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In the 1970s, job losses due to industrial restructuring caused New York City to suffer from economic problems and rising crime rates. In what decade did the crime rate drop significantly?
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But the objective was not merely to answer Pasteur's question but also to produce the germ free animal as a new tool for biological and medical research
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This is only possible in former British colonies and Mozambique; former French colonies continue to maintain tight monopolies, inherited from their former colonialist masters, on cotton purchases at low fixed prices
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Forbes magazine began reporting on Beyoncé's earnings in 2008, calculating that the $80 million earned between June 2007 to June 2008, for her music, tour, films and clothing line made her the world's best-paid music personality at the time, above Madonna and Celine Dion. What is Beyonce's net worth in 2015?
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During World War II, the Soviet double agent who was corresponding for The Times in Spain in the 1930s later joined what agency?
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He read Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology and from the first stop ashore, at St
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) degree from Oxford, or a Doctor of Laws (LL.
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This strange device could be considered a very early equivalent of a CD-ROM
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Primarily concentrated in the north and Khartoum, the expatriate community mainly consists of students as well as some businesspeople
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How many rich, upper class were in Egypt in 1950s
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The city also has over 200 additional green spaces—totaling over 19,600 acres (79 km2) that are managed by the city—including the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
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180/175 BCE) to make himself independent as the first proper Indo-Greek king (who did not rule from Bactria)
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Valencia's port is the biggest on the Mediterranean western coast, the first of Spain in container traffic as of 2008 and the second of Spain in total traffic, handling 20% of Spain's exports. What percentage of Spanish exports does Valencia's port handle?
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There have been at least eight strikes since 1968, and The New York Times wrote that Yale has a reputation as having the worst record of labor tension of any university in the U
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Wu Chinese has a three-way distinction in stops and affricates: /p pʰ b/. What is an example of a breathy consonant
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898–922) to settle in what became Normandy.
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As Spain and Portugal sourced most of their slaves from South-West Africa (the Portuguese through ports in modern-day Angola; the Spanish purchased most of their African slaves from Portuguese traders, and from Arabs whose slave trading was centred in Zanzibar).
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The mandolin has been used occasionally in rock music, first appearing in the psychedelic era of the late 1960s. When did the mandolin first appear in rock music?
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Corruption raises the cost of business because of illegal payments in what sector?
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The main portion of the city lies on the shores of Biscayne Bay which contains several hundred natural and artificially created barrier islands, the largest of which contains Miami Beach and South Beach
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Which famous line from Kerry's speech was later featured in one of his later television ad campaigns
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In 1838, who was not pleased of their lack of power in Syria?
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When were the aftershocks recorded
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What details did Modernists' do away with
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have argued that the regulatory framework did not keep pace with financial innovation, such as the increasing importance of the shadow banking system, derivatives and off-balance sheet financing
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The FBI also shares concurrent jurisdiction with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970
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Kiyomori removed how many court officials to protect his power?
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While most examples of such conditions are found in developing countries, clothes made in industrialized nations may also be manufactured similarly, often staffed by undocumented immigrants
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Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. What style of architecture came along with the Gothic style
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Malian musical traditions are derived from the griots, who are known as "Keepers of Memories". What is the translation or meaning of a griot
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Mantranga, the principal governing body of these states, consisted of the King, Prime Minister, Commander in chief of army, Chief Priest of the King.
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What is another name for Broad Street Station?
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What were the children that were left behind in East Prussia that was occupied by the Russians referred to as
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Dominic's education at Palencia gave him the knowledge he needed to overcome the Manicheans. Dominic's education helped him to overcome who?
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A study in 2007 by Mark Long, an economics professor at the University of Washington, demonstrated that the alternatives of affirmative action proved ineffective in restoring minority enrollment in public flagship universities in California, Texas, and Washington. How were rebounds of minority enrollment rejected in Long's report?
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The BBC Television Service (renamed "BBC tv" in 1960) showed popular programming, including drama, comedies, documentaries, game shows, and soap operas, covering a wide range of genres and regularly competed with ITV to become the channel with the highest ratings for that week.
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A 2012 report by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology made several key recommendations to reduce regulatory burdens to new drug development, including 1) expanding the FDA's use of accelerated approval processes, 2) creating an expedited approval pathway for drugs intended for use in narrowly defined populations, and 3) undertaking pilot projects designed to evaluate the feasibility of a new, adaptive drug approval process
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What Sexually transmitted disease afflicts roughly 1.9 percent of the population
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This artifact was later kept in the historical collections of the city until it was destroyed by the Germans in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian war.
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This influx was compounded by the decline of the Western Sudanic Mali Empire in 1375 and the Songhai Empire in 1591. Where did the people of the Mali empire immigrate to
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At no more than 200 kilometres (120 mi) north to south and 130 kilometres (81 mi) east to west, Swaziland is one of the smallest countries in Africa. What country is measures 200 mi north to south
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Governments have seen alternates between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC), no third front ever has become significant. When did the BJP secure a landslide victory?
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Pain is the most common reason for people to use complementary and alternative medicine. What did an analysis of the 13 studies of pain treatment conclude about the effect of real treament versus sham treatments?
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Why did Laemmle change his position on "unclean pictures"?
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Annual rainfall in the delta region is approximately 2,500 mm (98
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It was not until the end of the eighteenth century that migration as an explanation for the winter disappearance of birds from northern climes was accepted. Who wrote A History of British Birds
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The Seattle-Tacoma area is also home to one of the largest Cambodian communities in the United States, numbering about 19,000 Cambodian Americans, and one of the largest Samoan communities in the mainland U.
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What is the average student population at the University of London?
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How many times has Daniel Day-Lewis been nominated for Best Actor
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A significant modification of Cubism between 1914 and 1916 was signaled by a shift towards a strong emphasis on large overlapping geometric planes and flat surface activity. What did the critic Maurice Raynal stop referring to Cubism in around 1917-1920?
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On 4 December 2007 an outbreak of an acute virus-induced flu was reported. When did the medical supply outbreak occur?
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The Herero Chief's Council submitted a number of petitions to the UN calling for it to grant Namibia independence during the 1950s.
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In 885 AD the Armenians reestablished themselves as a sovereign kingdom under the leadership of Ashot I of the Bagratid Dynasty
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In May 2008 Microsoft announced that 10 million Xbox 360s had been sold and that it was the "first current generation gaming console" to surpass the 10 million figure in the US.
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The Miami grid is primarily numerical so that, for example, all street addresses north of Flagler Street and west of Miami Avenue have "NW" in their address
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While US President Ronald Reagan was initially defiant, political pressure at home eventually forced the withdrawal of the Marines in February 1984
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The conceptual view provides a level of indirection between internal and external. How does the conceptual view handle how data is erased
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In December 2011, the system went into operation on a trial basis. What will improve the positioning accuracy of the Compass system?
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This voltage tends to oppose the motor supply voltage and so is called "back electromotive force (emf)".
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Following Bandung, Nasser officially adopted the "positive neutralism" of Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as a principal theme of Egyptian foreign policy regarding the Cold War. What political philosophy did Nasser adopt?
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What helped the industry weather the 2009 economic crisis better than other sectors
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As anticipated by Nimitz, the Japanese fleet arrived off Midway on 4 June and was spotted by PBY patrol aircraft. How many times did Nagumo change orders for arming his aircraft
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In the colonial years, while conditions were more fluid, white women, indentured servant or free, and African men, servant, slave or free, made unions. When could white women and black men be in a union
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What is the age expectancy in Botswana as of 2012
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Who heads the Canadian Army?
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NATO intervened militarily on the side of the NTC, bringing about the government's downfall.
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A converter can be fed from the rotor circuit and return the slip-frequency power that would otherwise be wasted back into the power system through an inverter or separate motor-generator
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On 5 August 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Tuvalu, and assessed the economy of Tuvalu: "A slow recovery is underway in Tuvalu, but there are important risks.
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Immigration to the United States of Spanish-speaking Cubans began because of Cuba's political instability upon achieving independence. Is there a particular place where Cubans live and speak Spanish in the U.S.
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In "Freedom in the World 2011", Freedom House rated Cyprus as "free".
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In what component of electrolytic capacitors did Becker believe was similar to the porous carbon electrodes?
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11% of the total votes cast
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The words of the comic playwright P. Who again issued the same type of challenge centuries later
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Tallahassee is the state capital
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In Italian a tent pole is known as l'antenna centrale, and the pole with the wire was simply called l'antenna
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Parque Rodó is both a barrio (neighbourhood) of Montevideo and a park which lies mostly outside the limits of the neighbourhood itself and belongs to Punta Carretas. Parque Rodo was originally conceived as what?
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Estonia has pursued the development of the e-state and e-government. In 2007, how many Estonians used internet voting?
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Many of these refugees couldn't even speak the language, and were from alien environments, such as the case of the non Greeks and Cappadocians.
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According to the Eurobarometer 2005 survey, though, fluency in Russian remains fairly high (20–40%) in some countries, in particular those where the people speak a Slavic language and thereby have an edge in learning Russian (namely, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Bulgaria).
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It was revealed in a documentary called Alexei Sayle's Liverpool, aired in September 2008, that many Liverpudlians will not even take the newspaper for free, and those who do may simply burn or tear it up.
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Prior to 1997, where were racial categories declared for the U.S. Census?
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Which act gave the monarch limited authority in Ireland?
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What second performance did Chopin have to decline to play
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Depleted uranium is also used as a shielding material in some containers used to store and transport radioactive materials. How is depleted uranium used in missile re-entry vehicles?
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17 in (614 mm) and the driest year was 1924 with 5.
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What ancient civilization did Harold Innis use as an example of his theory?
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When did the Chinese attack Burma
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Greeks have a long tradition of valuing and investing in paideia (education)
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There was open feuding as Eto'o publicly criticized coach Frank Rijkaard and Ronaldinho.
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What kind of movement was prehistoric architecture in the beginning?
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Men's rhythmic gymnastics is related to both Men's artistic gymnastics and wushu martial arts. What country practices an unusual form of rhythmic gymnastics
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On the other hand, the opinion of Jagić from 1864 is argued not to have firm grounds. What did Roman inhabitants write about Croatian and Serbian?
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White-box testing (also known as clear box testing, glass box testing, transparent box testing and structural testing, by seeing the source code) tests internal structures or workings of a program, as opposed to the functionality exposed to the end-user. What is another term used for White-box testing
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Although the legislation prohibits interstate and foreign transactions for list species, no provisions are made for in-state commerce, allowing these animals to be sold to roadside zoos and private collectors.
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On 14 June 1925, in a spontaneous reaction against Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, the crowd in the stadium jeered the Royal March. What year did Barcelona claim to be a professional football club?
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What do many places have four of that would cause growth rings in a tree?
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The first commercial LEDs were commonly used as replacements for incandescent and neon indicator lamps, and in seven-segment displays, first in expensive equipment such as laboratory and electronics test equipment, then later in such appliances as TVs, radios, telephones, calculators, as well as watches (see list of signal uses). What was one use of early non-LED light in products?
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Which of the Five-Factor Model dimensions does not demonstrate an association with drinking motives
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No archaeological evidence that indicates a settlement on the site of today′s city centre prior to the 12th century has been found so far. When was the earliest evidnce of settlement in the city centre
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