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The red carpet at the 81st Academy Awards Ceremony, 2009
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent movie awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. In 1927, shortly after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was incorporated, a dinner was held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to discuss the goals of the new organization. One of those goals was to find a method of honoring outstanding achievements, thereby encouraging higher levels of quality in all areas of motion picture production.

Featured Article: Soybean

Soybean
The soybean is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and tofu skin are made. Fermented soy foods include soy sauce, fermented bean paste, nattō, and tempeh.Soybean meal is a significant source of protein for animal feed farm animals. The soybean product textured vegetable protein (TVP), is often used in meat and dairy substitutes. Soy vegetable oil is used in food and industrial applications.

Popular Article: Comintern

The Communist International published a namesake theoretical magazine in a variety of European languages from 1919 to 1943
The Comintern (Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in Moscow in March 1919. The Comintern was founded after the dissolution of the Second International in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference in which Vladimir I. Lenin had led the "Zimmerwald Left" against those who supported the "national union" governments in war with each other. The International intended to fight "with all means, also with arms in hand, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international soviet republic as a transition to the complete abolition of the state."

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Nunavut is the newest, largest, and most northerly territory of Canada (source: Nunavut)