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  • 11Two-point conversion — For the rugby football scoring attempt after a try, see Try#Conversion. In American and Canadian football, a two point conversion is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one point convert immediately after it scores a touchdown. In a two… …

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  • 12energy conversion — ▪ technology Introduction       the transformation of energy from forms provided by nature to forms that can be used by humans.       Over the centuries a wide array of devices and systems has been developed for this purpose. Some of these energy …

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  • 13The Standard State Zoning Enabling Act — was written by a New York City commission headed by Edward Bassett and signed by Mayor John Purroy Mitchel in 1916 to regulate buildings and land usage in New York City. It was bought forth as part of the reaction to the construction of the… …

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  • 14Foreign Exchange Management Act — The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act of 1973 (FERA)in India was repealed on 1st June, 2000. It was replaced by the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), which was passed in the winter session of Parliament in 1999. Enacted in 1973, in the… …

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  • 15American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — Stimulus bill redirects here. For other uses, see Stimulus bill (disambiguation). ARRA redirects here. For other uses, see ARRA (disambiguation). American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Full title An act making supplemental appropriations… …

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  • 16National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 — The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA; Public Law 89 665; 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) is legislation intended to preserve historical and archaeological sites in the United States of America. The act created the National Register of Historic… …

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  • 17Gender Recognition Act 2004 — The Gender Recognition Act 2004 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allows transsexual or transgender people to change their legal gender. It came into effect on April 4, 2005.Operation of the lawThe Act gives transsexual… …

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  • 18use — I. n. 1. Employment, application, appliance, exercise, practice, conversion to an act or purpose. 2. Advantage, benefit, utility, service, pront, usefulness, avail. 3. Occasion, need, necessity. 4. Usage, custom, habit, customary employment,… …

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  • 19Divorce (in Moral Theology) —     Divorce (in Moral Theology)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Divorce (in Moral Theology)     This subject will be treated here under two distinct heads: First, divorce in moral theology; second, divorce in civil jurisprudence.     The term… …

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  • 20Convertible bond — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …

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