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  • Hors de combat (redirect from Out of action)
    (French: [ɔʁ də kɔ̃ba]; lit. 'out of combat') is a French term used in the laws of war to refer to persons who are incapable of performing their combat duties...
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  • Action principles lie at the heart of fundamental physics, from classical mechanics through quantum mechanics, particle physics, and general relativity...
    32 KB (4,084 words) - 19:08, 5 November 2024
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    such as Geoff King stated they allow the scenes of spectacle to be attuned to story telling. Action films are often hybrid with other genres, mixing...
    61 KB (7,996 words) - 14:53, 25 October 2024
  • class action, also known as a class action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people...
    75 KB (9,483 words) - 13:51, 21 October 2024
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    (IGLHRC), the organization changed its name to OutRight Action International to make it more inclusive. In 2015, OutRight's executive director Jessica Stern...
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    a running play, but turns out to be a pass play; in this way, it can be considered the opposite of a draw play. Play-action passes are often used against...
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  • Action Park was an amusement and water park located in Vernon Township, New Jersey, United States, on the grounds of the Vernon Valley/Great Gorge ski...
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  • of actions focus on physical actions in the form of bodily movements. But many philosophers consider mental actions to be a distinct type of action that...
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  • Kurtulus says may be due to the slowdown into advanced occupation for women and minorities because of the political shift of affirmative action that started...
    115 KB (12,498 words) - 10:30, 5 November 2024
  • action is a scalar quantity that describes how the balance of kinetic versus potential energy of a physical system changes with trajectory. Action is...
    23 KB (2,998 words) - 19:40, 30 October 2024
  • cause of action or right of action, in law, is a set of facts sufficient to justify suing to obtain money or property, or to justify the enforcement of a...
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    lifelong friends Meyhem Lauren, The Alchemist, and Big Body Bes are regulars on both of his television series. Renowned chefs such as Mario Batali, Andrew...
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  • Pump action is a type of manual firearm action that is operated by moving a sliding handguard on the gun's forestock. When shooting, the sliding forend...
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    Nelson's own HMS Victory led the front column and was almost knocked out of action. Nelson was shot by a French musketeer during the battle, and died shortly...
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    single-action), or via internal linkage relaying the force of the trigger-pull (as in double-action), or both (as in double-action/single-action). Some...
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    and out of the chamber, and cock the firing pin mechanism. This contrasts to other type of repeating actions such as the bolt-action, pump-action, semi-automatic...
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  • Informative Public of Performance. A Case Study in Viennese Actionism" TDR. The Drama Review 57:1, no. 217, Spring 2013. Out of Actions. Actionism, Body Art &...
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  • Out of Death is a 2021 American action thriller film directed by Mike Burns and starring Bruce Willis and Jaime King. Photojournalist Shannon Mathers embarks...
    11 KB (950 words) - 21:04, 2 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Action potential
    An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls. This depolarization then causes adjacent locations to...
    149 KB (16,431 words) - 14:49, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Letters of last resort
    are carried out, the action taken could be the last official act of His Majesty's Government. If the letters are not used during the term of the prime minister...
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