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| United States Department of the Treasury The Department of the Treasury is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue. The Department is administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, who is a member of the Cabinet. United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury | |
| Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations Code of Federal Regulations, Telecommunications, containing the U.S. federal regulations for telecommunications can be found under Title 47 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations. Title_47_of_the_Code_of_Federal_Regulations | |
| Payola Payola, in the American music industry, is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on music radio, in which the song is presented as being part of the normal day's broadcast. Under US law, , a radio station can play a specific song in exchange for money, but this must be disclosed on the air as being sponsored airtime, and that play of the song should not be counted as a "regular airplay." Payola | |
| Champagne (wine) Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of the wine to effect carbonation. It is produced exclusively within the Champagne region of France, from which it takes its name. Through international treaty, national law or quality-control/consumer protection related local regulations, most countries limit the use of the term to only those wines that come from the Champagne appellation. Champagne_(wine) | |
| Miami Miami ( or ) is a coastal city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida. With an estimated population of 409,719 in 2007, Miami | |
| Darth Vader Darth Vader is the central antagonist in George Lucas' first three Star Wars films and Revenge of the Sith, voiced by James Earl Jones and portrayed physically by David Prowse in the original Star Wars trilogy and Hayden Christensen in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Vader is one of the most iconic villains, and was listed as the third greatest movie villain on the American Film Institute list "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains". Darth_Vader | |
| Cortland County, New York Cortland_County,_New_York | |
| Cocoa Cocoa is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree, from which chocolate is made. (The word "cocoa" is simply a derivative of "cacao".) "Cocoa" can often also refer to the drink commonly known as hot chocolate; to cocoa powder, the dry powder made by grinding cocoa seeds and removing the cocoa butter from the dark, bitter cocoa solids; or to a mixture of cocoa powder and cocoa butter. Cocoa | |
| Technological singularity The technological singularity is the theoretical future point which takes place during a period of accelerating change sometime after the creation of a superintelligence.In 1965, I. J. Good first wrote of an "intelligence explosion", suggesting that if machines could even slightly surpass human intellect, they could improve their own designs in ways unforeseen by their designers, and thus recursively augment themselves into far greater intelligences. Technological_singularity | |
| Warren County, New York Warren County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population was 63,303. It is named in honor of General Joseph Warren, killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War. The county seat is Queensbury. Warren_County,_New_York | |
| Putnam County, New York Putnam_County,_New_York | |
| Tmroeder User:Tmroeder | |
| Kültepe For the village in Azerbaijan, see Kültəpə.Kültepe is a modern village near the ancient city of Kaneš (Kanesh; Hittite Neša), located in the Kayseri Province of Turkey's Central Anatolia Region. The nearest modern city is Kayseri, about 20 km southwest.Kaneš was an important merchant colony (kârum) in the Old Assyrian period. Kültepe | |
| Reconstruction era of the United States The Reconstruction Era is the common name for the period in United States history covering the post-Civil War era in the entire United States between 1865 and 1877. "Reconstruction" is a term that refers to the policies implemented between 1863 and 1877 when the nation was focused on winning the Civil War, abolishing slavery, defeating the Confederacy, and reconstructing the nation and the Constitution. Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States | |
| Lee Teng-hui Lee Teng-hui () born 15 January 1923) is a politician of Republic of China. He was the first democratically elected President of the Republic of China, the first Taiwan born President of the Republic of China, and Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. Lee_Teng-hui | |
| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets. U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission | |
| Cabbage The cabbage is a popular cultivar of a the species Brassica oleracea Linne (Capitata Group) of the Family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), and is used as a leafy green vegetable. It is a herbaceous, biennial, dicotyledonous flowering plant distinguished by a short stem upon which is crowded a mass of leaves, usually green but in some varieties red or purplish, which while immature form a characteristic compact, globular cluster (cabbagehead). Cabbage | |
| Onondaga County, New York Onondaga_County,_New_York | |
| Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (sometimes known as the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act; officially the Tariff Act of 1930) was an act signed into law on June 17, 1930, that raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels. In the United States 1,028 economists signed a petition against this legislation, and after it was passed, many countries retaliated with their own increased tariffs on U.S. goods, and American exports and imports were reduced by more than half. Smoot-Hawley_Tariff_Act | |
| Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act (, Humphrey-Hawkins_Full_Employment_Act | |
| Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges. Morrill_Land-Grant_Colleges_Act | |
| Wade-Davis Bill The Wade-Davis Bill of 1864 was a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis of Maryland. In contrast to President Abraham Lincoln's more lenient Ten Percent Plan, the bill made re-admittance to the Union for former Confederate states contingent on a majority in each Southern state to take the Ironclad oath to the effect they had never in the past supported the Confederacy. Wade-Davis_Bill | |
| Interstate Commerce Commission Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory body in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, which was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland. The agency was abolished in 1995, and the agency's remaining functions were transferred to the Surface Transportation Board.The Commission's five members were appointed by the President with the consent of the United States Senate. Interstate_Commerce_Commission | |
| Railway Labor Act Railway_Labor_Act | |
| Clayton Antitrust Act The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, (October 151914, ch. 323, , codified at , ), was enacted in the United States to add further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime by seeking to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency. That regime started with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first Federal law outlawing practices considered harmful to consumers (monopolies and cartels). Clayton_Antitrust_Act | |
| Federal Trade Commission Act The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 (15 U.S.C §§ 41-58, as amended) established the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a bipartisan body of five members appointed by the President of the United States for seven year terms. This Commission was authorized to issue Cease and Desist orders to large corporations to curb unfair trade practices. This Act also gave more flexibility to the US congress for judicial matters. Federal_Trade_Commission_Act | |
| Federal Reserve Act Federal Reserve Act (ch. 6, , enacted December 23, 1913, ) is the act of Congress that created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, which was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. Federal_Reserve_Act | |
| Mann Act The United States White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (ch. 395, ; codified as amended at ) prohibited white slavery. It also banned the interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes.” Its primary stated intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking. Mann_Act | |
| List of United States immigration legislation There have been a number of Immigration Acts in the United States. The Naturalization Act of 1790 established the rules for naturalized citizenship, as per Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. The Naturalization Act of 1795 The Naturalization Act of 1798 The Naturalization Act of 1870 The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first and only explicitly race-based immigration act. List_of_United_States_immigration_legislation | |
| Tennessee Valley Authority The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly impacted by the Great Depression. Tennessee_Valley_Authority | |
| Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (, title II, s December 12, 1985, , ) and Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (, title I, Sept. 29, 1987, , ) (both often known as Gramm-Rudman) were, according to U.S. Gramm-Rudman-Hollings_Balanced_Budget_Act | |
| Tax Reform Act of 1986 The U.S. Congress passed the Tax Reform Act (TRA) of 1986, () to simplify the income tax code, broaden the tax base and eliminate many tax shelters and other preferences. Referred to as the second of the two "Reagan tax cuts" (the Kemp-Roth Tax Cut of 1981 being the first), the bill was also officially sponsored by Democrats, Richard Gephardt of Missouri in the House of Representatives and Bill Bradley of New Jersey in the Senate. Tax_Reform_Act_of_1986 | |
| Voting Rights Act Voting_Rights_Act | |
| National Environmental Protection Act National Environmental Protection Act of 1969" is mistakenly cited as the origin of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In fact, no such law exists. A "National Environmental Policy Act" was indeed passed in 1969, but that law envisions a "Council on Environmental Quality" rather than a full-fledged regulatory agency.The EPA was created in 1970 by President Richard Nixon's Reorganization Plan No. National_Environmental_Protection_Act | |
| Trade Expansion Act Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (, ), the United States Congress granted the White House unprecedented authority to negotiate tariff reductions of up to 50%. It paved the way for the Kennedy Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ("GATT") negotiations, concluding on June 30, 1967 Trade_Expansion_Act | |
| Johnson Act Johnson Act of 1934 (Foreign Securities Act, ch. 112, , , 1934-04-13) prohibited foreign nations in default from marketing their bond issues in the United States. Senator Hiram Johnson sponsored the Act which included a passage that forbade loans to nations in default on their debts.On May 51934, Attorney General Cummings rendered an opinion on the meaning of the terms "default" and "partial default" used in the Act. Johnson_Act | |
| Reciprocal Tariff Act Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (enacted June 12, 1934, ch. 474, , ) provided for the negotiation of tariff agreements between the United States and separate nations, particularly Latin American countries. It resulted in a reduction of duties.President Franklin D. Reciprocal_Tariff_Act | |
| Motor Carrier Act Motor Carrier Act may refer to Motor Carrier Act of 1935, (renamed part II of the Interstate Commerce Act) a United States federal law amending the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate bus lines and airlines as public utilities. Motor Carrier Act of 1980, , (July 1 1980), Motor Carrier Act of 1991, , title IV, (December 18, 1991) Motor_Carrier_Act | |
| Robinson-Patman Act The Robinson-Patman Act of 1936 (or Anti-Price Discrimination Act, ) is a United States federal law that prohibits what were considered, at the time of passage, to be anticompetitive practices by producers, specifically price discrimination. It grew out of practices in which chain stores were allowed to purchase goods at lower prices than other retailers. The Act provided for criminal penalties, but contained a specific exemption for "cooperative associations". Robinson-Patman_Act | |
| Smith Act Alien Registration Act or Smith Act () of 1940 is a United States federal statute that makes it a criminal offense for anyone toIt also required all non-citizen adult residents to register with the government; within four months, 4,741,971 aliens had registered under the Act's provisions. Smith_Act | |
| Presidential Succession Act Presidential Succession Act (currently ) establishes the line of succession to the powers and duties of the office of President of the United States in the event that neither a President or Vice President is able to "discharge the powers and duties of the office."Congressional authority to enact such a law is twofoldArticle II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the United States Constitution and Section 3 of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution. Presidential_Succession_Act | |
| G.I. Bill G.I. Bill (officially titled Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, P.L. 78-346, 58 Stat. 284m) was an omnibus bill that provided college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as GIs or G.I.s) as well as one year of unemployment compensation. G.I._Bill | |
| Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government, created, directed, and empowered by Congressional statute (see and ), and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six strategic goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the media, public safety and homeland security, and modernizing the FCC. Federal_Communications_Commission | |
| Wildfire A wildfire is any uncontrolled, non-structure fire that occurs in the wilderness, wildland, or bush. Other names such as wildland fire, forest fire, brush fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, peat fire, bushfire (in Australasia), and hill fire are commonly used. Wildfire | |
| Crop circle Crop circles are patterns created by the flattening of crops such as wheat, barley, rapeseed (also called "canola"), rye, corn, linseed and soy. The term was first used by researcher Colin Andrews to describe simple circles he was researching. Although, since 1990, the circles have evolved into complex geometries, the term circle has stuck. Crop_circle | |
| Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (, also Binyamin Netanyahu born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who has been the Prime Minister of Israel since March 2009. He previously held the same position from June 1996 to July 1999 and is currently the Chairman of the Likud Party.Netanyahu is the first (and, to date, only) Israeli prime minister born after the State of Israel's foundation. Benjamin_Netanyahu | |
| Seneca County, New York Seneca_County,_New_York | |
| Tompkins County, New York Tompkins_County,_New_York | |
| Wayne County, New York Wayne_County,_New_York | |
| Wyoming County, New York Wyoming_County,_New_York |
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