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innuendo

Definition:	(noun) An indirect (and usually malicious) implication.
Synonyms:	insinuation
Usage:	There was no mistaking his innuendo, and Saxon felt her cheeks flaming. Discuss.

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Boycott

Principally used by labor organizations to win improved wages and working conditions or by consumers to pressure companies to change their practices, boycotts can be employed in many ways. Though use of the method dates back further, the practice was named in 1880 for Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English land agent in Ireland whose ruthlessness in evicting tenants led his employees to refuse all cooperation with him and his family. What type of boycott is illegal in the US? More... Discuss

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Hands-Only CPR Can Save Lives

Providing cardiopulmo nary resuscitation (CPR) immediately after cardiac arrest can double a victim's chance of survival, but experts are now investigating whether rescue breaths are a necessary part of the technique. Two new studies seem to suggest that, in certain situations, providing chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth could be enough to save lives. The studies involved bystanders who were coached by emergency personnel to either use traditional CPR or only perform chest compressions. Survival rates for both groups were approximately the same. Research shows that more bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if they do not have to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. More... Discuss

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Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Signed by the US and USSR (1991)

Signed five months before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was a result of negotiations aimed at reducing the nuclear arsenals of the US and the USSR. In 1991, at the conclusion of two sets of talks, US President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to a reduction of the Soviet Union stockpile from 11,000 to 8,000 nuclear weapons and of the US arsenal from 12,000 to 10,000. How many warheads is each country estimated to have today? More... Discuss

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Primo Levi (1919)

Two years after earning a degree in chemistry, Levi, an Italian Jew, was captured by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz. He later recounted the atrocities he witnessed in autobiographical novels including If This Is a Man, which has been described as one of the most important works of the 20th century. His best known work, The Periodic Table, is a collection of 21 meditations, each named for a chemical element. What entertainer has Levi's concentration camp number tattooed on his arm? More... Discuss

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Boycott

Hands-Only CPR Can Save Lives

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Signed by the US and USSR (1991)

Primo Levi (1919)

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