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Mariano Rajoy
Spanish politician (born 1955)
clown
A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms. The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin.
Encanto
Encanto is a 2021 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It was directed by Jared Bush, and Byron Howard and written by Charise Castro Smith and Bush, with original songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a score composed by Germaine Franco. The film stars the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, , Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Carolina Gaitán, Diane Guerrero, and Wilmer Valderrama. Encanto follows a multigenerational Colombian family, the Madrigals, led by a matriarch whose children and grandchildren—except for Mi
quarantine
alt=Two sealed wards of East Birmingham Hospital, with signs informing visitors of the quarantine |thumb|A quarantine was imposed on parts of Heartlands Hospital|East Birmingham Hospital after a 1978 smallpox outbreak. A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals, and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests. It is often used in connection to disease and illness, preventing the movement of those who may have been exposed to a communicable disease, yet do not have a confirmed medical diagnosis. It is distinct from medical isolation, in which those c
public relations
broad term for the management of public communication of organizations
diving
sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard
economist
An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics.
synchronized swimming
hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics
berry
{|style="width: 300px; height: 300px; float:right; text-align: center;" | File:Berberis thunbergii berries.jpg|Japanese barberries File:Norwegian blueberry.jpg|Bilberry File:Ribes rubrum2005-07-17.JPG|Redcurrants File:Lonicera coerulea a3.jpg|Honeysuckle File:Stachelbeere (Ribes uva-crispa).jpg|Gooseberries File:Rubus chamaemorus close-up.JPG|Cloudberry File:Vaccinium corymbosum a2.jpg|Highbush blueberries File:Black Butte blackberry.jpg|Blackberries |} A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not h
opinion poll
type of survey
interior design
design of the interiors, sometimes including the exterior, of a space or building, to achieve a better environment
extortion
thumb|Looting|Loot and Extortion. Statues at [[Trago Mills, poking fun at the Inland Revenue.]] Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit (e.g., money, goods, or regular payments) from an individual or group through coercion, usually by threatening them with future psychological or physical harm. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offence. Unlike extortion, robbery is the obtaining of goods using immediate personal violence, or the immediate threat of violence, usually in a one-off situation.
evidence
body of facts in a legal proceding
Liturgy of the Hours
liturgical prayers of the Catholic Church, used at fixed times throughout the day and night
heteronormativity
Heteronormativity is the definition of heterosexuality as the normative human sexuality. It assumes the gender binary (i.e., that there are only two distinct, opposite genders) and that sexual and marital relations are most fitting between people of the opposite sex.
maid
thumb|Illustration by William Thomas Smedley, 1906 thumb|La Toilette by Raimundo Madrazo|Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, thumb|A maid cleaning in Denmark in 1912.
charitable organization
nonprofit organization with charitable purpose
Laudato si'
Second Encyclical of Pope Francis
zoning
thumb|right|upright=1.35|The Zoning Scheme of the General Spatial Plan for the Skopje|City of Skopje, [[North Macedonia. Different urban zoning areas are represented by different colours.]]
strip club
venues that regularly provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other erotic or exotic dances
interrogative word
words that indicate a question is being asked, as a grammatical category
cash crop
agricultural crop grown to sell for profit
term of office
time limit for a politician holding a given position (sometimes renewable)
median strip
reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways
expiration date
previously determined date after which something should no longer be used
harvest festival
type of festive celebration
letter case
distinctive property of a letter in a bicameral alphabet (most notably the Latin, Greek, or Cyrillic ones); piece of information whether a letter grapheme is taller "upper case" or lower "lower case"
cardinal numeral
subtype of word class numeral; word describing an integer quantity (zero, three, twenty-seven, ...)
shoulder mark
flat cloth sleeve worn on the shoulder strap of a uniform
electoral roll
list of persons who are eligible to vote in a particular electoral district
community organizing
process where a community works together based on a common problem
architectural firm
company employing licensed architects, offering architecture-related services
adjudication
thumb|The separation of powers: [[legislature, executive (government) and judiciary.]]
parking enforcement officer
official who issues parking tickets
La Camisa Negra
2004 single by Juanes
Wonder Egg Priority
Japanese anime television series
centralized traffic control
signalling block system
roommate
thumb|Roommates in a Niagara Falls, New York boardinghouse, 1943 A roommate is a person with whom one shares a living facility such as a room or dormitory except when being family or romantically involved. Similar terms include dorm-mate, suite-mate, housemate, or flatmate ("flat": the usual term in British English for an apartment). Flatmate is the term most commonly used in New Zealand, when referring to the rental of an unshared room within any type of dwelling. Another similar term is sharemate (shared living spaces are often called sharehouses in Australia and other Commonwealth countries
corporate crime
crimes committed either by a corporation or its representatives
nuisance
Nuisance (from archaic nocence, through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, "to hurt") is a common law tort. It means something which causes offence, annoyance, trouble or injury. A nuisance can be either public (also "common") or private. A public nuisance was defined by English scholar Sir James Fitzjames Stephen as,
feticide
Foeticide (or feticide) is the act of killing a human fetus. The term may also encompass the killing of a human embryo. Definitions differ between legal and medical applications. In law, feticide (or fetal homicide) frequently refers to a criminal offense. In medicine, the term generally refers to a part of an abortion procedure in which a provider intentionally induces the death of the embryo or fetus to avoid the chance of an unintended live birth, or as a standalone procedure in the case of selective reduction.
discrimination against non-binary gender persons
prejudicial treatment of people who do not identify as male or female
Nakaimo – My Sister Is Among Them!
Japanese light novel series
binding
linguistic phenomenon in which anaphoric elements such as pronouns are grammatically associated with their antecedents
workfare
thumb|right|Activists dressed as prisoners demonstrating against workfare in the United Kingdom (October 2011) Workfare is a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training. Many countries around the world have adopted workfare (sometimes implemented as "work-first" policies) to reduce poverty among able-bodied adults; however, their approaches to execution vary. The United States and United Kingdom are two countries utilizing workfare, albeit with different backgrounds.
trustee
Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, refers to anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any individual who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another. A trustee can also be a person who is allowed to do certain tasks but not able to gain income. Although in the strictest sense of the term a trustee is the holder of property on behalf of a beneficiary, the more expansive sense encompasses persons who serve, for example, on the board of trustees of an institution that operates for a ch
1980s in film
overview of the events of the 1980s in film
mistake
mutual mistake, concept in contract law
minor party
political party with little influence in the governing of a country
emancipation of minors
concept of family law
lane splitting
riding a bicycle or motorcycle between lanes or rows of slow moving or stopped traffic moving in the same direction
omnibus bill
proposed law that covers a number of diverse or unrelated topics
Hospital emergency codes
Emergency codes typically announced over a hospital's public address system to prompt staff action and inform faculty of the event occuring
economics of Christmas
economic aspects of Christmas
fan translation of video games
unofficially translated media
noxious weed
weed that has been designated by an agricultural or other governing authority as a plant that is injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops, natural habitats or ecosystems, or humans or livestock
Women in heraldry
vital statistics
statistics on live births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces
sports magazine
publication genre
male as norm
concept in feminism that asserts that the world around us, built by men, is built for men, perceives the male as the norm, and everything else as a deviation