CLEAVAGE

tendency of many minerals to split along definite smooth planar surfaces determined by their crystal structure. The directions of these surfaces are related to weaknesses in the atomic structure of the mineral and are always parallel to a possible crystal face. The property of cleavage is useful in identifying a mineral species. The tendency for certain varieties of metamorphic and sedimentary rock to split along more or less smooth surfaces is sometimes referred to as rock cleavage. Flagstone, slate, and schist are noted for this property, which arises from the parallel alignment of fine, platy mineral grains, themselves displaying cleavage.

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Social Cleavages and Political Change: Voter Alignments and U.S. Party Coalitions
Book by Jeff Manza, Clem Brooks; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Party Affiliation--United States, Social Classes--United States, Voting--United States
...1992, the class cleavage rebounded. Changes...of these two cleavages thus appear to...development of these cleavages. First, the class cleavage is generally...of the class cleavage from 1960 through...class and gender cleavages also has a significant...
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Political Cleavages: Issues, Parties, and the Consolidation of Democracy
Book by Alejandro Moreno; Westview Press, 1999
Subjects: Authoritarianism, Comparative Government, Democracy, Democratization, Political Culture, Political Parties
...leftist. The second relevant cleavage in Brazil is represented by...rural-urban dimension. This cleavage seems to be, again, one...materialist electorate. In both cleavages, the Brazilian Social Democratic...Workers Party PT in the first cleavage--where socioeconomic concerns...
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Cleavages, Parties, and Voters: Studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania
Book by Kay Lawson, Andrea Römmele, Georgi Karasimeonov; Praeger, 1999
Subjects: Elections--Europe, Central, Elections--Europe, Eastern, Political Parties--Europe, Central, Political Parties--Europe, Eastern
...principal types of cleavage: (1) ascriptive, or trait, cleavages, such as race or caste...arise. The concept of cleavage is thus not iden...concept of conflict; cleavages may lead to conflict, but a cleavage need not always be...
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Social Cleavages in Texas: A Study of the Proposed Division of the State
Book by Weston Joseph McConnell; Columbia University, 1925
Subjects: Texas--Divisions, Texas--History, Texas--Social Conditions
cates of division had by no means abandoned their purpose of establishing a cleavage between the different parts of the State. With the exception of an occasional reference by way of disapproval of past procedure...
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The Caribbean and World Politics: Cross Currents and Cleavages
Book by Jorge Heine, Leslie Manigat; Holmes & Meier, 1988
Subjects: Caribbean Area--Economic Conditions--1945-, Caribbean Area--Foreign Relations--1945-, Caribbean Area--Foreign Relations--United States, Caribbean Area--Politics And Government--1945-, Geopolitics--Caribbean Area, United States--Foreign Relations--Caribbean Area
...imbroglio an aggravation of the CARICOM crisis ensued, with a deterioration of relations between Trinidad and Barbados and a clear cleavage between Guyana and the "leading trio" Seaga of Jamaica, Adams of Barbados, and Charles of Dominica who were publicly accused...
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Pang-Kwong Li. Hong Kong from Britain to China: Political Cleavages, Electoral Dynamics, and Institutional Changes
Journal article by Alvin Y. So; China Review International, Vol. 9, 2002
Subjects: Hong Kong from Britain to China: Political Cleavages, Electoral Dynamics, and Institutional Changes (Book)
...to China: Political Cleavages, Electoral Dynamics...is the lines of social cleavage that have helped to shape...significant political cleavages that have shaped the...the center-periphery cleavage in the 1980s, during...
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Stefan Svalfors, Ed., the Political Sociology of the Welfare State: Institutions, Social Cleavages, and Orientations
Journal article by Julia S. O'Connor; Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 34, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Political Sociology of the Welfare State: Institutions, Social Cleavages, and Orientations (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...Welfare State: Institutions, Social Cleavages, and Orientations. by Julia S. OConnor...Welfare State: Institutions, Social Cleavages, and Orientations. Stanford: Stanford...framework relating to orientations, social cleavages, and political institutions that unites...
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RNA Cleavage Linked with Ribosomal Action
Journal article by Haruyo Yamanishi, Tetsuro Yonesaki; Genetics, Vol. 171, 2005
Subjects: Amino acids, Bacteriology, Capsid Proteins, Codon, Terminator, DNA Primers, Dmd protein, Enterobacteria phage T4, Genes, Genetics, RNA, Messenger, Ribonucleases, Viral Proteins, small outer capsid protein, bacteriophage T4
...opposite effects on the cleavage at NE and on the cleavages at TCl and TC2 in...linkage between these cleavages and ribosomal action...Selection of cleavage sites: We have...Interestingly, new cleavages as well as the cleavage at NE were introduced...
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Cleavage in American Attitudes toward Social Welfare
Journal article by William M. Epstein; Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, Vol. 31, 2004
Subjects: Social service, Social welfare
...there is rarely any cleavage of note among the top...indistinguishable. Whatever cleavage exists is most pronounced...were no substantial cleavages among these groups in...December 1994). Cleavages were usually less than...there was hardly any cleavage at all by ethnic descent...
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Electoral Volatility in Turkey: Cleavages Vs. the Economy
Journal article by Yasushi Hazama; I.D.E. Occasional Papers Series, 2007
Subjects: Democracy, Developing countries--LDCs, Politics, Regression analysis, Studies, Turkey, Volatility, Voter behavior
...democracies. 1.2. Social Cleavages Social cleavage approaches to electoral...relationships (1) between social cleavages and cleavage-type volatilities using...provinces with stronger social cleavages have smaller cleavage-type volatilities (left...
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Upfront and Personal: "When Should a Woman Stop Showing Her Cleavage?" Wonders Annalisa Barbieri
Magazine article by Annalisa Barbieri; New Statesman, Vol. 135, August 14, 2006
Subjects: Women's clothing--Personal narratives
...When Should a Woman Stop Showing Her Cleavage?" Wonders Annalisa Barbieri. by Annalisa...what age should a woman stop showing her cleavage? Though the answer should be "Whenever...away. You see women who have "used" cleavage all their lives and cant let go of it...
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Conservative Nation
Magazine article by James Piereson; The National Interest, November 2010
Subjects: Conservatism--Analysis, Partisanship--Analysis, Political cleavage--Analysis, Right and left (Political science)--Analysis
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The Paradigm Shift: Labour Lost More Than an Election in May, It Lost a Way of Being. Everywhere the Old Social Democracy Is Dying. There's No Point Trying to Revive It - It Has to Be Transformed
Magazine article by Neal Lawson, John Harris; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 139, December 6, 2010
Subjects: Elections--Analysis, Labour Party (United Kingdom)--Evaluation, Political cleavage--Analysis, Political leadership--Analysis, Socialism--Analysis
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Cote d'Ivoire the Story Behind the Story
Magazine article by Tom Mbakwe; New African, February 2011
Subjects: African cooperation--Political aspects, French foreign relations--Political aspects, Gbagbo, Laurent--Powers and duties, Ivorian foreign relations--Political aspects, Political cleavage--Management, Presidents (Government)--Powers and duties, Presidents--Powers and duties
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Gone with the 2010 Win: White Democratic Elected Officials Have Vanished from Dixie. Can Southern Dems Rebound as a Black-and-Brown Party?
Magazine article by Jamelle Boule; The American Prospect, Vol. 22, June 2011
Subjects: Democratic Party (United States)--Market share, Election districts--Demographic aspects, Hispanic Americans--Political aspects, Political cleavage--Forecasts and trends, Republican Party (United States)--Market share, Southern United States--Political aspects
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Is Cleavage at Work a Distraction? er ... Um ... Sorry, What Was That Again?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 15, 2010
...illusions that my impressive cleavage played a part in that. Yet...hated, too, what my mighty cleavage represented. I didnt want...against women who flaunted their cleavages. They were bound to disappear...somewhat breathtaking 32E, cleavage has never done me any harm...
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UPLIFTING OR A LETDOWN? Air Bags, Stick-On Cups, Magic Foam. as M&S Launches a Cleavage-Boosting Bra, How Do Its Rivals Fare ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 18, 2010
...Cups, Magic Foam. as M S Launches a Cleavage-Boosting Bra, How Do Its Rivals Fare...effective. The bra gave me an eye-popping cleavage and was surprisingly comfortable. However...breast. Despite an impressively lifted cleavage I still didnt feel it fitted as securely...
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They're Looking at You, Yes You. and All Because of Your Cleavage Apparently
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 4, 2005
...You, Yes You. and All Because of Your Cleavage Apparently. Byline: By MOLLY WATSON...Wonderbra, we now have to co-ordinate our cleavage as well. From next week a series of...just to achieve Wonderbras trademark cleavage, but to create different effects, different...
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Bob Shields UPFRONT AND OFF THE LEASH; the Cleavage by Any Other Name
Newspaper article by Bob Shields; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 1, 2000
Bob Shields UPFRONT AND OFF THE LEASH; the Cleavage by Any Other Name. by Bob Shields TELL me why...one of the ugliest names? Yes, were talking cleavage here. And as National Cleavage Day becomes a distant mammary, surely we can...
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Treasure Your Chest! Get a Crease-Free Cleavage; Mariella Frostrup Has Revealed That She Keeps Her Chest Looking Great by Wearing a Bra in Bed. So Keep Your Bust Ravishing, Not Wrinkly with Our Tricks. by Kim Jones
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), April 13, 2011
...time. First, exfoliate the cleavage with a gentle facial scrub...improve uneven skin tone in the cleavage area. Aesthera PPX laser...pay the price with crinkly cleavages before their time, warns...youll have a naturally glowing cleavage, minus the dehydration effects...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cleavage  - 31 results

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Cleavage
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CLEAVAGE tendency of many minerals to split along...possible crystal face. The property of cleavage is useful in identifying a mineral species...surfaces is sometimes referred to as rock cleavage. Flagstone, slate, and schist are noted...
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Slate
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...layers; this characteristically regular and planar cleavage is called slaty cleavage. In the formation of slate, pressure causes...source of the pressure, and the planes of easy cleavage are also at right angles to the source of the...
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Free Radical
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...unstable. They are produced by homolytic cleavage of a covalent bond (see chemical bond...electrons making up the bond. The homolytic cleavage of a hydrogen molecule, H 2 , produces...from a chlorine molecule. Homolytic cleavage of the carbon-bromine bond in methyl...
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Embryo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rapid series of cell divisions called cleavage, or segmentation (see mitosis ). Each...developmental patterns. In a typical animal, cleavage proceeds in the following pattern. Early...which encloses the blastocoel, or cleavage cavity. The cells divide more rapidly...
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Gem , Ornamental Mineral or Organic Substance
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...depends on hardness and resistance to cleavage or fracture. The physical properties...hardness, presence or absence of cleavage, type of fracture (conchoidal, even, or uneven) in stones without cleavage, specific gravity, color, streak...
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