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  2. Stockholm syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Former Kreditbanken building in Stockholm, Sweden, the location of the 1973 Norrmalmstorg robbery (photographed in 2005). Stockholm syndrome is a proposed condition or theory that tries to explain why hostages sometimes develop a psychological bond with their captors.

  3. Reinsurance - Wikipedia

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    In such situations, the insurance company may find a local insurance company which is authorised in the relevant country, arrange for the local insurer to issue an insurance policy covering the risks in that country, and enter into a reinsurance contract with the local insurer to transfer the risks to itself.

  4. Concept - Wikipedia

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    A concept is an abstract idea that serves as a foundation for more concrete principles, thoughts, and beliefs. [1]

  5. World Trade Center Captive Insurance Company - Wikipedia

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    The World Trade Center Captive Insurance Company was created by New York City with funding from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in July 2004, as directed by Public Law 108-7.

  6. BDSM - Wikipedia

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    The concepts presented by de Sade are not in accordance with the BDSM culture, even though they are sadistic in nature. [ citation needed ] In 1843, the Ruthenian physician Heinrich Kaan published Psychopathia Sexualis ( Psychopathy of Sex ), a writing in which he converts the sin conceptions of Christianity into medical diagnoses.

  7. Intellectual disability - Wikipedia

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    Clinically, intellectual disability is a subtype of cognitive deficit or disabilities affecting intellectual abilities, which is a broader concept and includes intellectual deficits that are too mild to properly qualify as intellectual disability, or too specific (as in specific learning disability), or acquired later in life through acquired ...

  8. Mother ship - Wikipedia

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    The NASA X-43 being dropped from under the wing of a B-52 Stratofortress Orbital Sciences Stargazer, a converted Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 500 carrying a Pegasus XL rocket. A mother ship, mothership or mother-ship is a large vehicle that leads, serves, or carries other smaller vehicles.

  9. Reciprocal inter-insurance exchange - Wikipedia

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    A reciprocal inter-insurance exchange or simply a reciprocal in the United States is an unincorporated association in which subscribers exchange insurance policies to pool and spread risk. For consumers, reciprocal exchanges often offer similar policies to those offered by a stock company or a mutual insurance company.