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The Agenda journal is an IBSS / SAPSE accredited and peer reviewed journal - and the issue on Engendering National and Global Economic Policies will be published early December 2008.

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  1. noun A personal record of occurrences, experiences, and reflections kept on a regular basis; a diary.
  2. noun An official record of daily proceedings, as of a legislative body.
  3. noun Nautical A ship's log.
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  • In her journal is a note Passed the morning in Sleepy Hollow, with ——. —  Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Vol. I
  • In her journal is a bitter sentence, whose meaning I cannot mistake: 'Of a disposition that requires the most refined, the most exalted tenderness, without charms to inspire it:—poor Mignon! —  Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Vol. I
  • Her early habit of keeping a journal has been already referred to. —  The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss
  • Journal - a journal is a great place to write out your feelings and help put you in a better place mentally. —  Internet Marketing Sweetie
  • However the journal is an independent publication in terms of scientific research and the editors decide its publication policy.
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  1. Middle English, breviary, from Old French, daily, breviary, from Late Latin diurnālis, daily; see diurnal.

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  1. from Old French journal, jornal, jurnal, journel, etc., French journal = Spanish Portuguese jornal = Italian giornale, daily, a journal, from Latin diurnalis, daily: see diurnal, of which journal is a doublet.
  2. from journal, n.
 

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