| Judith Giuliani Judi Ann "Judith" Stish Giuliani (born December 16, 1954) is a United States medical sales representative, fundraiser, and the wife of former New York City Mayor and former 2008 U.S. presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Judith_Giuliani
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| Amir Pnueli Amir Pnueli (; born April 22, 1941) is an Israeli computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1996 for seminal work introducing temporal logic into computing science and for outstanding contributions to program and systems verification.Born in Nahalal, Israel, Pnueli received a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics at the Technion in Haifa, and Ph.D. Amir_Pnueli
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| Pregnancy test pregnancy test attempts to determine whether a woman is pregnant. Records of attempts at pregnancy testing have been found as far back as the ancient Greek and ancient Egyptian cultures. Modern pregnancy tests look for chemical markers associated with pregnancy. Pregnancy_test
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| Long division For the album by Rustic Overtones, see Long Division. For the album by Low, see Long Division (Low album). arithmetic, long division is the standard procedure suitable for dividing simple or complex multidigit numbers. It breaks down a division problem into a series of easier steps. Long_division
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| Credit default swap credit default swap (CDS) is a swap contract in which the buyer of the CDS makes a series of payments to the seller and, in exchange, receives a payoff if a credit instrument - typically a bond or loan - goes into default (fails to pay). Less commonly, the credit event that triggers the payoff can be a company undergoing restructuring, bankruptcy or even just having its credit rating downgraded. Credit_default_swap
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| Henry Steele Commager Henry Steele Commager (October 25, 1902 – March 2, 1998) was an American historian who wrote (or edited) over forty books and over 700 journalistic essays and reviews. He won fame as one of the most active and prolific public intellectuals of his time, and he based his activism in support of the causes he advocated, including civil rights, opposition to the war in Vietnam, and criticism of the constitutional agendas of the administrations of Presidents Lyndon B. Henry_Steele_Commager
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| List of universities in Italy Italian universities, sorted in ascending order by the name of the city they are situated. Colleges which are not directly recognized by the Italian Government, such as institutions from international universities, are listed separately. List_of_universities_in_Italy
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| Ian MacKaye Talk:Ian_MacKaye
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| Max Shachtman Max Shachtman (September 10 1904 - November 4, 1972) was an American Marxist theorist. During his lifetime, he evolved from being a Leninist associate of Leon Trotsky to an anti-Soviet social democrat and Labor Zionist. Max_Shachtman
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| Social Democratic Party (United States) Social Democratic Party of America (SDP) was a short-lived political party in the United States and a predecessor to the Socialist Party of America. Social_Democratic_Party_(United_States)
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| Alan Sokal Alan David Sokal (born 1955) is a professor of mathematics at University College London and professor of physics at New York University. He works in statistical mechanics and combinatorics. To the general public he is best known for his criticism of postmodernism, resulting in the Sokal affair in 1996. Alan_Sokal
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| Spiderleg Records Spiderleg Records was an independent record label founded by UK anarcho-punk band Flux Of Pink Indians in 1981.The band set up the label after releasing their first EP on the Crass Records label, which both taught them the skills necessary to run such a project and provided them with the seed cash. Spiderleg_Records
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| Upper West Side The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. Upper_West_Side
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| Upper East Side The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. The Upper East Side is within an area bounded by 59th Street, 96th Street, Central Park, and the East River. Silk Stocking District', it has some of the most expensive real estate in the United States. Upper_East_Side
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| Antonio Sanchez (drummer) Antonio Sanchez (born November 1, 1971) is Mexican-American jazz drummer. Antonio_Sanchez_(drummer)
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| Modal logic A modal logic is any system of formal logic that attempts to deal with modalities. Modals qualify the truth of a judgment. Traditionally, there are three "modes" or "moods" or "modalities" represented by modal logic, namely, possibility, probability, and necessity. Logics for dealing with a number of related terms, such as eventually, formerly, can, could, might, may, must, are by extension also called modal logics, since it turns out that these can be treated in similar ways. Modal_logic
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| Saccade Talk:Saccade
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| Diane Ravitch Diane Silvers Ravitch (b. July 1, 1938) is a historian of education, an educational policy analyst, and former United States Assistant Secretary of Education who is now a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education. She was born in 1938 in Houston, Texas, where she went to public schools. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, has a Ph.D. from Columbia University, and lives in Brooklyn, New York City. Diane_Ravitch
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| Plastination Plastination is a technique used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts. The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most properties of the original sample. Plastination
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| Reagan Youth Reagan Youth is an American punk band started by singer Dave Rubinstein (Dave Insurgent) and his friend and guitarist Paul Bakija in Queens in early 1980. They have been labeled a peace punk band, but are more commonly cited as a pivotal band in introducing the style of hardcore punk to the East Coast punk scene. Reagan_Youth
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| Thérèse of Lisieux Thérèse de Lisieux (2 January, 1873 30 September, 1897), or Saint Thérèse of the Infant Jesus and the Holy Face, born Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin, was a Roman Catholic Carmelite nun who was canonized a saint and is recognized as a Doctor of the Church, one of only three women to receive that honor. She is also known as The Little Flower of Jesus". Thérèse_of_Lisieux
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| Revolutionary Communist Party, USA The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP, USA), known originally as the Revolutionary Union, is a Maoist Communist party formed in 1975 in the United States. The RCP states that U.S. imperialism will never peacefully end, and that the only way for people to liberate themselves is through Communist revolution.The Bay Area Revolutionary Union (BARU) and other collectives had been rooted in the Revolutionary Youth Movement II (RYM II) faction of the Students for a Democratic Society after the latter fell apart in 1969. Revolutionary_Communist_Party,_USA
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| Premillennialism Premillennialism in Christian end-times theology is the belief that Christ will literally and physically be on the earth for his millennial reign, at his second coming. (Seventh-day Adventists interpret this as a reign in heaven). The doctrine is called premillennialism because it holds that Christ’s physical return to earth will occur prior to the inauguration of the millennium. Premillennialism
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| Paul Cohen (mathematician) Talk:Paul_Cohen_(mathematician)
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| Acetazolamide Acetazolamide, sold under the trade name Diamox, is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor that is used to treat glaucoma, epileptic seizures, benign intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri), altitude sickness, cystinuria, and dural ectasia. Acetazolamide is available as a generic drug and is also used as a diuretic. Acetazolamide
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| Coase theorem In law and economics, the Coase theorem, attributed to Ronald Coase, describes the economic efficiency of an economic allocation or outcome in the presence of externalities. The theorem states that when trade in an externality is possible and there are no transaction costs, bargaining will lead to an efficient outcome regardless of the initial allocation of property rights. In practice, obstacles to bargaining or poorly defined property rights can prevent Coasian bargaining. Coase_theorem
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| Llanito Talk:Llanito
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| Polytechnic Institute of New York University Polytechnic Institute of New York University, also referred to as Polytechnic Institute of NYU or NYU-Poly, is the United States' second oldest private institute of technology, founded in 1854 and located in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It was an independent institution until 2008, when it merged with New York University and became NYU's exclusive resource in engineering and applied sciences. Polytechnic_Institute_of_New_York_University
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| Seán O'Casey Seán O'Casey (Irish Seán Ó Cathasaigh, born John Casey) (30 March, 1880 in Dublin, Ireland; 18 September, 1964 in Torquay, England) was a major Irish dramatist and memoirist. A committed socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes. His plays are particularly noted for the sympathetic treatment of female characters. Seán_O'Casey
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| I. F. Stone Isidor Feinstein Stone (December 24, 1907 Isidor Feinstein, better known as I. F. Stone and Izzy Stone) was an iconoclastic American investigative journalist. He is best remembered for his self-published newsletter, I. F. Stone's Weekly. At its peak in the 1960s, the Weekly had a circulation of about 70,000, yet it was regarded as very influential. In fact, The Weekly was ranked 16th in a poll of his fellow journalists of "The Top 100 Works of Journalism in the United States in the 20th Century". I._F._Stone
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| Dynabook Dynabook concept was created by Alan Kay in 1968, two years before the founding of Xerox PARC. Kay wanted to make “A Personal Computer For Children Of All Ages.” The ideas led to the development of the Xerox Alto prototype, which was originally called “the interim Dynabook”. It embodied all the elements of a graphical user interface, or GUI, as early as 1972. The software component of this research was Smalltalk, which went on to have a life of its own independent of the Dynabook concept. Dynabook
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| Mechanism (philosophy) In philosophy, mechanism is the theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by laws of nature. It's the opposite of vitalism, which claims organisms have "vital forces" which aren't physical.The doctrine of mechanism in philosophy comes in two different flavors. They are both doctrines of metaphysics, but they are different in scope and ambitionsuniversal mechanism and anthropic mechanism. Mechanism_(philosophy)
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| List of U.S. state abbreviations states and possessions of the United States are used for postal addresses, data processing, general abbreviations and other purposes. List_of_U.S._state_abbreviations
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| Universal Declaration of Human Rights Talk:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
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| Abe Reles Abe "Kid Twist" Reles (1906 hit man for Murder, Inc., the enforcement contractor for the National Crime Syndicate. Reles later turned government witness and sent several members of Murder, Inc. to the electric chair. He was believed to have been a party to thirty murders, and was convicted of none of them. Abe_Reles
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| Ballard, Seattle Ballard neighborhood located in the northwestern part of Seattle, Washington. To the north it is bounded by Crown Hill, ( N.W. 85th Street); to the east by Phinney Ridge and Fremont (along 8th Avenue N.W.); To the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and to the west by Puget Sound’s Shilshole Bay. The neighborhood’s landmarks include the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (known locally as the "Ballard Locks"), the Nordic Heritage Museum, the Shilshole Bay Marina, and Golden Gardens Park. Ballard,_Seattle
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| Rolex Rolex SA is a Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches and accessories. Rolex watches are popularly considered status symbols. Rolex is the largest single luxury watch brand by far, producing about 2,000 watches per day, with estimated revenues of around US$ 3 billion (2003). BusinessWeek magazine ranks Rolex #71 on its 2007 annual list of the 100 most valuable global brands, top among all watchmakers. Rolex
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| Moore–Penrose pseudoinverse Talk:Moore–Penrose_pseudoinverse
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| David Wojnarowicz David_Wojnarowicz
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| Democratic peace theory The democratic peace theory (or liberal peace theory or simply the democratic peace) holds that democracies liberal democracies war with one another.The original theory and research on wars has been followed by many similar theories and related research on the relationship between democracy and peace, including that lesser conflicts than wars are also rare between democracies, and that systematic violence is in general less common within democracies. Democratic_peace_theory
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| Osgoode Hall Law School See also Osgoode Hall for the downtown Toronto building that originally housed the law school Osgoode_Hall_Law_School
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| Union des Transports Aériens Union des Transports Aériens (UTA) was the largest wholly privately owned, independent airline in France. It was also the second-largest international, as well as the second principal intercontinental, French airline (after Air France) and a full member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) since its inception. Union_des_Transports_Aériens
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| Tinea cruris Tinea cruris, also known informally as crotch itch or jock itch in American English dhobi itch or scrot rot in British English, is a dermatophyte fungal infection of the groin region in either sex, though more often seen in males. Tinea_cruris
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| Dental caries Dental caries, also known as tooth decay or cavity, is a disease where bacterial processes damage hard tooth structure (enamel, dentin and cementum). These tissues progressively break down, producing dental cavities (holes in the teeth). Two groups of bacteria are responsible for initiating caries, Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli. Dental_caries
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| MDC (band) MDC (Millions of Dead Cops) is an American hardcore punk band formed in Austin, Texas in 1979.MDC originally formed as The Stains before changing their name. Playing hyperspeed punk rock associated with far left sociopolitical issues has earned the band close association with Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys, as well as numerous other US punk bands of the early eighties. The band was also unique in frequently changing their name to a different initialism of MDC with every new record released. MDC_(band)
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| Mento The article is about the Jamaican musical style. For the D.C. comics character, see Mento (comics). For the candy, see Mentos.Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. Mento typically features acoustic instruments, such as acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums, and the rhumba box — a large mbira in the shape of a box that can be sat on while played. The rhumba box carries the bass part of the music. Mento
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| Breyten Breytenbach Breyten Breytenbach (born September 16, 1939) is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship. Breyten_Breytenbach
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| British Poetry Revival The British Poetry Revival is the general name given to a loose poetic movement in Britain that took place in the 1960s and 1970s. The revival was a modernist-inspired reaction to the Movement's more conservative approach to British poetry. British_Poetry_Revival
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| Cyberculture Cyberculture is the culture that has emerged, or is emerging, from the use of computer networks for communication, entertainment and business. Cyberculture
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| Great Books Great Books refers to a curriculum and a book list, as well as a method of education which was famously favoured by the philosopher Allan Bloom. Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for including a book on the list the book has contemporary significance; that is, it has relevance to the problems and issues of our times; the book is inexhaustible; it can be read again and again with benefit; the book is relevant to a large number of the great ideas and great issues that have occupied the minds of thinking individuals for the last 25 centuries. Great_Books
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