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Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, England. It is a division of Thomson Reuters. Until 2008, the Reuters news agency formed part of an independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data. Since the acquisition of Reuters Group by the Thomson Corpora...
What was the first newspaper to subscribe to Reuters?
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london " morning advertiser
london " morning advertiser
(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 ...
Which 2?
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The laid back, Stetson-wearing lawman first appeared in Leonard's novels, "Pronto" and "Riding the Rap"
Pronto and Riding the Rap
Sally the cat went outside to play. First she went on the trail to the river. Sally sat and watched the fish. She wanted to catch a fish. The fish swam away too fast. Next she went to the field. Sally laid down in the grass and took a nap. There's nothing like a cat nap on a warm day. When Sally woke up she saw a mouse...
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laid down in the grass
laid down in the grass
CHAPTER XXIV JESSY STRIKES It was the afternoon before Vane's departure for the North, and Evelyn, sitting alone for the time being in Mrs. Nairn's drawing-room, felt disturbed by the thought of it. She sympathized with his object, as it had been briefly related by her hostess, but she supposed there was a certain ...
Why not?
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she was jealous
CHAPTER XXIII BACK AT ASHTON The three Rovers listened in astonishment to what the auto-stage driver had to say concerning the sudden disappearance of Blackie Crowden. "Then he must have jumped from the stage while you were running," remarked Dick. "That's just what he did do, mister. And he took some chances, ...
Who may be a criminal?
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Blackie Crw=owden
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of...
Who listed it as a medical classification?
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a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO
(CNN) -- It's been 31 years since Stanley Guidroz first reported his 3-year-old son missing in Tacoma, Washington. Investigators, after reopening the cold case, now say the boy, Wallace Guidroz, was never missing at all and that his father had killed him. Guidroz, 57, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter...
How old is the dad now?
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Guidroz, 57
57
Chapter 13: Bush Rangers. As soon as it became dark, the journey was renewed. "Now, Jim, you must keep your eyes well open," Reuben said. "There is no saying when we may come upon them, now." "I tink dey not berry far off, sah. Dose sheep too tired to go far. Black fellow glad to stop and rest, when he see no one...
What time is it when Jim smells fire?
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It was nearly midnight when Jim suddenly halted.
It was nearly midnight
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. Originating in 12th-century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during the period as Opus Fr...
Which part?
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high and late
high and late
Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is an unincorporated part of and the county seat of the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu. The city is the main gateway to Hawaii and a major portal into the United States. The city is also a major hub for international business, m...
True or False: Honolulu is Hawaii's capital.
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Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii.
true
CHAPTER XIII. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY Miss Mohun came back in the dark after a long day, for once in her life quite jaded, and explaining that the health-officer and the landlord had been by no means agreed, and that nothing could be done till Sir Jasper came home and decided whether to retain the house or not. All t...
Who related this information?
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broke out Valetta, 'though she went out on the beach, and Mysie must not stay out after dark, for fear she should cough.'
Valetta
CHAPTER XXIX. "BONY." Mrs. Ellmother reluctantly entered the room. Since Emily had seen her last, her personal appearance doubly justified the nickname by which her late mistress had distinguished her. The old servant was worn and wasted; her gown hung loose on her angular body; the big bones of her face stood out,...
did she sound the same asalways?
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with hardly a vestige left of her former firmness of voice and manner.
no
Andy was a small boy who, like many small boys, loved to play. He would play outside. He would play in his basement. He would play in his room. When he played, he would play with lots of things. Sometimes he played with blocks. Sometimes he played with cards. Sometimes he would even play with his sister's dolls. One ...
Where?
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He would play in his basement. He would play in his room
basement and his room
The UEFA European Championship (known informally as the Euros) is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), determining the continental champion of Europe. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-...
When did it become a different name?
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changing to the current name in 1968
1968
(CNN) -- Whether they're raising their adopted baby girl, dodging homophobic quips from their fraternity brothers or teaching the "Single Ladies" dance to the football team after glee club, it seems gay characters are becoming a vital part of prime time TV. With characters like "Modern Family's" Mitchell and Cameron,...
Who is the actor?
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1,122
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
The West Coast or Pacific Coast is the coastline along which the contiguous Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean. As a region, this term most often refers to the coastal states of California, Oregon and Washington. More specifically, it refers to an area defined on the east by the Cascade Range, Sierra N...
What was the land bridge that Paleo-Indians crossed, called?
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Beringia
Beringia
(CNN) -- It was a reunion more than four decades in the making. Almost 42 years after Robert Russell' s prized 1967 Austin-Healey sports car was stolen, he has it back, thanks largely to his own detective work. Off and on for years, Russell, who lives in Texas, trolled the Internet looking for his vehicle, which wa...
Where?
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from his home at the time in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Not your average great-great grandfather, Fauja Singh has completed nine 26-mile (42-kilometer) marathons since taking up long-distance running just over a decade ago. On Sunday, the 101-year-old Sikh finished his final competitive race in Hong Kong, putting an end to a sporting career that has rai...
What year did he become the first centenarian to complete a run?
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2011
2011
CHAPTER XIII Four men were discussing the verdict at the adjourned inquest upon Victor Bidlake, at Soto's American Bar about a fortnight later. They were Robert Fairfax, a young actor in musical comedy, Peter Jacks, a cinema producer, Gerald Morse, a dress designer, and Sidney Voss, a musical composer and librettist,...
What was he eating?
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a dish of almonds
a dish of almonds
Grace wants to play Frisbee. She goes to her store to buy a Frisbee. She picks out a red Frisbee. It is small enough to fit in her hand. It costs 75 cents. She buys it. She leaves the store. When Grace gets home, she has no one to play with. She looks for her friend Susan. Susan is not at home. She looks for her friend...
who?
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Ginger brings the frisbee back
Ginger
Sally liked going outside. She put on her shoes. She went outside to walk. She walked on the green grass. The sun was warm. The trees were tall. The birds sang in the trees. Sally liked how the birds can sing. Sally likes to sing with the birds, outside. Ring, ring, is how the birds sang. Sally sang ring, ring, with th...
What other animals did Sally talk to that day?
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Sally likes to sing with the birds
birds
CHAPTER XVIII THE HAND IN THE WATER Scott lying among the pine-needles after work had stopped, lighted his pipe and glanced at Thirlwell, who had been talking for some minutes. "On the whole, it was lucky the smith had an iron hot," he said. "Black Steve's a dangerous man and we know something about the _Metis_ t...
what temper does he have?
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Black Steve's a dangerous man and we know something about the _Metis_ temper
Metis_ temper
CHAPTER XVIII ON THE WAY WEST "Well, we're off for Big Horn Ranch at last!" "It certainly is a grand prospect, eh, Jack? We ought to have barrels of fun on the ranch." "Yes, Randy, it certainly ought to make a dandy vacation." "I'm fairly itching to get on horseback," put in Andy. "What dandy rides we shall h...
How was 4th of July spent?
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Fourth of July had been spent rather quietly at home preparing for the trip. Of course
quietly at home
London (CNN) -- The first solo exhibition in about 20 years of early photos of the Beatles taken by a British photographer who designed five of their UK album covers is on display in London. Robert Freeman photographed and designed the Fab Four's second to sixth album covers and was the group's favored snapper for th...
Where does he live?
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Freeman, who is now in his 70s and lives near Seville in Spain,
near Seville
Rain, rain everywhere! Mary and June were best friends; they played together every day. One day when June came over to play it was raining. Mary told Jane that the rain was mean. "How is the rain mean?" asked June. "It's everywhere!" said Mary. "It's raining on the sidewalk, it's raining on the swings, it's raini...
did june agree with mary about the weather?
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The rain is not mean;
No
CHAPTER IV A new tenseness seemed to have crept into the situation. The conversation, never without its emotional tendencies, at once changed its character. Philippa, cold and reserved, with a threat lurking all the time in her tone and manner, became its guiding spirit. "We may enquire your name?" she asked. "I ...
Did they meet there?
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711
It was only an accident, then, that I did not meet you."
no
Sally was looking through her closet for some clothes to wear to the school dance tomorrow night. She had a lot of clothes to look through, but she needed something perfect for the dance, since she would be seen by a lot of other people, and she wanted to stand out from the rest of the girls. There would be a lot of bo...
how was she feeling about the upcoming event?
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She was so excited
excited
(CNN) -- Mark McGwire deserves a ban from baseball more than any sympathy. It is sad to hear his quavery confession of a career filled with steroids, his sorrow over the pain it caused his family and fans, his revelation of a life of lies that burned inside him like a hidden disease and consumed the game he loved. ...
Whom did he cause pain?
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the pain it caused his family and fans
his family
Beijing (CNN) -- It's the Chinese crime story of the century and a major embarrassment for the country's all-powerful Communist Party. In late July, Bo Xilai, a former darling of the party, was finally indicted on corruption charges. His trial is expected to begin on Thursday, August 22, the latest chapter in a gripp...
Is it a serious offense?
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"The circumstances are extremely serious,"
yes
CHAPTER XI THE PLANS WORK Dinner was over, the night was hot, and Mrs. Austin had taken her party to the veranda. Wolf had gone; he declared he could not put off another engagement, but Mrs. Austin wondered. The fellow was clever and knew when to stop. A man like that did not go farther than was necessary and risk ...
What kind of lines was Arturo involved with?
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controlled large commercial undertakings and steamship lines
steamship
CHAPTER IX The latter part of September Carley returned to New York. Soon after her arrival she received by letter a formal proposal of marriage from Elbert Harrington, who had been quietly attentive to her during her sojourn at Lake Placid. He was a lawyer of distinction, somewhat older than most of her friends, a...
does he come from a good family?
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yes
Pitch is an auditory sensation in which a listener assigns musical tones to relative positions on a musical scale based primarily on their perception of the frequency of vibration. Pitch is closely related to frequency, but the two are not equivalent. Frequency is an objective, scientific attribute that can be measured...
What is pitch closely related to?
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closely related to frequency
to frequency
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 ...
When was the Constitution done up?
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r the Constitution of 1789,
1789
David (; ; "Dawid"; ; ; Gəˁəz: Dawit; possibly meaning "beloved one") was the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. In the biblical narrative, David is a young shepherd who first gains fame as a musician and later by killing Goliath. He becomes a favorite of King Saul a...
What Gəˁəz: Dawit means?
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beloved one
beloved one
CHAPTER XVI. MARCH FROM FORT CUMBERLAND--THE GREAT SAVAGE MOUNTAIN--CAMP AT THE LITTLE MEADOWS--DIVISION OF THE FORCES--CAPTAIN JACK AND HIS BAND--SCAROOYADI IN DANGER--ILLNESS OF WASHINGTON--HIS HALT AT THE YOUGHIOGENY--MARCH OF BRADDOCK--THE GREAT MEADOWS--LURKING ENEMIES--THEIR TRACKS--PRECAUTIONS-- THICKETTY RUN-...
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with the soldiers so dispersed
soldiers were dispersed
On the third day of November, Ron and Pam went to the store. They wanted to get some food for a new recipe. It was late in the afternoon, but they wanted to eat the food soon at dinner. To save time they split the list in half. Ron was to get the pasta and tomato sauce, and Pam was to get the vegetables and juice. They...
who paid
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Ron paid for the food
Ron
Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with a population of 552,700 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km. Its urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 3 million people, being the 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union. About...
How many passengers does Humberto Delgado Airport serve annually?
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over 20 million
over 20 million
CHAPTER XX BETTY AT LARGE It was not till Betty found herself many blocks distant from the office of _Peaceful Moments_ that she checked her headlong flight. She had run down the stairs and out into the street blindly, filled only with that passion for escape which had swept her away from Mervo. Not till she had di...
What street did she go down?
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ot till she had dived into the human river of Broadway
Broadway
London (CNN) -- Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister, is fond of saying that when the United Nations was first formed in 1945, it had just 50 members. Today, he adds, that figure has risen to almost 200. It's a nice line, although in reality the emergence of a new nation remains relatively rare. But there does see...
What seems to be on the rises at the UN?
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Today, he adds, that figure has risen to almost 200.
Membership.
Minot, North Dakota (CNN) -- A spontaneous burst of applause broke out at a Saturday press conference in Minot, North Dakota, when the city's mayor said the Souris River should crest overnight -- about 12 feet higher than flood stage, but several inches short of what had been feared. "This is great news," said Mayor ...
Where is Minot?
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North Dakota
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the western United States. The state is the tenth largest by area, the least populous and the second least densely populated state in the country. Wyoming is bordered on the north by Montana, on the east by South Dakota and Nebraska, on the south by Colorado, on the southwes...
Is the state mountainous?
8
70
is a state in the mountain region of the western United States
yes
(CNN) -- An interview with a choreographer for the Miss Universe pageant spurred controversy Wednesday over alleged claims that Donald Trump personally selects some of the finalists. Donald Trump is at the center of a brewing controversy over the Miss Universe finalists. The Q&A with Michael Schwandt, which appeare...
Who said said it was him?
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Michael Schwandt
Michael Schwandt
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The man who police say dressed as Santa Claus and killed nine people at a Christmas Eve party may have also had plans to kill his mother and his former wife's divorce attorney, police said Monday night. Bruce Jeffrey Pardo went on a shooting rampage in a Los Angeles suburb on Wednesda...
What happened?
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Prime suspect Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, who police said committed suicide
He committed suicide
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, makin...
What is the Democratic Party's dominant worldview?
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social conservatism and economic liberalism
social conservatism and economic liberalism
Lulu is a little dog. She likes to play with her toys. She really likes her little lamb. She likes when Lauren throws her lamb. Lulu likes to chases the lamb. Lulu doesn't like to bring the lamb back to Lauren. Lauren gets mad. Lulu likes to bark. She barks at the children outside. She barks when the mailman comes to...
does the cat get mad for eating her food?
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583
she likes the cat's food better. The cat gets mad
yes
By the 1890s the profound effect of adrenal extracts on many different tissue types had been discovered, setting off a search both for the mechanism of chemical signalling and efforts to exploit these observations for the development of new drugs. The blood pressure raising and vasoconstrictive effects of adrenal extra...
When could someone buy it in the US?
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1,066
until 2011
until 2011
CHAPTER XXXIV 'Midst furs, and silks, and jewels' sheen, He stood, in simple Lincoln green, The center of the glittering ring; And Snowdon's knight is Scotland's king! --_Lady of the Lake_. The commencement of the following year was passed, on the part of the Americans, in making great preparations, in conjunction ...
what part of the U.S were they from?
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In the South, Greene and Rawdon
the South
(CNN)An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, on Saturday to death by hanging, along with 13 members of his group. The sentences will be appealed. The criminal court sentenced 36 other defendants to life in prison on charges of plotting terrorist attacks against state facilit...
how many people have they sentenced to death?
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more than 180
Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its current administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area, including Sarajevo Canton and East Sarajevo is home to 643,016 inhabitants. Nestled within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the...
From where?
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null
t was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Austria
Having not seen or heard from her daughter in two weeks, Alexis Murphy's mother said in a CNN interview she is keeping strong with support from family and friends. "A mother would know if her daughter is really gone, but I still have hope," Laura Murphy said. Alexis Murphy was last seen at a gas station earlier thi...
Where's the last place Alexis was seen?
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Alexis Murphy was last seen at a gas station
At a gas station
(CNN)A Michigan man is accused of threatening to behead the police officer who put Eric Garner in a chokehold. Alvaro Eduardo Guzman-Telles, 29, said in a Facebook post in December he was "going to personally kill and behead Daniel Pantaleo" and that "this is a written threat and has to be taken extremely seriously,"...
who put Garner in a chokehold?
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Pantaleo
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 ...
Which else?
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2,138
Leading examples of the federal state include the United States, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Australia and India
Australia
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American statesman who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and much of his presidenc...
what did he command?
805
867
Kennedy commanded a series of PT boats in the Pacific theater
PT boats
CHAPTER VIII. A DISCOVERY. While the boys were at work in this manner, Stuyvesant making his ladder, and Phonny his cage, they suddenly heard some one opening the door. Wallace came in. Phonny called out to him to shut the door as quick as possible. Wallace did so, while Phonny, in explanation of the urgency of his...
What was the purpose of the ladder that Stuyvesant was making?
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to go upon the loft
to go upon the loft
As they went to the doors they saw they had the letters A, B, C, and D on them. What did it mean? Alpha, the leader, told everyone to stop and look at the doors, so as to see which door they would go through. The walls were brown and dirty. The lights were yellow. Door A was blue. This was Beta's choice. Door B was red...
What was the final choice for which door to go through?
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door d
door d
(CNN) -- David Ferrer will aim to become the first Spaniard to win the Miami Masters after beating Germany's Tommy Haas in an absorbing semifinal on Friday. The trophy has proved beyond the reach of three of his compatriots in the past, with Rafael Nadal having failed on three occasions (2005, 2008, 2011) to add to p...
How old is he?
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celebrates his 31st birthday
30
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia (; Czech and , "Česko-Slovensko") was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993. From 1939 to 1945, foll...
Do they have an alternate name?
37
65
Czech and , "Česko-Slovensko
Czech and , "Česko-Slovensko
Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, wide-spectrum, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language, extended from Pascal and other languages. It has built-in language support for design-by-contract, extremely strong typing, explicit concurrency, offering tasks, synchronous message passing, p...
For what organization?
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657
Jean Ichbiah of CII Honeywell Bull
CII Honeywell Bull
The dinosaur wants to have a pet goldfish. He is reading a book called, "How to Take Care of Your Pet Goldfish" because he wants to learn how to take care of a goldfish. After he finishes reading the book, he goes to the pet store. The pet store is not in Detroit, St. Louis, or Pakistan. The pet store is in a town ca...
What did the worker put the goldfish in before giving it to the dinosaur?
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a bag of water
(CNN) -- Music manager Allen Klein, whose clients included the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease, his publicist said. Klein was 77. The son of Jewish immigrants from Hungary, Klein founded his firm Allen Klein & Co. in the late 1950s before the label evolved...
How many tunes did the company hold the rights to?
993
1,040
atalog of copyrights to more than 2,000 songs,
over 2000
A man has been charged with a federal hate crime in connection with what authorities say was a racially motivated "knockout" assault against an elderly black man, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. Conrad Alvin Barrett, 27, of Katy, Texas, has been charged with one count of violating the Matthew Shepard and J...
What is the name of the suspect in the federal hate crime case?
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conrad alvin barrett
conrad alvin barrett
Moses () is a prophet in the Abrahamic religions. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was adopted by an Egyptian princess, and later in life became the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver, to whom the authorship of the Torah, or acquisition of the Torah from Heaven is traditionally attributed. Also called "Moshe Rabben...
who adopted him
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1,099
the Egyptian royal family
the Egyptian royal family
CHAPTER XVI THE BLOWING UP OF THE BRIDGE "Say, this is something fierce, Dave!" "I agree with you, Roger. I don't see how we are going to do such a long lesson." "Old Haskers is getting worse and worse," growled Phil. "I think we ought to report it to Doctor Clay." "Just what I think," came from Ben. "He keep...
What did Phil think they should do about Old Haskers' treatment?
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null
report it to doctor clay
Kaci Hickox, a nurse placed under mandatory quarantine in New Jersey, went on CNN on Sunday and criticized the "knee-jerk reaction by politicians" to Ebola, saying "to quarantine someone without a better plan in place, without more forethought, is just preposterous." Hickox, an epidemiologist who was working to help ...
How long is she quarantined?
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null
She is quarantined for 21 days
21 days
CHAPTER XVI MORE DISCOVERIES "You settled up with him in full?" gasped Rick. "Yes-- some time ago." "Not for that stock in the Sunset Irrigation Company." "I was not talking about the Irrigation Company. That is another affair. Your father was to see us about that on the morning when he-- er-- when he failed ...
What documents did he not have?
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certain documents
certain documents
(CNN) -- Rebel leaders said early Monday that they had captured three of embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons -- Saif al-Islam, Saadi and Mohammed -- during their siege of Tripoli. "As for the other four sons, we think they are either hiding or they have run away," said Guma El-Gamaty, the Britain-based coo...
Was he there with him?
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653
a man who identified himself as Mohammed Gadhafi told Al Jazeera in a phone call.
no
In biology, kingdom (Latin: regnum, plural regna) is the second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called phyla. Traditionally, some textbooks from the United States used a system of six kingdoms (Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaea/Archaeabacteria, and Bacteria/...
Which rank is this article about?
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In biology, kingdom (Latin: regnum, plural regna) is the second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain.
Kingdom
CHAPTER VIII: PASSING THE OUBLIETTE Who can describe the dreariness of being snowed-up all the winter with such a mother-in-law as Freiherrinn Kunigunde? Yet it was well that the snow came early, for it was the best defence of the lonely castle from any attack on the part of the Schlangenwaldern, the Swabian Leag...
Was the Baroness afraid of any of them?
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267
Yet it was well that the snow came early, for it was the best defence of the lonely castle from any attack
No
Telecommuncations in the United Kingdom have evolved from the early days of the telegraph to modern broadband and mobile phone networks with Internet services. National Telephone Company (NTC) was a British telephone company from 1881 until 1911 which brought together smaller local companies in the early years of the...
How many organizations controlled radio and TV?
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638
Broadcasting of radio and television was a duopoly
Two
Aristotle (; , , "Aristotélēs"; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At seventeen or eighteen years ...
Did Aristotle follow Platonism all his life?
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Aristotle immersed himself in empirical studies and shifted from Platonism to empiricism.
No
(CNN) -- Three radio DJs in Kenya are going six days without food while broadcasting non-stop to promote peaceful voting in a country that was nearly torn apart after its last election five years ago. Ghetto Radio presenters Mbusii, Solloo and Essie have been locked inside a "glass house" in central Nairobi since Wed...
What date was that?
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null
December 2007
Zapata, Texas (CNN) -- The wife of an American man missing since a reported pirate attack on a U.S.-Mexico border lake said Thursday it's "hard being judged" by people who have questioned her story, but "I know what happened that day." Tiffany Hartley told authorities her husband David was shot and killed by pirates ...
American?
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1,583
Mexican
Mexican
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...
if he had, what does Elinor believe?
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471
Had he ever been in the way of learning, I think he would have drawn very well.
He would have drawn very well.
Jimmy didn't eat breakfast. Because he didn't eat breakfast he was very hungry and could not stop thinking about food. He was thinking about all of the things that he liked to eat the most. He was thinking about breakfast foods like bacon and eggs but he was also thinking about lunch and dinner foods like pizza and mac...
Was he having fun?
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694
immy wasn't having any fun
no
Once there was a dog named Noodle. Noodle had two brothers named Puff and Fluff, and a sister named Polly. Noodle's best friend was a boy named Jack. Jack went to school, but the dogs stayed home all day. Jack liked to feed Noodle chicken and beef. One day Jack went to the store and bought chicken for Noodle. Jack put ...
what did he do next?
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Jack took Noodle, Puff, and Fluff to the park to run and play.
took the dogs to the park
Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in Central Europe. The principality is a constitutional monarchy headed by the Prince of Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein is bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and Austria to the east and north. It...
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European Free Trade Association
CHAPTER XVII DICK'S ACCUSATION The party in the gun-room were silent while they waited for Jim. Mrs. Halliday glanced at the others curiously and got a sense of strain. Dick, looking disturbed but resolute, leaned against the table opposite Mordaunt, whose face was rather white; Bernard occupied the bench by the wa...
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Mrs. Halliday glanced at the others curiously and got a sense of strain. Dick, looking disturbed but resolute, leaned against the table opposite Mordaunt, whose face was rather white; Bernard occupied the bench by the wall and his look was inscrutable.
No
The Bank of England, formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in operation today, after the Sveriges Riksbank. The Bank of England is the...
how many other UK banks can do that?
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The Bank is one of eight banks authorised to issue banknotes
Seven
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an extended term for information communication technology (ICT) which stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, ...
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However, ICT has no universal definition, as "the concepts, methods and applications involved in ICT are constantly evolving on an almost daily basis."
No.
CHAPTER XIII. UMBELAZI THE FALLEN So I stayed on at Nodwengu, who, indeed, had no choice in the matter, and was very wretched and ill at ease. The place was almost deserted, except for a couple of regiments which were quartered there, the Sangqu and the Amawombe. This latter was the royal regiment, a kind of Househol...
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The place was almost deserted, except for a couple of regiments which were quartered there
A couple of regiments.
(CNN) -- When Debbie Wasserman Schultz visited her friend Gabrielle Giffords in the hospital last week, she talked to her about the demonstrations in Egypt and the Republicans' proposed budget cuts -- not exactly topics you might expect during a hospital visit. But Wasserman Schultz says she remembers what she wanted...
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Arizona Democrat
Arizona
I stepped inside my mother's car and dropped my backpack on the floor as my face filled with excitement. Today's the day that we're going to the candy store and picking out a new treat to have after dinner. Some people may like going to the movies, or the game room, or even to parks, but going to the candy store once a...
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a nickel or a dime or even a quarter
a nickel or a dime or even a quarter
It's not the Occupy Wall Street protesters yelling "mic check" who are bugging Newt Gingrich at his events these days. It's the attack ads occupying the airwaves in Iowa. A new spot from the pro-Mitt Romney super political action committee Restore Our Future starts with the simple question: "Know what makes Barack ...
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(CNN) -- All Blacks captain Richie McCaw is warning his side against complacency as they go into Sunday's Rugby World Cup final against France as odds-on favorites to lift the William Webb Ellis trophy. While hosts New Zealand have enjoyed a relatively smooth and unbeaten passage to the finale of the global showpiece...
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East Prussia enclosed the bulk of the ancestral lands of the Baltic Old Prussians. During the 13th century, the native Prussians were conquered by the crusading Teutonic Knights. The indigenous Balts who survived the conquest were gradually converted to Christianity. Because of Germanization and colonisation over the f...
When was the Province of East Prussia joined with West Prussia to form the Province of Prussia?
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between 1829 and 1878
(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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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!"
Every day
CHAPTER IX On Sunday morning under the bright, warm sun, the little hamlet of Fort Henry lay peacefully quiet, as if no storms had ever rolled and thundered overhead, no roistering ever disturbed its stillness, and no Indian's yell ever horribly broke the quiet. "'Tis a fine morning," said Colonel Zane, joining his...
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Helen suggested the day school
The day school
Editor's note: This story originally appeared on CNN.com on October 20. Barack Obama mentioned Ann Nixon Cooper on Tuesday in his presidential victory speech. Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, lived during a time when blacks and women did not have the right to vote. ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 ye...
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I was happy for him just to be nominated,
Yes, she was happy for him just to be nominated,
CHAPTER XXIX DAYS OF ANXIETY "I wonder what Davenport will say when he finds those men are working here?" remarked Fred. "I don't care what he says," answered Jack. "Do you think he'll dare come over here and have it out with Uncle Dick?" questioned Andy. "I don't think so," answered his brother. "I believe b...
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destroyed them
CHAPTER XXX GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?" "Yah. Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways. "Wait! I'm going to get off! To look for my brother!" cried Dick, a...
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let out that old familiar locomotive whistle of Putnam Hall fame
a locomotive whistle
The Bilateria or bilaterians, or triploblasts, are animals with bilateral symmetry, i.e., they have a head ("anterior") and a tail ("posterior") as well as a back ("dorsal") and a belly ("ventral"); therefore they also have a left side and a right side. In contrast, radially symmetrical animals like jellyfish have a to...
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Except for a few phyla (i.e. flatworms and gnathostomulids)
flatworms and gnathostomulids
CHAPTER NINETEEN. THE DARKEST HOUR. A long time after the events narrated in the last chapter, John Adams and Edward Young sat together one evening in the cave at the top of the mountain, where poor Fletcher Christian had been wont to hold his lonely vigils. "I've bin thinkin' of late," said Young, "that it is ve...
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the native men was all killed
Malawi (, or ; or [maláwi]), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. Malawi is over with an estimated population of 16,777,547 (J...
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the warm heart of africa
the warm heart of africa
CHAPTER X MYSTERIES IN MAYFAIR That night, and for many nights afterwards, Macheson devoted himself to his work in the East End. The fascination of the thing grew upon him; he threw himself into his task with an energy which carried him often out of his own life and made forgetfulness an easy task. Night after nigh...
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mysteries in mayfair that night , and for many nights afterwards , macheson devoted himself to his work in the east end . the fascination of the thing grew upon him ; he threw himself into his task with an energy which carried him often out of his own life and made forgetfulness an easy task . night after night they ca...
mysteries in mayfair that night , and for many nights afterwards , macheson devoted himself to his work in the east end . the fascination of the thing grew upon him ; he threw himself into his task with an energy which carried him often out of his own life and made forgetfulness an easy task . night after night they ca...
CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SIXTH. But let us now, like soldiers on the watch, Put the soul's armour on, alike prepared For all a soldier's warfare brings. JOANNA BAILLIE. The reader will recollect, that when Rochecliffe and Joceline were made prisoners, the party which escorted them had two other captives in their train, C...
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and commenced his search after the fugitive Prince
the fugitive Prince
(CNN) -- Jewish organizations called for a Romanian official to resign and face a criminal investigation after he wore a Nazi uniform during a fashion show over the weekend. Radu Mazare, the mayor of the town of Constanta, wore a Nazi uniform during a fashion show over the weekend. Radu Mazare, the mayor of the tow...
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Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Founded in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has since grown to comprise nine undergraduate and graduate schools, among which are the School of Foreign Service, School of...
how many of those are undergrads?
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7,500 undergraduate
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One hot afternoon in the summertime a family and their dog were getting ready to have a dinnertime picnic in the park. The dishes in the picnic included peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, watermelons, potato salad, and chocolate cookies. When they got to the park the father, George, was looking for a good place to hav...
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His mother poured him a cool and tasty glass of lemonade. It tasted extra good because it was so hot outside!
A glass of lemonade.
CHAPTER XX FAST IN THE ICE "Well, there is one piece of luck," said Barwell Dawson, the next morning. "Our collier is here, so we can take on coal at once, and get away from here inside of three or four days." "Yes, we want to take advantage of the weather while it lasts," answered the captain of the _Ice King_. ...
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"Well, there is one piece of luck," said Barwell Dawson, the next morning. "Our collier is here, so we can take on coal at once, and get away from here inside of three or four days."
Barwell Dawson
It is on Absecon Island, on the Atlantic coast. Atlantic City was incorporated on May 1, 1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township. The city borders Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor City and West Atlantic City. Because of its location in South Jersey, hugging the Atlantic Ocean betwe...
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George Meade
George Meade