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In a meeting about price controls with Vice President Cheney, a person was accused by the VP of being rude while at the same time signalling he the administration was more open to providing regulatory relief, and a person who served as chairman of what committee from 2011 to January 2015 claimed Cheney gave a short presentation about a growing escalation of engagement by the administration?
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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In what US city is the American business-focused daily newspaper, of which Jim Vadehei had once been a staff reporter in 2001, based in?
New York City
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The town that Ghoti railway station is located in is know for what academy where ancient technique of meditation called Vipassana is taught?
Vipassana International Academy
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The family that Elachista argentella is in is in what superfamily?
Gelechioidea
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Which company owns the radio broadcasting station that employed the Romanian linguist and journalist Șerban Iliescu?
Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company
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What rank by largest size in Europe is the Island where the town Cadamstown, historically called "Ballymacadam" is located?
third-largest
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What year was formed the electricity regulation board that was the sole client of Enron's Indian Unit?
1960
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What is the 2016 estimated population of the city who whose former mayor Richard Riordan was urged by President Bush to run for Governor?
3,976,322
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What group provided the background profiles for the tool from Economist.com that they call "the insider's tool for researching countries"?
the Economist Intelligence Unit
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The mountain range that Carrieton is situated in starts about how many miles north of Adelaide?
125 mi
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In 2001 Bernadette Tansey was a staff writer for a newspaper that was founded in what year?
1865
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What entity is funded by Innovatech Grand Montreal and the entity that said it invested $1.7 million in Inpix Media?
Newtrade
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Where in Los Angeles is located the convention center where solar installations are being constructed?
the southwest portion of downtown
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Which firm invested in both Alphamosaic and Screentec?
Prelude Trust
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The city in Alsace that Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg was from is the official seat of what?
European Parliament
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What entity owns the film studio that is the fifth oldest surviving in the world?
Viacom
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What is the date of birth for the person who won her third consecutive French Open title at the 2007 French Open?
1 June 1982
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In what year was the entity founded that Three Cities Productions is sponsored in part by?
1982
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What is the date of birth for the person who wrote the "Porpoise Song" along with Gerry Goffin?
February 9, 1942
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The species of vegetable that Aravakurichi is well known as a major market for in Tamil Nadu is most widely cultivated species of what genus?
Moringa
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How many different cities simultaneously publish the Indian daily newspaper that featured the article "Rolls charged up on power generation" written by Soma Banerjee in 2001?
12
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[ { "title": "e5805_p29", "sents": [ "But KPCL has already tied up fuel linkage with Talcher.", "The coal requirement for the project is estimated to be in the region 2.8 million tonnes per annum assuming a plant load factor of 80 per cent and a calorific value of 3,000 kilo calories per kg.", ...
Who arranged the first recording session of "Jole Blon" in 1958 by a musician who also re-recorded Johnny Cash's original "Committed to Parkview" while a member of the Highwaymen?
Buddy Holly
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According to the 2011 census, what is the population of the town where the Vale of Evesham school is located?
23,576
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[ { "title": "Vale of Evesham School", "sents": [ "Vale of Evesham School in Evesham, in the county of Worcestershire, England, is a special needs school for around 150 mixed gender pupils aged 2 to 19 of whom approximately 35 are in the 6th form.", "It caters for children with special educational...
In what year was the cosmonaut born who took command of the International Space Station for Expedition 51 in 2017?
1959
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[ { "title": "Peggy Whitson", "sents": [ "Peggy Annette Whitson (born February 9, 1960) is an American biochemistry researcher, NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut.", "Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station as a member of Exped...
Where is the entity headquartered that along with Yasuda Enterprise Development and Japan Asia Investment Co. participated in the first round of financing for Groundhog Technologies?
Ōtemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
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Where are the headquarters of the energy company who worked with PJM West, ensuring they receive full credit for its capacity anywhere within the PJM market?
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
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How many fake cereal boxes were allegedly sent to a competitor of a company whose company name is portmanteau of "microcomputer" and "software?
3,000
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The person who represents California's 30th congressional district escorted which team from El Camino Real High School to meet Bush?
Academic Decathlon national championship team
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Which California utility company was pushed into bankruptcy court due to high power prices when this retired American politician born on December 26, 1942 served as the 37th Governor of California?
California Reliant Energy Inc.
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The White House spokeswoman who claimed the first demand letter ever issued by the GAO to a vice president was "under review", claimed the makeup and leadership of a commission will stay as it is during a political tug-of-war between the President and what person?
Trent Lott
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[ { "title": "e6660_p10", "sents": [ "Under the law, the GAO could sue if the Bush administration fails to supply the data within 20 days.", "This is the first demand letter ever issued by the GAO to a vice president, said Democratic Reps. John Dingell and Henry Waxman, who directed the agency to ...
What is the nickname of the New Orleans blues gutarist who shares the same name as a writer for the Dow Jones Newswires whose phone number is 202-862-6647?
braille blues daddy
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[ { "title": "e786_p1", "sents": [ "House Energy and Clean Air Subcommittee Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, defended his planned Western-state electricity relief legislation, which doesn't contain a price-cap mandate.", "\"We are involved, and if there is a feasible federal solution, we will find it...
On what date were the first matches played on for the season that the Segunda Division promotion phase was the second phase of?
26 August 2011
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The American private equity firm that has eight investment funds with aggregate capital commitments of $11 billion invested in what provider of a bank-neutral Internet payment network for business-to-business transactions, helping to to secure $45 million in venture funding?
Clareon
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1931 film The Maltese Falcon is based on a novel of the same name by a person who died on what date?
January 10, 1961
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The third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States ran a story on 6/29/01 about what company being held in contempt in California?
Enron
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Which investor has backed both Zelerate and notHarvard?
Sanchez Capital Partners
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The country of which Moscow is the capital could have the effectiveness of its strategic missile force blunted and be left vulnerable to attack if the restraints built into what 1972 treaty with the United States are abandoned?
the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty
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The three unconsolidated entities that Enron said should have been included in its consolidated financial statements made Andrew Fastow how much money?
more than $30 million
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[ { "title": "e19622_p42", "sents": [ "Enron said that three \"unconsolidated entities should have been included in its consolidated financial statements,\" based on generally accepted accounting principles.", "These entities are Chewco Investments LP, Joint Energy Development Investments LP and a...
The Governor of Nevada that worked with local officials in order to expedite permits for power plant processes was born on what date?
(August 24, 1936
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The basketball team that was led by head coach Mark Few during the 2010-11 NCAA Division I season played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center, on the campus of a university founded in what year?
1887
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According to an article by the Associated Press on May 21st, 2001, the city in which taxicabs are going high-tech to improve security had a 2016 population of how many people?
2,731,571
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Which investor participated in Edgix's Series B financing and also backed Realeum?
Venrock Associates
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Which DWR spokesman did the professor emeritus from the University of Winnipeg who received the Erica and Arnold Rogers Award for Research Excellence in 1998 cite in his article about the California Department of Water Resources never receiving an invoice for power purchased on behalf of the state's insolvent utilities?
Oscar Hidalgo
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The analyst at John Hancock's value funds who said that his organization needed confidence that Enron's long-term credit rating won't go below investment grade is a member of which state's public utilities commission?
Oregon
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[ { "title": "e20356_p26", "sents": [ "Enron, the largest energy trader, created partnerships and other affiliated companies to buy and sell assets such as power plants to lower the debt on its books.", "An investor sued Enron's board Wednesday, saying two partnerships cost the company $35 million...
Who will serve as the chief creative and technology officer for the company that Lise Anne Couture co-founded in 1989?
Hani Rashid,
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What is the title of the article about DPC arbitration published on 09/25/2001 by the third-largest newspaper in Indian by circulation?
Govt for stay on DPC arbitration
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An article titled "Ex-Houston judge to be special counsel Andell to advise education secretary" was published on 07-04-01 in a particular daily newspaper; as of 2016, what rank was this newspaper among the largest newspapers by Sunday circulation in the United States?
third-largest
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The person who is the Federal Reserve System's Chair of the Board of Governors was mentioned in what report on September 1?
Capital Markets Report
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Axsun Technologies, Bandwidth9, Lightchip, PhotonEx, SpectraSwitch and other companies planned to attend a Portfolio by Venturewire in the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at what hotel?
Marriott Cambridge
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Stenoptilia veronicae are also known as what kind of moths?
plume moths
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Michael McNamara is the president of a company that is headquartered in which California city?
Los Angeles
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What governor that served as a captain in the Vietnam War and was awarded a Bronze Star asked Mr. Bush to enact federal price caps on electricity?
Gray Davis
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The 2014-2015 luge tournament that began in Austria and ended in Russia was run by an organization that has been doing it since when?
1977–78
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What governor who served in the Vietnam War as a Captain and was awarded a Bronze star devised a plan to enable bond sales and bypass the oversight of the PUC?
Gray Davis
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The economic commentators at the Economic Outlook Forum 2001 held on November 9, 2001 at the Arthur Andersen Auditorium were one of the session's co-chairs, Severin Borenstein, Jerry Engel, Rich Lyons, Ken Rosen, the vice chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2010 to 2014, and which other professor?
Hal Varian
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The author of a May 10, 2001 piece for the San Francisco Chronicle titled "Proud state forced to knees in power hunt" wrote a story for the same paper on 6/12/01 about air standards being lowered for power plants along with what other writer?
Lynda Gledhill
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What company is the owner of the paper that ran the 563 word story titled "Lessons from history Electricity still needs a public role" as well as the article titled "Natural gas project OK'd" that ran 507 words?
McClatchy Newspapers, Inc
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"Pop Club" was a radio program in the 1960s that was broadcast by an international broadcaster; in what year did this broadcaster announce that it would start broadcasting in Pidgin and Yoruba in Nigeria?
2015
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What is the name of the author wrote this series of crime novels with the character featured in the 2008 movie Fallen angels directed by Morten Tyldum?
Gunnar Staalesen
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Katherine Borsecnik was a senior vice president at a company co-founded by Mark Seriff; in which state is this company now based?
New York
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The Assemblywoman and committee chair who said it wasn't fair to say that higher dorm heating and cooling costs would just be passed along to dorm residents at the University of California was born in what year?
1944
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What name was used by a series of American comedy short films, often featuring actor Charles Bachman, about poor neighborhood children and portrayed black and white kids interacting as equals?
Our Gang
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Which American business-focused daily newspaper from New York City published on July 13, 2001, that Enron had reported a 40% increase in profits in their second quarter net income for that year?
The Wall Street Journal
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Greg Stiman, the owner of Natural Gas Liquids, is based in a city that is the seat of which Texas county?
Harris County
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As executive director of the Utility Consumers' Action Network, Michael Shames was based in a city located in which California county?
San Diego County
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Jan Kraus is a retired football player who spent a season in South Korea playing for a team that was founded as a community club in which year?
2002
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The college located on the south side of The Cut in London was formed from the merger of which two colleges?
Lewisham College and Southwark College
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The author of the article titled "Regulators say $1 billion power refund is fair State sticks by $8.9 billion claim" for the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a story for the same paper claiming summer blackouts appeared inevitable on what date?
March 16, 2001
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Which investor in Icarian did Kevin Carrington join as a portfolio manager?
Partech International
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The technology conglomerate that planned to acquire PixStream for $369 million is headquartered in which California city?
San Jose
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What is the abbreviation for the German professional ice hockey league founded seven years after the American professional ice hockey goaltender Jeff Zatkoff as a replacement for the old Bundesliga?
DEL
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[ { "title": "Jeff Zatkoff", "sents": [ "Jeff Zatkoff (born June 9, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays with the Ontario Reign in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).", "He signed...
The person who is a professor at the New York University School of Law and often cited as an expert in legal ethics said he did not think who could be called to account for saying "The people handling this are Joe and Harry"?
Rove
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Tom Delay was quoted as saying "Members should reject the siren song of price caps an d remember this: Government price controls will mean more blackouts" in response to the comment from a person who currently serves as what in the United States House of Representatives?
Minority Leader
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[ { "title": "e5725_p48", "sents": [ "\"This says to the people of the West, 'Your emergency doesn't count to us,' said Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco).", "But such assertions were countered by House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas), who said: \"Members should reject the siren song of price c...
Greg Amadon is selling a portiion of his personal stock to the entity that New Moon Systems is funded by in a deal worth how much?
$100 million
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A Nevada state senator who was chairman of the Committee on Commerce and Labor said that Nevada was bringing the same mentality to power plants that it brought to casinos; in what year was this state senator born?
1947
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In 1983, Diamond Shoal won a Group 3 flat horse race in England that is run over what distance?
1 mile, 4 furlongs and 5 yards
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In which year was this website and a commercial provider of online memorials founded, for which Howard Finberg of CNI Ventures served on the board of directors?
1998
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In the Lehman Brothers list of "10 Uncommon Euro Values,", which mentioned company was an investor in Asera's series C round of financing?
Siemens AG
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The 2003 album Soulstar is the third album by a particular singer-songwriter; what is the lead single of this musician's fourth album?
B.U.D.D.Y.
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A meeting was called for June 5-6, 2001 by foreign financiers of the Dabhol Power Company project, to be held in a city-state whose territory consists of one main island and how many other islets?
62
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What is the two letter abbreviation for the fourth most densely populated country or territory in the world?
HK
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How many MW was the power plant over which Dabhol was in dispute with the Indian state-owned electricity regulation board formed in 1960?
2,184
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What Lightwave Micro investor is a research university in California located between San Jose and San Francisco?
Stanford University
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[ { "title": "Stanford University", "sents": [ "Stanford University (Stanford; officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco.", "Stanford's undergraduate pr...
The investors who had backed WebCT through its first six rounds of financing were the Munder, SCT, Thomson Learning, CMGI @Ventures, Chase Capital, BancBoston, NetInvest, Welch & Forbes, Duke, Kestrel Venture, MTDC, and a private investment firm that was formed from a spin-off in what year?
1997
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The Exchange District in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada is one block north of an intersection that is nicknamed what?
"crossroads of Canada",
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The vice chairman of Enron Corp. who joined the company in 1991 and was previously chairman and chief executive officer of Enron North America was born in what year?
1958
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With Gaz de France PR and what other company did the Italian natural gas infrastructure company that had a market capitalization of €13,612 billion in December 2016 form a consortium interested in purchasing 49% of SPP?
Ruhrgas
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[ { "title": "Snam", "sents": [ "Snam S.p.A. () is an Italian natural gas infrastructure company.", "As of 31 December 2016, it had a market capitalization of €13,612 billion.", "Snam was originally a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni.", "It has since become an independent compa...
The American engineer and multimillionaire who spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1 was invited to but did not attend an event related to Enron that which noteworthy Clinton supporter also did not make it to, in spite of an invite?
Ron Burkle
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For what newspaper did the man who could once be contacted at jpuzzanghera@krwashington.com write an article about Cheney claiming an energy plan could prevent the spread of California's crisis?
San Francisco Chronicle
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The hockey team which drafted Canadian hockey player Colton Sceviour in the fourth round, 112th overall, at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion under what name?
the Minnesota North Stars,
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Dhanwate National College is located in a city in India; what rank does this city have among the largest cities in India by population?
13th
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Who was the chairman at Enron when it owned the public utility company founded in 1888 as the Willamette Falls Electric Company?
Ken Lay
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[ { "title": "Portland General Electric", "sents": [ "Portland General Electric (PGE) is a Fortune 1000 public utility based in Portland, Oregon.", "It distributes electricity to customers in parts of Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Yamhill, Washington, and Polk counties - 44% of the inhabitants of ...
What year was the site designated for the town that Gankirk is provided access to along with Glasgow and Stirling via M8, M73, and M80?
1955
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[ { "title": "Garnkirk", "sents": [ "Garnkirk is a dispersed settlement in North Lanarkshire, located a mile (1.5 km) southwest of Muirhead.", "It is located 10 km northeast of Glasgow's city centre and 23 km southwest of Falkirk.", "Garnkirk is connected via the nearby motorways M8, M73 and...
The woman who was named by "Hispanic Business magazine" as Hispanic Business Woman of the Year in 2007 had what rank on the 2001 FORTUNE 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business list?
37
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[ { "title": "Maria Elena Lagomasino", "sents": [ "Maria Elena Lagomasino is a high-ranking business woman who has been CEO and director of such companies as Coca-Cola and JP Morgan Chase.", "In 2007, she was named Hispanic Business Woman of the Year by \"Hispanic Business magazine\"." ], ...
What year was the state deregulation scheme that the second-most populous city in the United States stayed clear of?
1996
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What is the title of the article where the professor, who co-authored "A study of market analysts' performance for the year 2000" with Reuven Lehavy, was quoted on April 29 of 2001?
Millionaires for a Minute
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The 2011 Phillipine film Temptation Island co-starred what actor who was born on July 7th, 1973?
John Lapus
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The president that the Cubans accused of giving a "special present" to George Bush after they closed a spy-base on a Caribbean island was born on what date?
born 7 October 1952)
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[ { "title": "e28070_p3", "sents": [ "Tommy Thompson, America's health and human services secretary, declared that he would seek funds to lay in enough supplies to treat 12m people for 60 days.", "The outcome of the Democratic primary in New York city was put in doubt after a recount was ordered."...
Embrace Networks was financially backed by what division of the Intel Corporation?
Intel Capital
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[ { "title": "e2881_p14", "sents": [ "Ms. Porter most recently was vice president of operations at Scout Electromedia and Cobalt Networks.", "Thomas Muise, who was named CFO, previously served as CFO at Solopoint, where he was responsible for financial planning, investor relations, SEC, and tax re...
The musician whose fourth solo album was "The Kiss of Morning" in 2002 was born in what year?
1969
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