Peace Authority

Peace Authority

In science fiction author Vernor Vinge's 1984 novel, "The Peace War", and sequels (published together as "Across Realtime"), the Peace Authority was the name of the worldwide government that came to power in the late 1990s by exploiting the invention of stasis fields nicknamed bobbles.


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  • PEACE — (Heb. שָׁלוֹם, shalom). In the Bible The verb shalem (so both the perfect, Gen. 15:16, and the participle, Gen. 33:18) in the qal means to be whole, complete, or sound. PEACE. The range of nuances is rather wide. That the iniquity of the Amorites …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Peace of the Church — is a designation usually applied to the condition of the Church after the publication of the Edict of Milan in 313 by the two Augusti , Western Roman Emperor Constantine I and his eastern colleague Licinius, an edict of toleration by which the… …   Wikipedia

  • Peace of the Church — • The condition of the Church after the publication at Milan in 313 by Emperor Constantine of an edict of toleration Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Peace of the Church     Peace of the Church …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict — Part of a series on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian peace process …   Wikipedia

  • Peace Bridge — This article is about the Peace Bridge between the USA and Canada. For other Peace Bridges, see Peace Bridge (disambiguation). Peace Bridge Peace Bridge from the Canadian side. Crosses Niagara River …   Wikipedia

  • Peace Bridge — 42.906944444444 78.905555555556 Koordinaten: 42° 54′ 25″ N, 78° 54′ 20″ W f1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peace and Truce of God — The Peace and Truce of God was a medieval European movement of the Catholic Church that applied spiritual sanctions in order to limit the violence of private war in feudal society. The movement constituted the first organized attempt to control… …   Wikipedia

  • peace — For purposes of breach of the peace statute, peace is that state and sense of safety which is necessary to the comfort and happiness of every citizen, and which government is instituted to secure. State v. Boles, 5 Conn.Cir. 22, 240 A.2d 920, 927 …   Black's law dictionary

  • Peace Pagoda — For the World Peace Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, see Kaba Aye Pagoda. Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal …   Wikipedia

  • peace — [[t]pi͟ːs[/t]] ♦ 1) N UNCOUNT: usu N n If countries or groups involved in a war or violent conflict are discussing peace, they are talking to each other in order to try to end the conflict. The agreement was reached during peace talks sponsored… …   English dictionary

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