| Alain Connes |birth_place = France Alain_Connes
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| Angola (Portuguese)Forward Angola! Angola
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| Atom |- Atom
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| Apocrypha Apocrypha (from the Greek word , meaning "those having been hidden away"Specifically, is the neuter plural of ἀπόκρυφος, a participle derived from the verb ἀποκρύπτω ἀποκρύπτειν, "to hide something away".) are texts of uncertain authenticity, or writings where the authorship is questioned. Apocrypha
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| Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | image = A solzhenitsin.JPG Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn
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| Ani DiFranco in Buffalo, New York Ani_DiFranco
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| Aurangzeb |place of death =Ahmednagar Aurangzeb
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| Anal sex Anal sex most often refers to the sex act involving insertion of the penis into the rectum.WordNet Search - 3. Anal_sex
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| The Bronx {{Infobox Settlement The_Bronx
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| Benin (French)"Fellowship, Justice, Labour" Benin
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| Barnard College New York Barnard_College
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| Battle of Stalingrad Romania Italy Hungary CroatiaBeevor 1998, p. 183, 281, 413. Battle_of_Stalingrad
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| BDSM BDSM is a complex acronym derived from the terms bondage and discipline (B&D), dominance and submission (D&S, D/S, or Ds), sadism and masochism (S&M or SM). BDSM includes a wide spectrum of activities and forms of interpersonal relationships. BDSM
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| Condom A condom is a device most commonly used during sexual intercourse. It is put on a man's erect penis and physically blocks ejaculated semen from entering the body of a sexual partner. Condom
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| Comoros Al-Ittiād Al-Qumuriyy Comoros
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| People's Republic of China (Simplified Chinese characters)(Traditional Chinese characters)Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó People's_Republic_of_China
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| Capitalism Capitalism is the economic system in which the means of production are owned by private persons, and operated for profit and where investments, distribution, income, production and pricing of goods and services are predominantly determined through the operation of a free market, rather than by central economic planning. Capitalism is usually considered to involve the right of individuals and corporations to trade, incorporate, employ workers, and use money provided by central banks, in goods, services (including finance), labor and land. Capitalism
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| Conspiracy theory A conspiracy theory attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually political, social or historical events), or the concealment of such causes from public knowledge, to a secret and often deceptive plot by a group of powerful or influential people or organizations. Many conspiracy theories state that major events in history have been dominated by conspirators who manipulate political happenings from behind the scenes. Conspiracy_theory
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| Claude Shannon |birth_place = Petoskey, Michigan, USA Claude_Shannon
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| Counterpoint In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm, and interdependent in harmony. It has been most commonly identified in Western music, developing strongly in the Renaissance, and also dominant in much of the common practice period, especially in Baroque music. Counterpoint
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| Coal Coal is a fossil fuel formed in ecosystems where plant remains were preserved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation, thus sequestering atmospheric carbon. Coal is a readily combustible black or brownish-black rock. Coal
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| Columbia University New York Columbia_University
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| Charles Alston Charles Henry Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an African American artist, muralist, and teacher. Alston graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City, then attended Columbia College and Teachers College at Columbia University where he obtained his Master of Fine Arts. Charles_Alston
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| Foreign policy of the United States The foreign policy of the United States is highly influential on the world stage, as it is a superpower. America's global reach is backed by a 13 trillion dollar economy. Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States
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| Charles F. Hockett Charles Francis Hockett (January 17, 1916 - November 3, 2000) was an American linguist who developed many influential ideas in American structuralism. He represents the post-Bloomfieldian phase of structuralism often referred to as distributionalism or taxonomic structuralism. Charles_F._Hockett
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| Cerebral arteriovenous malformation | ICD9 = Cerebral_arteriovenous_malformation
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| Deforestation Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land for use such as arable land, pasture, urban use, logged area, or wasteland. Since the tropical rainforests are the most diverse ecosystems on earthTropical rainforests - The tropical rainforest, BBCTropical Rainforest and about 80% of the world's known biodiversity could be found in tropical rainforestsU. Deforestation
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| Dante Alighieri Durante degli Alighieri, (May/June c.1265 - September 14, 1321), commonly known as Dante Alighieri, was a Florentine poet of the Middle Ages. Dante_Alighieri
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| Dyslexia Dyslexia is considered to be a learning disability. It manifests primarily as a difficulty with written language, particularly with reading and spelling. Dyslexia
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| Data set A data set (or dataset) is a collection of data, usually presented in tabular form. Each column represents a particular variable. Data_set
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| Stephen Donaldson (activist) Stephen Donaldson (July 27, 1946 – July 18, 1996), born Robert Anthony Martin, Jr and also known by the pseudonym Donny the Punk, was an American political activist. He is best known for his pioneering activism in gay liberation and prison reform and his participation in the punk subculture. Stephen_Donaldson_(activist)
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| Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph.D. Doctor_of_Philosophy
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| Existentialism Existentialism is a philosophical doctrine which posits that individuals create the meaning and essence of their lives, and that this essence follows from their existence. It emerged as a movement in twentieth-century literature and philosophy, foreshadowed most notably by nineteenth-century philosophers Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche, though it had forerunners in earlier centuries. Existentialism
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| Edinburgh |area_total_sq_mi= 100 Edinburgh
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| Edwin Austin Abbey | location = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Edwin_Austin_Abbey
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| Ethanol | Section2 = Ethanol
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| Egalitarianism Egalitarianism (derived from the French word égal, meaning equal) is a political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals, and have the same political, economic, social, and civil rights. Generally it applies to being held equal under the law and society at large. Egalitarianism
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| Edwin Howard Armstrong | birth_place = New York, NY Edwin_Howard_Armstrong
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| El Niño-Southern Oscillation El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO; commonly referred to as simply El Niño) is a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon. The Pacific ocean signatures, El Niño and La Niña are important temperature fluctuations in surface waters of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. El_Niño-Southern_Oscillation
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| History of the Falkland Islands The history of the Falkland Islands goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking place in the 18th century. Nonetheless, the islands have been a matter of controversy, as they have been claimed by the French, Spaniards, British and Argentines at various points. History_of_the_Falkland_Islands
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| Francesco Borromini Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli (b. Bissone, Ticino, September 25, 1599; Rome, August 3, 1667) was a prominent and influential Italian Swissborn Baroque architect in Rome. Francesco_Borromini
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| List of national founding fathers Founding Fathers are persons instrumental in the establishment of an institution, usually a political institution, especially those connected to the origination of its ideals. In a national context, it is the establishment of a state. List_of_national_founding_fathers
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| Fourth-generation programming language A fourth-generation programming language (1970s-1990) (abbreviated 4GL) is a programming language or programming environment designed with a specific purpose in mind, such as the development of commercial business softwareAppgen Collaborative Commerce Platform In the evolution of computing], the 4GL followed the [[Third-generation programming language|3GL in an upward trend toward higher abstraction and statement power. The 4GL was followed by efforts to define and use a 5GL. Fourth-generation_programming_language
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| Female genital cutting Female genital cutting (FGC), also known as female genital mutilation (FGM), female circumcision or female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), refers to "all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural, religious or other non-therapeutic reasons." The term is almost exclusively used to describe traditional, cultural, and religious procedures where parents must give consent, because of the minor age of the subject, rather than to procedures generally done with self-consent (such as labiaplasty and vaginoplasty). Female_genital_cutting
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| Gian Lorenzo Bernini | birth_place = Naples Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini
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| Ethic of reciprocity The ethic of reciprocity is a fundamental moral value which "refers to the balance in an interactive system such that each party has both rights and duties, and the subordinate norm of complementarity states that one's rights are the other's obligation." See also: In essence, it is an ethical code that states one has a right to just treatment, and a responsibility to ensure justice for others. Ethic_of_reciprocity
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| LGBT social movements Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender social movements share related goals of social acceptance of homosexuality, bisexuality and transgenderism. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have a long history of campaigning for what is generally called LGBT rights (or gay rights or gay and lesbian rights). LGBT_social_movements
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| Hydrogen Hydrogen (Hydrogen, entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, prepared by J. A. Hydrogen
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| History of computing hardware The history of computer hardware encompasses the hardware, its architecture, and its impact on software. History_of_computing_hardware
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| History of the Internet Prior to the widespread internetworking that led to the Internet, most communication networks were limited by their nature to only allow communications between the stations on the network, and the prevalent computer networking method was based on the central mainframe method. In the 1960s, computer researchers, Levi C. History_of_the_Internet
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