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  2. Consanguinity - Wikipedia

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    One legal definition of degrees of consanguinity. [1] The number next to each box in the table indicates the degree of relationship relative to the given person. Consanguinity (from Latin consanguinitas 'blood relationship') is the characteristic of having a kinship with a relative who is descended from a common ancestor.

  3. Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family

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    [1] It "created at a stroke what without exaggeration might be called the seminal concern of contemporary anthropology, the study of kinship..." [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the book Morgan argues that all human societies share a basic set of principles for social organization along kinship lines, based on the principles of consanguinity (kinship by blood ...

  4. Llévame Donde Nací - Wikipedia

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    Llévame Donde Nací is now one of many patriotic songs sung by crowds at big public events such as political demonstrations and cultural events.The most notable being the Gibraltar National Day when it is sung by a school choir outside the City Hall every 10 September before the Mayor reads the National Day Declaration.

  5. List of people on the postage stamps of Cuba - Wikipedia

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    Alfredo de Saint-Malo, Panama mejorana musician (1991) Luis Saiz, revolutionary (2006) Sergio Saiz, revolutionary (2006) Marcelo Salado, rebel leader (1964) Brindis de Salas, musician (1958) Salvador del Muro, governor of Cuba (1972) José de San Martín, Argentine general and independence leader (1988) Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante, Cuban ...

  6. William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong - Wikipedia

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    William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, CB FRS (26 November 1810 – 27 December 1900) was an English engineer and industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside.

  7. Learned helplessness - Wikipedia

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    Learned helplessness is the behavior exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive stimuli beyond their control. It was initially thought to be caused by the subject's acceptance of their powerlessness, by way of their discontinuing attempts to escape or avoid the aversive stimulus, even when such alternatives are unambiguously presented.

  8. World language - Wikipedia

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    Various definitions of the term world language have been proposed; there is no general consensus about which one to use. [4] [5]One definition proffered by Congolese linguist Salikoko Mufwene is "languages spoken as vernaculars or as lingua francas outside their homelands and by populations other than those ethnically or nationally associated with them".

  9. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 301

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    Supreme Court of the United States 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W  /  38.89056°N 77.00444°W  / 38.89056; -77.00444 Established March 4, 1789 ; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W  /  38.89056°N 77.00444°W  / 38.89056; -77.00444 Composition method Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation Authorised by ...