2006 Top Ten of Polemic for Society
- Value of information
- Value of information is the amount a decision maker would be willing to pay for information prior to making a decision
- Writ of assistance
- A writ of assistance is a written order issued by a court instructing a law enforcement official, such as a sheriff or a tax collector, to perform a certain task. Historically, several types of writs have been called "writs of assistance". Most often, a writ of assistance is "used to enforce an order for the possession of lands". When used to evict someone from real property, such a writ is also called a writ of restitution or a writ of possession. In the area of customs, writs of assistance were a
- Clear Brook High School
- Clear Brook High School is a secondary school located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States
- Nathan (given name)
- Nathan is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew verb נָתָן meaning gave. The meaning of the name in Jewish culture could be rendered "he has given" or "he will give".Nathan can also be used as a nickname for Nathaniel
- Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke
- Queen Mary's College (QMC) is a sixth form college in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. The college's name is from the former grammar school Queen Mary's School located in the northern part of Basingstoke and the college is located in the former school buildings of the Shrubbery All Girls secondary modern, which dates back to the early 1950s
- Emmanuel College, Gold Coast
- Emmanuel College is an independent, co-educational, multi-denominational Christian school in the suburb of Carrara on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The college caters to students from Preparatory through to Year 12 and there is also an affiliated on-campus kindergarten, Little e's. Emmanuel College is privately owned and operated and is registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission as a not-for-profit corporation
- Quartering Acts
- The Quartering Acts were two or more Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of Britain's North American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food. Each of the Quartering Acts was an amendment to the Mutiny Act and required annual renewal by Parliament. They were originally intended as a response to issues that arose during the French and Indian War and soon became a source of tensions between the inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies and the government in London. These
- Cy-Fair High School
- Cy-Fair High School is a secondary school located in Cypress, which is an unincorporated place in Harris County, Texas, near Houston. The school is located along U.S. Highway 290 and is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. Cy-Fair High School is the only CFISD high school with a hyphen in its official name. The school mascot is the bobcat, and the school's colors are white and maroon. Students attending the school have classes from 7:20 a.m. to 2:50 p.m
- Fonds
- In archival science, a fonds is a group of documents that share the same origin and that have occurred naturally as an outgrowth of the daily workings of an agency, individual, or organization. An example of a fonds could be the writings of a poet that were never published or the records of an institution during a specific period
- Tanglin Trust School
- Tanglin Trust School (TTS) is an international school in Singapore run as a non-profit organisation. Established in 1925, Tanglin Trust School provides British-based learning with an international perspective for students aged 3–18. There are approximately 2,720 students at Tanglin, with 740 in the Infant School, 770 in the Junior School and 1190 in the Senior School and Sixth Form. Each school has its own building and facilities within the one campus. Approximately 60–70% of students in the school are