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  2. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    Ten-codes, especially "10-4" (meaning "understood") first reached public recognition in the mid- to late-1950s through the television series Highway Patrol, with Broderick Crawford.

  3. Binary opposition - Wikipedia

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    The political (rather than analytic or conceptual) critique of binary oppositions is an important part of third wave feminism, post-colonialism, post-anarchism, and critical race theory, which argue that the perceived binary dichotomy between man/woman, civilized/uncivilised, and white/black have perpetuated and legitimized societal power structures favoring a specific majority.

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Antonyms are words with opposite or nearly opposite meanings. For example: hot ↔ cold, large ↔ small, thick ↔ thin, synonym ↔ antonym; Hypernyms and hyponyms are words that refer to, respectively, a general category and a specific instance of that category. For example, vehicle is a hypernym of car, and car is a hyponym of vehicle.

  5. Glomar response - Wikipedia

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    In United States law, the term Glomar response, also known as Glomarization or Glomar denial, [1] means to respond evasively to a question with the phrase "neither confirm nor deny" (NCND). [2] For example, in response to a request for police reports relating to a certain person, the police agency may respond: "We can neither confirm nor deny ...

  6. Title 15 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    15 U.S.C. ch. 1—Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade; 15 U.S. Code § 13a is the Robinson Patman Act; 15 U.S.C. ch. 2—Federal Trade Commission; Promotion Of Export Trade And Prevention Of Unfair Methods uk Competition; 15 U.S.C. ch. 2A—Securities Act, Trust Indentures Act; 15 U.S.C. ch. 2B—Securities Exchanges

  7. Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States

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    Tyler had a contentious relationship with the Senate over his vetoes of legislation, and the Senate refused to confirm Cushing for this office on March 3, 1843 by a vote of 19–27. Tyler renominated Cushing twice more that day, and the Senate rejected his second and third nominations by votes of 10–27 and 2–29 respectively. [4] [5]

  8. List of positions filled by presidential appointment with ...

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    This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States , certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation ( advice and consent ) of the United States Senate .

  9. List of transponder codes - Wikipedia

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    [7] [10] 1203–1272 US: Discrete 1200 series codes unless otherwise allocated (for example, 1255), designated for DVFR aircraft and only assigned by a flight service station. [3] 1255 US: Aircraft not in contact with an ATC facility while enroute to/from or within the designated fire fighting area(s). [3] [11] 1273–1275 US