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Tolerance : The Qur‘an
1,135 words, approx. 4 pages
In the tolerance is viewed a necessary prerequisite for coexistence. It assumes social, cultural and religious differences that require toleration even if these differences do not meet with the approval of the parties involved. Tolerance without...
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Behavioral Tolerance Summary
1,098 words, approx. 4 pages
In everyday language, TOLERANCE implies the ability to withstand something. In pharmacology, the term tolerance is close to this meaning. To understand the technical meaning of the word, however, requires an understanding of the concept of the potency...
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Tolerance : Biological Psychology
181 words, approx. 1 pages
The central feature of tolerance, in the context of biological psychology, is the reduced reaction a DRUG produces following its repeated administration. Tolerance can be seen to have developed when the original effect of the drug can only be achieved...
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Tolerance : Forensic Science Terms
38 words, approx. 1 pages
A state that develops after long-term exposure to a drug. Metabolic tolerance infers a faster removal and oxidation by the liver. Functional tolerance infers a change in sensitivity of the organ to the effects of the...


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Tolerance Quotes
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"...neither tolerance nor intolerance is grounded in science and reason, but they are themselves acts of faith grounded in social custom and the politics of expediency and power." ~ John Money "We must respect other religions even as we respect our...


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Concrete
Towards tolerant tolerances!
03/01/2001: 1,056 words, approx. 4 pages
Deryk Simpson, the Concrete Advisory Service, discusses tolerances for suspended in-situ concrete slabs The topic of surface tolerances for concrete ground-supported floors has been well understood and specified since Technical Report 34 (TR34)(1) was first published in 1988. Further guidance on flatness was...
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Baltimore Afro-American
Zero tolerance or no tolerance?
04/02/1999: 657 words, approx. 2 pages
Baltimore Afro-American 04-02-1999 Zero tolerance or no tolerance? JOSEPH BROWN JR. Imagine giving a gun to a 22-year-old and telling him to go out and arrest or harass anyone that commits a crime. The 22-year-old with instructions in hand, goes out...
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AP News
Backlash forms against 'zero tolerance'
6/15/2007: 812 words, approx. 3 pages
Fifth-graders in California who adorned their mortarboards with tiny toy plastic soldiers this week to support troops in Iraq were forced to cut off their miniature weapons. A Utah boy was suspended for giving his cousin a cold pill prescribed to both students. In Rhode...
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AP News
Blair stokes debate on religious tolerance
12/8/2006: 362 words, approx. 1 pages
Prime Minister Tony Blair stoked a simmering debate over religious tolerance and cultural assimilation on Friday, saying it was the duty of all immigrants to integrate into British society.Blair announced plans to more carefully allocate funding to faith groups, saying grants would no longer be...
 


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Oratory on Tolerance
1,382 words, approx. 5 pages
Provides a personal analysis of the meaning of tolerance. Discusses racial and cultural tolerance.


 

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