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Arguments for and against drug prohibition — Arguments about the prohibition of drugs, and over drug policy reform, are subjects of considerable controversy. The following is a presentation of major drug policy arguments, including those for drug law enforcement on one side of the debate,… … Wikipedia
Bantu speaking peoples of South Africa — Black South Africans were at times officially called Bantu by the apartheid regime. The term Bantu is derived from the word for people common to many of the Bantu languages. In South Africa Bantu is no longer in wide use as a description of black … Wikipedia
Opposition to military action against Iran — Organised opposition to a possible future military attack against Iran by the United States (US) and/or Israel is known to have started during 2005 2006. Beginning in early 2005, journalists, activists and academics such as Seymour Hersh,[1][2]… … Wikipedia
Strategic lawsuit against public participation — A Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation ( SLAPP ) is a lawsuit or a threat of lawsuit that is intended to intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition … Wikipedia
Swedish-speaking Finns — More than 17,000 Swedish Finns live in officially monolingual Finnish municipalities, and are thus not represented on the map.Swedish speaking Finns (often called Finland Swedes, Finnish Swedes, Fennoswedes or Swedish Finns, see below) (Swedish:… … Wikipedia
English-speaking Quebecer — Ethnic group group=English speaking Quebecer|100px] caption = James McGill · Sir John Abbott · Dr. Wilder Penfield · Doug Harvey · Oscar Peterson ·Brian Mulroney · The Arcade Fire poptime= Mother tongue: 575,555 (7.7%) [… … Wikipedia
United States embargo against Cuba — The United States embargo against Cuba (described in Cuba and Latin America as el bloqueo, Spanish for the blockade ) is a commercial, economic, and financial embargo partially imposed on Cuba in October 1960. It was enacted after Cuba… … Wikipedia
God is still speaking, — also known as The Stillspeaking Initiative , is the name of the identity, branding, and advertising campaign of the United Church of Christ that was launched in 2004.The Initiative was originally promulgated by the national office s Stillspeakin … Wikipedia