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(CNN) -- Three radio DJs in Kenya are going six days without food while broadcasting non-stop to promote peaceful voting in a country that was nearly torn apart after its last election five years ago. Ghetto Radio presenters Mbusii, Solloo and Essie have been locked inside a "glass house" in central Nairobi since Wed...
What is the theme of Ghetto Radio's Serious Request Kenya event?
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vote4peace vote4kenya
vote4peace vote4kenya
The competition is open to any eligible club down to Levels 10 of the English football league system - all 92 professional clubs in the Premier League and Football League (Levels 1 to 4), and several hundred "non-league" teams in Steps 1 to 6 of the National League System (Levels 5 to 10). A record 763 clubs competed i...
How many professional clubs are eligible to compete in the tournament?
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CHAPTER I THE ARRIVAL OF THE BOY "What's the news, Uncle?" asked Miss Patricia Doyle, as she entered the cosy breakfast room of a suite of apartments in Willing Square. Even as she spoke she pecked a little kiss on the forehead of the chubby man addressed as "Uncle"--none other, if you please, than the famous and e...
Who is the more beautiful cousin?
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Beth
Beth
CHAPTER VIII. A further account of Glubbdubdrib. Ancient and modern history corrected. Having a desire to see those ancients who were most renowned for wit and learning, I set apart one day on purpose. I proposed that Homer and Aristotle might appear at the head of all their commentators; but these were so numerous...
How was Aristotle different?
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stooped much
stooped much
Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea, with a population of (). The town of Hull was founded late in the 12th century. ...
What type of town is it?
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a market town
A market town.
CHAPTER IX FOILED "We seem to be just in time, Mr. Hurd," Wilhelmina said. "Do you mind coming back for a moment into your study? Mr. Macheson and I have something to say to you." He glanced at his watch. He was wholly unable to conceal his annoyance at their appearance. "I am afraid," he said, with strained ci...
Was he expected to speak before a group of people?
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I have to go before the committee
yes
(CNN) -- Argentina's star-studded team went top of South America's 2014 World Cup qualifying group as Lionel Messi inspired a 4-0 thrashing of Ecuador on Saturday. With his top Europe-based players to call on, coach Alejandro Sabella saw his side effectively end the match with three goals after only half an hour. S...
How long after Aguero's goal did he make his?
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doubled the lead nine minutes later
nine minutes later
New York (CNN) -- A self-described "ex-madam" who claims she supplied fellow city comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer with escorts several years ago is facing charges of illegally distributing prescription drugs, authorities said. Kristin Davis, 38, was arrested on Monday night and charged with selling Adderall, Xana...
What was she charged with?
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ith selling Adderall, Xanax and other drugs.
selling drugs
(CNN) -- When Sadegh Shahi heard reports about a SWAT team armed to the teeth storming onto a Sunwing Airlines flight to arrest a passenger, he thought to himself, "it's probably my son." The father's intuition apparently was correct. Ali Shahi was arrested Friday by at least a half-dozen heavily armed authorities ...
By who?
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captured by fellow passengers.
Fellow passengers.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The death of a teenage girl in a Welsh village in an apparent copycat suicide has raised fears she may have been part of an Internet death cult already blamed for the deaths of six young men. Natasha Randall, 17, who was found hanged in her bedroom in Blaengarw, near Bridgend, south Wales, on...
When did this start?
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Five more men aged between 17 and 27 have been found hanged in the area since January 2007.
January 2007.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Six hip-hop artists from five countries speaking four languages are on stage, warming up for their show at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. International hip-hop artists warm up for their show at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday. "Warming up" doesn't really captur...
Where were they performing their show?
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their show at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
PANAMA CITY, Panama (CNN) -- Ricardo Martinelli, the multimillionaire owner of a supermarket chain, was inaugurated as president of Panama on Wednesday. Ricardo Martinelli is a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party. National Assembly President Jose Luis Varela performe...
Who did Martinelli win against?
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Ricardo Martinelli is a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party.
a candidate from the ruling center-left party.
CHAPTER XII TOM SPEAKS HIS MIND "Tom, Miss Harrow would like to see you." It was an hour later, and the Rovers and the Laning girls had spent the time in watching the efforts of the others to put out the last of the fire. In the meanwhile, some of those present had gone through the addition to the main building a...
Did she just fall asleep with no help?
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Toyota is the world's market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles, and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe. Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models achieved the 10 million milestone in January 2017. Its Prius famil...
Where is Toyota's headquarters?
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Toyota is headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi
Aichi
CHAPTER VI. TWO STRANGE MEETINGS. "Mrs. Hugh Holker, at home, Saturday, May 29th, 3 to 6.30. Chetwood Court; tennis." Cyril Waring read it out with a little thrill of triumph. To be sure, it was by no means certain that Elma would be there; but still, Chetwood Court was well within range of Tilgate town, and ...
Why would he want to do that?
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If she's got to be my sister-in-law--which seems not unlikely now
She might become his sister in law.
A suicide bomber targeted a funeral in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 37 others, officials said. The blast took place just outside Peshawar, the capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said city police official Kalam Khan. While no one immediately claimed responsibility fo...
on what day ?
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Sunday
Sunday
Billy and Sally are brother and sister. Billy is seven and Sally is eight. Their mother, Deborah, likes to have Billy and Sally dress up in costumes and play a game where they are answering the telephone. Usually when they play the game, Billy answers the telephone in a loud voice, and Sally answers the telephone in a ...
What does deborah like to add to the lettuce?
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sugar
sugar
(CNN) -- Michelle Asci dreamed of capturing life through her camera lens. Asci had her sights set on being a photographer as she graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree from Georgia State University in December. But the 23-year-old is not working as a photographer. She's at a concession stand, selling popcorn o...
How old is Asci?
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the 23-year-old
23
CHAPTER IV. EXPERIMENTS. When Jonas had finished nailing down the corner, he said, "Now there are several experiments, which we can perform with the bellows. I will be the professor, and you two shall be my class in philosophy, and I will direct you how to make the experiments. "First," said Jonas, "you, Rollo, m...
what tool were they using?
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unknown
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (Arabic: معمر محمد أبو منيار القذافي‎ Arabic pronunciation: [muʕamar al.qaðaːfiː]; /ˈmoʊ.əmɑːr ɡəˈdɑːfi/; audio (help·info); c. 1942 – 20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi,[b] was a Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revol...
What did Gaddafi do with the increased revenues from the nationalized oil industry?
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bolster the military , implement social programs and fund revolutionary militants across the world
bolster the military , implement social programs and fund revolutionary militants across the world
CHAPTER XLVII How the Bride Was Received, and Who Were Asked to the Wedding And thus after all did Frank perform his great duty; he did marry money; or rather, as the wedding has not yet taken place, and is, indeed, as yet hardly talked of, we should more properly say that he had engaged himself to marry money. And...
is there a lot of talk about the wedding?
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as yet hardly talked of
no
A Sudanese woman sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her Christianity gave birth to a baby girl in prison Tuesday, her lawyers said. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, delivered her baby at a women's prison in Khartoum, but her husband was not allowed to be present for the birth, sources told CNN. They asked not to be n...
Who?
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She is in prison with her 20-month-old son
Her son
Stalinism is the means of governing and related policies implemented by Joseph Stalin. Stalinist policies in the Soviet Union included rapid industrialization, the theory of socialism in one country, a centralized state, collectivization of agriculture, cult of personality, and subordination of interests of foreign com...
How did Stalin pragmatically create joint venture contracts with American private enterprises?
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to accelerate the development of industrialization
to accelerate the development of industrialization
CHAPTER I—THE SCHOOLBOY CHUMS “Come on, fellows, if you are going! It’s a good six-mile skate to Squirrel Island, and we’ve got to hustle if we want to get there in time for lunch.” “Wait till I fix my right skate, Dave,” returned Phil Lawrence. “I don’t want to lose it on the way.” “Say, that puts me in mind of ...
who had a broken skate ?
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Phil
Chapter 13: Bush Rangers. As soon as it became dark, the journey was renewed. "Now, Jim, you must keep your eyes well open," Reuben said. "There is no saying when we may come upon them, now." "I tink dey not berry far off, sah. Dose sheep too tired to go far. Black fellow glad to stop and rest, when he see no one...
What did Reuben think when Jim said he smelled fire?
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i can ' t smell it
Semiotics (also called semiotic studies); is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign process (semiosis) and meaningful communication. It is not to be confused with the Saussurean tradition called semiology which is a subset of semiotics This includes the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation...
What is the other name of Semiotics?
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semiotic studies
semiotic studies
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (Korean: ; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo...
How many volunteers helped to prepare the 1988 Summer Olympics?
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27 , 221
CHAPTER XIV DICK AND SAM IN CHICAGO "Get some water, Songbird, quick!" "Oh, Sam, shall I get some smelling salts!" cried Grace. "I guess the water will do, Grace. Here, stand on this side, so those other girls can't see Nellie," went on the boy. "No use of letting them know everything." Grace understood and s...
How were Grace and Nellie related?
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Take a drink of water, dear," said her sister, and held the cup. Nellie took a sip and then Grace
sisters
(CNN) -- Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has dismissed an allegation that he was behind the death of a lawyer who left a video blaming the president if anything happened to him. A video with Rodrigo Rosenberg appears on YouTube in which he accuses Guatemala's leader in his death. The lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg, wa...
Why did Rosenberg believe he would be killed?
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Rosenberg's video said he was targeted for talking about the death of prominent businessman Khalil Musa and his daughter in April
for talking about the death of Khalil Musa and his daughter
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. With around 600 undergraduates, 300 graduates, and over 180 fellows, it is the largest college in either of the Oxbridge universities by number of undergraduates. By combined student numbers, it is second to Homerton College, Cambridge....
Like who?
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physicists Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr,
physicists Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr,
(CNN) -- Springwood teenagers Dean, Kris, Jesse, Nancy and Quentin are having trouble not sleeping: They're knocking back coffee, popping pills, anything to delay another date with their dream stalker (which may explain why these high school students look like college grads). When one of them does drop off, the bedshee...
Who is the villain?
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Freddy Krueger was the most personable boogie man
Freddy Krueger
LONDON, England (CNN) -- He's the man who has just rejected offers of up to $700,000 a week in wages -- but who really is Kaka? And what has he done to deserve so much money? Wanted man: Kaka overcame a spine fracture before getting to the top of world football. Born in Brazil in 1982, Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Le...
what position does he play?
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attacking midfielder
Time is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It was founded in 1923 and for decades was dominated by Henry Luce, who built a highly profitable stable of magazines. A European edition ("Time Europe", formerly known as "Time Atlantic") is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Afri...
How many readers does Time magazine have?
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26 million
26 million
CHAPTER VII AN UNEXPECTED MEETING "Say, fellows, did you ever hear this song?" It was Ned Lowe who spoke. He sat in one of the rooms belonging to the Rovers. On his knee rested a mandolin which he had been strumming furiously for the past ten minutes. "Sure we've heard it, Ned!" cried Andy. "What is it?" "For...
Who else is there?
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Walt Baxter
Walt Baxter
(CNN) -- A Mexican man who was allegedly killed on orders from his own cartel believed they were hunting for him after he began working as an informant and was fearful for his life, according to court documents. Police say soldier Michael Jackson Apodaca, 18, acted as the gunman. Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana began ...
From where?
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Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana began to worry after he began working as an informant for immigration officials in the United States.
the United States
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- George Harrison's closest friends and family gathered in Hollywood on Tuesday to dedicate the late Beatle's star on the Walk of Fame. From left, musicians Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Paul McCartney join Harrison's relatives for dedication of his star. "There's someone here from every ...
what is that?
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Tuesday's ceremony coincided with the Capitol/EMI announcement that it will release Harrison's first solo greatest hits collection -- "Let it Roll: Songs by George Harrison" -- on June 16.
His greatest hits collection
300 (three hundred) is the natural number following 299 and preceding 301. The number 300 is a triangular number and the sum of a pair of twin primes (149 + 151), as well as the sum of ten consecutive primes (13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47). It is palindromic in 3 consecutive bases: 300 = 606 = 454 = 3...
What is 302 divided by 2?
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302 = 2 × 151. 302 is a nontotient and a happy number
151
John Winston Ono Lennon, (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful and musically influential band in the history of popular music. He and fellow member Paul McCartney formed a much-cele...
How long did that last
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disbanded in 1970
1960 to 1970
There once was a big black and white dog named Forrest. His owner's name was Jeff. Jeff thought he was the best dog in the whole world. One night, when Forrest and Jeff were taking a walk in the park, they saw two men walking down the path. Both men were dressed in very nice suits. Jeff waved at the men. "Good ev...
Did the man frown at his pet?
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eff smiled. He liked that his dog always saw things the same way he did.
no
CHAPTER LII ON THE TRAIL AGAIN The most massive minds are apt to forget things at times. The most adroit plotters make their little mistakes. Psmith was no exception to the rule. He made the mistake of not telling Mike of the afternoon's happenings. It was not altogether forgetfulness. Psmith was one of those peo...
Does Edmund still have sound reasoning?
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Chapter 10 The Swede As the warriors, clustered thick about Tarzan and Sheeta, realized that it was a flesh-and-blood panther that had interrupted their dance of death, they took heart a trifle, for in the face of all those circling spears even the mighty Sheeta would be doomed. Rokoff was urging the chief to hav...
What kind of yell made the chief flee?
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he instant the natives turned to flee the ape-man's savage cry rang out above the shrieks of the blacks, and in answer to it Sheeta and the apes leaped growling after the fugitives. Some of the warriors turned to battle with their enraged antagonists, but before the fiendish ferocity of the fierce beasts they went down...
the ape-man's savage cry
(CNN) -- Donald Sterling has agreed to the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Sterling's attorneys told CNN on Wednesday. Last week, Sterling's estranged wife, Shelly, agreed to sell the franchise to Ballmer for an NBA record $2 billion. The Sterlings are co-owners of the team thr...
How much did Steve Ballmer pay for the Los Angeles Clippers?
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$ 2 billion
$ 2 billion
CHAPTER IX Sunday morning Saxon was beforehand in getting ready, and on her return to the kitchen from her second journey to peep through the front windows, Sarah began her customary attack. "It's a shame an' a disgrace the way some people can afford silk stockings," she began. "Look at me, a-toilin' and a-stewin' ...
What was Saxon complaining about
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It's a shame an' a disgrace the way some people can afford silk stockings
the way some people can afford silk stockings
CHAPTER TWO Babalatchi ceased speaking. Lingard shifted his feet a little, uncrossed his arms, and shook his head slowly. The narrative of the events in Sambir, related from the point of view of the astute statesman, the sense of which had been caught here and there by his inattentive ears, had been yet like a thread...
How many eyes did he have?
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The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that sits in The Hague in the Netherlands. The ICC has the jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The ICC is intended to comple...
Who leads that?
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The Office of the Prosecutor is headed by the Prosecutor
the Prosecutor
Rome (CNN) -- Italian center-left politician Enrico Letta has fully accepted a mandate to form a government, he told reporters Saturday. Letta made the announcement after meeting with President Giorgio Napolitano, who had given him that mandate on Wednesday. The 46-year-old former deputy prime minister and his mini...
How many of the ministers are members of the center-right People of Freedom Party?
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two
two
CHAPTER XXXVI Rockpier For Love himself took part against himself To warn us off.--TENNYSON Rosamond was to have a taste of her old vocation, and go campaigning for lodgings, the searching for which she declared to be her strongest point. Rockpier was to be the destination of the family; Eleonora Vivian, whose lett...
Did she correspond regularly?
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whose letters had been far fewer than had been expected of her
No
Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) -- As the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson calmed Friday after nights of protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, the question remains: Where's the police officer who pulled the trigger? Officer Darren Wilson, 28, shot Michael Brown on August 9. The shooting sparked days of viol...
Did Officer Darren Wilson have any social media presence before his name was released?
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the only social media presence for him now is from supporters
the only social media presence for him now is from supporters
The father of a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev spoke in support of his son Sunday, saying he was simply in the "wrong place, (at the) wrong time, with (the) wrong people." Amir Ismagulov is the father of Azamat Tazhayakov, one of three friends charged in connection with the case. Tazhay...
When does he go back in front of the judge?
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Tazhayakov is due back in court May 14
May 14
was settled by the Ainu, Nivkh, and Orok before recorded history. The "Nihon Shoki", finished in 720 AD, is often said to be the first mention of Hokkaido in recorded history. According to the text, Abe no Hirafu led a large navy and army to northern areas from 658 to 660 and came into contact with the Mishihase and Em...
What was the name of the settlement established by the Japanese during the Muromachi period?
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south of the oshima peninsula
south of the oshima peninsula
(CNN) -- Defending champion Serena Williams overcame a gutsy display from Jelena Jankovic on Saturday to reach the final of the WTA Championships in Istanbul. The World No.1 was forced to work hard against her Serbian opponent in the Sinan Erdem Dome, but eventually came through to win in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to ...
And the runner up?
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1,553
the runner-up is guaranteed $1,090,000
$1,090,000
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion. Covering approximately , it is the world's second-largest state by land area and third- or fourth-largest by total area. Governed by ...
Where did it start?
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844
China emerged as one of the world's earliest civilizations in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain
North China Plain
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Getting a 4-year-old to eat his lunch of pizza and applesauce on a recent Saturday afternoon wasn't exactly what Sam and Diane McMutrie thought they'd be doing after their three kids grew up. The couple, in their 50s, are raising Fredo after his birth mother in Haiti gave him to an o...
Do the McMutrie's have children?
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Sam and Diane McMutrie thought they'd be doing after their three kids grew up.
Yes
CHAPTER XXIII BACK AT ASHTON The three Rovers listened in astonishment to what the auto-stage driver had to say concerning the sudden disappearance of Blackie Crowden. "Then he must have jumped from the stage while you were running," remarked Dick. "That's just what he did do, mister. And he took some chances, ...
Who is being questioned?
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the stage driver.
the stage driver.
(CNN) -- The two young women were as different as could be when they met in a small farming village outside Uganda's capital in 2004. Orphans perform at the opening ceremony for their new home in Mutungo, Uganda. Brittany Merrill was a 19-year-old Southern Methodist University broadcast journalism student from an a...
When?
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in 2004
in 2004
CHAPTER XXXIV Unc' Billy and Old Mrs. Possum All the way home from school Peter Rabbit did his best to think who it could be who ate flesh, yet wasn't a member of the order of flesh eaters. Every few hops he would stop to think, but all his stopping and all his thinking were in vain, and when he started for school th...
What did Peter ask the possum?
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"are you a Carnivora?"
"are you a Carnivora?"
Once there was a beautiful Queen. She liked dancing. She liked singing. She liked playing. But the thing she liked the most was eating ice cream. She liked many kinds of ice cream, but her favorite was strawberry. She liked it best because it was pink, and pink was her favorite color. Because she liked eating ice cream...
Who was good looking?
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32
a beautiful Queen
the Queen
Playing a football player won Cuba Gooding Jr. an Oscar. Could playing another -- one who was the focus of "the trial of the century" -- win him further accolades? The actor has been cast as O.J. Simpson in the new FX anthology miniseries "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson," the network announced. Good...
Has Cuba ever played a football player before?
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CHAPTER VII For some reason or other, the house was crowded that night, and the fat Jew manager who met them at the door was beaming from ear to ear with an oily, tremulous smile. He escorted them to their box with a sort of pompous humility, waving his fat jewelled hands, and talking at the top of his voice. Dorian ...
did the youth have on their coats?
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had taken off their coats
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th most populous state. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia. The capitol is in Jefferson City on the Missouri River. The state is the 21st most extensive in area. In the South are ...
What is the capital of Missouri?
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jefferson city
(CNN) -- In 1984, in the midst of Lebanon's civil war, Naji Gebran started hosting regular gatherings at his Beirut beachfront apartment for the purpose of "musical therapy." Weary and traumatized from the conflict that had divided their city -- and would claim some 150,000 lives over its 15 years -- people would com...
was there specific name that he used for his gatherings?
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musical therapy
CHAPTER XVII. THE INDUSTRIAL MAGNATE In Beldover, there was both for Ursula and for Gudrun an interval. It seemed to Ursula as if Birkin had gone out of her for the time, he had lost his significance, he scarcely mattered in her world. She had her own friends, her own activities, her own life. She turned back to th...
How much was in her secret stash?
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seventy pounds
seventy pounds
Billboard (stylized as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style. It is also known for its music charts, including the "Billboard" Hot 100 an...
When was it sold to private investors?
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1985
1985
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advise...
What was destroyed?
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the interior
Theravāda (Pali, literally "school of the elder monks") is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pāli Canon as its doctrinal core. The Pali canon is the only complete Buddhist canon which survives in a classical Indic Language, Pali, which serves as the sacred language and lingua franca ...
Does it have a wide array of traditions and practices?
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Theravada also includes a rich diversity of traditions and practices that have developed over its long history of interactions with varying cultures and religious communities
Yes.
Though Robert H. Richards IV was convicted of rape, the wealthy heir to the du Pont family fortune was spared prison by a Delaware court in 2009 because he would "not fare well" behind bars, according to court documents CNN obtained Tuesday. Richards is a great-grandson of the chemical magnate Irenee du Pont. He re...
What is the nature of the lawsuit that was filed by Tracy Richards on behalf of their children?
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personal injuries arising from the childhood sexual abuse . "
personal injuries arising from the childhood sexual abuse . "
An organic compound is virtually any chemical compound that contains carbon, although a consensus definition remains elusive and likely arbitrary. Organic compounds are rare terrestrially, but of central importance because all known life is based on organic compounds. The most basic petrochemicals are considered the bu...
What is the concept of vitalism?
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substances found in organic nature are created from the chemical elements by the action of a " vital force " or " life - force " ( " vis vitalis " ) that only living organisms possess
substances found in organic nature are created from the chemical elements by the action of a " vital force " or " life - force " ( " vis vitalis " ) that only living organisms possess
The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and...
Did the running have a nickname?
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The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony
Yes
CHAPTER XXIX. For an Indian isle she shapes her way With constant mind both night and day: She seems to hold her home in view And sails as if the path she knew, So calm and stately in her motion Across the unfathomed, trackless ocean. -- WILSON. It has been said that Peter was in advance. When his canoe was nearly ...
where was Peter heading?
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up the passage
up the passage
Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion (), was Nazi Germany's code name for the plan for an invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. Following the Fall of France, Adolf Hitler, the German Führer and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, hoped the British gover...
What forces had experience of amphibious assault prior to Operation Sea Lion?
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japanese
New Mexico is a state in the southwestern region of the United States of America. It was admitted to the Union as the 47th state on January 6, 1912. It is usually considered one of the Mountain States. New Mexico is fifth largest by area, the 36th-most populous, and the sixth-least densely populated of the 50 United St...
What major Native American nations live in the state?
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Navajo, Pueblo, and Apache
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- A British couple convicted for having sex on a public beach in Dubai will not face jail after a judge suspended their prison sentences, their lawyer said Tuesday. File image of one of the co-accused -- Vince Acors -- arriving at court in Dubai in September. The couple, Michelle ...
When did they get caught?
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after midnight on July
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN , ) is a regional intergovernmental organisation comprising ten Southeast Asian states which promotes Pan-Asianism and intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, military, educational and cultural integration amongst its members and Asian states....
What are some countries that it's water borders?
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Palau, and Australia
Palau and Australia
(CNN) -- Nobody likes politicians. Ever since Jimmy Carter won his way to the White House in 1976 by assuring voters that they could trust him in contrast to the more experienced opponents he faced, both Republican and Democratic candidates have tended to boast about every part of their resume that can distinguish th...
When was that?
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In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama undercut the "inevitable" Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
2008
(CNN) -- The Idaho man who slapped a crying 19-month-old boy on a Delta flight in February was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison, the man's lawyer said. Joe Rickey Hundley pleaded guilty to assault in federal court in October. Hundley's attorney, Marcia Shein, said Hundley will report to a yet-to-be determ...
Who was representing him?
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Hundley's attorney, Marcia Shein
Marcia Shein
(LifeWire) -- After his father was diagnosed with dementia in 1996, Anthony Lazzara Jr. faced a difficult decision: He and his wife, Gail, either could place his father, Anthony Lazzara Sr., in a facility, or they could care for him themselves. Anthony Lazzara Jr. (right) and his wife, Gail (left), cared for Anthony ...
Where did he go, then?
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A bed became available at a local Veterans Affairs facility, and the elder Lazzara was admitted.
a local Veterans Affairs facility
Tracy Morgan remained in critical condition Sunday but appeared to show signs of improvement after a car wreck a day earlier that killed another passenger, the comedian's publicist said. "He has been more responsive today, which is an incredibly encouraging sign," Lewis Kay said. Morgan's limo van was hit by a trac...
Of where?
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Sgt. Gregory Williams of New Jersey State Police
New Jersey State Police
There was once a young bear who lived in a small cave in the woods. His cave was comfy, warm, and dark, and had a bit of a yard in front of it. The bear lived with his mother and father, and spent his days walking around and his nights curled up asleep. He liked to look for berries to eat. His favorite berries were blu...
What did the young bear do when he saw the family of ducks?
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he got up and followed them
he got up and followed them
The Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at ), otherwise known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff, was an act implementing protectionist trade policies sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley and signed into law on June 17, 1930. The act raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goo...
What do experts say exacerbated the Great Depression?
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The passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
The passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
CHAPTER XXIV THE HANEYS RETURN TO THE PEAKS The forces that really move most men are the small, concrete, individual experiences of life. The death of a child is of more account to its parents than the fall of a republic. Napoleon did not forget Josephine in his Italian campaigns, and Grant, inflexible commander of...
what really moves people?
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The forces that really move most men are the small, concrete, individual experiences of life.
small, concrete, individual experiences of life.
(CNN) -- Manchester City have completed a sensational transfer deadline-day swoop for Brazilian forward Robinho in an estimated £32.5 million ($58 million) deal with Real Madrid, following the English Premier League club's takeover by an Abu Dhabi group on Monday. Brazilian Robinho joins Manchester City for a British...
What was Robinho's reaction to working with former Blackburn and Wales manager Mark Hughes?
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keen
keen
(CNN) -- Marissa Mayer, who was Google's first female engineer and its 20th employee when she joined that company in 1999, has been named CEO of Yahoo. She's the fifth CEO in as many years at that struggling company. Monday's announcement has caused ripples in the world of technology as people expressed surprise that...
What is that person's name?
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Marissa Mayer, who was Google's first female engineer and its 20th employee when she joined that company in 1999, has been named CEO of Yahoo.
Marissa Mayer
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The first man on the moon marked the 40th anniversary of his historic achievement with characteristic understatement Monday, calling the program that put him on the lunar surface "a good thing to do." President Obama welcomes, from left, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong. Apollo 11...
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40th
(CNN) -- Here's what Katie Roche expected when she went into the hospital for spine surgery: two titanium rods, a bone graft, 17 screws in her vertebrae, eight hours in the operating room, and a week's stay in the hospital to recover. Here's what she didn't expect on top of all that: sharing a hospital room with a fe...
Did she become very weak?
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"She got so weak she couldn't even get out of bed to go to the bathroom -- I had to carry her," says her mother, Kathleen Roche.
yes
CHAPTER XIV THE RECKONING When the line reached the settlement Jim and his party returned to Vancouver. Shortly after their arrival Martin came to see them. "I've been in town some time, and seeing a notice in the _Colonist_ that you had finished the job, thought I'd like to tell you I was glad," he said. Carri...
what does Baumstein not know ?
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investing in Northern copper
Combine is investing in Northern copper
(CNN) -- About a year after losing his dad in a plane crash, Matt Snoddy climbed into the cockpit for an emotional flight. His kids Charlie, age 5 and Alice, 3, were tucked in the back of the tiny Cessna and his flight instructor was seated alongside. Snoddy pulled back on the stick and they were airborne. The Lexi...
What was his occupation?
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Tim Snoddy, a 51-year-old accountant and consultant for legal cases,
accountant and consultant for legal cases,
Washington (CNN) -- The federal government said it will recommend that new cars have rear-view video systems, a move immediately denounced as "insufficient" by safety groups who say the cameras should be mandatory. The camera and monitor system enables drivers to see whether people or objects are in the blind spot be...
What does it do?
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designed to encourage car manufacturers to improve vehicle safety.
It's designed to encourage car manufacturers to improve vehicle safety.
(CNN) -- Lewis Hamilton has always been driven by his emotions -- for better or for worse -- but has he found a new level of maturity with Mercedes? The double world champion has been schooled in the harsh lessons that Formula One can mete out since he joined McLaren's junior program when just 13 years old. But, de...
Who did Hamilton replace his father with?
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a high-profile agency.
CHAPTER IX FOILED "We seem to be just in time, Mr. Hurd," Wilhelmina said. "Do you mind coming back for a moment into your study? Mr. Macheson and I have something to say to you." He glanced at his watch. He was wholly unable to conceal his annoyance at their appearance. "I am afraid," he said, with strained ci...
Is Mr. Hurd in Wilhelmina's employ?
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even if I am in your employ
yes
(CNN) -- Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has made an emotional appeal after his father was abducted in his native Nigeria. "Please just let him go," he told Sky Sports News. "He's just an old man, he hasn't done any harm to anyone as far as I know and I don't know why he has been taken." Michael Obi, who runs a...
did something happen to one of his family members?
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his father was abducted in his native Nigeria.
Yes
Chapter 4: An Experiment. Marie Vaillant, after remaining six weeks at the chateau, returned to England; and Philip, with a party of twelve men, escorted her to La Rochelle. Her visit was cut short somewhat, at the end, by the imminence of the outbreak of hostilities, in which case she might have found a difficulty i...
how long had she been there?
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Marie Vaillant, after remaining six weeks at the chateau
six weeks
CHAPTER III. THE END OF THE BALL. THE priest's long journey did not appear to have fatigued him. He was as cheerful and as polite as ever--and so paternally attentive to Stella that it was quite impossible for her to pass him with a formal bow. "I have come all the way from Devonshire," he said. "The train has be...
Was he looking for someone specifically?
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I miss some familiar faces at this delightful party. Mr. Romayne, for instance
Mr. Romayne
In mathematics, a group is an algebraic structure consisting of a set of elements equipped with an operation that combines any two elements to form a third element. The operation satisfies four conditions called the group axioms, namely closure, associativity, identity and invertibility. One of the most familiar exampl...
Does it merge any two to form a third?
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(CNN) -- Arjen Robben scored twice on his debut as Bayern Munich gave new coach Louis Van Gaal his first victory with a 3-0 crushing of German Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg on Saturday. Two-goal Arjen Robben made an immediate impact following his transfer from Real Madrid. The Dutch winger netted both goals in the...
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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Tyler Perry has, for the first time, revealed graphic details about the sexual, physical and emotional abuse he says he suffered as a child. "I'm tired of holding this in," Tyler Perry wrote on his Web site, "... so I've decided to give some away." Perry recounts in a message posted on his...
How old was he when it stopped?
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The random, violent beatings were commonplace until Perry was 19,
19
CHAPTER XXV It chanced that a brilliant autumn brought a season of great prosperity to the Thetian wine-growers and farmers, and the year of Ughtred's accession to the throne seemed likely to be marked with a white stone in their annals. Never had a ruler been more popular with all classes. His military system, while...
Was the country completely safe?
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Only a few people knew of the hidden danger which was ever brooding over the land
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Ctenophora (/tᵻˈnɒfərə/; singular ctenophore, /ˈtɛnəfɔːr/ or /ˈtiːnəfɔːr/; from the Greek κτείς kteis 'comb' and φέρω pherō 'carry'; commonly known as comb jellies) is a phylum of animals that live in marine waters worldwide. Their most distinctive feature is the ‘combs’ – groups of cilia which they use for swimming – ...
What is the scientific name for Ctenophora?
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comb jellies
comb jellies
(Mental Floss) -- It's hard to walk down the aisle of a liquor store without running across a bottle bearing someone's name. A costumed reveler at a Captain Morgan party celebrates the rum named after the 17th century privateer. We put them in our cocktails, but how well do we know them? Here's some biographical ...
Was he punished for that?
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Instead of getting in trouble for his high-seas antics, Morgan received knighthood and became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica.
No
Florida i/ˈflɒrɪdə/ (Spanish for "flowery land") is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and the sovereign state of Cuba...
What does its name mean?
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flowery land
CHAPTER LXXX - RUBY PREPARES FOR SERVICE Our poor old honest friend John Crumb was taken away to durance vile after his performance in the street with Sir Felix, and was locked up for the remainder of the night. This indignity did not sit so heavily on his spirits as it might have done on those of a quicker nature. H...
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Ruby would surely never care any more for the 'baronite'
Ruby would not care the 'baronite'