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CHAPTER ELEVEN Two candles were burning on the stand-up desk. Mr. Jones, tightly enfolded in an old but gorgeous blue silk dressing-gown, kept his elbows close against his sides and his hands deeply plunged into the extraordinarily deep pockets of the garment. The costume accentuated his emaciation. He resembled a pa...
did Heyst want to beat around the bush or be direct?
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"We haven't met to talk about the weather. You favoured me earlier in the day with a rather cryptic phrase about yourself. 'I am he that is,' you said. What does that mean?"
he wanted to be direct
Kyrgyzstan (, "Qırğızstan", قىرعىزستان, (); , "Kirgizija"), officially the Kyrgyz Republic (, "Qırğız Respublikası", قىرعىز رەسپۇبلىکاسى; "Kyrgyzskaja Respublika"), formerly known as Kirghizia or Kirgizia, is a country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country with mountainous terrain. It is bordered by Kazak...
With what type of terrain?
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with mountainous terrain
mountainous terrain
CHAPTER XVIII—LACES AND GOLD At four o’clock in the afternoon Patsy rubbed her eyes, yawned and raised her head from her pillow. “Dear me!” she sighed, “I’m tired yet, but this sleeping in the daytime is unnatural. I wonder if Beth is awake.” She went to the door of the adjoining room, opened it and found her cou...
What did she do?
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Patsy rubbed her eyes, yawned and raised her head
Rubbed her eyes, yawned and raised her head.
Little Tony was riding his bicycle all around the party. After all grandma gave him it right now. What fun would it be for Tony if he couldn't show off his new bike? He rode it up and down the hills and through the people at the party. It was his party. Everyone knew that it was his party. He was turning 8, 8 candles o...
Little Tony was at a party riding what?
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bicycle
bicycle
The big white bear walked over the ice. After he went a few feet, he pushed his paws down on the ice as hard as he could. The sheet of ice cracked, and the big bear learned that he still had to wait. The big white bear was waiting to go out to the ice and hunt. He was getting thin after a long summer in the far north...
What color was it?
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white
white
A caliphate ( "khilāfa") is a territory under the leadership of an Islamic steward known as a caliph, a person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad (Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh) and a leader of the entire Muslim community. Historically, the caliphates were polities based in Islam which developed ...
Who was the first caliph after Muhammad?
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ali
ali
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE SURPRISE, AND TOUCHES ON "LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM." One quiet and beautiful Sabbath morning, the inhabitants of the South Sea Island village wended their way to the House of God which they had so recently erected. Among them were Will Osten and his friends, with the clergyman's w...
What made Will feel so miserably happy and miserably sad?
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when he allowed himself to take romantic views of the subject , and thought of the heights of bliss that _ might _ be attained
when he allowed himself to take romantic views of the subject , and thought of the heights of bliss that _ might _ be attained
Johnny is a nine year old boy. On one hot summer day, Johnny is outside his house playing with his dog. He is very hot and wants to have some ice cream. He looks in his freezer and sees that he does not have ice cream. Johnny then hears the song of the ice cream truck. Johnny runs outside but does not see the ice cream...
How much did he find?
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He runs inside and finds five dollars in his room
5 dollars
CHAPTER VIII "I don't think I shall marry you, after all," Maggie announced that evening, as she stood looking at herself in one of the gilded mirrors with which the drawing-room at Belgrave Square was adorned. "Why not?" Nigel asked, with polite anxiety. "You are exhibiting symptoms of infidelity," she declared....
Is he violently angry about it?
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ed, with polite anxiety.
no
CHAPTER IX. THE LOSS OF UMSLOPOGAAS Now, after the smelling out of the witch-doctors, Chaka caused a watch to be kept upon his mother Unandi, and his wife Baleka, my sister, and report was brought to him by those who watched, that the two women came to my huts by stealth, and there kissed and nursed a boy--one of my ...
what was it near the border of?
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he bade me go on a journey to a distant tribe that lived near the borders of the Amaswazi
the Amaswazi
Joe was in his bedroom. He was reading a book that his teacher gave him. The book was titled, "Everything You'd Want to Know About Fish." He was reading the book because he was interested in learning more about fish. Joe thought reading the book was fun. He liked to imagine himself swimming with fish he read about in t...
Who was in the bedroom?
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Joe was in his bedroom
Joe.
(CNN) -- Country superstar Alan Jackson is famous alright, but that didn't help his 20-year-old daughter, Alexandra, when she was arrested on Wednesday. According to Metro Nashville Police, Alexandra was charged with assault, underage consumption of alcohol, and resisting arrest during a traffic stop. The 20-year-old...
Did the officers see arrest her at a party?
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police officer observed was speeding
no
CHAPTER LXXV In the meantime, Lady Roehampton was paying her farewell visit to her former pupil. They were alone, and Adriana was hanging on her neck and weeping. "We were so happy," she murmured. "And are so happy, and will be," said Myra. "I feel I shall never be happy again," sighed Adriana. "You deserve t...
What did Adriana say when Lady Roehampton was paying her farewell visit?
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we were so happy
we were so happy
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. With an annual budget of about US$7.0 billion (fiscal year 2012), the NSF fu...
what precent of research do they fund?
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, the NSF funds approximately 24% of all federally supported basic research conducted by the United States' colleges and universities. In some fields, such as mathematics, computer science, economics, and the social sciences, the NSF is the major source of federal backing.
24%
(CNN) -- Jeanne Cooper, who played Katherine Chancellor, the "Dame of Genoa City," on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84. Her death was confirmed by her son, actor Corbin Bernsen, on his Twitter account. "Mom passed this morning," Bernsen posted. "She was in peace and without fear." Cooper had bee...
who was she?
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member of "The Young and the Restless" cast,
member of "The Young and the Restless" cast
(CNN) -- Sidney Frank made millions marketing Jagermeister and other alcohol brands. Three years after his death, he's a big hit with students at the Ivy League college he briefly attended. Sidney Frank, shown accepting an honorary degree in 2005, gave $100 million to Brown University. He's a big hit not because of...
To cover what for them?
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all tuition and expenses.
Prince Edward Island (PEI or P.E.I.; ) is a province of Canada consisting of the island of the same name, as well as several much smaller islands. Prince Edward Island is one of the three Maritime Provinces and is the smallest province in both land area and population. It is the only subnational jurisdiction of North...
How much or Canada's potatoes does it grow?
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it produces 25% of Canada's potatoes
25%
(CNN) -- Award-winning pianist Roger Williams, who played before nine U.S. presidents and recorded dozens of albums over his long career, died early Saturday in Los Angeles after a struggle with pancreatic cancer, his assistant said. He was 87. Jacque Heebner, Williams' personal assistant who said she had known the m...
Where was he?
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died early Saturday in Los Angeles after a struggle with pancreatic cancer, his assistant said
Los Angeles
The contemporary Liberal Party generally advocates economic liberalism (see New Right). Historically, the party has supported a higher degree of economic protectionism and interventionism than it has in recent decades. However, from its foundation the party has identified itself as anti-socialist. Strong opposition to ...
What are it's founding priciples?
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opposition to socialism and communism
opposition to socialism and communism
Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony as the Collegiate School, the University is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The school was renamed Yale College in 1718 in recognition of a gift from...
When was the school renamed Yale College?
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1718
1718
(CNN) -- Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have prepared an arrest warrant for former television host Gary Collins for leaving the scene of an accident, police spokesman Colendula Green told CNN. Officers were called to the scene Monday afternoon but when police arrived, only one of the parties involved was there. Th...
Was this a terrible accident?
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It was not a serious accident
No
CHAPTER XII Once more the men and women of Theos thronged the streets of their time-worn capital. A thousand torches flared in the open space before the palace. Lanterns and flags waved from all the principal houses and public buildings. Only the great Reist mansion was silent and gloomy, and many questioning eyes we...
Who was characterized as animal-like?
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null
Domiloff
Jakarta (CNN)An Indonesian court has rejected a bid by two Australian drug smugglers -- members of the "Bali Nine" -- to challenge their planned executions. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are awaiting death by firing squad on Indonesia's "execution island" for their role in a failed 2005 heroin smuggling plot. A ...
What are they willing to trade for them?
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1,574
Australia has repeatedly appealed for clemency for the pair and has unsuccessfully proposed a prisoner swap with Indonesia as a way of avoiding their deaths.
Other prisoners
BriGette McCoy described how she was raped on her first military assignment, two weeks before her 19th birthday. She described how, later that year, she was raped by another soldier in her unit. Then came sexual harassment by two officers -- including one who requested that she be moved to work directly for him, she ...
How old was she the first time she was raped?
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two weeks before her 19th birthday
18
The Taliban ( ' "students"), alternatively spelled Taleban, which refers to itself as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging war (an insurgency, or jihad) within that country. Since 2016, the Taliban's leader is Mawlawi Hibatullah A...
who did they take control from?
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790
null
Mujahideen warlords
(CNN) -- Felipe Massa has been forced to backtrack on comments he made claiming that new Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso was aware of Renault's plans to deliberately crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Felipe Massa is still showing the scars of his horror crash at the Hungarian GP in July. Alonso won that race...
What year was it?
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aware of Renault's plans to deliberately crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
2008
Chapter 13. NAT'S NEW YEAR 'I don't expect to hear from Emil yet, and Nat writes regularly, but where is Dan? Only two or three postals since he went. Such an energetic fellow as he is could buy up all the farms in Kansas by this time,' said Mrs Jo one morning when the mail came in and no card or envelope bore Dan's ...
Is time of importance to him?
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Months and years seem to mean little to him,
No
CHAPTER V. A NIGHT IN NEW YORK. "The description certainly does fit these two men," said Earl, with some hesitation. "And it is queer that Roland should be down here, when only a few days ago he was in Basco. Guardley, I know, is not above cheating--he's been up before Squire Dobson several times for it." "Let us...
Where was Roland a few days ago?
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And it is queer that Roland should be down here, when only a few days ago he was in Basco
Basco
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as The University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses are approximately apart, and the Saint Paul campus is actually in neigh...
How many campuses are part of the University of Minnesota system?
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137
19
19
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought. This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is...
And what is the term for murder that was provoked?
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. Manslaughter is a killing committed in the absence of "malice", brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity.
. Manslaughter
A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in the United Kingdom and some other English speaking countries. It was first used in Wessex from the beginning of Anglo-Saxon settlement, and spread to most of the rest of England in the tenth century. In some rural parts of Australia, a shire is a local gove...
Is it used outside of England?
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In some rural parts of Australia
Yes
MATABELELAND, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- British broadcaster Sky News Wednesday criticized the jail sentences given to three of its drivers in Zimbabwe, where a court found them guilty of possessing broadcast equipment without authorization. Journalists read a newspaper in Zimbabwe, where freedom of the press is extremely lim...
Who criticized the sentences they were given?
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530
"We deplore the harsh sentence given to the three South African drivers," a Sky News spokesman,
a Sky News spokesman,
(CNN) -- The stench of the burnt bodies was so potent, Abu Jafar said, he could smell it from 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) away. "It smells awful because the regime appears to have burnt so many bodies recently," the opposition activist said Sunday from the beleaguered city of Homs. "Some cars arrived this morning and ...
when did he give his warning?
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634
Sunday
Sunday
(CNN) -- Defending English Premier League champions Manchester City had to come from behind twice to snatch a 2-2 draw at improved Liverpool Sunday. Liverpool stumbled to a 3-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion on the opening day of the season, but could count themselves unfortunate not to claim three points at Anfield....
Who eluded him?
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null
Luis Suarez eluded City goalkeeper Joe Hart
Luis Suarez
Bob walked out the door with a huge grin on his face. It was his first day of middle school. His mom, who is a nurse at the high school, waved at him as he entered the bus. The bus driver said "good to see you Bob". Bob said "you too Mr. Smith". Bob was so excited to see his friends that he could barely breathe. As he ...
Did he like what they were doing to his friend?
632
656
Chris felt bad for Bob
No
(CNN) -- [WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the "Doctor Who" season finale.] Permission to squee? Saturday night's "Doctor Who" season finale was a roller coaster of feels, with deaths, goodbyes and one incredible James Bond-esque move by the Doctor. It was the end of the first season of Peter Capaldi ...
How is it described?
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"a roller coaster of feels"
Bobby got a big surprise when he came home from school one day. He found an angel in his room. His grandma had always told him angels were real. Bobby had not believed her when she told him stories. She had also told him stories about mermaids, Bigfoot, leprechauns, and other things. Now, he knew at least one thing she...
What other stories did Bobby's grandma tell him?
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mermaids , bigfoot , leprechauns
mermaids , bigfoot , leprechauns
A Republican tide ripped the Senate away from Democrats Tuesday, giving the GOP full control of Congress and the power to pin down President Barack Obama during his last two years in office. The thumping win upends the balance of power between the White House and Capitol Hill only six years after Obama's Democrats sw...
when was Harry Reid chosen to lead the Senate?
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has controlled the Senate since 2007, congratulated Republicans on their victory.
2007
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team located on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a members of the National League (NL) Central division; the team plays its home baseball games at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are also one of two active major league...
Were they known as anything else?
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null
yes
Richmond is located at the fall line of the James River, 44 miles (71 km) west of Williamsburg, 66 miles (106 km) east of Charlottesville, and 98 miles (158 km) south of Washington, D.C. Surrounded by Henrico and Chesterfield counties, the city is located at the intersections of Interstate 95 and Interstate 64, and enc...
What confederacy was Richmond important in?
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600
ant village of the Powhatan Confederacy
Powhatan
London, England (CNN) -- Prince William's younger brother Prince Harry will be his best man when he marries Kate Middleton in London in April, Clarence House announced Monday. Middleton's sister Philippa will be her maid of honor. William, who is second in line to the throne, is due to marry his long-time girlfriend ...
Where was the wedding to be?
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which is taking place at Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The county seat of Milwaukee County, it is on Lake Michigan's western shore. Ranked by estimated 2014 population, Milwaukee was the 31st largest city in the United States. The city's estimated population ...
What is opening this year?
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1,506
The under-construction Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center is scheduled to open in 2018.
Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center
(CNN) -- The longest-running holiday special still has a very shiny nose. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" premiered on television December 6, 1964, and is now one of the holiday season's perennial favorites. The story of the reindeer who saves Christmas is beloved among children and adults alike. The Rankin-Bass a...
How much were the Rudolph and Santa Claus puppets valued at when they were appraised on the PBS series "Antiques Roadshow"?
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$ 8 , 000 to $ 10 , 000
$ 8 , 000 to $ 10 , 000
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. It is an inland and in relative terms upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in moors of the Pennines and has a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Governmen...
Are there more than a million people there?
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2.2 million
Yes.
CHAPTER III--_The Hill of Humour_ "In a little square garden of yellow roses, beside the sea," said Auberon Quin, "there was a Nonconformist minister who had never been to Wimbledon. His family did not understand his sorrow or the strange look in his eyes. But one day they repented their neglect, for they heard that ...
What shape garden?
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square
square
Steam engines are external combustion engines, where the working fluid is separate from the combustion products. Non-combustion heat sources such as solar power, nuclear power or geothermal energy may be used. The ideal thermodynamic cycle used to analyze this process is called the Rankine cycle. In the cycle, water is...
Anywhere else?
1,105
1,153
ater supply for driving waterwheels at factories
factories
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games (Spanish: "Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992"; Catalan: "Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992"), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event played in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992. Beginning in 1994, the International Olympic Committee decided...
What was the name of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games?
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63
games of the xxv olympiad
games of the xxv olympiad
Chapter VIII. MAGGIE AND THE GIPSIES. After Tom and Lucy had walked away, Maggie's quick mind formed a plan which was not so simple as that of going home. No; she would run away and go to the gipsies, and Tom should never see her any more. She had been often told she was like a gipsy, and "half wild;" so now she wo...
Where was she sitting?
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939
null
on the roots of the tree
(CNN) -- Hilary Duff says her new album is "very positive" but admits that it started out "a lot heavier and a lot darker" because of the separation from her husband, Mike Comrie. "I'm separated from my husband right now, which has been a very difficult thing to go through," she told Billboard's "Pop Shop" podcast. "...
When?
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2001 to 2004
2001 to 2004
Steve had a very long finger. It was the longest finger anyone in his town had. One day Steve shut the toilet seat, and his finger got caught in it. He couldn't get it out. It was very cold in the bathroom. This is why his sister brought him a coat. He was in the bathroom a long time. So, Steve started pasting a stone ...
what gesture did he use?
780
806
a twirl of his long finger
a twirl of his finger
CHAPTER I SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS "Sam, this isn't the path." "I know it, Tom." "We've missed our way," went on Tom Rover, with a serious look on his usually sunny face. "It looks that way to me," answered Sam Rover, his younger brother. "I think we made a wrong turn after we slid down the cliff." "W...
What did Sam think happened to Dick?
956
1,046
"I hope he hasn't fallen over some cliff and hurt himself," returned his younger brother.
fallen off a cliff
The angel alligator was quite the sight! It loved to scream with all its might! It loved to roll in mud and sun. Then it would go for a run. But why did it run? Why did it scream? It had a fork in its butt! It sat in a trashcan. This was not a smart thing to do! But he did it, oh yes, oh me, oh you! The allig...
What did the animal love to do?
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It loved to roll in mud and sun
roll in mud and sun
Joey went to the doctor yesterday. He was a little scared because he might have to get a shot, but his mother promised that it wouldn't hurt. During the time they were in the waiting room, Joey played with some blue and green blocks and some toy cars that the doctor kept there for the children who came to see him. He a...
What did he do in the waiting room?
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Joey played with some blue and green blocks and some toy cars
played
The region, as part of Lorraine, was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and then was gradually annexed by France in the 17th century, and formalized as one of the provinces of France. The Calvinist manufacturing republic of Mulhouse, known as Stadtrepublik Mülhausen, became a part of Alsace after a vote by its citizens on ...
when?
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129
annexed by France in the 17th century,
the 17th centuary
International Futures (IFs) is a global integrated assessment model designed to help in thinking strategically and systematically about key global systems (economic, demographic, education, health, environment, technology, domestic governance, infrastructure, agriculture, energy and environment) housed at the Frederick...
Second one?
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1,749
IFs has three main functions, all connected to its conceptual treatment of integrated assessment forecasts: data analysis, scenario analysis, and display.
scenario analysis
Of all the speeches at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, few offended conservative listeners more than the speech by Sandra Fluke. There are plenty of good reasons to be annoyed. From the conservative point of view, Fluke is on the wrong side of a battle over religious freedom. Back in March, sh...
What is the name of the proposed Obama administration rule Sandra Fluke testified in favor of?
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georgetown university law school , to reject the teaching of their church and cover contraception in their university health plans
georgetown university law school , to reject the teaching of their church and cover contraception in their university health plans
Once upon a time there were a zebra and a monkey in a zoo. The zebra and the monkey had many napkins. What did the zebra and the monkey do with all the napkins? They didn't know. They ate the napkins. The zebra felt good. The monkey got a stomach ache. Why did the monkey get a stomach ache? The napkins were make out of...
Who was in the zoo?
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57
a zebra and a monkey in a zoo
a zebra and a monkey
CHAPTER XXVIII A NEW MOVE OF THE ENEMY "Something is up." It was Fred who spoke, only a few minutes after Songbird and the sailor in charge of the rowboat had left the side of the steam yacht. He addressed Hans. "Vot you vos see?" asked the German youth. "Look!" Hans looked and beheld Walt Wingate on the de...
who else was she with?
810
917
We're moving!" cried Dora, as she came to the boys, accompanied by Nellie and Grace. "Oh, what does it mean
Grace
(CNN)The bored teenager who gunned down a college baseball player in Oklahoma simply because he and his two friends "had nothing to do," is now a convicted murderer. Chancey Allen Luna was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday for his role in the August 2013 drive-by shooting of Christopher Lane, a 23-year-old c...
When was the shooting?
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2013
2013
CHAPTER XXIV MORE RIVALRY "Do you mean to tell me that you saw Arnold Baxter?" exclaimed Dick, after listening to Sam and Tom's story. "We did," replied the youngest Rover. "There was no mistake?" "If it wasn't Arnold Baxter do you think he would take such pains to get out of our reach?" asked Tom. "That is t...
Who did he think should help him do something?
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612
Dick, we ought to do something
Dick
CHAPTER XVI--THE GIRL WHO HAD NOT GROWN UP News, as usual, Christian Young brought--news of the drinking at Guvutu, where the men boasted that they drank between drinks; news of the new rifles adrift on Ysabel, of the latest murders on Malaita, of Tom Butler's sickness on Santa Ana; and last and most important, news ...
Was it making other stops before heading to Sydney?
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null
null
yes
Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Founded in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has since grown to comprise nine undergraduate and graduate schools, among which are the School of Foreign Service, School of...
how many undergraduate and graduate schools does it have?
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242
the university has since grown to comprise nine undergraduate
nine
Detroit (/dᵻˈtrɔɪt/) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the fourth-largest city in the Midwest and the largest city on the United States–Canada border. It is the seat of Wayne County, the most populous county in the state. Detroit's metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 5.3 million...
What is the most populous city is Michigan?
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76
Detroit (/dᵻˈtrɔɪt/) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan
Detroit
Box Office Mojo is a website that tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way, founded in 1999. In 2008, Box Office Mojo was bought by the Internet Movie Database, owned by Amazon. The website is widely used within the film industry as a source of data. From 2002–11, Box Office Mojo had forums popular wi...
who helped build the site up?
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594
Gray partnered with Sean Saulsbury and grew the site
Sean Saulsbury
CHAPTER XXVIII. A MEETING. About a week after the dissolution of the Crooked Creek Company, Harry was riding over from Hetertown, and had nearly reached the creek on his way home, when he met George Purvis. This was their first meeting since their fight, for George had been away on a visit to some relatives in Ri...
what had Harry sold?
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1,339
So you've sold the telegraph?"
Telegraph.
Sir James Paul McCartney, (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. He gained worldwide fame as the bass guitarist and singer for the rock band the Beatles, widely considered the most popular and influential group in the history of pop music. His songwriting partnership w...
What was his other band?
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465
he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings
Wings
The birds chirped, the sun beat down on a nearby window, and the noisy sound of an alarm clock tried to let me know it was seven in the morning. Not only that, but the sound of a high pitched voice, announcing "It's here! It's here Janet, it's here!" That voice belonged to my sister, Karen. What she meant was that the ...
Did he stick to getting a car?
841
887
but he stuck to his guns and stayed with cars.
yes
Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Founded in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has since grown to comprise nine undergraduate and graduate schools, among which are the School of Foreign Service, School of...
how many alumni were a part of active duty foreign service?
1,067
1,142
Georgetown had 1190 active-duty alumni working for the U.S. Foreign Service
1190
The (BnF; ) is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. The National Library of France traces its origin to the royal library founded at the Louvre Palace by Charles V in 1368. Charles had received a collection of manuscripts from his predeces...
Who was the English regent who transferred the National Library of France's collection to England in 1424?
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244
duke of bedford
duke of bedford
Two best friends lived in a small town. They grew up together and did everything together. One boy was named James, and he was a cute, fat kid who was always picked on. And then the other boy was named Alex, and he was handsome and cool. They were opposites, but they didn't care. Alex would always protect James from th...
Does James stand up for Alex now?
978
1,045
Now James and Alex protect each other and stand up for each other.
yes
(CNN) -- Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound is the heart of his nearly 42-year rule, a symbol of his defiance of the West. The sprawling complex houses modern government offices, the Bedouin tent in which Gadhafi received visitors and stands of palm trees. A bombed-out building remains as a monument to a 1986 ...
What the seniors did then?
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755
spurring the occasional rebuke from senior fighters
They occasionally rebuked them
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as The University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses are approximately apart, and the Saint Paul campus is actually in neigh...
what does it place in the top 10 with largest student body
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492
University of Minnesota system and has the sixth-largest main campus student body in the United States
sixth-largest
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. The city is in North Central Texas and covers nearly in the counties of Denton, Parker, Wise, and Tarrant, of which it is the county seat. According to the 2016 census estimates, Fort Worth's population is 854,113...
in what city ?
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Fort Worth
Fort Worth
(CNN) -- Felipe Massa has been forced to backtrack on comments he made claiming that new Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso was aware of Renault's plans to deliberately crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Felipe Massa is still showing the scars of his horror crash at the Hungarian GP in July. Alonso won that race...
Why not?
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Piquet was immune from prosecution in return for giving evidence
He was immune for giving evidence.
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. IN WHICH VERY PERPLEXING EVENTS OCCUR. The visitor referred to in the last chapter was a tall, broad-shouldered old man with a snowy head of hair and a flowing white beard, a long, loose black garment, and a stout staff about six feet long. Cormac had gone to a spring for water at the time h...
Did the Prince want to shake his hand?
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Even so," replied the Hebrew, holding out his hand, but Bladud drew back.
No
Sam's granddad was going to take Sam and his two brothers, James and Evan on vacation. They could choose to go to the lake or the beach. If they chose the lake, they would get to go on their granddad's boat. If they chose the beach, there would be sand to dig in. All three boys began to clap and cheer for the beach! Th...
What did they decide on?
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beach
beach
Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- The suspect in the bombing and mass shooting in Norway believed the terrorist attacks were "horrible," but "in his head (they) were necessary," a man who identified himself as the suspect's lawyer told Norwegian broadcaster TV2. Geir Lippestad told TV2 late Saturday that he represented Anders Be...
Where?
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712
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Oslo
Chapter 61 Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. With what delighted pride she afterwards visited Mrs. Bingley, and talked of Mrs. Darcy, may be guessed. I wish I could say, for the sake of her family, that the accomplishment of her earnest d...
how near were they?
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in addition to every other source of happiness, were within thirty miles of each other.
they were within thirty miles of each other
CHAPTER XLII LOVE REMAINS Wrayson rode slowly up the great avenue, and paused at the bend to see for the first time at close quarters the house, which from the valley below had seemed little more than a speck of white set in a deep bower of green. Seen at close quarters its size amazed him. With its cluster of outb...
And the man doing the greeting?
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1,024
. Duncan Fitzmaurice
Duncan Fitzmaurice
CHAPTER VIII AN INFORMAL COURT One morning, soon after Fuller and his daughter had gone home, Dick stood at a table in the testing house behind the mixing sheds. The small, galvanized iron building shook with the throb of engines and rattle of machinery, and now and then a shower of cinders pattered upon the roof; ...
How many went home at first?
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97
soon after Fuller and his daughter had gone home,
Two
There was a young woman who had a baby. She was very young. She had to learn how to feed the baby right. The doctor helped her with this. The doctor helped her with many things. Yesterday, the doctor had helped her try and teach the child to use the toilet. Today, she puts a bib on the baby to try to feed her. She trie...
What did the cat jump over in the rhyme?
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he cat that jumped over the moon.
the moon
Bacliff, Texas (CNN) -- Sitting on their front porch in this Houston suburb, Edmond Demiraj and his family seem the picture of a contented family. But the Department of Justice now wants to upend the family: threatening to deport his wife and 19-year-old son back to their native Albania, even though he says federal p...
Against who?
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a fellow Albanian immigrant.
a fellow Albanian immigrant
CHAPTER XII THE FEVER PATIENT When Harding scrambled to his feet, with his pistol still aimed, Clarke laughed. "You're not only very rash--and very clumsy--but you're lucky. That's the only vacant tepee in the whole village. And my friends don't seem to have heard you." They moved on very quickly and cautiously...
Who'd he laugh at?
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When Harding scrambled to his feet, with his pistol still aimed, Clarke laughed.
Harding
CHAPTER XII. LUCREZIA'S THIRD MARRIAGE At about the same time that Burchard was making in his Diarium those entries which reflect so grossly upon the Pope and Lucrezia, Gianluca Pozzi, the ambassador of Ferrara at the Vatican, was writing the following letter to his master, Duke Ercole, Lucrezia's father-in-law elect...
To who did he write?
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his master
his master
(CNN)A Los Angeles police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a local truck driver had his father's help in fleeing California and traveling to Texas, court documents filed Thursday said. Henry Solis, a Los Angeles Police Department rookie, is accused of killing 23-year-old Salome Rodriguez Jr. early...
Where did he help him go?
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had his father's help in fleeing California and traveling to Texas,
Texas.
Chapter 21: The Capture Of Quebec. On the day on which he received James' report, Wolfe issued his orders for the attack. Colonel Burton, at Point Levi, was to bring up every man who could be spared, to assist in the enterprise, and that officer accordingly marched to the spot indicated for embarkation, after nightfa...
To who?
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Colonel Howe
Colonel Howe
Unlike in Westminster style legislatures or as with the Senate Majority Leader, the House Majority Leader's duties and prominence vary depending upon the style and power of the Speaker of the House. Typically, the Speaker does not participate in debate and rarely votes on the floor. In some cases, Majority Leaders have...
Are the Majority Leaders duties set in stone?
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the House Majority Leader's duties and prominence vary
No
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its charter granted in 1837 and Supplemental Charter granted in 1971. Originally named the Institute of British Architects...
Was King George V one of the founders?
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it was formed in 1834 by several prominent architects, including Philip Hardwick, Thomas Allom, William Donthorne, Thomas Leverton Donaldson, William Adams Nicholson, John Buonarotti Papworth, and Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey.
no
CHAPTER VII A PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR There were three men in New York that day, who, although they occupied their accustomed table, the best in one of its most exclusive clubs, and although their luncheon was chosen with the usual care, were never really conscious of what they were eating. Weiss was one, John Bardsle...
Where?
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in New York
New York
A cowboy named Steve wanted to take a vacation from his farm that was named Raindrop. He could not make up his mind where to go, so he saddled his horse and rode east. The sun was setting in the west and it was orange. A cold wind was blowing from north to south. Steve rode through a forest of pear trees next to his fa...
where did Steve and his horse go in Sunny?
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Steve and his horse went to the beach
the beach
Miami (CNN) -- Two southern Florida imams accused of supporting the Pakistani Taliban appeared briefly in a Miami federal court Monday, before a judge pushed back the legal proceedings into next week so the suspects could sort out their legal representation. The two men -- Hafiz Khan and his son Izhar Khan -- were ar...
What state were they arrested in?
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The two men -- Hafiz Khan and his son Izhar Khan -- were arrested Saturday in South Florida, the Justice Department said.
Florida
CHAPTER XXII THE REFUGEE'S RETURN Sabatini's attitude of indolence lasted only until they had turned from the waterway into the main river. Then he sat up and pointed a little way down the stream. "Can you cross over somewhere there?" he asked. Arnold nodded and punted across towards the opposite bank. "Get i...
How far away?
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some eight miles
some eight miles
John Bill Bob lived on a boat in the sea. He went all around the world, to see what he could see. In America, he went to a farm. There, he saw a barn. He had some milk from a cup. The cup was big; Cow filled it up! In Africa, he went to the wild. He saw a tiger and heard it growl. From the growl, he ran away. He wa...
where was he when he saw a farm?
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In America, he went to a farm
America
Cisco Systems, Inc. (known as Cisco) is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products. Through its numerous ...
What does it develop, sell and make?
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develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products
networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products
CHAPTER XVI. AFTER A MISSING MUSTANG. "What are you going to do with me?" asked Hank Stiger, after a moment of painful silence, during which Dan glanced toward Henry, to find his friend reviving rapidly. "You'll find out later, Stiger. I can tell you one thing, you've gotten yourself in a pretty tight box." "It...
was Stiger in trouble?
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958
At this Stiger was silent. He wanted to get up and rush at Dan, despite the levelled pistol, but the wounded knee held him back. Had he been a full-blooded Indian he would have suffered in silence, but, being only a half-breed, and of poor Indian and white blood at that, he groaned dismally.
Yes
The International Meridian Conference was a conference held in October 1884 in Washington, D.C., in the United States, to determine a prime meridian for international use. The conference was held at the request of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. The subject to discuss was the choice of "a meridian to be employed as a...
Name the conference that is mentioned here?
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The International Meridian Conference
The International Meridian Conference
CHAPTER XIV. DENIS M'GOVERY'S TIDINGS. As soon as he had finished his breakfast on the morning after the night's events just recorded, Father John took his hat and stick, and walked down to Drumsna, still charitably intent on finding some means to soften, if he could not avert, the storm which he saw must follow th...
What is his title?
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Father John
Father
CHAPTER IV WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BARN "Nat has fallen into the water!" "Where is he? I can't see a thing." "He must have gone down in some cistern." These and other cries rang out, and all of the boys of Oak Hall were filled with consternation. Dave had located the splash fairly well, and as quickly as he coul...
what did he have in one hand ?
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lantern
Vacuum is space void of matter. The word stems from the Latin adjective vacuus for "vacant" or "void". An approximation to such vacuum is a region with a gaseous pressure much less than atmospheric pressure. Physicists often discuss ideal test results that would occur in a perfect vacuum, which they sometimes simply ca...
When did they think this?
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1,661
in the 19th century, vacuum was thought to be filled with a medium called aether.
in the 19th century
Mesoamerica was a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica, and within which pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries...
Were they familiar with metallurgy?
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While Mesoamerican civilization did know of the wheel and basic metallurgy,
yes