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...n" refers to the strongest kind of [[circumstantial evidence]], as opposed to [[direct evidence]]. Direct evidence would be [[eyewitness testimony]] of s In addition to this, its meaning has evolved in uses completely unrelated to criminal activity: for example, scientific evidence that is highly suggesti ...

...rting items where items are passed from one (relatively stationary) person to the next. ...to extinguish a blaze. This technique is still common where using machines to move water, supplies, or other items would be impractical. ...

...f the [[Sermon on the Mount]]. This verse presents the second of a pair of metaphors explaining the benefits of prayer. ...rm of the tempter in [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]], and other negative snake metaphors appear in the New Testament. This metaphor is thus somewhat stronger than t ...

In [[aerospace engineering]], it is used to describe the multiplication effect in an original weight saving. A reductio ...is amplified by the oscillator circuit and returned to its input filtered to contain primarily the selected (desired) frequency, gradually getting stron ...

...logy to a [[Domino toppling|falling row of dominoes]]. It typically refers to a linked sequence of events where the time between successive events is rel ...ent triggering additional ones in related equipment or facilities, leading to a total incident effect more severe than the primary accident alone. ...

...|first3=Shane |author-link3=Shane Smith (journalist) |title=The Vice Guide to Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_97804 ...[sex worker]]s use as a [[safe sex]] alternative for people who prefer not to wear [[condom]]s.{{r|Davis (1996) pp. 125-127}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Chapk ...

...zero'' are also used in relation to [[epidemic]]s, and other [[disaster]]s to mark the point of the most severe damage or destruction. The term is distin The term "ground zero" originally referred to the hypocenter of the [[Trinity (nuclear test)|Trinity test]] in [[Jornada ...

...or '''acid decay''' is a term used in [[library and information science]] to describe [[paper]] embrittlement resulting from acid decay. The term is tak Solutions to this problem include the use of [[acid-free paper]] stocks, [[format shifti ...

...ey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations|Weinstein Scandal]]" led all the way to the rise of the [[Me Too movement]].]] ...ffect''' occurs when an initial disturbance to a system propagates outward to disturb an increasingly larger portion of the system, like [[capillary wave ...

...hows that a [[duckling]] is just as similar to a [[swan]] as two swans are to each other. It was derived by [[Satosi Watanabe]] in 1969.<ref name="Watana ...>, ''x''₃, ''y''₁, and ''y''₂, correspond to ''C'', ''B'', ''A'', F, and W, respectively.</ref>]] ...

...s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" ([[Jesus and the rich young man]]); This is repea The [[Babylonian Talmud]] applies the [[aphorism]] to unthinkable thoughts. To explain that dreams reveal the thoughts of a man's heart and are the produc ...

...a [[metaphor]] for [[Appropriation (law)|allocating]] government spending to localized projects in the representative's [[district]] or for securing dir ...0914}}</ref> In election campaigns, the term is used in derogatory fashion to attack opponents. Typically, "pork" involves national funding for governme ...

...df|author-link= Steven Shapin}}</ref> The term is often used now to refer to academia or the college and university systems.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Profes ..."WWW" /> This poetic use of ''"tour d'ivoire"'' may have been an allusion to the rook (or castle) in chess, which is another meaning of the French word ...

...dition, {{ISBN|0-671-41809-2}} - page 1242 - "*rubber-stamp 2. [Colloq.] to approve or endorse in a routine manner, without thought - *rubber stamp - 2 ...orse are formalities they are expected to legitimize, and are usually done to create the superficial appearance of legislative and dictatorial harmony ra ...

...pressive]] tendencies of [[Freud]]ian theory, Deleuze and Guattari set out to describe a renewed framework of desire, incorporating both philosophical an ...takes all idealistic categories and constitutes a cycle whose relationship to desire is that of an immanent principle. That is why desiring-production is ...

...by the [[Lone Ranger]]; the effectiveness of real silver bullets compared to lead ones is not entirely known.]] ...r bullet" or [[magic bullet (medicine)|magic bullet]] that allowed doctors to treat and successfully cure many [[bacterial infections]]. ...

...d Orange - they do not compare.jpg|right|thumb|An apple and an orange, not to be practically compared]] ...ed]], typically because of inherent or fundamental differences between the objects. ...

{{Short description|Platform on which one stands to make an impromptu speech}} ...lly used for shipment of [[soap]], or other dry goods, from a manufacturer to a retail store. ...

...-and-how-to-stop-them-5895487b86f7 | title=Corporate Fire Drills — and How to Stop Them | date=3 November 2020 }}</ref> The phrase has been critiqued due to it associating "Chinese" as a descriptor with incompetence, chaos or otherw ...