| E. Fuller Torrey Edwin Fuller Torrey, M.D. (b.September 6, 1937, Utica, New York), is an American psychiatrist and schizophrenia researcher. He is Executive Director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI) and founder of the Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC), a nonprofit organization with the goals of eliminating legal and clinical obstacles to the treatment of severe mental illness.Dr. E._Fuller_Torrey
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| May 1968 in France For other events in May 1968, see 1968.May 1968, referring to the period when the events occurred, is the name used to refer to the largest general strike that ever stopped the economy of an advanced industrial country, the first wildcat general strike in history, May_1968_in_France
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| Reparations for slavery Reparations for slavery is a proposal by some in the United States that some type of compensation should be provided to the descendants of enslaved people, in consideration of the coerced and uncompensated labor they performed over several centuries, which has been a powerful and influential factor in the development of the country. Reparations_for_slavery
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| Poundbury Poundbury is an experimental new town — or more correctly a new village — on the outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England.The village is built on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall. It is built according to the principles of the Urban village movement with the support of Prince Charles. The Prince is known for holding strong views challenging the post-war trends in town planning. Poundbury
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| Joan B. Kroc Joan Beverly Kroc (born Mansfield) (August 27, 1928–October 12, 2003) was the third wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc and a philanthropist. Joan_B._Kroc
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| Bronx High School of Science The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science or Science) is a specialized New York City public high school. Founded in 1938, it is located in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx. Admission is by an exam open to all grade-eligible students in New York City, reportedly taken by more than 20,000 students annually. Bronx_High_School_of_Science
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| Massachusetts Turnpike Massachusetts_Turnpike
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| Foundation for Individual Rights in Education The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a non-profit group founded in 1999 and focused on civil liberties in academia in the United States. Its goal is "to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities," including the rights to "freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience--the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity". Foundation_for_Individual_Rights_in_Education
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| Frank Hague Frank Hague (January 17, 1876 American Democratic Party politician who served as the mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from 1917 to 1947, Democratic National Committeeman from New Jersey from 1922 until 1949, and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1924 until 1949.Hague has a widely-known reputation for corruption and bossism and has been called "the grandaddy of Jersey bosses." Frank_Hague
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| Johan Galtung Johan Galtung (born October 24, 1930, in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian sociologist and a principal founder of the discipline of Peace and conflict studies. Johan_Galtung
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| Welfare reform Welfare_reform
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| Stuyvesant High School Stuyvesant_High_School
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| Fallujah For other meanings see Fallujah (disambiguation).Fallujah (; sometimes transliterated as Falluja, Fallouja, or Falowja, Hebrew:''Aramaic:Pumbeidtha) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69 kilometers (43 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jewish academies for many centuries. The city grew from a small town in 1947 to a pre-war population of about 425,774 Fallujah
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| Elbert Hubbard Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19 1856 May 7 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement and is, perhaps, most famous for his essay A Message to Garcia. Elbert_Hubbard
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| Judith Miller (journalist) Judith Miller (born January 2, 1948), is an American journalist. Miller, based in Washington D.C., was a prominent New York Times reporter with access to top U.S. government officials. Her coverage of these officials, especially regarding the Bush administration’s conclusions about Iraq’s alleged Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Program in 2003 and her involvement in the Plame Affair, made her a high-profile media personality. Judith_Miller_(journalist)
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| Eurabia Eurabia, a portmanteau of "Europe" and "Arabia," is a political neologism referring to Europe becoming subsumed by the Arab World, because of European leaders' perceived capitulation to Islamic influences and/or continued immigration and high birth rates of Muslims in Europe.The term was publicized by the writer Bat Ye'or, especially in her 2005 book Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, referring to joint Euro-Arab domestic and foreign policies which she characterizes as anti-American and anti-Zionist. Eurabia
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| Barbary corsairs Barbary Corsairs, sometimes called Ottoman Corsairs or Barbary Pirates, were Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa from the time of the Crusades (11th century) until the early 19th century. Based in North African ports such as Tunis, Tripoli, Algiers, Salé, and other ports in Morocco, they sailed mainly along the stretch of northern Africa known as the Barbary Coast. Barbary_corsairs
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| Fairness Doctrine The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was (in the Commission's view) honest, equitable and balanced.The Fairness Doctrine should not be confused with the Equal Time rule. The Fairness Doctrine deals with matters of public importance, while the Equal Time rule deals only with political candidates. Fairness_Doctrine
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| Robert D. Putnam Robert David Putnam (born 1941 in Port Clinton, Ohio) is a political scientist and professor of public policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is also visiting professor and director of the Manchester Graduate Summer Programme in Social Change, University of Manchester (UK). Robert_D._Putnam
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| Paulo Freire Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (Recife, Brazil September 19, 1921 – São Paulo, Brazil May 2, 1997) was a Brazilian educator and influential theorist of critical pedagogy. Paulo_Freire
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