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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 - Early life
• Chiang Kai-shek - Rise to power
• 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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After studying piano at an Aspen music camp, Rice enrolled at the University of Denver, where her father both served as an assistant dean and taught a class called "The Black Experience in America." [4] At age 15, Rice began classes with the goal of becoming a concert pianist. Her plans changed when she noticed that she played not well enough for an international career due to a lack of talent and sufficient practice according to her own statements [5] .When she attended a course on international politics taught by Josef Korbel, the f ...

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Condoleezza Rice, Condoleezza Rice - Childhood, Condoleezza Rice - Education, Condoleezza Rice - Academic career, Condoleezza Rice - Business career, Condoleezza Rice - Political career, Condoleezza Rice - Early phase, Condoleezza Rice - National Security Advisor 2001–2005, Condoleezza Rice - Secretary of State 2005-present, Condoleezza Rice - Future prospects, Condoleezza Rice - Trivia, Condoleezza Rice - Sources

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A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word is applied to the inflow of the tide, as opposed to the outflow or "ebb". The Flood, the great Universal Deluge of myth and perhaps o ...

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• Flood - Main causes
• Flood - Flood defenses planning and management
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• Flood - Prevention

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Following a showcase gig as part of London's first punk festival at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, the band was signed (for a large advance) to the major label EMI. The Sex Pistols' first single, "Anarchy in the UK", released on November 26, 1976, served as a statement of intent -- full of wit, anger and visceral energy. Despite a common misconception that punk bands 'couldn't play', the evidence of live recordings of the time reveal th ...

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Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols - Origins and early days, Sex Pistols - EMI and the Grundy Incident, Sex Pistols - Sid Vicious joins the band, Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen, Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Sex Pistols - Last UK gig, Sex Pistols - The end of the band, Sex Pistols - Post Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols - Influences and legacy, Sex Pistols - Members, Sex Pistols - Discography, Sex Pistols - Albums, Sex Pistols - Sid Vicious Solo album, Sex Pistols - Hit singles, Sex Pistols - References and further reading, Sex Pistols - Films

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The Sex Pistols remain influential, however, both for their musical style and in terms of their influence on the British cultural landscape. Whereas previous challenges to the class system, and to the post-war British ethos of uncomplaining sacrifice, had come mainly from within, such as from the public school and Oxbridge dominated satire boom of the late 1960s and early '70s (including the Monty Python troupe), or from the social-realist novels and theatre of the 1950s and early '60s, the Pistols communicated directly with a much wider, more vernacular audience and, to some ...

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Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols - Origins and Early Days, Sex Pistols - EMI and the Grundy Incident, Sex Pistols - Sid Vicious and God Save the Queen, Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Sex Pistols - Last UK gig and 1978 US Tour, Sex Pistols - Post Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols - Influences and Legacy, Sex Pistols - Members, Sex Pistols - Discography, Sex Pistols - Albums, Sex Pistols - Vicious Solo album, Sex Pistols - Hit singles, Sex Pistols - References and further reading, Sex Pistols - Films

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Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Rise in stimulant trafficking. Control of stimulants has become a major challenge for the UN. In 1997, the World Drug Report warned[28]: Since the mid-1980s the world has faced a wave of synthetic stimulant abuse, with approximately nine times the quantity seized in 1993 than in 1978, equivalent to an average annual increase of 16 per cent. The principle syntheti ...

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Convention on Psychotropic Substances, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - History, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Schedules of Controlled Substances, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Scheduling process, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - World Health Organization evaluations of specific drugs, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Ephedrine, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Ketamine, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - MDMA, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Methcathinone, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Nicotine, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Tetrahydrocannabinol, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Medical and other drug uses, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Organic plants, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Precursors, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Analogs, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Penal provisions, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Treatment and prevention, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Recent trends, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Rise in stimulant trafficking, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Canadian noncompliance, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Licit drug problems, Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Endnotes

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1970s - Environmentalism. The seventies touched off a mainstream affirmation of the environmental issues early activists from the '60s, such as Rachel Carson, warned about. The moon landing that had occurred at the end of the previous decade transmitted back concrete images of the earth as an integrated, life-supporting system and shaped a public willingness to preserve nature. On April 22, 1970, the United States celebrated its first Earth Day in which over two thousand colleges and universities and roughly ten thousand p ...

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1970s, 1970s - Worldwide trends in the Seventies, 1970s - Economy of the Seventies, 1970s - Oil crisis, 1970s - Social movements, 1970s - Environmentalism, 1970s - Feminism, 1970s - Gay rights, 1970s - Culture during the Seventies, 1970s - Emerging social perspectives in the Seventies, 1970s - The Seventies in music, 1970s - The Seventies in cinema, 1970s - The Seventies in television, 1970s - The Seventies in literature, 1970s - The Seventies in architecture, 1970s - The Seventies in science and philosophy, 1970s - The Seventies in sports, 1970s - The Seventies in technology, 1970s - National issues, 1970s - In the Middle East, 1970s - In Africa, 1970s - In India and Pakistan, 1970s - In Southeast Asia, 1970s - In Japan, 1970s - In the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, 1970s - In the United States, 1970s - In the United Kingdom

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The one actor appearing in all four films is George Kennedy in the key role of airline mechanic Joe Patroni, although the sequels seem to have confused his wife's name and how many children he had. (Marie is the wife in the first movie, an absolutely solid marriage indicated, but Helen is his wife in the second movie. Joseph Patroni Jr. is in the second movie. Whoever his wife is, by 1979, she's deceased.) Like its novel namesake, the movie gives some insight to the operations of a modern airport of its day, although the book is, of c ...

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Airport film, Airport film - Cast, Airport film - Awards, Airport film - Further Comment and Plot Outline Airport 1970, Airport film - Trivia, Airport film - Sequels, Airport film - Airport 1975, Airport film - Airport '77, Airport film - The Concorde...Airport '79, Airport film - Other airplane disaster movies

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Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School along with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, producing works that combined Mahlerian romanticism with a highly personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. Alban Berg - Life and work. Berg was born in Vienna, the third of four children of Johanna and Conrad Berg. His family lived quite comfortably until the death of his father in 1900. He was more ...

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• Alban Berg - Compositions
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Madagascar's long isolation from the neighboring continents has resulted in a unique mix of plants and animals, many found nowhere else in the world; some ecologists refer to Madagascar as the "eighth continent". The eastern, or windward side of the island is home to tropical rainforests, while the western and southern sides of the island, which lie in the rain shadow of the central highlands, are home to tropical dry forests, thorn fore ...

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Madagascar, Madagascar - History, Madagascar - Politics, Madagascar - Government, Madagascar - Territorial Subdivisions, Madagascar - Provinces, Madagascar - Regions, Madagascar - Geography, Madagascar - Ecology, Madagascar - Economy, Madagascar - Foreign relations, Madagascar - Demographics, Madagascar - Culture, Madagascar - Trivia, Madagascar - Miscellaneous topics

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The Australian 60 Minutes premiered on February 11, 1979. It airs on Sunday nights on the Nine Network. The New Zealand version of 60 Minutes has aired on national television since 1989, when it was shown on TV3. In 1992 the rights were acquired by TVNZ, who began broadcasting it in 1993. The network aired the program for nine years before dropping it in 2002 for its own program, entitled Sunday. Sunday is currently the highest rating current affairs show broadcasted on New Zealand television, followed by 20/20. ...

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60 Minutes, 60 Minutes - History, 60 Minutes - Format, 60 Minutes - Ratings history, 60 Minutes - Correspondents, 60 Minutes - Commentators, 60 Minutes - Recognition and controversies, 60 Minutes - Controversies, 60 Minutes - 60 Minutes II, 60 Minutes - International versions, 60 Minutes - References in popular culture, 60 Minutes - Book references

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Main article: Geography of Somalia Somalia is located on the east coast of Africa on and north of the Equator between the Gulf of Aden on the north and Indian Ocean on the east. Together with Ethiopia and Djibouti it is often referred to as the Horn of Africa. It borders Djibouti on the northwest, Ethiopia on the west, and Kenya on southwest. Somalia comprises Italy's former Trust Territory of Somalia and the former British Protectorate of Somaliland (now seeking recognition as an independent state). The coastline extends 2,720 kilometres (1,700 mi ...

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Somalia, Somalia - History, Somalia - Politics, Somalia - Population, Somalia - Provinces, Somalia - Geography, Somalia - Economy, Somalia - Demographics and languages, Somalia - Culture, Somalia - Telecommunications

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Taylor received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1992. The following year, 1993, she received the AFI Life Achievement Award. And in 2002, she was a Kennedy Center Honoree. In 1999, she was awarded a DBE by the British government and Queen Elizabeth II. Though she was thrilled with this honor, Taylor cracked, "I've always been a broad, now I'm a dame." In 2001, U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded her the Presidential Citizens Medal in recognition of her commitment to philanthropy. It is the second-highest civilian honor in the United States, awarded to U.S. citizens "who have performed exemplary d ...

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Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor - Early life and career, Elizabeth Taylor - Mature career and marriages, Elizabeth Taylor - Other interests, Elizabeth Taylor - Awards and honours, Elizabeth Taylor - Recent years, Elizabeth Taylor - Filmography

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Born Issur Danielovitch Demsky in Amsterdam, New York to Herschel Danielovitch and Bryna Sanglel, poor Belarusian Jewish parents (who came from Homel, also known as Gomel). He was on the wrestling team at St. Lawrence University. To help make his way through college, he thought getting an acting scholarship might work. His talents got him noticed at the acclaimed American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, where he soon received a scholarship, along side classmate Betty Joan Perske (better, and soon to be known as Lauren Bacal ...

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Kirk Douglas, Kirk Douglas - Early Life, Kirk Douglas - Career, Kirk Douglas - Filmography, Kirk Douglas - Bibliography, Kirk Douglas - External link

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The NAACP's headquarters is in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional regional offices in California, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Georgia, Texas, and Maryland. Each regional office is responsible for coordinating the efforts of state conferences in the states included in that region. Local, youth, and college chapters organize activities for individual members. The NAACP is governed nationally by a 64-member board of directors led by a chairman. The board elects one person as the president and chief executive officer for the organizat ...

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NAACP, NAACP - Organization, NAACP - History, NAACP - Fighting Jim Crow, NAACP - Desegregation, NAACP - The 1990s: Crisis and restored strength, NAACP - Critics and supporters, NAACP - Bush declines to speak to the NAACP, NAACP - Timeline, NAACP - Influential court cases, NAACP - Sources and further reading

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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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After the coup, the military is faced with the issue of the type of government to establish. In Latin America, it was common for the post-coup government to be led by a junta, a committee of the chiefs of staff of the various armed forces. A common form of African post-coup government is the revolutionary assembly, a quasi-legislative body made of members elected by the army. In Pakistan, the military leader ...

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Coup d'état, Coup d'état - History, Coup d'état - Recent forms of coup, Coup d'état - Types of coups, Coup d'état - Post-military-coup governments, Coup d'état - Important coups in the 19th century, Coup d'état - Important coups in the 20th century, Coup d'état - Recent coups and coup attempts, Coup d'état - Currently-serving leaders who came to power via coups, Coup d'état - Reference

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The various line-ups in the history of Deep Purple are referred to by fans and the band themselves by "Mark" numbers (abbreviated as Mk I, Mk II, etc.) The "gap" in the numbering, Mk VI, refers to the series of concerts performed with Joe Satriani on guitar, when Ritchie Blackmore quit the band halfway through the tour in 1994. This is the only lineup for which no official recordings have yet been released. Deep Purple - Studio Albums. Mk I Shades of Deep Purple, September 1968 #24 US ...

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Deep Purple, Deep Purple - Pre-History, Deep Purple - The Dawn of Purple, Deep Purple - Top of the World, Deep Purple - The Reunion, Deep Purple - Revival, Deep Purple - Deep Purple and Heavy Metal, Deep Purple - Personnel and discography, Deep Purple - Studio Albums, Deep Purple - Live Albums, Deep Purple - Compilation Albums, Deep Purple - Hit singles

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Best Production 1927-28 Wings - Paramount Famous Lasky - Lucien Hubbard The Racket - Caddo, United Artists - Howard Hughes Seventh Heaven - Fox - William Fox Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production also known as "Best Artistic Quality of Production" was only presented in the first year. 1927-28 Sunrise - Fox - William Fox Chang - Paramount - Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack The Crowd - ...

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Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Picture - 1920s, Academy Award for Best Picture - 1930s, Academy Award for Best Picture - 1940s, Academy Award for Best Picture - 1950s, Academy Award for Best Picture - 1960s, Academy Award for Best Picture - 1970s, Academy Award for Best Picture - 1980s, Academy Award for Best Picture - 1990s, Academy Award for Best Picture - 2000s

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1975 - January. January 2 - Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank) January 3 - Danica McKellar, American actress January 5 - Bradley Cooper, American actor January 13 - Shazia Mirza, British comedienne January 13 - Jason King, British DJ January 20 - Mark Allan Robinson, Canadian recall leader January 22 - Balthazar Getty, American actor January 25 - Tim Montgomery, American athlete January 25 - John Wade, National Football League January 28 - David Zingler, American writer January 29 - Sara G ...

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1975 - Unknown date. Will Mastin, American vaudevillian 1975 - January. January 8 - Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913) January 19 - Thomas Hart Benton, American artist (b. 1889) January 24 - Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (b. 1902) January 27 - Bill Walsh, American film produ ...

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1975 - January. January 2 - Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank) January 3 - Danica McKellar, American actress January 5 - Bradley Cooper, American actor January 13 - Shazia Mirza, British comedienne January 20 - Mark Allan Robinson, Canadian recall leader January 22 - Balthazar Getty, American actor January 25 - Tim Montgomery, American athlete January 25 - John Wade, National Football League January 28 - David Zingler, American writer January 29 - Sara G ...

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