| Hostos Community College Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York is a community college in the City University of New York system. Located in the Bronx, New York City, Hostos Community College was created by an act of the Board of Higher Education in 1968 in response to demands from the Hispanic/Puerto Rican community who were urging for the establishment of a college to serve the people of the South Bronx. Hostos_Community_College
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| Bronx Community College The Bronx Community College of The City University of New York is a community college in the City University of New York system located in the University Heights neighborhood of The Bronx. Bronx_Community_College
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| Lemon Creek, Staten Island Lemon Creek is a stream located on the South Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. It is one of the few remaining ground-level creeks in New York City. Lemon_Creek,_Staten_Island
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| Copenhagen (play) Copenhagen is a play by Michael Frayn, based around an event that occurred in Copenhagen in 1941, a meeting between the physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg. It debuted in London in 1998. Within the National Theatre in London, it ran for more than 300 performances, starring David Burke (Niels Bohr), Sara Kestelman (Margrethe Bohr), and Matthew Marsh (Werner Heisenberg). Copenhagen_(play)
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| David Harvey (geographer) David Harvey (born 1935) is the Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). A leading social theorist of international standing, he graduated from University of Cambridge with a PhD in Geography in 1961. David_Harvey_(geographer)
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| Townsend Harris Townsend Harris (October 3, 1804 – 1878) was a successful New York City merchant and minor politician, and the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the "Harris Treaty" between the U.S. and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened the Empire of Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period. He gained the respect and affection of the Japanese people, and is honoured to this day in Japan. Townsend_Harris
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| Downtown Brooklyn Downtown Brooklyn is the third largest central business district in New York City (following Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan), and is located in the northwestern section of the borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is known for its office and residential buildings, such as the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower and the MetroTech Center office complex, that give the area its own unique skyline. Downtown_Brooklyn
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| Steve Brodner Steve Brodner (born October 19, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American satirical illustrator and caricaturist known primarily for his work regarding the American political arena. Brodner's illustration work and art journalism appear in publications such as The Village Voice, Mother Jones, The Chronicle Review, The New York Times, Esquire, Time, Newsweek, Spy, Playboy, Premiere, Harper's, The Los Angeles Times, The American Prospect, Rolling Stone, The Nation, and The New Yorker. Steve_Brodner
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| International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States, one of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membership, and a key player in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. The union, generally referred to as the "ILGWU" or the "ILG," merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union in 1995 to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). International_Ladies'_Garment_Workers'_Union
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| Rapa Nui language The Rapa Nui language (also Rapanui) is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Rapanui, the inhabitants of Easter Island. Rapa_Nui_language
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| Doris Ling-Cohan Doris Ling-Cohan () is a judge on the New York State Supreme Court, to which she was elected in 2002. Ling-Cohan was born in New York's Chinatown, the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Doris_Ling-Cohan
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| Three Treasures (Taoism) The Three Treasures or Three Jewels () are basic virtues in Taoism. They first appear in Tao Te Ching chapter 67, which Lin Yutang (1948Laozi's "most beautiful teachings." Every one under heaven says that our Way is greatly like folly. But it is just because it is great, that it seems like folly. As for things that do not seem like folly — well, there can be no question about their smallness! Three_Treasures_(Taoism)
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| Peter Dobkin Hall Peter Dobkin Hall (born 1946) is an American author and historian. He is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Associate at the School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY, and Senior Research Fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard University. Peter_Dobkin_Hall
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| The U.S. and the Bolshevik Revolution The_U.S._and_the_Bolshevik_Revolution
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| Allan Nairn Allan Nairn (born 1956) is an award-winning U.S. investigative journalist who became well-known when he was imprisoned by the Indonesian military while reporting in East Timor. His writings have focused on U.S. foreign policy in such countries as Haiti, Guatemala, Indonesia, and East Timor. Nairn was born in Mobile, Alabama to a Puerto Rican mother. In high school, he got a job with consumer activist Ralph Nader, working for him for six years. Allan_Nairn
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| Jane Kramer Jane Kramer is an American journalist who is the European correspondent for The New Yorker; she has written a regular "Letter from Europe" for twenty years. Kramer has also written nine books, the latest of which, Lone Patriot (2003), is about a militia in the American West. Her other books include The Last Cowboy, Europeans and The Politics of Memory. Jane_Kramer
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| Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States-Japan) The between the United States and Japan was signed at the Ryōsen-ji in Shimoda on July 29, 1858. Treaty_of_Amity_and_Commerce_(United_States-Japan)
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| York College, City University of New York York College of The City University of New York is one of several senior colleges in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. It is located in Jamaica, Queens section in the borough of Queens in New York City. Opened in 1966, York was the first college founded under the newly-formed CUNY system, which united several previously independent public colleges into a single public university system in 1961. York_College,_City_University_of_New_York
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| Guardian (United States) Guardian_(United_States)
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| Letitia James Letitia A. "Tish" James (born 1958) is an American lawyer, activist and politician in the Working Families Party. She is the current New York City Council member for Brooklyn's 35th Council District. Elected in November 2003, she represents the neighborhoods of Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, parts of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Letitia_James
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| Intensional logic Intensional logic is an approach to predicate logic that extends first-order logic, which has quantifiers that range over the individuals of a universe (extensions), by additional quantifiers that range over terms that may have such individuals as their value (intensions). The distinction between extensional and intensional entities is parallel to the distinction between sense and reference. Intensional_logic
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| Environmental psychology Environmental psychology is an interdisciplinary field focused on the interplay between humans and their surroundings. The field defines the term environment broadly encompassing natural environments, social settings, built environments, learning environments, and informational environments. Environmental_psychology
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| Massachusetts Massachusetts
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| Christianity in China Christianity in China is a growing minority religion that comprises Protestants (called 基督教 Jī dū jiào, or Christ Religion), Catholics (天主教 Tian zhu jiao, or Lord of Heaven Religion), and a small number of Orthodox Christians. Although its lineage in China is not as ancient as beliefs such as Confucianism, Taoism, or Mahayana Buddhism, Christianity has existed in China since at least the seventh century and has gained influence over the past 200 years. Christianity_in_China
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| Gateway to Higher Education (program) Gateway_to_Higher_Education_(program)
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| Lockheed CL-1200 Lockheed_CL-1200
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| ABC No Rio ABC No Rio is a social center located at 156 Rivington Street on New York City's Lower East Side that was founded in 1980. It features a gallery space, a zine library, a darkroom, a silkscreening studio, and public computer lab. In addition, ABC No Rio plays host to a number of radical projects in New York City, including weekly hardcore punk matinees and the NYC Food Not Bombs collective. ABC_No_Rio
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| Exchange Stabilization Fund Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) is an emergency reserve fund of the United States Treasury Department, normally used for foreign exchange intervention. This arrangement (as opposed to having the central bank intervene directly) allows the US government to influence currency exchange rates without affecting domestic money supply.As of June, 2008, the fund held assets worth $51.2 billion. Exchange_Stabilization_Fund
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| Nat Holman Nat Holman (October 19, 1896 in New York, NY – February 12, 1995 in Bronx, New York) was one of the early pro basketball players and one of the game's most important innovators. Known for his exceptional ball-handling and his accurate shooting, Holman was a star player at New York University and an important part of the Original Celtics (no relation to the Boston Celtics). Nat_Holman
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| John Henrik Clarke John Henrik Clarke (January 1, 1915 - July 16, 1998), born John Henry Clark, was a Pan-Africanist American writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s.He was Professor of African World History and in 1969 founding chairman of the Department of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York. John_Henrik_Clarke
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| List of contemporary Iranian scientists, scholars, and engineers List_of_contemporary_Iranian_scientists,_scholars,_and_engineers
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| Anwarul Karim Chowdhury Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (born February 5, 1943) is a Bangladeshi diplomat most noted for his work on development in the poorest nations, global peace and championing the rights of women and children. In a speech he gave in 2005, Mr. Chowdhury stated, "We should not forget that when women are marginalized, there is little chance for an open and participatory society." Anwarul_Karim_Chowdhury
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| School violence School violence is widely held to have become a serious problem in recent decades in many countries, especially where weapons such as guns or knives are involved. It includes violence between school students as well as physical attacks by students on school staff. School_violence
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| Robert Haralick Robert M. Haralick was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 30, 1943. Robert_Haralick
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| Conflict management Conflict management refers to the long-term management of intractable conflicts. It is the label for the variety of ways by which people handle grievances—standing up for what they consider to be right and against what they consider to be wrong. Those ways include such diverse phenomena as gossip, ridicule, lynching, terrorism, warfare, feuding, genocide, law, mediation, and avoidance. Conflict_management
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| Military history of Puerto Rico Military_history_of_Puerto_Rico
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| Walton High School (New York City) Walton High School was a secondary school located in the Kingsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx borough in. New York. Walton's colors were sky blue and white. Its motto Semper Fidelis means "always faithful". The school seal is an open book supported by the torch of learning, and the school crest contains the head of Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom. The wildcat is the mascot used by the Walton's sports teams. Walton_High_School_(New_York_City)
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| Assertive discipline Assertive discipline is an approach to classroom management developed by Lee and Marlene Canter. It involves a high level of teacher control in the class. It is also called the "take-control" approach to teaching, as the teacher controls their classroom in a firm but positive manner. Assertive_discipline
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| Regents Examinations Regents High School examinations, or simply The Regents, are exams given to students seeking high school Regents credit through the New York State Education Department, designed and administered under the authority of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. Regents_Examinations
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| Washington Gladden Washington Gladden (February 11, 1836 - July 2, 1918) was a leading American Congregational church pastor and early leader of the Social Gospel movement. He was a leading member of the Progressive Movement, serving for two years as a member of the Columbus and campaigning against Boss Tweed as acting editor of the New York Independent. Washington_Gladden
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| List of colleges and universities named after people colleges and universities are named after people. Namesakes include the founder of the institution, financial benefactors, revered religious leaders, notable historical figures, members of royalty, current political leaders, and respected teachers or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of higher education institutions named for people. List_of_colleges_and_universities_named_after_people
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| Village guard system Village guards (Turkish:Korucular, officially Geçici ve Gönüllü Köy Korucuları ("temporary and voluntary village guards")) are paramilitaries. Originally they were set up and funded by the Turkish state in the mid-1980s under the direction of Turgut Özal. Village_guard_system
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| The Buford The Buford, also known as the Soviet Ark and the Red Ark by the press, was a ship used to transfer 249 socialists and anarchists, including Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, from New York City to the Russian SFSR in December 1919. These individuals had been rounded up during the Palmer Raids. The_Buford
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