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  2. Giles Jacob - Wikipedia

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    It cannot be denied that he possessed very small abilities; but he was fully equal to a task where plodding industry, and not genius, must be deemed the essential qualification. In the Poetical Register, Jacob criticized the play Three Hours After Marriage (1717), which had been written by John Gay with anonymous assistance from John Arbuthnot ...

  3. Blood curse - Wikipedia

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    [4] Howard Clark Kee has written, "The bitter words he [Matthew] attributes to the Jews have caused endless harm in arrousing anti-Jewish emotions." [5] Donald A. Hagner, a Presbyterian New Testament scholar and theologian, has written, "It cannot be denied that this statement, unfortunately, has been used to promote anti-Semitism. The ...

  4. Peterson v. City of Greenville - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1960s, segregation in most public places in South Carolina was mandated by both by state law and city ordinance. [2] A city of Greenville ordinance, 31-8, as amended in 1958 read, "It shall be unlawful for any person owning, managing or controlling any hotel, restaurant, cafe, eating house, boarding-house or similar establishment to furnish meals to white persons and colored ...

  5. Climate change and its human causes cannot be denied ... - AOL

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    He warned against putting too much trust in te ... Climate change and its human causes cannot be denied, papal document says. Philip Pullella. October 4, 2023 at 6:03 AM. By Philip Pullella.

  6. Thou shalt not kill - Wikipedia

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    "Thou shall not kill", Jesus figure mourns on the battlefield, World War I. The Catholic Catechism urges prayer for the avoidance of war. All citizens and governments are obliged to work toward the avoidance of war. However, it recognizes that governments cannot be denied the lawful right to self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed.

  7. Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    In his veto message, he objected to the measure because it conferred citizenship on the freedmen at a time when 11 out of 36 states were unrepresented in the Congress, and that it allegedly discriminated in favor of African Americans and against whites. [9] [10] Three weeks later, Johnson's veto was overridden and the measure became law ...

  8. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Standard: He went past my house on his way to the store. Standard: He passed my house on his way to the store. Non-standard: He past my house on his way to the store. peremptory and preemptive. A peremptory act or statement is absolute; it cannot be denied.

  9. Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.