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Are Corylopsis and Impatiens both genus of plants ?
Corylopsis is a genus of nearly 30 species of shrubs in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern Asia with the majority of species endemic in China but with some also in Japan, Korea, and the Himalayas. This genus is also known from the extinct species "Corylopsis reedae" described from Eocene leaf fos...
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is han still alive in fast and furious
In the post-credits scene of Fast & Furious 6, Han's death from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is shown, and it is revealed that Deckard Shaw, Owen's brother has driven the car that crashed into his.
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Was Katharine often blamed for things at home?
Blameless I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely different from my own family, yet I felt at home with them immediately. Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed me like a long-lost cousin. In my family, it was always important to place blame when anything ...
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Is oil painting difficult to learn?
Register in person, by phone 264-8833, or by mail. Use form given. 178 IN Winchester St., Chicago Basic Photography This is an eight-hour course for beginners who want to learn how to use a 35mm camera. The teacher will cover such areas as kinds of film, light and lenses . Bring your own 35mm camera to class. Cours...
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are garbanzo beans and chick peas the same
The chickpea or chick pea (Cicer arietinum) is a legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its different types are variously known as gram or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, and Egyptian pea. Its seeds are high in protein. It is one of the earliest cultivated legumes: 7500-year-old remains have been f...
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did she find a mistake ?
Li Siyi, a student from Jinan Foreign Language School, takes up a new habit. She refuses to believe everything that she reads. "Not everything in books is true," she said. Many other students in her school think the same thing as Li. They learned this through finding a mistake in their Chinese textbook. They learned a ...
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Are both Ride a Wild Pony and A Goofy Movie produced by Walt Disney affiliated companies?
Ride a Wild Pony is a 1975 American-Australian family adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Don Chaffey and based on the novel "A Sporting Proposition" by James Aldridge. A Goofy Movie is a 1995 American animated musical road comedy-drama film, produced by DisneyToon Studios and Walt Disney Te...
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has there ever been a female governor in georgia
As of 2018, a total of 22 states have never had a female governor. Those states are: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin...
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Are those states actually in the southern part of the country?
The Southern United States (also the American South, Dixie, and the South), is a region of the United States of America. The South does not fully match the geographic south of the United States, but the Deep South is fully located in the southeastern corner. Arizona and New Mexico, which are geographically in the south...
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Is there high fructose corn syrup in it?
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton and was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the world soft-drink mark...
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Did it say EAT ME on the bottle she found?
Poor Alice was very unhappy. "What a wonderful garden!" she said to herself. "I'd like to be out there - not in this dark room. Why can't I get smaller?" It was already a very strange day. and Alice was beginning to think that anything was possible. After a while she locked the door again, got up and went back to the g...
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Did they walk faster as they neared the Seminary?
CHAPTER XX DAYS OF WAITING Eight o'clock that evening saw the three Rovers on their way to Hope Seminary. Tom was the leader, and it had taken a good half hour's arguing on his part to get Dick and Sam to accompany him. "You'll make a fool of yourself, and make fools of us, too," was the way Sam expressed himself...
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does carbonic acid decompose into water and carbon dioxide
It was long believed that carbonic acid could not exist as a pure compound. However, in 1991 scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (USA) succeeded in making solid HCO samples. They did so by exposing a frozen mixture of water and carbon dioxide to high-energy proton radiation, and then warming to remove the ...
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Did they do well with first time consumers?
Dell was listed at number 51 in the Fortune 500 list, until 2014. After going private in 2013, the newly confidential nature of its financial information prevents the company from being ranked by Fortune. In 2014 it was the third largest PC vendor in the world after Lenovo and HP. Dell is currently the #1 shipper of PC...
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Are Paul Bartel and William C. McGann both directors?
Paul Bartel (August 6, 1938 – May 13, 2000) was an American actor, writer and director. Bartel was perhaps most known for his 1982 hit black comedy "Eating Raoul", which he wrote, starred in and directed. William C. McGann (April 15, 1893 – November 15, 1977) was an American film director. He directed 52 films between ...
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did anyone from the office win an emmy
The Emmy Award was established in 1949 in order to recognize excellence in the American television industry, and are bestowed by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Emmy Awards are given in different ceremonies presented annually; Primetime Emmys recognise outstanding work in American primetime televi...
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Is Munich the largest city in Germany?
Munich is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is also the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and the 12th biggest city of the European Union, with a population of around 1.5 million. The Munich Metrop...
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Are both Matthew Barney and Ladislao Vajda sculptors?
Matthew Barney (born March 25, 1967) is an American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. His early works are sculptural installations combined with performance and video. Between 1994 and 2002 he created "The Cremaster Cycle", a series of five films described by Jonathan Jones in "The Guardian"...
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Were Ivan Perestiani and Patricio Guzmán both directors?
Ivan Nikolaevich Perestiani (also Ivane, Georgian: ივანე პერესტიანი ; Russian: Иван Николаевич Перестиани ; 13 April [O.S. 1 April] 1870 — 14 May 1959) was a Russian/Soviet film director, script-writer and actor, and People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1949). He was of Kefalonian Greek descent. Patricio Guzmán Lozanes...
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Was there a big demand?
Robert Spring, a 19 century forger ,was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he became rich by selling his small but real collection of e...
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Are William Saroyan and Carla Garapedian both novelists?
William Saroyan ( ; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel "The Human Comedy". Carla Garapedian (Armenian: Քարլա Կարապետեան ) ...
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is the top thrill dragster the tallest roller coaster
Top Thrill Dragster is a steel accelerator roller coaster built by Intamin at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It was the sixteenth roller coaster built at the park since the Blue Streak in 1964. When built in 2003, it was the first full circuit roller coaster to exceed 400 feet (120 m) in height, and was ...
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Did she finally write the book?
Today we tell about Louisa May Alcott. She wrote . In 1868, an American publisher asked Louisa May Alcott to write a book for girls. At first, she was not sure if she wanted to do it. She said she didn't like girls. However, she decided to write the book finally. She told about her experiences growing up in the northea...
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will xbox one x play original xbox games
During Microsoft's E3 2017 press conference on June 11, 2017, Microsoft announced that roughly 50% of Xbox One users had played an Xbox 360 game on Xbox One through the system's backward-compatibility feature. Based on popular demand, Phil Spencer, Microsoft's Head of Xbox, announced that Xbox One consoles would be abl...
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do cows need to have a baby to produce milk
To maintain lactation, a dairy cow must be bred and produce calves. Depending on market conditions, the cow may be bred with a ``dairy bull'' or a ``beef bull.'' Female calves (heifers) with dairy breeding may be kept as replacement cows for the dairy herd. If a replacement cow turns out to be a substandard producer of...
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Were they the victors in their last match?
(CNN) -- Inter Milan exited this season's Champions League to Marseille in a dramatic finish to their last 16, second leg tie in the San Siro Tuesday. Trailing visitors Marseille 1-0 from the first leg, 2010 winners Inter leveled on aggregate through a Diego Milito goal in the 75th minute. The match looked headed f...
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was much known about science?
Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard. In the early years, these schools were nearly the same. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and eve...
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Are Armand Schaefer and Frederick Wiseman both examples of Canadian film directors?
Armand Schaefer (5 August 1898 – 26 September 1967) was a Canadian film producer and director. He produced over 100 films between 1932 and 1953. He also directed 24 films between 1931 and 1946. He was born in Tavistock, Ontario, Canada. Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, a...
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Did someone later work on its development?
UniProt is a freely accessible database of protein sequence and functional information, many entries being derived from genome sequencing projects. It contains a large amount of information about the biological function of proteins derived from the research literature. The UniProt consortium comprises the European Bi...
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Was Joe honest to Delia?
Delia was a young pianist. Her husband, Joe, was a young artist. Each of them was taking lessons: Joe with a famous art teacher, and Delia with a great pianist from Germany. Their teachers were the very best, so lessons were expensive, more than they could really afford, but...when you love your art, nothing is too muc...
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Did Obama chuckle?
(CNN) -- During the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, Jimmy Kimmel made a joke that President Obama laughed at, but that you could see was just killing him inside. "Mr. President, do you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow?" Kimmel asked. "That was hilarious....
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was this a nice guy?
Once there was a guy who lived in a giant red mitten. He was always mad because the old woman in the shoe down the road got all the attention for living in a giant piece of clothing. One day he made a plan to play a joke. He took a cookie and with it in his hand went to dig a hole under the old lady's shoe. When he f...
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is 9 august a public holiday in sa
National Women's Day is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20 000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws that required South Africans defined as ``black'' under The Population Registration Act...
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Was he a small guy?
CHAPTER VI A DEAL IN LAND On the morning after the corporal's discovery, Gustave Wandle was leading his team to a drinking pool on the creek that crossed his farm. He was a big, reserved, fair-haired man, with a fleshy face that was redeemed from heaviness by his eyes, which were restless and keen. Though supposed ...
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do jim and pam ever get together in the office
Pamela Morgan Halpert (née Beesly) is a fictional character on the U.S. television sitcom The Office, played by Jenna Fischer. Her counterpart in the original UK series of The Office is Dawn Tinsley. Her character is initially the receptionist at the paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin, before becoming a saleswom...
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was it expected?
CHAPTER XII THE CLEVERNESS OF OLD MAN COYOTE Who thinks the quickest and the best Is bound to win in every test. _Bowser the Hound._ The meeting of Reddy Fox and Old Man Coyote just outside the gate to Farmer Brown's henyard had been wholly unexpected to both. Reddy had been so eager to get inside that gate tha...
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is the clone wars movie before the tv series
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 American 3D animated science fiction-space opera film that takes place within the Star Wars saga, leading into a TV series of the same name produced by Lucasfilm Animation. The film is set during the three-year time period between the films Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clon...
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Would Pablo be able to stay in the fishing village then?
Martin Lynch, an American businessman, had been going on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village for a number of ears. One morning while going for a walk along the beach, he saw his friend Pablo Perez, a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo _ his boat and pack the fish in a box. Martin noticed Pablo was smiling an...
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were they indoors?
Long long ago, there lived two girls named Emily and Tina. Both of them had long black hair and blue eyes. One day while they were playing in the back yard , Emily heard a tinkling sound. She jumped up. "Listen," she told her twin. They listened. The noise came again. This time Tina heard it. She sat up. "It came from ...
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was there an affadavit?
It isn't that the man had done anything wrong to infuriate Elytte Barbour and his wife. The couple - married three weeks -- just wanted to kill someone together, police said. And Troy LaFerrara, 42, happened to be the unlucky one. The Barbours are accused of luring LaFerrara through a "companionship" ad on Craigs...
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are the bases of a trapezoid always parallel
In Euclidean geometry, an isosceles trapezoid (isosceles trapezium in British English) is a convex quadrilateral with a line of symmetry bisecting one pair of opposite sides. It is a special case of a trapezoid. Alternatively, it can be defined as a trapezoid in which both legs and both base angles are of the same meas...
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was she the victor in that competition more than once?
(CNN)Lindsey Vonn may have missed out on gold at last month's world championships, but the American skier has set her sights on end-of-season glory after claiming a record-extending 65th World Cup win on Sunday. Vonn's victory in the super-G event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany gave her the outright lead in the...
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do second place winners on survivor get money
The Sole Survivor receives a cash prize of $1,000,000 prior to taxes and sometimes also receives a car provided by the show's sponsor. Every player receives a prize for participating on Survivor depending on how long he or she lasts in the game. In most seasons, the runner-up receives $100,000, and third place wins $85...
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Are Butthole Surfers and Pillar from the same state?
Pillar is a Christian rock band currently located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Butthole Surfers is an American rock band formed by singer Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consis...
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DId he see himself as the permanent leader of the program?
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The moderator's chair on NBC's "Meet the Press" stood empty on Sunday in remembrance of Tim Russert, the man who had occupied it for 17 years. The moderator's chair on NBC's "Meet the Press" stood empty Sunday in remembrance of Tim Russert. As the show's host, Russert became a mainstay of televi...
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Were Arvid E. Gillstrom and Nagisa Oshima both film director and screenwriters?
Arvid E. Gillstrom (13 August 1889 – 21 May 1935), was a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He was born "Arvid Evald Gyllström" in Annedal, Gothenburg, Sweden and died in Hollywood, California. Nagisa Oshima (大島 渚 , Ōshima Nagisa , March 31, 1932 – January 15, 2013) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. H...
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Is he pretty?
A) LiYugang dresses like a woman and sings like a bird. He won the third prize in CCTV's Star Road in 2006. He sings folk songs. However, he seems to have the spirit of Mei Lanfang. In fact, the young man had learnt something from Mei Lanfang's students. People in China usually don't like cross-dressing . But people ar...
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Did he ever stop to learn?
Walter owns three Italian restaurants which are running very well in Rhode Island in America. Every day his restaurants welcome crowds of customers all over the world. He studied to be a cook, but he sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, all of a sudden hi...
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Are Brendon Urie and Jack Evans both songwriters?
Brendon Boyd Urie (born April 12, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of Panic! at the Disco, of which he is the sole remaining original member. Jack Evans (born March 3, 1953, Anamosa, Iowa) is an American musician and songwriter.
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does curry have a brother in the nba
Seth Adham Curry (born August 23, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one year with the Liberty Flames before transferring to the Duke Blue Devils. He is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry ...
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was Keesh his only child?
Keesh lived at the North Pole a long time ago. He lived near the edge of the polar sea. He was a bright thirteen-year-old boy with a strong, healthy body. His father was a brave man who had died during a food shortage in the village. His father tried to save the lives of his people by fighting a giant polar bear. Keesh...
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Did he get a bath?
Jack wants to play with his dog, Max. Jack finds the ball. He throws the ball across the yard. Max runs after the ball. Max brings the ball back to Jack. Jack plays fetch with Max for a long time. Jack now wants to Max for a walk. He looks for Max's leash. He looks on the porch. He looks in the closet. He looks on th...
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Does he support McGwire?
(CNN) -- Mark McGwire deserves a ban from baseball more than any sympathy. It is sad to hear his quavery confession of a career filled with steroids, his sorrow over the pain it caused his family and fans, his revelation of a life of lies that burned inside him like a hidden disease and consumed the game he loved. ...
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is the eureka tower the tallest building in australia
Eureka Tower is a 297.3-metre (975 ft) skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction began in August 2002 and the exterior completed on 1 June 2006. The plaza was finished in June 2006 and the building was officially opened on 11 October 2006. The project was designed by M...
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Do most teens get that much?
Shelly Nielsen sees students fall asleep in class at least twice a week. "When I see teens asleep in my class, I wonder if I am really that boring", said Nielsen, a teacher. "I also wonder why they are so tired." Neilson first tried to wake up sleeping students quietly. If the snoozing continues, she may call a stude...
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did she say should be late again?
"This is the third time that you have been late , Julia . Why?"Mr. Malone stopped Julia as she walked by his desk. Julia explained , "I'm sorry . I was cleaning the tables in the science room . Someone spilled the chemical , so cleaning took me longer than usual . " Mr. Malone replied . "I've talked to you about your l...
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is there going to be a star trek 3
Star Trek Beyond is a 2016 American science fiction adventure film directed by Justin Lin and written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, based on the series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry. It is the thirteenth film in the Star Trek film franchise and the third installment in the reboot series, following Star Trek (200...
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Were both Paul Heyse and James Baldwin writers?
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 – 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the "Tunnel über der Spree" in Berlin and "Die Krokodile" in Munich, he wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty dramas. The sum of Heyse's many and...
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did his son in law take his wife?
CHAPTER XXII PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed. He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that whic...
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is n korea a member of the un
The Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea) were simultaneously admitted to the United Nations (UN) in 1991. On 8 August 1991, the UN Security Council passed United Nations Security Council Resolution 702, recommending both states t...
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Was he scared about Judgement day?
CHAPTER XX. THE JUDGMENT SUNDAY Sunday morning broke, dull and gray. The rain had ceased, but the clouds hung dark and brooding above a world which, in its windless calm, following the spent storm-throe, seemed to us to be waiting "till judgment spoke the doom of fate." We were all up early. None of us, it appeared, ...
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Are Java and Shatar both games?
Java is a German-style board game designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling and published in 2000 by Ravensburger in German and by Rio Grande Games in English. It is illustrated by Franz Vohwinkel. Shatar (Mongolian: ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠰᠢᠲᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ "Monggol sitar-a", "Mongolian shatranj"; a.k.a. shatar) and hiashatar are two che...
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is it responsible for executing federeal laws?
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, agriculture, forestry, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade ...
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Do they notice anyone?
CHAPTER VIII IN THE SWAMP "There she is!" "She seems to be all right!" "Shall we go on board?" Such were the cries from the Rovers and their friends as they came in sight of the _Dora_. The view of the houseboat filled them all with pleasure. "Wait!" said Harold Bird. "Don't show yourselves!" Dick at leas...
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is dia de los muertos the same as all saints day
The holiday is sometimes called Día de los Muertos in Anglophone countries, a back-translation of its original name, Día de Muertos. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico where the day is a public holiday. Prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the celebration took place at the beginning of summer. Gradua...
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is the book congo based on a true story
Congo is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense rain forest of Congo. Crichton calls Congo a lost world novel in the tradition founded by Henry Rider Haggard's King Solomon'...
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Was it the first to use that name?
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register and became The Times on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, itself wholly ow...
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Was he booked as a guest?
(CNN) -- Looks like Dave Chappelle is making up for lost time. The comedian, who famously and abruptly quit his acclaimed, wildly popular "Chappelle's Show" on Comedy Central in 2005 and dropped out of public life, seems to be a bit less reclusive these days. He recently appeared on the "Late Show With David Letter...
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Did he speak when he arrived in space?
Astronaut Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese man to walk in space on Saturday, climbing out of prefix = st1 /China's Shenzhou VII spacecraft in a technological feat that made the Chinese people excited. "I'm feeling quite well. I greet the Chinese people and the people of the world," Zhai said as he climbed out of...
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do double barrelled names have to be hyphenated
In the Western tradition of surnames, there are several types of double surname (also double-barrelled surname). If the two names are joined with a hyphen, it may also be called a hyphenated surname.
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is Jack his twin?
Bob is a middle school student. He is 13years old. He lives in Shanghai with his parents and his twin brother, Jack. They are in the same( ) school, but in different classes. Bob is good at Maths, but not good at English. He thinks it's a little difficult for him. But he plans to spend more time on it. Every morning, B...
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Did Red own any food stores, sporting good stores, or radio stores?
There once was a business man named Red. Red owned his own business. He had his very own movie store. There are food stores, sporting goods stores, and even radio stores, but Red owned a movie store. Many people visited his movie store and watched a lot of movies. There were many different types of movies in his store....
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is it illegal to count cards at a casino
Card counting is not illegal under British law, nor is it under federal, state, or local laws in the United States provided that no external card counting device or person assists the player in counting cards. Still, casinos object to the practice, and try to prevent it, banning players believed to be counters. In thei...
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was there ever a killer whale at dudley zoo
There was a time where the Dudley Zoo housed polar bears and Southern elephant seals. It was once home to Cuddles, a male orca, or killer whale. He was housed at the zoo from 1971, until his death in February 1974. The dolphin and whale pools were modified seal and sea lions pools with the walls being built up to creat...
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Did the stranger leave?
Derek was sad. He was playing in the school yard at recess and a girl in his class was being mean to him. Her name was Sandy. Sandy was best friends with Alexis. Alexis was nice to Derek, but Sandy kept being mean. Sandy kicked dirt at Derek and called him mean names. Alexis felt bad that her friend was so nasty to Der...
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can two double bonds be next to each other
An allene is a compound in which one carbon atom has double bonds with each of its two adjacent carbon centres. Allenes are classified as polyenes with cumulated dienes. The parent compound of allene is propadiene. Compounds with an allene-type structure but with more than three carbon atoms are called cumulenes. Allen...
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is there an alcoholic version of a shirley temple
Adding one and a half US fluid ounces (44 ml) of vodka or rum produces a ``Dirty Shirley''.
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Did he go alone?
EL PASO, Texas (CNN) -- The cell phone rang as Jorge Aguirre walked to a friend's funeral in Juarez, Mexico, last November -- a funeral for a fellow journalist who, Aguirre says, was assassinated for the critical stories he wrote. Mexican federal police recently began patrolling Ciudad Juarez, just across the border ...
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Was he willing to die for them?
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (CNN) -- From the time he first emerged as a civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. lived with the threat of death, but he never wavered in his commitment to non-violence. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed the cause they were fighting for was worth dying for. "Dr. King made it ra...
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Did he want to be let alone?
CHAPTER V AT NIAGARA FALLS "See here, I want you to let me alone!" stormed Nat Poole, and he tried to jerk himself free. "Listen, Nat," said Dave, sternly. "If you make a noise it will be the worse for you, for it will bring the others here, and then we'll tell about what you tried to do. Maybe Mrs. Wadsworth wil...
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are you allowed to drink on the street in edinburgh
The City of Edinburgh allows the consumption of alcohol in public places but under the Edinburgh by-law, anyone drinking in public would have to stop if asked by police. In the Strathclyde region that includes Glasgow, the consumption of alcohol or possession of an open container of alcohol, in public places has been i...
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are shaw's and star market the same
Shaw's and Star Market are two American grocery store chains based in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, employing about 30,000 associates in 154 stores. One hundred thirty two stores are operated under the Shaw's banner in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, while Star Market operates 22 stor...
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Are both Fazoli's and Papa John's Pizza based out of Kentucky?
Papa John's Pizza is an American restaurant franchise company. It runs the third largest take-out and pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States, with headquarters in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, a suburb of Louisville. Fazoli's is an Italian-American fast casual restaurant chain based out of Lexington, Kentucky....
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Did he ever come back?
(CNN) -- Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who was due in court Thursday for his trial, has been hospitalized after falling ill, his lawyer told CNN. He was taken to a hospital on his doctor's orders, lawyer Ahmad Raza Kasuri said. His trial was subsequently postponed until Monday. Asiya Ishaq, a support...
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Do tenns players Peter Curtis and Andy Roddick have the same nationality?
Peter Curtis (born 29 August 1945 ) is a former British professional tennis player. Peter Curtis won one Grand Slam in mixed doubles with his wife at the time Mary Ann Eisel Curtis. Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player from the US.
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Is it a fully recognized state?
The Sahrawi Republic, officially the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR; ; ""), is a partially recognized state that controls a thin strip of area in the Western Sahara region and claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on F...
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has there ever been a convention of states
To become part of the Constitution, an amendment must be ratified by either--as determined by Congress--the legislatures of three-fourths (presently 38) of the states or State ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the states. Thirty-three amendments to the United States Constitution have been approved by Congress a...
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Did this excite him?
Once upon a time there was a fish that lived in a bowl. The fish wanted to give a kid a party. But the fish was sad. The fish had no present to give to the kid. The fish would give the kid a spoon. But the fish had no spoon. The fish was a cutie. The fish had an idea. The fish had a stone in the bowl. The fish could gi...
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are a sheep and a lamb the same
A sheep in its first year is called a lamb, and its meat is also called lamb. The meat of a juvenile sheep older than one year is hogget; outside the USA this is also a term for the living animal. The meat of an adult sheep is mutton, a term only used for the meat, not the living animals. In the Indian subcontinent the...
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Is this an issue for many students?
It never occurred to Sun Yukun that the decision he made four years ago would have an impact on his career. When the 22-year-old entered college in 2009, he decided not to change his rural residence to a students' collective one. But when he finished college and was offered a job with a state-owned enterprise in Beijin...
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do derek morgan and garcia ever get together
Morgan is shown over the series being flirtatious towards the team's technical analyst Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). However, the relationship is platonic. He is shown to be confident and assertive, along with being very protective towards Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), whom he helps to pick up girls. He is...
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Was that a lie?
When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: "Tony fell from the open window!" She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: "Don't worry,...
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have china ever qualified for the world cup
The China national team was founded in 1924 and joined FIFA in 1931--1958, and then from 1979. China first entered World Cup qualification in 1957 in an attempt to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. China failed to score a goal in their maiden World Cup appearance in 2002. However, qualifying for the tournament has b...
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was it outside?
Late in the evening, the wind blew hard around the little house. The sound of the wind is like someone crying. It made the old woman nervous. She had not been getting much sleep lately, but with the wind making the spooky noise, she didn't know what else to do but lie down and try to rest a little. Once she lay down ...
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Are both Les Claypool and Taylor Hawkins from the same country?
Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, author and actor best known as the bassist and lead vocalist of the band Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping. Oliver Tayl...
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Is it found on a mountain?
Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Spanish: Ciudad de México audio (help·info) American Spanish: [sjuˈða(ð) ðe ˈméxiko]; abbreviated as "CDMX"), is the capital of Mexico. As an "alpha" global city, Mexico City is one of the most important financial centers in the Americas. It is located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle ...
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Did they eventually become quiet again?
Chapter 32 The Disposal of a Bonanza 'SUCH was Ritter's narrative,' said I to my two friends. There was a profound and impressive silence, which lasted a considerable time; then both men broke into a fusillade of exciting and admiring ejaculations over the strange incidents of the tale; and this, along with a rattlin...
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Are Tim O'Brien and Erica Jong of the same nationality?
William Timothy "Tim" O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist. He best known for his "The Things They Carried" (1990), a collection of linked short stories. These semi-autobiographical stories were inspired by O'Brien's experiences in the Vietnam War. In 2010 the "New York Times" described O'Brien's book...
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Did they lose their contracts?
London (CNN) -- I remember well the shock when in 2000 Alex Rodriquez signed a 10 year, a quarter of a billion dollar deal ($252 million) to play baseball with the Texas Rangers. It was beyond reality, and it didn't work out for the Rangers. He was later traded to the Yankees who happily increased the deal. Good for ...
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Is the threat to them a bluff?
(CNN) -- With Walter White dead, fans everywhere are mourning, celebrating, tallying up bets and discussing what just happened. Was the series finale of "Breaking Bad" satisfying? Did it tie up all loose ends? Did the character you wanted to live survive and did the ones you wanted to die get their just deserts? Is it ...
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