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Eisenhower gave Nixon responsibilities during his term as vice president — more than any previous vice president . Nixon attended Cabinet and National Security Council meetings and chaired them when Eisenhower was absent . A 1953 tour of the Far East succeeded in increasing local goodwill toward the United States and p...
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... The Saturn V rocket which put us in orbit is an incredibly complicated piece of machinery , every piece of which worked flawlessly ... We have always had confidence that this equipment will work properly . All this is possible only through the blood , sweat , and tears of a number of a people ... All you see is the...
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In 1985 , the Canadian Parliament passed Bill C @-@ 31 , " An Act to Amend the Indian Act " . Because of a Constitutional requirement , the Bill took effect on April 17 , 1985 .
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In 2008 , Turner was listed at the 17th place on Rolling Stone 's list " The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time . "
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Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or , in field events , by position without achieving the qualifying target
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Summerall , Pat ; with Levin , Michael ( 2010 ) . Giants : What I Learned about Life from Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry . Hoboken , NJ : John Wiley & Sons , Inc . ISBN 978 @-@ 0 @-@ 470 @-@ <unk> @-@ 9
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In the middle of December , the ITCZ was active across the southern Indian Ocean , northeast of Madagascar . A circulation developed on December 16 , which preceded the development of a tropical disturbance on December 17 . Moving to the west @-@ northwest , the system slowly developed before shifting to the southwest ...
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As Bacon 's work moved from the extreme subject matter of his early paintings to portraits of friends in the mid @-@ 1960s , Dyer became a dominating presence in the artist 's work . Bacon 's treatment of his lover in these canvasses emphasises his subject 's physicality while remaining uncharacteristically tender . Mo...
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Beatles biographer Peter Doggett suggests that Harrison had intended to make an entire album of devotional songs but , with that not being " an appropriate dish to set before Phil Spector " , Harrison chose to delay starting work on All Things Must Pass and instead continued his activities with the Radha Krishna Temple...
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John Eliot Gardiner , who conducted the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000 , calls Bach 's setting of Luther 's hymn " a bold , innovative piece of musical drama " , observing that Bach was " drawing on medieval musical roots ( the hymn tune derives from the eleventh @-@ century plainsong ' Victimae paschali laudes ' ) " ...
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In the nineties , a reactive armour package , named <unk> or Brennus , was developed for the AMX @-@ 30B2 , but was issued only to two tank regiments , which in peacetime were combined into the 1er / 2e Chasseurs , that were part of France 's rapid reaction force ; the other two regiments using the AMX @-@ 30 , the 2e ...
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The 1920 Buffalo All @-@ Americans season was the franchise 's inaugural season with the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) , an American football league , and fifth total as a team . The All @-@ Americans entered 1920 coming off a 9 – 1 – 1 record in 1919 as the Buffalo Prospects in the New York Pro F...
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Gekko proposes a solution , using a $ 100 million trust fund account in Switzerland , which Gekko set up for Winnie in the 1980s , to fund the research and save the company . She signs the money over to Jake , who then entrusts it to Gekko to legitimize the funds for investment in the fusion research company . However ...
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Research in the 1960s allowed for the efficient mass production of <unk> ( a type of coconut with jelly @-@ like meat ) , while studies started in 1998 that produced delayed @-@ ripening papaya continue to this day . The research is credited for the increase in Philippine papaya production , with the 75 @,@ 896 @-@ met...
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Captain Humbert Roque " Rocky " Versace ( July 2 , 1937 – September 26 , 1965 ) was a United States Army officer of Puerto Rican @-@ Italian descent who was awarded the United States ' highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic actions while a prisoner of war ( POW ) during the Vietnam War . He w...
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While the ban on using the flag without coat of arms has been lifted , the use of the national flag with coat of arms is still legally restricted . This flag should be only flown :
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As the gang exited the property and made to escape up the cul @-@ de @-@ sac , other police intervened . Sergeant Charles Tucker from Bishopsgate police station was hit twice , once in the hip and once in the heart by Peters : he died instantly . Choate grabbed Gardstein and wrestled for his gun , but the Russian manag...
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The episode explained the backstory to the character of Lt. Worf , and Michael Dorn was pleased with the outcome . Rob Bowman thought that the episode worked well . He included an overhead shot on the engineering set which had not been done before on the show and tweaked the ending . Shots of the Klingon starship were ...
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Other non @-@ musical sources of inspiration for Bush include horror films , which have influenced the gothic nature of several of her songs , such as " Hounds of Love " , which samples the 1957 horror movie Night of the Demon . Her songs have occasionally combined comedy and horror to form dark humour , such as murder...
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After a brief stay in Boston , Bradstreet made his first residence in Newtowne ( later renamed Cambridge ) , near the Dudleys in what is now Harvard Square . In 1637 , during the Antinomian Controversy , he was one of the magistrates that sat at the trial of Anne Hutchinson , and voted for her banishment from the colon...
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Due to Given 's lack of playing time with his club Aston Villa , there was speculation that he would make himself available for selection as part of Ireland 's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign . On 14 January 2013 , it was announced that Given was once again available for international selection .
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In March 2008 , Gilchrist joined the Nine Network . Gilchrist has appeared as one of a panel of revolving co @-@ hosts for the revived Wide World of Sports Weekend Edition . He made his debut on the program in March 2008 , and <unk> on Nine 's cricket coverage during the Australian summer . In 2013 Gilchrist joined Ric...
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A dominant issue when Driberg returned to Westminster was that of the use or outlawing of nuclear weapons . The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ( CND ) had been launched on 17 February 1958 , though Driberg 's involvement with the issue predated CND by three years . On 2 March 1955 , in an amendment to a House of Comm...
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An official music video for the single premiered on August 14 , 2014 , and involves footage of Japan filtered with effects including those of 8 @-@ bit video games . The song was well @-@ received from critics , and was a hit on the American Dance / Electronic Songs chart .
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Henry Cornelius Burnett ( October 25 , 1825 – October 1 , 1866 ) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Kentucky and a Confederate States senator . A lawyer by profession , Burnett had held only one public office — circuit court clerk — before being elected to Congress . He represented Kentucky 's 1st congressiona...
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The Tupac Shakur album entitled Better <unk> ( 2002 ) features a song named " They Don 't Give a Fuck About Us " . With different lyrics , the song contained a similar theme and musical composition style . Tupac discusses the trials and tribulations of the black and working class communities , referring to " they " as ...
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Manohar kills Ali Bhai 's henchmen one by one at Binny Mills . Ali Bhai offers Pasupathy a hefty sum to kill Manohar but his attempt fails . In a final confrontation , Manohar kills Ali Bhai by slitting his throat . Qadri 's daughter is saved and when Pasupathy tries to backstab Manohar , he is shot dead by the latter ...
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North Carolina is tied for the largest number of Rhodes Scholars among public universities ( 47 since 1902 ) with the University of Virginia . Additionally , many students have won Truman , Goldwater , Mitchell , Churchill , Fulbright , Marshall , Udall , and Mellon scholarships .
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The term gluten @-@ free is generally used to indicate a supposed harmless level of gluten rather than a complete absence . The exact level at which gluten is harmless is uncertain and controversial . A recent systematic review tentatively concluded that consumption of less than 10 mg of gluten per day is unlikely to c...
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In the early 2000s , the Federal Trade Commission responded to a complaint by the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood alleging that BabyFirst 's advertising that it helped babies develop skills was misleading . The FTC did not impose any sanctions . As of 2014 , it has 81 million viewers and is broadcast in 33 cou...
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As the 1915 season was set to get underway , Coach Yost reported , " Johnny told me he was feeling fine when I saw him recently , although he doesn ’ t weigh as much as he used to . " Despite Yost 's hopes , Maulbetsch fell far short of the prior year 's performance in 1915 . He was several pounds lighter after the ill...
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Becoming a tropical storm on June 23 , Debby became the earliest fourth named storm in the Atlantic basin , surpassing the old record set by Hurricane Dennis on July 5 , 2005 , however with 2016 's Danielle the record was beaten by three days . Initially , Debby was predicted to curve westward and potentially threaten ...
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The center of the early social structure was the family , which was not only marked by blood relations but also by the legally constructed relation of patria potestas . The Pater <unk> was the absolute head of the family ; he was the master over his wife , his children , the wives of his sons , the nephews , the slaves...
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The first three ships carried a single 70 @-@ pounder Whitworth rifled muzzle loader ( RML ) in their gun turret , but the last three ships substituted a 120 @-@ pounder Whitworth RML . The 70 @-@ pdr gun had a maximum elevation of 15 ° , but the larger gun 's elevation was reduced because of its longer barrel . Both g...
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Alan Sepinwall of HitFix felt that the main story employed " one of the show 's most reliable running jokes " . Furthermore , he felt that Michael softening to Toby was an interesting element to the episode , and he wondered if " this was a one @-@ time thing , or if Michael 's treatment of Toby will be softened , even...
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As of fall 2013 , the university 's student body consists of 24 @,@ 686 undergraduates , 4 @,@ 666 graduate and professional students , 64 medical students , and 1 @,@ 451 unclassified students . As of 2013 , the undergraduate student body contains 47 % ethnic minorities and includes students from more than 180 countri...
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Indian troops were not originally eligible for the Victoria Cross since they had been eligible for the Indian Order of Merit since 1837 which was the oldest British gallantry award for general issue . When the Victoria Cross was created , Indian troops were still controlled by the Honourable East India Company and did ...
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In 2014 , Samuel Sánchez ( then BMC ) had attacked at the foot of the Cauberg on behalf of his teammate Philippe Gilbert , whose subsequent attack allowed him to take the race victory . BMC attempted to replicate this strategy with an attack from Ben Hermans in the same place as Sánchez 's . Gilbert 's attack , however...
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The game 's development began in 2006 . Originally it was set to be a first @-@ person Kinect @-@ only title for the Xbox 360 . However , the team later made three new prototypes , and redesigned to become a third @-@ person hack and slash game , with Kinect serving a diminished role . The development of the game was o...
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When discussing the album 's title , Vedder said " it 's called No Code because it 's full of code . It 's misinformation . " In medical terminology , a " no code " order is a medical order to withhold CPR on a patient . It is also known as a " do not resuscitate " order . In another interview , Vedder said that " if t...
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By the end of 1935 , prototypes V2 V4 had been produced under civilian registrations D @-@ <unk> , D @-@ <unk> and D @-@ <unk> . D @-@ <unk> became the first prototype of the He 111 A @-@ 1 on 10 January 1936 , and received recognition as the " fastest passenger aircraft in the world " , as its speed exceeded 402 km / ...
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The episode was largely filmed on location around South Wales . Jonah 's disappearance and Jack 's subsequent investigation were filmed at the Cardiff Bay Barrage . The exteriors of Nikki 's house were filmed at the Penarth Marina , whilst the scenes of the missing persons meeting were filmed at the Church of All Saint...
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Doilungdêqên District contains the western suburbs of the city of Lhasa , which begin about 12 kilometres ( 7 @.@ 5 mi ) from the city center . It covers an area of 2 @,@ 704 square kilometers , with 94 @,@ 969 acres of farmland . The county borders on the north Tibet grasslands in the northwest . The valley of the Dui...
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As originally defined in 1991 , the alignment of I @-@ 73 in Michigan would have simply run along I @-@ 75 to Detroit . However , the definition was amended in 1995 to have a branch along the US 223 corridor to south of Jackson and the US 127 corridor ( formerly US 27 north of Lansing until 2002 ) north to I @-@ 75 nea...
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Considering him missing , Pitman 's regiment did not discover his final fate until news of his funeral at Roxbury was received in the spring of the following year . His remains were returned to his family in Massachusetts after his death in Parole Camp . Benjamin Pitman , his father , had him buried in a family plot in...
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In accordance with Lee Strasberg 's method acting , Jolie preferred to stay in character in between scenes during many of her early films , and as a result had gained a reputation for being difficult to deal with . While shooting Gia , she told her husband , Jonny Lee Miller , that she would not be able to phone him : ...
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Much of the production on the album was handled by producers with whom Lecrae has worked with in the past , chiefly The Watchmen and Heat Academy . The Watchmen consists of the producers J.R. , Alex Medina , and Wit while Heat Academy is led by Street Symphony . DJ Khalil , whose past production work includes Recovery ...
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In a review of the first volume by Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network ( ANN ) , she praised the slow pace of the storytelling , which " gives it a more realistic feel . " Silverman praises Takako Shimura for making Shuichi into a " human protagonist " , but notes that " most of the children act much older than the...
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After working with producer Mario Caldato Jr. on their previous albums , Phantom Power and Love Kraft , the band " were looking for someone new to work with " as they didn 't want to repeat these records . They chose Dave Newfeld to produce Hey Venus ! , after hearing his work with Canadian indie rock supergroup Broken...
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In 1932 Gielgud turned to directing . At the invitation of George Devine , the president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society , Gielgud took charge of a production of Romeo and Juliet by the society , featuring two guest stars : Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet and Edith Evans as the Nurse . The rest of the cast were stud...
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Extratropical cyclones form as waves along weather fronts before occluding later in their life cycle as cold core cyclones .
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Once forces began assembling at Oswegatchie , Lorimier made arrangements with a sympathetic priest near The Cedars for the provisioning of supplies for the troops . With the assistance of some men of the 8th Foot , he strategically hid several shallow @-@ draft boats , known as bateaux , near a point where the Saint La...
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In addition to the duke 's warehouse at Manchester , more buildings were built by Brindley and extended to Alport Street ( now called Deansgate ) . The warehouses were of timber @-@ frame design , with load @-@ bearing hand @-@ made brick walls , supported on cast iron posts . The duke 's warehouse was badly damaged by...
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In response , on 29 March , the British Secretary of State for War Leslie Hore @-@ Belisha announced plans to increase the Territorial Army from 130 @,@ 000 men to 340 @,@ 000 and in so doing double the number of territorial divisions . The intended plan of action was for the existing units to recruit over their allowe...
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South Sister was found to be potentially active when in 2000 , satellite imagery showed a deforming tectonic uplift 3 miles ( 4 @.@ 8 km ) west of the mountain . The ground began to bulge in late 1997 , when magma started to pool about 4 miles ( 6 @.@ 4 km ) underground . Scientists were concerned that the volcano was ...
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Along with Davis ' other 1970s records , Dark Magus was received ambivalently by contemporary critics but became an inspiration to late 1970s noise rock acts and the experimental funk artists of the 1980s . Its 1997 reissue was ranked by Christgau as the 10th best album of the year in his list for The Village Voice 's ...
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Gates ' leadership resulted in the largest academic expansion in the university 's history . As of September 8 , 2006 , Vision 2020 's progress includes :
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Some products of combustion ( incomplete combustion , coal ( indoor emissions from household coal burning ) , coal gasification , coal @-@ tar pitch , coke production , soot , diesel engine exhaust )
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The objective of the Japanese embassy was both to discuss trade agreements with the Spanish crown in Madrid , and to meet with the Pope in Rome . Date Masamune displayed a great will to welcome the Catholic religion in his domain : he invited Luis Sotelo and authorized the propagation of Christianity in 1611 . In his l...
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Thalaba travels past Baghdad onto the ruins of Babylon to find Haruth and Maruth , two angels that know about magic . While searching for them , he runs across Mohareb , an evil warrior . Mohareb offers to take Thalaba through the city and they travel through the cave of <unk> . <unk> , an individual punished to have s...
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The five hundred euro note ( € 500 ) is the highest @-@ value euro banknote and has been used since the introduction of the euro ( in its cash form ) in 2002 . It is one of the highest value circulating banknotes in the world , worth around 551 USD , 3 @,@ 677 CNY , 58 @,@ 254 JPY , 543 CHF or 417 GBP . The note is use...
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It began to rain half an hour before the start of the race but soon stopped , so that the track was almost entirely dry by 14 : 00 , with an ambient temperature of 22 ° C ( 72 ° F ) . A total of approximately 110 @,@ 000 spectators attended the race , of whom 20 @,@ 000 watched from grandstands . For the first time in ...
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In proposing his plan for a mint and a coinage system , Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1791 proposed that the one @-@ dollar denomination be struck both as a gold coin , and as one of silver , representative of the two metals which he proposed be made legal tender . Congress followed Hamilton 's recomm...
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The next story , Rikki disappeared , and the long series of adventures of Suske en Wiske began with the story Op het <unk> <unk> , achieving success beyond the author 's expectations . The first album appeared in 1946 . This story introduced most of the recurring figures and means of transport through space and time , ...
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White " staked out " his farm between 1732 and 1735 consisting of 375 acres ( 152 ha ) along Hogue Creek , south of the present @-@ day unincorporated community of Hayfield , Virginia along U.S. Route 50 . White 's land tract was surveyed by John Mauzy on April 22 , 1751 , and he was issued a formal land grant from Tho...
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Tisca Chopra as Maya Awasthi ( " Maa " ) : Ishaan 's mother , who gave up her career to raise her children . Chopra tended to speak softly during filming and was subsequently required to re @-@ record some scenes using automated dialogue replacement .
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As of January 2013 , PHP was used in more than 240 million websites ( 39 % of those sampled ) and was installed on 2 @.@ 1 million web servers .
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The British left a burning powder trail to destroy Fort Griswold 's magazine , but a daring militiaman entered the fort and extinguished the fire . Both Forts Trumbull and Griswold were extensively modified in the 19th century , and are now preserved in state parks . The Fort Griswold park also includes the Groton Monu...
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During the course of the occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany , Estonian expectations of regaining their independence began to diminish . Pursuant to the Constitution of Estonia , formally still in force , Estonian politicians formed an underground National Committee of the Republic of Estonia which convened on 14 Feb...
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Longacre noted that although those in charge of coinage design had usually dictated adaptations of Roman or Greek art , for the three @-@ dollar coin , he was minded to create something truly American :
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Early roads existed in the place of FM 1528 by 1936 , and a short section of highway between SH 27 ( now SH 24 ) and Klondike was designated as Loop 39 in 1939 , and FM 1528 was designated in 1949 . The route of the highway has been altered since its designation , including rerouting due to the construction of Cooper L...
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The surviving members of Pink Floyd paid Wright tribute . Waters said " it is hard to overstate the importance of his musical voice in the Pink Floyd of the ' 60s and ' 70s " and was happy that they had managed to reunite for Live 8 . Mason said Wright 's contributions to Floyd were under @-@ rated , and that his playi...
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Archaeological evidence shows that Zhou dynasty divination was grounded in cleromancy , the production of seemingly random numbers to determine divine intent . The Zhou yi provided a guide to cleromancy that used the stalks of the yarrow plant , but it is not known how the yarrow stalks became numbers , or how specific...
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Chemetco had a long history of violations . For example , in August and September 1992 , while taking air emission readings , Chemetco was caught using semi @-@ articulated trucks and water sprinklers as a buffer in front of the air emission monitors . This was in contravention of the Clean Air Act , 42 .
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Buenos Aires is located in the humid subtropical climate zone ( Köppen climate classification : Cfa ) . Due to the maritime influences from the adjoining Atlantic Ocean , its climate is temperate with extreme temperatures ( both hot and cold ) being rare . Thus , cold air coming directly from the south are moderated by...
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The President of Croatia is impeachable for any violation of the Constitution committed in performance of duty . Impeachment proceedings may be initiated by the Parliament of Croatia by a two @-@ thirds majority vote of all members of the parliament . The impeachment of the president is then decided by the Constitution...
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in relation to post @-@ conviction review hearings in 1995 – 6 , whether the presiding judge , who had also presided at the trial , demonstrated unacceptable bias in his conduct .
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Early followers included Rudolf Hess , former air force ace Hermann Göring , and army captain Ernst Röhm . Röhm became head of the Nazis ' paramilitary organisation , the Sturmabteilung ( SA , " Stormtroopers " ) , which protected meetings and attacked political opponents . A critical influence on Hitler 's thinking du...
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Andros remains a notorious figure in New England , especially in Connecticut . Connecticut officially excludes him from its list of colonial governors , but his portrait hangs in the Hall of Governors in the State Museum across from the State Capitol in Hartford . Although he was disliked in the colonies , he was recog...
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Air Greenland 's domestic airport network includes all 13 civilian airports within Greenland . Outside Greenland , the airline currently operates transatlantic flights to Keflavík International Airport in Iceland , Copenhagen Airport in Denmark , and Iqaluit Airport in Canada .
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The nest tunnel is 10 – 300 cm ( 3 @.@ 9 – 118 @.@ 1 in ) long and 5 – 8 cm ( 2 @.@ 0 – 3 @.@ 1 in ) across , with a slightly narrower entrance . The nest chamber is typically unlined , although pairs may bring in some grass , bracken or seaweed . Although the storm petrel is generally non @-@ territorial when breeding...
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Fill at Foster Road and Southeast 111th Avenue usually prevents stormwater runoff from a 9 @-@ square @-@ mile ( 23 km2 ) area of the watershed in the Lents and <unk> @-@ Gilbert neighborhoods from flowing directly into the creek . Instead , runoff is routed to sumps , where it percolates into the ground . Normal drain...
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San Diego 's high hopes for Leaf were soon dashed , as his rookie season was marred by poor behavior . Before the season started , he skipped the final day of a symposium mandatory for all NFL draftees and was fined $ 10 @,@ 000 .
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Between seasons of Richard , in 1934 Gielgud returned to Hamlet in London and on tour , directing and playing the title role . The production was a box @-@ office success , and the critics were lavish in their praise . In The New York Times , Charles Morgan wrote , " I have never before heard the rhythm and verse and t...
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The Grévy 's zebra is considered endangered . Its population was estimated to be 15 @,@ 000 in the 1970s and by the early 21st century the population was lower than 3 @,@ 500 , a 75 % decline . It is estimated that there are less than 2 @,@ 500 Grévy 's zebras still living in the wild . There are also an estimated 600 ...
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The county prefects and city and municipal mayors are elected to four @-@ year terms by majority of votes cast within applicable local government units . A runoff election is held if no candidate achieves a majority in the first round of voting . Members of county , city , and municipal councils are elected to four @-@...
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The United States entered the war on the side of the Allies on 6 April 1917 . The US Navy seized Geier and refitted her for service in the Navy . The ship was renamed USS Schurz on 9 June , and commissioned on 15 September 1917 , under the command of Commander Arthur Crenshaw . Schurz departed Pearl Harbor on 31 Octobe...
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The Browns opened the regular season on April 18 with a four @-@ game series on the road versus the Louisville Colonels , and Stivetts started games two and four . In game two , he recorded 13 strikeouts , but lost the game 5 – 3 on a tenth @-@ inning , two run double by Tim <unk> . In game four on April 21 , Stivetts ...
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The Irish national <unk> , Radio Telefís Éireann ( RTÉ ) broadcasts the event each year and organizes the selection process for the selection its entry . Many methods of selection have been used , with the most common method used by RTÉ being a national final featuring a multi @-@ artist , multi @-@ song selection in w...
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Wonderland is the second studio album by teenage mezzo @-@ soprano Faryl Smith , released by Decca Records on 30 November 2009 . Smith became famous after her participation in Britain 's Got Talent in 2008 , and subsequently , aged 13 , signed with Universal Classics and Jazz , releasing her debut album , Faryl . Relea...
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The Phillies , as the No. 2 seed in the National League , faced off against the wild card Colorado Rockies in the first round of the playoffs . Cliff Lee pitched a complete game in the opener of the series , shutting out the Rockies through 8 2 ⁄ 3 innings before allowing a single run in the ninth . He threw 113 pitche...
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As a cover @-@ point fielder Constantine was , according to Manley , " athletic , panther @-@ quick , sure handed and with an arm that could rifle the ball into the wicket @-@ keeper 's gloves like a bullet even from the deepest boundary " . Many critics considered him to be one of the best fielders of all time . As a ...
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Triple H feuded with Mick Foley in early 2000 . They both fought at the Royal Rumble in a Street Fight Match for the WWF Championship , which Triple H won after performing two Pedigrees on Foley . The feud ended at No Way Out in a Hell in a Cell , where Triple H retained the title and forced Foley to retire . Triple H ...
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6 . Through his chain of authorities , he , peace be on him , said [ that Muhammad said ] : " The best deeds with Allah are : belief without doubt , invasion without stealing from war booty before it is distributed ( <unk> ) , and proper hajj . The first to enter the Garden will be a martyr ; a slave who worships his L...
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During an interview midway through Harrison 's 1974 North American tour with Ravi Shankar , band leader Tom Scott described " Sue Me , Sue You Blues " as having been a certain inclusion in the setlist from the start of rehearsals , along with " What Is Life " , " While My Guitar Gently Weeps " and Lennon 's Beatles @-@...
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White Dog 's roots lie with a 1970 autobiographical novel written by Romain Gary of the same name . The story was purchased for use by Paramount in 1975 , with Curtis Hanson selected to write the screenplay and Roman Polanski hired to direct . Before shooting commenced , Polanski was charged with statutory rape and fle...
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On 16 September 2008 , Echo & the Bunnymen played a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London playing the album with the backing of a 16 @-@ piece orchestra . Two similar concerts subsequently took place at Radio City in New York City on 1 October 2008 and at the Liverpool Echo Arena on 27 November 2008 . These concer...
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The Baggott survey found little evidence of addictive potential ( chemical dependence ) in its survey population . 0 @.@ 6 % percent of respondents reported feeling addicted to or dependent on salvia at some point , and 1 @.@ 2 % reported strong cravings . About this the researchers said " there were too few of these i...
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An injury report section is common in the sports sections of American newspapers , detailing injuries for each team and the amount of time each injured player is expected to be out . The injury report was created to prevent gamblers from gaining inside information about injuries from players , and as a result , NFL tea...
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Vonnegut believed that ideas , and the convincing communication of those ideas to the reader , were vital to literary art . He did not always sugarcoat his points : much of Player Piano leads up to the moment when Paul , on trial and hooked up to a lie detector , is asked to tell a falsehood , and states , " every new ...
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