| George Will George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author. George_Will
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| United Nations Human Rights Council United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations System. The UNHRC is the successor to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR, herein CHR), and is a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly. Based in Geneva, the UNHRC's main purpose is to make recommendations to the General Assembly about situations in which human rights are violated. The UNHRC has no authority except to make recommendations to the General Assembly. United_Nations_Human_Rights_Council
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| Larry Silverstein Larry A. Silverstein (born May 30, 1931) is an American billionaire, and real estate investor and developer in New York City. Silverstein was born in Brooklyn, and became involved in real estate, together with his father, establishing Silverstein Properties. Larry_Silverstein
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| City of Greater New York The City of Greater New York was a term commonly used originally to refer to the expanded city created on January 1, 1898 by the incorporation into the city of Richmond County, Kings County, the western part of Queens County, and the eastern part of what is now called The Bronx (east of the Bronx River). The west Bronx, west of the Bronx River, had been annexed to the City and County of New York in 1874, and was known as the Annexed District. The City of Brooklyn had also expanded by annexation. City_of_Greater_New_York
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| City Journal (New York) City Journal is a quarterly magazine, published by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a free market think tank based out of New York City. Its current editor is Brian C. Anderson. Myron Magnet, its editor from 1994 to 2006, is now editor-at-large. City_Journal_(New_York)
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| Wapping dispute Wapping dispute was, along with the miners' strike of 1984-5, a significant turning point in the history of the trade union movement and of UK industrial relations. It started on 24 January 1986 when some 6,000 newspaper workers went on strike after protracted negotiation with their employers, News International (parent of Times Newspapers and News Group Newspapers, and chaired by Rupert Murdoch). Wapping_dispute
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| Leila Khaled Leila Khaled ( 'April 9, 1944) is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She is currently a member of the Palestinian National Council. She has been called the "poster girl of Palestinian militancy." Khaled came to public attention for her role in a 1969 hijacking and one of four simultaneous hijackings the following year as part of the Black September timeline. Leila_Khaled
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| Mark Steyn Mark Steyn (born 1959) is a Canadian writer, political commentator and cultural critic. He has written five books, including America Alone, a New York Times bestseller. He is published in newspapers and magazines, and also appears on radio shows such as those of Rush Limbaugh and Hugh Hewitt.Steyn, a Canadian citizen, now resides mainly in New Hampshire in the United States. He is married with three children. Mark_Steyn
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| R. S. Thomas Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000) (published as R. S. Thomas) was a Welsh poet and Anglican clergyman, noted for his nationalism, spirituality and deep dislike of the anglicisation of Wales. He was one of the most famous Welsh poets.In 1955, John Betjeman, in his introduction to the first collection of Thomas’s poetry to be produced by a major publisher, Song at the Year's Turning, predicted that Thomas would be remembered long after Betjeman himself was forgotten. R._S._Thomas
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| Roger L. Simon Roger Lichtenberg Simon is an American mystery author, blogger and screenwriter. He is currently the CEO of Pajamas Media and lives in California. Simon was nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay of the 1989 film Enemies, a Love Story. Among his other screenwriting credits are Bustin' Loose with Richard Pryor and Scenes from a Mall with Woody Allen and Bette Midler. Roger_L._Simon
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| Bushwick, Brooklyn Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by East Williamsburg to the northwest, Bed-Stuy to the southwest, the Cemetery of the Evergreens and other cemeteries to the southeast, and Ridgewood, Queens to the northeast. Bushwick,_Brooklyn
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| Helena Rubinstein Helena Rubinstein (December 25, 1870 – April 1, 1965) was a Polish cosmetics industrialist, founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, which made her one of the world's richest women. Helena_Rubinstein
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| Dalton School The Dalton School, originally called the Children's University School, is a private university-preparatory school on New York City's Upper East Side and a member of both the New York Interschool Ivy Preparatory School League. The school is located in three buildings, all in Manhattan: Dalton_School
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| No Fly List No Fly List, sometimes called the terrorist watch list, is a secret list created and maintained by the United States government of people who are not permitted to board a commercial aircraft for travel in or out of the United States. The list has also used been used to divert away from U.S. airspace aircraft not flying to or from the U.S. No_Fly_List
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| Bruce Bawer Bruce Bawer (born October 31, 1956 in New York City) is an American literary critic, writer and poet. His works have appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The New Criterion, The American Spectator and The Hudson Review, among other places. Bruce_Bawer
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| Begging "Beggar" redirects here. Distinguish from Begga and Bega.Begging or panhandling is to request a donation in a supplicating manner. money such as spare change. They may use cups, boxes or hats to receive the donations. Begging
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| Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is a community-based organization that advocates for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues. Association_of_Community_Organizations_for_Reform_Now
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| List of city nicknames in the United States list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce. List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_States
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| Subterranean Homesick Blues "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a song by Bob Dylan, originally released on the album Bringing It All Back Home in March 1965. The following month it was issued as a single, becoming his first Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit and going Top 10 in the UK. It was subsequently re-released on numerous compilations such as Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967). Subterranean_Homesick_Blues
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