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(CNN) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook might soon be sharing Silicon Valley's most expensive cup of coffee. Sometime in the next year, Cook will sit down for a cup of mud with someone who has paid at least $210,000 for the privilege. Apple fandom taken to its craziest, and costliest, extreme? Perhaps. But it's all for a good ...
How much did it make?
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$3.4 million
$3.4 million
CHAPTER XI: THE ISLE OF ATHELNEY Edmund spent a month on his lands, moving about among his vassals and dwelling in their abodes. He inspired them by his words with fresh spirit and confidence, telling them that this state of things could not last, and that he was going to join the king, who doubtless would soon call ...
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New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces (together with Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia) and is the only constitutionally bilingual (English–French) province. The principal cities are Fredericton, the capital, Greater Moncton, currently the largest metropolitan (CMA) area and the most populous cit...
what is the common heritage there?
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Anglo and Celtic
(CNN)After five months of detention in North Korea, Jeffrey Fowle arrived home in Ohio early Wednesday for an emotional reunion with his family. Stepping off the plane at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and onto the tarmac, he was embraced by family members, including his three children. "It's a good sign that the ...
Who said that was positive?
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former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson
Hungarian ("magyar nyelv") is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Outside Hungary it is also spoken by communities of Hungarian people in neighbouring countries (especially in Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Croatia), and by Hungarian diaspora communities worldwide...
Are some of these people close to Hungary?
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CHAPTER V. A NIGHT OF TERROR. Amos and Jim were early astir on Monday morning, the fifth of March, but before noon came both were convinced that the threatened trouble would blow over without the slightest semblance of a conflict between the soldiers and the citizens. During the forenoon they had not so much as h...
What was Hardy's last name?
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During the forenoon they had not so much as heard of Hardy Baker
Baker
(CNN) -- Iggy Azalea would love it if everyone channeled "Frozen" and just "let it go." The Australian rapper has broken her silence about a supposed feud between herself and Nicki Minaj, rumors that were sparked after Minaj gave a curiously pointed acceptance speech at the BET Awards on Sunday. The New York-bred M...
What did Azalea say about pettyness online?
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pettiness online in the last few days is hard to ignore
its hard to ignore
I'm here to tell you the story of a robot named Carl. He came from a far away land known as Factory. Carl was sad because he was missing a part called a tire. He also needed a sun gatherer. But, the tire was more important. Once Carl got all these parts he could travel to his new home in the nation of Lab and the city ...
how long did it take to get there?
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After this Carl took 10 days to get to Lab
10 days
There was once a little boy named Jacob, who owned a dog named Pet. One day, Jacob was taking Pet outside to play. He picked up her favorite toy frog. When he did, he hit his elbow on the table. Ouch! He rubbed his elbow and frowned. Then he put his shoes on his feet, washed his hands, put on a jacket. Jacob felt bet...
What was the boy's name?
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Jacob
CHAPTER TEN. PROVES THAT THE BEST OF FRIENDS MAY QUARREL ABOUT NOTHING, AND THAT WAR HAS TWO ASPECTS. "Now, Erling," said Glumm, with a face so cheerful, that had the expression been habitual, he never would have been styled the Gruff, "I will go home with thee and wait until thou art busked, after which we will go...
did they get any nourishment?
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we will go together to my house and have a bite and a horn of mead
yes
HOLLYWOOD, California (CNN) -- Singer Christina Aguilera joins fellow Grammy Award winners Alicia Keys and John Legend for "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute," airing Thanksgiving night on CNN. Christina Aguilera performed her hit single "Beautiful" at "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute." The show, taped before an audi...
Was she given money to continue?
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CHAPTER L The Duke's Arguments The Duke before he left Custins had an interview with Lady Cantrip, at which that lady found herself called upon to speak her mind freely. "I don't think she cares about Lord Popplecourt," Lady Cantrip said. "I am sure I don't know why she should," said the Duke, who was often very ...
What did Lady Cantrip think of Lord Popplecourt?
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i don ' t think she cares
i don ' t think she cares
One day my dad was walking home and he had a big ice-cream cone. He had chocolate and vanilla and strawberry ice-cream on top of each other. He was moving his head back and forward to some music that he was playing when a spider dropped on his ice-cream for a little bite. My dad saw right away that a spider was on it a...
Why?
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he thought a yoghurt would be bette
he thought a yoghurt would be better
CHAPTER XV SIGNS OF THE TIMES "If she is really Lucy Rogers, she'll be missing tomorrow morning," said Beth when she had told her cousins of the encounter in the corridor. But Eliza Parsons was still at Elmhurst the next day, calmly pursuing her duties, and evidently having forgotten or decided to ignore the youn...
What about Tom?
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library
library
Lviv (, ; , ; German "Lemberg"; ; ; see also other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine and the seventh-largest city in the country overall, with a population of around 728,350 as of 2016. Lviv is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. Named in honor of the Leo, the eldest son of Rus' King Daniel of Ga...
What happened to it after WW2?
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After World War II, it became part of the Soviet Union
it became part of the Soviet Union
(RollingStone.com ) -- Like many authors, Courtney Love is a victim of writer's block. For over a year, the Hole singer has been penning a memoir with Rolling Stone writer Anthony Bozza. "The Girl With the Most Cake" was originally supposed to hit bookshelves in December 2013 before being pushed back to early-2014. T...
Who is working with her?
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been penning a memoir with Rolling Stone writer Anthony Bozza
Anthony Bozza
Steam engines are external combustion engines, where the working fluid is separate from the combustion products. Non-combustion heat sources such as solar power, nuclear power or geothermal energy may be used. The ideal thermodynamic cycle used to analyze this process is called the Rankine cycle. In the cycle, water is...
What happens to the water in this cycle?
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In the cycle, water is heated and transforms into steam within a boiler operating at a high pressure.
water is heated
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...
How did the Balls behave?
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badly
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...
Who else?
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Ardie Fuqua
CHAPTER XXII An Independent Family Just as Old Mother Nature asked who they should learn about next, Happy Jack Squirrel spied some one coming down the Lone Little Path. "See who's coming!" cried Happy Jack. Everybody turned to look down the Lone Little Path. There, ambling along in the most matter-of-fact and unco...
does Mother nature like Jimmy?
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(CNN) -- Camille Olivia Hanks was studying at the University of Maryland when she met Bill Cosby in the early '60s. He was doing stand-up comedy in Washington when the two were set up on a blind date. They fell in love and she left school to support his burgeoning career in entertainment. By 1964, the two were marrie...
Why did Camille decide to go back to school in her mid-thirties?
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i had dropped out of college to marry bill
i had dropped out of college to marry bill
Leonhard Euler ( ; ; ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician and engineer who made important and influential discoveries in many branches of mathematics like infinitesimal calculus and graph theory while also making pioneering contributions to several branches such a...
What area of study did Euler introduce much of the modern terminology and notation for?
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He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysi
mathematical analysis
Guyana (pronounced or ), officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America. It is, however, included in the Caribbean region due to its strong cultural, historical, and political ties with other Anglo Caribbean countries and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)....
Is guyana a republic?
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a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. The legacy of British rule
yes
Jainism (), traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is one of the most ancient Indian religions. The three main principles of Jainism are "ahimsa" ('non-violence'), "anekantavada" ('non-absolutism'), and "aparigraha" ('non-attachment'); it is also characterized by "asceticism". Followers of Jainism take five main vows: "...
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sub-traditions, Digambaras and Svetambaras
Svetambaras
Once upon a time there was a cowgirl named Callie. Callie was the most beautiful cowgirl in all the land. She rode a beautiful horse. Her horse was brown. There are plenty of other horses. There are black horses, white horses, and red horses, but Callie's brown horse was the only horse in the world. Callie lived in a b...
Was Henry sorry?
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Henry was very sorry
yes
CHAPTER IX KIT'S REWARD On the morning after their arrival, Kit and Macallister went to the Metropole. Macallister wore a neat blue uniform, a cap with the company's badge, and spotless white deck-shoes. His talk was careless and now and then his eyes twinkled. Kit's look was moody, and he wore plain duck clothes. ...
Who went to the Metropole?
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architect
Don Arturo's architect
CHAPTER III. DARBY AND JOAN My reason haply more To bandy word for word and frown for frown; But now I see our lances are but straws! SHAKESPEARE. Lancelot saw his brother's doctors the next morning, and communicated to his wife the upshot of the interview when they were driving to their meeting in Mrs. Grinstead...
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"Two doctors! and not Tom," said Gertrude.
Gertrude.
Kuwait (; ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. , Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates. Expatr...
What is the highest valued currency in the world?
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kuwaiti dinar
kuwaiti dinar
Constantine the Great (; ; 27 February 272 AD – 22 May 337 AD), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine (in the Orthodox Church as Saint Constantine the Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles), was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian-Greek origin from 306 to 337 AD. He was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman Army o...
Where was he sent?
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Constantine was recalled west
recalled west
CHAPTER XIV LOUIS EXPLAINS Louis returned of his own accord before long. "Monsieur has been well served?" he asked genially. "Excellently, Louis," I answered, "so far as the mere question of food goes. You have not, however, managed to satisfy my curiosity." "Monsieur?" he asked interrogatively. "Concerning...
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Louis
(CNN) -- Timothy Jones Jr. allegedly went on a 700-mile journey that began in South Carolina with the bodies of his five young children wrapped in garbage bags in the back of his SUV, authorities said Wednesday. Jones, a 32-year-old computer tech and Mississippi State University graduate, told neighbors last week tha...
What is the reason behind Jones allegedly killing his children?
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(CNN)It was a story that moved Stan Lee, the creator of many of the best-known superheroes in history, into action: a Spider-Man-loving boy with autism named Jamel Hunter. According to the New York Times, a December Times article about the child, who reportedly didn't say a word until he was in preschool, caught the ...
What other Marvel characters did Stan Lee help to create?
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iron man , the incredible hulk , the x - men
iron man , the incredible hulk , the x - men
All antidepressant drugs are not created equal, according to the authors of one of the few studies that have ever systematically analyzed and compared "new generation" medicines for treating depression. What qualities are important in an anti-depressant? Efficacy? Tolerance? Side effects? Cost? In the analysis of 1...
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sertraline and escitalopram
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. RETRIBUTION. Owing to the success of the buffalo runners, the winter passed away in comparative comfort. But, as we have said, some of the settlers who had been ruined by the failure of the fisheries and the depredations of the mice, and who did not share much in the profits of the autumn hunt, ...
Who else was there?
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Fred Jenkins
Fred Jenkins
(CNN) -- Katy Perry is officially the queen of Twitter. The singer has reached more than 50 million followers on the social media site, making her the most followed person in the universe. Perry took the milestone in stride. "Oh yeah AND we grew to 50 million Katycats! Eh, regular day at the office," she tweeted (o...
who was top before Bieber?
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had earlier toppled Gaga, who for two years was the most followed person
Gaga
CHAPTER SIX. KENNETH INDULGES IN SUSPICIONS AND SURMISES. "Will you walk or ride?" said Kenneth Stuart as he and Gildart issued from Seaside Villa, and sauntered down the avenue that led to the principal gate. "Ride, by all means," said Gildart, "if you have a respectable horse. I love to ride, not only on the `b...
What was the name of the one he had in mind?
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Bucephalus
Madrasa (Arabic: مدرسة‎, madrasah, pl. مدارس, madāris, Turkish: Medrese) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion). The word is variously transliterated madrasah, madarasaa, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, etc. In the West, the word usually refers to...
what is the article mainly about?
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Jill was a normal student. However, she was barely passing her classes this year. Her finals were coming up in a few weeks and Jill was very nervous about her Math test. She was never very good at Math. Her brother always teased her because he was great at Math, History, and Science, but she preferred Art. To raise her...
What was Jill's brother good at?
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math , history , and science
CHAPTER XVII Old Man Coyote is Disappointed. Old Man Coyote lay stretched out in his favorite napping place on the Green Meadows. He was thinking of what he had found out up in the Green Forest that morning--that Paddy the Beaver was living there. Old Man Coyote's thoughts seemed very pleasant to himself, though real...
What type of trees were in it?
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When he was near the aspen trees
Aspen
Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, wide-spectrum, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language, extended from Pascal and other languages. It has built-in language support for design-by-contract, extremely strong typing, explicit concurrency, offering tasks, synchronous message passing, p...
What type of language is Ada?
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Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, wide-spectrum, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language,
computer programming
(CNN) -- Obsession often brings joy and sorrow in equal measure. Inside that thin, shiny packet giving off a mystical glow sits five stickers -- five faces of five men whose very presence can turn lives upside down. Welcome to the world of World Cup sticker collecting. "My girlfriend gave me an ultimatum the othe...
What screen name does she use?
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who blogs under the name of brummymummyof2
brummymummyof2
(CNN) -- Matt Sandusky, his wife and four children have filed a motion to have their names legally changed, court documents in Centre County, Pennsylvania, show. Details regarding why they requested the name changes are not available because the file is sealed. Sandusky is one of six adopted children of Jerry Sandu...
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six
CHAPTER XXV DOMINGO APPEARS The carriers had stopped in a deserted village one morning after a long and arduous march from the mission station, when Ormsgill, lying in the hot white sand, looked quietly at Nares, who sat with his back against one of the empty huts. "If I knew what the dusky image was thinking I s...
How did the man with the rifle react to the white men's questions?
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vacantly unconcerned
Scientists do not know the exact cause of sexual orientation, but they believe that it is caused by a complex interplay of genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences. They favor biologically-based theories, which point to genetic factors, the early uterine environment, both, or the inclusion of genetic and social ...
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genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences
Microsoft Windows, or simply Windows, is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. It consists of several families of operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture. A...
What is Microsoft windows?
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Microsoft Windows, or simply Windows, is a metafamily of graphical operating systems
a metafamily of graphical operating systems
(CNN) -- Mark Webber vowed to push Sebastian Vettel for the 2013 world title when their champion Red Bull team launched its new Formula One car on Sunday. The veteran Australian has had to play second fiddle to the all-conquering Vettel in the past three seasons, despite at stages being in contention for his maiden c...
When did they launch the car?
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2013
(CNN) -- Hilary Duff says her new album is "very positive" but admits that it started out "a lot heavier and a lot darker" because of the separation from her husband, Mike Comrie. "I'm separated from my husband right now, which has been a very difficult thing to go through," she told Billboard's "Pop Shop" podcast. "...
What was the title of Hilary Duff's last studio release before her new album?
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(CNN) -- The week started with all focus on golf's latest child prodigy, but it has ended with a former wonder kid finally fulfilling her great promise. Michelle Wie claimed her first major title Sunday, winning the U.S. Women's Open at her 11th attempt. Now 24, she triumphed by two shots from fellow American, Stac...
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Michelle Wie
Michelle Wie
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic Records earned a reputation as one of the most important American recording labels, specializing in jazz, R&B and...
Also known as?
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(simply known as Atlantic Records)
Atlantic Records
CHAPTER X. The Cavaliere There befell at last a couple of days during which Rowland was unable to go to the hotel. Late in the evening of the second one Roderick came into his room. In a few moments he announced that he had finished the bust of his mother. "And it 's magnificent!" he declared. "It 's one of the bes...
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In a few moments he announced that he had finished the bust of his mother.
his mother
Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 29th-most populous city in the country. Baltimore was established by the Constitution of Maryland and is not part of any county. With a population of 621,849 in 2015, Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States. As of 2016, the po...
what kind of music did he do?
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jazz musician James "Eubie"
jazz
CHAPTER XV THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl. She was cut off from everything she belonged to. Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament. The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment. This nourishment lacking, nothing is well. At Pescocalascio it was the myster...
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There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
Alvina
New York (CNN) -- Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has been dead for more than four months, but a mistake on his tombstone likely would have amused him. Koch was born December 12, 1924, but his tombstone at Trinity Church Cemetery in Upper Manhattan made him appear 18 years younger than he was -- December 12, 1942, was ...
What was the mistake on Ed Koch's tombstone?
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his tombstone at trinity church cemetery in upper manhattan made him appear 18 years younger than he was
his tombstone at trinity church cemetery in upper manhattan made him appear 18 years younger than he was
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. NED DECIDES ON VISITING SAN FRANCISCO--LARRY PAYS A VISIT, AND RECEIVES A SEVERE DISAPPOINTMENT--THE ROAD AND THE CITY--UNEXPECTED NEWS. Few joys in this life are altogether without alloy. The delight experienced by Larry O'Neil and Captain Bunting, when they heard the hearty tones of Ned Sinto...
What was in the tumbler?
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a stiff tumbler of hot brandy and water
hot brandy and water
CHAPTER XVI Felix (nothing if not modern) had succumbed already to the feeling that youth ruled the roost. Whatever his misgivings, his and Flora's sense of loss, Nedda must be given a free hand! Derek gave no outward show of his condition, and but for his little daughter's happy serenity Felix would have thought as ...
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Tommy and Suzy (brother and sister) went to the playground one afternoon with their mom and dad, Jan and Dean. They were playing a game of tag and having the best time ever running after each other and laughing. They liked to play tag instead of building sandcastles or swinging. They liked tag because they liked to run...
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They were playing a game of tag and having the best time ever running after each other and laughing.
yes!
(CNN) -- Ringo Starr walks into the hotel suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel carrying a brown paper bag. It's his sack lunch, and he's packed it himself. He's also driven himself to the hotel and arrived alone -- no entourage, no bodyguard, no assistant, no fuss. It's fitting that CNN's interview with the iconic musi...
HOw old is he?
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On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly recommended the adoption and implementation of the Partition Plan for Mandatory Palestine. This UN plan specified borders for new Arab and Jewish states and also specified an area of Jerusalem and its environs which was to be administered by the UN under an inter...
What borders were on the declaration?
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West Bank, Sinai Peninsula (1956–57, 1967–82), part of Southern Lebanon (1982–2000), Gaza Strip (1967–2005; still considered occupied after 2005 disengagement)
West Bank, Sinai Peninsula, part of Southern Lebanon , Gaza Strip (1967–2005; still considered occupied after 2005 disengagement)
CHAPTER XXIV. OUTBREAK OF THE CREW THE purpose of Bembo had been made known to the men generally by the watch; and now that our salvation was certain, by an instinctive impulse they raised a cry, and rushed toward him. Just before liberated by Dunk and the steward, he was standing doggedly by the mizzen-mast; and...
who was crying?
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Rope Yarn
Odisha (; formerly Orissa, ) is one of the 29 states of India, located in eastern India. It is surrounded by the states of West Bengal to the north-east, Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west and north-west, and Andhra Pradesh to the south. Odisha has of coastline along the Bay of Bengal on its east, from Ba...
Was it always known by that name?
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formerly Orissa
no
Pope Saint Gregory I (; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 3 September 590 to his death in 604. Gregory is famous for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian Mission, to convert a pagan people to Christianity. Grego...
Is he knownfor his writings?
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yes
From 1989 through 1996, the total area of the US was listed as 9,372,610 km2 (3,618,780 sq mi) (land + inland water only). The listed total area changed to 9,629,091 km2 (3,717,813 sq mi) in 1997 (Great Lakes area and coastal waters added), to 9,631,418 km2 (3,718,711 sq mi) in 2004, to 9,631,420 km2 (3,718,710 sq mi) ...
which source lists the smallest area?
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Encyclopædia Britannica
ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- In a landmark case, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Turkish authorities failed to protect a woman from her abusive ex-husband, effectively allowing his pattern of domestic violence to lead to the killing of her mother at gunpoint. Judges unanimously ruled that the Turki...
Who was menacing her?
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to protect a woman from her abusive ex-husband
her ex-husband
The Northwest Territories (NT or NWT) (French: "les Territoires du Nord-Ouest", "TNO"; Athabaskan languages: "Denendeh"; Inuinnaqtun: "Nunatsiaq"; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ) is a territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2011 population of 41,462, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three ter...
When did it enter the Canadian Confederation?
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(CNN) -- They were sons and daughters, with their whole lives ahead of them. Until -- for reasons no one has yet explained -- their lives came to a horrific, bloody halt on a rural road on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. Dominic Davis, 17 Davis was new to Tennessee, having recently moved from Colorado with his fami...
WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS HE FROM?
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"to make life better," Cumberland County's school district
Cumberland County
(CNN) -- Barack Obama has talked of ripping out the White House bowling alley and replacing it with a basketball court. The former reserve player for Punahou High School's 1979 state championship team brings an enthusiasm for pickup basketball games to a place where golf, baseball and football have been the most-discus...
Has he met him?
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I have never met him personally,
no
Rebel-controlled northern Syria (CNN) -- Mohamed Rashid walked out of the gate of his house with a giant blood stain on his white T-shirt. "This is the blood of a martyr! Of a hero! Of a lion!" he bellowed. "This is his blood. It is pure!" Mad with grief, Rashid kissed his bloody T-shirt before being led away by wo...
How did 4 Syrian personnel die?
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after a bomb killed four of Syria's top security officials.
a bomb killed them
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to paying subscribers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fiber-optic cables. This contrasts with broadcast television, in which the television signal is transmitted over th...
Are there any other methods?
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cable television
cable television
(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...
What team does he face this Wednesday?
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Ajax
(CNN) -- It's a number that even astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is having a hard time wrapping his brilliant mind around. His Christmas Day tweet commemorating the birthday of Isaac Newton was retweeted more than 69,000 times as of this writing, making it the most popular of his Twitter career so far -- and, argu...
What did it say?
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"Merry Christmas to all. A Pagan holiday (BC) becomes a Religious holiday (AD). Which then becomes a Shopping holiday (USA).
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 ...
Did the Marchioness take responsibility for Frances' happiness?
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I have nothing to do with it,
no
Rio de Janeiro (; ; "River of January"), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, the second-most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de J...
Of which empire was it a domain?
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Myanmar (myan-MAR i/miɑːnˈmɑːr/ mee-ahn-MAR, /miˈɛnmɑːr/ mee-EN-mar or /maɪˈænmɑːr/ my-AN-mar (also with the stress on first syllable); Burmese pronunciation: [mjəmà]),[nb 1] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia bordered by Bangladesh, India, Ch...
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a sovereign state in Southeast Asia
Southeast
(CNN) -- A man suspected of conspiring with a terrorist network responsible for the deaths of five U.S. soldiers in Iraq was arrested Wednesday in Canada, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York. Faruq Khalil Muhammad, 38, is charged with conspiring to kill Americ...
How old is Faruq Khalil Muhammad?
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Faruq Khalil Muhammad, 38
He is 38.
The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts". A program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, GRI maintains a research library, organizes exhibitions and other events, sponsors a residential scho...
When was the name Getty Research Institute?
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by 1999 it was known simply as "Getty Research Institute".
by 1999
The 71-year-old ex-police officer accused of shooting dead a man inside a Florida movie theater won't get the chance to go home -- at least for now -- after a judge Friday decided not to grant him bail. Judge Pat Siracusa made his decision after two days of wrenching, evocative, at times seemingly contradictory testi...
What was the name of the lawyer?
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Richard Escobar
Richard Escobar
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- When we requested an interview with members of the Communist Youth League, I expected an army of suits with well-rehearsed answers. Instead, we met three students casually dressed in jeans, just 18 to 23 years old. Christina Zhang wants to be a linguistics teacher or professor. She plans to at...
Is she a freshman or senior?
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Natalie Chen, an 18-year-old freshman
freshman
Chapter XLVIII Another Meeting in the Wood THE next day, at evening, two men were walking from opposite points towards the same scene, drawn thither by a common memory. The scene was the Grove by Donnithorne Chase: you know who the men were. The old squire's funeral had taken place that morning, the will had been...
How many were walking from opposite points?
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two men were walking from opposite points towards the same scene
two
A man has been charged with a federal hate crime in connection with what authorities say was a racially motivated "knockout" assault against an elderly black man, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. Conrad Alvin Barrett, 27, of Katy, Texas, has been charged with one count of violating the Matthew Shepard and J...
What did the suspect allegedly comment before he attacked the elderly man?
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" the plan is to see if i were to hit a black person , would this be nationally televised ? "
" the plan is to see if i were to hit a black person , would this be nationally televised ? "
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American major record label established in 1958 as the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group (WMG), and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. Warner Bros. Records was established on March 19, 1958, as the recorded-music division of the American f...
Is it called something different now?
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Warner Music Group (WMG
WMG
(CNN)How do Republicans try to breathe new life into an old scandal? We've seen it time and time again. Here's how it works: Step One: Republicans, with nothing in their arsenal to use against Hillary Clinton, selectively leak to reporters a "scandalous" tidbit -- often one that has been previously reported. Step T...
Does the story hold water?
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nothing in their arsenal
nothing in their arsenal
(CNN)The fiancée of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has been granted immunity, compelling her to testify at his murder trial, according to a decision released by the trial judge on Tuesday. In early January, the fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins, met with Bristol County, Massachusetts, prosecutors in what co...
Who was murdered?
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the death of Odin Lloyd
Odin Lloyd
CHAPTER XXVII A fortnight afterwards Trent rode into Attra, pale, gaunt, and hollow-eyed. The whole history of those days would never be known by another man! Upon Trent they had left their mark for ever. Every hour of his time in this country he reckoned of great value--yet he had devoted fourteen days to saving the...
What was the name of the town they had reached after their perilous journey?
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garba
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...
What prompted Bulgaria to align with Germany in both world wars?
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conflicts with its neighbours
CHAPTER IV AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL "This is the time we get the best of Dave Porter!" whispered Link Merwell to his cronies. "I guess we have spoiled their picnic." "I--I--don't think th--they'll fight," faltered Nat, as Dave leaped to the ground, followed by his chums. "Better arm yourselves with clubs," suggest...
Who drove up on a buckboard?
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jed sully
jed sully
(CNN) -- The four New York Times staffers recently held captive for about a week by pro-Moammar Gadhafi troops made it out of Libya alive. However, they're unsure if their driver, Mohammed, did. And the experience is forcing the seasoned war journalists to reconsider how they look at the world. "We probably should ...
How old was the driver?
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Mohammed was about 21 years old
21
CHAPTER XVII. THREE PRISONERS. It did not take Joe and Darry long to retrace their steps at the water-course. They continued to call to the young captain, and once Joe shot off his rifle as a signal, but, as we know, no answer came back. "I can't understand this at all," said Joe, when they halted near the shelte...
where did Darry think he had gone?
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away from the brook
CHAPTER VII--OLD JOLYON'S PECCADILLO Old Jolyon came out of Lord's cricket ground that same afternoon with the intention of going home. He had not reached Hamilton Terrace before he changed his mind, and hailing a cab, gave the driver an address in Wistaria Avenue. He had taken a resolution. June had hardly been at...
How far had he gotten before doing that?
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He had not reached Hamilton Terrace before he changed his m
Not yet reached Hamilton Terrace
CHAPTER XVI. HAL ON THE WATCH. "Let up there, you brute!" Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air. When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl. "What, you!" he exclaimed. "Exactly. What do you mean by treating this girl so rudely?" "You are following me," went on Ferris, igno...
Who came to the boy's rescue?
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Hal
Hal
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is a research university located in San Francisco, California and part of the University of California system. The university is entirely dedicated to health sciences and is a major center of medical and biological research and teaching, and is ranked as one of the to...
did many apply?
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In 2017, 8,078 people applied and 505 were interviewed for 145 positions
yes
CHAPTER TWENTY. KEEPING IT DOWN--MUTUAL EXPLANATIONS--DEATH--NEW-YEAR'S DAY. It need scarcely be said that the sailors outside did not remain long in ignorance of the unexpected and happy discovery related in the last chapter. Bolton, who had crept in after Fred, with proper delicacy of feeling retired the moment h...
Was there any sounds in the hut?
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and the hiss of the frying steaks and dropping fat speedily rose above all other sounds.
Yes
In plant taxonomy, commelinids (originally commelinoids) (plural, not capitalised) is a name used by the APG IV system for a clade within the monocots, which in its turn is a clade within the angiosperms. The commelinids are the only clade that the APG has informally named within the monocots. The remaining monocots ar...
how many?
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two
two
Jimmy loved watching television. He would wake up and watch Cartoons on Cartoon Network. His favorite cartoon was Scooby Doo. After his mom picked him up at the bus stop, he would go home and watch the Flintstones. One day, his mom told him he was not allowed to watch cartoons after school. He was very sad. She told hi...
Was he sad?
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He was very sad
Yes.
(CNN)Buddy Elias spent much of his life preserving the memory of his cousin Anne Frank. His death Monday brought back memories for me. We met three years ago in an Atlanta hotel conference room. He and his wife, Gerti, were touring the United States to promote a new book. I could tell instantly that he was related ...
What is his name?
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Buddy Elias
Buddy Elias
Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- The suspect in the bombing and mass shooting in Norway believed the terrorist attacks were "horrible," but "in his head (they) were necessary," a man who identified himself as the suspect's lawyer told Norwegian broadcaster TV2. Geir Lippestad told TV2 late Saturday that he represented Anders Be...
Who is Geir Lippestad?
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suspect's lawyer
suspect's lawyer
The region, as part of Lorraine, was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and then was gradually annexed by France in the 17th century, and formalized as one of the provinces of France. The Calvinist manufacturing republic of Mulhouse, known as Stadtrepublik Mülhausen, became a part of Alsace after a vote by its citizens on ...
Into four sections?
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Lothar died early in 855 and his realm was divided into three parts.
no
CHAPTER XV--THE END OF THE MEETING Stephen went on in her calm, cold voice: 'Did he tell you that I had asked him to marry me?' Despite herself, as she spoke the words a red tide dyed her face. It was not a flush; it was not a blush; it was a sort of flood which swept through her, leaving her in a few seconds white...
How was he responding to her?
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he lowered his head silently
silently
(CNN) -- In the mid-1970s, Gloria Estefan was studying psychology, international law and French at the University of Miami and singing with a local band on the side. She was planning to head to the Sorbonne to further her studies. But then Emilio Estefan swept her off her feet, and their band, the Miami Sound Machine, ...
What is his name?
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Emilio Estefan
Emilio Estefan
(CNN) -- The American woman who sent her adopted son back to Russia must pay $150,000 in child support, a Tennessee judge reaffirmed Friday. Torry Hansen's attorney, Ed Yarbrough, told CNN he will file a motion within a few weeks asking the court to modify or terminate the support, which was first ordered earlier thi...
What city in Tennessee?
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Shelbyville, Tennessee
Shelbyville
(CNN) -- Like he does every week, Chris Hardwick hosted "Talking Dead" on Sunday night -- but this time, he was coping with a heartbreaking loss. His father, Billy Hardwick, died of an apparent heart attack a day earlier. Chris Hardwick, who hosts the aftershow for AMC's most-watched series, "Walking Dead," said he...
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a day earlier
a day earlier