Great Books — refers to a curriculum and a book list. Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for including a book on the list:* the book has contemporary significance; that is, it has relevance to the problems and issues of our times; * the book is inexhaustible; … Wikipedia
prejudice — ▪ I. prejudice prejudice 2 verb [transitive] 1. to influence someone so they have an unfair opinion about someone or something, and therefore do not treat them equally: • She argued that the publicity will endanger her client s right to a fair… … Financial and business terms
prejudice — 1 noun 1 (C, U) an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc: Women still have to face a great deal of prejudice in the workplace. (+ against):… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Great Depression in the United States — The Great Depression in the United States began on Black Tuesday with the Wall Street crash of October, 1929 and rapidly spread worldwide. The market crash marked the beginning of a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation and … Wikipedia
Great Illustrated Classics — The Great Illustrated Classics series offers easy to read abridgements of well known classics, featuring large print and numerous illustrations. The series is targeted at children, but the writing style is suitable for adult readers as well.… … Wikipedia
Great Depression — The Great Depression was the worldwide economic crisis that followed the Wall Street Crash and the Depression that began in the United States in 1929. The calling in or cessation of foreign loans and the imposition of high tariffs led to a… … Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era
Great Cipher — In the history of cryptography, the Great Cipher was a nomenclator cipher developed by the Rossignols, several generations of whom served the French Crown as cryptographers. It was excellent of its class and so was given this name; it was reputed … Wikipedia
Pride and Prejudice — This article is about the novel. For other uses, see Pride and Prejudice (disambiguation). Pride and Prejudice … Wikipedia
Maris the Great — is a promotional performance artist based in Denver, Colorado, and undead frontman for the punk rock band, Maris the Great and the Faggots of Death. He refers to himself as Headbanger and Zombie Fag Extraordinaire for his outspoken homosexuality… … Wikipedia
The Great White Hope — Infobox Play name = The Great White Hope caption = Book cover of the play writer = Howard Sackler characters = Jack Jefferson Eleanor Backman Goldie Tick Pop Weaver Dixon Clara Cap n Dan Al Cameron Mama Tiny Scipio setting = Late 1930s to mid… … Wikipedia