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  2. Gatekeeping (communication) - Wikipedia

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    Gatekeeping as a news process was identified in the literature as early as 1922, [dubious – discuss] though not yet given a formal theoretical name. In his book 'The Immigrant Press', Robert Park explains the process, "out of all of the events that happen and are recorded every day by correspondents, reporters, and the news agencies, the editor chooses certain items for publication which he ...

  3. To rob Peter to pay Paul - Wikipedia

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    Maneuvering the Apostles", which has the same meaning, was derived from this expression. [6] [7] In patchwork, "Rob Peter to pay Paul" is an alternative name for the Drunkard's Path patchwork block. [8]

  4. Will (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Will, within philosophy, is a faculty of the mind.Will is important as one of the parts of the mind, along with reason and understanding.It is considered central to the field of ethics because of its role in enabling deliberate action.

  5. Paradigm - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary defines a paradigm as "a pattern or model, an exemplar; a typical instance of something, an example". [11] The historian of science Thomas Kuhn gave the word its contemporary meaning when he adopted the word to refer to the set of concepts and practices that define a scientific discipline at any particular period of time.

  6. Buy to let - Wikipedia

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    Buy-to-let mortgage is a mortgage arrangement in which an investor borrows money to purchase property in the private rented sector in order to let it out to tenants. Buy-to-let mortgages have been on offer in the UK since 1996. [6] Lenders calculate how much they are willing to lend using a different formula than for an owner-occupied property.

  7. Japan–Philippines relations - Wikipedia

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    The US policy was to have Japan pay for reparations in the form of goods or existing capital equipment and facilities. According to the US Department of State, this was to ensure Japan could continue its demilitarization process, as these were not necessary neither for the occupation forces nor for a peaceful Japanese economy. [ 35 ]

  8. Heliocentrism - Wikipedia

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    Andreas Cellarius's illustration of the Copernican system, from the Harmonia Macrocosmica. Heliocentrism [a] (also known as the heliocentric model) is a superseded astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe.

  9. Tagalog language - Wikipedia

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    A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.. Tagalog (/ t ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɒ ɡ /, tə-GAH-log; [3] [tɐˈɣaː.loɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.