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  2. PDF - Wikipedia

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    The file starts with a header containing a magic number (as a readable string) and the version of the format, for example %PDF-1.7. The format is a subset of a COS ("Carousel" Object Structure) format. [23] A COS tree file consists primarily of objects, of which there are nine types: [16] Boolean values, representing true or false; Real numbers ...

  3. Magical formula - Wikipedia

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    In ceremonial magic, a magical formula or a word of power is a word that is believed to have specific supernatural effects. [1] They are words whose meaning illustrates principles and degrees of understanding that are often difficult to relay using other forms of speech or writing.

  4. Barack Obama Selma 50th anniversary speech - Wikipedia

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    Selma shows us that America is not the project of any one person. Because the single-most powerful word in our democracy is the word "We." "We The People." "We Shall Overcome." "Yes We Can." Obama then paid tribute to the activists whose work made later changes possible: "Our job's easier because somebody already got us through that first mile."

  5. Litotes - Wikipedia

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    In rhetoric, litotes (/ l aɪ ˈ t oʊ t iː z, ˈ l aɪ t ə t iː z /, US: / ˈ l ɪ t ə t iː z /), [1] also known classically as antenantiosis or moderatour, is a figure of speech and form of irony in which understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive, often incorporating double negatives for effect.

  6. Narrative - Wikipedia

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    The action skeleton can then be abstracted, comprising a further digraph where the actions are depicted as nodes and edges take the form "action a co-determined (in context of other actions) action b". Narratives can be both abstracted and generalised by imposing an algebra upon their structures and thence defining homomorphism between the ...

  7. Power (social and political) - Wikipedia

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    Nationalism and patriotism count towards an intangible sort of referent power. For example, soldiers fight in wars to defend the honor of the country. This is the second-least obvious power but the most effective. Advertisers have long used the referent power of sports figures for product endorsements, for example.

  8. Wikipedia : Language learning centre/5000 most common words

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    These are 1100 of the most common words in American English in order of usage. This can be a particularly useful list when starting to learn a new language and will help prioritise creating sentences using the words in other languages to ensure that you develop your core quickly.

  9. Pages (word processor) - Wikipedia

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    When an image is selected, the format bar displays tools to adjust opacity, show and hide shadow and reflection effects, and mask the image. [8] A separate Inspector window provides almost all formatting options available for any element in the open document. Beginning in iWork '08, word processing and page layout are two distinct modes.