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hyooh ma ni teez

  • n  studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
  • n  the quality of being humane
  • n  the quality of being human
  • n  all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

  • The first set of comps covers logic, rhetoric and analysis; the second, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences; and the third, history, philosophy and foreign languages.
  • The traditional classical concept of the humanities is both narrow and provincial, for today's humanities must reach beyond the Western world to embracejust as does .
  • He founded and co-chaired the Congressional Humanities Caucus, which is dedicated to advocating on behalf of the humanities in the House of Representatives and to raising the .
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  • Alan Rosenberg in FOXNews
    His long and quiet devotion to advancing literacy, the arts and humanities on a national and local scale deserves our appreciation,Rosenberg said Thursday.
  • President Bush in FOXBusiness
    There are great folks out there who are passionate, who care a lot about children, who often have great content knowledge - math, science, humanities, whatever it might be - who just didn't happen to major in education. We want to help get them... Arne Duncan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Duncan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE_qBNqj4Z61yg27uERzNrn1Fk-IA International Herald Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/17/business/Becoming-a-Teacher.php&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE1WhFUZQGRmrCPvUMMUv9i6WWarg Mar 17, 2009 48639 65856 humanities At their best, the arts and humanities express the ideals that define our nation," said President George W. Bush. "The United States is a country defined not by bloodline, race, or creed, but by our character and convictions. We are united...

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