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John Tyler was born the son of John Tyler, Sr. (1747-1813) and Mary Armistead. He was educated at the College of William and Mary and went on to study law with his father, who became Governor of Virginia (1808-1811), and followed his father as governor (1825-1827) after a stint in the United States House of Representatives. During his time as U.S. Senator, Tyler, who had begun as a strict state-rights Democrat, grew increasingly alienated from the Jacksonian Democrats, especially by Jackson's aggressive handling of ...

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John Tyler, John Tyler - Biography, John Tyler - Marriage, John Tyler - Presidency, John Tyler - Cabinet, John Tyler - Supreme Court appointments, John Tyler - States Admitted to the Union, John Tyler - Post-Presidency, John Tyler - Confederate allegiances

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There is no single term in English that all speakers would use for all rapid transit or metro systems. This fact reflects variations not only in national and regional usage, but in what characteristics are considered essential. One definition of a metro system is as follows: an urban, electric mass transit railway system totally independent from other traffic with high service frequency. But those who prefer the American term "subway" or the British "underground" would additionally specify that the tracks and stat ...

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Rapid transit, Rapid transit - Characteristics and nomenclature, Rapid transit - Extent, Rapid transit - Importance functions and station design, Rapid transit - Technology, Rapid transit - History, Rapid transit - Finance, Rapid transit - Similarities to light rail

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Most commonly a camera or camera obscura is the image forming device and photographic film or a digital storage card is the recording medium, although other methods are available. For instance, the photocopy or xerography machine forms permanent images but uses the transfer of static electrical charges rather than photographic film, hence the term electrophotography. The rayographs published by Man Ray in 1922 are images produced by the shadows of objects cast on the photographic paper, without the use of a camera. And one can place objects dire ...

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Photography, Photography - Photographic image forming devices, Photography - Uses of photography, Photography - History of photography, Photography - Invention, Photography - Social history, Photography - Economic history, Photography - Color photography, Photography - Digital photography, Photography - Digital versus Film, Photography - Commercial photography, Photography - Terminology, Photography - Photography as an art form, Photography - Aesthetic realism and photography, Photography - Reference, Photography - Additional reading, Photography - Basic topics in photography, Photography - Photographers, Photography - Photographs, Photography - Historical, Photography - Techniques, Photography - Photographic products, Photography - Other

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The name Corfu is an Italian corruption of the Byzantine Κορυφώ (Koryphō), which is derived from the Greek Κορυφαί (Koryphai), meaning "Crests." In shape it is not unlike the sickle (drepanē), to which it was compared by the ancients, the hollow side, with the town and harbour of Corfu in the centre, being turned towards the Albanian coast. Its extreme length is about 40 miles (60 km). and its greatest breadth about 20 miles (30 km). The area is estimated at 227 sq. miles (580 km²). Two high and well-defined ranges divide th ...

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Corfu, Corfu - Geography, Corfu - Climate, Corfu - Transportation, Corfu - History, Corfu - Archaeology and architecture, Corfu - Music and festivities, Corfu - Persons

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Merit (Latin meritum), in general, is understood to be that property of a good work which entitles the doer to receive a reward (prœmium, merces) from him in whose service the work is done. By autonomasia, the word has come to designate also the good work itself, insofar as it deserves a reward from the person in whose service it was performed. In Catholic theology, a supernatural merit can only be a salutary act (< ...

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  Catholic Doctrine
• Merit - NATURE OF MERIT
• Merit - The existence of merit
• Merit - CONDITIONS OF MERIT
• Merit - THE OBJECTS OF MERIT
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The most significant contributor to the Kalimpong economy is tourism. The summer and spring seasons are the most popular with tourists, keeping many of Kalimpong's residents employed directly and indirectly. Farming on terraced slopes is a major source of livelihood for its rural populace and it supplies the town with fruits and vegetables. Although education used to be the primary driver of the economy of the town, in recent ye ...

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Kalimpong, Kalimpong - Name origin, Kalimpong - History, Kalimpong - Geography, Kalimpong - Economy, Kalimpong - Transport, Kalimpong - Civic administration, Kalimpong - People and culture, Kalimpong - Media and education, Kalimpong - Flora and fauna

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7 number - Albums. There are several albums titled 7: A 2003 album by Enrique Iglesias: see 7 (Enrique Iglesias album). A 2002 EP by U2: see 7 (EP). A 2000 album by S Club 7: see 7 (S Club 7 album) A 1997 album by Zap Mama: see 7 (Zap Mama album) A 1996 album by Apoptygma Berzerk: see 7 (Apoptygma Berzerk album) A 1992 album by James: see Seven (James album). A 1986 album by George Strait: see 7 (George Strait album) A 1985 album b ...

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7 number, 7 number - In mathematics, 7 number - In numeral systems, 7 number - The Arabic glyph, 7 number - In science, 7 number - Language, 7 number - In music, 7 number - Albums, 7 number - In religion, 7 number - In sports, 7 number - In technology, 7 number - In television, 7 number - In other fields, 7 number - Names

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The Amarna letters is the name popularly given to an archive of correspondence, mostly diplomatic, found at Amarna, the modern name for the capital of the Egyptian New Kingdom primarily from the reign of pharaoh Amenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten (1369 - 1353 BCE). The Amarna letters are unusual in Egyptological research, being mostly written in Akkadian cuneiform on clay tablets. The known tablets currently total 382 in number, 24 further tablets having been recovered since the Norwegian Assyriologist Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon' ...

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• Amarna letters - Chronology
• Amarna letters - Bibliography
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• Amarna letters - Research and Analysis

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List of cricket topics - Australia. See also: List of cricket grounds in Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground · Sydney Cricket Ground · Adelaide Oval · Exhibition Ground · Brisbane Cricket Ground · WACA Ground · Bellerive Oval · Marrara Oval · Bundaberg Rum Stadium · AAMI Stadium · Allan Border Field · Manuka Oval See also:

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At the age of six, Blair was sent to a small Anglican parish school in Henley-on-Thames, which his sister had attended before him. He never wrote of his recollections of it, but he must have impressed the teachers very favourably, for two years later he was recommended to the headmaster of one of the most successful preparatory schools in England at the time: St Cyprian's School, in Eastbourne, Sussex. Blair attended St Cyprian's on a scholarship that allowed his parents to pay only half of the usual fees. Many years later, he would recall h ...

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George Orwell, George Orwell - Early life, George Orwell - Education, George Orwell - Burma and the early novels, George Orwell - The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell - The Spanish Civil War and Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell - The second world war and Animal Farm, George Orwell - The road to Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell - Political views, George Orwell - Legacy, George Orwell - Work, George Orwell - Influence on the English language, George Orwell - Literary influences, George Orwell - Trivia, George Orwell - Books, George Orwell - Essays, George Orwell - Poems, George Orwell - Books about George Orwell

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List of Spaniards - Architects. See also: Category:Spanish architects. Ricardo Bofill (b. 1939), one of the main representatives of postmodernism in architecture. Santiago Calatrava (b. 1951), 2005 AIA Gold Medal Laureate. Ildefons Cerdà (1815–1876), urban planner who designed the 19th-century extension of Barcelona (Eixample). Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850–1923), brilliant contemporary of better known fellow c ...

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Roosevelt's legacies to the U.S. were a greatly expanded role for government in the management of the economy (effectively ending the days of laissez-faire economics), increased government regulation of companies to protect the environment and prevent corruption, a Social Security system which allowed senior citizens to be able to retire with income and benefits, a nation on the winning side of World War II (with a booming wartime economy), and a coalition of voters supporting the Democratic Party which would survive intact until the ...

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early life, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Marriage and children, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Political career, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Private crises, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Governor of New York: 1928-1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Election as President, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The First New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Second New Deal 1935-36, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The second term, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign policy 1933-41, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The path to war, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Japanese-American internment, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Civil rights and refugees, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Strategy and diplomacy, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Death and posthumous reputation, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Legacy, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Cabinet members, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Supreme Court appointments, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Media, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Online Resources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Primary Sources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Scholarly Secondary Sources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign Policy and World War II

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Windhoek, Namibia Windhoek (pronounced «VINT hook» or «VUNT (h)ook») is the capital of Namibia, 22.56 S 17.09 E. It has a population of 230,000 and is a major trade centre of sheep skins. Windhoek was originally the centre of a Nama chief, who defeated the Herero inhabitants of the region in the 19th century. Germany occupied the region in 1885, and it became the seat of colonial rule in 1892, as the capital of the colony of South-West Africa. During World War I, Windhoek was captured by South African troo ...

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• Windhoek - History
• Windhoek - Transportation in the city
• Windhoek - Windhoek International Airport WDH
• Windhoek - Eros Airport
• Windhoek - Climate
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Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. He commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlords and emerged victorious in 1928 as the overall leader of the Republic of China (ROC). Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, during which Chiang's stature within China weakened but his international prominence grew. During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang at ...

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• Chiang Kai-shek - Tutelage over China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Wartime leader of China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Losing China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Presidency in Taiwan
• Chiang Kai-shek - Death and legacy
• Chiang Kai-shek - Names
• Chiang Kai-shek - Notes

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See also. 1959-60 United States network television schedule ...

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For the Chinese ethnic group, see Buyei. Puyi (Chinese:溥儀;) (February 7, 1906 - October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ruling family was the Xuantong Emperor (宣統皇帝) of China between 1908 and 1924 (ruling emperor between 1908 and 1912, and non-ruling emperor between 1912 and 1924), the tenth and last emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rule over China. He was married to the Empress Gobulo Wan Rong under the suggestion of the Imperial Dowager Concubine Duan-Kang （端康太妃）. Later be ...

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• Puyi - Name
• Puyi - Ancestry
• Puyi - Paternal side
• Puyi - Maternal side
• Puyi - Biography
• Puyi - Emperor of China 1908-1924
• Puyi - Brief restoration 1917
• Puyi - Private citizen 1924-1932
• Puyi - Ruler of Manchukuo 1932-1945
• Puyi - Later life 1945-1967
• Puyi - Marriages
• Puyi - Burial
• Puyi - Portrayal
• Puyi - Notes

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1907 - January. January 6 - Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome (Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo). January 14 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000. January 23 - Charles Curtis from Kansas, becomes the first Native American US Senator. 1907 - February. February 22 - Scouting is founded by Robert Baden-Powel ...

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1907, 1907 - Events, 1907 - January, 1907 - February, 1907 - March, 1907 - May, 1907 - June, 1907 - July, 1907 - August, 1907 - September, 1907 - October, 1907 - November, 1907 - December, 1907 - Undated, 1907 - Births, 1907 - January-March, 1907 - April-June, 1907 - July-September, 1907 - October-December, 1907 - Undated, 1907 - Deaths, 1907 - Nobel Prizes

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1907 - January-March. January 20 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (d. 2000) January 23 - Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) February 1 - Günter Eich, German writer (d. 1972) February 15 - Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (d. 1991) February 15 - Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994) February 17 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983) February 21 - W. H. Auden, English poet (d. 1973) Febru ...

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1907, 1907 - Events, 1907 - January, 1907 - February, 1907 - March, 1907 - May, 1907 - June, 1907 - July, 1907 - August, 1907 - September, 1907 - October, 1907 - November, 1907 - December, 1907 - Undated, 1907 - Births, 1907 - January-March, 1907 - April-June, 1907 - July-September, 1907 - October-December, 1907 - Undated, 1907 - Deaths, 1907 - Nobel Prizes

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