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The acronym was coined in the 1980s by University of Denver professors Penelope Canan and George W. Pring. [13] The term was originally defined as "a lawsuit involving communications made to influence a governmental action or outcome, which resulted in a civil complaint or counterclaim filed against nongovernment individuals or organizations on a substantive issue of some public interest or ...
Patton's hard-driving personality and lack of belief in the medical condition of combat stress reaction, then known as "battle fatigue" or "shell shock", led to the soldiers' becoming the subject of his ire in incidents on August 3 and 10, when Patton struck and berated them after discovering they were patients at evacuation hospitals away from ...
A "slap in the face" is a common idiom, dating back to the late 1800s, that means to rebuke, rebuff or insult. [ 12 ] In his 2004 text The Naked Woman: A Study of the Female Body , anthropologist Desmond Morris defines what he calls the "cheek slap," which he describes as "the classic action of a lady responding to the unwelcome attentions of a ...
Banner Mania was a banner making program for IBM PC compatible computers, enabling the user to create banners, posters, signs and logos. [1] It was released by Broderbund in 1989 and was developed for Pixellite Group by Presage Software Development and written by Christopher Schardt and Dane Bigham.
The Free Software Definition, written by Richard Stallman and published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), defines free software as being software that ensures that the users have freedom in using, studying, sharing and modifying that software. The term "free" is used in the sense of "free speech," not of "free of charge."
"Happy slapping" started in the south London Borough of Lewisham, [6] [7] in a format known as "Slap Happy TV", where a happy-slapping video would be recorded, and then watched by dozens of people like a TV show, but in the form of a montage. Videos of Happy Slapping were commonly circulated via Bluetooth on mobile phones.
Tsubota was born in March 1933 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.He was a boys baseball player. In 1948, at the age of 15, he joined Mizuno. He aspired to become a glove maker, and after a long period of work, at the age of 40, he was finally given the task of making custom-made gloves.
Slapboxing (or slap-boxing) is a physical activity somewhat simulating boxing, where open handed slaps are used instead of fists. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is a quasi-martial art form, at an intersection between sparring and fighting , is usually performed in an ad hoc or informal manner, or when boxing protective gear is unavailable.