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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (157481)7/3/2001 5:22:06 PM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
re·pub·lic (r-pblk)
n.

A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.

A nation that has such a political order.

A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.

A nation that has such a political order.
often Republic A specific republican government of a nation: the Fourth Republic of France.

An autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation.

A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field: the republic of letters.

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de·moc·ra·cy (d-mkr-s)
n. pl. de·moc·ra·cies

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.

A political or social unit that has such a government.
The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.

Majority rule.

The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
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