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  2. The Tenth Man - Wikipedia

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    The tenth man rule – A role in a group with the purpose to disagree with consensus (playing devil's advocate to ensure that the best reasoning is applied Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Tenth Man .

  3. The Tenth Man (novel) - Wikipedia

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    In the introduction to the first edition of his novel, [1] Greene states that he had forgotten about this story until receiving a letter about it from a stranger in 1983. . Greene had first suggested it as an idea for a film script in 1937, set during the Spanish Civil War, and later developed it while under contract with MGM during the 19

  4. Decimation (punishment) - Wikipedia

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    Decimation. Etching by William Hogarth in Beaver's Roman Military Punishments (1725). In the military of ancient Rome, decimation (from Latin decimatio 'removal of a tenth' [1]) was a form of military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed by members of his cohort.

  5. Minyan - Wikipedia

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    An exhibit at the Anu – Museum of the Jewish People shows a group of Jews waiting for the tenth man. It was the firm belief of the sages that wherever ten Israelites are assembled, either for worship or for the study of the Law, the Divine Presence dwells among them. In rabbinical literature, those who meet for study or prayer in smaller ...

  6. Ten Commandments - Wikipedia

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    Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love ...

  7. Rule of man - Wikipedia

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    Rule of man is associated with numerous negative concepts such as tyranny, dictatorship and despotism, and their variations that have taken the form of the Thirty Tyrants, the Jacobin dictatorship (Reign of Terror) during the French Revolution, Caesarism, Bonapartism and spiritual gift politics (also known as charismatic power), and regimes like Joseph Stalin and the Communist Party of the ...

  8. Ten seconds - Wikipedia

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    ten-second runoff, a type of penalty in gridiron football; The 10-second barrier in the sport of athletics; Ten-second rule or 10-second rule may refer to: . an American football rule whereby the remaining game time may be reduced by ten seconds if a team is considered to have intentionally delayed the game

  9. Mobutu Sese Seko - Wikipedia

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    Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga [a] (/ m ə ˈ b uː t uː ˈ s ɛ s eɪ ˈ s ɛ k oʊ / ⓘ mə-BOO-too SESS-ay SEK-oh; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997.