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Page 773
... position of South America relative to Africa is equiv- ocal : Silurian data are consistent with either continental drift ( q.v. ) away from Africa or for its present position having obtained during the Silurian . The position of North ...
... position of South America relative to Africa is equiv- ocal : Silurian data are consistent with either continental drift ( q.v. ) away from Africa or for its present position having obtained during the Silurian . The position of North ...
Page 958
... position is never complete in the sense that no new men can attain to wealth , prestige , or power . Pareto exagger- ated somewhat when he wrote that " history is a grave- yard of aristocracies , " but it is certainly true that in all ...
... position is never complete in the sense that no new men can attain to wealth , prestige , or power . Pareto exagger- ated somewhat when he wrote that " history is a grave- yard of aristocracies , " but it is certainly true that in all ...
Page 964
... position is applicable to the location or status of an individual in informal groups , although such positions are seldom distinguished by formal titles outside of for- mal organizations . The idea of position ( or office or status ) in ...
... position is applicable to the location or status of an individual in informal groups , although such positions are seldom distinguished by formal titles outside of for- mal organizations . The idea of position ( or office or status ) in ...
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