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A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship (or dirigible) pioneered by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on an earlier design by David Schwarz. Due to the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term zeppelin in casual use came to refer to all rigid airships. This article, however, focuses on Zeppelins in the narrower sense of the word. For a broader discussion of this type of aircraft, see airship. These giant aircraft were used for passenger transport as well as for military purpose ...

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• Zeppelin - Principal characteristics
• Zeppelin - History of the Zeppelin
• Zeppelin - Early Zeppelin history
• Zeppelin - Zeppelins in World War I
• Zeppelin - Zeppelin history after World War I
• Zeppelin - Non-German Rigid Airships
• Zeppelin - Recent developments
• Zeppelin - Cultural influences

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United Airlines, the major subsidiary of UAL Corporation, is a major airline of the United States. It is headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Illinois near its largest hub at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. As of autumn 2005 it was the world's third-largest airline in terms of total passengers transported (behind American Airlines and Delta Air Lines), second-largest in terms of revenue-passenger-kilometers (behind American Airlines), and third-largest in terms of total operating revenues (behind Air France-KLM and American Airlines). It employs ...

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• United Airlines - Early beginnings
• United Airlines - Expansion into a national carrier
• United Airlines - Deregulation
• United Airlines - Strike of 1985
• United Airlines - Employee stock ownership
• United Airlines - Recent developments
• United Airlines - Operation Bojinka and September 11
• United Airlines - Bankruptcy and reorganization
• United Airlines - Destinations
• United Airlines - Routes
• United Airlines - Fleet
• United Airlines - Alliances and partners
• United Airlines - Incidents and Accidents
• United Airlines - Directors

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations ...

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• Divine grace - Shared concepts of grace
• Divine grace - Biblical concepts of grace
• Divine grace - Ideas of grace in the Hebrew Bible
• Divine grace - New Testament ideas of grace
• Divine grace - Tension between grace and works in the New Testament
• Divine grace - Efforts to resolve the tension
• Divine grace - Concepts of grace in the history of Christianity
• Divine grace - Grace in Western Christianity
• Divine grace - Pelagius vs. St Augustine
• Divine grace - Grace and merit
• Divine grace - Grace in Eastern Christianity
• Divine grace - Grace in the Protestant Reformation:
• Divine grace - Calvinism and Arminianism
• Divine grace - Jansenism versus the Jesuits
• Divine grace - The Protestant Reformation and ecclesiology
• Divine grace - Latter-day Saint Perspective
• Divine grace - For further reading
• Divine grace - Orthodox
• Divine grace - Roman Catholic
• Divine grace - Protestant

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Boxing, nicknamed the "sweet science" and also called pugilism or prizefighting, is a sport where two participants of similar weight attack each other with their fists in a series of two to three-minute intervals called "rounds". In both Amateur and Professional divisions, the combatants (called boxers or fighters) avoid their opponent's punches whilst trying to land punches of their own. Points are awarded for clean, solid blows to the legal area on the front of the opponent's body above the waistline, with hits to the ...

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• Boxing - Origins
• Boxing - London Prize Ring rules 1839
• Boxing - Marquess of Queensberry rules 1867
• Boxing - Amateur boxing
• Boxing - Amateur boxing history
• Boxing - Professional boxing
• Boxing - Evolution of professional boxing
• Boxing - Equipment
• Boxing - Length of bouts
• Boxing - Technique
• Boxing - Stance and movement
• Boxing - Punches
• Boxing - Defense
• Boxing - Tactics and strategy
• Boxing - Boxing legends
• Boxing - British boxing legends
• Boxing - International Boxing Hall of Fame
• Boxing - List of boxing history
• Boxing - Medical concerns
• Boxing - Impact of boxing on the English language
• Boxing - Boxing in popular culture
• Boxing - Resources

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In the broadest sense, a fraud is a deception made for personal gain, although it has a more specific legal meaning, the exact details varying between jurisdictions. Many hoaxes are fraudulent, although those not made for personal gain are not best described in this way. Not all frauds are hoaxes - electoral fraud, for example. Fraud permeates many areas of life, including art, archaelogogy and science. In the broad legal sense a fraud is any crime or civil wrong for gain that utilises some deception prac ...

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• Fraud - Known and alleged fraudsters and various forms of fraud

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The 3DO Company (formerly THDO on the NASDAQ stock exchange), also known as 3DO, was founded in 1991 under the name SMSG, Inc. by Electronic Arts co-founder Trip Hawkins in a partnership with seven other companies, including Matsushita, AT&T, MCA, Time Warner, and Electronic Arts. The company's original objective was to create a next-generation, CD-based video game system which would be manufactured by various partners and licensees; 3DO would collect a royalty on each console sold and on each game manufactured. To g ...

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This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. The term Insolvency describes a financial condition experienced by a person or business entity when his (or its) assets no longer exceed his liabilities or when the person or entity can no longer meet its debt obligations when they come due. It is often used intercha ...

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Economy of Argentina Currency Currency Board Corralito Cacerolazo 2001 Riots Apagón Debt exchange The Argentine economic crisis was part of the situation that affected Argentina's economy during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Macroeconomically speaking, the critical period started with the decrease of real GDP in 1999 and ended in 2002 with the return to GDP growth, but the origins of the collapse of Argentina's economy, and their effects on t ...

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• Argentine economic crisis 1999-2002 - Origins
• Argentine economic crisis 1999-2002 - The 1990s
• Argentine economic crisis 1999-2002 - The crisis
• Argentine economic crisis 1999-2002 - The end of convertibility
• Argentine economic crisis 1999-2002 - Immediate effects
• Argentine economic crisis 1999-2002 - The recovery
• Argentine economic crisis 1999-2002 - Effects on wealth distribution
• Argentine economic crisis 1999-2002 - Debt restructuring
• Argentine economic crisis 1999-2002 - Criticism of the IMF

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Usury (from the Latin usuria, "demanding in return for a loan a greater amount than was borrowed") was defined originally as charging a fee for the use of money. This usually meant interest on loans, although charging a fee for changing money (as at a bureau de change) is included in the original meaning. After moderate-interest loans became an accepted part of the business world in the early modern age, the word has come to refer to the charging of unreasonable or relatively high rates of interest. Usury - Histor ...

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• Usury - Historical meaning
• Usury - Biblical injunctions against Usury
• Usury - Qur'anic injunctions against Usury
• Usury - Usury in scholastic theology
• Usury - Usury in literature
• Usury - Usury and the law
• Usury - Usury Rates In Your State
• Usury - Ethical arguments defending usury

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Morality, in the strictest sense of the word, deals with that which is innately regarded as right or wrong. The term is often used to refer to a system of principles and judgments shared by cultural, religious, and philosophical concepts and beliefs, by which humans subjectively determine whether given actions are right or wrong. These concepts and beliefs are often generalized and codified by a culture or group, and thus serve to regulate the behavior of its members. Conformity to such codification may also be called morality, ...

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• Morality - Evolution of morality
• Morality - Morality in judicial systems
• Morality - Moral Codes

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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. See also: 16th century in literature 16th century - Events. 1501: Safavid dynasty rules Iran until 1736. 1503: Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later. 1509: The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade. 1514: The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into ...

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A judge or justice is an official who presides over a court. The powers, functions, method of appointment, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. More generally, a "judge" may be a qualified person who evaluates and passes judgment on something. For example, a judge at a county fair might award prizes to the best cattle or best jam, while dog-show judges at a dog show determines which of several dogs best meets the breed standards. Judge - Judges in the legal system. Judge ...

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The Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) was a piece of US legislation signed into law on October 28, 1978. The main purpose of the act was to remove government control from commercial aviation and expose the passenger airline industry to market forces. Airline Deregulation Act - History of airline regulation and the CAB. Since 1938, the federal Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) had regulated all domestic air transport as a public utility, setting fares, routes, and schedules. The CAB promoted air travel, for instanc ...

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• Airline Deregulation Act - Legislative terms
• Airline Deregulation Act - Effects

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An airline is an organization providing aviation services to passengers and/or cargo. It owns or leases aircraft such as airliners with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for reasons of mutual benefit. Airline - Industry overview. The scale and scope of airline companies are from those with a single airplane carrying mail or cargo, through full-service international airlines operating many hundreds of airplanes in various types. Airline services can be ...

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• Airline - Early development of airlines in the U.S.
• Airline - Early development of airlines in Europe
• Airline - Development of airlines post-1945
• Airline - Regulatory considerations
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• Airline - International regulation
• Airline - Economic considerations
• Airline - Financing
• Airline - Operating costs
• Airline - Ticket sales
• Airline - Related topics
• Airline - Airport operations
• Airline - Business-to-business relations
• Airline - Customs and conventions
• Airline - Airline personnel
• Airline - Lists

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Air Canada is Canada's flag air carrier. Headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, the airline provides scheduled and charter air transportation for passengers and cargo to over 150 destinations, vacation packages to over 90 destinations, as well as maintenance, ground handling and training services to other airlines. Its main base is Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, with hubs at Toronto Pearson International Airport, a Pacific hub at Vancouver International Airport. Calgary Inter ...

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• Air Canada - Fleet
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Amazing Stories magazine, sometimes retitled Amazing Science Fiction, was first published in April 1926, thereby becoming the first magazine devoted exclusively to publishing stories in the genre presently known as science fiction and one of the pioneers of science fiction in the English-speaking world. Created by Hugo Gernsback, many today would regard it as a classic pulp magazine, since it was printed on cheap pulp paper with sometimes lurid cover art (much of it by the legendary Frank R. Paul), and a mu ...

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• Amazing Stories - July 1926 issue

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Amtrak, is the brand name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. Officially known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, the name "Amtrak" is the blending of the words "American" and "track." Nominally, Amtrak is an independent for-profit corporation, but all of its preferred stock is owned by the federal government, and the members of Amtrak's board of directors are appointed by the President of the United States and are subject to confirmation by the United States ...

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• Amtrak - History
• Amtrak - Background: pre-1971
• Amtrak - Early days: 1971-
• Amtrak - Conflicting goals
• Amtrak - Politically-appointed leaders and congressional funding
• Amtrak - Myth of a self-sustaining Amtrak
• Amtrak - Federal funding
• Amtrak - National impact
• Amtrak - Gaps in service
• Amtrak - Amtrak routes and services
• Amtrak - Commuter services
• Amtrak - Freight services
• Amtrak - Intermodal connections
• Amtrak - Guest Rewards
• Amtrak - Trains and tracks
• Amtrak - Tracks owned by the company
• Amtrak - Motive power and rolling stock

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The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair was the second World's Fair to be held at Flushing Meadows Park in the Borough of Queens, New York in the twentieth century. It opened on April 22, 1964 and ran for two six-month seasons concluding on October 17, 1965. It was the largest World's Fair ever to be held in the United States, occupying nearly a square mile (2.6 km²) of land. Truly a "Universal and International" exposition, the Fair's theme was "Peace Through Understanding," dedicated to "Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Glo ...

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• 1964 New York World's Fair - Controversial beginnings
• 1964 New York World's Fair - International participation
• 1964 New York World's Fair - American industry takes the spotlight
• 1964 New York World's Fair - Federal and state exhibits
• 1964 New York World's Fair - Controversial ending
• 1964 New York World's Fair - Epilogue
• 1964 New York World's Fair - Sources
• 1964 New York World's Fair - Text
• 1964 New York World's Fair - Photographs

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Adam Birch, better known as Joey Mercury, is an American professional wrestler, currently one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Johnny Nitro on SmackDown! . Adam Birch - Career. Adam Birch debuted on June 12, 1996 under the name Joey Matthews. His career began in earnest with the now defunct promotion Maryland Championship Wrestling, where he held a variety of titles. He was also part of OMEGA Wrestling, a high-flying promotion run by Matt and Jeff Hardy. His first national exposure came ...

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• Adam Birch - Managers
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• Adam Birch - Personal
• Adam Birch - Championships and accomplishments
• Adam Birch - Championship succession

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Anna Nicole Smith (born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967 in Mexia, Texas) is a model and actress who gained popularity when modeling nude for Playboy. Anna Nicole Smith - Early life. Anna Nicole Smith was born on November 28, 1967, in Mexia, Texas, a city 79 miles south of Dallas. After her father abandoned her, Smith was raised by her mother and aunt. As she was growing up, she has said she wanted to be the next Marilyn Monroe. Smith worked at a fried chicken restaurant in her late teens, wher ...

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• Anna Nicole Smith - Career decline
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• Anna Nicole Smith - Her appearances in Playboy Special Editions

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See also: list of 'years in Canada' 2005 in Canadian politics 2005 in Canadian culture 2005 Canadian incumbents 2004-05 NHL season 2005-06 NHL season other events of 2005 2005 in Canada - Incumbents. Head of State - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Governor General - Adrienne Clarkson then Michaëlle Jean Prime Minister - Paul Martin Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein Premie ...

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• 2005 in Canada - July
• 2005 in Canada - August
• 2005 in Canada - September
• 2005 in Canada - October
• 2005 in Canada - November
• 2005 in Canada - December
• 2005 in Canada - Arts and literature
• 2005 in Canada - Sports
• 2005 in Canada - Births
• 2005 in Canada - Deaths

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See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1984 in music - Events. January 27 - singer Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial. February 14 - Elton John marries studio engineer Renate Blauel. February 16 - Jerry Lee Lewis surrenders to federal authorities on charges of income tax evasion. Lewis is later acquitted. February 29 - KMFDM's first live performance. Marc ...

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• 1984 in music - Events
• 1984 in music - Albums released
• 1984 in music - Top hits
• 1984 in music - Christmas songs
• 1984 in music - Published popular music
• 1984 in music - Classical music
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• 1984 in music - Musical theater
• 1984 in music - Musical films
• 1984 in music - Births
• 1984 in music - Deaths
• 1984 in music - Awards
• 1984 in music - Grammy Awards
• 1984 in music - Country Music Association Awards
• 1984 in music - Eurovision Song Contest
• 1984 in music - Charts
• 1984 in music - List of No. 1 Hits
• 1984 in music - KROQ

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