Preparedness

  • 11preparedness —    American    the military help given by the United States to Britain in the Second World War before Pearl Harbor    Isolationism was so widely supported that Roosevelt and his supporters had to conceal their actions in euphemism:     [Henry… …

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  • 12preparedness — noun (U) the state of being ready for something: the country s lack of military preparedness …

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  • 13preparedness — UK [prɪˈpeərɪdnəs] / US [prɪˈperədnəs] noun [uncountable] the state of being ready for something military preparedness …

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  • 14preparedness — parengtis statusas T sritis švietimas apibrėžtis Asmenybės būsena kryptingai reaguoti į išorės poveikius. Ją lemia įvairios dispozicijos, mąstymo ir jausmų stereotipai, veiklos ir elgesio įpročiai bei įgūdžiai. Ugdant asmenybės charakterį,… …

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  • 15Preparedness Day Bombing — The Preparedness Day Bombing was a bombing in San Francisco, California on July 22, 1916 when the city held a parade in honor of Preparedness Day, in anticipation of entering World War I. During the parade a suitcase bomb was detonated, killing… …

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  • 16Preparedness Movement — Pre World War I campaign to increase U.S. military capabilities and convince the public of the need for U.S. involvement in a future European conflict. Leaders such as Theodore Roosevelt and Gen. Leonard Wood sought to persuade Pres. Woodrow… …

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  • 17Preparedness Movement — The Preparedness Movement was a campaign led by Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt to strengthen the military of the United States after the outbreak of World War I. Roosevelt wrote two books, America and the World War , and Fear God and Take… …

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  • 18Preparedness (learning) — In psychology, preparedness is a concept developed by Martin Seligman (1971) to explain why certain associations are learned more readily than others. For example, phobias related to survival, such as snakes, spiders, and heights, are much more… …

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  • 19Preparedness controversy — The Preparedness controversy was a brief frenzy of great public concern in the United States over the state of preparation of the United States military.President Woodrow Wilson at the time originally opposed the movement. By 1915 1916,… …

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  • 20preparedness movement — n. A movement that encourages people to always be prepared for emergencies caused by natural or technological disasters. Example Citation: The Connecticut based GartnerGroup, recently said 90 percent of millennium bug problems should be corrected …

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