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  • The immune system is the system of specialized cells and organs that ... Allergies are the sixth leading cause of chronic disease in the United ...
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  • MARC is an acronym, used in the field of library science, that stands ... The future of the MARC formats is a matter of some debate in the worldwide ...
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  • ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...
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  • nonmetal that belongs to the nitrogen group of chemical elements. Given its ... When purified artificially, several different allotropic forms of ...
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  • Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country of ... and having sparse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest and most conflict ...
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  • Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of a creative ... not just literary work, but also forms of creative work such as sound ...
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  • Impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure of citations in ... Impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute ...
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  • Asparagus is the name a genus of plants within the flowering plant ... As a vegetable, the tender, succulent shoots of asparagus not only ...
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  • Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country ... 1994 genocide that resulted in the deaths of up to one million people. Since ...
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  • Iguana is both the common name for several of the larger members of ... For humans, they add to the wonder of nature and the green iguana ...
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  • Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... States and most continental European countries, civil rights laws are ...
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  • organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning for internationally ... shocked and angered to come across the story of two Portuguese students sentenced ...
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  • was a Chinese Communist leader and President of the People's Republic ... Liu Shaoqi was a main ideologue of the Chinese Communist Party, and ...
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  • Mary II (April 30, 1662 – December 28, 1694) reigned as Queen of ... William III, who became the sole ruler of both countries upon her death ...
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  • , is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Central Africa. Located ... investment have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous countries ...
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  • The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is ... Settled for more than 2,800 years, Tonga is part of the cradle of ...
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  • Antananarivo is the capital, largest city and the economic center ... This city of 1.4 million people is the doorway to Madagascar's ...
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  • Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a sparsely populated ... The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by Bushmen ...
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  • or alkyl halides) are a group of chemical compounds, consisting ... Freon is a trade name for a group of chlorofluorocarbons used primarily ...
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  • specific purposes. Early balloons were made of dried animal bladders. Modern ... Party balloons are mostly made of natural latex tapped from rubber ...
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  • services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York. ... As of September 30, 2008, GE is the world's tenth largest company ...
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  • " is the mythical figure who, in most of Western cultures, brings gifts ... The modern depiction of Santa Claus as a plump, jolly man wearing ...
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  • gas (LPG or LP-gas) and can be a mixture of propane with smaller amounts ... in gasoline by Dr. Walter O. Snelling of the U.S. Bureau of Mines in ...
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  • Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England ... both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarization ...
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  • The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... " (Mark 12:17) fostered the development of separate rival Church and State ...
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  • Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...
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  • is a gaseous material consisting primarily of methane and deriving from one ... bogs, landfills, sewage, the stomachs of ruminants such as cows, and ...
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  • (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended ... Founded in 1976, TIFF is now one of the largest and most prestigious ...
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  • to a traditional Korean fermented dish made of seasoned vegetables. The most ... Kimchi has been a mainstay of Korean culture for over 2,000 years ...
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  • The dugong is only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; ... Dugongs are part of the order Sirenia along with manatees, both of ...
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  • 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines, officially ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...
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  • quot; railway because it linked the capital of Vienna with Austria’s Italian ... It is still fully functional as a part of the Austrian Southern Railway ...
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  • ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. ... Education has been a major focus of the Qatari government for many ...
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  • Formaldehyde readily results from the incomplete combustion of carbon ... It is mainly produced by the oxidation of methanol, itself obtained ...
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  • The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... The history of the tribes and peoples who inhabited this gateway to ...
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  • The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... behind Vatican City. It has a population of 32,410 in a total land area ...
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  • 1947) was a Hungarian-born sociologist, one of the founding fathers of classical ... which is now Hungary. He was the only child of a Hungarian father and a German ...
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  • There are not specific matsuri days for all of Japan; dates vary from area ... and still others around contests where many of the participants sport loin ...
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  • Lake Ladoga, located in the northwestern part of Russia, is the largest ... In total, Lake Ladoga covers an area of 6,700 fresh water square miles ...
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  • Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea, is a nation in West Africa ... The name Guinea is used for the region of most of Africa's west ...
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  • The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The early Pandyan dynasty went into obscurity during the invasion ...
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  • in Iran, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from ... September 22, 1980, following a long history of border disputes. The conflict ...
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  • at the top, called the mouth. It may be made of glass, clay, plastic, or other ... Bottles have been developed and used over millennia of human history ...
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  • in an agricultural setting for the purposes of profit or subsistence, whether ... Raising animals (animal husbandry) is an important component of modern ...
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  • Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is one of the smallest ... affinity with Spain's northern region of Catalonia is longstanding; ...
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  • U.S., and active in more than 180 countries, it is engaged in every ... to develop the Pico Canyon Oilfield north of Los Angeles. It was purchased ...
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  • South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...
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  • who developed Alfred Adler's system of individual psychology into ... with the school environment as an extension of the family. Thus, his techniques ...
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  • in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries ... It is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals ...
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  • can also refer to proficiency in a number of fields, such as art or physical ... Literacy rates are a crucial measure of a region's human capital ...
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  • Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled ... became unpopular. However, the value of on the job training and practical ...
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  • often referred to as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass ... his brother Charlie in the 1930s, as one of the Monroe Brothers. Bluegrass ...
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  • |Place of Birth: |Thessaloníki (Selânik) |- |Death: |November 10, 1938 ... |Place of Death: |Istanbul |- |Political Party: |As PM: Republican ...
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  • Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...
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  • Taejo of Joseon (1335-1408; r. 1392-1398), born Yi Seonggye, was the ... who overthrew the Goryeo throne, his move of the capital to Seoul, and his ...
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  • elastic, water-resistant, natural material of commercial importance and for ... in colloquial speech, is the outermost layer of a woody stem, derived from ...
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  • ::This article is about the traditional culture of Korea. For the ... The traditional culture of Korea has its mythical beginnings 5000 ...
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  • Kobe(Kōbe-shi) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent ... It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the Western ...
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  • Saint Rose of Lima (April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617), known as ... When she read a biography of Saint Catherine of Siena, she was inspired ...
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  • The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix ...
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  • [[Image:Hall Freud Jung in front of Clark 1909.jpg|thumb|Jones, middle ... was a Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst of the Freudian school. He contributed ...
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  • guitarist. He is widely known for his brand of "heartland rock," ... albums and somber folk-oriented works. Much of his iconic status stems from ...
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  • and Aqmola), has been the capital city of Kazakhstan since 1997 and is ... being deported under Stalin at the beginning of World War II when Nazi Germany ...
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  • Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore petroleum reserves ...
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  • east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ... The System traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario ...
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  • the two difficult to separate. About half of all hafnium metal manufactured ... Hafnium (Latin Hafnia for "Copenhagen," the hometown of ...
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  • The Balance of Payments (BOP) is a measure of all the financial transactions ... The following list of countries and territories by current account ...
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  • in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger ... one party still dominates the politics of the nation. Despite the greater ...
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  • to a lesser extent football, or union in countries familiar with rugby union ... An adult-level rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes, consisting ...
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  • designates the National Flag Carrier of Bangladesh, with its main hub ... Biman Bangladesh Airlines has a history that mirrors the formation ...
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  • who in 1893, when he attended the Parliament of the Worlds Religion at Chicago ... he regarded Vedanta as the best expression of that truth. In a lecture delivered ...
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  • 023.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Executions of the Third of May by Francisco Goya]] Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted ...
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  • be divided into two rough types, interviews of assessment and interviews for ... two or more people, and communication of ideas, emotions, thoughts, ...
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  • The Goguryeo-Sui Wars refer to a series of campaigns launched by the ... The might of Goguryeo displayed itself in the war with the Sui Dynasty ...
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  • has been shaped by the passionate pursuit of modernization. Since the end ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...
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  • Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ... As long as war exists, we can expect new forms of psychological warfare ...
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  • The Historical school of economics was an approach to academic economics ... practiced in the Classical Anglo-Saxon world of Ricardo and John Stuart Mill ...
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  • ), is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand ... rulers in 1365, and became the capital of the empire of Timur, during ...
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  • States was enthusiastically in support of the capture, but many American ... After several weeks of tension, during which the United States and ...
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  • as the two-hundred-and-sixty-fourth Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... Communism, and he is often credited as one of the forces contributing to ...
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  • world. In 1927, shortly after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ... identical to those handed out today. As one of the most prominent award ceremonies ...
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  • The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... installed a multiparty democracy. Most of the people live by subsistence ...
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  • Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird, today ...
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  • in 1919 after serving on the city council of Metz, he was arrested in 1940 ... Schumans's concept of supra-national democracy and his vision ...
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  • Pontiff") was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of ... The title of "Pontifex Maximus," dating back to the times ...
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  • Southeast Asia, sometimes abbreviated to SEA, is a subregion of Asia ... The maritime region consists of Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia ...
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  • that is especially honored either because of its antiquity, association ... building, usually located at the center of a Roman town (forum). Public ...
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  • also known as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria ... unable to cope with the mounting incursions of Ottoman forces, Hungarian invasions ...
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  • Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of ... Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. ...
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  • a person or organization as an expression of protest or as a means of economic ... ==Origin of the term== The word boycott entered the English language ...
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  • United States, 86 miles (138 km) west of the state capitol of Columbia ... and is called the Birthplace and Deathbed of the Confederacy, because it ...
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  • Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is located on ... " in the tenth century the city of Copenhagen was officially founded ...
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  • as the Prime Minister and de facto dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 ... Franco, some regard him as champion of traditional values, including ...
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  • activities, most commonly for the purpose of generating substantial profit ... Organized crime takes advantage of social conditions or laws, such ...
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  • 1899 and 1918. It has had several periods of revival since then and is still ... sheet music for piano. Being a modification of the then popular march, it ...
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  • to both capitalism and Stalinism. Consisting of followers of Leon Trotsky, ... In France in 1938, Trotsky and many of his supporters, having been ...
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  • Place (French) is the central market square of Brussels. It is surrounded ... Archduchess Isabella, daughter of Philip II of Spain wrote about the ...
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  • in the late nineteenth century as part of the Hohenzollern dynasty's ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...
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  • Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...
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  • It comes in many allotropic forms, of which the yellow, black, and ... in history by murderers, including members of the ruling class, to gain wealth ...
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