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  • The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed ... These wars were between supporters of the king's right to absolute ...
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  • 1930 – July 13, 2010) was principal owner and managing partner of Major ... He was a pioneer of modern sports ownership and is remembered for ...
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  • – December 15, 1810) was a noted writer and critic of British children ... author; she founded several Sunday schools and charity schools in her parish ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics ... The Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. It was created ...
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  • a single note being played. He was a pioneer of chance music, non-standard ... Cage was a long-term collaborator and romantic partner of choreographer ...
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  • The City of Halifax is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and the ... On April 1, 1996, the government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the four ...
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  • ), or Jesus in the New Testament, is considered to be a Messenger ... Muslims believe that Jesus will return to earth near the Day of Judgment ...
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  • The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to ... More concretely, the Equal Protection Clause, along with the rest ...
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  • Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self ... hypnosis, meditation, channeling, prayer, and altered states of consciousness ...
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  • a generic term referring to the continuation of existence after death, typically ... Is death the end, or is there something of people that survives after ...
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  • The Supreme Court of the United States (or the United States Supreme ... The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme ...
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  • was a well-known Russian revolutionary, and one of the leading figures ... he “converted” to anarchism in 1865 and helped to formulate many of ...
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  • 8, 1892 – July 27, 1962) was an English writer and poet. his World War I poetry, the 1929 novel Death of a Hero, and the controversy ...
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  • on August 19, 1946), was the 42nd President of the United States, serving ... continued to transition from the Cold War, and the United States experienced ...
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  • a Franco-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence ... His work made use of frequent homages and references to film history ...
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  • ), also known as a state within a state, connotes a form of clandestine ... to a conspiracy designed to thwart the will of the people. It is typically ...
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  • – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American actress and singer ... After studying acting in New York City. she moved to Hollywood and ...
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  • enormous popular success during a career of more than 70 years and continues ... Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law 023.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Executions of the Third of May by Francisco Goya]] ...
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  • Viking refers to a member of the Scandinavian seafaring traders, warriors ... In the main remembered for their ferocity and pillaging raids, the ...
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  • August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his ... Williams began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los ...
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  • nine-year period involving the Soviet forces and the Mujahideen insurgents ... The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began ...
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  • (June 19, 1951 – July 31, 2022) was an Egyptian-born terrorist and ... Cairo University with a degree in medicine and a master's degree in ...
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  • England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... United Kingdom, or the same as the island of Great Britain, which consists ...
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  • for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their ... Pink Floyd had moderate mainstream success and was one of the most ...
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  • that comprises Protestants, Catholics, and a small number of Orthodox ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...
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  • pyramís) is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge ... Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids, generally ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... |image = [[Image:Maasai women and children.jpg|270px]] ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology ... Category:Marriage and family [[File:Lesbian married couple.jpg|thumb ...
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  • based movement that had significant social and political consequences for ... The founding fathers of the United States had written of humanity ...
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  • Nazi human experimentation, in the context of this article, refers ... The Nazi human experiments included such atrocities as amputation ...
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  • Antifa is a political movement, expecially in Germany and the United ... Antifaschistische Aktion inspired a variety of different movements, groups ...
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  • Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (March 11 ... Wilson is generally recognized as a man of profound intellect but ...
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  • – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served ... when she was eleven years old. A member of the Democratic Party, she worked ...
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  • (a form of individualist anarchism) Ian Adams, Political Ideology Today ... capitalism. It advocates the elimination of the state; the provision of ...
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  • Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with molecular structures ... These cylindrical carbon molecules form the strongest and stiffest ...
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  • The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic landmark which consists of ... The Walk of Fame is administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce ...
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  • (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ... Hong Kong was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 until ...
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  • Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet ... From at least the ninth century, the territory of present-day Ukraine ...
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  • is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of ... The primary functions which distinguish money are as a medium of exchange ...
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  • film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took ... secure Hollywood's position as one of the world's most powerful ...
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  • Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing ... which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... the people indigenous to the United States|broader uses of "Native ...
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  • quot; or "creating") is a form of art in which language is used ... Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts ...
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  • rapturous devotion, somber contemplation, and endless debate as the topic ... Throughout history, the vast majority of people in the world have ...
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  • The British Empire is the most extensive empire in world history and ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...
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  • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional ...
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  • George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd President of the ... the Republican Party. Bush is the eldest son of the 41st U.S. President, George ...
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  • There was systematic political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, ... based on the interpretation of political opposition or dissent as ...
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  • to the forced mass evacuation and related deaths of hundreds ... Most Armenians, Russians, and West Europeans believe that the massacres ...
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