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Possession : Social and Cultural Anthropology
608 words, approx. 2 pages
The term ‘possession’ has been applied to Africa, the African diaspora (especially Brazil and the Caribbean), the Middle East, the Pacific, and sometimes South and Southeast Asia in contexts in which humans are said to be temporarily...
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Possession Summary
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Possession refers to some of the fierce dances still practiced today in India, mainly in the Kerala region, called Thirai Attam and Teyyam. The spirit supposedly possessing the dancer is that of a hero, not a demon, and the term "devil...
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Possess, Possessions Proverbs : World Proverbs
134 words, approx. 1 pages
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. (English) A sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flies by. (French) A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof. (German) A thousand cranes in the air are not worth the one sparrow in the...
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Possession : Grammatical Terms in Linguistics
83 words, approx. 1 pages
// n. A general name for any relation between two noun phrases by which the second in some sense ‘belongs to’ the first. Possession is expressed in two main ways: (1) by a possessive construction, in which both NPs involved typically form a...
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Possession Information
940 words, approx. 3 pages
Possession is having some degree of control over something else. In all cases, to possess something, a person must have an intention to possess it. A person may be in possession of some property (although possession does not always imply ownership)....
 


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Possession Quotes
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When I behold what pleasure is Pursuit, What life, what glorious eagerness it is, Then mark how full Possession falls from this, How fairer seems the blossom than the fruit,-- I am perplext, and often stricken mute. Wondering which attained the higher...


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Man pleads guilty to possessing ricin
2/5/2007: 359 words, approx. 1 pages
A man pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of possessing the potentially deadly poison ricin, firearms silencers and explosives.William Matthews entered his plea in a deal with prosecutors that calls for a prison term of 7 years and 3 months when he is sentenced April...
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Vikings player cited for pot possession
12/27/2007: 252 words, approx. 1 pages
Minnesota Vikings defensive end Darrion Scott has been cited for misdemeanor marijuana possession.Scott also was cited for failure to signal after he was pulled over Wednesday afternoon by officers with Charleston's Metro Drug Unit, said Lt. Chuck Carpenter, the drug unit's head.Carpenter said the officers...
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Idaho man accused in deaths 'possessed'
6/6/2007: 336 words, approx. 1 pages
A man accused of killing two people and suspected in wounding a third said in a jailhouse interview that he has a history of mental illness, including schizophrenia, and feels "possessed."John Delling, 21, said he drove more than 6,000 miles around the western United States...
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Tyson arrested on drug possession charge
12/29/2006: 466 words, approx. 2 pages
Mike Tyson was arrested early Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of cocaine after police stopped him shortly after he left a Scottsdale nightclub, police said.The former heavyweight champion appeared in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix later Friday and was...
 


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