Historian William E. Weeks has noted that three key themes were usually touched upon by advocates of Manifest Destiny: the virtue of the American people and their institutions; the mission to spread these institutions, thereby redeeming and remaking the world in the image of the U.S.; and the destiny under God to accomplish this work.^{See also:}

Manifest Destiny, Manifest Destiny - Origin of the phrase, Manifest Destiny - Themes and influences, Manifest Destiny - Effect on continental expansion, Manifest Destiny - Continentalism, Manifest Destiny - British North America, Manifest Destiny - Mexico and Texas, Manifest Destiny - American Indians, Manifest Destiny - Beyond North America, Manifest Destiny - Notes

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Definition and meaning of Manifest Destiny:

Manifest Destiny

Manifest destiny was the belief of nineteenth-century Americans that their nation's territorial expansion was inevitable and ultimately a good thing, even for those being conquered. This conviction helped Americans justify the aggressive acquisition of new territories in the 1840s and later in the 1890s.

(Source: Madrid Waddington High School )

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Rickets causes bone pain, slowed growth in children, dental problems, muscle loss and increased risk of fractures (easily broken bones). Medical problems seen in children with rickets are Vitamin D deficiency, Skeletal deformity, Growth disturbance, Hypocalcaemia (low level of calcium in the blood), Tetany (uncontrolled muscle spasms). The X-ray, or radiograph, in the article is the classic image of advanced rickets sufferers: bow legs (outward curve of long bone of the legs) and a deformed chest. Changes in the skull also occur causing a distinctive "square head ...

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Osteomalacia, Osteomalacia - Aetiology, Osteomalacia - Manifestations of disease, Osteomalacia - Treatment and prevention

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Panpsychism and emergentism can be seen as alternative ways to bridge the more extreme positions of crude reductionism and crude holism. Panpsychism differs from emergentism in that according to panpsychism, even the smallest physical particles have mental characteristics. Emergentism claims that though the particles be mindless, some systems formed by them, and by nothing but them, do posses ...

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Panpsychism, Panpsychism - Relation to metaphysical positions, Panpsychism - In the history of philosophy, Panpsychism - In the Psychoanalytic Tradition, Panpsychism - Other manifestations

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Like many bacterial infections, omphalitis is more common in those patients who have a weakened or deficient immune system or who are hospitalized and subject to invasive procedures. Therefore, infants who are premature, sick with other infections such as blood infection (sepsis) or pneumonia, or who have immune deficiencies are at greater risk. Infants with normal immune systems are at risk if they have had a prolonged birth, birth complicated by infection of the placent ...

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Omphalitis, Omphalitis - Epidemiology, Omphalitis - Clinical manifestations, Omphalitis - Microbiology of omphalitis, Omphalitis - Diagnosis, Omphalitis - Treatment, Omphalitis - Prevention

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The most common manifestation is flu-like symptoms with abrupt onset of fever, malaise, severe headache, myalgia (muscle pain), loss of appetite, dry cough, pleuritic pain, chills, confusion and gastro-intestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. The fever lasts approximately 7-14 days. During the course, the disease can progress to an atypical pneumonia, which often results in a life threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), whereby such symptoms usually occ ...

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Q fever, Q fever - History, Q fever - Manifestations, Q fever - Appearance and incidence, Q fever - Diagnosis, Q fever - Treatment, Q fever - Other, Q fever - Literature

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The Stormtrooper effect may manifest in several different forms. Cannon fodder are extremely poor combatants who, regardless of their supposed training or weapons, cannot inflict harm upon the protagonists. Cannon fodder are extremely easy to defeat despite any armor or protective cover, each one typically requiring only a single shot or blow to defeat. This is used in the official Star Wars D20 RPG, and the Mutants and Masterminds RPG, where Stormtroopers and other thugs do not possess 'Vitality Points', which mimics t ...

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Stormtrooper effect, Stormtrooper effect - Manifestations, Stormtrooper effect - Imperial Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship, Stormtrooper effect - Formalization, Stormtrooper effect - The Inverse Ninja Law, Stormtrooper effect - Stormtrooper effect nullification in games, Stormtrooper effect - Stormtrooper effect nullification in movies, Stormtrooper effect - Cultural references to the Stormtrooper effect, Stormtrooper effect - Notable works of fiction demonstrating the Stormtrooper effect

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The Stormtrooper effect may manifest in several different forms. Cannon fodder are extremely poor combatants who, regardless of their supposed training or weapons, cannot inflict harm upon the protagonists. Cannon fodder are extremely easy to defeat despite any armor or protective cover, each one typically requiring only a single shot or blow to defeat. This is used in the official Star Wars D20 RPG, and the Mutants and Masterminds RPG, where Stormtroopers and other thugs do not possess 'Vitality Points', which mimics t ...

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Stormtrooper effect, Stormtrooper effect - Manifestations, Stormtrooper effect - Imperial Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship, Stormtrooper effect - Formalization, Stormtrooper effect - The Inverse Ninja Law, Stormtrooper effect - Stormtrooper effect nullification in games, Stormtrooper effect - Stormtrooper effect nullification in movies, Stormtrooper effect - Notable Stormtrooper effect works of fiction

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Recently a great deal of attention has been paid to another class of stupidity: stupid actions by those that are highly educated and worldly. It is an important subject as it is increasingly evident that powerful, and generally very intelligent, people sometimes do stupid things. In recent years a number of notions such as groupthink have been developed to explain this. This is a fairly new topic for researchers and there are still few academic works on the subject, though in the 19th Cent ...

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Stupidity, Stupidity - Definitions, Stupidity - Stupidity manifested by the educated, Stupidity - Stupidity in comedy, Stupidity - Pretending stupidity as a sales tactic, Stupidity - Individual stupidity vs collective stupidity, Stupidity - Quotes

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Friends usually will engage in various forms of physical contact, at times spontaneous and other times of a ritualized nature. This is often used as an outward symbol of their friendship. The form and context of the physical contact has varied historically, culturally, and developmentally. In the West, these manifestations, with the exception of the more formal ones, can be seen with greater frequency among young children and among female friends. In the East they are more equally distributed. They are ...

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Friendship, Friendship - Etymology, Friendship - History, Friendship - A tradition in decline, Friendship - Physical manifestations, Friendship - Types, Friendship - Developmental issues, Friendship - Cultural variations, Friendship - Russia, Friendship - Greece, Friendship - Asia, Friendship - Modern west, Friendship - Types of Friendships, Friendship - Non-personal friendships, Friendship - Interspecies friendship, Friendship - Colloquial nomenclature, Friendship - Friendship contrasted with comradeship, Friendship - Bibliography

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Sex addiction appears to be a psychological addiction, although it can be argued that the hormones released while engaging in the behaviour creates a physiological response. Sexual addicts use widely varying activities. Even masturbation can become obsessive, being done to the point of injury or to the point that it interferes significantly with ordinary life. Pornography or other sexual/romantic literature can be addictive, and addicts may spend huge amounts of money on it. Employment of prostitutes is also common for sexual addicts. But in contrast to fetishism, sexual addicti ...

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Sexual addiction, Sexual addiction - Diagnosis, Sexual addiction - Epidemiology, Sexual addiction - Manifestation, Sexual addiction - Treatment, Sexual addiction - Controversy, Sexual addiction - Diagnostic criteria, Sexual addiction - Healthy sexuality, Sexual addiction - Portrayal in Popular Culture, Sexual addiction - Six Feet Under, Sexual addiction - A Dirty Shame, Sexual addiction - Choke

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Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language. Important to postmodernism's role in language is the focus on the implied meaning of words and forms the power structures that are accepted as part of the way words are used, from the use of the word "Man" with a capital "M" to refer to the collective humanity, to the default of the word "he" in English as a pronoun for a person of gender unknown to the speaker, or as a casual replacement for the word "one". This, however, is merely the most obvious example of the changing relation ...

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Postmodernism, Postmodernism - Uses of the term, Postmodernism - The development of postmodernism, Postmodernism - Early usage of the term, Postmodernism - Deconstruction, Postmodernism - Postmodernism's manifestations, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in art, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in architecture, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in graphic design, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in literature, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in music, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in political science, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in philosophy, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and post-structuralism, Postmodernism - Postmodernity and digital communications, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and its critics, Postmodernism - Relationship between modernism and postmodernism, Postmodernism - Theoretical postmodernism, Postmodernism - Cultural and political postmodernism, Postmodernism - Notes

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Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language. Important to postmodernism's role in language is the focus on the implied meaning of words and forms the power structures that are accepted as part of the way words are used, from the use of the word "Man" with a capital "M" to refer to the collective humanity, to the default of the word "he" in English as a pronoun for a person of gender unknown to the speaker, or as a casual replacement for the word "one". This, however, is merely the most obvious example of the changing relation ...

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Postmodernism, Postmodernism - Uses of the term, Postmodernism - Art, Postmodernism - Sociology, Postmodernism - Lifestyle, Postmodernism - Philosophy, Postmodernism - A general definition, Postmodernism - The development of postmodernism, Postmodernism - Early usage of the term, Postmodernism - Deconstruction, Postmodernism - Postmodernism's manifestations, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in art, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in architecture, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and Urban Design, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in graphic design, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in literature, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in music, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in political science, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in philosophy, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and post-structuralism, Postmodernism - Postmodernity and digital communications, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and its critics, Postmodernism - Relationship between modernism and postmodernism, Postmodernism - Theoretical postmodernism, Postmodernism - Cultural and political postmodernism, Postmodernism - Notes

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Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language. Important to postmodernism's role in language is the focus on the implied meaning of words and forms the power structures that are accepted as part of the way words are used, from the use of the word "Man" with a capital "M" to refer to the collective humanity, to the default of the word "he" in English as a pronoun for a person of gender unknown to the speaker, or as a casual replacement for the word "one". This, however, is merely the most obvious example of the changing relation ...

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Postmodernism, Postmodernism - Uses of the term, Postmodernism - Art, Postmodernism - Sociology, Postmodernism - Lifestyle, Postmodernism - Philosophy, Postmodernism - A general definition, Postmodernism - The development of postmodernism, Postmodernism - Early usage of the term, Postmodernism - Deconstruction, Postmodernism - Postmodernism's manifestations, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in art, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in architecture, Postmodernism - Postmodernism Planning & Urban Design, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in graphic design, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in literature, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in music, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in political science, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in philosophy, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and post-structuralism, Postmodernism - Postmodernity and digital communications, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and its critics, Postmodernism - Relationship between modernism and postmodernism, Postmodernism - Theoretical postmodernism, Postmodernism - Cultural and political postmodernism, Postmodernism - Notes

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Rayleigh wave - Animals. Rayleigh waves are inaudible, but yet can be detected by many mammals, birds, insects and spiders. Human beings should be able to detect Rayleigh waves through their Pacinian corpuscles, which are in the joints, although people do not seem to consciously respond to the signals. Some animals seem to use Rayleigh waves to communicate. In particular, elephants seem to use vocalizations to generate Rayleigh waves. Since Rayleigh waves decay slowly, they should be detectable over long distances.[1] Note that these Rayleigh waves have a much higher f ...

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Rayleigh wave, Rayleigh wave - Characteristics, Rayleigh wave - Dispersion, Rayleigh wave - Earthquake shaking, Rayleigh wave - Other manifestations, Rayleigh wave - Animals, Rayleigh wave - Non-destructive testing

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Under Ansari X Prize rules, the flight was required to carry 180 kg payload, to simulate two 90 kg human passengers. Scaled Composites announced early on that this, their first X Prize flight, would carry inanimate payload rather than live passengers. The payload included: X Prize flight monitoring equipment, known as the "gold box" the Explorers Club flag, by arrangement between the Explorers Club and the X PRIZE Foundation video equipment, producing a video stream that was broadcast live mementos fro ...

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SpaceShipOne flight 16P, SpaceShipOne flight 16P - Scheduling, SpaceShipOne flight 16P - Manifest, SpaceShipOne flight 16P - Flight profile, SpaceShipOne flight 16P - Spectacle, SpaceShipOne flight 16P - Later flights

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Over time, blackface and darky iconography became artistic and stylistic devices associated with art deco and the Jazz Age. By the 1950s and '60s, particularly in Europe, where it was more widely tolerated, blackface became a kind of outré, camp convention in some artistic circles. The Black and White Minstrel Show was a popular British musical variety show that featured blackface performers, and remained on British television until 1978. Actors and dancers in blackface appeared in music videos such as Taco Ockerse's "Puttin' on the Ritz" and Grace Jones's "Slave to the ...

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Blackface, Blackface - History and the shaping of racist archetypes, Blackface - Blackface and darky iconography, Blackface - Modern-day manifestations, Blackface - The Netherlands' Zwarte Piet, Blackface - The coons of Cape Town and Auckland, Blackface - In the U.S., Blackface - Blackface minstrelsy and world popular culture, Blackface - Blackface spinoffs, Blackface - Compare, Blackface - Bibliography

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Under Ansari X Prize rules, the flight was required to carry 180 kg payload, to simulate two 90 kg human passengers. Whereas Scaled Composites stated that the first competitive flight would not carry passengers, it did not make any such statement about later competitive flights. It seemed possible that Burt Rutan would be a passenger on flight 17P, but in the end he was not, possibly due to the roll excursion on flight 16P. The payload included: X Prize flight monitoring equipment, known as the "gold box" the Explorers Club flag, by arrangement between ...

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SpaceShipOne flight 17P, SpaceShipOne flight 17P - Scheduling, SpaceShipOne flight 17P - Manifest, SpaceShipOne flight 17P - Flight profile, SpaceShipOne flight 17P - Spectacle, SpaceShipOne flight 17P - X Prize, SpaceShipOne flight 17P - Trivia

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The crew and passengers are listed in the ships log as: Mary Celeste - Crew. Mary Celeste - Passengers. Captain Benjamin Briggs First mate Albert Richardson Sarah Briggs Sophia Briggs ...

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Mary Celeste, Mary Celeste - The ship and its desertion, Mary Celeste - The fate of the crew and passengers, Mary Celeste - Speculation and fiction on the Mary Celeste, Mary Celeste - Timeline, Mary Celeste - Ship's manifest, Mary Celeste - Crew, Mary Celeste - Passengers, Mary Celeste - New York Times

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The most prevalent (common) signs are highlighted in bold with frequency listed in parentheses. HEART —(2/3 of patients have a heart defect) Pulmonary Valvular Stenosis —(50%) Septal defects: atrial —(10%) or ventricular —(less common) Heart murmur Cardiomyopathy GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM Failure to thrive as an infant Decreased appetite Faddy eater Digestive/Intestinal problems Fre ...

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Noonan syndrome, Noonan syndrome - Cause, Noonan syndrome - Manifestations by organ system, Noonan syndrome - By physical appearance, Noonan syndrome - Diagnosis, Noonan syndrome - Treatment, Noonan syndrome - History

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Jubilees have a hierarchy of years: silver (25), golden (50) followed by diamond (60) and platinum (70). Wedding anniversaries extend the jubilee hierarchy with various sequences of substances filling in many of the gaps between the major milestones: silver (25 years) - pearl (30) - ruby (40) - gold (50) - diamond (60) - platinum (70). Ancient Greek mythico-cultural cosmology depicted a decline from a golden age to a silver age followed by an iron age. ...

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Hierarchy of precious substances, Hierarchy of precious substances - Traditional manifestations, Hierarchy of precious substances - Modern adaptations

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There are many things that are often pointed to to illustrate the concept of heteronormativity, both historically and in contemporary society. Heteronormativity - Intersexed people. Intersexed people have biological characteristics which are not unambigously either male or female. If such a condition is detected, intersexed people are almost always assigned a gender at birth. Surgery (usually involving modification to the genitalia) is often performed to produce an unambiguously male or female body, withou ...

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Heteronormativity, Heteronormativity - Concept, Heteronormativity - Heteronormativity and patriarchy, Heteronormativity - Defense of heteronormative structures, Heteronormativity - Social and political manifestations of heteronormativity, Heteronormativity - Intersexed people, Heteronormativity - Gay lesbian and bisexual people, Heteronormativity - Transgender people, Heteronormativity - Literature

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