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did they eat frank in fried green tomatoes
After the trial, Ruth is diagnosed with cancer, becomes very ill, and eventually dies. Following her death, the café closes. Over time, many Whistle Stop residents eventually move away, bringing Ninny to the end of her story, but not before the revelation of what really happened to Frank. Sipsey murdered him with a blo...
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is south africa part of the african union
The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the African continent, extending slightly into Asia via the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. It was established on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and launched on 9 July 2002 in South Africa, with the aim of replacing the Organisation of Afr...
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is the simpsons the longest running tv show ever
Since its debut on December 17, 1989, 639 episodes of The Simpsons have been broadcast. It is the longest-running American sitcom, and, in 2009, it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest-running American scripted primetime television series in terms of seasons and surpassed the Western in terms of episodes in 2018. The Simp...
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can you buy alcohol in sc on sundays
Prohibition was a major issue in the state's history. Voters endorsed prohibition in 1892 but instead were given the ``Dispensary System'' of state-owned liquor stores, They soon became symbols of political corruption controlled by Ben Tillman's machine and were shut down in 1907. Today, the retail sale of liquor state...
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Was he royalty?
CHAPTER XLII. GEORGE II. A.D. 1725--1760. The reign of George II. was a very warlike one. Indeed he was the last king of England who ever was personally in a battle; and, curiously enough, this battle--that of Fontenoy--was the last that a king of France also was present in. It was, however, not a very interesting ...
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Is it a kid's movie?
Ask any student to say one thing they know about Charles Dickens, and it is very likely they will say Oliver Twist. His classic tale of a poor orphan boy strikes at the heart of all those who have ever wanted "more", as Oliver did. And now, Dickens' classic scenes of the lives of the Victorian British poor will appea...
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has the capitals been to the stanley cup
The Capitals were founded in 1974 as an expansion franchise, alongside the Kansas City Scouts. Since purchasing the team in 1999, Leonsis revitalized the franchise by drafting star players such as Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green and Braden Holtby. The 2009--10 Capitals won the franchise's first-ever P...
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Were any Indians injured on thursday morning?
(CNN) -- Three Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed this week in a cross-border firefight between Pakistan and India, officials said Thursday. The soldiers were moving from one post to another along the border when they came under fire by Indian forces, said Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, Pakistan army spokesman. Si...
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Is Mongolia sovereign?
Mongolia (Mongolian: in Mongolian Cyrillic; in Mongolian script; in Mongolian Latin script; literally: Mongol State) is a landlocked unitary sovereign state in East Asia. Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory of Outer Mongolia, and that term is sometimes used to refer to the Mongolian People's Re...
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Do they know when they will tie the knot?
(CNN) -- Novak Djokovic is on course for a "fab four" of Australian Open titles when the tournament begins in Melbourne next week -- and the defending champion says all he needs is love. The Serbian second seed could become the first man to win four straight titles at the opening grand slam of the season and he says ...
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is season 8 the end of the vampire diaries
The Vampire Diaries, an American supernatural drama, was renewed for an eighth season by The CW on March 11, 2016. On July 23, 2016, the CW announced that the upcoming season would be the series' last and would consist of 16 episodes. The season premiered on October 21, 2016 and concluded on March 10, 2017.
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Was he alone there?
CHAPTER IV The wolf-cub at even lay hid in the corn, When the smoke of the cooking hung gray: He knew where the doe made a couch for her fawn, And he looked to his strength for his prey. But the moon swept the smoke-wreaths away. And he turned from his meal in the villager's close, And he bayed to the moon as she...
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Did both Rudolf Christoph Eucken and E. L. Doctorow win the Nobel Prize for Literature ?
Rudolf Christoph Eucken (] ; 5 January 1846 – 15 September 1926) was a German philosopher. He received the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous w...
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Did she say it was ok?
CHAPTER XIX. ABOUT THE ROBBERY. If Ralph had been astonished before, he was doubly so now. He looked from one to another of the men in amazement. "Do you really think I am one of the thieves?" he gasped. "It's mighty suspicious," responded Jack Rodman. "You were seen in the neighborhood of the post office to-ni...
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Was there any noticeable difference after he put it on?
Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences.Due to his old age,he was going bald,which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool.Therefore,biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool. Unlike marine mammals,which have a layer of ...
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Are both Salford Cathedral and Plymouth Cathedral found in the same country?
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, usually known as Salford Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. Located on Chapel Street, Salford, in the part of Salford that is within the Manchester city centre boundary, it is the seat of the Bishop of Salford ...
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does stefan's constant depend upon wavelength of radiation
The Stefan--Boltzmann constant (also Stefan's constant), a physical constant denoted by the Greek letter σ (sigma), is the constant of proportionality in the Stefan--Boltzmann law: ``the total intensity radiated over all wavelengths increases as the temperature increases'', of a black body which is proportional to the ...
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Were directors Kenneth Branagh and Anthony Asquith from the same country?
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh ( ; born 10 December 1960) is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter originally from Belfast. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and in 2015 succeeded Richard Attenborough as its President. He has directed or starred in several film adaptati...
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is a specific date in that month mentioned?
Chapter 22: Oudenarde. The trumpet call which summoned Rupert and his friends to horse was, as he suspected, an indication that there was a general movement of the troops in front. Vendome had declined to attack the allies in the position they had taken up, but had moved by his right to Braine le Leude, a village c...
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Did he open the chest?
There was once an octopus who lived under the ocean. His name was Fred. Fred had never seen the world above the ocean before. He had spent all of his life under water with his friends, a blow fish named Joey, a sponge named Pam, a star fish named Elaine, and another octopus, Stacey. So you can imagine his surprise when...
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Were Leigh Nash and Katrina Leskanich in the same band?
Leigh Bingham Nash ( ; born June 27, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist for the pop band Sixpence None the Richer and is also a member of Fauxliage and Movement Nashville. Her debut solo album, "Blue on Blue", was released on August 15, 2006 by One Son/ Nettwerk record labels. Katrina E...
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Are Adam Gontier and Coko of the same nationality?
Adam Wade Gontier (born May 25, 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for Saint Asonia, but is best known as the former lead singer, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. Gontier left Three Days Grace o...
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Are both Peter Murphy and My Sister's Machine based in the same country?
Peter John Joseph Murphy (born 11 July 1957) is an English singer and musician. He was the vocalist of the Goth rock group Bauhaus and later went on to release a number of solo albums, such as "Deep", "Holy Smoke", and "Love Hysteria". Thin with prominent cheekbones, a baritone voice, and a penchant for gloomy poetics,...
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Are Boğaziçi University and the Süreyya Opera House located on the same side of Bosphorus strait?
Süreyya Opera House, also called Süreyya Cultural Center (Turkish: "Süreyya Operası or Süreyya Kültür Merkezi" ), is an opera hall located in Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. The building is designed by Armenian architect Kegam Kavafyan by order of a Deputy for Istanbul Süreyya İlmen, it was originally established...
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is the word ain't in the english dictionary
Ain't as a contraction for has not/have not first appeared in dictionaries in the 1830s, and appeared in 1819 in Niles' Weekly Register: Strike! Why I ain't got nobody here to strike... Charles Dickens likewise used ain't to mean haven't in Chapter 28 of Martin Chuzzlewit (1844): ``You ain't got nothing to cry for, ble...
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did they know what to do?
On an August afternoon last year, Pamela Rivers, 40, and her friend Rita Graham, 38, were stopped at a red light on Cobb's Creek Parkway in South Philadelphia when a white SUV traveling in the opposite direction turned across traffic in front of them. It then jumped the curb and rushed through a grassy expanse before p...
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Do their fathers get more involved in their lives?
Psychiatrists who work with older parents say that maturity can be an advantage in child raising--older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with their children. But raising kids takes money and energy. Many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resourc...
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has anyone ever run across the united states
This is a list of people who have walked across the United States from the east coast to the west coast or vice versa. Walking or running across the United States has long been pursued as a way to bring publicity to social causes.
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does a word have to have a vowel
English has words written without the five conventional vowel letters (A, E, I, O, U); it also has words without spoken vowel sounds. In most languages of the world, all or nearly all lexical words have vowel sounds, and English is no exception; however, rhotic dialects of English (such as most varieties of American En...
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Will acronyms have a good influence on children?
Starting from this month, you won't be hearing the word "NBA" on sports programs on CCTV. Instead, sport hosts will give the full Chinese name when they refer to the NBA - National Basketball Association. You also won't hear any other English abbreviations on CCTV's Chinese programs, such as GDP (gross domestic product...
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Was she injured?
(CNN)A Georgia police chief who said he accidentally shot and seriously injured his wife while the couple were sleeping in bed has resigned, the Peachtree City Police Department said Wednesday. William McCollom stepped down as chief of police in Peachtree City nearly a week after a prosecutor announced that although ...
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was he at his house?
There once was a lion who did not roar, but instead he said meow. The lion was sad, because he could not roar like his other lion friends. The lion went to talk to his family. He first went to talk to his brother, but his brother was not home. Then he went to talk to his dad, but his dad was not home either. Luckily, t...
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is rye bread the same as white bread
Rye bread is a type of bread made with various proportions of flour from rye grain. It can be light or dark in color, depending on the type of flour used and the addition of coloring agents, and is typically denser than bread made from wheat flour. It is higher in fiber than white bread and is often darker in color and...
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does stefan find out about elena and damon
Bonnie stops Stefan right before he enters the burning building warning him that the fire will kill him but Stefan gets in anyway. Bonnie then stops Elena but when she sees that Elena will go in anyway, she starts chanting while holding her to prevent her from getting in. The spell calms the fire long enough for Stefan...
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Was the ruling for both Hernandez v. Texas and Berman v. Parker unanimous?
Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), was a landmark case, "the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period." In a unanimous ruling, the court held that Mexican Americans and all other nationality groups in the United Stat...
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Are Hinduism Today and Star Wars Insider both magazines?
Hinduism Today is a quarterly magazine published by the Himalayan Academy, a nonprofit educational institution, in Kapaʻa, Hawaiʻi, USA. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally, currently in 60 nations. Founded by Sivaya Subramuniyaswami in 1979, it is a public service of his monastic order t...
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was there moonlight?
CHAPTER XXXIV The lamps were lit; their luster reflected itself in the polished wood; good wine was passed round the dinner-table; before the meal was far advanced civilization had triumphed, and Mr. Hilbery presided over a feast which came to wear more and more surely an aspect, cheerful, dignified, promising well f...
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Are Klaxons and Alice in Chains from the same country?
Klaxons are an English band, based in London. Following the release of several 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, "Myths of the Near Future" on 29 January 2007. The album won the 2007 Nationw...
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Has she lost after winning the first round on clay?
Paris, France (CNN) -- She's been called "beautiful," "hot" and "sexy" but when it comes to tennis, the most apt description for Maria Sharapova has to be "tough." The Russian rallied from a set down three straight times to reach this year's French Open final and then prevailed in Saturday's thrilling three-hour fina...
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Are both documentary films The One Percent and Air Force, Incorporated from the same country?
The One Percent is a 2006 documentary about the growing wealth gap between the wealthy elite compared to the overall citizenry in the United States. It was created by Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, and produced by Jamie Johnson and Nick Kurzon. The film's title refers to the top one percent of...
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could she sit?
CHAPTER NINETEEN. A NIGHT JOURNEY. "And he must post, without delay, Along the bridge and through the dale. And by the church and o'er the down." _Wordsworth_. John Hewlett had finished his day's work, and come home in the dusk of an October evening. He found the house hung all over with the family linen, taken i...
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is the saturn vue the same as the chevy equinox
Riding on the GM Theta platform, the unibody is mechanically similar to the Saturn Vue and the Suzuki XL7. However, the Equinox and the Torrent are larger than the Vue, riding on a 112.5 in (2,858 mm) wheelbase, 5.9 in (150 mm) longer than the Vue. Front-wheel drive is standard, with optional all-wheel drive. They are ...
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does south dakota use salt on their roads
The term Salt Belt refers to states, in the United States, in which large quantities of salt are applied to roads during the winter season to control snow and ice. States in the salt belt include Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire...
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is taiwan part of the republic of china
The issue hinges on whether Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu should continue to remain effectively the territory of the democratic government of the ROC and maintain the ``status quo'' of two self-governing entities; or become unified with the PRC under the existing communist government; or formally change the ``Repub...
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Were both Alexander Hall and Jon Amiel both considered film directors?
Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts – July 30, 1968, San Francisco, California) was an American film director and theatre actor. Jon Amiel (born 20 May 1948) is an English film director who has since the early 1980s worked in film and television in both the UK and the US.
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Did most cadets?
CHAPTER IX SETTLING DOWN TO STUDY Dick meant what he said concerning coming back to Putnam Hall for the sake of learning something. He felt that he had lost too much time from school already to lose more, and he pitched in with a vigor that was indeed surprising. "I don't see how you can do it," said Tom one day....
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did mark wahlberg really sing in the movie rockstar
The singing voice for Wahlberg's character was provided by Steelheart frontman Miljenko Matijevic for the Steel Dragon Songs, the final number was dubbed by Brian Vander Ark. Jeff Scott Soto (of Talisman, Yngwie Malmsteen, Soul SirkUS, and Journey) provided the voice of the singer Wahlberg's character replaces. Kennedy...
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Are they worried about him?
CHAPTER XXIII Philippa and Helen met in the drawing-room, a few minutes before eight that evening. Philippa was wearing a new black dress, a model of simplicity to the untutored eye, but full of that undefinable appeal to the mysterious which even the greatest artist frequently fails to create out of any form of colo...
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is a panda a member of the bear family
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally ``black and white cat-foot''; Chinese: 大熊猫; pinyin: dà xióng māo, literally ``big bear cat''), also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China. It is easily recognized by the large, distinctive black patches around its eyes, over the e...
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does lonni die on days of our lives
Stowers was grateful that Lani was much more integrated into the canvas upon her return. ``Everyone respects her. She's making great friendships. I think in the beginning (...), that wasn't there.'' Lani comes back to town with a secret. Though Lani's main reason for returning is to visit her ailing father, it is revea...
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Did Oliver's fatehr agree with this idea?
CHAPTER III. FRANCO Franco followed the boys all that forenoon, as they went back and forth for their wood. At dinner, they did not say any thing about him to the farmer, because they supposed that he would go away, when they came in and left him, and that they should see no more of him in the afternoon. But when J...
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Does it only work in little projects?
Python is a widely used high-level programming language for general-purpose programming, created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991. An interpreted language, Python has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability (notably using whitespace indentation to delimit code blocks rather than curly bracket...
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Is he successful now?
Kinshasa, DRC (CNN) -- Kinshasa hasn't had an easy time of it. A decade ago, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo was a broken city, ravaged by years of war and infighting. Of late, however, Kinshasa has witnessed a resurgence, with many expatriated Congolese returning to build a new city. "When I came bac...
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Is he also a congressman?
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities were searching Wednesday for two politicians accused of belonging to the Familia Michoacana drug cartel, which is blamed for killing more than 30 federal police officers in a series of attacks since Saturday. Drug violence is up in Michoacan state, shown by recent atta...
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Are these voters happy with either party?
Washington (CNN) -- When the race is done, the balloons have wilted, and the confetti has been swept up, Campaign 2012 may be marked more by its failures than its triumphs. But here's the starkest failure in these final days before the vote: Neither candidate has made a convincing enough argument for his presidency t...
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Do they give any examples of what it translates into?
The English word "translation" derives from the Latin translatio (which itself comes from trans- and from fero, the supine form of which is latum—together meaning "a carrying across" or "a bringing across"). The modern Romance languages use equivalents of the English term "translation" that are derived from that same L...
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do they say sorcerer's stone in the movie
Because the American title was different, all scenes that mention the philosopher's stone by name had to be re-shot, once with the actors saying ``philosopher's'' and once with ``sorcerer's''. The children filmed for four hours and then did three hours of schoolwork. They developed a liking for fake facial injuries fro...
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do universal life policies have a cash value
Universal life insurance (often shortened to UL) is a type of cash value life insurance, sold primarily in the United States of America. Under the terms of the policy, the excess of premium payments above the current cost of insurance is credited to the cash value of the policy. The cash value is credited each month wi...
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Was she clever?
Edith Cavell was born in a little English village. She was a clever; hard-working girl and did well at school; especially in music and French. After she left school; her first job was to take care of the children of a rich family in Belgium . The language they spoke was French; so she found that her school studies were...
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Is it the capital?
The Hague (; , or "'s-Gravenhage" ) is a city on the western coast of the Netherlands and the capital of the province of South Holland. With a population of 520,704 inhabitants (as of 1 April 2016) and more than 1 million inhabitants including the suburbs, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amster...
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Are they part of the group?
CHAPTER XIII IN WHICH SOME SHOES ARE MISSING "What do you think of it?" "Who took them?" "We can't go downstairs in our bare feet." Such were some of the remarks made, as the lads of dormitories Nos. 11 and 12 looked at each other. The closets had been searched thoroughly but without success. "See here, if ...
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Were they small ships?
Lemuel Gulliver enjoyed travelling. He was a ship's doctor. On May 4, 1699, they were going to the Far East in the ship called the Antelope. One night, his ship crashed against the rocks, Gulliver was washed to the land. He found himself a prisoner of tiny people. They were less than 6 inches tall and lived in the isla...
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has his career prepared him?
Ashton Carter, the former second-in-command at the Pentagon, appears to be the top choice to replace outgoing Secretary Chuck Hagel. Barring any last minute complications, Ash Carter will be President Barack Obama's choice as the new Secretary of Defense, several U.S. administration officials told CNN. An administr...
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Is America one of these regions?
Greek colonies and communities have been historically established on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, but the Greek people have always been centered around the Aegean and Ionian seas, where the Greek language has been spoken since the Bronze Age. Until the early 20th century, Greeks were distributed b...
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Is there a large landmass in that direction?
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, ...
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Are both 500 Years Later and Fig Trees documentaries?
500 Years Later (፭፻ ዓመታት በኋላ "500 ʿamätatə bähwala ") is an independent documentary film directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah, written by M. K. Asante, Jr. and released in 2005. It has won five international film festival awards in the category of Best Documentary (including) UNESCO "Breaking the Chains Award"). Other award...
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was here mom one of them ?
CHAPTER XII "I Only Thought of It" There was great perturbation down at Fawn Court. On the day fixed, Monday, June 5, Lizzie arrived. Nothing further had been said by Lady Fawn to urge the invitation; but, in accordance with the arrangement already made, Lady Eustace, with her child, her nurse, and her own maid, wa...
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is forever21 and charlotte russe owned by the same company
Charlotte Russe typically serves the same audience and competes with Forever 21, H&M and Rue21, who sell similar clothes.
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is it possible for a woman to have twins with different fathers
Superfecundation is the fertilization of two or more ova from the same cycle by sperm from separate acts of sexual intercourse, which can lead to twin babies from two separate biological fathers. The term superfecundation is derived from fecund, meaning the ability to produce offspring. Heteropaternal superfecundation ...
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Was he good at first?
Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air. Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his coll...
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does the nyc subway go to staten island
SIR operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week with modified R44 New York City Subway cars, and is run by the New York City Transit Authority, an agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and operator of the New York City Subway. However, there is no direct rail link between the SIR and the subway system. SIR...
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in sq3r the 3 r's are in order review read recite
SQRRR or SQ3R is a reading comprehension method named for its five steps: survey, question, read, recite, and review. The method was introduced by Francis P. Robinson, an American education philosopher in his 1946 book Effective Study.
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is methodist the same as church of england
Following Wesley's death, the Methodist revival became a separate church and ordained its own ministers; it is called a nonconformist church because it does not conform to the rules of the established Church of England. In the 19th century, the Wesleyan Methodist Church experienced many secessions, with the largest of ...
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Did he have any accident?
(CNN) -- He may not have started from the top of the mountain but it was still a dream downhill for Patrick Kueng as he skied to victory at the World Cup event in Wengen. The course at the Swiss Alpine resort is renowned as the longest downhill course on the World Cup calendar at 4.4 kilometers (2.12 miles) long but ...
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Did it take them 45 minutes to get back?
On a stormy day last August, Tim heard someone shouting. Looking at the sea carefully, he saw that two kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea. Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, had rowed out in a boat to _ a football. Once they'd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the...
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Is it the capital?
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- At first glance, "Mahmoud" would seem the perfect candidate to be a supporter of Moammar Gadhafi. He has prospered during the Libyan leader's 41-year reign, first as a professional and later taking care of his deceased father's businesses. But, as with many things in Tripoli, a first glance ...
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is square root of 2 a rational number
Geometrically the square root of 2 is the length of a diagonal across a square with sides of one unit of length; this follows from the Pythagorean theorem. It was probably the first number known to be irrational.
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was Ferris rude?
CHAPTER XX. FOLLOWING ALLEN. Hal was astonished to learn from Katie McCabe that Dick Ferris was coming up the tenement stairs. "He can't be coming here!" exclaimed the youth. "What shall we do if he does?" asked McCabe. "I don't know. Perhaps I had better hide. He may----" At that instant came a knock on th...
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Was it hard for his parents?
Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs, but he doesn't let this stop him. The brave 26-year-old man plays football and golf, and swims, in spite of the fact that he has no arms or legs. Nick has a small foot on his left side, which helps him balance and makes him able to kick. He uses his one foot to type, writ...
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hbl was the first bank of pakistan true or false
Founded in 1941, HBL became Pakistan's first commercial bank. In 1951 it opened its first international branch in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In 1972 the bank moved its headquarters to the Habib Bank Plaza, which became the tallest building in South Asia at the time. The Government nationalised the bank in 1974 and privatized ...
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Is it an urban location?
One month before the Winter Olympics begin in the Russian resort town of Sochi -- and in the shadow of last month's deadly bombings in Volgograd -- a huge security operation has swung into gear. A special exclusion zone went into force Tuesday under which only Sochi-marked vehicles, emergency or specially accredited ...
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Is this expected to improve grades?
In a growing number of English classes, teachers are leaving the classic novels on the shelf and letting students select the books they read. Supporters say that the new approach, called reader's workshop, helps develop a love for reading in students who are bored by classic literature. They argue that the best way to ...
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Was the goal to become a nurse?
"Lizzie, there's a letter for you!" Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Elizabeth looked down. "Is it from Harvard? They refused my application once." Emily answered, "No, it's from Yale." Quickly, Elizabeth walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. "Rejected again," Elizabeth said unhappily. "Who say...
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Could this conclusively confirm Cervantes' presence?
(CNN)"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd," wrote Miguel de Cervantes, the Shakespeare of Spain. And the quest to find his remains has sometimes seemed both, even (dare one say it) quixotic in a time of recession. But forensic scientists have persevered, and appear to have triumphed. Almost...
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Had he been there before?
CHAPTER XIV RAISING THE TENT Toby went into the house, feeling rather uneasy because he had not been called; but when Aunt Olive told him that Abner had aroused from his slumber but twice, and then only for a moment, he had no idea of being worried about his friend, although he did think it a little singular he sho...
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Would they try again?
CHAPTER XXXII. HOW KING WILLIAM TOOK COUNSEL OF A CHURCHMAN. If Torfrida was exhausted, so was Hereward likewise. He knew well that a repulse was not a defeat. He knew well the indomitable persistence, the boundless resources, of the mastermind whom he defied; and he knew well that another attempt would be made, an...
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is ace king queen a run in rummy
If a player has three cards of the same suit in a sequence (called a sequence or a run), they may meld by laying these cards, face up, in front of them. If they have at least three cards of the same value, they may meld a group (also called a set or a book). Aces can be played as high or low but not both, for example Q...
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Are Bidens and Primula both plants?
Bidens is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. The common names beggarticks, black jack, burr marigolds, cobbler's pegs, Spanish needles, stickseeds, tickseeds and tickseed sunflowers refer to the fruits of the plants, most of which are bristly and barbed, with two sharp pappi at the end. The ge...
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is it by any other countries?
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia. Europe is generally considered as separated f...
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does the president need congress to declare war
The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. 1541--1548) is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. The Resolution was adopted in the form of a United ...
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Is he the only one that old to have kept the top rank?
(CNN) -- Roger Federer secured a record-equaling seventh Wimbledon title to dash the hopes of Andy Murray and a partisan Centre Court crowd. Federer made it 17 grand slam titles to his name after a two-and-a-half-year drought and matched the haul of American Pete Sampras at the All England Club. The Swiss will retu...
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do witnesses have the right to remain silent
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself or herself. At trial, the prosecution can neither call the defendant as a witness, nor comment on the defendant's failure to testify. Whether to testify or not is exclusi...
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Is Ming with the NFL?
A large book NBA star Yao Ming's English autography will come out in New York, US , this month. It is called "Yao: A Life in Two Worlds." It talks about his first year in the NBA. Yao wrote it with a US report. Alicia's Coming American singer Alicia Keys,23, will be in the "Wall of Hope" concert with other stars, on th...
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Masaki Kobayashi and Tsai Ming-liang, both are Taiwanese?
Masaki Kobayashi (小林 正樹 , "Kobayashi Masaki" , February 14, 1916 – October 4, 1996) was a Japanese film director, best known for the epic trilogy "The Human Condition" (1959–1961), the samurai film "Seppuku" (1962), and "Ghost Stories" (1964). Tsai Ming-liang () (born 27 October 1957) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. He has w...
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Were they close when she was growing up?
Lisa never had the chance to know her father. He and her mother divorced when she was just a young child. Even though he didn't move far, he never came to visit his children. Lisa often wondered about her father. What did he look like and what was he doing? All she knew was his name: Jeff White. After Lisa grew up, she...
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Did it visit any mountain?
The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and...
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did the englishman get angry
An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. "What's that strange building?" asked the visitor. "That's the Tower of London." "I see. How long did it take to build it?" "About 500 years." "In my country we can build it in five months," Shortly after that they came to St. Paul's Cathedral . "Very interesti...
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Did a President enact a certain law associated with endangered species?
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is one of the few dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s, and serves as the enacting legislation to carry out the provisions outlined in The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)....
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was can't stop the feeling written for trolls
``Can't Stop the Feeling!'' is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for the soundtrack to the film Trolls (2016), for which he serves as the executive music producer. It was written and produced by Timberlake, Max Martin, and Shellback. Musically, it is an uptempo disco-pop, soul-pop number w...
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Does Philippa agree?
CHAPTER XXVII Philippa and Helen looked at one another a little dolefully across the luncheon table. "I supposes one misses the child," Helen said. "I feel too depressed for words," Philippa admitted. "A few days ago," Helen reminded her companion, "we were getting all the excitement that was good for any one."...
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