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(CNN) -- Three men have come forward to say they were sexually abused by convicted former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky as early as the 1970s, sources close to the case told a Pennsylvania newspaper. Sandusky was convicted in June of sexually abusing 10 boys in cases dating back to the 1990s. Two sources ...
Could he talk about the allegations?
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Nils Frederiksen, a spokesman for the agency, said he couldn't discuss "any specific evidence" because of the grand jury probe
No
Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie dominates almost any room he enters but is suddenly facing questions about his relevance in the 2016 presidential race. The surprisingly fast-moving Republican presidential contest, kicked off by Jeb Bush shortly after the New Year and accelerated by the u...
Who is that?
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billionaire and Republican donor
billionaire and Republican donor
Chapter 3: A Terrible Disaster. It was an anxious time for his wife, after Gregory started. He, and those with him, had left with a feeling of confidence that the insurrection would speedily be put down. The garrison of Khartoum had inflicted several severe defeats upon the Mahdi, but had also suffered some reverses....
Whow was Mrs. Hillard intimate with?
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the wife
the wife
(CNN) -- Eric "The Actor" Lynch, who became a celebrity among celebrities by calling in to Howard Stern's radio show, died Saturday, his manager said. Lynch, 39, stood just 3 feet tall, but his reach was long thanks to the entertaining chemistry he developed with Stern over a decade of phone calls. "Despite our som...
How did he confirm Lynch's death?
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Johnny Fratto, confirmed Lynch's death in a Twitter posting Sunday
in a Twitter posting
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. THE ESKIMO ENCAMPMENT--A MURDER AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. With Hans Egede, Red Rooney, and Angut as chief councillors, it may be easily understood that the punishment awarded to Kajo was not severe. He was merely condemned, in the meantime, to be taken to his own people as a prisoner, and then let ...
What did Okiok do with the ties on the captive?
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unloosening Kajo's bonds
unloosening Kajo's bonds
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. With a territory of , Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country. Organised prehistoric cultures b...
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the russo - turkish war
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 much is the GDP of Lisbon?
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96.3 billion USD
96.3 billion USD
CHAPTER XXIV To hail the king in seemly sort The ladie was full fain, But King Arthur, all sore amazed, No answer made again 'What wight art thou,' the ladie said, 'That will not speak to me? Sir, I may chance to ease thy pain, Though I be foul to see' The Marriage of Sir Gawaine. The fairy bride of Sir Gawaine, wh...
Why not?
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The fairy bride of Sir Gawaine, while under the influence of the spell of her wicked step-mother
a spell
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...
Was he happy with the state of the room?
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CHAPTER XIII BUB SUCCUMBS TO FORCE One day Peter Conant abruptly left his office, came home and packed his grip and then hurried down town and caught the five o'clock train for New York. He was glum and uncommunicative, as usual, merely telling Aunt Hannah that business called him away and he did not know when he w...
What town could he take the train to on Friday afternoons?
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taking the train to Millbank
Millbank
CHAPTER VII Unfruitful Suggestions "Raymond! Can you spare me a moment before you go into your mother's room?" It was Rosamond who, to his surprise, as he was about to go down- stairs, met him and drew him into her apartment--his mother's own dressing-room, which he had not entered since the accident. "Is anythin...
what happened?
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His horse rolled over him
His horse rolled over him
CHAPTER XXX: SENTENCE "I have hope to live, and am prepared to die." Measure for Measure. Ralph was bidden to be ready to take his young master home early the next morning. At eight o'clock the boy, who had slept with his father, came down the stair, clinging to his father's hand, and Miss Woodford coming closely...
How did Philip show his affection for his father?
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don ' t lug my head off , nor catch my hair in your buttons . give my dutiful love to your grandmamma and to aunt nutley , and be a good boy to them . " " and when i come to see you again i ' ll bring another salad , " quoth philip , as he rode out of the court
don ' t lug my head off , nor catch my hair in your buttons . give my dutiful love to your grandmamma and to aunt nutley , and be a good boy to them . " " and when i come to see you again i ' ll bring another salad , " quoth philip , as he rode out of the court
C++ (pronounced "cee plus plus" ) is a general-purpose programming language. It has imperative, object-oriented and generic programming features, while also providing facilities for low-level memory manipulation. It was designed with a bias toward system programming and embedded, resource-constrained and large system...
Who standardizes it?
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C++ is standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
the International Organization for Standardization
CHAPTER XXXIV. HOPE. From Edie Le Breton's lodgings, Hilda Tregellis drove straight, without stopping all the way, to Arthur Berkeley's house at Chelsea; for Arthur had long since risen to the dignity of an enfranchised householder, and had bought himself a pretty cottage near the Embankment, with room enough for h...
What did Lady Hilda mentally take note of when the pretty servant girl opened the door?
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arthur ' s aesthetic tendencies evidently extended even to his human surroundings
arthur ' s aesthetic tendencies evidently extended even to his human surroundings
CHAPTER XI. LADY PERSIFLAGE. Hampstead rushed up to Hendon almost without seeing his stepmother, intent on making preparations for his sister, and then, before October was over, rushed back to fetch her. He was very great at rushing, never begrudging himself any personal trouble in what he undertook to do. When he ...
What relation is Lady Frances to Hampstead?
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ladyship
ladyship
Punjab (Urdu, Punjabi: پنجاب, panj-āb, "five waters": listen (help·info)), also spelled Panjab, is the most populous of the four provinces of Pakistan. It has an area of 205,344 square kilometres (79,284 square miles) and a population of 91.379.615 in 2011, approximately 56% of the country's total population. Its provi...
What does its geography look like?
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alluvial plain
Tiger was a pig. Tiger's aunt Tabby always took care of Tiger. All Tiger had to do was make an oink and Tabby would come running to check on Tiger. Sometimes Tiger got into fights with his brother Tom and Tabby always took Tiger's side. One time Tiger accidentally lit a bush on fire when he was playing with a looking g...
What did Tom and Leon do together after Tom moved in with Leon?
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they went to the ocean together ; the mountains , the forest and leon even took tom to the moon . tom was happy , because he got to see things that tiger never got to see . they lived happily ever after
they went to the ocean together ; the mountains , the forest and leon even took tom to the moon . tom was happy , because he got to see things that tiger never got to see . they lived happily ever after
CHAPTER I There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-doo...
Who?
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Eliza, John, and Georgiana were now clustered round their mama
Eliza, John, and Georgiana
Tracy Morgan remained in critical condition Sunday but appeared to show signs of improvement after a car wreck a day earlier that killed another passenger, the comedian's publicist said. "He has been more responsive today, which is an incredibly encouraging sign," Lewis Kay said. Morgan's limo van was hit by a trac...
What was one thing that was injured?
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CHAPTER XXIII THE HAVERLEY FINANCES AND MRS. ROBINSON "It bothers the head off of me," said Molly Tooney to Mike, as she sat eating her supper in the Cobhurst kitchen, "to try to foind out what thim two upstairs is loike, anyway, 'specially her. I've been here nigh onto two weeks, now, and I don't know her no betth...
Is he presumably a black person?
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Southern negro in him
Southern negro in him
The annelids are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, coelomate, invertebrate organisms. They also have parapodia for locomotion. Most textbooks still use the traditional division into polychaetes (almost all marine), oligochaetes (which include earthworms) and leech-like species. Cladistic research since 1997 has r...
What research has changed something substantially?
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Cladistic research since 1997 has radically changed this scheme,
Cladistic research
CHAPTER III. A QUARREL AND ITS RESULT. It must be confessed that Hank Stiger was badly frightened when Ralph confronted him with the loaded gun. He was naturally not an overly brave fellow, and while the boy before him was young, yet he realised that Ralph could shoot as well as many a man. Besides this, Dan was th...
With what?
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alph confronted him with the loaded gun.
the loaded gun.
Chapter IX Nobble During the two days which Dick and Caldigate spent together in Melbourne Mrs. Smith's name was not mentioned between them. They were particularly civil each to the other and went to work together, making arrangements at a bank as to their money, taking their places, despatching their luggage, an...
Was he inclined to complain?
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Dick, though he had been inclined to grumble
Yes.
Yangjiang, China (CNN) -- In terms of underground Chinese art, Ai Weiwei may be grabbing the headlines but he is just one artist in an expanding galaxy of edgy and sometimes provocative work that has been coming out of China's contemporary art scene for more than a decade. There's Ou Zhihang, better known as "Naked P...
What place creates 10 percent of US cutting devices?
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southern China's Yangjiang -- an unprepossessing industrial city famous for producing one in 10 of the knives and scissors found in American homes
Yangjiang
Juan and Amy were happy because they were going to help their mom make a cake. They were making the cake for their dad who was returning from a long trip. Amy thought about all the things she wanted to do with her dad when he got back. They would go to the park and he could push her on the swing then they could take th...
What caused the barking?
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Her husband opened the door
Their dad was home
(CNN) -- It's called the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, and weeks before authorities say he got on a plane with a bomb, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab was in it. The vast government databank, known as TIDE, is administered by the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center. It contains information about hundreds of thous...
What prompted the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria to warn the FBI about Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab?
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his son ' s hard - line beliefs and possible ties to militant islamists
his son ' s hard - line beliefs and possible ties to militant islamists
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or U of C) is a private research university in Chicago. The university, established in 1890, consists of The College, various graduate programs, interdisciplinary committees organized into four academic research divisions and seven professional schools. Beyond the arts and ...
What year was the University of Chicago established?
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1890
The Suez Crisis, also named the Tripartite Aggression (in the Arab world) and Operation Kadesh or Sinai War (in Israel), was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nass...
Who did it make look poorly?
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The episode humiliated Great Britain and France
Great Britain and France
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (; 15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, wr...
Who awarded him a home?
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Francis I
Francis I
A Texas teen who's been jailed more than four months for a Facebook comment he made during a video-game argument is finally getting a day in court that could let him go home. Justin Carter, who was 18 when he was arrested, will appear in Comal County (Texas) District Court on Tuesday, July 16, for a bond hearing, acc...
for what?
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for a Facebook comment he made during a video-game argument
a Facebook comment
CHAPTER XXXVII: The Great Fight Down from the top of the ridge back of the pond of Paddy the Beaver plunged Lightfoot the Deer, his eyes blazing with rage. He had understood the screaming of Sammy Jay. He knew that somewhere down there was the big stranger he had been looking for. The big stranger had understood Sa...
What did Paddy the Beaver do to observe the fight?
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climbed up on the roof of his house
climbed up on the roof of his house
CHAPTER XX PLOTTING AGAINST DICK ROVER "Gabe Werner!" "Where is he?" "Up the street," answered Randy. "Come on after him." "Who's the man you are after?" questioned one of the men who had been interviewing Andy and Fred. "He's a young fellow who once went to a military academy with us. He's a regular bully ...
From where did they depart?
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boardwalk
boardwalk
Pascal is an imperative and procedural programming language, which Niklaus Wirth designed in 1968–69 and published in 1970, as a small, efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. A derivative known as Object Pascal designed for object-oriente...
What was Pascal named in honor of?
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Pascal, named in honor of the French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal,
Blaise Pascal
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making it Connecticut's third-largest city after the coastal cities of Bridgeport and New Haven. Census Bureau est...
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As of the 2010 Census
according to the 2010 Census
CHAPTER XIV. HENRY III., OF WINCHESTER. A.D. 1216--1272. King John left two little sons, Henry and Richard, nine and seven years old, and all the English barons felt that they would rather have Henry as their king than the French Louis, whom they had only called in because John was such a wretch. So when little Hen...
Did they tie his feet with rope?
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the smith however said he would never forge chains for the man who had saved his country from the French
no
The economy of Australia is developed and one of the largest mixed market economies in the world, with a GDP of AUD$1.69 trillion as of 2017. Australia is the second wealthiest nation in terms of wealth per adult, after Switzerland. Australia's total wealth was AUD$8.9 trillion as of June 2016. In 2016, Australia was t...
What rank does it stand when its natural resources are accounted for?
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1,083
eighth highest total estimated value of natural resources,
eighth
Wikibooks (previously called "Wikimedia Free Textbook Project" and "Wikimedia-Textbooks") is a wiki-based Wikimedia project hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation for the creation of free content textbooks and annotated texts that anyone can edit. In June 2016, Compete.com estimated that Wikibooks had 1,478,812 unique vi...
Other than Wikijunior was is the other sub genre they offer?
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There are two major sub-projects, Wikijunior and Wikiversity,
Wikiversity
CHAPTER XI BORROWDEAN SHOWS HIS "HAND" "To be plain with you," Borrowdean remarked, "Mannering's defection would be irremediable. He alone unites Redford, myself, and--well, to put it crudely, let us say the Imperialistic Liberal Party with Manningham and the old-fashioned Whigs who prefer the ruts. There is no oth...
What consequences would the publication of this episode have on Mannering?
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somewhat serious consequences
somewhat serious consequences
Chapter Eleven: The City of Al-Je-Bal "I pray you have done," said Godwin, "it is but a scratch from the beast's claws. I am ashamed that you should put your hair to such vile uses. Give me a little water." He asked it of Wulf, but Masouda rose without a word and fetched the water, in which she mingled wine. Godwin...
Did it help?
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Godwin drank of it and his faintness left him, so that he was able to stand up and move his arms and leg
yes
(CNN) -- India will seek to become the No. 1 team in world cricket's Test rankings with victory in the final match of the series against Sri Lanka starting in Mumbai on Wednesday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team will seek to overhaul both current incumbents South Africa and their second-placed visitors and clinch a 2-0 v...
Who is the current holder of the championship?
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team will seek to overhaul both current incumbents South Africa
South Africa
NEW YORK (CNN) -- After spending nearly 28 years in an irreversible coma, heiress and socialite Martha "Sunny" von Bulow died Saturday in a New York nursing home, according to a family statement. She was 76. Sunny von Bulow is pictured during her 1957 wedding to Prince Alfred von Auersperg. Von Bulow was subject of...
what was Claus accused of?
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Claus, was accused of trying to kill her with an overdose of insulin,
trying to kill her
CHAPTER VII A PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR There were three men in New York that day, who, although they occupied their accustomed table, the best in one of its most exclusive clubs, and although their luncheon was chosen with the usual care, were never really conscious of what they were eating. Weiss was one, John Bardsle...
How many men are there?
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There were three men
Three
(CNN) -- Armed renegade soldiers walked through Mali's damaged presidential palace on Thursday, hours after the troops' leaders claimed to have ousted the West African nation's democratically elected leader. Shell casings, bullet-ridden cars and shattered windows were evident in video from outside the palace, as well...
How many people were injured as a result of the recent unrest?
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29
29
Semiotics (also called semiotic studies); is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign process (semiosis) and meaningful communication. It is not to be confused with the Saussurean tradition called semiology which is a subset of semiotics This includes the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation...
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semiology
semiology
James was getting ready for the weekend. He needed to go to the store. He needed to get food for his friend's birthday party. James made a list of things to get. He wrote down strawberries, apples, cupcakes, juice, and bananas. James was going to make a fruit salad. James went to the store. He bought the apples, cupcak...
What was he going to make?
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James was going to make a fruit salad.
fruit salad.
(CNN) -- We love the glamor of alpine skiing, the glow of tradition, the glitz of stars like Lindsey Vonn, and the gumption of her quest to race the men. But do we love it enough to keep watching when skiing's "dark side" is so much more exciting and dangerous? Freestyle skiing is taking over the Olympics. A global...
Has the Olympic movement responded to this?
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and the Olympic movement has responded by
Yes
(CNN) -- Wayne Rooney scored his first goal in open play since March last year to help Manchester United to a 2-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns on Saturday. The striker scored after just three minutes heading home from a Patrice Evra cross to end his marathon goal drought. Football's heroes and...
how big of a lead?
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1,438
3-0
3-0
CHAPTER XVI A DESERTED STEAM YACHT "Dick, am I mistaken, or do I see a vessel over yonder?" Tom asked the question, as he suddenly straightened up and took a long look over to where the mist had temporarily lifted. "It certainly does look like a ship of some sort," answered Dick, gazing forward with equal eager...
was it a very big boat?
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1,491
The craft was not a large one
No
Architecturally, the school has a Catholic character. Atop the Main Building's gold dome is a golden statue of the Virgin Mary. Immediately in front of the Main Building and facing it, is a copper statue of Christ with arms upraised with the legend "Venite Ad Me Omnes". Next to the Main Building is the Basilica of the ...
What is the title of the oldest continuous collegiate publication in the United States?
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the scholastic magazine
the scholastic magazine
(CNN)The United States is now working on the assumption that Charlie Hebdo attacker Said Kouachi met American terrorist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki at some point in Yemen and received orders from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to carry out an attack, a U.S. official tells CNN. The official said Kouachi's motivat...
Did he go with anyone else?
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1,344
with another French national
with another French national
(CNN) -- German striking legend Miroslav Klose has signed a two-year contract with Italian side Lazio, following his failure to agree a new deal with Bayern Munich. The 33-year-old leaves the Bavarian giants after four years at the club, although he endured a disappointing season just gone, scoring just once after ma...
What deal is Liverpool close to finishing?
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null
Liverpool close to Henderson deal
Henderson deal
Chapter IX Nobble During the two days which Dick and Caldigate spent together in Melbourne Mrs. Smith's name was not mentioned between them. They were particularly civil each to the other and went to work together, making arrangements at a bank as to their money, taking their places, despatching their luggage, an...
When would he send her a letter?
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when the month was over
The Dutch man suspected in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway has sued the Chilean government for more than $13 million, alleging his human rights were violated when Chile extradited him last year to Peru to face charges in the death of a Peruvian woman. "The lawsuit is against the Chilean government, for hav...
where
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Peru
Department stores today have sections that sell the following: clothing, furniture, home appliances, toys, cosmetics, gardening, toiletries, sporting goods, do it yourself, paint, and hardware and additionally select other lines of products such as food, books, jewelry, electronics, stationery, photographic equipment, ...
Have conditions improved?
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709
Since 2010, they have come under even heavier pressure from online stores such as Amazon
No
Nova Scotia (; Latin for "New Scotland"; ; ) is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces which form Atlantic Canada. Its provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second smallest of Canada's ten provinces, with an area of , including Cape Breton and another 3,800 coastal islands. ...
Is it a Maritime province?
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88
Nova Scotia (; Latin for "New Scotland"; ; ) is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces
yes
Riga is the capital and the largest city of Latvia. With 639,630 inhabitants (2016), Riga is the largest city in the Baltic states, home to one third of Latvia's population and one tenth of the Baltic states' population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga, at the mouth of the Daugava. Riga's territory covers and lies be...
Is it the capital?
0
50
Riga is the capital and the largest city of Latvia
yes
CHAPTER XIV. HARRY'S GRAND SCHEME. This wholesale appropriation of horses caused, of course, a great commotion in the vicinity of Akeville, and half the male population turned out the next day in search of George Mason and the five horses. Even Harry was infected with the general excitement, and, mounted on old S...
Was there school that afternoon?
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there was no school that afternoon
no
Once upon a time a driver was taking some meat to the store. But he hit a turtle. Then he hit another turtle. The driver was sad. So he put the turtles in the trash. Then he felt better. The driver told his mommy that he needed to look in the mirror, so she said he could. The driver wanted to go back to work. On the wa...
How was a turtle hurt?
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Once upon a time a driver was taking some meat to the store. But he hit a turtle.
A driver hit it.
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) (ᴊᴘ プレイステーション・ポータブル) is a handheld game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the handheld was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004. The system was released in Japan on , 2004, in North America on , 2...
What type of disc format did it use?
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Optical.
CHAPTER XXV TWO DEER "He was here, and you chased him away!" exclaimed Dave. "Have you any idea where he went to?" "I think he took the trail back of the house; the one leading to Carpen Falls," answered Lester Lawrence. "I slipped on my most outlandish costume, and I must have scared him out of his wits, for he ...
What trail did Lester Lawrence think the person he was chasing took?
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carpen falls
carpen falls
Sam's granddad was going to take Sam and his two brothers, James and Evan on vacation. They could choose to go to the lake or the beach. If they chose the lake, they would get to go on their granddad's boat. If they chose the beach, there would be sand to dig in. All three boys began to clap and cheer for the beach! Th...
What choices did they have?
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go to the lake or the beach
go to the lake or the beach
(CNN) -- His name is Abdullah X. His slogan: "Mind of a Scholar, Heart of a Warrior." But the star of this new animated show isn't a caped crusader battling bad guys in the streets of Gotham -- he's fighting for the hearts and minds of young Muslims everywhere. "Abdullah X," the new Web-only cartoon series, is the ta...
Is he a real person?
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"Abdullah X," the new Web-only cartoon series
"Abdullah X," the new Web-only cartoon series
(CNN) -- The bitter family dispute over the care of renowned radio announcer Casey Kasem got more bizarre Sunday. Before paramedics wheeled Kasem to an ambulance, his wife, Jean, threw a hunk of meat at one of his daughters who had come to accompany her father to the hospital, officials said Monday. It is the lates...
what were they feuding over?
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It is the latest incident in the feud between Kerri Kasem and Jean Kasem, who has been married to the former host of "American Top 40" and "Casey's Top 40" since 1980, over who should decide his medical care.
Who should decide his medical care.
In the Pre-Modern era, many people's sense of self and purpose was often expressed via a faith in some form of deity, be that in a single God or in many gods. Pre-modern cultures have not been thought of creating a sense of distinct individuality, though. Religious officials, who often held positions of power, were the...
From which year to which year was that?
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Ashley woke up bright and early on Friday morning during summer. Her birthday was only a day away, and her parents had promised her a trip to the fair as her present the next day! She thought it was going to be quite a treat. She skipped down the stairs to see her mom making a chocolate cake on the stove. "You run alon...
for what?
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your special lunch
her special lunch
CHAPTER XII. THE AWAKENING La Boulaye awakened betimes next morning. It may be that the matter on his mind and the business that was toward aroused him; certainly it was none of the sounds that are common to an inn at early morn, for the place was as silent as a tomb. Some seconds he remained on his back, staring a...
was the hotel noisy?
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for the place was as silent as a tomb.
no
(CNN) -- Only two Republican presidential candidates will appear on the ballot in Virginia next year, regardless of how many are in the race. Mitt Romney and Ron Paul will have the Dominion State all to themselves. Supporters of Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman and Michele Bachmann will have to ...
What year did McCain have to sue?
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1,528
1999
1999
Established originally by the Massachusetts legislature and soon thereafter named for John Harvard (its first benefactor), Harvard is the United States' oldest institution of higher learning, and the Harvard Corporation (formally, the President and Fellows of Harvard College) is its first chartered corporation. Althoug...
When did Harvard become a founding member of the Association of American Universities?
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1900
CHAPTER IX THE SNARE On the following morning, when Castell returned, Margaret told him of the visit of d'Aguilar, and of all that had passed between them, told him also that he was acquainted with their secret, since he had spoken of her as half a Jew. "I know it, I know it," answered her father, who was much di...
Did betty know that?
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1,001
null
no
Geodesy (/dʒiːˈɒdɨsi/), also named geodetics, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth. The history of geodesy began in antiquity and blossomed during the Age of Enlightenment. Early ideas about the figure of the Earth held the Earth to be flat (see flat Earth), and...
Using what kind of stadia?
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1,522
using the Hellenic stadion which scholars generally take to be 185 meters or of a geographical mile
the Hellenic stadion
CHAPTER XLVI. OPERATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI--LONGSTREET IN EAST TENNESSEE--COMMISSIONED LIEUTENANT-GENERAL--COMMANDING THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES--FIRST INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Soon after his return from Knoxville I ordered Sherman to distribute his forces from Stevenson to Decatur and thence north to Na...
Who were they to battle?
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to go against Forrest,
Forrest
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 did he say?
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"Glad to welcome you back, boys!" exclaimed Captain Victor Putnam
"Glad to welcome you back, boys!"
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Health and Human Services' acting secretary has appointed Dr. Richard Besser as the interim director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. William Gimson will return to his position as the CDC's chief operating officer. He replaces William Gimson, who took over as interim CDC...
Who replaced Dr. Julie Gerberding as head of the CDC?
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gimson
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO PROJECT OF A DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES--DISAPPOINTMENT--NEGLIGENT AUTHORSHIP--APPLICATION FOR A PENSION--BEATTIE'S ESSAY ON TRUTH--PUBLIC ADULATION--A HIGH-MINDED REBUKE The works which Goldsmith had still in hand being already paid for, and the money gone, some new scheme must be devised to...
Did he think it was any good?
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is said by Bishop Percy, who saw it, to have been written with uncommon ability
yes
Dhanusha, Nepal (CNN)At Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport, hundreds of migrant workers line up daily at the immigration counters, clutching newly printed passports and boarding passes. Many of them, though, are clueless as to where they're headed. As a frequent traveler to the country, I've been approached ...
Did he have kids?
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We are waiting for the body of Kishun Das, who left Nepal for Qatar only eight months ago. The 38-year old was his family's breadwinner and the father of five children.
Yes.
(CNN) -- Charlize Theron won an Oscar for covering up her beauty and finding grains of sympathy, as well as revulsion, for the serial killer Aileen Wuornos in "Monster." She deserves to win a second nomination for playing the sexy, unmoored, utterly reprehensible Mavis Gary in "Young Adult." Mavis is one of those peo...
Who did Charlize Theron portray in Monster?
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Charlize Theron won an Oscar for covering up her beauty and finding grains of sympathy, as well as revulsion, for the serial killer Aileen Wuornos in "Monster."
Aileen Wuornos
CHAPTER IX. COUSINS. "Come in," called Beth, answering a knock at her door. Louise entered, and with a little cry ran forward and caught Beth in her arms, kissing her in greeting. "You must be my new cousin--Cousin Elizabeth--and I'm awfully glad to see you at last!" she said, holding the younger girl a little ...
Did Louise think that Beth was stylish?
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dowdy
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(CNN) -- The Syrian government has told the parents of a missing American journalist that it doesn't know where their son is, the man's father said Monday at a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon. Austin Tice last contacted his family on August 13 while in Syria reporting on the uprising there against the government o...
When was this?
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The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the Lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the Upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or ...
who nominates the representivites of the anglo-indian group?
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the President of India
the President of India
(EW) -- After four years off of the silver screen, James Bond made his triumphant return this weekend in "Skyfall" — and the British spy's appeal was bigger than ever. The action thriller grossed a truly massive $87.8 million in its first three days (and an additional $2.2 million during Thursday night previews), mak...
What is in theaters?
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Skyfall
CHAPTER III THE DOINGS OF A NIGHT As luck would have it, William Philander Tubbs just then occupied a tent alone, his two tent-mates being on guard duty for two hours as was the custom during encampment. The aristocratic cadet lay flat on his back, with his face and throat well exposed. "Now, be careful, Sam, o...
what color was Tubbs face
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black
Kyrgyzstan (, "Qırğızstan", قىرعىزستان, (); , "Kirgizija"), officially the Kyrgyz Republic (, "Qırğız Respublikası", قىرعىز رەسپۇبلىکاسى; "Kyrgyzskaja Respublika"), formerly known as Kirghizia or Kirgizia, is a country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country with mountainous terrain. It is bordered by Kazak...
What countries border Kyrgyzstan?
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kazakhstan to the north , uzbekistan to the west and southwest , tajikistan to the southwest and china to the east
kazakhstan to the north , uzbekistan to the west and southwest , tajikistan to the southwest and china to the east
CHAPTER XIV. "My beautiful! my beautiful! that standest meekly by, With thy proudly arch'd and glossy neck, and dark and fiery eye-- "Thus, thus I leap upon thy back, and scour the distant plains: Away! who overtakes me now, shall claim thee for his pains." _The Arab to his Steed_. Bulstrode seemed happy to mee...
Then who showed up?
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Dirck
Dirck
Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro, star of the reality show "Cake Boss," was arrested in Manhattan early Thursday for driving while intoxicated, according to police. Valastro, 37, was pulled over shortly after 1 a.m. while driving north on 10th Avenue after officers saw his 2014 Chevrolet Corvette swerving through the lanes b...
Was he drunk?
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yes
(CNN) -- A former hospital worker systematically shot and killed four people in upstate New York on Saturday, authorities in two counties said. Former hospital worker Frank Garcia, 34, has been accused in the shooting rampage. Frank Garcia, 34, was arrested Saturday afternoon. Garcia knew all four victims, police s...
How old were the children of the people in the home in Rochester?
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teenagers
The Kuomintang of China ( or , KMT; also spelled as Guomindang , GMD by its pinyin transliteration; often translated as the Nationalist Party of China or Chinese Nationalist Party) is a major political party in the Republic of China (ROC). It is currently the largest opposition party in the country. The predecessor o...
Who did he give power to?
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Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in heritable traits of a population over time. Charles Darwin popularised the term "natural selection", and compared it with artificial selection. Variation ex...
Is reproductive success or failure important, which?
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reproductive success are also important,
reproductive success is important
The North Carolina detective who shot and killed a mentally ill teenager has been indicted by a grand jury on one count of voluntary manslaughter, the Brunswick County District Attorney's office said in a news release. Bryon Vassey of the Southport Police Department was given until noon Wednesday to surrender. A judg...
What kind?
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a screwdriver
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres (27,200 sq mi), Bavaria is the largest German state by land area. Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 12.9 mi...
then what is?
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after North Rhine-Westphalia)
North Rhine-Westphalia
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, north of London, in the East Midlands. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle (notably Raleigh bikes) and tobacco industries. It was granted its city charter in 1897 as part of Queen Victoria's Diamo...
How many people live there?
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321,550
321,550
CHAPTER XXXV HIS WIFE Wrayson drew a little breath and looked back at Sydney Barnes. "You asked me a question," he said. "I believe I have heard of your brother calling himself by some such name." Barnes grasped him by the arm. "Look here," he said, "come and repeat that to the young lady over there. She's wi...
What did Heneage do when he left the room?
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descend the stairs and walk out of the building
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, inclusion of "movement" as a crucial elem...
Who were they following?
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Eugène Delacroix and J. M. W. Turner
Eugène Delacroix and J. M. W. Turner
Conventionally, a computer consists of at least one processing element, typically a central processing unit (CPU), and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control unit can change the order of operations in response to stored information. Peripher...
How were analog computers used in WWII?
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n World War II, mechanical analog computers were used for specialized military applications such as calculating torpedo aiming
in specialized military applications
(CNN) -- No team has ever retained the Champions League title since the competition was revamped in 1992 -- but perhaps, finally, this will be the year. Karim Benzema ensured Real Madrid's place in the last-16 by firing his side to a 1-0 win over Liverpool to make it four wins from four. The France international ne...
How many goals does Lionel Messi have in the Champions League?
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168
69
69
CHAPTER VI THE HALL OF THE ATLAS From the moment when the tailor had bowed his farewell to the moment when Graham found himself in the lift, was altogether barely five minutes. As yet the haze of his vast interval of sleep hung about him, as yet the initial strangeness of his being alive at all in this remote age t...
who caused unrest?
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Graham
Burke was born in Dublin, Ireland. His mother Mary née Nagle (c. 1702 – 1770) was a Roman Catholic who hailed from a déclassé County Cork family (and a cousin of Nano Nagle), whereas his father, a successful solicitor, Richard (died 1761), was a member of the Church of Ireland; it remains unclear whether this is the sa...
in what ear
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In 1747, he set up a debating society, "Edmund Burke's Club",
In 1747
Charleston is the oldest and second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is loca...
What year was Charleston founded?
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Founded in 1670 as Charles Town in honor of King Charles II of England, Charleston
1670
Billy was like a king on the school yard. A king without a queen. He was the biggest kid in our grade, so he made all the rules during recess. He was a big bully. He told kids what to do, what to play, what to sing, and called them names like "Dork". He always had a smile on his face as he sat on the bench next to the ...
What did he tie the string to first?
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around the tree
the tree
(CNN) -- Garrick Utley, who worked as a globetrotting foreign correspondent during the flush decades of network news, has died at age 74 of prostate cancer, his wife of 40 years said Friday. "He has been fighting -- as you always call it -- prostate cancer for two years," Gertje Utley said. "He had a very, very rare,...
What is the reporters name?
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Garrick Utley
Garrick Utley
(CNN)Congo looks set for the quarterfinals after securing its first victory at the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for 41 years with an upset 1-0 win over favored Gabon Wednesday. Gabon, who topped Group A after an opening victory over Burkina Faso, fell victim to a Prince Oniangue goal early in the second half a...
Which group was Gabon in?
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Gabon, who topped Group A
Group A