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  • Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, ... Baseball is a rare sport in which there is no time limit for play ...
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  • known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was the Dictator of Spain in parts ... power in order to preserve a traditional way of life that was threatened, in ...
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  • urban renewal project, a transformation of a large former disused docks ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...
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  • The World Cup, sometimes called the FIFA World Cup, is an international ... The tournament's final phase is often called the World Cup Finals ...
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  • Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan ... Although the country is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who ...
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  • The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of ... in Utah, but lacking funds for full teams of oxen or horses, nearly 3,000 ...
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  • Prague (Czech: Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech ... Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe ...
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  • North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...
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  • Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into parts ... Nuclear fission produces energy for nuclear power and to drive the ...
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  • Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when ... His later work has shown steadfast devotion to many traditions of ...
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  • North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... The history of North Korea formally began with the establishment of ...
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  • The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began ... The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California ...
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  • The Galápagos Islands (Spanish names: Islas de Colónumio or Islas ... The Galápagos archipelago is part of Ecuador, a country in northwestern ...
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  • Raffles (July 6, 1781 – July 5, 1826) was the founder of the city of Singapore ... Raffles was born on the ship Ann off the coast of Jamaica. Little ...
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  • Sociological research ranges from the analysis of short contacts ... public policy with rationales for the actions that they take. Sociology ...
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  • he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the ... The all-time leading scorer in Lakers history, Bryant was the first ...
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  • Identity politics refers to the idea that socially constructed identities ... Many contemporary advocates of identity politics take an intersectional ...
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  • and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the ... Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue ...
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  • and short-story writer who is considered one of the foremost figures in world ... and theology, but he was less concerned with the social and psychological anomie ...
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  • Zion National Park is a United States national park located in the ... A prominent feature in the 229-square-mile (593 square kilometer) ...
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  • colonial administration that lasted from 1952 to 1960. The core of ... and aspiration for independence provoked the rebellion, which the British ...
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  • The American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) was a biblically based ... The founding fathers of the United States had written of humanity ...
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  • "Respected Leader"), was one of the most prominent and highly ... His political views and the alliances he made with Nazi and other ...
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  • goff), was an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister ... However, despite the brevity of his premiership, his government left ...
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  • author, and public figure. He served as the Chief Rabbi of the United ... While widely recognized as a leading representative of Judaism in ...
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  • The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... ), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. The name India ...
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  • was a Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial ... Yamamoto, who had studied in the United States, and had spent time ...
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  • Protestants, Catholics, and a small number of Orthodox Christians. Although ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...
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  • for his October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' The War of ... Welles was born in 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the second son of ...
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  • topics. For nearly 60 years he traveled the world, pointing out to people ... India, and in 1909 met C.W. Leadbeater on the private beach at the Theosophical ...
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  • to logic, mathematics, philosophy, and the theory of signs, or semeiotic ... was scant until after World War II. Much of his huge output is still unpublished ...
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  • Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... The area that became Alaska was purchased from Russian interests on ...
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  • teamster, sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law in various Western ... serves as a corrective over-and-against the way in which such outlaws ...
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  • 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was one of the most important leaders ... As a member of a privileged and wealthy family, he studied law in ...
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  • book superhero widely considered to be one of the most famous and popular ... and an American cultural icon.Les Daniels. Superman: The Complete ...
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  • The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque ( bɛlepɔk|lang ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ...
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  • The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, named after Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav ... In addition to stipulations of non-aggression, the treaty included ...
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  • Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and political movements ... Historians of feminism have identified three “waves” of feminist ...
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  • |+ The Rt Hon. Sir Winston Churchill |align="center" colspan ... |+Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |Periods in Office: ...
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  • in Indian culture and based on teachings of the Vedas. Hinduism is the ... Some Hindus dislike the name “Hinduism,” although many now use ...
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  • and mathematician, working mostly in the twentieth century. He and ... Russell was born at the height of Britain's economic and political ...
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  • The Qing Dynasty; Manchu: daicing gurun), sometimes known as the Manchu ... During its reign, the Qing Dynasty consolidated its grip on China ...
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  • Ecotourism, or ecological tourism, is a type of tourism in which the ... flora, fauna, and cultural heritage are the primary attractions. This ...
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  • an Academy Award for Special Effects. He was the director of a number of critically ... interpretations in viewers and critics. Many of Kubrick's films just as ...
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  • (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical ... Chemical weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction by ...
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  • The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as "John ... A close study of the history of the company shows how the British ...
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  • politician and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years ... When the attempt to overthrow Cuban President Fulgencio Batista in ...
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  • 7 (seven) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... == Evolution of the glyph == In the beginning, various Hindus wrote ...
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  • Muslim minister and a national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He was also ... As a fiery, socio-political critic of American Christianity's ...
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  • entrepreneur and inventor, best known as the co-founder, chairman, and ... Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer ...
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