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Sendai is located at lat. 38°16'05" north, long. 140°52'11" east. The city's area is 788.09 km², and stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the Ou Mountains, which are the east and west borders of Miyagi Prefecture. As a result, the city's geography is quite diverse. Eastern Sendai is a plains area, the center of the city is hilly, and western areas are mountainous. The highest point in the city is Mt. Fu ...

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Sendai Miyagi, Sendai Miyagi - History, Sendai Miyagi - Geography, Sendai Miyagi - Climate, Sendai Miyagi - Demographics, Sendai Miyagi - Wards, Sendai Miyagi - Politics, Sendai Miyagi - Economy, Sendai Miyagi - Transportation, Sendai Miyagi - Culture, Sendai Miyagi - Festivals, Sendai Miyagi - Sports, Sendai Miyagi - Museums, Sendai Miyagi - Historical Sites, Sendai Miyagi - Natural Sites, Sendai Miyagi - Specialties and Crafts, Sendai Miyagi - Other Sites of Interest, Sendai Miyagi - Education, Sendai Miyagi - Sister / Friendship Cities, Sendai Miyagi - International Sister and Friendship cities, Sendai Miyagi - Domestic Sister Cities, Sendai Miyagi - Media, Sendai Miyagi - Television AM Radio, Sendai Miyagi - Cable Television, Sendai Miyagi - FM Radio, Sendai Miyagi - Community FM Radio, Sendai Miyagi - Newspaper, Sendai Miyagi - Notes, Sendai Miyagi - Sources

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A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term generally applies to plants at least 6 m (20 ft) high at maturity and, more importantly, having secondary branches supported on a single main stem or trunk (see shrub for comparison). Compared with most other plant forms, trees are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, an ...

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• Tree - Classifications
• Tree - Morphology
• Tree - Champion trees
• Tree - Major tree genera
• Tree - Flowering plants Magnoliophyta; angiosperms
• Tree - Conifers Pinophyta; softwood trees
• Tree - Ginkgos Ginkgophyta
• Tree - Cycads Cycadophyta
• Tree - Ferns Pterophyta
• Tree - Life stages
• Tree - Bibliography

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Biafra claims to be an anarchist in his personal dealings with people, though does not advocate the replacement of current governments with an anarchic system. He claims that mankind is not yet ready for anarchy, and still needs government to control the order of human life for the safety and progression of human events.[16] In speeches, he has advised people to partake in civil disobedience, political pranks, and hacktivism. Some such acts that he has ...

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Jello Biafra, Jello Biafra - Biography, Jello Biafra - Early years and the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra - After the disbandment of the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra - Music, Jello Biafra - Political beliefs, Jello Biafra - Discography, Jello Biafra - Filmography, Jello Biafra - Notes

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The Citroën DS (also known as Déesse, or Goddess, after the punning initials in French) was an automobile produced by the French manufacturer Citroën between 1955 and 1975. The DS is well-known for its futuristic, aerodynamic body design, and for its innovative technology (including its hydropneumatic suspension system). Citroën DS - Model History. After 10 years of development in secret as the successor to the venerable Traction Avant, the DS 19 was introduced on October 5, ...

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• Citroën DS - Model History
• Citroën DS - DS in popular culture

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Though her initial infatuation with Sasuke still overshadows her interactions with both him and Naruto at that stage, Sakura's understanding and respect for both her teammates slowly increase as they spend more time together. Another wake-up call for her is when the sensei of their newly-formed team, Kakashi, easily manages to prevent the three from getting even a single bell of the two he challenged them to get. He berates them for their lack of teamwork and specifically admonishes Sakura for her constant search for Sasuke even though Narut ...

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Haruno Sakura, Haruno Sakura - Personality and Ability, Haruno Sakura - Early Childhood and Academy, Haruno Sakura - Wave Country and Chūnin exam, Haruno Sakura - Sasuke Retrieval Arc, Haruno Sakura - Naruto II arc, Haruno Sakura - Trivia

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1930 - January-February. January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). February 18 - While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto February 18 - Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to b ...

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1930, 1930 - Events, 1930 - January-February, 1930 - March, 1930 - April-May, 1930 - June-August, 1930 - September-December, 1930 - Unknown dates, 1930 - Births, 1930 - January-February, 1930 - March, 1930 - April, 1930 - May-August, 1930 - September-December, 1930 - Date unknown, 1930 - Deaths, 1930 - Nobel Prizes

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See also: 1994 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1995 in music - Events. January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. Garcia is not injured in the accident. February 1 - Welsh Rock Band Manic Street Preachers Band Member Richey James Edwards Goes Missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel at 7AM. February 6 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in p ...

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• 1995 in music - Events
• 1995 in music - Albums released
• 1995 in music - Top hits
• 1995 in music - Classical music
• 1995 in music - Opera
• 1995 in music - Musical theater
• 1995 in music - Musical films
• 1995 in music - Deaths
• 1995 in music - Awards
• 1995 in music - Grammy Awards
• 1995 in music - Country Music Association Awards
• 1995 in music - Eurovision Song Contest
• 1995 in music - Mercury Music Prize
• 1995 in music - Charts
• 1995 in music - KROQ
• 1995 in music - Triple J Hottest 100

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1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", became the most popular U.S. album of the year. Followed immediately by other grunge bands like Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, grunge dominated the U.S. charts for the next few years. Its success effectively ended pop-oriented, 1980s hair metal groups like Def Leppard, Guns 'n' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Poison and Ratt, whose sales and critical viability were beginning to decline for about two years previously and also ended Los Angeles' st ...

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1991 in music, 1991 in music - Events, 1991 in music - Albums released, 1991 in music - Top hits, 1991 in music - Classical music, 1991 in music - Violin Concerto, 1991 in music - Opera, 1991 in music - Musical theater, 1991 in music - Musical films, 1991 in music - Births, 1991 in music - Deaths, 1991 in music - Awards, 1991 in music - Charts, 1991 in music - KROQ

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COFO had held a Freedom Vote in Mississippi in 1963 to demonstrate the desire of black Mississippians to vote. More than 90,000 people voted in mock elections which pitted candidates from the "Freedom Party" against the official state Democratic party candidates. In 1964, organizers launched the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge the all-white slate from the state party. When Mississippi voting registrars refused to recognize their candidates, they held their own primary, selecting Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, and Victoria Gray to run for C ...

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American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Background, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Key Events, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - The murder of Emmett Till, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Mass action replaces litigation, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Desegregating Little Rock, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Sit-ins and freedom rides, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Organizing in Mississippi, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - The Albany movement, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - The Birmingham campaign, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - The March on Washington, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Mississippi Freedom Summer, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Selma and the Voting Rights Act, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - The American Jewish community and the civil rights movement, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Fraying of alliances, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Race riots, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Black power, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Memphis and the Poor People's March, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Footnotes, American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Documentary films

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By 1774, Washington had become one of the colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a delegate from Virginia to the First Continental Congress. Although the American Revolution had not yet devolved into open warfare, tensions between the colonies and Great Britain continued to rise, and Washington attended the Second Continental Congress, in 1775, in military uniform—the only delegate to do so. He strongly supported independence. The Second Continental Congress needed to select as commander in chief of its newly forme ...

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George Washington, George Washington - Early life, George Washington - French and Indian War: 1753-1773, George Washington - American Revolution: 1774-1783, George Washington - Virginia Planter 1783-1787, George Washington - Presidency: 1789-1797, George Washington - Cabinet, George Washington - Supreme Court appointments, George Washington - Major presidential acts, George Washington - States admitted to the Union, George Washington - Farewell Address, George Washington - Retirement and death, George Washington - After his death, George Washington - Monuments and memorials, George Washington - Summary of military career, George Washington - Personal information, George Washington - Washington and slavery, George Washington - Religious beliefs, George Washington - Trivia, George Washington - Scholarly secondary sources, George Washington - Notes

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In the Japanese language, Kamikaze (Japanese:神風), usually translated as "Divine wind" (kami is the word for "God", and kaze for "wind"), came into being as the name of a legendary typhoon said to have saved Japan from a Mongol invasion fleet in 1281. In Japan, the word kamikaze is used mainly to designate this typhoon. In Japanese, the exact term used for units carrying out these suicide attacks during World War II is tokubetsu kōgeki tai (特別攻撃隊), which literally means "special attack unit ...

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Kamikaze, Kamikaze - Origin of the word Kamikaze, Kamikaze - World War II, Kamikaze - Background, Kamikaze - The first kamikaze unit, Kamikaze - The first attacks, Kamikaze - The main wave of kamikaze attacks, Kamikaze - Use of the tactic for air raid defence, Kamikaze - Effects, Kamikaze - Traditions and Folklore, Kamikaze - Books, Kamikaze - External reference

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