the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
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something done or performed; act; deed.
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an act that one consciously wills and that may be characterized by physical or mental activity: a crisis that demands action instead of debate; hoping for constructive action by the landlord.
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actions, habitual or usual acts; conduct: He is responsible for his actions.
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energetic activity: a man of action.
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an exertion of power or force: the action of wind upon a ship's sails.
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effect or influence: the action of morphine.
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Physiology. a change in organs, tissues, or cells leading to performance of a function, as in muscular contraction.
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way or manner of moving: the action of a machine or of a horse.
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the mechanism by which something is operated, as that of a gun or a piano.
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a military encounter or engagement; battle, skirmish, or the like.
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actual engagement in fighting an enemy; military or naval combat: He saw action in Vietnam.
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Literature. the main subject or story, as distinguished from an incidental episode.
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Theater.
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an event or series of events that form part of a dramatic plot: the action of a scene.
affirmative action in the United States, an active effort to improve employment or educational opportunities for members of minority groups and for women. Affirmative action began as a government remedy to the effects ...
Education The launch of a worldwide literacy campaign, an increase in the use of computers for education, funding problems, difficulties with achievement testing, disorder in schools, and court decisions ...
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State and Local Affairs Federal courts continued to wrestle with the constitutionality of black-majority congressional districts drawn to ensure minority representation, but no clear guidelines emerged. Judges threw out ...
Jackson, Maynard Holbrook, Jr. American politician and lawyer (b. March 23, 1938, Dallas, Texas-d. June 23, 2003, Arlington, Va.), was the first African American to head a major Southern city. He was elected mayor of Atlanta in ...
Developments in the States, 1997 A three-decade trend of growth for affirmative-action programs was slowed and sometimes even reversed during the year. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to California's 1996 ...
Sharpton, Al American civil rights activist and minister. He began preaching at age four and became an ordained Pentecostal minister at age 10. In 1971 he founded a national youth organization that promoted ...
Developments in the States, 1999 Legal and political pressures to roll back affirmative-action programs continued during the year. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in November proposed wiping out race and ethnicity as factors in state ...
State and Local Affairs States continued to be at the centre of national debates on public policy during 1996. The U.S. Congress, reacting in part to successful experimentation by a number of states, enacted a historic ...
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Washington Post - Found Dec. 4, 2008 In his Dec. 3 Federal Diary column, 'Another Obstacle for Affirmative Action, and Congress Is Prepared to Fight,' Joe Davidson urged Congress to
U-Wire.com - Found Dec. 1, 2008 ... and Washington to become the fourth state to dismantle affirmative action programs. Colorado rejected a similar affirmative action ban the...
Associated Content - Found Dec. 1, 2008 ... affirmative action brings about a positive change in society, but some say that preferential treatment is a bug problem. Affirmative action...
NixGuy.com - Found Nov. 22, 2008 ... elected by the members of the Republican National Committee." I'm not sure who decided to write affirmative action into the Republican Party's...
Daily Times - Found 1 hour ago ... recognising discrimination and addressing it through legislation have balked at programmes like affirmative action, which can attempt to...
LewRockwell.com - Found 2 hours ago Committee to Block From: raphael@loyno.edu Subject: Affirmative Action Diversity Tast Force Statemtne Info: In reference to the Times Picayune...
