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CHAPTER XXII When all is done or said, In th' end this shall you find, He most of all doth bathe in bliss That hath a quiet mind.--LORD VAUX Robert had promised to return in the end of March to be present at the Assizes, when the burglars would be tried, and he did not come alone. Mr. Crabbe judged it time to inspe...
since when?
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since his arrival in town
since his arrival in town
CHAPTER XXVII A fortnight afterwards Trent rode into Attra, pale, gaunt, and hollow-eyed. The whole history of those days would never be known by another man! Upon Trent they had left their mark for ever. Every hour of his time in this country he reckoned of great value--yet he had devoted fourteen days to saving the...
Did he build something useful there?
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where years ago a Congo trader, who had made a fortune, had built a little white-washed hospital
yes
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy in English-language sources, was a constitutional union of the Austrian Empire (the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council, or "Cisleithania") and the Kingdom of Hungary (Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen or "Transl...
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third largest manufacturer and exporter of electric home appliances, electric industrial appliances and power generation apparatus for power plants, after the United States and the German Empire.
United States and the German Empire
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic can't stop playing classics. Two months after their five-set thriller at the French Open, Nadal beat Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 to reach the Rogers Cup final in Montreal. In a contest with memorable baseline rallies that routinely got the crowd off their feet, it was Nadal -- just like i...
How much did he improve this season?
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improved to 9-0 on hard courts this season
improved to 9-0 on hard courts this season
CHAPTER XI. Drummers and Carpenters. Peter Rabbit was so full of questions that he hardly knew which one to ask first. But Yellow Wing the Flicker didn't give him a chance to ask any. From the edge of the Green forest there came a clear, loud call of, "Pe-ok! Pe-ok! Pe-ok!" "Excuse me, Peter, there's Mrs. Yellow Wi...
Is he a peacock?
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Yellow Wing is a true Woodpecker
no
CHAPTER XXXVIII. _Tancred's Recovery_ TANCRED rapidly recovered. On the second day after his recognition of Eva, he had held that conversation with Fakredeen which had determined the young Emir not to lose a moment in making the effort to induce Amalek to forego his ransom, the result of which he had communicated t...
Who did Eva never encourage?
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Baroni
Baroni
Two kittens were playing. They had come in from outside. Now they were in the living room in the house. One kitten was named Snowball and one kitten was named Fuzzy. Suddenly, Snowball saw something interesting. "Look at that!" said Snowball. "What is it?" asked Fuzzy. "It's a ball of yarn. On the top shelf!" sai...
How did Snowball get to the top shelf?
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ball of yarn
ball of yarn
Separation of powers is a political doctrine originating in the writings of Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws where he urged for a constitutional government with three separate branches of government. Each of the three branches would have defined abilities to check the powers of the other branches. This idea was ca...
Who might that be?
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Thomas Hobbes, strongly opposed it
Thomas Hobbes strongly opposed it
(CNN) -- The 2009 snooker world champion John Higgins has said his "conscience is clear" following allegations of match fixing. British newspaper The News of the World claimed the 34-year-old accepted a $398,000 bribe to throw frames in future matches during a meeting with undercover reporters in Kiev, Ukraine. How...
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denied ever intentionally losing a match or taking a bribe at any point in his career.
intentionally losing
Foday Gallah saw the sick child was distressed and felt he had to do something. So he picked the kid up to comfort him. And with that act of kindness, the 37-year-old ambulance supervisor in Monrovia, Liberia, contracted Ebola himself. "Of course, he got vomit all over him and that's how he got Ebola," said photogr...
How did Foday Gallah contract Ebola?
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picked the kid up to comfort him
picked the kid up to comfort him
CHAPTER V MADAME RIENNES About 11 o'clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne. "How are you going to get to Kleindorf?" Miss Ogilvy asked of him. "It's five miles away by the road. I think you had better come to my house and have som...
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(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...
to what?
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unemployment rates from 8.2% to 7.8%
7.8%
CHAPTER XX BACK IN CAMP "What's this you are saying, Link?" demanded Phil, who had overheard the conversation just recorded. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself to talk that way. Just because Dave spent part of his life in the poorhouse after he was stolen away from his parents is no reason why you should speak as...
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Dave, Roger and Phil
CHAPTER XXII THE TRIUMPH Another week went by and the eve of the Triumph was at hand. On the afternoon before the great day sewing-women had come to the house of Gallus, bringing with them the robe that Miriam must wear. As had been promised, it was splendid, of white silk covered with silver discs and having the p...
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orders
(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....
When Martin scored?
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Martin Skrtel headed them ahead from a Steven Gerrard corner after 34 minutes
after 34 minutes
(CNN) -- A New Jersey police officer plead not guilty on Friday, a day after he was arrested and charged with setting fire to the house of an Edison police captain and his family. Michael A. Dotro was arrested on Thursday at his home in Manalapan, New Jersey, after an investigation by the Middlesex County prosecutor'...
What was the guys' profession?
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he was a police officer
CHAPTER III. Noah, who is the first seafaring man we read of, begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet. Authors, it is true, are not wanting who affirm that the patriarch had a number of other children. Thus Berosus makes him father of the gigantic Titans; Methodius gives him a son called Jonithus, or Jonicus (who was...
Who was first read of?
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Noah, who is the first seafaring man we read of,
Noah,
Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar ...
What is the feast day of Saint Monica?
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may 4
may 4
Washington (CNN) -- When the race is done, the balloons have wilted, and the confetti has been swept up, Campaign 2012 may be marked more by its failures than its triumphs. But here's the starkest failure in these final days before the vote: Neither candidate has made a convincing enough argument for his presidency t...
Who is leading in the most recent poll referenced?
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Obama
Obama
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?
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at the hut
at the hut
William was sitting in his room working on his homework. It was something he did since he went to kindergarten. William could see outside from where he was sitting. He had a view of a beautiful sunset this time of year. It was late spring, and he sometimes found his mind wandering as he looked outside, and hated losing...
What time of year was it?
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It was late spring
Late spring.
CHAPTER XXXV: Lightfoot Is Reckless In his search for the new stranger who had come to the Green Forest, Lightfoot the Deer was wholly reckless. He no longer stole like a gray shadow from thicket to thicket as he had done when searching for the beautiful stranger with the dainty feet. He bounded along, careless of ho...
Where did she come from?
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the Great Mountain
the Great Mountain
CHAPTER XLVI Our Pet Fox Finds a Tail Frank returned home, and his immediate business was of course with his father, and with Mr Gazebee, who was still at Greshamsbury. "But who is the heir?" asked Mr Gazebee, when Frank had explained that the death of Sir Louis rendered unnecessary any immediate legal steps. "...
Who did Frank think was the heir?
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he didn't know
There was once a leprechaun named Tony who spent his days at the end of a rainbow guarding his golden bowl of cereal. Tony was one of the toughest leprechauns in all the land, so no one dared to mess with him or try to take his bowl. That is, until an angel named Jess fell from Heaven. Jess had broken her wing, so she ...
Did she want it?
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she knew she wanted it. She had
yes
(CNN) -- Long before Chen Guangcheng became internationally known as a human rights crusader, villagers near his home knew him as the man to go to when they had trouble with local authorities. Despite having little formal legal education, Chen began advocating on behalf of villagers in 1996 at the age of 25, accordin...
Where did he escape to?
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Fellow activists say he made his way to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing
the U.S. Embassy
The House of Habsburg, also called House of Austria, was one of the most influential and outstanding royal houses of Europe. The throne of the Holy Roman Empire was continuously occupied by the Habsburgs between 1438 and 1740. The house also produced emperors and kings of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of England ("Ju...
What year did the House of Habsburg begin to occupy the throne of the Holy Roman Empire?
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Ikenna Nzeribe was the sole survivor after assassins from Boko Haram stormed his Nigerian church in 2012, just 60 miles from where the jihadists last month abducted more than 200 girls. The church massacre remains vivid for Nzeribe three years later -- as are the scars on his face, neck and arm. The Muslim extremis...
with what type of weapon?
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Nzeribe, a handsome banker, was shot in the face with an AK-47 assault rifle,
AK-47
CHAPTER TWELVE. THE STORM--THE WRECK OF THE HOMEWARD BOUND--THE LIFEBOAT. A stern chase never was and never will be a short one. Old Coleman, in the course of quarter of a mile's run, felt that his powers were limited and wisely stopped short; Bax, Guy, and Tommy Bogey held on at full speed for upwards of two miles...
What did he leave his disappointed pursuers to do?
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he turned suddenly to the left, quitted the beach, and made for the interior, where he was soon lost sight of, and left his disappointed pursuers to grumble at their bad fortune
grumble at their bad fortune
Angie went to the library with her mother. First she had to turn in the books she was returning at the return desk. They said hello to the man there. He took their books. Then they went into the adult reading room. Angie sat in a brown chair at the table. She made a drawing of her mother. Her mother found a large red b...
what color chair did Angie sit in?
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Angie sat in a brown chair
brown
CHAPTER XI The _Ghost_ has attained the southernmost point of the arc she is describing across the Pacific, and is already beginning to edge away to the west and north toward some lone island, it is rumoured, where she will fill her water-casks before proceeding to the season’s hunt along the coast of Japan. The hunt...
What is the lasting effect of Leach's injury?
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the scar will remain all his life
the scar will remain all his life
(CNN) -- Elmore Leonard is something of a living legend among lovers of crime fiction. A favorite of millions of readers, a hero to scores of writers, he's been called "America's greatest crime writer." The 86-year old author has been writing bestselling books for sixty years, mostly Westerns and crime novels. Many of ...
Among who?
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among lovers of crime fiction.
lovers of crime fiction.
Karachi (; ALA-LC: , ; ) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the most populous city in Pakistan, sixth most populous city proper in the world and the 8th most populous metropolitan city in the world. Ranked as a beta world city, the city is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre. Karach...
How large?
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By the time of the Partition of British India, the city was the largest in Sindh with an estimated population of 400,000.
Estimated population of 400,000.
CHAPTER XXXVI THE CHARLATAN UNMASKED There seemed for the next few minutes to be a somewhat singular abstention from any desire to interfere with the two people who stood in the centre of the little group, hand-in-hand. Saton, after his first speech, and after Lois had given him her hands, had turned a little defia...
Did something terrify Mary?
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No
(CNN) -- Call it what you will -- providence, fate or simply a stroke of incredibly good luck -- Colorado shooting victim Petra Anderson has some of it. Anderson, 22, sustained multiple gunshot wounds in the movie theater rampage last week. Three shotgun pellets hit her arm, and one went through her nose into her bra...
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CHAPTER XXI DICK MAKES A BOLD VENTURE Some delicate and important work was being done, and Stuyvesant had had his lunch sent up to the dam. Bethune and Dick joined him afterwards, and sat in the shade of a big traveling crane. Stuyvesant and Dick were hot and dirty, for it was not their custom to be content with gi...
What did Bethune think of the Iberian branch of the Latin race?
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we have spanish peons here who ' ll stand for as much work and hardship as any anglo - saxon i ' ve met
we have spanish peons here who ' ll stand for as much work and hardship as any anglo - saxon i ' ve met
West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the north (and, slightly, east), and Maryland to the northeast. West Virginia is the 10th smallest by area, is ranked 3...
What is the area called that West Virginia is a part of?
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Appalachian
Appalachian
(WIRED) -- If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital assistant. Siri isn't welcome on Big Blue's networks. The reason? Siri ships everything you say to her to a big data center in Maiden, North Carolina. And the story of what really happens to a...
What's something Siri saves?
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Siri collects a bunch of other information -- names of people from your address book
Names of people from your address book
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 ...
Who arrived during this time?
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immigrants
On Tuesday, Timmy went to go visit his grandma for the day. She lived in a town close to where Timmy lived, so Timmy got in the car and his mom drove him to his grandma's house. Timmy wanted to bring his big white dog with him, but his mom said no because his grandma doesn't like dogs. Instead, Timmy brought his favori...
did timmy have to share?
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warm cookies all for you."
no
Kindergarten (; from German , which literally means "garden for the children") is a preschool educational approach traditionally based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. At first such institutions were created in the late 18th...
What was his goal?
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wanted the children to be given a good moral education
he wanted the children to be given a good moral education
CHAPTER I There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-doo...
In the kitchen?
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John, and Georgiana were now clustered round their mama in the drawing-room
No
CHAPTER XXIII Philippa and Helen met in the drawing-room, a few minutes before eight that evening. Philippa was wearing a new black dress, a model of simplicity to the untutored eye, but full of that undefinable appeal to the mysterious which even the greatest artist frequently fails to create out of any form of colo...
What time is it now?
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The clock began to chime.
Has to be 8
Abby and Emma are outside one day to do something special for someone. They are picking flowers for their mother's birthday. Right before they are finished picking their flowers to surprise their mother, the girls see that the clouds in the sky have turned grey and that the sun is no longer shining. It looks like it'...
Doing what?
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picking flowers for their mother's birthday
Picking flowers
CHAPTER VI. The next morning was gloomy and rainy, as Elizabeth informed Anne at about seven o'clock; 'and I am not sorry for it,' said she, 'for I want to have you all to myself at home, so we will turn the incubi over to Kate and Helen, and be comfortable together.' 'Will they submit to such treatment?' said Anne...
What did Anne say to Elizabeth about her attitude towards Lucy the day before?
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retract all i said in dispraise of lucy
retract all i said in dispraise of lucy
One upon a time there was a dragon named Jack. He was large and had big scales, but did not have claws or a mean look on his face like other dragons did. He also didn't have wings and couldn't fly. Jack lived near a castle that had a princess trapped in it. This castle looked and was guarded by an evil dragon named Rya...
How did Jack manage to get inside the castle?
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he slowly walked around and climbed over the back wall
he slowly walked around and climbed over the back wall
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. MAD HACO STARTLED AT LAST. That evening Haco Barepoles was seen on the road to Cove, with his coat-skirts, his cravat-ends, and his hair streaming in the breeze. An hour previously, however, a brass band was seen walking towards the same place, and, half an hour after that, a young midshipman ...
Who was in the street?
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Haco Barepoles
Gmina Michałowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the town of Michałowo, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Białystok. (Michałowo gained town status on 1 January 2009 – prior t...
where is it?
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in north-eastern Poland
north-eastern Poland
CHAPTER XXIV: LOVE'S LABOUR LOST 'And well, with ready hand and heart, Each task of toilsome duty taking, Did one dear inmate take her part, The last asleep, the earliest waking.' In the course of the afternoon Lord Rotherwood and Florence called, to see Eleanor, inquire after Ada, and make the final arrangements...
who went to visit Eleanor?
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Lord Rotherwood and Florence
Kraków, also Cracow or Krakow, is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River () in the Lesser Poland () region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Pol...
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leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life
academic, cultural, and artistic life
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...
Who is injured?
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Tracy Morgan remained in critical condition
Tracy Morgan remained in critical condition
The Yuan dynasty (Chinese: 元朝; pinyin: Yuán Cháo), officially the Great Yuan (Chinese: 大元; pinyin: Dà Yuán; Mongolian: Yehe Yuan Ulus[a]), was the empire or ruling dynasty of China established by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan. Although the Mongols had ruled territories including today's North China...
What was that empire called?
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Mongolian homeland and continued to rule the Northern Yuan dynasty
the Northern Yuan dynasty
Baptism (from the Greek noun βάπτισμα "baptisma"; see below) is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally. The canonical Gospels report that Jesus was baptized—a historical event to which a high degree of certainty can be assigned. Bapt...
It's a Christian sacrament of what?
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of admission and adoption
CHAPTER XIX SADIE SEES A WAY Soon after Festing started for British Columbia Sadie drove over to the farm; because she had heard about the fight in the poolroom and suspected why he had gone. At first she found it difficult to break down Helen's reserve, but the latter could not resist her frank sympathy, and softe...
Would Helen talk to Sadie?
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allowed herself to be led into confidential talk.
Yes.
Maryland () is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. The state's largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are "Old Line St...
How many states/cities does it border?
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Maryland () is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. T
5 altogether
(CNN) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is still believed to be at his residence in Sharm el-Sheikh, will be brought to Cairo next week for questioning in his corruption case, said Mustafa Bakri, a former member of parliament. Bakri, who brought the case against Mubarak and other officials, was told of ...
After review the evidence, what did he do?
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issued his orders to bar Mubarak and his family from travelling and to impound their assets."
issued his orders to bar Mubarak and his family from travelling and to impound their assets."
Traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age, the Neolithic followed the terminal Holocene Epipaleolithic period and commenced with the beginning of farming, which produced the "Neolithic Revolution". It ended when metal tools became widespread (in the Copper Age or Bronze Age; or, in some geographical regio...
What produced the Neolithic Revolution?
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It developed directly from the Epipaleolithic Natufian culture in the region
the Epipaleolithic Natufian culture
CHAPTER IX--THE WASP 'Whom He hath blessed and called His own, He tries them early, look and tone, Bent brow and throbbing heart, Tries them with pain.' The next week Lily had the pleasure of fitting out Faith Longley for her place at Mrs. Weston's. She rejoiced at this opportunity of patronising her, because in ...
What did Mr. Mohun think of Esther?
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she looked very neat
she looked very neat
Chapter V. Mohun Appears For The Last Time In This History Besides my Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who, for family reasons, had kindly promised his protection and patronage to Colonel Esmond, he had other great friends in power now, both able and willing to assist him, and he might, with such allies, look forwa...
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civil life
civil life
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (CNN) -- From the time he first emerged as a civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. lived with the threat of death, but he never wavered in his commitment to non-violence. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed the cause they were fighting for was worth dying for. "Dr. King made it ra...
What type of event did they participate in together?
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the fight to desegregate city buses
the fight to desegregate city buses
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or W3). Founded and currently led by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of ...
Which month?
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in October, 1994
October
CHAPTER VIII.—AMONG THE CLOUDS IN A THUNDERSTORM. A cry arose. “The balloon has gone up!” “Why, the balloonist is nothing but a boy!” “My! but ain’t it going up fast!” Daniel Hawkins could do nothing but stare after the balloon. “Foolish boy, he will be killed!” he gasped. Ben Barkley was also amazed. “...
did he like being in air?
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He was growing accustomed to his novel situation.
He was growing accustomed to his novel situation.
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. The first stable line-up consisted of Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Mick Jagger (lead vocals), Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ian Stewart (piano). Stewart was removed from the official line-u...
Where did they invade?
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the US
the US
CHAPTER XXI MARJORY THE FRANK At the door of the senior block Burgess, going out, met Bob coming in, hurrying, as he was rather late. "Congratulate you, Bob," he said; and passed on. Bob stared after him. As he stared, Trevor came out of the block. "Congratulate you, Bob." "What's the matter now?" "Haven'...
Where did Spence and Burgess speak at?
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pavilion steps
pavilion steps
Louisville, Kentucky (CNN) -- I'll Have Another cut loose on the home stretch to run down Bodemeister and earn the first Kentucky Derby wins for his rider and trainer Saturday. I'll Have Another, with a finish of 2:01:83, earned nearly $1.5 million of the $2.2 million purse. That's quite a payoff for a horse that w...
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Dullahan
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 are they?
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Barcelona is the second-largest city in Spain
second-largest
(CNN) -- A gunman killed three people and wounded at least five at the house of a mayoral candidate in the Philippines before polls opened on Monday, a military spokeswoman said. The attack happened around 2:30 a.m. (2:30 p.m. Sunday ET) when an unidentified gunman raided the house of a mayoral candidate in Zamboanga...
who's his dad?
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Sen. Benigno Aquino III, son of a former president
a former president
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...
What companies host for free?
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IFs is hosted free for public use by Google Public Data Explorer,
Google
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domesticated and wild, with a wide range of conditions which can affect different specie...
Do vets treat humans?
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Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals.
no
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر حسين‎, IPA: [ɡæˈmæːl ʕæbdenˈnɑːsˤeɾ ħeˈseːn]; 15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was the second President of Egypt, serving from 1956 until his death. Nasser led the 1952 overthrow of the monarchy and introduced far-reaching land reforms the following year. Followin...
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serving from 1956 until his death
1956
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. MISSED AND MOURNED. "Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain." _Longfellow_. "Be they Gobblealls not coming home?" asked Nanny Barton, as she stood at her gate, while some of her neighbours came slowly out of church, about two years later. "My man, he did ask Shepherd T...
What was he waiting on?
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The captain to come home
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification. The USPTO is "unique among federal agencies because it operates s...
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trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification.
trademark registration
Cologne is the largest city in the German federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-largest city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich). It is located within the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, one of the major European metropolitan areas, and with more than ten million inhabitants, the largest in ...
Which region is it located in?
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Cologne is the largest city in the German federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (/ˌæθəˈneɪʃəs/; Greek: Ἀθανάσιος Ἀλεξανδρείας, Athanásios Alexandrías; c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor or, primarily in the Coptic Orthodox Church, Athanasius the Apostolic, was the twentieth bishop of Alexandria (as Athanasius I). His e...
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Athanasius the Great
Athanasius the Great
CHAPTER VI ON CRIFFELL HILL The sun burned down on the heather. Below, in the curving glen where the heath gave place to white bent-grass, a burn flashed like a silver riband among the stones; above, the long ridge of Criffell ran up against the clear blue sky. Grouse were calling as they skimmed the steep downward...
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a slab of lichened granite
a slab of lichened granite
The Organization of American States, or the OAS or OEA, is a continental organization founded on 30 April 1948, for the purposes of regional solidarity and cooperation among its member states. Headquartered in the United States capital Washington, D.C., the OAS's members are the 35 independent states of the Americas. ...
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30 april 1948
30 april 1948
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...
How many barges were gathered together on the Channel coast for Operation Sea Lion?
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a large number
a large number
(CNN) -- Was there ever any doubt? When it mattered most, the man which this Brazilian team's quest may depend on, delivered once again. Neymar, the face of this World Cup, scored his fourth goal in three games to book his country a date with destiny and Chile in Belo Horizonte on Saturday. The 22-year-old, for s...
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While Lionel Messi has rescued Argentina
Lionel Messi
Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simply mean imprisonment, it tends to refer to preventive confinement, rather than confinement "af...
Whih countries set up concintration camps in the 1830's?
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The United States
Bacteria (i/bækˈtɪəriə/; singular: bacterium) constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. ...
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580 metres below the sea floor under 2.6 kilometres of ocean
580 metres below the sea floor under 2.6 kilometres of ocean
CHAPTER XXIV DANNY MEADOW MOUSE WARNS PETER RABBIT Good advice Is always needed But, alas! is seldom heeded, Peter Rabbit. Danny Meadow Mouse waited until all the rest of Peter Rabbit's friends had left the Old Briar-patch after paying their respects to Peter and Mrs. Peter, He waited for two reasons, did Danny M...
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Danny Meadow Mouse waited until all the rest of Peter Rabbit's friends had left the Old Briar-patch after paying their respects
Paying their respects.
The Christian Church is a term generally used by Protestants and some others to refer to the whole group of people belonging to the Christian religious tradition throughout history. In this understanding, the "Christian Church" does not refer to a particular Christian denomination but to the body of all believers; but ...
Who is the term Christian Church usually used by to refer to the whole group?
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The Christian Church is a term generally used by Protestants and some others to refer to the whole group
Protestants
Susie woke up early on Saturday morning. She was very happy because her cousin, Mary, was coming to visit today. She was also happy about the new kittens. They were only a few weeks old, and so cute! Susie ran into the kitchen. Her mother was cooking breakfast. "I can't wait to show Mary the new kittens," Susie ann...
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very happy
Los Angeles (CNN) -- MIchael Jackson and Dr. Conrad Murray tried to recruit an anesthesiologist to join them on his comeback tour, according to testimony in the AEG Live wrongful death trial. Murray arranged the meeting in March 2009 in which Jackson asked Dr. David Adams to travel with him to London, Adams testified...
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his insomnia
his insomnia
CHAPTER VI FAREWELL D'Aguilar came to supper that night as he had promised, and this time not on foot and unattended, but with pomp and circumstance as befitted a great lord. First appeared two running footmen to clear the way; then followed D'Aguilar, mounted on a fine white horse, and splendidly apparelled in a v...
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"We asked one guest, or rather he asked himself, and we have got seven
Only one
Jeb Bush name-checked Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Mark Zuckerberg on Monday while telling University of South Carolina graduates that "young people and newcomers are often the great discoverers." The former Florida Republican governor's commencement speech -- short, optimistic and apolitical -- came the day a...
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Jeb Bush name-checked Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Mark Zuckerberg on Monday while telling University of South Carolina graduates
University of South Carolina
The day was sunny and warm. The birds were chirping and dancing around happily. Ashley, the daughter of the dressmaker in town, was walking and whistling and enjoying the day, carrying her fishing pole. She was on her way to the creek to meet her friend Ethan to go fishing. She was so excited; she loved to fish! As she...
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had a wonderful time fishing
had a wonderful time fishing
(CNN)Mikaela Shiffrin is on course to make skiing history after claiming her third consecutive slalom victory on the World Cup circuit on Saturday. The young American is hoping to become the first woman to win both the discipline's world title and overall crown in successive seasons. Shiffrin, who retained her slal...
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CHAPTER II. EVENTS AT TEN ACRES. THERE was no obstacle to the speedy departure of Romayne and his wife from Vange Abbey. The villa at Highgate--called Ten Acres Lodge, in allusion to the measurement of the grounds surrounding the house--had been kept in perfect order by the servants of the late Lady Berrick, now in...
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Finding the house, to her great relief
relief
DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., a division of Time Warner. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, and produces material featuring numerous well-known heroic characters...
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Baghdad is the capital of Iraq. The population of Baghdad, , is approximately 8,765,000, making it the largest city in Iraq, the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo, Egypt), and the second largest city in Western Asia (after Tehran, Iran). Located along the Tigris River, the city was founded in the 8th...
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the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo, Egypt)
Cairo
(CNN) -- Every day for decades, it was an essential part of the day for millions of listeners. A voice would boom out over the radio airwaves, announcing, "Hello, Americans, this is Paul Harvey! Stand by for news!" Paul Harvey gave Brent Burns his "big break," giving one of his songs national exposure for the first t...
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"His voice was inescapable, ubiquitous and energizing, emerging from the silver radio in the kitchen," she said. She describes Harvey's broadcasts as a "ritual" for her grandparents.
Anna Hiller
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, and third-largest in the United Kingdom. Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city is now located within the boundaries of Glasgow City Council – one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Inhabitants of th...
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city is now located within the boundaries of Glasgow City Council
no
They hugged at the Rafah border crossing. Cheered in Gaza City. And in Mitzpe Hila, Israel, they gave a hero's welcome for the young soldier who last saw his hometown five years ago. The release of Israeli soldier Gildad Shalit in exchange for the eventual release of 1,027 Palestinians held by Israel unleashed a powe...
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It also raised the ire of some Israelis, who worry the deal would lead to more violence.
more violence.
(CNN) -- Maria Sharapova was forced to call on all her resilience to ensure her place in the semifinals of the French Open Tuesday. The World No.8 endured a nightmare opening set, losing it 6-1 to Spain's Garbine Muguruza, before launching an impressive fightback. Sharapova, who was beaten in last year's final, won...
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ndured a nightmare opening set, losing it 6-1 to Spain's Garbin
yes
St. Louis () is an independent city and major U.S. port in the state of Missouri, built along the western bank of the Mississippi River, on the border with Illinois. The city had an estimated 2016 population of 311,404, and is the cultural and economic center of the Greater St. Louis area (home to 2,916,447 people), ma...
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Pierre Laclède
Marcel lived on a farm. Every morning when he woke up, he got dressed, washed his face, and then helped his Pa with the chores before having breakfast. After breakfast, he walked with his sisters to the school in the town. One day on his way to school, Marcel remembered he left his books on the table. "Oh no!" he sai...
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CHAPTER XXIX THE JUMPERS The sun was rising when Joe Thorpe made a hasty breakfast with his two companions in their camp beside the lode. He was a logger by profession, though he had an extensive experience in prospecting for timber-rights and minerals. Big Joe was known as an honest man; that was why Frobisher had...
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"We ought to have a clear day or two before the first of the crowd that's following us comes in
in a day or two
(CNN) -- Here's what I want for Father's Day: I want my children to develop a passion for science. I've decided to grease the wheels. I've called the best for advice. His name is Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University. He's getting kids engaged at his World Science Festival. He has ...
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want my children to develop a passion for science.
his children to develop a passion for science.
CHAPTER SIX. KENNETH INDULGES IN SUSPICIONS AND SURMISES. "Will you walk or ride?" said Kenneth Stuart as he and Gildart issued from Seaside Villa, and sauntered down the avenue that led to the principal gate. "Ride, by all means," said Gildart, "if you have a respectable horse. I love to ride, not only on the `b...
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"Not quite, my boy," said Kenneth, with a smile; "I wish to have the assurance from the lips of your sweet cousin."
no
London, England (CNN) -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic finally took the stand Monday at the U.N.'s international tribunal at The Hague to defend himself against genocide charges stemming from the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. For CNN's Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson, the 64 year-old was ...
What did Nic Robertson observe about Karadzic during his visit to Sarajevo in 1993-94?
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defiant and unrepentant