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31,551 | # Tongue twister
A **tongue twister** is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken (or sung) word game. Additionally, they can be used as exercises to improve pronunciation and fluency. Some tongue twisters produce results that are humorous (or humorously vul... | 862 | Tongue twister | 0 |
31,551 | # Tongue twister
## Other languages {#other_languages}
### Finger-fumblers {#finger_fumblers}
The sign language equivalent of a tongue twister is called a **finger-fumbler**. According to Susan Fischer, the phrase *Good blood, bad blood* is a tongue twister in English as well as a finger-fumbler in ASL.
### One-syll... | 106 | Tongue twister | 1 |
31,551 | # Tongue twister
## In popular culture {#in_popular_culture}
- In 1951 Danny Kaye recorded a Sylvia Fine song titled \"Tongue Twisters\".
- The children\'s books by Dr. Seuss contain a significant number of tongue twisters, with *Oh Say Can You Say?*, and *Fox in Socks* being the most extreme cases.
- In the 19... | 297 | Tongue twister | 2 |
31,564 | # State of the World (book series)
The ***State of the World**\'\' (***SoW**\'\') was a series of books published annually from 1984 to 2017 by the U.S. based Worldwatch Institute, a thinktank that was founded in the 1970s by renowned environmentalist Lester R. Brown and ceased operations in 2017. The series attempted... | 405 | State of the World (book series) | 0 |
31,567 | # Tavolara Island
**Tavolara** is a small island off the northeast coast of Sardinia, Italy. The island is a limestone massif 5 km long and 1 km wide, with steep cliffs except at its ends. Its highest point, Monte Cannone, is 565 m above sea level. A cove and beach can be found at each end of the island, Spalmatore di... | 729 | Tavolara Island | 0 |
31,567 | # Tavolara Island
## In popular culture {#in_popular_culture}
Tavolara is the name given to a fictional island in the Philippines ruled by a cannibal king, in the 1902 Harvard comic opera \"Queen Philippine | 33 | Tavolara Island | 1 |
31,572 | # The Silent Gondoliers
***The Silent Gondoliers*** (`{{ISBN|0-345-44263-6}}`{=mediawiki}) is a 1983 novel by William Goldman, written under the pseudonym of \"S. Morgenstern\". The novel purports to explain why the gondoliers of Venice no longer sing, through the story of the protagonist Luigi. Chapters I and II buil... | 716 | The Silent Gondoliers | 0 |
31,621 | # Transient ischemic attack
A **transient ischemic attack** (**TIA**), commonly known as a **mini-stroke**, is a temporary (transient) stroke with noticeable symptoms that end within 24 hours. A TIA causes the same symptoms associated with a stroke, such as weakness or numbness on one side of the body, sudden dimming ... | 733 | Transient ischemic attack | 0 |
31,621 | # Transient ischemic attack
## Cause
The most common underlying pathology leading to TIA and stroke is a cardiac condition called atrial fibrillation, where poor coordination of heart contraction may lead to the formation of a clot in the atrial chamber that can become dislodged and travel to a cerebral artery. Unlik... | 270 | Transient ischemic attack | 1 |
31,621 | # Transient ischemic attack
## Pathogenesis
There are three major mechanisms of ischemia in the brain: embolism traveling to the brain, in situ thrombotic occlusion in the intracranial vessels supplying the parenchyma of the brain, and stenosis of vessels leading to poor perfusion secondary to flow-limiting diameter.... | 558 | Transient ischemic attack | 2 |
31,621 | # Transient ischemic attack
## Diagnosis
### Imaging
According to guidelines from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Stroke Council, patients with TIA should have head imaging \"within 24 hours of symptom onset, preferably with magnetic resonance imaging, including diffusion sequences\". M... | 650 | Transient ischemic attack | 3 |
31,621 | # Transient ischemic attack
## Treatment
By definition, TIAs are transient, self-resolving, and do not cause permanent impairment. However, they are associated with an increased risk of subsequent ischemic strokes, which can be permanently disabling. Therefore, management centers on the prevention of future ischemic ... | 770 | Transient ischemic attack | 4 |
31,621 | # Transient ischemic attack
## Treatment
### Surgery
If the TIA affects an area that is supplied by the carotid arteries, a carotid ultrasound scan may demonstrate stenosis, or narrowing, of the carotid artery. For people with extra-cranial carotid stenosis, if 70-99% of the carotid artery is clogged, carotid endarte... | 575 | Transient ischemic attack | 5 |
31,621 | # Transient ischemic attack
## Epidemiology
With the difficulty in diagnosing a TIA due to its nonspecific symptoms of neurologic dysfunction at presentation and a differential diagnosis including many mimics, the exact incidence of the disease is unclear. It was estimated to have an incidence of approximately 200,00... | 134 | Transient ischemic attack | 6 |
31,625 | # Book of Jacob
**The Book of Jacob: The Brother of Nephi** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|eɪ|k|ə|b}}`{=mediawiki}), usually referred to as the **Book of Jacob**, is the third of fifteen books that make up the Book of Mormon, a sacred text within the Latter Day Saint movement.
## Structure
According to the text, it was written by... | 660 | Book of Jacob | 0 |
31,625 | # Book of Jacob
## Interpretation and themes {#interpretation_and_themes}
### Nephite organization {#nephite_organization}
Jacob\'s narrative shows that Nephi\'s duties were divided as he passed them on. A man whose identity is not specified was named king and took up the name Nephi and Nephi\'s brothers, Jacob and ... | 755 | Book of Jacob | 1 |
31,625 | # Book of Jacob
## Significant textual variants {#significant_textual_variants}
The book was titled \"Book of Jacob: Brother of Nephi\" in the first edition of the Book of Mormon | 28 | Book of Jacob | 2 |
31,641 | # UseModWiki
**UseModWiki** is a wiki software written in Perl and licensed under the GNU General Public License. Pages in UseModWiki are stored in ordinary files, not in a relational database. Wikipedias in English and many other languages were powered by UseModWiki until switching to MediaWiki.
## History
After Wa... | 470 | UseModWiki | 0 |
31,648 | # Article Three of the United States Constitution
**Article Three** of the United States Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the U.S. federal government. Under Article Three, the judicial branch consists of the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as lower courts created by Congress. Article Three e... | 487 | Article Three of the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,648 | # Article Three of the United States Constitution
## Section 1: Federal courts {#section_1_federal_courts}
Section 1 is one of the three vesting clauses of the United States Constitution, which vests the judicial power of the United States in federal courts, requires the supreme court, allows inferior courts, require... | 825 | Article Three of the United States Constitution | 1 |
31,648 | # Article Three of the United States Constitution
## Section 1: Federal courts {#section_1_federal_courts}
### Clause 3: Salaries {#clause_3_salaries}
The compensation of judges may be increased, but not decreased, during their continuance in office.
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31,648 | # Article Three of the United States Constitution
## Section 2: Judicial power, jurisdiction, and trial by jury {#section_2_judicial_power_jurisdiction_and_trial_by_jury}
Section 2 delineates federal judicial power, and brings that power into execution by conferring original jurisdiction and also appellate jurisdicti... | 766 | Article Three of the United States Constitution | 3 |
31,648 | # Article Three of the United States Constitution
## Section 2: Judicial power, jurisdiction, and trial by jury {#section_2_judicial_power_jurisdiction_and_trial_by_jury}
### Judicial review {#judicial_review}
The power of the federal judiciary to review the constitutionality of a statute or treaty, or to review an a... | 503 | Article Three of the United States Constitution | 4 |
31,648 | # Article Three of the United States Constitution
## Section 2: Judicial power, jurisdiction, and trial by jury {#section_2_judicial_power_jurisdiction_and_trial_by_jury}
### Clause 3: Federal trials {#clause_3_federal_trials}
Clause 3 of Section 2 provides that Federal crimes, except impeachment cases, must be tried... | 192 | Article Three of the United States Constitution | 5 |
31,648 | # Article Three of the United States Constitution
## Section 3: Treason {#section_3_treason}
Section 3 defines treason and limits its punishment. `{{quote|Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be... | 719 | Article Three of the United States Constitution | 6 |
31,649 | # Article Four of the United States Constitution
**Article Four** of the United States Constitution outlines the relationship between the various states, as well as the relationship between each state and the United States federal government. It also empowers Congress to admit new states and administer the territories... | 552 | Article Four of the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,649 | # Article Four of the United States Constitution
## `{{anchor|Section 2}}`{=mediawiki}Section 2: Rights of state citizens; rights of extradition {#section_2_rights_of_state_citizens_rights_of_extradition}
### `{{anchor|Section 2, Clause 1}}`{=mediawiki}Clause 1: Privileges and Immunities {#clause_1_privileges_and_imm... | 793 | Article Four of the United States Constitution | 1 |
31,649 | # Article Four of the United States Constitution
## `{{anchor|Section 3}}`{=mediawiki}Section 3: New states and federal property {#section_3_new_states_and_federal_property}
### `{{anchor|Section 3, Clause 1}}`{=mediawiki} Clause 1: Admission of new states {#clause_1_admission_of_new_states}
The First Clause of Sect... | 689 | Article Four of the United States Constitution | 2 |
31,649 | # Article Four of the United States Constitution
## `{{anchor|Section 3}}`{=mediawiki}Section 3: New states and federal property {#section_3_new_states_and_federal_property}
### `{{anchor|Section 3, Clause 2|Territorial_Clause|Federal_property_and_the_Territorial_Clause}}`{=mediawiki}Clause 2: Property Clause {#clause... | 370 | Article Four of the United States Constitution | 3 |
31,649 | # Article Four of the United States Constitution
## `{{anchor|Section 4}}`{=mediawiki}Section 4: Obligations of the United States {#section_4_obligations_of_the_united_states}
### `{{anchor|Section 4, Clause 1}}`{=mediawiki}Clause 1: Republican government {#clause_1_republican_government}
This clause, sometimes refe... | 781 | Article Four of the United States Constitution | 4 |
31,651 | # Article Six of the United States Constitution
**Article Six** of the United States Constitution establishes the laws and treaties of the United States made in accordance with it as the supreme law of the land, forbids a religious test as a requirement for holding a governmental position, and holds the United States ... | 829 | Article Six of the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,654 | # Third Amendment to the United States Constitution
The **Third Amendment** (**Amendment III**) to the United States Constitution places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner\'s consent, forbidding the practice in peacetime. The amendment was a response to the Quartering Acts pa... | 327 | Third Amendment to the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,654 | # Third Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Adoption
After several years of comparatively weak government under the Articles of Confederation, a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia proposed a new constitution on September 17, 1787, featuring a stronger chief executive and other changes. George Mason,... | 721 | Third Amendment to the United States Constitution | 1 |
31,654 | # Third Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Judicial interpretation {#judicial_interpretation}
The Third Amendment is among the least cited sections of the U.S. Constitution. In the words of *Encyclopædia Britannica*, \"as the history of the country progressed with little conflict on American soil, the ame... | 630 | Third Amendment to the United States Constitution | 2 |
31,658 | # Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The **Sixth Amendment** (**Amendment VI**) to the United States Constitution sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions. It was ratified in 1791 as part of the United States Bill of Rights. The Supreme Court has applied all but one of this amendment\'s protec... | 365 | Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,658 | # Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Rights secured {#rights_secured}
### Speedy trial {#speedy_trial}
Criminal defendants have the right to a speedy trial. In *Barker v. Wingo*, `{{ussc|407|514|1972}}`{=mediawiki}, the Supreme Court laid down a four-part case-by-case balancing test for determining... | 408 | Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 1 |
31,658 | # Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Rights secured {#rights_secured}
### Impartial jury {#impartial_jury}
The right to a jury has always depended on the nature of the offense with which the defendant is charged. Petty offenses---those punishable by imprisonment for no more than six months---are not... | 948 | Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 2 |
31,658 | # Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Rights secured {#rights_secured}
### Confrontation
The Confrontation Clause relates to the common law rule preventing the admission of hearsay, that is to say, testimony by one witness as to the statements and observations of another person to prove that the stat... | 562 | Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 3 |
31,658 | # Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Rights secured {#rights_secured}
### Assistance of counsel {#assistance_of_counsel}
A criminal defendant has the right to be assisted by counsel.
In *Powell v. Alabama*, `{{ussc|287|45|1932}}`{=mediawiki}, the Supreme Court ruled that \"in a capital case, where ... | 586 | Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 4 |
31,659 | # Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
The **Seventh Amendment** (**Amendment VII**) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. This amendment codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases and inhibits courts from overturning a jury\'s findings of fact.
An early versio... | 345 | Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,659 | # Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Background
After several years of comparatively weak government under the Articles of Confederation, a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia proposed a new constitution on September 17, 1787, featuring a stronger chief executive and other changes. George Ma... | 292 | Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution | 1 |
31,659 | # Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Proposal and ratification {#proposal_and_ratification}
In the 1st United States Congress, following the state legislatures\' request, James Madison proposed twenty constitutional amendments based on state bills of rights and English sources such as the Bill of ... | 431 | Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution | 2 |
31,659 | # Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Judicial interpretation {#judicial_interpretation}
The Seventh Amendment encompasses two clauses. The Preservation Clause (\"In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved\") set... | 1,094 | Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution | 3 |
31,659 | # Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Judicial interpretation {#judicial_interpretation}
### Twenty-dollar requirement {#twenty_dollar_requirement}
Little historical evidence exists to interpret the amendment\'s reference to \"twenty dollars\", which was added in a closed session of the Senate and ... | 613 | Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution | 4 |
31,660 | # Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The **Eighth Amendment** (**Amendment VIII**) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the United States Bil... | 274 | Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,660 | # Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Background and general aspects {#background_and_general_aspects}
### Background
The Eighth Amendment was adopted, as part of the Bill of Rights, in 1791. It is almost identical to a provision in the English Bill of Rights of 1689, in which Parliament declared, ... | 794 | Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 1 |
31,660 | # Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Excessive bail {#excessive_bail}
In England, sheriffs originally determined whether to grant bail to criminal suspects. Since they tended to abuse their power, Parliament passed a statute in 1275 whereby bailable and non-bailable offenses were defined. The King\... | 343 | Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 2 |
31,660 | # Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Excessive fines {#excessive_fines}
### *Browning-Ferris v. Kelco* {#browning_ferris_v._kelco}
In *Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.*, `{{ussc|492|257|1989}}`{=mediawiki}, the Supreme Court ruled that the Excessive Fines Clause ... | 590 | Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 3 |
31,660 | # Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Cruel and unusual punishments {#cruel_and_unusual_punishments}
### General aspects {#general_aspects_1}
The Constitution was amended to prohibit cruel and unusual punishments as part of the United States Bill of Rights as a result of objections raised by people... | 1,469 | Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 4 |
31,660 | # Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Cruel and unusual punishments {#cruel_and_unusual_punishments}
### Specific aspects {#specific_aspects}
According to the Supreme Court, the Eighth Amendment forbids some punishments entirely, and forbids some other punishments that are excessive when compared to... | 1,131 | Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 5 |
31,660 | # Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Cruel and unusual punishments {#cruel_and_unusual_punishments}
### Specific aspects {#specific_aspects}
#### Special procedures for death penalty cases {#special_procedures_for_death_penalty_cases}
Justice Antonin Scalia noted in a concurring opinion in *Callins... | 668 | Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 6 |
31,660 | # Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Cruel and unusual punishments {#cruel_and_unusual_punishments}
### Specific aspects {#specific_aspects}
#### Punishments specifically allowed {#punishments_specifically_allowed}
In *Wilkerson v. Utah*, `{{ussc|99|130|1878}}`{=mediawiki} the Court stated that dea... | 1,264 | Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 7 |
31,663 | # Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
The **Eleventh Amendment** (**Amendment XI**) is an amendment to the United States Constitution which was passed by Congress on March 4, 1794, and ratified by the states on February 7, 1795. The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of individuals to bring suit... | 581 | Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,663 | # Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Impact
Almost exactly three years after its ratification, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in *Hollingsworth v. Virginia*, `{{ussc|3|378|1798}}`{=mediawiki} resulted in every pending action brought under *Chisholm* being dismissed due to the amendment\'s adopti... | 569 | Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution | 1 |
31,667 | # Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The **Fifteenth Amendment** (**Amendment XV**) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen\'s right to vote \"on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.\" It was ratifie... | 568 | Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,667 | # Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Background
In the final years of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction Era that followed, Congress repeatedly debated the rights of black former slaves freed by the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1865 Thirteenth Amendment, the latter of which ... | 553 | Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 1 |
31,667 | # Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Proposal and ratification {#proposal_and_ratification}
### Proposal
thumb\|upright=1.05\|\"The First Vote\" by Alfred R. Waud (*Harper\'s Weekly*, 1867) depicting African Americans casting ballots
Anticipating an increase in Democratic membership in the fol... | 447 | Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 2 |
31,667 | # Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Proposal and ratification {#proposal_and_ratification}
### Ratification
Though many of the original proposals for the amendment had been moderated by negotiations in committee, the final draft nonetheless faced significant hurdles in being ratified by three-f... | 861 | Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 3 |
31,667 | # Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Application
In the year of the 150th anniversary of the Fifteenth Amendment Columbia University history professor and historian Eric Foner said about the Fifteenth Amendment as well as its history during the Reconstruction era and Post-Reconstruction era:
##... | 460 | Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 4 |
31,667 | # Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Application
### Post-Reconstruction {#post_reconstruction}
In *Ex Parte Yarbrough* (1884), the Court allowed individuals who were not state actors to be prosecuted because Article I, Section 4, gives Congress the power to regulate federal elections.
A Federa... | 993 | Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 5 |
31,668 | # Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The **Sixteenth Amendment** (**Amendment XVI**) to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population. It was passed by Congress in 1909 in response to the 1895 Supreme Court ca... | 590 | Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,668 | # Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Income taxes before the *Pollock* case {#income_taxes_before_the_pollock_case}
Until 1913, customs duties (tariffs) and excise taxes were the primary sources of federal revenue. During the War of 1812, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas made the fi... | 322 | Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 1 |
31,668 | # Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## The *Pollock* case {#the_pollock_case}
In 1894, an amendment was attached to the Wilson--Gorman Tariff Act that attempted to impose a federal tax of two percent on incomes over \$4,000 (equal to \$`{{Inflation|US|4|1894|r=0}}`{=mediawiki},000 in `{{Inflation-... | 466 | Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 2 |
31,668 | # Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Adoption
On June 16, 1909, President William Howard Taft, in an address to the Sixty-first Congress, proposed a two percent federal income tax on corporations by way of an excise tax and a constitutional amendment to allow the previously enacted income tax. `... | 1,075 | Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 3 |
31,668 | # Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## *Pollock* overruled {#pollock_overruled}
The Sixteenth Amendment removed the precedent set by the *Pollock* decision.
Professor Sheldon D. Pollack at the University of Delaware wrote: `{{blockquote|On February 25, 1913, in the closing days of the Taft admini... | 1,044 | Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 4 |
31,668 | # Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Case law {#case_law}
The federal courts\' interpretations of the Sixteenth Amendment have changed considerably over time and there have been many disputes about the applicability of the amendment.
### The *Brushaber* case {#the_brushaber_case}
In *Brushaber... | 482 | Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 5 |
31,668 | # Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Case law {#case_law}
### The *Penn Mutual* case {#the_penn_mutual_case}
Although the Sixteenth Amendment is often cited as the \"source\" of the congressional power to tax incomes, at least one court has reiterated the point made in *Brushaber* and other case... | 445 | Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 6 |
31,668 | # Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Case law {#case_law}
### The *Murphy* case {#the_murphy_case}
On December 22, 2006, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated its unanimous decision (of August 2006) in *Murphy v. Internal Revenue S... | 558 | Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 7 |
31,671 | # Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The **Eighteenth Amendment** (**Amendment XVIII**) to the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and ratified by the requisite number of states on Janua... | 467 | Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 0 |
31,671 | # Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Proposal and ratification {#proposal_and_ratification}
190px\|upright=1.5\|thumb\|The Eighteenth Amendment in the National Archives On August 1, 1917, the Senate passed a resolution containing the language of the amendment to be presented to the states for r... | 896 | Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 1 |
31,671 | # Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Controversies
The proposed amendment was the first to contain a provision setting a deadline for its ratification. That clause of the amendment was challenged, with the case reaching the Supreme Court, which upheld the constitutionality of such a deadline in... | 457 | Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 2 |
31,671 | # Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Impact
Just after the Eighteenth Amendment\'s adoption, there was a significant reduction in alcohol consumption among the general public and particularly among low-income groups. There were fewer hospitalizations for alcoholism and likewise fewer liver-rela... | 280 | Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 3 |
31,671 | # Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
## Bootlegging and organized crime {#bootlegging_and_organized_crime}
Following ratification in 1919, the amendment\'s effects were long-lasting, leading to increases in crime in many large cities, such as Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. Along with this came... | 372 | Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 4 |
31,715 | # Uralic languages
The **Uralic languages** (`{{IPAc-en|j|ʊəˈr|æ|l|ɪ|k}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|yoor|AL|ik}}`{=mediawiki}), sometimes called the **Uralian languages** (`{{IPAc-en|j|ʊəˈr|ei|l|i|ə|n}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|yoor|AY|lee|ən}}`{=mediawiki}), are spoken predominantly in Europe and North Asia. The Uralic l... | 413 | Uralic languages | 0 |
31,715 | # Uralic languages
## History of Uralic linguistics {#history_of_uralic_linguistics}
### Early attestations {#early_attestations}
The first plausible mention of a people speaking a Uralic language is in Tacitus\'s *Germania* (c. 98 AD), mentioning the *Fenni* (usually interpreted as referring to the Sámi) and two ot... | 860 | Uralic languages | 1 |
31,715 | # Uralic languages
## Classification
----------- -------------------------------------------------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------... | 974 | Uralic languages | 2 |
31,715 | # Uralic languages
## Classification
### Phonological isoglosses {#phonological_isoglosses}
Another proposed tree, more divergent from the standard, focusing on consonant isoglosses (which does not consider the position of the Samoyedic languages) is presented by Viitso (1997), and refined in Viitso (2000):
- Finn... | 558 | Uralic languages | 3 |
31,715 | # Uralic languages
## Typology
Structural characteristics generally said to be typical of Uralic languages include:
### Grammar
- extensive use of independent suffixes (agglutination)
- a large set of grammatical cases marked with agglutinative suffixes (13--14 cases on average; mainly later developments: Proto... | 922 | Uralic languages | 4 |
31,715 | # Uralic languages
## Typology
### Lexicography
Basic vocabulary of about 200 words, including body parts (e.g. eye, heart, head, foot, mouth), family members (e.g. father, mother-in-law), animals (e.g. viper, partridge, fish), nature objects (e.g. tree, stone, nest, water), basic verbs (e.g. live, fall, run, make, s... | 906 | Uralic languages | 5 |
31,715 | # Uralic languages
## Typology
### Comparison
No Uralic language has exactly the idealized typological profile of the family. Typological features with varying presence among the modern Uralic language groups include:
+----------------------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+--------+------+---------+--... | 380 | Uralic languages | 6 |
31,715 | # Uralic languages
## Proposed relations with other language families {#proposed_relations_with_other_language_families}
Many relationships between Uralic and other language families have been suggested, but none of these are generally accepted by linguists at the present time: All of the following hypotheses are min... | 728 | Uralic languages | 7 |
31,715 | # Uralic languages
## Comparison {#comparison_1}
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (in English): *All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.*
Comparison of the text in ... | 125 | Uralic languages | 8 |
31,724 | # Geography of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The United Kingdom is made up of four countries -- England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. With a total area of approximately 244376 km2, the UK occupies the major part of the Bri... | 560 | Geography of the United Kingdom | 0 |
31,724 | # Geography of the United Kingdom
## Physical geography {#physical_geography}
The physical geography of the UK varies greatly. England consists of mostly lowland terrain, with upland or mountainous terrain only found north-west of the Tees--Exe line. The upland areas include the Lake District, the Pennines, North Yor... | 469 | Geography of the United Kingdom | 1 |
31,724 | # Geography of the United Kingdom
## Physical geography {#physical_geography}
### Geology
#### Palaeozoic
At 520 Ma, what is now Great Britain was split between two continents; the north of Scotland was located on the continent of Laurentia at about 20° south of the equator, while the rest of the country was on the c... | 726 | Geography of the United Kingdom | 2 |
31,724 | # Geography of the United Kingdom
## Physical geography {#physical_geography}
### Geology
#### Cenozoic
Between 63 and 52 Ma, the last volcanic rocks in Great Britain were formed. The major eruptions at this time produced the Antrim Plateau, the basaltic columns of the Giant\'s Causeway and Lundy Island in the Bristo... | 526 | Geography of the United Kingdom | 3 |
31,724 | # Geography of the United Kingdom
## Physical geography {#physical_geography}
### Rivers and lakes {#rivers_and_lakes}
Main articles:
- List of lakes and lochs in the United Kingdom;
- List of rivers of the United Kingdom;
- List of waterfalls of the United Kingdom.
The longest river in the UK is the River Se... | 807 | Geography of the United Kingdom | 4 |
31,724 | # Geography of the United Kingdom
## Human geography {#human_geography}
### Demographics
### Political geography {#political_geography}
#### Government
The United Kingdom as a whole is governed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Parliament of the United Kingdom, based at the Palace of Westminster in Lond... | 545 | Geography of the United Kingdom | 5 |
31,724 | # Geography of the United Kingdom
## Human geography {#human_geography}
### Economic geography {#economic_geography}
The economic geography of the UK reflects not only its current position in the global economy, but its long history both as a trading nation and an imperial power.
The UK led the Industrial Revolution... | 676 | Geography of the United Kingdom | 6 |
31,728 | # Telecommunications in the United Kingdom
**Telecommunications in the United Kingdom** have evolved from the early days of the telegraph to modern fibre broadband and high-speed 5G networks.
## History
National Telephone Company (NTC) was a British telephone company from 1881 until 1911, which brought together smal... | 848 | Telecommunications in the United Kingdom | 0 |
31,728 | # Telecommunications in the United Kingdom
## Mobile telephony {#mobile_telephony}
### Mobile phone networks {#mobile_phone_networks}
Timeline
+------+------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------... | 988 | Telecommunications in the United Kingdom | 1 |
31,728 | # Telecommunications in the United Kingdom
## Fixed telephony {#fixed_telephony}
### Landlines
BT is still the main provider of fixed telephone lines and it has a universal service obligation, although companies can contract Openreach to install a phone line on their behalf, rather than telling the customer to get BT... | 212 | Telecommunications in the United Kingdom | 2 |
31,733 | # Dependent territories of the United Kingdom
There are a number of **dependent territories of the United Kingdom** throughout the world. As dependencies, they are not part of the UK proper, but nor are they independent states. Each has its own distinct legally defined relationship with the UK, with the monarchy of th... | 295 | Dependent territories of the United Kingdom | 0 |
31,748 | # Ultra (cryptography)
**Ultra** was the designation adopted by British military intelligence in June 1941 for wartime signals intelligence obtained by breaking high-level encrypted enemy radio and teleprinter communications at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park. *Ultra* eventually became ... | 435 | Ultra (cryptography) | 0 |
31,748 | # Ultra (cryptography)
## Distribution
thumb\|upright=1.5\|Average numbers of daily Ultra dispatches to field commanders during World War II Army- and Air Force-related intelligence derived from signals intelligence (SIGINT) sources`{{snd}}`{=mediawiki}mainly Enigma decrypts in Hut 6`{{snd}}`{=mediawiki}was compiled ... | 944 | Ultra (cryptography) | 1 |
31,748 | # Ultra (cryptography)
## Use of intelligence {#use_of_intelligence}
Most deciphered messages, often about relative trivia, were insufficient as intelligence reports for military strategists or field commanders. The organisation, interpretation and distribution of decrypted Enigma message traffic and other sources in... | 1,776 | Ultra (cryptography) | 2 |
31,748 | # Ultra (cryptography)
## Role of women in Allied codebreaking {#role_of_women_in_allied_codebreaking}
After encryption systems were \"broken\", there was a large volume of cryptologic work needed to recover daily key settings and keep up with changes in enemy security procedures, plus the more mundane work of proces... | 292 | Ultra (cryptography) | 3 |
31,748 | # Ultra (cryptography)
## Postwar secrecy {#postwar_secrecy}
### Secrecy and initial silence (1945--1960s) {#secrecy_and_initial_silence_19451960s}
Until the mid 1970s, the thirty year rule meant that there was no official mention of Bletchley Park. This meant that although there were many operations where codes bro... | 997 | Ultra (cryptography) | 4 |
31,748 | # Ultra (cryptography)
## Postwar secrecy {#postwar_secrecy}
### Continued selective secrecy {#continued_selective_secrecy}
In 2012, Alan Turing\'s last two papers on Enigma decryption were released to Britain\'s National Archives. The Departmental Historian at GCHQ stated that the seven decades\' delay had been due ... | 55 | Ultra (cryptography) | 5 |
31,748 | # Ultra (cryptography)
## Historical debates on Ultra {#historical_debates_on_ultra}
### Holocaust intelligence {#holocaust_intelligence}
Historians and Holocaust researchers have tried to establish when the Allies realized the full extent of Nazi-era extermination of Jews, and specifically, the extermination-camp s... | 439 | Ultra (cryptography) | 6 |
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