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CHAPTER XI FUN AT PUTNAM HALL "Back to Putnam Hall at last!" "Yes, boys, back at last! Hurrah for the dear old school, and all the boys in it!" Peleg Snuggers, the general utility man of the Hall, had just brought the boys up from Cedarville, to which place they had journeyed from Ithaca on the regular afternoo...
what was a prank that Tom played?
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exploding a big firecracker
exploding a big firecracker
CHAPTER VII IN WHICH DAVE IS ROBBED Dave found himself in a decidedly unpleasant situation. The door of the room was locked and Tom Shocker stood against it. The man lit the gas, but allowed it to remain low. Dave saw Nat Poole standing close to a bed. The money-lender's son had a small bottle and some cotton in hi...
What is Dave's last name?
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The witch wanted to stop making poisons in her big pot. She wanted to be a cook instead. She could make all sorts of treats, like blueberry sandwiches, orange pizzas, and grape pie. Her best treat she made was strawberry eggs. She wanted the people from town to invite her to parties. She wanted them to ask her to cook ...
What did they taste like?
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They were shaped like eggs but when you would chew on them they tasted like strawberries
Strawberries.
(Mental Floss) -- It's hard to walk down the aisle of a liquor store without running across a bottle bearing someone's name. A costumed reveler at a Captain Morgan party celebrates the rum named after the 17th century privateer. We put them in our cocktails, but how well do we know them? Here's some biographical ...
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CHAPTER XXXI. AN INTERLUDE It was close on midnight now, and still they sat opposite one another, he the friend and she the wife, talking over that brief half-hour that had meant an eternity to her. Marguerite had tried to tell Sir Andrew everything; bitter as it was to put into actual words the pathos and misery w...
who did sir andrew escort to Rue de Charonne?
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CHAPTER XXX THE ENEMY RUNS AWAY In a very few minutes Dave and his chums were on the way to find Merwell and Jasniff. As the party walked along Hooker Montgomery told more about his dealings with the rascally students. It was plain to Dave that the so-styled doctor had been nothing but a weak tool, and in a way the...
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doctor
Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho (), is an enclaved, landlocked country in southern Africa completely surrounded by South Africa. It is just over in size and has a population of around /1e6 round 0 million. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Previously known as Basutoland, Lesotho declared independence...
of?
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Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bakoteli lineage
the Bakoteli lineage
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 dead of their party were withdrawn and concealed, with all the usual care, in order that no scalp of a warrior might be left in the hands of his enemies.
in order that no scalp of a warrior might be left in the hands of his enemies.
(CNN) -- A staff member of the aid organization Doctors Without Borders has died after an attack on a vehicle near the capital of South Sudan, the group said Friday. The aid worker, Joseph, whose full name has been withheld at the request of his family, died two days after the attack, which took place Monday on a mai...
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oseph, whose full name has been withheld at the request of his family, died two days after the attack,
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(CNN) -- A gunman killed three people and wounded at least five at the house of a mayoral candidate in the Philippines before polls opened on Monday, a military spokeswoman said. The attack happened around 2:30 a.m. (2:30 p.m. Sunday ET) when an unidentified gunman raided the house of a mayoral candidate in Zamboanga...
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2:30 a.m.
CHAPTER I SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS "Luff up a little, Sam, or the _Spray_ will run on the rocks." "All right, Dick. I haven't got sailing down quite as fine as you yet. How far do you suppose we are from Albany?" "Not over eight or nine miles. If this wind holds out we'll make that city by six o'clock. I'...
On whose farm had Tom stayed on?
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Uncle Randolph
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Angry workers beat to death a human resources vice president after he laid off 42 employees at an auto-parts manufacturing company in southern India, police said Wednesday. Roy George was vice-president for human resources at Pricol, the auto-parts company. Some four to five workers, belon...
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More than 60 people were charged with the murder of the chief executive of Graziano Transmissioni near New Delhi
near New Delhi
(CNN) -- Overprotective sister? Underprotective husband? No one knows what was said amongst Solange Knowles, Jay Z and Beyonce in that elevator in the Standard Hotel in Manhattan or even what led up to the video that appears to show Solange kicking and hitting her brother-in-law. But here is what we do know: the In...
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Jay Z's supposed desire to head solo to a party being given by Rihanna
Jay Z's supposed desire to head solo to a party being given by Rihanna
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products...
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The FDA was empowered by the United States Congress to enforce the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Washington (CNN)Ted Cruz is back in his favorite place: the spotlight. As the first candidate to quit the charade of "exploring" a presidential run and actually jumping in, the Texas Republican senator presented an image Monday of decisiveness and vision -- all before an auditorium of mostly supportive young evangeli...
What did Ted Cruz mean when he said "repealing Obamacare and abolishing the IRS ain't all that tough"?
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america has enjoyed god ' s providential blessing , " said cruz , roaming the stage with a microphone like a megachurch preacher on a sunday morning . " over and over again , when we faced impossible odds , the american people rose to the challenge
america has enjoyed god ' s providential blessing , " said cruz , roaming the stage with a microphone like a megachurch preacher on a sunday morning . " over and over again , when we faced impossible odds , the american people rose to the challenge
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...
What was the motivation behind setting up a central repository for Wikimedia projects?
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to reduce duplication of effort
to reduce duplication of effort
Dan and his class were going to the ocean. Along with his class there were three adults going to make sure no one was left at the beach. Dan had three friends who were going too. His friends who were going were Tom, Steve and Jeff. Tom was the first one on the bus. Dan was the second one on the bus. Steve got on next a...
Did they go on a boat?
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had a fun day on the boa
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Perugia, Italy (CNN) -- A defense lawyer for Amanda Knox made an impassioned plea to the jury Wednesday as the high-profile case neared its conclusion. Knox is the American student accused of killing her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, at the villa they shared in Italy. "We suffer at the memory of Meredith. But w...
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Chapter VI THE WARDEN'S TEA PARTY After much painful doubting, on one thing only could Mr Harding resolve. He determined that at any rate he would take no offence, and that he would make this question no cause of quarrel either with Bold or with the bedesmen. In furtherance of this resolution, he himself wrote a no...
What were Mary Bold’s greatest merits?
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kindliness of her disposition
CHAPTER XXV DOMINGO APPEARS The carriers had stopped in a deserted village one morning after a long and arduous march from the mission station, when Ormsgill, lying in the hot white sand, looked quietly at Nares, who sat with his back against one of the empty huts. "If I knew what the dusky image was thinking I s...
True or False: The man with the rifle seemed worried abut something.
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the man with the rifle appeared vacantly unconcerned.
False.
Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City. It is geographically adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the southwestern end of Long Island, and to Nassau County farther east on Long Island; in addition, Queens shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. C...
They were the first 12?
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CHAPTER VIII. JASPER GRINDER IS DISMISSED. Dick was greatly surprised over the news which Peleg Snuggers conveyed to him. He knew that Jasper Grinder was an intensely passionate man when aroused, as on the occasion of the attempted caning, but he had not imagined that the man would fall into a fit while in such a c...
To whom did he relay it?
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Dick was greatly surprised over the news which Peleg Snuggers conveyed to him.
Dick
The Republic of Liberia, beginning as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS), declared its independence on July 26, 1847. The United States did not recognize Liberia's independence until during the American Civil War on February 5, 1862. Between January 7, 1822 and the American Civil War, more than 15,...
When?
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declared its independence on July 26, 1847
on July 26, 1847
Charles V (; ; Dutch: "Karel"; ) (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519, as well as of the lands of the former Duchy of Burgundy from 1506. He voluntarily stepped down from these and other positions by a series of abdications between 155...
From where?
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the Houses of Valois-Burgundy (Burgundy and Netherlands),
Burgundy and Netherlands
I couldn't believe today had come! It was finally my birthday and that meant I could start working at the nearby pet store. First off, let me say that my name is Lilly, and as I'm sure you know, today's my birthday! Working at the pet shop has been my dream ever since I was a little girl, so actually getting to work wi...
Did she pick up after the critters?
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no
CHAPTER VII Dick and Veronica returned laden with parcels. They explained that "Daddy Slee," as it appeared he was generally called, a local builder of renown, was following in his pony-cart, and was kindly bringing the bulkier things with him. "I tried to hustle him," said Dick, "but coming up after he had washe...
Who was following the two?
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They explained that "Daddy Slee," as it appeared he was generally called, a local builder of renown, was following in his pony-cart,
Daddy Slee
(CNN) -- A Florida man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a teenager amid an argument over loud music at a gas station pleaded not guilty Monday. Michael Dunn, 45, entered his plea during a hearing Monday morning at the Duval County, Florida, jail. Dunn told investigators he fired at a car in which Jordan...
What race is Dunn?
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CHAPTER VI BETTY DEMANDS HELP On the evening of Austin's return to Las Palmas he and Jefferson smoked and talked on the veranda steps. Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Jefferson were occupied with some sewing at a table near the lamp, but Olivia was not about. She had gone to a concert at the Metropole with a young English tou...
What was Mrs. Austin's plan to help people?
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mrs . austin generally meant well and as a rule her plans to help people worked
mrs . austin generally meant well and as a rule her plans to help people worked
The Portuguese Empire (), also known as the Portuguese Overseas ("Ultramar Português"), was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in world history and the first colonial empire of the Renaissance. It existed for almost six centuries from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to the handover of Portuguese Macau to China i...
Where did they explore first?
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Portuguese sailors began exploring the coast of Africa and the Atlantic archipelagos in 1418–19
thee coast of africa
CHAPTER VII THE END OF THE TERM "What can Gabe Werner be doing around here?" questioned Randy, who had heard the conversation between his two cousins. "I'm sure I don't know," answered Jack. "He doesn't live anywhere in this vicinity, and I thought after he left the school he went home." "Evidently Glutts must ...
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He noticed several vacant seats directly behind those occupied by Glutts and Werner.
vacant seats
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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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (; 18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitt...
Was he an anti-war?
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James was a nice old man who lived by himself. Every day he would walk down the road by his house and say hello to everyone. It was fun saying hello to everyone but he felt lonely sometimes. He wanted a pet to take care of. One day as he was walking down the road a little brown and spotted puppy came up to him and want...
Was it the same puppy?
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She was holding the little brown and spotted puppy.
Yes
Chapter 14 THROUGH THE VALLEY Sampson looked strangely at the great bloody blot on my breast and his look made me conscious of a dark hurrying of my mind. Morton came stamping up the steps with blunt queries, with anxious mien. When he saw the front of me he halted, threw wide his arms. "There come the girls!" su...
Where did they put him down?
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CHAPTER V. THE FIRST SPARK PASSES "Now, gentlemen," shouted the auctioneer when he had finished his oration upon the girl's attractions, "what 'tin I bid? Eight hundred?" Stephen caught his breath. There was a long pause no one cared to start the bidding. "Come, gentlemen, come! There's my friend Alf Jenkins. He ...
Who was the young man with the determined face and clear voice who shouted "Four hundred!"?
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clarence colfax
clarence colfax
CHAPTER IX. LIBERATED. The revolution was, indeed, ended. The unexpected arrival of a relieving garrison in the bay of Todos Santos had completed what the dissensions in the insurgents' councils had begun; the discontents, led by Brace and Winslow, had united with the Government against Perkins and his aliens; but ...
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but let it not close your eyes to his infamous political caree
his infamous political career
CHAPTER XI BROUGHT TO TRIAL "By jinks! we'll have to be on our good behavior," observed Tom, after he had read his father's letter. "That's so," responded Sam. "Father means to have us study, or else we must stay here during the spring term." As anticipated, Alexander Pop reached Cedarville Tuesday afternoon. H...
Who said he missed Pop a lot?
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Captain Putnam
In signal processing, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction involves encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation. Compression can be either lossy or lossless. Lossless compression reduces bits by identifying and eliminating statistical redundancy. No information is lost in lo...
Why is compression Useful?
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it helps reduce resource usage
it helps reduce resource usage
Anne was a young girl who lived with her grandma. She went to school every day with her favorite red ribbons in her hair. They were red with black stripes. Although Anne loved to wear her ribbons in her hair she saw that not many of the other students would wear ribbons in their hair, making her feel very out of place....
Who was Anne's best friend?
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Millisa being the best friend Anne had ever had
Millisa
(CNN) -- Brazil's highest court said Wednesday it does not have jurisdiction over who should have custody of a U.S.-born 9-year-old boy -- his Brazilian stepfather or his father in the United States. David Goldman is seeking custody of his son, Sean, who is living with relatives of his deceased mother in Brazil. Th...
What did the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil rule in the case of David Goldman and his son Sean?
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it could not rule over the hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction
it could not rule over the hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction
The Korean War (in South Korean Hangul: 한국전쟁, Hanja: 韓國戰爭, Hanguk Jeonjaeng, "Korean War"; in North Korean Chosungul: 조국해방전쟁, Joguk Haebang Jeonjaeng, "Fatherland Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953)[a] was started when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with United States as the principal fo...
What percentage of the UN's military personnel was provided by the United States?
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88 %
Sam was driving. It was late, it was dark, it was raining, and he was out of cookies. His squirrel was asleep in the passenger seat, as was his hamster, in the back seat. He had gone down to the beach for the day, but it had started raining, so he had started driving back. But he had gotten lost. Now, he thought he was...
Did he leave the car?
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The car slowed down and stopped, and he got out.
yes
Hawaii is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States of America, having received statehood on August 21, 1959. Hawaii is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one composed entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the ce...
are there volcanos on hawaii?
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Laura wanted to go to the park and play because she wanted to see her friends. When she got to the park Laura did not see anyone. After looking, she saw her friend George by the basketball hoop. George was playing all by himself. George was happy when he saw Laura. Laura and George played basketball they saw the ice cr...
Who was he playing with?
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George was playing all by himself
no one
That median is the value separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. For a data set, it may be thought of as the "middle" value. For example, in the data set {1, 3, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9}, the median is 6, the fourth largest, and also the fourth smallest, numbe...
What is the advantage of the median?
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he basic advantage of the median in describing data compared to the mean (often simply described as the "average") is that it is not skewed so much by extremely large or small values, and so it may give a better idea of a "typical" value
It is not skewed so much.
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...
What is Billy's surname?
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Billy Roberts
Roberts
CHAPTER XXIV. THE BEWITCHMENT OF PAT We were all in the doleful dumps--at least, all we "young fry" were, and even the grown-ups were sorry and condescended to take an interest in our troubles. Pat, our own, dear, frolicsome Paddy, was sick again--very, very sick. On Friday he moped and refused his saucer of new mi...
Did it respond to anyone?
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CHAPTER XVI JAKE GETS INTO DIFFICULTIES Day was breaking, though it was still dark at the foot of the range, when Dick returned wearily to his iron shack after a night's work at the dam. There had been a local subsidence of the foundations on the previous afternoon, and he could not leave the spot until precautions...
what were the injured mans clothes smeared with?
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foul green slime
foul green slime
(CNN) -- The United States have named former Germany captain Jurgen Klinsmann as their new national coach, just a day after sacking Bob Bradley. Bradley, who took over as coach in January 2007, was relieved of his duties on Thursday, and U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati confirmed in a statement on Friday...
What was Jurgen Klinsmann's role when he led Germany to third place in the 2006 World Cup finals?
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coach
coach
(CNN)Everybody on the planet knows that Gene Roddenberry created Mr. Spock, the laconic, imperturbable extra-terrestrial First Officer for the Starship Enterprise. But Mr. Spock doesn't belong to Roddenberry, even though he is the grand exalted progenitor of everything that was, is, and forever will be "Star Trek." ...
When did Nimoy pass on?
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who died Friday at age 83
Friday
Joey went to the doctor yesterday. He was a little scared because he might have to get a shot, but his mother promised that it wouldn't hurt. During the time they were in the waiting room, Joey played with some blue and green blocks and some toy cars that the doctor kept there for the children who came to see him. He a...
What did Susan the nurse let Joey take from her desk?
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a red lollipop
a red lollipop
New Mexico is a state in the southwestern region of the United States of America. It was admitted to the Union as the 47th state on January 6, 1912. It is usually considered one of the Mountain States. New Mexico is fifth largest by area, the 36th-most populous, and the sixth-least densely populated of the 50 United St...
How does it rank in populatioin density compaired to other U.S states?
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and the sixth-least densely populated of the 50 United States.
It is the sixth least densely populated state
The Legion of Honour, full name, National Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland") and its seat is the next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the River Seine...
What did Napoleon Bonaparte create the Legion of Honour to ensure?
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political loyalty
Taoism ( or ), also known as Daoism, is a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the "Tao" (, literally "Way", also romanized as "Dao"). The "Tao" is a fundamental idea in most Chinese philosophical schools; in Taoism, however, it denotes the principle that is the...
what is it based on?
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the principle that is the source, pattern and substance of everything that exists
Raleigh (/ˈrɑːli/; RAH-lee) is the capital of the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The c...
what is another nickname?
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it called "City of Oaks"
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...
anyone else?
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CHAPTER XXI TROUBLES IN THE FOLD--A MESSAGE Gabriel Oak had ceased to feed the Weatherbury flock for about four-and-twenty hours, when on Sunday afternoon the elderly gentlemen Joseph Poorgrass, Matthew Moon, Fray, and half-a-dozen others, came running up to the house of the mistress of the Upper Farm. "Whatever ...
did he speak again?
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"--Clover!" said Joseph Poorgrass.
Yes
CHAPTER XVII THREE DAYS Lincoln awaited Graham in an apartment beneath the flying stages. He seemed curious to learn all that had happened, pleased to hear of the extraordinary delight and interest which Graham took in flying. Graham was in a mood of enthusiasm. "I must learn to fly," he cried. "I must master that....
by who?
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trades union
Within hours of becoming a national hero, a viral video star and the top topic on Twitter, Charles Ramsey talked about having trouble getting sleep. It wasn't because of all the excitement that followed his knocking down a Cleveland neighbor's door, freeing three women and a girl who police say were held hostage for ...
With which news company?
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told CNN's Anderson Cooper
CNN
A microorganism or microbe is a microscopic organism, which may be single-celled or a cluster of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India, and the 1st century BC book "On Agriculture" by Marcus Terentius Varro. Microb...
Is tuberculosis also caused the same way?
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tuberculosis
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(CNN)After five months of detention in North Korea, Jeffrey Fowle arrived home in Ohio early Wednesday for an emotional reunion with his family. Stepping off the plane at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and onto the tarmac, he was embraced by family members, including his three children. "It's a good sign that the ...
What did Jay Carney call the North Korean statement regarding Jeffrey Fowle's release?
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a fig leaf
a fig leaf
Chapter Twenty-Four: Troston I doubt if the name of this small Suffolk village, remote from towns and railroads, will have any literary associations for the reader, unless he be a person of exceptionally good memory, who has taken a special interest in the minor poets of the last century; or that it would help him if...
What was the name of the Little Ouse river that flowed between Honington and Sapiston?
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little ouse
little ouse
CHAPTER VIII LAST DAYS ON THE FARM "I believe you are right," said Tom, after he, too, had looked over some of the bits of paper strewn around. "Here is the word 'box' and here is the word 'Saturday.'" "Yes, and here are the words, 'fast freight,'" added Sam. "This was nothing more than a letter box for the freig...
How many words did Tom say he found?
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"Here is the word 'box' and here is the word 'Saturday.'
Two
Index Medicus (IM) is a curated subset of MEDLINE, which is a bibliographic database of life science and biomedical science information, principally scientific journal articles. From 1879 to 2004, "Index Medicus" was a comprehensive bibliographic index of such articles in the form of a print index or (in later years) i...
How does Index Medicus curate MEDLINE content today?
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into search subsets or database views
into search subsets or database views
New York (CNN) -- A New Jersey teenager was killed when his head hit a highway overpass after he apparently stuck it out of a party bus near the George Washington Bridge, which connects Manhattan with New Jersey over the Hudson River. Daniel Fernandez, a 16-year-old resident of Sayreville, died Friday evening on his ...
Who said they wish it was all a nightmare and not real?
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Sitting here with your blood on my foot wishing this was all a bad dream," tweeted teenage party-goer Vicky Budz.
Vicky Budz.
Comics are a medium used to express ideas by images, often combined with text or other visual information. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of images. Often textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other informa...
How does size and arrangement of panels contribute to narrative pacing?
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textual devices
Chapter XVII. Foo-foo the First. Miles Hendon hurried along toward the Southwark end of the bridge, keeping a sharp look-out for the persons he sought, and hoping and expecting to overtake them presently. He was disappointed in this, however. By asking questions, he was enabled to track them part of the way through S...
Did somebody escape?
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(PEOPLE.com) -- For nearly three years, the hit TLC show "Toddlers & Tiaras" has captured the drama behind the scenes in the world of child beauty pageants. The tantrums were extreme, and the pre-show prep of spray tanning and eyebrow waxing seemed perhaps premature for little kids. But in the last few weeks, as fo...
What does licensed clinical social worker Mark Sichel believe about the extremes parents go to in order to prepare their children for competition?
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causes the children tremendous confusion , wondering why they are not okay without those things . "
causes the children tremendous confusion , wondering why they are not okay without those things . "
American imperialism is the economic, military and cultural philosophy which states that the United States, either directly or indirectly, affects and controls other countries or their policies. Such influence is often closely associated with expansion into foreign territories. The concept of an American Empire was fir...
was there peace during his reign?
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The concept of an American Empire was first popularised during the presidency of James K. Polk who led the United States into the Mexican–American War of 1846,
no
The exact number of exonerated American prisoners is unknown. But data gathered by university law schools indicates it's more than 2,000. Fascinating details surrounding some of these exonerations set them apart from the rest. Here are five recent exonerations that made headlines. 1. Michael Morton The subject of a...
When?
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CHAPTER XI.--The Night of Adventures. A cold March wind whistled and yelled round the twisted chimneys of the _Hit or Miss_. The day had been a trial to every sense. First there would come a long-drawn distant moan, a sigh like that of a querulous woman; then the sigh grew nearer and became a shriek, as if the same w...
Was there rain?
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rainy hail
yes, rainy hail
South America is a continent located in the western hemisphere, mostly in the southern hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the northern hemisphere. It may also be considered a subcontinent of the Americas, which is the model used in nations that speak Romance languages. The reference to South America instead...
Does that country also have economic dominance?
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The automotive industry is a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles, some of them are called automakers. It is one of the world's most important economic sectors by revenue. The automotive industry does not include industrie...
what percent of those were produced by the U.S.?
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the U.S. automobile industry produced over 90% of them
over 90%
CHAPTER SEVENTY. MEETING AGAIN. On the fourteenth of April Romola was once more within the walls of Florence. Unable to rest at Pistoja, where contradictory reports reached her about the Trial by Fire, she had gone on to Prato; and was beginning to think that she should be drawn on to Florence in spite of dread, wh...
What happened to him after that?
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but had been murdered on the bank
He was murdered
I once was the leader of running a skills camp for a Boy Scout group. The weekend long camp included a lot of different games. One of the games was for fire-building. The point of the game was to help teach campers how to best build fires. There are many different ways you can build a campfire. You can build a lean-to ...
Is the goal to build a small fire?
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The goal of the game is to build a fire big enough to burn a string that is hanging a few feet above the ground.
no
The kitchen comes alive at night in the Sanderson house. Vegetables, fruit, bread, and more come out to play. The knives and forks dance on the tables. There are games and prizes. Milk is used for swimming races. The cereal often wins those. Fruit gets used as balls in some games. Blueberries scream in joy as they are ...
And anything else?
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The knives and forks dance on the tables
forks
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,...
How were clothes?
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her gown hung loose
loose
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi an...
Is she holding anything with her left?
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and in her left hand carries a "tabula ansata"
yes
CHAPTER LVII. _Message of the Pasha_ THE sudden apparition of Eva at Gindarics, and the scene of painful mystery by which it was followed, had plunged Tancred into the greatest anxiety and affliction. It was in vain that, the moment they had quitted the presence of Astarte, he appealed to Fakredeen for some explana...
About what?
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as to the course they should immediately pursue to assist one in whose fate they were both so deeply interested
the course they should immediately pursue to assist one in whose fate they were both so deeply interested
CHAPTER IX. A RACE ON THE ICE, AND WHAT FOLLOWED. After the events just narrated several days passed quietly enough at Putnam Hall. In the meantime the weather continued clear, and the boys took it upon themselves to clear off a part of the lake for skating. Then, one night came a strong wind, and the next morning ...
What were they doing?
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"He was walking down the street. And who do you suppose was with him? Mr. Grinder!
Walking down the street.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- An American professor doing research in London stumbled across a series of previously unknown letters written by, to, and about Benjamin Franklin, a stunning find that sheds new light on early U.S. history. The letters cover Benjamin Franklin's success in dealing with a British general. The...
what was taught?
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a stunning find that sheds new light on early U.S. history.
U.S. history.
Mortamer was a tree monkey who lived in the jungles of Brazil with his parents, and their pet snail, Johnson. They lived in a grass house built in the very tops of the trees, so high that they could see the whole jungle from their front porch. One day, Mortamer and his parents were outside hunting for food and the sky ...
did it have a name?
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Johnson
(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo salvaged a point for Real Madrid in a pulsating and controversial Madrid derby Sunday to keep his side top of the three-way title race in La Liga. Real were trailing Atletico 2-1 with eight minutes remaining when he equalized after an assist from Gareth Bale, firing home from the edge of th...
What was the final score of the last game they played?
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2-1
2-1
(CNN)The Mormon church has excommunicated a popular podcaster, saying his public dissents from the religion's core beliefs have led others away from the church. John Dehlin, founder of the podcast "Mormon Stories," describes himself as an "unorthodox" Mormon whose church roots reach back five generations. Under Tuesd...
what else do they say he said?
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1,077
-- Questioning the nature of God and divinity of Christ;
Questioning the nature of God and divinity of Christ;
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- After emerging from the rubble of Moammar Gadhafi's Baba az' Azia palace late in August, Abdul Hakim Belhaj seized control as the military commander of Tripoli. An Islamist who had taken little public part in the spring uprising against Gadhafi, he claimed his soldiers had won the symbolic bat...
Was Gadhafi's palace cleaned by Abdul and his suppoerters?
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unknown
unknown
(CNN) -- Jodi Arias and her legal team began fighting for her life Tuesday when a new jury heard opening arguments on whether she should receive a life or death sentence for her murder conviction. It's been a long legal journey for Arias, 34, whom a jury found guilty last year of first-degree murder in the gruesome k...
What did she suffer from?
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Arias went through an abusive childhood and developed a personality disorder
a personality disorder
CHAPTER IV. MRS. MADDEN'S BALL. Two days after the dinner, George Bertram called in Eaton Square and saw Lady Harcourt; but, as it happened, she was not alone. Their interview on this occasion was not in any great degree embarrassing to either of them. He did not stay long; and as strangers were present, he was abl...
Why did Adela agree to finally come see Caroline?
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would not now refuse, lest in doing so she might seem to condemn
She might seem to condemn
(Oprah.com) -- When Chicagoan Tammy Jo Long visited Savannah, Georgia, ten years ago, she was delighted by its fountain-filled parks, corner cafés -- and grand architecture. Long had always been a design aficionado, but the Italianate and Victorian homes she encountered in Savannah became "an obsession," she says. "...
How did Tammy Jo Long's obsession with Savannah architecture lead to a new business venture?
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turned the home into a vacation rental
turned the home into a vacation rental
CHAPTER FOUR Babalatchi saw Abdulla pass through the low and narrow entrance into the darkness of Omar's hut; heard them exchange the usual greetings and the distinguished visitor's grave voice asking: "There is no misfortune--please God--but the sight?" and then, becoming aware of the disapproving looks of the two A...
Was there misfortune?
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"There is no misfortune--please God--but the sight?"
no
CHAPTER LXXVIII - MISS LONGESTAFFE AGAIN AT CAVERSHAM All this time Mr Longestaffe was necessarily detained in London while the three ladies of his family were living forlornly at Caversham. He had taken his younger daughter home on the day after his visit to Lady Monogram, and in all his intercourse with her had spo...
What did Mr. Longestaffe say when Georgiana asked what would become of her if she did not marry?
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what ' s to become of me
what ' s to become of me
The Alps (/ælps/; Italian: Alpi [ˈalpi]; French: Alpes [alp]; German: Alpen [ˈʔalpm̩]; Slovene: Alpe [ˈáːlpɛ]) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechte...
How many of them start with C?
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The Alps (/ælps/; Italian: Alpi [ˈalpi]; French: Alpes [alp]; German: Alpen [ˈʔalpm̩]; Slovene: Alpe [ˈáːlpɛ]) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechte...
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CHAPTER VI. CLIMENE Diligent search among the many scenarios of the improvisers which have survived their day, has failed to bring to light the scenario of "Les Fourberies de Scaramouche," upon which we are told the fortunes of the Binet troupe came to be soundly established. They played it for the first time at Maur...
Who came after Maure?
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Pipriac
Chapter 1 Kidnapped "The entire affair is shrouded in mystery," said D'Arnot. "I have it on the best of authority that neither the police nor the special agents of the general staff have the faintest conception of how it was accomplished. All they know, all that anyone knows, is that Nikolas Rokoff has escaped." ...
Who's that?
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John Clayton, Lord Greystoke--he who had been "Tarzan of the Apes"
John Clayton
CHAPTER XXXV. THE RETURN. And now the glorious artist, ere he yet Had reached the Lemnian Isle, limping, returned; With aching heart he sought his home. _Odyssey_--COWPER. How were they to get the slumbering maiden home? That was the next question. Loveday advised carrying her direct to her old prison, where she wo...
how was he walking?
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He was limping.
(CNN) -- Garth Brooks is still holding out hope he can do shows in Ireland despite the Dublin city council saying no to two of them. Brooks told the Irish promoter after the city's approval of just three shows he would wait "to the last second" before sending his crew and gear back the the United States. "I cannot ...
and the first mane ?
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14
Garth
Garth
The Hadean () is a geologic eon of the Earth predating the Archean. It began with the formation of the Earth about 4.6 billion years ago and ended, as defined by the ICS, 4 billion years ago. The geologist Preston Cloud coined the term in 1972, originally to label the period before the earliest-known rocks on Earth. W....
What were they?
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the Chaotian and Prenephelean Eons preceding the Hadea
the Chaotian and Prenephelean
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 did Bruce Pardo do Wednesday?
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Bruce Jeffrey Pardo went on a shooting rampage
went on a shooting rampage
CHAPTER VI. The abrupt disappearance of Jack Hamlin and the strange lady and gentleman visitor was scarcely noticed by the other guests of the Divide House, and beyond the circle of Steptoe and his friends, who were a distinct party and strangers to the town, there was no excitement. Indeed, the hotel proprietor migh...
Was he a happy person?
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But with the accession of sobriety he had lost his good humor,
No
CHAPTER III SAM BRINGS NEWS As Tom ran over to his brother's side he could not help but give a glance at the flying machine, which was rising higher and higher in the air, with a noise from the engine that sounded like a battery of gattling guns in action. "Hi! hi! Wot's that?" came in a startled voice from the o...
who's side did he run to?
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As Tom ran over to his brother's side
his brothers
CHAPTER X BACK AT SCARCOMBE The news of their destination had created great satisfaction among the crew, as there was little honour or prize-money to be gained, and the vessel had been for some time incessantly engaged in hunting for foes that were never found. Not the least pleased was Will. He had left England a ...
Where was the first stop on their journey there?
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the same day took coach to London
yes