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  2. Nickel defense - Wikipedia

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    In American football, a nickel defense (also known as a 4–2–5 or 3–3–5) is any defensive alignment that uses five defensive backs, of whom the fifth is known as a nickelback. The original and most common form of the nickel defense features four down linemen and two linebackers .

  3. Entitlement theory - Wikipedia

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    Entitlement theory is a theory of distributive justice and private property created by Robert Nozick in chapters 7 and 8 of his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia.The theory is Nozick's attempt to describe "justice in holdings" (Nozick 1974:150)—or what can be said about and done with the property people own when viewed from a principle of justice.

  4. Donald Black (sociologist) - Wikipedia

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    Black received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1968, and he taught at the law schools of both Yale and Harvard before moving to Virginia in 1985. Black authored The Behavior of Law , The Manners and Customs of the Police , and Sociological Justice , all of which present various aspects of his theory of law.

  5. 3–3–5 defense - Wikipedia

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    The 3–3–5 defense can also be referred to as the 3–3 stack or the spread defense. It is one form of the nickel defense , a generic term for a formation with five defensive backs. Veteran college football defensive coordinator Joe Lee Dunn is widely credited with being the main innovator of the 3–3–5 scheme.

  6. Nickelback (American football) - Wikipedia

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    In American football, a nickelback is a cornerback or safety who serves as the additional defensive back in a nickel defense. A base defense consists of two cornerbacks and two safeties, making the nickelback the fifth defensive back on the field, thus tying the name of the position to the name of the North American 5-cent piece.

  7. Lewis A. Coser - Wikipedia

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    Coser was the first sociologist to try to bring together structural functionalism and conflict theory; his work was focused on finding the functions of social conflict. Coser argued – with Georg Simmel – that conflict might serve to solidify a loosely structured group.

  8. Social privilege - Wikipedia

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    Social privilege is an advantage or entitlement that benefits individuals belonging to certain groups, often to the detriment of others. Privileged groups can be advantaged based on social class, wealth, education, caste, age, height, skin color, physical fitness, nationality, geographic location, cultural differences, ethnic or racial category, gender, gender identity, neurodiversity ...

  9. New England Patriots strategy - Wikipedia

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    ] New England has also used a 4–3 defense and increased its usage of nickel defense. [25] Belichick believes that teaching the techniques and fundamentals of his defense is more important than what alignment his defenses use, noting that he used a 4–3 defense when he coached the Cleveland Browns .