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CHAPTER XXV A CLUE There was a touch of frost in the still air and the light was fading. A yellow glow lingered in the southwest beyond Criffell's sloping shoulder, which ran up against it, tinged a deep violet. Masses of soft, gray cloud floated above the mountain's summit; but the sky was clear overhead, and a th...
Was she there long?
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all the afternoon
all the afternoon
Chapter XVII The King's Blood Hound The only other event which occurred throughout the winter was the arrival of a fishing boat with a messenger from one of the king's adherents, and the news which he brought filled them with sorrow and dismay. Kildrummy had been threatened with a siege, and the queen, Bruce's sist...
where was the sanctuary?
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sanctuary of St. Duthoc, in Ross shire
in Ross shire
CHAPTER XIII IN WHICH SOME SHOES ARE MISSING "What do you think of it?" "Who took them?" "We can't go downstairs in our bare feet." Such were some of the remarks made, as the lads of dormitories Nos. 11 and 12 looked at each other. The closets had been searched thoroughly but without success. "See here, if ...
What would have made Nat jealous?
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our feast,
our feast,
Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway. , the municipality's population was 278,121, and the Bergen metropolitan region has about 420,000 inhabitants. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøy...
After that, what organization did it join?
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became a bureau city of the Hanseatic League
the Hanseatic League
CHAPTER XXVII--A SENTENCE "What should we give for our beloved?" - E. B. BROWNING. No sooner had the visitors departed than the others now out of quarantine appeared at Vale Leston. Angela was anxious to spend a little time there, and likewise to have Lena overhauled by Tom May. The child had never really recover...
Why is Miss Merrifields seeing Angela?
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hear the doctor's opinion
to hear the doctor's opinion
There were 2 best friends named Sam and Jenny. They were not friends with Kimmi, a girl in the same class. And they were not friends with Joe. Joe was not their friend because he didn't talk to Sam and Jenny. Joe did not talk to anyone. Kimmi talked to everyone, but she did not keep secrets she was told and she said ba...
Did they become her friend?
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Joe. Kimmi and Joe became friends soon
yes
CHAPTER XXIII. STRANGE DISCOVERIES. Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again. "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done. "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort." During the afternoon Earle...
How does Frank feel about that?
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Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again
surprised and delighted
(CNN) -- Rutgers quarterback Philip Nelson has been dismissed from the football team, the school's coach said Tuesday. Nelson had been arrested Sunday and charged in connection with an assault that apparently left Isaac Kolstad -- a former linebacker for Minnesota State University, Mankato -- in critical condition. ...
has another suspect been arrested too?
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Trevor Stenner Shelley, 21, was arrested Monday afternoon. He is charged with first- and third-degree assault.
Yes
(CNN) -- Woody Harrelson defended his clash with a photographer at a New York airport Wednesday night as a case of mistaken identity -- he says he mistook the cameraman for a zombie. Woody Harrelson says he got into a clash with a photographer because he mistook him for a zombie. The TMZ photographer filed a compla...
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the photographer following harrelson and his daughter down an escalator and out of the terminal
the photographer following harrelson and his daughter down an escalator and out of the terminal
Nokia Corporation, stylised as NOKIA, is a Finnish multinational communications, information technology and consumer electronics company, founded in 1865. Nokia's headquarters are in Espoo, Uusimaa, in the greater Helsinki metropolitan area. In 2016, Nokia employed approximately 101,000 people across over 100 countries...
what was Nokia reported revenue?
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In 2016, Nokia employed approximately 101,000 people across over 100 countries, did business in more than 130 countries, and reported annual revenues of around €23.6 billion.
€23.6 billion
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; , DDR), was a socialist state in Central Europe, during the Cold War period. From 1949 to 1990, it administered the region of Germany that was occupied by Soviet forces at the end of World War II—the Soviet Occupation Zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded o...
What was built in 1961?
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in 1961, built the Berlin Wall
the Berlin Wall
(CNN) -- Spanish champions Barcelona will kick off 2011 without the services of world player of the year Lionel Messi and key defenders Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique. Coach Pep Guardiola has given top scorer Messi permission to miss Sunday's home clash with Levante as his side seek to move five points clear of second...
What was called off?
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Spanish league strike called off
Spanish league strike
CHAPTER XII WINTER DAYS AT PUTNAM HALL After the trial of Josiah Crabtree the days flew by swiftly at the Hall. Bound to make a good showing, each of the Rover boys applied himself diligently to his studies, and all made rapid progress. Thanksgiving came and went, and a week later there came a fairly heavy fall o...
What activities did the Rover boys enjoy during the winter?
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snowballing , skating
snowballing , skating
CHAPTER XLII What Can You Give in Return? In spite of the family troubles, these were happy days for Beatrice. It so seldom happens that young ladies on the eve of their marriage have their future husbands living near them. This happiness was hers, and Mr Oriel made the most of it. She was constantly being coaxed d...
What made Beatrice feel that it would be impossible for Mary to be at her wedding?
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her mother
her mother
Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is an online repository of free-use images, sound, and other media files. It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all Wikimedia projects in all languages, including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikivoyage, Wikispecies, Wikisource, and...
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repository of free-use images, sound, and other media files.
Yes
(CNN) -- Chelsea's sacking of Andre Villas-Boas came under fire Monday with former Blues boss Luis Felipe Scolari warning it will be "hell" for whoever succeeds the Portuguese at Stamford Bridge. Ex-Brazil national team boss Scolari is one of six managers dismissed by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and, like himself,...
Where has Arsene Wenger been?
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clubs like Arsenal, where Arsene Wenger has been for several years,
Arsenal
(CNN) -- Anita Davenport's curiosity about her family's past began with the photographs that surrounded her. She said she wanted to know the stories behind the images of her parents and uncles. Anita Davenport's grandfather, Walter, was stationed in Battle Creek, Michigan, during World War I. The stories she found ...
In what war did he enlist in?
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During World War I, Davenport
World War I
A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. It is to be distinguished from "musical form" and "musical style", although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Recently, academics have argued that categorizin...
What do recent academics think about this type of categorization?
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ecently, academics have argued that categorizing music by genre is inaccurate and outdated
that it is inaccurate and outdated
CHAPTER XXVIII A NEW MOVE OF THE ENEMY "Something is up." It was Fred who spoke, only a few minutes after Songbird and the sailor in charge of the rowboat had left the side of the steam yacht. He addressed Hans. "Vot you vos see?" asked the German youth. "Look!" Hans looked and beheld Walt Wingate on the de...
who was sure that he hadn't?
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Can't you find out, Fred?" asked Nellie. "I am sure the captain said nothing about sailing before he went ashore."
Nellie
CHAPTER LVI. Ariadne My Lord Castlewood had a house in Kensington Square spacious enough to accommodate the several members of his noble family, and convenient for their service at the palace hard by, when his Majesty dwelt there. Her ladyship had her evenings, and gave her card-parties here for such as would come; b...
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Read a version of this story in Arabic. Eddie Ray Routh was crying, shirtless, shoeless and smelling of alcohol when police caught up with him walking the streets of his hometown of Lancaster, Texas. His family didn't understand what he -- a Marine veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder -- was going ...
Was he suicidal?
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threatened, his mother told police, to "blow his brains out"
yes
Chapter 4: Among The Islands. "Now, let us go through our calculations again," the captain said when they entered his cabin. "How long will you be, Captain?" the first mate asked. "Half an hour, Standing." "Then I will come again or, if you want me before that, send for me," and the first mate went out on deck ...
What did he trust Pengarvan to do as well as he could?
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bring the Swan home
Chapter XXXIV Violence It had been arranged at Folking, before Hester had started, that Caldigate himself should drive the waggonette into Cambridge to take her back on the Wednesday, but that he would bring a servant with him who should drive the carriage up to the Grange, so that he, personally, should not have...
Where would the servant be driving?
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but that he would bring a servant with him who should drive the carriage up to the Grange
Up to the Grange
(CNN) -- Choosing to step down from a top job can be an extraordinary decision, whether the person is a pontiff or a politician. But George Pataki, former governor of New York, says making the switch from public figure to John Q. Public wasn't difficult for him. "I made up my mind that I was never going to let my pub...
How do we know?
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"I loved it,"
he said "I loved it,"
CHAPTER TWELVE. VICTORY! But before that winter closed, ay, before it began, a great victory was gained, which merits special mention here. Let us retrace our steps a little. One morning, while Ian Macdonald was superintending the preparation of breakfast in some far-away part of the western wilderness, and Miche...
What about Ian?
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The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England, existing from the early 13th century until 1707, when it became the Parliament of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced what, in later centur...
what were they legislature for first
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Parliament of England
Parliament of England
(CNN) -- At least one person was killed when a National Guard helicopter crashed in waters off San Juan, Puerto Rico, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said Tuesday, citing preliminary information. "The preliminary information we have ... is that the wreckage of (the) Army National Guard aircraft was foun...
How badly?
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At least one person was killed
they were killed
CHAPTER XV Now that Gordon was gone, at any rate, gone for good, and not to return, he felt a sudden and singular sense of freedom. It was a feeling of unbounded expansion, quite out of proportion, as he said to himself, to any assignable cause. Everything suddenly appeared to have become very optional; but he was qu...
What did Bernard comment on when the soubrette made excuses?
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agree with each other
agree with each other
Boston (CNN) -- Trying to show a softer, lighter side of accused killer and crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, his defense lawyers have released photos that they say they would expect to show the jury should Bulger decide to testify. In response to a CNN question, his lawyers acknowledged, "yes," they have prepared Bu...
are there witnesses?
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two witnesses
yes
Once upon a time there was a little elf named Boo. Boo longed for a goldfish more than anything in the world, so he begged and begged his parents for one. Finally, his parents told him that he could have a goldfish if he found it himself. With that, Boo set out to look for a goldfish. First he looked under his pillow. ...
Did Boo complete his tasks?
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When he was all done he returned to Miles
yes
CHAPTER III They had dinner in the open-air, tree-walled dining-room, and Saxon noted that it was Billy who paid the reckoning for the four. They knew many of the young men and women at the other tables, and greetings and fun flew back and forth. Bert was very possessive with Mary, almost roughly so, resting his hand...
How many diners were there?
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the four.
Four
DOS is a family of disk operating systems primarily consisting of MS-DOS and a rebranded version under the name IBM PC DOS which were introduced in 1981, as well as some later compatible systems from other manufacturers: DR-DOS (1988), ROM-DOS (1989), PTS-DOS (1993), and FreeDOS (1998). MS-DOS dominated the x86-based I...
what oprocessor did IBM use int heir PC?
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16-bit
16-bit
(CNN) -- When Tessa Thompson was a little girl, she carefully cut out clothes to dress her paper dolls, but her real dream was to own an American Girl doll. Those characters with custom wardrobes and historical pedigrees are still coveted by kids all over. Thompson never got her longed-for toy, but she got a better g...
Last name?
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wife of Dr. Matthew Freeman
Freeman
Pumwani, Kenya (CNN) -- Asha Mohamed sits in her cramped room in Pumwani slum clutching a tiny photo of her son, Harun. He's dressed in a blue-striped tie framed by a crisp white T-shirt -- a typical 15-year-old Kenyan high school student. But in September he vanished. "Harun woke up very early and asked his sister "...
Are there many Al-Shabaab ties in Kenya?
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According to a recent U.N. report, there are "extensive Kenyan networks linked to Al-Shabaab, which not only recruit and raise funds for the organization, but also conduct orientation and training events."
Yes
CHAPTER TEN. DANGERS, JOYS, TRIALS, AND MULTIPLICATION. "I'm going to the cliffs to-day, Williams," said Young one morning. "Will you come?" Williams was busy at the forge under the pleasant shade of the great banyan-tree. Resting his hammer on the anvil, he looked up. "No," he answered. "I can't go till I've f...
Where was it?
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on the mountains
on the mountains
CHAPTER XI. ROB. Blinks was not the only dog on the Loudon place. There was another one, a much larger fellow, named Rob. Rob was a big puppy, in the first place, and then he grew up to be a tall, long-legged dog, who was not only very fond of Harry and Kate, but of almost everybody else. In time he filled out an...
Who was a better watch dog?
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Even Blinks was a better watch-dog.
Blinks
(CNN) -- [WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the "Doctor Who" season finale.] Permission to squee? Saturday night's "Doctor Who" season finale was a roller coaster of feels, with deaths, goodbyes and one incredible James Bond-esque move by the Doctor. It was the end of the first season of Peter Capaldi ...
Did he die?
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Instead, the Doctor spotted the TARDIS and aimed himself to land right inside it. Wow!
no
CHAPTER II Cecil came face to face with his brother in the room where refreshments were being dispensed by solemn-looking footmen and trim parlour-maids. He stared at him for a moment in surprise. "What on earth are you doing here, Andrew?" he asked. "Exactly what I was wondering myself," Andrew answered, setting...
How did Andrew get there?
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I met Bellamy Smith this afternoon in Bond Street, and he asked me to dine, without saying anything about this sort of show afterwards.
Bellamy invited him.
Infrared radiation is used in industrial, scientific, and medical applications. Night-vision devices using active near-infrared illumination allow people or animals to be observed without the observer being detected. Infrared astronomy uses sensor-equipped telescopes to penetrate dusty regions of space, such as molecul...
Where does the eyeball become not as perceptive?
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above 700 nm wavelength
CHAPTER 4 "What a pity it is, Elinor," said Marianne, "that Edward should have no taste for drawing." "No taste for drawing!" replied Elinor, "why should you think so? He does not draw himself, indeed, but he has great pleasure in seeing the performances of other people, and I assure you he is by no means deficient...
What does Marianne think of Edward?
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that Edward has no taste for drawing.
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 kind of accident did Greg Gulbransen and Susan Auriemma experience that led to the filing of the suit?
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backed over his 2 - year - old son , cameron , in his driveway in 2002 , killing him
Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland and the second largest city of Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship ("province") with a population of 349,103 (March 2011). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River, and is located approximately to the southeast of Warsaw by ...
What city is it near?
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s located approximately to the southeast of Warsaw
Warsaw
CHAPTER XIII AN AWKWARD POSITION When Captain Nelson and Terence went out, just as the morning was breaking, they found the two troopers waiting in the street. Each held a spare horse; the one was that upon which Terence had ridden from Coimbra, the other was a fine English horse. "What horse is this?" Terence as...
Who was there?
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the Portuguese escort, with the mules, waiting them. The officer in charge of the Treasury was already there
the Portuguese escort and the officer in charge of the Treasury
CHAPTER III. THE CABIN OF THE MOONLIGHTERS. Bob Hubbard had been away from the Kenniston farm-house nearly half an hour when Ralph and George left it, but the latter was so well acquainted with the country that he did not need any guide to the cabin, and could not have had one, had he so desired, for Bob was far to...
Who cared for the weapons?
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Ralph
Ralph
CHAPTER IX DEFEAT OF MIRIAM PAUL was dissatisfied with himself and with everything. The deepest of his love belonged to his mother. When he felt he had hurt her, or wounded his love for her, he could not bear it. Now it was spring, and there was battle between him and Miriam. This year he had a good deal against he...
What color were they?
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Grey-green rosettes of honeysuckle leaves hung before the window, some already, she fancied, showing bud.
Grey-green
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. LINCH-PINS. "And leave them laughing, Ho! Ho Ho!"--_Robin Goodfellow_. Notice was sent from the Bishop of the diocese that he was about to hold a Confirmation at Poppleby in six weeks' time. This was matter of rejoicing to Mr Harford, who had mourned over the very few communicants. Before he came...
What is in the plate?
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They be waiting for the money in the plate."
money
Federalism refers to the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government (the central or 'federal' government) with regional governments (provincial, state, Land, cantonal, territorial or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system. Its distinctive feature, exemplified in the founding ...
What is it?
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Federalism refers to the mixed or compound mode of government,
A mixed or compound mode of government
CHAPTER VII. TOM RESPECTS THE FLEA "NOON!" says Tom, and so it was. His shadder was just a blot around his feet. We looked, and the Grinnage clock was so close to twelve the difference didn't amount to nothing. So Tom said London was right north of us or right south of us, one or t'other, and he reckoned by the weath...
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A bug
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 ...
This part of Buddhism follows Buddha's teachings from which Canon?
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is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pāli Canon as its doctrinal core.
Pāli Canon
(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off after inspiring Real Madrid to an incident-packed 4-2 victory at home to Almeria on Saturday night, in which he created a goal, scored one and also missed a penalty. The world's most expensive player helped Real bounce back from last weekend's 1-0 "El Clasico" defeat to Barcelo...
Who saved Ronaldo's penalty kick?
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diego alves
diego alves
(CNN) -- Chelsea has rewarded Roberto di Matteo for guiding the English club to its first European Champions League triumph by appointing him as manager on a permanent basis. The Italian, who also guided the London team to English FA Cup glory, has been handed a two-year contract. The former Chelsea midfielder took...
Has he allowed Di Matteo to influence hiring decisions?
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"We will be working closely with Roberto in the weeks ahead, some exciting signings have already been made and Roberto has had input into those.
yes
(CNN) -- Casey Anthony is responsible for the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, a report released Thursday by Florida's Department of Children and Families concludes. A month after a jury acquitted Anthony on murder and child neglect charges, the state agency found that Anthony "is the caregiver responsib...
Will county law enforcement do anything else related to the case?
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The Orange County Sheriff's Office will not take any further action as a result of the report,
no
(CNN) -- Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound is the heart of his nearly 42-year rule, a symbol of his defiance of the West. The sprawling complex houses modern government offices, the Bedouin tent in which Gadhafi received visitors and stands of palm trees. A bombed-out building remains as a monument to a 1986 ...
What complex was talked about?
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Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound
Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound
The economy of Himachal Pradesh is currently the third-fastest growing economy in India.[citation needed] Himachal Pradesh has been ranked fourth in the list of the highest per capita incomes of Indian states. This has made it one of the wealthiest places in the entire South Asia. Abundance of perennial rivers enables ...
Who has the third fastest growing economy in India?
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The economy of Himachal Pradesh is currently the third-fastest growing economy in India
Himachal Pradesh
Assyria was a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire of the ancient Near East and the Levant. It existed as a state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BC in the form of the Assur city-state, until its lapse between 612 BC and 599 BC, spanning the Early to Middle Bronze Age through to the late Iron Age. From the e...
where was the kingdom?
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Assyria was a major Mesopotamian kingdom
Assyria
Quebec ( or ; ) is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province ...
Is Hudson Bay on its east side?
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It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson Bay;
no
CHAPTER XV. BERT COMES BACK. One raw March evening, when the wind was roaring among the gray branches of the maples like a lion in wrath, some one knocked on the door. "Come in!" shouted Anson, who was giving baby her regular ride on his boots. "Come in!" added Flaxen. Gearheart walked in slowly, closed the d...
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shouted Anson, who was giving baby her regular ride on his boots
Anson
Chapter XXVI. "One sees more devils than vast hell can hold; That is, the madman:--" Midsummer-Night's Dream. On quitting the hill, Philip had summoned his Wampanoags, and, supported by the obedient and fierce Annawon, a savage that might, under better auspices, have proved a worthy lieutenant to Cæsar, he left...
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the fields of Wish-Ton-Wish.
700 (seven hundred) is the natural number following 699 and preceding 701. It is the sum of four consecutive primes (167 + 173 + 179 + 181). It is a Harshad number. 700 is also: 700 — see above 701 prime number, sum of three consecutive primes (229 + 233 + 239), Chen prime, Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part 7...
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167 + 173 + 179 + 181
167 + 173 + 179 + 181
(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo underlined just why Real Madrid agreed to pay him the big bucks on a scintillating evening of European football. The 28-year-old, who inked a new five-year deal with the Spanish club on Sunday, completed a brilliant hat trick as Real raced to a 6-1 rout against Galatasaray. Ronaldo had th...
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European football.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE TOWN ORDINANCE. The news which Dick carried to Sawyer was sufficient to create a great excitement in that naturally quiet little town. In addition to what looked like an attempted murder, was the fact that George Harnett, whom they had all respected before the conflagration, and admired after it,...
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officers be sent
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The United States knows that the leader of Pakistan's Taliban is dead because he has not appeared in public to prove that he is alive, the top U.S. envoy to the region told CNN on Monday. Baitullah Mehsud, right, and a bodyguard arrive at a meeting in South Waziristan, Pakistan, in 2004. ...
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Pakistani Taliban spokesman Maulvi Umar
a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban
There was once an animal named Eddy. He was not a dog, a bunny or a bear but a little kitten. Unlike the black, white and orange cats in his neighborhood, Eddy was a gray cat. He loved to go outside and run around the streets and the city. He liked to listen to the birds chirp and watch the children draw with chalk. He...
what color was he?
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gray
The Confederation of African Football (CAF, ; ; ) is the administrative and controlling body for African association football. CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competition...
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for some months
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the , was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from October 10 to 24, 1964. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's invasion of China, before ultimately be...
Was the country supposed to host the Olympics before?
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yes
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. As of the 2010 Census, Connecticut features the highest per-capita income, Human Development Index (0.962), and median household income in the United States. Connecticut is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massach...
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29th
29th
CHAPTER VI--THE NEW FRIEND 'Maidens should be mild and meek, Swift to hear, and slow to speak.' Miss Weston had been much interested by what she heard respecting Mrs. Eden, and gladly discovered that she was just the person who could assist in some needlework which was required at Broom Hill. She asked Lilias to ...
Who opened the door?
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 191 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873. Established by the ratification of the WMO Convention on 23 March 1950, WMO became t...
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23 March 1950,
(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo provided the perfect riposte to FIFA president Sepp Blatter after scoring a hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Sevilla 7-3 on a night when Gareth Bale grabbed his first goals at the Bernabeu. Days after Blatter had made a bizarre impersonation of the Portuguese while saying the star spent "a lot...
Who began as a home player at Bernabeu?
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Gareth Bale grabbed his first goals at the Bernabeu
Gareth Bale
(CNN) -- For decades, comic books have had major shake-ups in their pages, with varying degrees of fan support -- and outrage. In 1992, well before the advent of social media, Superman was killed and comic books went flying off the shelves. In 2007, social media like Facebook and Twitter were in their infancy when ...
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outrage
CHAPTER XXVII. And full of hope, day followed day, While that stout ship at anchor lay Beside the shores of Wight. The May had then made all things green, And floating there, in pomp serene, That ship was goodly to be seen, His pride and his delight. Yet then when called ashore, he sought The tender peace of rura...
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his father, Harry, and his sisters
brothers
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...
Who is being said to have lied to investigators?
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Robel Phillipos, charged with lying to investigators,
Robel Phillipos
Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.8 million (2.6 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of Austria's population), and its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 7th-largest ...
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The historic centre of Vienna is rich in architectural ensembles, including Baroque castles
Yes.
(CNN) -- They were a Parisian group of artists that gave birth to the Impressionism art movement, so it is perhaps fitting that one of their devotees records the French Open with those broad brushstrokes. Year after year, Joel Blanc makes the short pilgrimage from his Paris studio to the Stade Roland Garros for the t...
Is it a far pilgrimage from his studio to the Stade?
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Year after year, Joel Blanc makes the short pilgrimage from his Paris studio to the Stade
no
(CNN) -- A grand jury has brought felony charges against three Dallas, Texas, police officers who were caught on patrol car dashboard cameras beating a motorcyclist after a chase, prosecutors said Thursday. Officers Paul Bauer and Kevin Randolph were charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by a public se...
What was his name?
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Andrew Collins
Andrew Collins
(CNN) -- Garrick Utley, who worked as a globetrotting foreign correspondent during the flush decades of network news, has died at age 74 of prostate cancer, his wife of 40 years said Friday. "He has been fighting -- as you always call it -- prostate cancer for two years," Gertje Utley said. "He had a very, very rare,...
What award did he win?
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unknown
(CNN) -- Novak Djokovic wasted little time in breezing through to the second round of the French Open with a straight sets victory over Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker in Paris Monday. The victory extends Djokovic's remarkable winning streak since the start of the year to 38, four short of the record held by John McEnroe f...
Has he claimed any titles?
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six other titles
yes
A geostationary orbit, geostationary Earth orbit or geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) is a circular orbit above the Earth's equator and following the direction of the Earth's rotation. An object in such an orbit has an orbital period equal to the Earth's rotational period (one sidereal day) and thus appears motionl...
Who first proposed the idea of a geostationary space station?
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herman potocnik
herman potocnik
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its 3rd session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. Of the then 58 members of the United Nations, 48 voted in favor, none against, eight abstained, and two didn't vote. ...
how many members of the UN were a part of this?
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Of the then 58 members of the United Nations, 48 voted in favor, none against, eight abstained, and two didn't vote.
48 voted in favor
London (CNN) -- There are few places in the world where you can see ancient statues, imperial European jewellery, masterpieces by Pieter Bruegel, paintings by Picasso and sculpture by Henry Moore all under one roof. But for a week starting Friday, you can see the finest examples of art from antiquity to the present d...
Is the location an easy one to have the event at?
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it's not the easiest place
no
Jerusalem is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. Israelis and Palestinians both claim Jerusalem as their capital, as the State of Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there while the State of Palestine ultimately forese...
Has Jerusalem ever been destroyed?
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Yes.
(CNN) -- Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial woman who revealed nine years ago she was the illegitimate daughter of former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond, died Monday, her family's spokesman said. She was 87. Washington-Williams kept her father's identity secret until six months after Thurmond, a segregat...
By whom?
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An attorney for the former senator's family confirmed in 2003 that Thurmond fathered a child with a teenage black housekeeper in 1925
an attorney in 2003
CHAPTER XL CAPTAIN ICHABOD PUTS THE CASE In the river at Bridgetown lay the good brig King and Queen, just arrived from Jamaica. On her deck was an impatient young gentleman, leaning over the rail and watching the approach of a boat, with two men rowing and a passenger in the stern. This impatient young man was D...
Who arrived from Jamaica?
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the King
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. A DAY OF CALM FOLLOWED BY A NIGHT OF STORM. A fine-toned manly voice was heard, as the boat approached the mission smack, singing one of the popular hymns which are now pretty well-known throughout the fishing fleets. "No mistaking that voice," said David Bright turning an amused look on Billy; ...
Who told Bill something
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Luke
Luke
Architecturally, the school has a Catholic character. Atop the Main Building's gold dome is a golden statue of the Virgin Mary. Immediately in front of the Main Building and facing it, is a copper statue of Christ with arms upraised with the legend "Venite Ad Me Omnes". Next to the Main Building is the Basilica of the ...
What is the place's character?
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Catholic character
Catholic character
(CNN) -- Even a presidential campaign's airplane troubles can get partisan in an election year. Aviation incidents involving President Barack Obama and Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, have inspired hundreds of supporters commenting at CNN.com to connect those events to the candidate...
Who didn't think Obama could land it?
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TheOtherBob
TheOtherBob
CHAPTER XXII THE FIGHT WITH THE BUCK "Look out!" These were the only words Henry had time to utter and as they left his lips he leaped to one side as swiftly as possible. Hardly knowing what Henry meant, Dave and Barringford stood their ground, looking first one way and then another. On the instant the big bu...
Did he accidentally fire?
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His gun struck on the trigger and went off
yes
CHAPTER XV THREE INTERVIEWS The next day was a Sunday, and the Colonel went to church, wearing a hat-band four inches deep. Morris, however, declined to accompany him, saying that he had a letter to write to Mary; whereon his father, who at first was inclined to be vexed, replied that he could not be better employe...
who has a temper
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I hope it won't come to Mary's ears; but if it does, luckily, with all her temper, she is a sensible woman, and knows that even Jove nods at times
Mary
A police cruiser draped in black banners and topped with a rose sat in front of the Jupiter, Florida, police department Monday morning, paying testament to a 20-year department veteran killed Sunday while helping escort President Barack Obama through Palm Beach County. Officer Bruce St. Laurent, 55, was traveling wit...
how old is officer St Laurent/
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Officer Bruce St. Laurent, 55
55
An arm, legs, underwear, dark jeans and size 5½ Air Jordan sneakers turned up on the Queens side of the East River. The jeans and shoes were the same size of Avonte Oquendo, an autistic 14-year-old last seen last fall walking unsupervised out of his school. Yet his mother was steadfast: "It's not Avonte until it's Av...
what was his mental capacity in years?
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Avonte couldn't communicate verbally and had the mental capacity of a 7- or 8-year-old
7-8 yr old
Jyutping is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), an academic group, in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanisation Scheme. The LSHK promotes the use of this romanisation system. The name "Jyutping" (itself the Jyutping rom...
How many tones are in Cantonese?
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913
six
six
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores higher HDI when the life expectancy at birth is longer, the education period is longer, and the income per c...
anything else?
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A country scores higher HDI when the life expectancy at birth is longer, the education period is longer, and the income per capita is higher
income per capita is higher
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 ...
was it morning?
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night,
No, it was night,
(CNN) -- A story this week by the Associated Press has caused quite a stir, especially among African-Americans, when multiple news outlets ran it with the attention-grabbing headline, "Some black pastors are telling their flocks to stay home Election Day." The New York Daily News ran the story, along with the Fort Wo...
What misgivings did some of the pastors express about President Obama's support for same-sex marriage?
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misgivings about president barack obama ' s support for same - sex marriage
misgivings about president barack obama ' s support for same - sex marriage
CHAPTER XXXV Mr. Oscar Fischer and his friend, Senator Theodore Hastings, stood side by side, a week later, in the bar of one of the most fashionable of New York hotels. They were passing away the few minutes before Pamela and her aunt would be ready to join them in the dining room above. "Very little news, I fancy...
What state was Frank Roughton governor of?
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CHAPTER TWO. STRONG EMOTIONS ARE SUCCEEDED BY SUPPER, AND FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSIONS ON DISCOVERY, WHICH END IN A WILD ALARM! When Karlsefin had been introduced to Leif Ericsson, the former turned round and presented to him and Biarne his friend Thorward, the captain of the other ship. Thorward was not a tall man, but...
Does he wish more people hated war?
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I would that more were of your way of thinking," said Leif.
Yes
CHAPTER VII. WANDERING EYES. "I ASSURE you he said he had never seen a place with more pretty young ladies in it." "Who?" said Jessie, coming suddenly into the light closet of the work-room, where Florence Cray was taking off her hat, and Amy Lee seemed to be helping her. "Why, Mr. Wingfield, Mr. Holdaway's hea...
What did Grace think of Mr. Wingfield staring at the young ladies?
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she ' s a regular old maid
she ' s a regular old maid
CHAPTER VII--OLD JOLYON'S PECCADILLO Old Jolyon came out of Lord's cricket ground that same afternoon with the intention of going home. He had not reached Hamilton Terrace before he changed his mind, and hailing a cab, gave the driver an address in Wistaria Avenue. He had taken a resolution. June had hardly been at...
Whose?
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f Lord's cricket ground
Lord's
CHAPTER XXIII Fischer, exactly one week after his nocturnal visit to Fourteenth Street, hurried out of the train at the Pennsylvania Station, almost tore the newspapers from the news stand, glanced through them one by one and threw them back. The attendant, open-mouthed, ventured upon a mild protest. Fischer threw hi...
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the news stand
The region, as part of Lorraine, was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and then was gradually annexed by France in the 17th century, and formalized as one of the provinces of France. The Calvinist manufacturing republic of Mulhouse, known as Stadtrepublik Mülhausen, became a part of Alsace after a vote by its citizens on ...
When did Alsace get integrated into Austrasia?
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5th century AD