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equality
Generally, an ideal of uniformity in treatment or status by those in a position to affect either. Acknowledgment of the right to equality often must be coerced from the advantaged by the disadvantaged. Equality of opportunity was the founding creed of U.S. society, but equality among all races and between the sexes has proved easier to legislate than to achieve in practice. Social or religious inequality is deeply ingrained in some cultures and thus difficult to overcome (see caste). Government efforts to achieve economic equality include enhancing opportunities through tax policy, subsidized training and education, redistributing wealth or resources, and preferential treatment of those historically treated unequally (see affirmative action). See also civil-rights movement, feminism, gay-rights movement, human rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.


Squanto
Pawtuxet Indian interpreter and guide. Squanto learned English after escaping an attempt to sell him into slavery and joining the Newfoundland Co. At Plymouth colony, he was made Gov. W. Bradford's Indian emissary; he also served as interpreter for E Winslow, the Pilgrim representative, during his negotiations with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags.


square
In measurement, a device consisting of two straightedges set at a right angle. It is used by carpenters and machinists to check the correctness of right angles, as a guide when drawing lines on materials before cutting, or for locating holes. In mechanical drawing or drafting, a T-shaped instrument known as a T square is used to establish a horizontal reference on the drafting board.


squash
Any of various fruits of the genus Cucurbita in the gourd family, widely cultivated as vegetables and for livestock feed. The principal species are C. maxima and certain varieties of C. pepo. Summer squash is a quick-growing, small-fruited, nontrailing or bush type of C. pepo. Diverse in form, color, and surface texture, the fruits do not store well and must be used soon after harvest (see zucchini). Winter varieties of squash, C. maxima, are long-vining, generally large-fruited, long-season types. Harvested fruits, in a wide range of sizes, shapes, and colors, can be stored many months if kept dry and well above freezing. The rinds are harder than those of summer squash and usually inedible. Examples include acorn squash and pumpkin. Native to the Americas, squash was widely cultivated by Amer. Indians before Europeans arrived.

Singles or doubles game played in a four-walled court with a long-handled racket and a rubber ball that can be hit off any number of walls (as long as it hits the front wall). A descendant of rackets, it probably originated in the mid-19th cent. at England's Harrow School. The standard international game uses a relatively soft, slow ball; hardball squash, played in the U.S., is played on a narrower court with a harder, faster ball. The ...

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