| Dachau concentration camp Dachau concentration camp (German:Konzentrationslager Dachau or KZ-Dachau) was the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Germany, located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the medieval town of Dachau, about 16miles) northwest of Munich in the state of Bavaria which is located in southern Germany.Opened in March 1933, it was the first regular concentration camp established by the coalition government of National Socialist (Nazi) NSDAP party and the German Nationalist People's party (dissolved on 6 July 1933). Dachau_concentration_camp
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| Othniel Charles Marsh Othniel Charles Marsh (October 29, 1831 paleontologists of the 19th century, who discovered and named many fossils found in the American West. Othniel_Charles_Marsh
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| James Cagney Talk:James_Cagney
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| List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards This is a list of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. These are considered the four major entertainment awards in American show business. Presented annually, the awards honor outstanding achievements, respectively, in film, television, music, and theater. List_of_persons_who_have_won_Academy,_Emmy,_Grammy,_and_Tony_Awards
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| Presidency of Bill Clinton Presidency_of_Bill_Clinton
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| George W. Johnson George Washington Johnson (c. October 1846 January 23, 1914) was a singer and pioneer sound recording artist, the first African American recording star of the phonograph. George_W._Johnson
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| International Military Tribunal for the Far East The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal or simply as the Tribunal, was convened on May 3, 1946 to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of crimescrimes against peace), "Class B" (war crimes), and "Class C" (crimes against humanity), committed during World War II. International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East
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| Anyon In mathematics and physics, an anyon is a type of particle that occurs only in two-dimensional systems. It is a generalization of the fermion and boson concept. Anyon
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| John S. McCain, Jr. John Sidney McCain Jr. (January 17, 1911 – March 22, 1981) was a four star admiral in the United States Navy who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s.McCain grew up in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1931, after which he entered the submarine service. John_S._McCain,_Jr.
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| Folk music of England Folk music of England is a type of popular music, often contrasted with courtly, classical and later commercial music, for which we have evidence from the later medieval period. It has been preserved and transmitted orally, through print and later through recordings. Folk_music_of_England
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| American School (economics) See also American System (economic plan).The American School, also known as "National System", represents three different yet related constructs in politics, policy and philosophy. It was the American policy for many decades, waxing and waning in actual degrees and details of implementation. Historian Michael Lind describes it as a coherent applied economic philosophy with logical and conceptual relationships with other economic ideas. American_School_(economics)
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| Santa Barbara Municipal Airport Santa Barbara Airport , also known as Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, is a public airport located west of downtown Santa Barbara, California in Santa Barbara County, USA.The airport is adjacent to the University of California, Santa Barbara and the city of Goleta. Santa_Barbara_Municipal_Airport
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| Shake, Rattle and Roll "Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a prototypical twelve bar blues-form rock and roll song written in 1954 by Jesse Stone under his assumed songwriting name Charles E. Calhoun. It was originally recorded by Big Joe Turner, and most successfully by Bill Haley & His Comets. The song as sung by Big Joe Turner is ranked #126 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Shake,_Rattle_and_Roll
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| Wikipedia in academic studies Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_academic_studies
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| Kevin B. MacDonald Kevin B. MacDonald, (born January 24, 1944) is a professor of psychology at California State University, Long Beach, best known for his use of evolutionary psychology to inform his study of Judaism as being a "group evolutionary strategy." MacDonald's most controversial claim is that a suite of traits that he attributes to Jews, including higher-than-average verbal intelligence and ethnocentricism, have eugenically evolved to enhance the ability of Jews to out-compete non-Jews for resources while undermining the power and self-confidence of the white majorities in Europe and America. Kevin_B._MacDonald
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| Harry Lauder Sir Henry Lauder (4 August 1870 - 26 February 1950), known professionally as Harry Lauder, was a notable Scottish entertainer, described by Sir Winston Churchill as "Scotland's greatest ever ambassador!" Harry_Lauder
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| Teton Dam The Teton Dam was a federally built earthen dam on the Teton River in southeastern Idaho, USA which when filling for the first time suffered a catastrophic failure on June 5, 1976. The collapse of the dam resulted in the deaths of 11 people and 13,000 head of cattle. The dam cost about USD $100 million to build, and the federal government paid over $300 million in claims related to the dam failure. Total damage estimates have ranged up to $2 billion. The dam was never rebuilt. Teton_Dam
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| Dan Burton Danny "Dan" Lee Burton (born June 21, 1938) is an American politician. He is the member of the United States House of Representatives for Dan_Burton
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| Bretton Woods system Bretton Woods system of monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states in the mid 20th Century. The Bretton Woods system was the first example of a fully negotiated monetary order intended to govern monetary relations among independent nation-states. Bretton_Woods_system
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| Pat Nixon Thelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the wife of Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, and was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974. She was commonly known as Pat Nixon.Born in Nevada, Pat Ryan grew up in Los Angeles, California. Pat_Nixon
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| List of United States presidential nicknames list of United States Presidential nicknames. List_of_United_States_presidential_nicknames
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| USS Triton (SSRN-586) USS_Triton_(SSRN-586)
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| Leo Ryan Leo Joseph Ryan, Jr. (May 5, 1925 November 18, 1978) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as a U.S. Representative from the 11th Congressional District of California from 1973 until he was murdered in Guyana by members of the Peoples Temple shortly before the Jonestown Massacre in 1978.After the Watts Riots of 1965, then-Assemblyman Ryan took a job as a substitute school teacher to investigate and document conditions in the area. Leo_Ryan
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| Teacher in Space Project Teacher in Space Project (TISP) began as a NASA program announced by President Ronald Reagan on August 27, 1984. The goal was to inspire students, honor teachers, and spur interest in mathematics, science, and space exploration. More than 11,000 teachers applied for the program; in 1985, NASA selected Christa McAuliffe to be the first teacher in space with Barbara Morgan as her backup. McAuliffe died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L) in 1986. Teacher_in_Space_Project
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| Pale Fire Talk:Pale_Fire
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| Kegel exercise Kegel exercise, named after Dr. Arnold Kegel, consists of contracting and relaxing the muscles that form part of the pelvic floor (sometimes called the "Kegel muscles"). Kegel_exercise
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| History of Colorado The human history of Colorado extends back more than 13,000 years. The region that is today the State of Colorado was first inhabited by Native Americans. The Lindenmeier Site in Larimer County, Colorado, is a Folsom culture archaeological site with artifacts dating from approximately 11200 BCE to 3000 BCE. History_of_Colorado
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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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| Hal Rogers Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers (born December 31, 1937), American politician, Republican member of theUnited States House of Representatives since 1981, Hal_Rogers
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| Edward Drinker Cope Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope quickly distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper in 1859. Cope married his cousin and had several children, moving closer to the marl pits of Haddonfield, New Jersey to be near fossil finds. Edward_Drinker_Cope
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| Group selection evolutionary biology, group selection refers to the idea that alleles can become fixed or spread in a population because of the benefits they bestow on groups, regardless of the alleles' effect on the fitness of individuals within that group.Group selection was used as a popular explanation for adaptations, especially by V. Group_selection
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| State of the Union address Talk:State_of_the_Union_address
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| Minstrel show Talk:Minstrel_show
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| El Tatio El Tatio Geyser Field (locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level. Contrary to some reports, it is not the highest-elevation geyser field in the world. Puchuldiza Geyser Field, Chile, and possibly several other fields are higher in elevation (Glennon, J.A. El_Tatio
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| Seneca nation The Seneca are a group of indigenous people native to North America. They were the nation located farthest to the west within the Six Nations or Iroquois League in New York before the American Revolution. While exact population figures are unknown, approximately 15,000 to 25,000 Seneca live in Canada, near Brantford, Ontario. Seneca_nation
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| Southern Athabaskan languages Southern Athabaskan (also Apachean) is a subfamily of Athabaskan languages spoken primarily in the North American Southwest (including Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Sonora) with two outliers in Oklahoma and Texas. These languages are spoken by various groups of Apache and Navajo peoples.Western Apaches call their language Nnee biyáti’ or Ndee biyáti’. Navajos call their language Diné bizaad. Southern_Athabaskan_languages
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| MindVox MindVox
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| Anonymous P2P An anonymous P2P computer network is a particular type of peer-to-peer network in which the users are anonymous or pseudonymous by default. The primary difference between regular and anonymous networks is in the routing method of their respective network architectures. Anonymous_P2P
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| List of important publications in computer science List_of_important_publications_in_computer_science
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| Iris Chang Iris Shun-Ru Chang (; March 28, 1968 November 9, 2004) was an American historian and journalist. She was best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanking Massacre, The Rape of Nanking. She allegedly committed suicide on November 9, 2004. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biographical book, Finding Iris Chang, as well as the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking. Iris_Chang
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| History of Hawaii The history of Hawaii includes phases of early Polynesian settlement, British arrival, Euro-American and Asian immigration, the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, a brief period of existing as a Republic, and admission to the United States as a territory and then a state. History_of_Hawaii
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| 40th Infantry Division (United States) The 40th Infantry Division (Mechanized) is a modular division of the United States Army. It is mainly composed of units of the California Army National Guard with one battalion from the Kansas Army National Guard. Its Division Headquarters is located at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California. 40th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
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| Judith Anderson Dame Judith Anderson, AC, DBE (10 February 1897 Australian Tony award- and Emmy-winning actress of stage and screen, who was also nominated for a Grammy and an Oscar. She is generally regarded by theatre critics as the greatest classical actress produced by Australia. Judith_Anderson
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| Samuel Hoar Samuel Hoar (May 18, 1778 - November 2, 1856) was a United States lawyer and politician. A member of a prominent political family in Massachusetts, he was a leading 19th century lawyer of that state. He was associated with the Federalist Party until its decline after the war of 1812. Samuel_Hoar
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| First they came... Talk:First_they_came...
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| Alison Krauss Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss + Union Station (AKUS), and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989. Alison_Krauss
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| Selective Service System Selective_Service_System
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| School psychology School Psychology is a field that applies principles of clinical psychology and educational psychology to the diagnosis and treatment of children's and adolescents' behavioral and learning problems. School psychologists are educated in psychology, child and adolescent development, child and adolescent psychopathology, education, family and parenting practices, learning theories, and personality theories. School_psychology
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| Gallium nitride Gallium nitride () is a very hard material commonly used in bright LEDs since the 1990s.The compound is a direct-bandgap semiconductor material of wurtzite crystal structure, with a wide (3.4 eV) band gap, used in optoelectronic, high-power and high-frequency devices. Gallium_nitride
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| Democratic National Convention The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 national convention. The primary goal of the Democratic National Convention is to nominate and confirm a candidate for President and Vice President, adopt a comprehensive party platform and unify the party. Democratic_National_Convention
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