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It wasn't until two years into her stay that her co-villagers could share a laugh over their original understanding of why she had left everything to join them--that she was fleeing from being sacrificed by her family, a mythic theme in their oral literature.
Sewing up the history of Madagascar's textiles: a ROM curator enters ... by Jack, Lee-Anne / ROM Magazine
Originalism Defining the Constitution based on the original understanding, meaning, and intent is referred to as originalism, and supporters of this are referred to as originalists, or as they are more popularly known, constitutionalists.
Constitutionalism 101: most people think that the Supreme Court has ... by Krey, Patrick / The New American
97) Better, he says, to "treat the text and original understanding as persuasive but not authoritative.
"This Constitution": constitutional indexicals as a basis for ... by Green, Christopher R. / Notre Dame Law Review
 
 
 
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