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One day Poppy the puppy went outside to play. He ran around the yard as fast as he could. After running, Poppy began to play with his ball. When Poppy was tired of that, Poppy play catch with Mary. Poppy was very happy when Mary wanted to play with him. Poppy would jump on Mary and start to lick her face. Mary was happ...
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he ran around the yard as fast as he could
he ran around the yard as fast as he could
CHAPTER XXV THE BOMBARDMENT OF THE SANTIAGO BATTERIES When Walter returned to his friends he was immediately surrounded and asked what had happened in the cabin. "Did the commodore slap you on the back and call you a bully boy?" queried Si. "Well, hardly," answered Walter, with a quiet smile. "They plied me with ...
What does Paul like to read?
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"I thought the story was slightly overdrawn," said Paul, growing red in the face. "There is another about the 'Boy Hero of Havana,' who saves General Lee's life at the time the Americans are getting out of Havana. I suppose that is untrue, too."
American Military stories
PERUGIA, Italy (CNN) -- A judge Tuesday convicted Rudy Guede, a native of the Ivory Coast, in last year's murder of a British woman in Italy and sentenced him to 30 years in prison. Briton Meredith Kercher was found dead in her Perugia apartment last November. Judge Paolo Micheli also ruled that adequate evidence e...
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New Delhi (CNN) -- A lawyer who says he's representing three of the five men charged with raping and fatally beating a woman on a New Delhi bus said Tuesday that he has advised his clients to plead not guilty. "So far they have agreed to my advice, but a clearer picture will emerge by tomorrow evening," the attorney,...
how old does he claim to be?
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CHAPTER XI. AUNT CATHARINE'S HOME. The lady sleeps--O may her sleep, As it is lasting, so be deep! Heaven have her in its sacred keep! This bed being changed for one more holy, This room for one more melancholy, Some tomb, that oft hath flung its black And wing-like panels fluttering back, Triumphant o'er the flutt...
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three dozen
Matt is an adult. He is looking for a job. He hopes to become a clown someday. He wants to be a clown because he loves making people laugh. In order to be a clown, Matt must go to clown school. One day, Matt's friend tells him about a clown school in St. Louis. Matt becomes excited! The next day, Matt goes to the c...
What areas did Matt ride the blue tricycle around in clown school?
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in the classrooms , in the gym , and in the lunchroom
in the classrooms , in the gym , and in the lunchroom
Palermo (Italian: [paˈlɛrmo] ( listen), Sicilian: Palermu, Latin: Panormus, from Greek: Πάνορμος, Panormos, Arabic: بَلَرْم‎, Balarm; Phoenician: זִיז, Ziz) is a city in Insular Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architectu...
Is the city recognized for its cousine?
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The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old.
Yes
The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of Antarctica. It was claimed by the United Kingdom and placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1933. It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation. In 1961, the Antarctic Treaty came into force. Article 4 deals with territorial...
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5,896,500 km.
CHAPTER VI Miss Mackenzie Goes to the Cedars About the middle of December Mrs Mackenzie, of Gower Street, received a letter from her sister-in-law at Littlebath, in which it was proposed that Susanna should pass the Christmas holidays with her father and mother. "I myself," said the letter, "am going for three week...
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rejoiced in having susanna at home on christmas day
CHAPTER XXVII. And full of hope, day followed day, While that stout ship at anchor lay Beside the shores of Wight. The May had then made all things green, And floating there, in pomp serene, That ship was goodly to be seen, His pride and his delight. Yet then when called ashore, he sought The tender peace of rura...
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(CNN) -- Lewis Hamilton extended his Formula One drivers' championship lead after finishing second behind Red Bull's Mark Webber at the British Grand Prix. World champion Jenson Button, who narrowly missed out on his first podium finish at Silverstone after coming fourth, still trails McLaren teammate Hamilton in sec...
Where did Ferrari's driver end the race?
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14th
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Pope Paul VI (Latin: Paulus VI; Italian: Paolo VI), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (Italian pronunciation: [dʒioˈvani baˈtista enˈriko anˈtonjo marˈija monˈtini]; 26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978), reigned as Pope from 21 June 1963 to his death in 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, he continued the...
What did he serve in?
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Montini served in the Vatican's Secretariat of State
the Vatican's Secretariat of State
(CNN) -- A South African man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the killing of white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche, a lawyer in the case said. Chris Mahlangu was convicted on four counts including murder, for which he got life, lawyer Zola Majavu said. Terreblanche, the leader of the neo-Nazi Af...
What sentence did the child get?
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It was not immediately clear what sentence the minor got.
It wasn't clear
Bekaa Valley, Lebanon (CNN) -- He escaped the war, but life's no happier now for Omar. The 8-year-old Syrian refugee longs for friends back in Qusayr, hard hit by a civil war that grinds on. He also misses days in school -- when the most he had to worry about was finishing his homework. "I work so I can bring money f...
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CHAPTER IV "Which of them is it?" asked Longueville of his friend, after they had bidden good-night to the three ladies and to Captain Lovelock, who went off to begin, as he said, the evening. They stood, when they had turned away from the door of Mrs. Vivian's lodgings, in the little, rough-paved German street. "W...
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CHAPTER XXII Mrs. Theodore Hastings was forty-eight years old, which her friends said was the reason why her mansion on Fifth Avenue was furnished and lit with the delicate sombreness of an old Italian palace. There was about it none of the garishness, the almost resplendent brilliancy associated with the abodes of m...
How is she related?
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Her niece
Her niece
CHAPTER XIV--WELCOME 'Well hath the Prophet-chief your bidding done.' MOORE (_Lalla Rookh_). Bugia was thoroughly Moorish, and subject to attacks of fanaticism. Perhaps the Grand Marabout did not wholly trust the Sunakite not to stir up the populace, for he would not take the recovered captives to his palace, avo...
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for he would not take the recovered captives to his palace, avoided the city as much as possible, and took them down to the harbour, where, beside the old Roman quay, he caused his trusty attendant, Reverdi, to hire a boat to take them out to the French tartane--Reverdi himself going with them to ensure the fidelity of...
Recovered captives
A man has been charged with a federal hate crime in connection with what authorities say was a racially motivated "knockout" assault against an elderly black man, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. Conrad Alvin Barrett, 27, of Katy, Texas, has been charged with one count of violating the Matthew Shepard and J...
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Katy
Katy
(CNN) -- There are certain elements of leadership that survive the centuries -- that are classical, says John Prevas, co-author of "Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today." And while these features aren't necessarily a guarantee of success in the modern world...
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Northumberland (abbreviated Northd) is a county in North East England. The northernmost county of England, it borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham and Tyne and Wear to the south and the Scottish Borders to the north. To the east is the North Sea coastline with a long distance path. The county town is Alnwick, alt...
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(CNN) -- Jessica Rees was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 11, and she and her parents would drive to the hospital every day to receive outpatient treatment. "One day we were leaving, and she just simply asked us, 'When do all the other kids come home?'" said her father, Erik. When Jessica found out that many of...
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Jessica Rees was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 11
Jessica Rees.
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative public manner. According to scientist...
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In the early days of computing, programmers and developers shared software in order to learn from each other and evolve the field of computing
In the early days of computing,
(CNN) -- Melissa Huckaby, the former Sunday school teacher accused of kidnapping, raping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, will face additional charges that she tried to poison two people, including another 7-year-old girl. Melissa Huckaby is charged with killing Sandra Cantu and attempted poisoning of second chil...
Was there another child involved?
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Melissa Huckaby, the former Sunday school teacher accused of kidnapping, raping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, will face additional charges that she tried to poison two people, including another 7-year-old girl.
Yes
New York (CNN) -- A 35-year-old woman on a first date plummeted to her death early Thursday morning when she fell from the balcony of her 17th floor New York City apartment. Jennifer Rosoff went outside on her balcony around 12:50 a.m. Thursday to talk and smoke a cigarette with her date when the balcony's railing br...
Was she a positive person?
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(CNN) -- An Arizona couple who wanted to adopt a woman's baby know more than they're saying about the 8-month-old boy's disappearance, police say. Gabriel Johnson hasn't been seen since December 26, police said, and his mother was arrested last week in Miami Beach, Florida, after not reporting for a December 28 child...
What did Tammi Smith say on "Nancy Grace" about why the Smiths couldn't adopt Gabriel?
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logan wouldn ' t sign the papers
logan wouldn ' t sign the papers
(EW.com) -- When she gets a look at the latest list on Forbes.com, Drew Barrymore won't be smiling anymore. The magazine ranked her first on its list of "Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actors," reporting that her films only bring in 40 cents for every dollar she is paid as an actress -- and that's without taking into acco...
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Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actors
Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actors
CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon. "I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?" "But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly h...
What news did Le Chapelier bring to Andre-Louis?
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your godfather is at meudon
your godfather is at meudon
CHAPTER XXXVI "Come on,--I'll show you the real dirt," Brissenden said to him, one evening in January. They had dined together in San Francisco, and were at the Ferry Building, returning to Oakland, when the whim came to him to show Martin the "real dirt." He turned and fled across the water-front, a meagre shadow ...
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when the whim came to him
yes
CHAPTER TWO Babalatchi ceased speaking. Lingard shifted his feet a little, uncrossed his arms, and shook his head slowly. The narrative of the events in Sambir, related from the point of view of the astute statesman, the sense of which had been caught here and there by his inattentive ears, had been yet like a thread...
Will he regret his actions?
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and you will be sorry for it
yes
(CNN) -- "I killed that lady," the 10-year-old boy told a Pennsylvania state trooper, after a 90-year-old woman was found dead in the home of the boy's grandfather. Tristen Kurilla, a fifth grader, made the chilling confession Saturday, police said, after his mother brought him to the Pennsylvania State Police Barrac...
Does he go to school?
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Tristen Kurilla, a fifth grader,
yes
(Mental Floss) -- With Mother's Day just around the corner, this week seemed like a great time to give a tip of our caps to stay-at-home moms, including these four who used clever ideas to become business moguls. Gerber: Of course only a mother could found such a successful baby food company! In the late 1920s, Michi...
When was Gerber founded?
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In the late 1920s
Literature consists of written productions, often restricted to those deemed to have artistic or intellectual value. Its Latin root literatura/litteratura (derived itself from littera, letter or handwriting) was used to refer to all written accounts, but intertwined with the roman concept of cultura: learning or cultiv...
When did it mean books and writing?
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prior to the eighteenth century, literature as a term indicated all books and writing
prior to the eighteenth century
CHAPTER VI THE RAT MORT I The guide had stepped out of the house into the street, Yvonne following closely on his heels. The night was very dark and the narrow little Carrefour de la Poissonnerie very sparsely lighted. Somewhere overhead on the right, something groaned and creaked persistently in the wind. A litt...
What was the name of the area they were in?
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The night was very dark and the narrow little Carrefour de la Poissonnerie
Carrefour de la Poissonnerie
(CNN)The arduous search for a missing technology executive and five others feared dead after a suspicious fire destroyed a mansion in Annapolis, Maryland, could take days, fire officials said Tuesday. The 16,000-square-foot waterfront house belonged to executive Don Pyle, chief operating officer for ScienceLogic, com...
What type of house is it?
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Waterfront
(CNN) -- Park Ji-Sung will sign a new two-year contract with Manchester United, according to the English football champions' manager Alex Ferguson. The midfielder, 30, has one year remaining on his current deal, but Ferguson is confident the former South Korea star will commit his future to the club he joined from Du...
How many did he win?
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He won 100 international caps
100
(CNN) -- World number one Novak Djokovic began his bid to win a second Wimbledon title with a straight sets victory as he focused hard on avoiding a shock Rafael Nadal-style defeat. A day after the Spaniard bowed out against Belgian world No. 135 Steve Darcis, the Serb was in unforgiving mood as he defeated Germany's...
is that a record?
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Editor's note: This story originally appeared on CNN.com on October 20. Barack Obama mentioned Ann Nixon Cooper on Tuesday in his presidential victory speech. Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, lived during a time when blacks and women did not have the right to vote. ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 ye...
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October 20
Yokohama's population of 3.7 million makes it Japan's largest city after the Special Wards of Tokyo. Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port city following the end of Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19th century, and is today one of its major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, and C...
What's the second?
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Yokohama
Yokohama
It was time for Jill to make her famous apple pie, out of the yellow apples that grew on her land. It was not time to pick the red cherries, or the orange oranges or even the green lettuce, but their nice colors made Jill happy. She would eat some of the pies, and give the rest of them away to her friends and family. S...
Who makes pies?
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It was time for Jill to make her famous apple pie
Jill
CHAPTER VI WAITING FOR NEWS It took Randolph Rover several minutes to comprehend the various statements made by the boys. That he had really been swindled by such nicely-spoken men as he had met at the Carwell hotel seemed extraordinary to him. "I understand the bonds were not registered," said Dick. "That is t...
Was something stolen?
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unknown
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador (, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; ), is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands ...
What was it declared?
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Cuenca, the third-largest city, was also declared a World Heritage Site in 1999
a World Heritage Site
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX IN WHICH MISS PECKSNIFF MAKES LOVE, MR JONAS MAKES WRATH, MRS GAMP MAKES TEA, AND MR CHUFFEY MAKES BUSINESS On the next day's official duties coming to a close, Tom hurried home without losing any time by the way; and after dinner and a short rest sallied out again, accompanied by Ruth, to pay his...
Who returned to his house in a hurry?
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Tom hurried home without losing any time by the way
Tom
Two kittens were playing. They had come in from outside. Now they were in the living room in the house. One kitten was named Snowball and one kitten was named Fuzzy. Suddenly, Snowball saw something interesting. "Look at that!" said Snowball. "What is it?" asked Fuzzy. "It's a ball of yarn. On the top shelf!" sai...
What gender is Fuzzy?
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said Fuzzy. "But how could we get to it? It's so high up," he wondered.
a boy
CHAPTER XXXII. MR. GILMORE'S SUCCESS. Harry Gilmore, the prosperous country gentleman, the county magistrate, the man of acres, the nephew of Mr. Chamberlaine, respected by all who knew him,--with the single exception of the Marquis of Trowbridge,--was now so much reduced that he felt himself to be an inferior bein...
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Billy had a pet turtle that he took good care of, everyday. His turtle's name was Tumble. Tumble liked to walk around outside in the garden and dig small holes to sleep in. Billy loved Tumble and would visit him outside when he got home from school. Tumble's favorite food was oatmeal. So, every day after school, Billy ...
What did Tumble like to do?
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. Tumble liked to walk around outside in the garden
Walk around outside.
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...
Was anyone around their mother?
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Eliza, John, and Georgiana were now clustered round their mama
Yes
CHAPTER XIII JOHNNY CHUCK FINDS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD Old Mother West Wind had stopped to talk with the Slender Fir Tree. "I've just come across the Green Meadows," said Old Mother West Wind, "and there I saw the Best Thing in the World." Striped Chipmunk was sitting under the Slender Fir Tree and he couldn...
So what did Chipmunk do?
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I'll go and find it."
he went to find them
CHAPTER XVI—AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL As the night advanced the two girls continued to talk, in low and subdued voices because of their anxiety and growing fears. They kept the candles trimmed, for the light lent them courage. They were not hungry, although they had eaten nothing since noon, but they were beginning to su...
How did Mildred attempt to make the minutes pass more quickly?
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(CNN) -- The boyfriend of a missing Arizona woman is being held without bond on fraud and other charges while police seek additional information into his girlfriend's disappearance, Chandler police said Tuesday. Jamie Laiaddee went missing from the home she shares with her boyfriend in the early morning hours of Marc...
How long had Jamie Laiaddee been missing when her father reported her missing to police?
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10 weeks
10 weeks
CHAPTER XI: THUNDERSTORM THE FIRST But what had become of the 'bit of writing' which Harry Verney, by the instigation of his evil genius, had put into the squire's fly- book? Tregarva had waited in terrible suspense for many weeks, expecting the explosion which he knew must follow its discovery. He had confided to ...
What did Lancelot offer to Tregarva in order to help him?
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ten pounds
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- The court date of a man held after deadly bombings in Nigeria has been postponed because of fears about his safety in custody, his lawyer said Monday. Henry Okah is being held in a Johannesburg, South Africa, prison, but his lawyer, Rudi Krause, wants him separated from the general prison popu...
How many were fatally hurt?
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A spending bill that funds the U.S. government for the rest of the budget year passed the Senate on Tuesday despite complaints about nearly $8 billion in what critics called "pork-barrel" projects. The Senate passes a bill to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year. Senators voted...
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The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour of two military saints, St Michael and St George. The Order of S...
to who?
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important services in relation to Commonwealth or foreign nations
Commonwealth or foreign nations
Chapter VIII. MAGGIE AND THE GIPSIES. After Tom and Lucy had walked away, Maggie's quick mind formed a plan which was not so simple as that of going home. No; she would run away and go to the gipsies, and Tom should never see her any more. She had been often told she was like a gipsy, and "half wild;" so now she wo...
Why did she think the gipsies would respect her?
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The gipsies, she considered, would gladly receive her, and pay her much respect on account of her superior knowledge.
because of her superior knowledge
A police cruiser draped in black banners and topped with a rose sat in front of the Jupiter, Florida, police department Monday morning, paying testament to a 20-year department veteran killed Sunday while helping escort President Barack Obama through Palm Beach County. Officer Bruce St. Laurent, 55, was traveling wit...
what happened to him?
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Jupiter Police Chief Frank Kitzerow said St. Laurent was transported to nearby St. Mary's Medical Center, where he died Sunday.
He died.
Saint Paul (; abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2016, the city's estimated population was 304,442. Saint Paul is the county seat of Ramsey County, the smallest and most densely populated county in Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of ...
what rank does it hold in the state?
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(CNN) -- In 1984, in the midst of Lebanon's civil war, Naji Gebran started hosting regular gatherings at his Beirut beachfront apartment for the purpose of "musical therapy." Weary and traumatized from the conflict that had divided their city -- and would claim some 150,000 lives over its 15 years -- people would com...
and the Muslim area?
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west.
CHAPTER XV.--The Mark of Cain. Next morning Barton entered his sitting-room in very high spirits, and took up his letters. He had written to Maitland the night before, saying little but, "Come home at once. Margaret is found. She is going to be my wife. You can't come too quickly, if you wish to hear of something ver...
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Come home at once
Come home at once
Chapter 21: The Capture Of Quebec. On the day on which he received James' report, Wolfe issued his orders for the attack. Colonel Burton, at Point Levi, was to bring up every man who could be spared, to assist in the enterprise, and that officer accordingly marched to the spot indicated for embarkation, after nightfa...
How many volunteers did they have?
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Twenty-four
Twenty-four
Elsevier () is an information and analytics company and one of the world's major providers of scientific, technical, and medical information. It was established in 1880 as a publishing company. It is a part of the RELX Group, known until 2015 as Reed Elsevier. Its products include journals such as "The Lancet" and "Cel...
are the two connected?
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Aruba is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and north of the coast of Venezuela. It measures long from its northwestern to its southeastern end and across at its widest point. Together with Bonaire and Curaçao...
What's it's climate like?
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Aruba has a dry climate and an arid, cactus-strewn landscape.
dry
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes. RNA and DNA are nucleic acids, and, along with lipids, proteins and carbohydrates, constitute the four major macromolecules essential for all known forms of life. Like DNA, RNA ...
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RNAs can achieve chemical catalysis
they can achieve chemical catalysis
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (commonly known as Columbia Pictures and Columbia, and formerly CBC Film Sales Corporation) is an American film studio, production company and film distributor that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures subsidiary of th...
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director Frank Capra.
a director
(CNN) -- The man closest to Tiger Woods when he plays golf says he had no idea about the extramarital affairs that have sidelined Woods from the game. Steve Williams, Woods' caddy and confidant for nearly a decade, talked to New Zealand's TV3 about the scandal. "I knew nothing," Williams said in an interview posted...
What else?
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a tree
a tree
CHAPTER XXIV GEORGE FEELS GRATEFUL When George returned from Winnipeg, Edgar took him to the granary. "You may as well look at the seed Grant sent you, and then you'll be able to thank him for it," he said. "It's in here; I turned out the common northern stuff you bought to make room." "Why didn't you put it in...
Who feels grateful?
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George's face reddened. He was stirred by mixed emotions: relief, gratitude,
George's face reddened. He was stirred by mixed emotions: relief, gratitude,
Random House is the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. As of 2013, it is part of Penguin Random House, which is jointly owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann and British global education and publishing company Pearson PLC. Random House was founded in 1925 by Americans Bennett Cerf and...
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the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature.
reprints classic works of literature.
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the successor to the PlayStation, and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles. It was released on March 4, 2000 in Japan, October 26, 2000 in North America, November 24, 2000 in Europe, ...
How many units sold?
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selling over 155 million units,
Over 155 million units
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...
What is the example of the situation for the compressed data?
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compression scheme for video
compression scheme for video
Chapter XVII. The Husband. Mrs. Linley's first impulse in ordering the carriage was to use it herself. One look at the child reminded her that her freedom of action began and ended at the bedside. More than an hour must elapse before Sydney Westerfield could be brought back to Mount Morven; the bare thought of what m...
What was Mrs. Presty's opinion of Mrs. MacEdwin's conduct?
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how very ungrateful ! "
CHAPTER IX THE SMITING OF AMON That evening I sat ill at ease in my work-chamber in Seti's palace, making pretence to write, I who felt that great evils threatened my lord the Prince, and knew not what to do to turn them from him. The door opened, and old Pambasa the chamberlain appeared and addressed me by my new ...
What was the new title of the woman summoned?
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"Scribe Ana," she said
Scribe Ana
The Hellenistic period covers the period of ancient Greek (Hellenic) history and Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the subsequent conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year. At this time, G...
What was the most popular form of entertainment during the Hellenistic period?
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theaters
theaters
Joplin, Missouri (CNN) -- A Missouri mother said Thursday that her 16-year-old son was killed by this week's powerful tornado, one of scores who have been confirmed dead even as authorities try to track down many others who are considered missing. Michelle Hare told CNN that her son Lantz, who was ripped from a car S...
When did they release it?
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Thursday
CHAPTER VIII IN WHICH MICHAEL FINSBURY ENJOYS A HOLIDAY Punctually at eight o'clock next morning the lawyer rattled (according to previous appointment) on the studio door. He found the artist sadly altered for the worse--bleached, bloodshot, and chalky--a man upon wires, the tail of his haggard eye still wandering ...
what color was his suit?
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reddish
reddish
Around 1300, centuries of prosperity and growth in Europe came to a halt. A series of famines and plagues, including the Great Famine of 1315–1317 and the Black Death, reduced the population to around half of what it was before the calamities. Along with depopulation came social unrest and endemic warfare. France and E...
How many countries had peasant uprisings?
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France and England experienced serious peasant uprisings, such as the Jacquerie and the Peasants' Revolt
Two
(CNN) -- North Korea twice came back from behind to hold Greece 2-2 in a friendly between two sides heading to the World Cup next month, while fellow finalists Paraguay lost 2-1 to the Republic of Ireland. In a match played at a neutral venue in Altach, Austria, Costas Katsouranis gave Greece the lead in the second m...
Who is in the same group with Paraguay?
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Italy, New Zealand, Slovakia
A cappella [a kapˈpɛlla] (Italian for "in the manner of the chapel") music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It contrasts with cantata, which is accompanied singing. The term "a cappella" was originally intended to differentiate be...
Which ones?
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1,182
. Jewish and Christian music were originally a cappella,[citation needed] and this practice has continued in both of these religions as well as in Islam.
Jewish and Christian
(CNN) -- Petra Kvitova dumped Caroline Wozniacki out of the WTA Championships with a straight sets victory that sealed her place in the final four. Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, inflicted Wozniacki's second defeat in Istanbul, winning 6-4 6-2 to go top of the Red Group. World number one Wozniacki, who calle...
How does she feel about being in the final four?
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After her victory Kvitova told CNN she was delighted to make the final four:
delighted
Leah and the Big Yellow Dog Leah was very happy. It was a bright, sunny day and Mommy was taking her to Leah's favorite place. Leah loved the play park near the water! Mommy parked the car and Leah ran out right away and climbed the big slide. Up she went and then down. Two other kids saw Leah and ran over and slid...
did Leah like dogs or was she scared of them?
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But Leah was scared of dogs
she was scared of them
The Han Chinese, Han people or simply Han (; ; Han characters: 漢人 (Mandarin pinyin: "Hànrén"; literally "Han people") or 漢族 (pinyin: "Hànzú"; literally "Han ethnicity" or "Han ethnic group")) are an East Asian ethnic group. They constitute approximately 92% of the population of China, 95% of Taiwan (Han Taiwanese), 76%...
In Mandarin pinyin?
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92
"Hànrén"
Hànrén
Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole. The city has almost 3.166 million inhabitants with a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.5 million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union (EU) after London and Berlin, and its metro...
What does the municipality cover?
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unknown
unknown
(CNN) -- The last of 11 people facing felony hazing charges tied to a Florida A&M University band member's death turned herself in on Sunday, four days after prosecutors announced the charges, the state said. Lasherry Codner, 20, was released on a $15,000 bail shortly after she was booked into Orange County jail Sund...
How many people were charged for hazing?
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51
The last of 11 people facing felony hazing
11
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- At first glance, "Mahmoud" would seem the perfect candidate to be a supporter of Moammar Gadhafi. He has prospered during the Libyan leader's 41-year reign, first as a professional and later taking care of his deceased father's businesses. But, as with many things in Tripoli, a first glance ...
Is it the capital?
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1,147
in the Souq al-Juma neighborhood of the capital
yes
(Entertainment Weekly) -- In the movies, "the suburbs" are never just a place. They're a state of mind, a mythology we all know in our bones. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio share a happy moment in "Revolutionary Road." The myth goes something like this: The suburbs are comfortable, maybe even beautiful, but the...
Is this his first directing job?
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made the glibly scathing "American Beauty,"
No
(CNN) -- Music manager Allen Klein, whose clients included the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease, his publicist said. Klein was 77. The son of Jewish immigrants from Hungary, Klein founded his firm Allen Klein & Co. in the late 1950s before the label evolved...
Where was it based?
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New York.
New York
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 ...
when was mortamer's birthday?
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yesterday
yesterday
Huguenot numbers peaked near an estimated two million by 1562, concentrated mainly in the southern and central parts of France, about one-eighth the number of French Catholics. As Huguenots gained influence and more openly displayed their faith, Catholic hostility grew, in spite of increasingly liberal political conces...
Was that person actually a member of the larger religious sect?
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Hugues, though Catholic
yes
Kelsey's uncle Jack gave him and his brother, Davy, some chalk to play with. Kelsey was a pretty good artist. His family said that all of his drawings looked real. His brother was sad that he was not as good at art and drawing as Kelsey. Davy teased Kelsey to take his mind off the fact that he was not as good at art. H...
What kind of treat did their mother give to the boys?
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chocolate
chocolate
CHAPTER 15 Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice. When Arthur went with his regiment to Windsor, the ladies intended to spend their evenings at home, a rule which had many exceptions, although Violet was so liable to suffer from late hours and crowded rooms, that Lady Elizabeth begged her to a...
Who liked to venture to gatherings?
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unknown
unknown
The Central African Republic (CAR; Sango: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka; French: République centrafricaine pronounced: [ʁepyblik sɑ̃tʁafʁikɛn], or Centrafrique [sɑ̃tʀafʁik]) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the east, the Democratic Republic ...
What nation was it a colony of?
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current borders were established by France, which ruled the country as a colony
france
(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal recovered from a rusty start to power into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci on Tuesday. The two-time champion bounced back in style after losing the first four games of the match against the 80th-ranked Bellucci. Nadal won the next four, befo...
Did Nadal beat his opponent?
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Rafael Nadal recovered from a rusty start to power into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win
yes
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...
How did Charles V become Holy Roman Emperor?
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elected
CHAPTER XXI The great night came and passed with fewer thrills than any one had imagined possible. Horlock himself undertook the defence of his once more bitterly assailed Government and from the first it was obvious what the end must be. He spoke with the resigned cynicism of one who knows that words are fruitless, ...
How did Horlock himself approach the defence of his Government?
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resigned cynicism
resigned cynicism
(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...
Does he need her assistance?
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Figuring, very, very, wrongly, that this message must be some kind of coded cry for help, Mavis hops into her Mini and heads straight to Mercury, Minnesota,
no
CHAPTER TWELVE. VICTORY! But before that winter closed, ay, before it began, a great victory was gained, which merits special mention here. Let us retrace our steps a little. One morning, while Ian Macdonald was superintending the preparation of breakfast in some far-away part of the western wilderness, and Miche...
What did Michel Rollin suggest to Victor during their conversation?
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cutting firewood
cutting firewood
The Society of Jesus (S.J. – from ) is a religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain. The members are called Jesuits. The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations on six continents. Jesuits work in education (founding schools, colleges, uni...
In what century did the SJ form?
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the 16th
CHAPTER V. HARRY IS RESCUED. "I can stay on deck, can't I?" asked Dora, as she turned the tiller over to the homeless youth. "If you wish. But be very careful when the sloop swings around," replied Jerry. "You did very well," he added. Dora smiled at this. Then she went forward and settled down, in spite of the...
who was helping her?
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"It's Harry's!" said Jerry. "Hullo, Harry!
Jerry
Jack and his uncle went out walking in the woods near the river. They saw many things when they were in the woods. They saw a chipmunk, a butterfly, a squirrel and some birds. Jack heard a wolf howl. All of the sudden Jack heard a train whistle. It scared all of the animals away and that made Jack sad. After a bit, J...
And what did he get?
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a cake
a cake
Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon has defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks or even frighte...
What happened to Damon?
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Damon , who himself was murdered in a bathhouse in Chaeronea.
he was murdered
A man named Jerry lived in a small town in the state of Kentucky. Jerry owned a sheep farm. His favorite time of year was when lambs were born. They were very cute. Jerry also had other animals on his farm, such as pigs, dogs, cats, and cows. One day Jerry wanted to paint his barn. He could not find his ladder. He lo...
and what did he think they looked like?
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He thought they looked a lot like his sheep
sheep
CHAPTER X. GOOD ADVICE. Phonny was confined nearly a week with his wound. They moved the sofa on which he was lying up into a corner of the room, near Mrs. Henry's window, and there Stuyvesant and Malleville brought various things to him to amuse him. He was very patient and good-natured during his confinement to...
Did Wallace say there were only a couple of traits that were bad?
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no