| United States presidential election, 2004 The United States held its 55th quadrennial presidential election on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Foreign policy was the dominant theme throughout the election campaign, particularly Bush's conduct of the War on Terrorism and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. United_States_presidential_election,_2004
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| Morgenthau Plan Talk:Morgenthau_Plan
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| Lévy distribution This is illustrated in the diagram below, in which the PDF's for various values of c are plotted on a log-log scale. Lévy_distribution
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| Basmati Basmati (, , , , ) is a variety of long grain rice, grown in India and Pakistan notable for its fragrance and delicate, nuanced flavour. Its name means "the fragrant one" in Sanskrit, but it can also mean "the soft rice." India and Pakistan are the largest cultivators and exporters of this rice; it is primarily grown through paddy field farming in the Punjab region. Basmati
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| South Tibet South Tibet (Chinese:Zàngnán 藏南) is the name used by the government of the People's Republic of China for a geographic area that is the focus of border dispute between India and the People's Republic of China. The area, most of which lies within the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, is claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, and India, and is currently administered by India. South_Tibet
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| List of Iranian Americans This is a list of notable Iranian-Americans of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Iranian American or must have references showing they are Iranian American and are notable. List_of_Iranian_Americans
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| Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve is 5,250 km² of preserved land in the La Mosquitia region on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. Most of the land runs along the Río Plátano. The reserve has a number of endangered species and some of Honduras largest sections of forest. Río_Plátano_Biosphere_Reserve
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| Views of Lyndon LaRouche/Archive 3 Talk:Views_of_Lyndon_LaRouche/Archive_3
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| Iranian architecture Architecture in "Greater Iran" has a continuous history from at least 5000BCE to the present, with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Syria to North India and the borders of China, from the Caucasus to Zanzibar. Persian buildings vary from peasant huts to tea houses, and garden pavilions to "some of the most majestic structures the world has ever seen". Iranian_architecture
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| Mail-order bride Talk:Mail-order_bride
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| Melanie Wood Melanie Matchett Wood, born 1981 in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a graduate student mathematician currently studying at Princeton University who has set numerous firsts as a woman in the area of mathematics.While a high school student at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis, Melanie became the first (then aged 16), and until 2004, the only female American to make the U.S. Melanie_Wood
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| Impoundment (political) Impoundment is the refusal of presidents of the United States to spend money that has been appropriated by the United States Congress. All of the presidents up to Richard Nixon have used this power, which is regarded as inherent to the office. President Thomas Jefferson first used the power of impoundment in 1801. He refused to spend appropriated funds when he impounded $50,000 for United States Navy gunboats. He said in 1803 that " Impoundment_(political)
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| Stable distribution Talk:Stable_distribution
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| Saar (protectorate) The Saar or Saar Area or Saar Protectorate or Saar Region was a French-German borderland territory twice temporarily made a protectorate state and now the Federal German Area State (Flächenland) of Saarland. The state was twice forcibly made a protectorate by the victorious allies following a policy of "industrial disarmament" during forced post-war settlements on the peoples and new governments of Germany after both world wars. Saar_(protectorate)
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| Asteroid mining Asteroid mining refers to the hypothetical exploitation of raw materials in deep space on asteroids and planetoids, usually in the Solar System. Minerals and other resources could be mined from an asteroid in space using a variety of methods. Even a relatively small asteroid with a diameter of 1In 2004, the world production of iron ore exceeded a billion metric tons. Asteroid_mining
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| Immigration detention Immigration detention is the policy of holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorised arrival in detention until a decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of departure. Mandatory detention is the practice of compulsorily detaining or imprisoning people seeking political asylum, or who are considered to be illegal immigrants or unauthorised arrivals into a country. Immigration_detention
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| Independent Task Force on North America The Independent Task Force on the Future of North America advocates a greater economic and social integration between Canada, Mexico, and the United States as a region. It is a group of prominent business, political and academic leaders from the U.S., Canada and Mexico organized and sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations (U.S.) Independent_Task_Force_on_North_America
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| List of contemporary Iranian scientists, scholars, and engineers List_of_contemporary_Iranian_scientists,_scholars,_and_engineers
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| Drug court Drug courts are judicially supervised court dockets that handle the cases of nonviolent substance abusing offenders under the adult, juvenile, family and tribal justice systems. Drug courts operate under a specialized model in which the judiciary, prosecution, defense bar, probation, law enforcement, mental health, social service, and treatment communities work together to help non-violent offenders find restoration in recovery and become productive citizens. Drug_court
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| Fuji (apple) The Fuji apple is an apple cultivar developed by growers at the Tohoku Research Station (農林省園芸試験場東北支場) in Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan in the late 1930s and brought to market in 1962. It is a cross between two American apple varieties, the Red Delicious and old Virginia Ralls Genet (sometimes cited as "Rawls Jennet") apples. [藤]崎)," Aomori Prefecture (青森県), but often thought to be named after Mt.Fuji (富士山). Fuji_(apple)
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| Commission on Federal Election Reform Commission on Federal Election Reform is co-chaired by former US President Jimmy Carter and James A. Baker, III. blue-ribbon commission created by President Carter in the aftermath of the 2004 Election. The twenty-one distinguished members of the Commission are leaders from the major political parties, academics and civic leaders from non-partisan groups. Commission_on_Federal_Election_Reform
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| Federal Rules of Evidence The Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) govern the admission of facts by which parties in the federal courts of the United States may prove their cases. They were the product of protracted academic, legislative, and judicial examination before they were formally promulgated in 1975. Federal_Rules_of_Evidence
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| Treaty of Kyakhta Treaty of Kyakhta (sometimes known as the Treaty of Kiakhta) (; Treaty_of_Kyakhta
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| Kogod School of Business The Kogod School of Business, commonly known as simply Kogod, serves as the undergraduate and graduate business school at American University in Northwest Washington, DC. Kogod is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Kogod_School_of_Business
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| Abdul Aziz Said Abdul Aziz Said a Syrian-born writer and senior ranking professor of international relations in the School of International Service at American University where he has taught for fifty years. He is the first occupant of the endowed Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace; founder and director of AU's Center for Global Peace,which undertakes a range of activities aimed at advancing the understanding of world peace; and founding director of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution department in SIS. Abdul_Aziz_Said
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| List of American University people American University in Washington, DC. List_of_American_University_people
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| School of International Service The School of International Service (SIS) is American University's school of advanced international study in the areas of international security, communications, development, economics, peace & conflict resolution, and American foreign policy.SIS is the largest and most applied-to school of international relations in the United States, enrolling 2,500 students from over 150 countries. School_of_International_Service
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| Arrack Arrack is an alcoholic beverage that is distilled mainly in South Asia and South East Asia from fermented fruit, grain, sugarcane, or the sap of coconut palms. Arrack typically has golden amber color, which distinguishes it from the colorless and transparent Middle Eastern arak. Arrack
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| Buffalo mozzarella Buffalo mozzarella (Italianmozzarella di bufala) is a mozzarella cheese made from the milk of the domestic water buffalo rather than from cow's milk. Buffalo_mozzarella
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| Postal voting Talk:Postal_voting
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| Bender Arena Bender Arena is a 4,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Washington, DC. The arena opened in 1988. It is home to the American University Eagles basketball and volleyball teams.The arena, named for Washington DC philanthropists, Howard and Sondra Bender, is also the primary campus venue for concerts, commencement and speakers, seating up to 6,000. Bender_Arena
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| List of Dartmouth College alumni list of Dartmouth College alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Dartmouth College and its graduate schools. In addition to its undergraduate program, Dartmouth offers graduate degrees in nineteen departments and includes three graduate schoolsTuck School of Business, the Thayer School of Engineering, and Dartmouth Medical School. Since its founding in 1769, Dartmouth has graduated 238 classes of students and today has approximately 66,500 living alumni. List_of_Dartmouth_College_alumni
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| Donna Denizé Donna Denizé is an American poet and award-winning teacher at St. Albans School, located in Washington, D.C. She has contributed widely to journals and magazines with essays and poetry, written books of collections of poetry, participated in development of professional training programs for teachers as well as programs for students of multiple public schools. Some of her work has appeared in anthologies and magazines and she has contribited to some Corporation for Public Broadcasting print and video media. Donna_Denizé
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| Brettbergeron User:Brettbergeron
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| Benjamin Ladner Dr. Benjamin Mance Ladner (born October 30, 1941, Mobile, Alabama) is an academic in the fields of philosophy and theology. He was president of American University from 1994 until October 2005.He was previously married to Carolyn Cooper, with whom he had two sons, David and Mark, and later remarried to Nancy Bullard. Benjamin_Ladner
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| Lucius C. Clark Lucius C. Clark (June 4, 1869, Grundy County, Iowa – March 27, 1949, Washington, D.C.) was Chancellor of American University from 1922 until 1932.Clark received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell College in 1893, and was ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Lucius_C._Clark
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| International education The term international education can mean many different things and its definition is debated. Some have defined two general meanings to the concept of international education in regard to students. The first refers to education that transcends national borders through the exchange of people, as in study abroad. The second, explored in depth here, is a comprehensive approach to education that intentionally prepares students to be active and engaged participants in an interconnected world. International_education
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| Laura Nader Laura Nader (born 1930) is an American anthropologist.She has been a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley since 1960. (She was the first woman to receive a tenure-track position in the department.) She received a BA in Latin American Studies from Wells College in Aurora, NY in 1952. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Radcliffe College in 1961. Laura_Nader
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| Harrison Tweed Award Harrison Tweed Award was created in 1956 to recognize the extraordinary achievements of state and local bar associations that develop or significantly expand projects or programs to increase access to civil legal services for poor persons or criminal defense services for indigents. Harrison_Tweed_Award
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| Allan Lichtman Allan Jay Lichtman (born April 4, 1947) is an American political historian who teaches at American University in Washington, D.C. He ran in the 2006 Maryland senate race for the seat vacated by Paul Sarbanes. Allan_Lichtman
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| Washington College of Law Washington College of Law at American University (WCL) is the law school of American University. It is located on Massachusetts Avenue in the Spring Valley neighborhood of northwest Washington. WCL is ranked in the top 50 law schools by US News and World report. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association. Washington_College_of_Law
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| Leonie Brinkema Leonie M. Brinkema (born June 26, 1944) is a United States District Court judge, in the Eastern District of Virginia. Leonie_Brinkema
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| Nod (gesture) Talk:Nod_(gesture)
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| Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Bulgaria situated 200 km north of Sofia and 5 km east of Kozloduy, a town on the Danube river, near the border with Romania. It is the country's only nuclear power plant. The construction of the plant began on 6 April 1970.Kozloduy NPP currently manages 2 pressurized water reactors with a total output of 1920 MWe. Units 5 and 6, constructed in 1988 and 1993 respectively, are VVER-1000 reactors. Kozloduy_Nuclear_Power_Plant
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| Hizb ut-Tahrir Talk:Hizb_ut-Tahrir
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| Greater Morocco Talk:Greater_Morocco
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| Camp American University Camp American University was the name the U.S. military used for the segment of the Washington, DC main campus of American University during World War I and World War II. During both wars, the university allowed the U.S. military to use parts of its grounds for weapons development and testing. Camp_American_University
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| Camp Leach Camp Leach was the name the U.S. military used for the segment of the Washington, DC main campus of American University during World War I and World War II. During both wars, the university allowed the U.S. military to use parts of its grounds for weapons development and testing. Camp_Leach
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| List of military nuclear accidents List of civilian nuclear accidents. For a general discussion of both civilian and military accidents, see nuclear and radiation accidents. List_of_military_nuclear_accidents
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| Darjeeling tea For other teas grown in Darjeeling, see Darjeeling tea (disambiguation).Darjeeling tea, tea from the Darjeeling region in West Bengal, India, has traditionally been prized above all other black teas, especially in the United Kingdom and the countries comprising the former British Empire. Darjeeling_tea
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