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intervention 1. Politics any interference in the affairs of others, esp by one state in the affairs of another 2. Economics the action of a central bank in supporting the international value of a currency by buying large quantities of the currency to keep the price up 3. Commerce the action of the EU in buying up surplus produce when the market price drops to a certain value 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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| The Communists have not invented the intervention of society in education; they do but seek to alter the character of that intervention, and to rescue education from the influence of the ruling class. " he said to Prince Andrew, seizing him by the arm, "I believe that intervention will be stronger than nonintervention. That though the pleasures arising from such pure love may be heightened and sweetened by the assistance of amorous desires, yet the former can subsist alone, nor are they destroyed by the intervention of the latter. |
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