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  2. Glossary of American politics - Wikipedia

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    Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...

  3. Rotary International - Wikipedia

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    Map of the presence of Rotary International. Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. The self-declared mission of Rotary, as stated on its website, is to "provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through [the] fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders". [1]

  4. Politics - Wikipedia

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    The English word politics has its roots in the name of Aristotle's classic work, Politiká, which introduced the Ancient Greek term politiká (Πολιτικά, 'affairs of the cities'). In the mid-15th century, Aristotle's composition was rendered in Early Modern English as Polettiques , [a] [9] which became Politics in Modern English.

  5. Glossary of policy debate terms - Wikipedia

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    The difference is between saying "our plan is significantly (or substantially) topical because it is a specific implementation of the resolution", which does not mean much other than it is minimal in terms of Grounding, and "our plan's solvency is significant (or substantial)", which is what judges are looking for about plans and the resolution ...

  6. What is a Conservative? Understanding how the term works in ...

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    Like a lot of political vocabulary—see also: "left" and "right"—the political meaning of "conservative" came as a result of the French Revolution of 1789, when democratic radicals deposed the ...

  7. Politician - Wikipedia

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    The dictionary definition of politician at Wiktionary; Quotations related to Politician at Wikiquote; Herre, Bastian. 2021. Identifying Ideologues: A Global Dataset on Political Leaders, 1945–2019 (PDF). Comparative Legislators Database. A dataset on over 1,000,000 legislators from 16 countries. The Global Legislators Database (GLD). A ...

  8. Government - Wikipedia

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    For example: The meaning of "conservatism" in the United States has little in common with the way the word's definition is used elsewhere. As Ribuffo notes, "what Americans now call conservatism much of the world calls liberalism or neoliberalism"; a "conservative" in Finland would be labeled a "socialist" in the United States. [19]

  9. Kevin Costner says it's 'OK' if people don't like him for his ...

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    My politics came out my kitchen table, listening to my parents. I thought the people that protested against the Vietnam war were unpatriotic because my brother was fighting over in Vietnam. I was ...