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Liberal, city (1990 pop. 16,573), seat of Seward co., SW Kans.; founded 1888, inc. 1945. It is the trade center for a grazing and farm area. Oil and natural gas are extracted, and helium is processed in the city. Meatpacking and sand and gravel are also important to the economy. The traditional International Pancake Race between the housewives of Liberal and Olney, England, is held annually on Shrove Tuesday. liberal 1. relating to or having social and political views that favour progress and reform 2. relating to or having policies or views advocating individual freedom 3. of or relating to an education that aims to develop general cultural interests and intellectual ability How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Sacred Freedom: Western Liberalist Ideologies In The Light Of Islam by Haneef Oliver is about conflict between Western attitudes and Islamic thought as manifested in the illusive ideologies of the democratic constructs of Western philosophy. Long after the so-called Barthian revolt, an emergent "postliberal" movement mounted a robust challenge to then-predominant liberalist theological assumptions. On the whole, international conventions have been informed by liberalist notions of the autonomous citizen subject. |
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