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In a bid to purge subjectivity, the definitions were written in a style that was minutely descriptive but might charitably be called ungainly.

A series of updates to the DSM over the years have expanded the definition.

As James Madison warned in Federalist No. 47, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands . . . may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

There is no legal definition for child-on-parent violence and no authority has a statutory duty to help.

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China’s consumption narrative is shifting away from coastal megacities toward smaller markets where shoppers like Li Na are shaping a new definition of aspiration.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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