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  • is the rustic 125-acre mountain retreat of the President of the United ... name from Dwight Eisenhower, in honor of his grandson, Dwight David ...
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  • Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside ... Chinese dominate almost all the economies of Southeast Asia, and have sometimes ...
    45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
  • IAST Ayodhyā), an ancient city of India, holds a cherished place ... With the rise of the Gupta Empire (320 to 550 C.E.), Hinduism again ...
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  • and formerly Vietnamese. Four percent of Chinese characters are derived ... parts where one indicates a general category of meaning and the other the sound ...
    55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
  • A high school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly ... In addition to completing this level of academic studies, high schools ...
    27 KB (3,998 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
  • ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ... == History of Imperial Examinations == [[Image:Palastexamen-SongDynastie ...
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  • for people to gather for the purpose of drinking tea, often combined ... The form of a tea house or room varies considerably, just as the occasions ...
    29 KB (4,641 words) - 04:37, 27 February 2023
  • Zen (禅), Japanese for "meditation," is a form of Mahāyāna ... was subsequently transmitted to other parts of Asia including Japan, China ...
    37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
  • The Japanese city of Hiroshima|広島市|Hiroshima-shi is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ...
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  • Clupea harengusThe most abundant species of fish in the world. ... life, and limbs—if present—in the form of fins. Poikilothermic refers ...
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  • and Hawaiian English) is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most ... Since approximately 75 percent of the resident population of the state ...
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  • North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He founded the ... teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle (1996). ...
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  • called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state ... After World War II, Shinto lost its status of state religion; some ...
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  • Jellyfish are marine invertebrates belonging to the Scyphozoan class ... Theoretically, members of Cnidaria have life cycles that alternate ...
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  • Joseph (also Joseph the Betrothed, Joseph of Nazareth, and Joseph ... he then fled to Egypt to avoid the wrath of Herod the Great, returning ...
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  • she changed the public's perception of people with disabilities. She ... true value comes from the height and depth of her mind. ...
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  • Exorcism (from Late Latin exorcismus—to adjure) is the practice ... The concept of possession by evil spirits and the practice of exorcism ...
    20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
  • Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ... As long as war exists, we can expect new forms of psychological warfare ...
    20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
  • Viperinae is a subfamily of terrestrial and arboreal venomous vipers ... Because of their venom, viperines are highly feared by people. The ...
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  • quot;The naughty children"; German Caricature of 1849.]] has been largely rejected in favor of other disciplinary methods ...
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