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  • 51Sputnik moment — /ˈspʌtnɪk moʊmənt/ (say sputnik mohmuhnt) noun a point in time at which an event occurs which is of critical significance in shaping the future. {with reference to Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth} …

  • 52Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 53United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 54Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself …

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  • 55Structuralism (french) and after — French structuralism and after De Saussure, Lévi Strauss, Barthes, Lacan, Foucault Hugh J.Silverman FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE The history of structuralism cannot be thought without Ferdinand de Saussure (1857– 1913). The Swiss linguist lecturing in… …

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  • 56Jacques Lacan — Jacques Marie Émile Lacan Full name Jacques Marie Émile Lacan Born 13 April 1901 Paris, France Died 9 September 1981(1981 09 09) (aged 80) Pari …

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  • 57Dominion War — Part of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine …

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  • 58Leo Strauss — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Leo Strauss name = Leo Strauss birth = September 20, 1899 Kirchhain, Prussia, German Empire death = October 18, 1973 Annapolis, Maryland …

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  • 59Capoeira — Infobox martial art logo = logocaption = logosize = imagecaption = Capoeira or the Dance of War by Johann Moritz Rugendas, 1825, published 1835 imagesize = name = Capoeira aka = focus = Acrobatics Kicking Martial arts country = flagicon|BRA… …

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  • 60crossroad — I (intersection) noun confluence, conjuncture, crossway, crossing, crossways, four corners, interchange, intercrossing, intersecting road, intersection, joining road, junction, vertex II (turning point) noun calm before a storm, climacteric,… …

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