LETTERS AND LETTER WRITERS — The letter holds an honored place in Jewish history and literature and includes diplomatic correspondence, state papers, and letters as vehicles of religious or secular literature and as a means of polemics in communal and spiritual matters,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Issues affecting the Single Transferable Vote — Main article: Single Transferable Vote There are a number of complications and issues surrounding the application and use of the Single Transferable Vote that form the basis of discussions between its advocates and detractors. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark — Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796) is a deeply personal travel narrative by the eighteenth century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. The twenty five letters cover a wide range of topics, from… … Wikipedia
letters of administration — see letter 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. letters of administration … Law dictionary
letters testamentary — see letter 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. letters testamentary … Law dictionary
Letters to a Young Poet — is a very influential compilation of letters by Rainer Maria Rilke. It consists of 10 letters written to a young man considering entering the German military.BackgroundThe letters were originally written to Franz Kappus, a 19 year old student at… … Wikipedia
Hadith of Ibn al-Zubayr and Mut'ah — Several recorded oral tradition among Muslims (Arabic: Hadith ) are about comment certain argumentations between Muhammad s companions, after the latters death. Although those narration are often quoted and referred to, they are not given any… … Wikipedia
Issues in Malaysian Education — Due to the multiracial composition of the population of Malaysia, many somewhat controversial issues have cropped up in Malaysian education. Gender issues and educationIn 2004 the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) representative Dr.… … Wikipedia
Hard and soft G — A hard g vs. a soft g is a feature that occurs in many languages, including English, in which two distinct major sounds (phonemes) are represented by the Latin letter g . A hard g is typically (but not always) pronounced as a voiced plosive,… … Wikipedia
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism