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question: Who has simple cases answer: Nurse Packer paragraph: Dr. Benjamin Stone is a hotshot young surgeon who longs to leave the drudgery of a Washington , D.C. emergency room and finally leaps at his chance at more money and less death as a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills . On his last day , Ben's relationship wi...
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396-4523-23893
question: Who was trying to conceal his identity? answer: Gervase Henshaw was trying to conceal his identity paragraph: Late on the next Sunday afternoon Gifford had gone for a country walk which he had arranged to bring him round in time for the evening service at the little village church of Wynford standing just ou...
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227-2548-13444
question: What does lightning have to do with static electricity? answer: Lightning is an example of static energy paragraph: You may wonder if there are other examples of static discharge. The answer is yes. Lightning is a form of static discharge. It is much more dramatic than what happens between you and the door kn...
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question: Why is Jerry mad? answer: Because Tom is pocketing two balls paragraph: { { Plot } } Tom plays pool in a deserted pool hall , pocketing two balls by lowdown means and then wakes Jerry up by shooting the 10-ball into the pocket where he is sleeping . Jerry awakes just in time to avoid the 10-ball and is carri...
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66-777-4104
question: What was the main subject of the Principal Committee's meeting? answer: U.S. counterterrorism efforts paragraph: The Principals Committee had its first meeting on al Qaeda on September 4. On the day of the meeting, Clarke sent Rice an impassioned personal note. He criticized U.S. counterterrorism efforts past...
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423-4776-25464
question: If a particle loses some of its protons, what is the particle's charge? answer: When a particle loses some of its protons, it becomes positive paragraph: Electric charge is a physical property. It occurs between particles or objects. It causes them to attract or repel each other. They do not even have to touc...
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28-325-1763
question: Why do scientists use latitude and longitude as a reference? answer: Lines of latitude and longitude form a grid paragraph: How can you describe your location? You might use a familiar system. You might say, 'I live at 1234 Main Street, Springfield, Ohio.' You could also say, 'I live right behind the Elementa...
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60-722-3769
question: How old was Pushkin the first year his novel, Eugene Onegin, was serialized? answer: 29 paragraph: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (/'pUSkIn/; Russian: Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, tr. Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin; IPA: [aljI'ksandr sjI'rgjejIvjItc 'puskjIn]; 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 - 10 February [O.S. 29 J...
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question: Why did Reb Randall come to the town? answer: He was looking for his sister paragraph: A stranger in town meets pretty young Susan Martinez De La Cruz and accompanies her to a barbecue , where wealthy Jason Carberry is saying a few words for the recently departed Robin Randall , a citizen who got shot . Jaso...
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question: What type of moon was visible at eleven o'clock? answer: There was an opulent moon paragraph: Miss Anderson dined out, and preferred to suppose that she had no time to think until she was on her way home along the empty road round Jakko at eleven o'clock that night. Then it pleased her to get out of her ricks...
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question: What action briefly seemed like it might convince the Taliban to give up Bin Laden? answer: The us would hold them responsible paragraph: After the August missile strikes, diplomatic options to press the Taliban seemed no more promising than military options. The United States had issued a formal warning to t...
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357-4113-21848
question: What was Yonggary's behavior? answer: Distroyed choppers & did some damage to the city paragraph: An archaeological party explore some caverns underground . Dr. Campbell and Dr. Hughes are the two leaders of the archaeological expedition , and get separated . While Dr. Hughes finds an alien corpse with a fo...
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184-2033-10612
question: What was the successful sequence of communication? answer: Boston Center to NEADS, NEADS to Battle Commander Colonel Robert Marr, Colonel Marr to Major General Larry Arnold paragraph: Military Notification and Response. Boston Center did not follow the protocol in seeking military assistance through the presc...
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432-4858-25939
question: Who are the members of the Creed family? answer: Louis, Rachel, Ellie, and Gage paragraph: The Creed family moves into a new home , close to a road where truckers often drive unsafely . They befriend their neighbor , Jud Crandall , who tells them about a nearby pet cemetery which was built on Indian burial gr...
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312-3556-18896
question: Is it true that the spacecraft Alien Planet took 49 years to reach Darwin IV? answer: Yes paragraph: Alien Planet starts out with an interstellar spacecraft named Von Braun , leaving Earth's orbit . Traveling at 20 % the speed of light , it reaches Darwin IV in 42 years . Upon reaching orbit , it deploys th...
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question: How many people will IBM's new semiconductor factory employ? answer: Over 950 people paragraph: IBM opened a sprawling and sophisticated semiconductor factory here on Wednesday that cost more than $2.5 billion to build and equip, the largest single capital investment the company has ever made. The factory, wh...
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246-2718-14400
question: What technology made it possible to test the Earth's magnetic properties? How were scientist able to use this machine to study this phenomenon? answer: Seismograph, studied earthquake waves paragraph: The idea that Earth is a magnet is far from new. It was first proposed in 1600 by a British physician named W...
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321-3659-19420
question: What was left when the crucifix was taken down from the wall at the old vaulted church? answer: Three bolts paragraph: The old vaulted church was stripped down: there was no cloth on the altar, just a DJ's toolkit and his beer. Through the dark, I could see three bolts left in the wall from where they'd taken...
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363-4182-22244
question: Why might it be helpful to know direction of a moving object, such as a storm, in addition to its location? answer: to assess the depth of the damage. paragraph: It is not enough to describe some objects by their location. We may also need to know its direction. For example, a wind blows a storm over your sch...
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57-697-3660
question: Who in the passage is not used to boiling water? answer: The speaker paragraph: We drove about a great deal--the country at the back of Deauville, going away from the sea, is lovely--very like England--charming narrow roads with high banks and hedges on each side--big trees with spreading branches meeting ov...
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377-4325-22966
question: Which tropical island is claimed by some to be the remains of Plato’s lost Atlantis? answer: Hawaii paragraph: Befitting a lush, tropical island stranded in the middle of the ocean, Madeira’s origins are shrouded in mystery and fanciful legend. Some claim that the archipelago is what remains of Plato’s lost A...
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310-3530-18700
question: How did Roger and Gilbert act differently towards the spider than others had? answer: They had an adventurous life paragraph: Roger was a grasshopper. He loved to hop. He hopped everywhere by himself. One day when he was hopping around he bumped into a frog sitting on a log. The frog told him his name was Gil...
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192-2147-11239
question: Which of the 3 climate zones is near the earths poles? answer: Polar paragraph: The world can be divided into three climate zones. The first climate zone is the polar zone. As it sounds, the polar zone is near earths poles. The polar zone has very long and cold winters. Brrr!!!! Near the equator is the tropic...
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232-2601-13686
question: What is the framework to improve transportation spending? answer: The long-term plan would include the establishment of an Infrastructure Bank, which would leverage federal dollars and focus on projects that were the most efficient paragraph: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CNN) -- President Barack Obama, in a bid to c...
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162-1820-9491
question: Why did kings of Spain visit Madrid? answer: Good air paragraph: Though prehistoric remains from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Ages have been unearthed in the Manzanares Valley, prior to Madrid's sudden elevation to capital city in 1561 its history was rather undistinguished. Over a period of many ce...
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79-929-4830
question: Who was traveling to Yosemite Valley? answer: The group of Mono Indians paragraph: At length, as I entered the pass, the huge rocks began to close around in all their wild, mysterious impressiveness, when suddenly, as I was gazing eagerly about me, a drove of gray hairy beings came in sight, lumbering toward ...
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373-4277-22752
question: Which two women are hoping to be married someday? answer: Cynthia Drew and Bunny Smith paragraph: The film focuses on various guests staying at New York City's famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel . Among them are lonely screen star Irene Malvern , in town with her maid Anna for a childhood friend's wedding and the pr...
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451-5084-27004
question: How are snails different? answer: They have one foot and eyes on the antenna on their head paragraph: Is this an insect or an animal? A snail is an animal just like you and me. Thats right, you too are an animal. No, you don't look like a snail. You do have some things in common. Animals can be divided into m...
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389-4446-23487
question: Does a plant suspend its growth when days get longer, or when days get shorter? answer: When sunlight during the day increases paragraph: Plants also detect the daily cycle of light and darkness. Do you know how plants respond to these changes? Some plants open their leaves during the day. It is during these ...
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349-4027-21355
question: Why did the Hellfire warhead carried by the Predator need work? answer: Carried paragraph: The CIA's senior management saw problems with the armed Predator as well, problems that Clarke and even Black and Allen were inclined to minimize. One (which also applied to reconnaissance flights) was money. A Predator...
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question: What is the NMCC and when did their senior operations officer discuss scrambling jets? answer: The national military command center paragraph: When American 11 struck the World Trade Center at 8:46, no one in the White House or traveling with the President knew that it had been hijacked. While that informatio...
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183-2020-10558
question: Who has been sent to Tehran's notorious Evin Prison? answer: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paragraph: (CNN) -- As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the U.N. General Assembly in New York last month, the spotlight was once again on Iran. And true to form, the Iranian president made his fair share of provocati...
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265-2967-15745
question: Is Hamilton associated with more than one school? answer: Yes, Hamilton was named a trustee of Hamilton College and went to Colombia University paragraph: The only home Hamilton ever owned was a Federal style mansion designed by John McComb Jr., which he built on his 32-acre country estate in Hamilton Heights...
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291-3326-17523
question: Who did Xanthnopoulos say the grant would help? answer: Response times to domestic violence paragraph: The grant also will help victims go through court proceedings after losing a job or being evicted because of an abuser's actions, Xanthopoulos said. "It's going to help the victims, but it's also going to he...
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66-779-4113
question: When Clarke sent Rice the note, who was having a meeting? answer: Principals paragraph: The Principals Committee had its first meeting on al Qaeda on September 4. On the day of the meeting, Clarke sent Rice an impassioned personal note. He criticized U.S. counterterrorism efforts past and present. The "real q...
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300-3417-18004
question: Why do we clear land? answer: Agriculture and to build new homes and business paragraph: When land is cleared, habitats are lost. It may be cleared for agriculture. It may also be used for building new homes or businesses. Within the past 100 years, the amount of land used for agriculture has almost doubled. ...
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15-184-1044
question: Who likely stabbed the man who served four years in the Israeli military? answer: Atta paragraph: We do not know exactly how the hijackers gained access to the cockpit; FAA rules required that the doors remain closed and locked during flight. Ong speculated that they had "jammed their way" in. Perhaps the ter...
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425-4796-25586
question: What did Gerry Alexander ask in his State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Legislature? answer: No Free Justice paragraph: The Washington Supreme Court is asking the Legislature to approve a $90 surcharge on a court filing fee to help provide legal help for the poor in civil cases, Chief Jus...
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question: Why does Scheherazade decide to marry the Sultan herself? answer: To prevent any further executions paragraph: The series starts in Baghdad at an undetermined time . The Sultan Shahryar has gone mad after accidentally killing his wife during a failed coup d' tat , Which she had planned with Shahryar's brothe...
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309-3526-18682
question: What were the initial plans of the plane attack masterminds, before switching plans? answer: Bin Laden paragraph: Although Bin Laden, Atef, and KSM initially contemplated using established al Qaeda members to execute the planes operation, the late 1999 arrival in Kandahar of four aspiring jihadists from Germ...
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41-496-2565
question: Who is considered the lead agency when dealing with Al Qaeda and what did it mean for the CTC? answer: The CIA, and it meant proceeding with, "The Plan" paragraph: The after-action review had treated the CIA as the lead agency for any offensive against al Qaeda, and the principals, at their March 10 meeting, ...
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433-4879-26029
question: What sport relies on knowledge of reflection? answer: Swimming paragraph: Light rays strike a reflecting surface. They are then reflected back. You can predict the angle of the reflected light. Imagine a ball bouncing off a surface. Light can do the same thing. That is, assuming the surface is shiny. So how d...
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183-2019-10556
question: Who came to New York the evening Nazar Ahari was sentenced? answer: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran paragraph: (CNN) -- As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the U.N. General Assembly in New York last month, the spotlight was once again on Iran. And true to form, the Iranian president ma...
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435-4909-26145
question: What is mechanical digestion? answer: Use a tube to eat paragraph: As food is pushed along, it undergoes digestion. Digestion is the process of breaking down food into nutrients. There are two types of digestion: mechanical digestion and chemical digestion. Mechanical digestion occurs when large chunks are tu...
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question: Of all the features with Which the probes are equipped, Which is primarily for communication with alien life forms? answer: Audio box paragraph: Alien Planet starts out with an interstellar spacecraft named Von Braun , leaving Earth's orbit . Traveling at 20 % the speed of light , it reaches Darwin IV in 42 ...
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410-4660-24658
question: What did Tun Perak do? Name two things. answer: Expanded power to the south of Melaka (i.e. Singapore) paragraph: The Glory of Melaka: In the early days, if you were not a pirate or a mosquito, Melaka was not much of a place to live. The land was infertile, just a swampy plain, the river small and sluggish. B...
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231-2583-13616
question: Did Margaret hurl a bitter threat at Wykham before or after being ordered to leave the house? answer: After being ordered to leave the house paragraph: The one person who, by his interference, could have settled all doubts was debarred by circumstances from interfering in the matter. Wykham Delandre had qua...
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430-4838-25859
question: Which state barely had economic development unlike other states in its time? answer: Pakistan paragraph: These experiments in political Islam faltered during the 1990s: the Iranian revolution lost momentum, prestige, and public support, and Pakistan's rulers found that most of its population had little enthus...
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322-3673-19505
question: What is the name of the man who succumbs to Edwina's charms and saves her husband from a man-eating tiger during a safari? answer: karnan paragraph: The opening shot of the movie shows Kunti praying for Lord Krishna's protection for the Pandavas . Lord Krishna consoles Kunti and promises to ever protect the ...
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365-4199-22307
question: What was the main reason IBM gave for putting $2 billion dollars against earnings? answer: Demand for advanced chips paragraph: In remarks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony here on Wednesday, Gov. George E. Pataki said he expected the facility to generate thousands more jobs in the Hudson Valley area for contr...
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193-2165-11327
question: What was the name of the younger brother of the murder victim? answer: Vishal paragraph: Elaan is a declaration of war against the reign of terror unleashed by the ganglords . The story revolves around an upright and principled Police Officer , A.C.P. Ramakant Chaudhary whose eldest son Vikas is killed in a ...
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question: Why did the townsfolk attack and capture the local French garrison in 1808? answer: In order to have a little more than ancient swords paragraph: Among the early blows struck for independence was a rebellion in the town of Olhão. On 16 June 1808, the townsfolk — armed with little more than ancient swords, spe...
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178-1964-10220
question: What did Panikpak give to her husband? answer: A rabbit's foot paragraph: The film is set in Igloolik in the Eastern Arctic wilderness at the dawn of the first millennium . http://atanarjuat.com/legend/legend_film.php The wind is blowing over a bleak snowy landscape while a man tries to herd away some maraud...
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76-880-4561
question: What happened to Jerusalem after the Christians lost it? answer: Jerusalem's prosperity dwindled paragraph: Crusaders, Mamelukes, and Turks: The Crusaders established a feudal Christian state with Godfrey at its head. They built many impressive churches during the term of the first Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem,...
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53-630-3280
question: What problem did Barnes understand before he became governor? answer: That there is very few legal air lawyer per capita, in poor communities paragraph: On Monday, departing Gov. Roy Barnes will spend his first day as a private citizen by starting his new job as a full-time, pro-bono (unpaid) lawyer at the At...
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117-1382-7224
question: Where is the earth's magnetic pull strongest? answer: North and south magnetic poles paragraph: Earths magnetic field helps protect Earth and its organisms. It protects us from harmful particles given off by the sun. Most of the particles are attracted to the north and south magnetic poles. This is where Eart...
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33-395-2152
question: What labor intensive crop did the Spanish import slaves to grow? answer: Pigs paragraph: The earliest signs of people on Jamaica are the remains of the Arawak, an AmerIndian society that originated on the north coast of South America. Arawak peoples migrated to various Caribbean islands, arriving in Jamaica b...
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331-3800-20206
question: When Max hid too well, where did Joey look for him? answer: In the field and the forest? paragraph: Joey got a German Shepherd for his birthday present. He had never had any pets before, but was always excited to see the other dogs and cats in his neighborhood. Since his birthday was in June, he spent a lot o...
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53-636-3299
question: As a private citizens, Barnes will be working pro-bono in what field of law? answer: Business law paragraph: On Monday, departing Gov. Roy Barnes will spend his first day as a private citizen by starting his new job as a full-time, pro-bono (unpaid) lawyer at the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. The decision by Bar...
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385-4410-23325
question: What do living things use non living matter for? answer: Carry out process of life paragraph: Living things need non-living matter as well as energy. What do you think matter is used for? One thing is to build bodies. They also need it to carry out the processes of life. Any non-living matter that living thin...
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89-1058-5478
question: What are two things that effect the force of the fall? answer: Raised up has the potential to fall paragraph: Gravitational Potential Energy is affected by position. Like the leaves on trees, anything that is raised up has the potential to fall. It has potential energy. You can see examples of people with gra...
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63-751-3905
question: How many years older was Jeffrey Johnson than Steven Ercolino? answer: Seventeen paragraph: On a busy Friday morning in Manhattan, nine pedestrians suffered bullet or fragment wounds after police unleashed a hail of gunfire at a man wielding a .45 caliber pistol who had just killed a former co-worker. The off...
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130-1502-7845
question: According to an observer, what would Neal never consider doing? answer: Accommodating people who want direct services or changing his approach paragraph: Still untaken are several steps that required goodwill from local bar associations and others who had opposed the combination. "[I am] not a fan of Neal's,"...
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333-3824-20301
question: What is the agreement between Palau and United States? answer: Palau will take in the Chinese Muslims while the United States will give Palau monetary aid paragraph: Washington (CNN) -- The Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to take in 17 Chinese Muslims held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, ...
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289-3293-17376
question: How long after the 1787 Constitutional Convention did he provide aid to slaveowners in Haiti? answer: At least 3 years paragraph: Hamilton argued that the natural faculties of blacks were as good as those of free whites, and he warned that the British would arm the slaves if the patriots did not. In his 21st-...
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416-4726-25111
question: Catherine V Ginny Kilgore is an attorney offering legal services in what state? answer: Mississippi paragraph: Catherine V. "Ginny" Kilgore of Oxford, an attorney with North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, has been recognized for her dedication to serving the indigent. Kilgore - who oversees delivering lega...
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353-4052-21486
question: Brian Epstein died between what two years mentioned in the story? answer: The height of beatlemania and the year Magical Mystery Tour came out paragraph: { { plot } } In 1964 , in the peak of Beatlemania , a reluctant John Lennon is persuaded by manager Brian Epstein to meet Freddie Lennon , the father who ab...
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360-4137-21997
question: How is Legal Aid and Defender Association planning to cope with the funding drops? answer: Look for other sources of federal fundings paragraph: Michigan will lose $2 million in federal funding and $600,000 in state funding to provide legal aid to the poor in 2003, according to Deierdre L. Weir, executive dir...
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122-1425-7471
question: As Julia Child turns 90, she will celebrate in San Francisco. The celebration will host many sold out dinners that will benefit which dear charity of Child's? answer: The scholarship fund of the International Association of Culinary Professionals which Child co-founded, paragraph: Grande dame of cooking still...
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224-2508-13264
question: What were the Romans' first two settlements? answer: Italy paragraph: The French have always wanted to know what it means to be a French­man. Their history has been a constant quest for national identity: a conflict between strong regional loyalties and central authority. In about 2000 b.c. Celtic tribes — pr...
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question: Was President Clinton concerned and what did the U.S Government want to be done to Bin Laden? answer: Yes, and the government wanted to get him expelled from Afghanistan or possibly captured or even killed paragraph: In chapters 3 and 4 we described how the U.S. government adjusted its existing agencies and ...
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question: How does a heavy object have more friction? answer: Heavy objects are much harder to push than light objects paragraph: Rough surfaces create more friction than smooth surfaces. Thats why cars have tires. Its also why we use rubber mats in areas that might get wet. In your bathtub, you may even use No-Slip ta...
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338-3892-20650
question: What are glaciers and what affect do they have on land? answer: A large snowbank that erodes soil paragraph: Imagine you are standing in a farm field in central Illinois. The land is so flat you can see for miles and miles. On a clear day, you might see a grain silo 20 miles away. You might think to yourself,...
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398-4544-24002
question: What kind of relationships did Confucius say must be hierarchical and dictorial, and if they are not what would happen? answer: Teacher and student paragraph: In the rest of the world, China's supreme sage, Kongfuzi (K'ung Fu-tzu), is better known by the romanized name "Confucius." He was born in 551 b.c. in ...
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253-2816-14863
question: What are some non-renewable resources? answer: Air paragraph: Imagine a glass of your favorite drink that never became empty. Now think about what really happens. You take a drink and there is less in the glass. You keep drinking and soon it is all gone. Good thing you have more to refill your glass. What if ...
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203-2265-11891
question: What is the greatest objection of RxP opponents? answer: Their greatest objection is to the notion of turning psychology into a prescribing profession paragraph: Critics say that is not nearly enough compared with other prescribers, such as M.D. psychiatrists or nurse practitioners who have at least six years...
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435-4904-26123
question: What organs help digestion? answer: Saliva paragraph: As food is pushed along, it undergoes digestion. Digestion is the process of breaking down food into nutrients. There are two types of digestion: mechanical digestion and chemical digestion. Mechanical digestion occurs when large chunks are turned into sma...
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question: Which county and state does Judge Megan Lake Thornton work for? answer: Kentucky paragraph: The violent arena of domestic abuse litigation has grown a bit more volatile here, now that a judge has decided to hold two women in contempt of court for returning to men who had been ordered to stay away from them. "...
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240-2660-14069
question: What does Preetam take with him to the train station? answer: The heart shaped watch and a rabbit paragraph: The protagonist Preetam ( ( ( Ganesh , on a visit to Eva Mall amidst a heavy wind , spots a pretty girl , Nandini . While staring at her , he inadvertently falls into a manhole . Nandini rescues him ...
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53-638-3314
question: While Georgia's State Bar program had a goal for it's active lawyers to have 50 hours of pro-bono service, how many hour(s) or pro-bono service participation is recorded nationally? answer: 40 hours paragraph: On Monday, departing Gov. Roy Barnes will spend his first day as a private citizen by starting his n...
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question: When Jimmy played quietly, who didn't like it? answer: The piano paragraph: Once upon a time Jimmy had a mother who told him that he was good at music. Jimmy wanted to play music. He did not know which instrument to play, so he tried a piano first. The piano went like a sound. Then he tried a guitar. The guit...
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71-826-4327
question: Did Tony, Ally, Tommy, and Suzy all become friends that day? answer: Yes, they all became friends paragraph: 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...
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21-254-1415
question: Who is wondering about the extravagance and what did think was being tested? answer: Memory paragraph: The next evening, she arrived with a stack of glistening stopboxes containing sushi, sashimi, oysters in their shells, and Terran vegetables fresh plucked from their hydroponic beds. Wondering about the reas...
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409-4634-24492
question: What target crossed into Washington Center's airspace at 9:10? answer: Airplane paragraph: According to the radar reconstruction, American 77 reemerged as a primary target on Indianapolis Center radar scopes at 9:05, east of its last known position. The target remained in Indianapolis Center's airspace for an...
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276-3144-16582
question: Who was the mastery of fire? answer: Peking Man paragraph: Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire. Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. We mig...
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question: What event allowed the zaibatsu conglomerates to take advantage of an economic upsurge? answer: The 1923 Toyko earthquake paragraph: Triumph and Disaster: The 20th century saw a stupendous release of energies that had been pent up for the 250 years of Tokugawa isolation. By 1930 raw-material production had tr...
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375-4294-22842
question: What was the Greek name for Ibiza? answer: Ebysos paragraph: A handful of Bronze Age relics has fostered an assumption that prehistoric settlers inhabited Ibiza thousands of years ago. Greater evidence of such a people is found on Mallorca and Menorca than on Ibiza, but one of the Balearics' most important si...
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question: What type of center did Clarke push funding for? answer: Analysis paragraph: After the 1998 embassy bombings, the U.S. government tried to develop a clearer picture of Bin Laden's finances. A U.S. interagency group traveled to Saudi Arabia twice, in 1999 and 2000, to get information from the Saudis about the...
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185-2049-10696
question: The mainland clan's walled cities can be viewed at what two intact sites? answer: Lo Wai paragraph: In the popular mind, the history of Hong Kong, long the entryway to China for Westerners, begins in 1841 with the British occupation of the territory. However, it would be wrong to dismiss the long history of t...
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248-2759-14556
question: Who should address dysfunctional oversight for intelligence-and counterterrorism answer: Foreign Affairs Committee paragraph: Recommendation: Congressional oversight for intelligence-and counterterrorism-is now dysfunctional. Congress should address this problem. We have considered various alternatives: A joi...
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226-2540-13400
question: On what date did Anissina reveal that Gailhaguet had forbidden her from speaking with Tokhtakhounov? answer: February 7 paragraph: Also on Feb. 12, a week before the ice dancing finals, Tokhtakhounov told Anissina's mother in a telephone call that the Russian federation official "had called me from America" t...
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122-1419-7447
question: Is the Child's real birthday on Thursday? answer: August 12 paragraph: Grande dame of cooking still going strong at 90: Julia Child celebrates in San Francisco. How does it feel to turn 90 and have attained the status of an icon, a living legend? "It feels just like it felt before," Julia Child says with the ...
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14-167-937
question: How does she feel about taking the drug? answer: Bad paragraph: These incoherent words threw the first glimpse of light on the meaning of her distress and penitence. I doubt if the best woman in Christendom would so reproach and abase herself, if convicted of even a worse sin than the secret use of those st...
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451-5085-27008
question: What are snails' unique features? answer: The foot and eye paragraph: Is this an insect or an animal? A snail is an animal just like you and me. Thats right, you too are an animal. No, you don't look like a snail. You do have some things in common. Animals can be divided into many groups. These groups are dec...
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question: Did the CIA and the State Department agree on their advice to President Clinton in terms of his intention to visit both India and Pakistan? answer: No paragraph: While this process moved along, diplomacy continued its rounds. Direct pressure on the Taliban had proved unsuccessful. As one NSC staff note put it...
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380-4352-23108
question: Murderer Seth Baxter awakes, tied to a table, does he escape? answer: Yes paragraph: Convicted murderer Seth Baxter awakens chained to a table beneath a pendulum blade . A videotape informs him that crushing his hands between the presses will release him ; he does so , but the blade still swings down and vio...
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question: In what books were the words from Chaucer and Spenser? answer: The little books paragraph: Johnnie had a set of small volumes of English verse, extensively annotated by his own hand, which Stoddard had brought to her early in their acquaintance, leaving it with her more as a gift than as a loan. She kept the...
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question: Why was Tim sad? answer: No presents looked like a bike paragraph: Tim had always a red bike. His birthday party was coming up and he hoped that his parents would finally get him the bike. When his friends came over for the party, Tim was very worried that he wouldn't get the bike. He looked at all the presen...
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question: What force causes pencils to roll off your desk and fall to the floor? answer: Gravity paragraph: How would the universe look without gravity? It would have no planets and no stars. Thats how it looked when it was young. When the universe was young, there was only gas and dust. From this gas and dust, everyth...
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question: Were Tony and Greta both happy after getting ice cream? answer: Yes, they were both happy paragraph: Greta ran to the corner with her older brother Tony. He had money for the ice cream truck in his pocket and she was very happy. The ice cream truck had been parked at the curb waiting for children for a very l...
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