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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was a United States politician and a founding figure in the modern conservative movement in the USA as well as being a major inspiration for many of his youthful followers to join the libertarian movement. Goldwater personified the shift in balance in American culture from the Northeast to the West. A five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953-1965, 1969-87), he was the Republican Party candidate for the U.S. President in ...

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• Barry Goldwater - Personal background
• Barry Goldwater - Political career
• Barry Goldwater - U.S. presidential election 1964
• Barry Goldwater - Goldwater and the revival of American conservatism
• Barry Goldwater - Photography
• Barry Goldwater - Scholarly Secondary Sources
• Barry Goldwater - Primary Sources

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Bisexual chic is (an often) brief cultural trend in which it becomes a fad to attest to bisexuality as one's sexual orientation, encompassing bisexual behavior. Bisexuality must be idealized insofar that it is considered "chic" to behave as such. The term was first defined [1] by a cultural trend beginning vaguely in the 1970s with acts such as the androgynous David Bowie, celebrities like Marlon Brando, the glam rock movement, and the disco movement all latching onto to bisexuality for the perceived sexual liberation ...

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The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. He has led the Labour Party since July 1994, (following the death of John Smith in May of that year) and brought Labour into power with a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, replacing John Major as Prime Minister and ending 18 years of Conservative government. He is now the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister, and the only person to have led the party ...

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• Tony Blair - Family background
• Tony Blair - Early political career
• Tony Blair - In opposition
• Tony Blair - Leader of the Labour Party
• Tony Blair - First term 1997 to 2001
• Tony Blair - Establishment of the Third Way
• Tony Blair - Control over House of Commons
• Tony Blair - Domestic policies
• Tony Blair - Second term 2001 to 2005
• Tony Blair - Iraq war
• Tony Blair - Domestic politics
• Tony Blair - Attempted impeachment
• Tony Blair - Health problems
• Tony Blair - Third term 2005 to present
• Tony Blair - G8 and EU presidencies
• Tony Blair - 2012 Summer Olympics
• Tony Blair - 2005 London bombings
• Tony Blair - Departure
• Tony Blair - Common criticisms of Blair
• Tony Blair - 'Spin'
• Tony Blair - Authoritarianism
• Tony Blair - Relationship with USA
• Tony Blair - Criticisms by the left
• Tony Blair - Satire
• Tony Blair - Works

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Upstate New York is the region of New York State outside of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911. Upstate New York - The ambiguous definition of Upstate New York. As is the case with all regions, there is no clear or official boundary between Upstate New York and "Downstate New York", with the term "Upstate" sometimes used to refer to the whole of the state besides New York City and Long Island, and by others to refer only to the portion of the state north of Albany a ...

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• Upstate New York - The ambiguous definition of Upstate New York
• Upstate New York - Culture of Upstate New York
• Upstate New York - Politics of Upstate New York
• Upstate New York - Upstate New York geography
• Upstate New York - Upstate New York history
• Upstate New York - Lists of important features of Upstate New York
• Upstate New York - Famous political figures who came from the region:
• Upstate New York - Regions of Upstate New York:
• Upstate New York - Cities in Upstate New York include:
• Upstate New York - Major universities and colleges in Upstate New York include:
• Upstate New York - Tourist attractions and resort destinations in Upstate New York include:

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Appanoose County is a county located in the state of Iowa. As of 2000, the population is 13,721. Its county seat is Centerville, Iowa6. The county was once a major coal-mining region. In recent decades the state has made an effort to develop manufacturing as an alternate form of employment. Appanoose County Iowa - Geography. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,337 km² (516 mi²). 1,285 km² (496 mi²) of it is land and 52 km² (20 mi²) of it is water. Th ...

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• Appanoose County Iowa - Geography
• Appanoose County Iowa - Adjacent counties
• Appanoose County Iowa - Demographics
• Appanoose County Iowa - Cities and towns

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The Civil Rights Movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to primarily African American citizens of the United States. There have been many movements on behalf of other groups in the U.S. over time, but the term is often used to refer to the struggles between 1955 and 1968 to end discrimination against African-Americans and to end racial segregation, especially in the U.S. South. See African American for informati ...

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• American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 - Background
• 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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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a special interest group that lobbies the United States Government on behalf of a strong U.S. - Israel relationship. It describes itself as "America's Pro-Israel Lobby". AIPAC is a mass-membership organization including both Jews and non-Jews. It is considered one of the most powerful political lobbies in the United States. American Israel Public Affairs Committee - History. Founded in 1953 by I.L. "Si" Kenen, AIPAC's original name was the Ameri ...

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• American Israel Public Affairs Committee - History
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee - Activities and stated goals
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee - AIPAC's views of its strengths and achievements
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee - Successes
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee - Controversies
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee - Supporters
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee - Critics
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee - Quotations

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Ames is a city located in Story County, Iowa. As of the 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 50,731. The city was named after 19th century U.S. congressman Oakes Ames of Massachusetts, who was influential in the building of the transcontinental railroad. Ames was founded near a location that was deemed favorable for a railroad crossing of the Skunk River. It is located roughly 30 miles (48 km) north of the state capital Des Moines. Two small rivers run t ...

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• Ames Iowa - Geography
• Ames Iowa - Demographics
• Ames Iowa - Important events
• Ames Iowa - Points of interest
• Ames Iowa - People
• Ames Iowa - Events

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Anti-satellite weapons (ASATs) are weapons designed to be used against artificial satellites. The development and design of anti-satellite weapons has followed a number of paths. The initial efforts by the USA and the USSR were using air-launched missiles from the 1950s, from this beginning there were much more exotic proposals. Air-launched missiles were the first approach because the basic technology was well known. The US began tests of such a system in 1959 but initial results were very discouraging, the first test l ...

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Stem cells are primal undifferentiated cells which retain the ability to differentiate into other cell types. This ability allows them to act as a repair system for the body, replenishing other cells as long as the organism is alive. Medical researchers believe stem cell research has the potential to change the face of human disease by being used to repair specific tissues or to grow organs. Yet as government reports point out, "significant technical hurdles remain that will only be overcome through years of intensive research."^Including:

• Stem cell - Types
• Stem cell - Cord blood stem cells
• Stem cell - Adult stem cells
• Stem cell - Embryonic stem cells
• Stem cell - Treatments
• Stem cell - Current treatments
• Stem cell - Potential treatments
• Stem cell - Embryonic stem cell ethical debate
• Stem cell - Blastocysts
• Stem cell - Policy debate in the U.S.
• Stem cell - Policy debate outside the U.S.
• Stem cell - See Also
• Stem cell - Notes

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The Adirondack mountain range is a group of mountains in the northeastern part of New York that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, and Warren counties. The mountains are often included by geographers in the Appalachian Mountains, but they pertain geologically to the Laurentian Mountains of Canada. They are bordered on the east by Lake Champlain and Lake George, which separate them from the Green Mountains in Vermont. They are bordered to the south by the Mohawk Valley and to the west by the Tug Hill Plateau, separated by the B ...

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• Adirondack Mountains - The Land
• Adirondack Mountains - The Park
• Adirondack Mountains - The Mountains
• Adirondack Mountains - The High Peaks
• Adirondack Mountains - Geology
• Adirondack Mountains - Spelling
• Adirondack Mountains - Tourism and Recreation
• Adirondack Mountains - History
• Adirondack Mountains - Sources

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The United States invasion of Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom1) occurred in October 2001, in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., marking the beginning of its "War on Terrorism" campaign. Seeking to oust the Taliban and find Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden, the Afghan Northern Alliance provided the majority of forces, and the United Kingdom, Canada, A ...

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• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Background
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Military operations
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Initial attack
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Taliban retreat
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Operation Anaconda
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Post-Anaconda operations
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Renewed Taliban insurgency
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Psychological Warfare
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Nature of the coalition
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Casualties of the invasion
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Diplomatic efforts
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Humanitarian efforts
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Allegations of human rights abuses
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Protests demonstrations and rallies
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Disputable information and rumors
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Slogans and terms
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - 2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan -- Timeline
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Footnotes
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - External link

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The city of Davenport was incorporated in 1839 and is located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 98,359. The city is part of the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois. The city borders the Mississippi River. Davenport is the home of Palmer Chiropractic College, the birthplace of chiropractic medicine and wellness technique. Saint Ambrose University is also located in Da ...

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• Davenport Iowa - History
• Davenport Iowa - Geography
• Davenport Iowa - Demographics
• Davenport Iowa - Transportation
• Davenport Iowa - Law and government
• Davenport Iowa - Notable people
• Davenport Iowa - Points of interest

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Daniel Kahikina Akaka (born September 11, 1924) is a U.S. Senator from Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party. He is the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is the only Chinese American member of the Senate (and one of two Senators with Japanese ancestry, the other being fellow Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye). Akaka was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including service on Saipan and Tinian. He earned a Bachelor of Education (1952) and Master ...

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• Daniel Akaka - External link

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Daniel Ken Inouye (born September 7, 1924) is the senior United States Senator from Hawaii. He has been a senator for more than 40 years, a distinction which few other current senators have achieved. He was also the first American of Japanese descent to serve in the United States House of Representatives and later the Senate. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Daniel Inouye - Biography. Inouye was born in Honolulu and spent his childhood there. In 1943 he enlisted in the Army and was assigned t ...

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• Daniel Inouye - Biography
• Daniel Inouye - The Gang of 14
• Daniel Inouye - Trivia

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The President of the United States (fully, President of the United States of America; unofficially abbreviated POTUS) is the American head of state and the chief executive of the federal government. The United States was the first nation to create the office of President as the head of state in a modern republic. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a presidential system of government. Many countries with a parliamentary system also have an office named “president”, but the roles of this office vary widely, and the President in such ...

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• President of the United States - Requirements to hold office
• President of the United States - Election
• President of the United States - Inauguration and oath of office
• President of the United States - Terms of office
• President of the United States - Succession
• President of the United States - Powers
• President of the United States - Presidential salary and benefits
• President of the United States - Salary
• President of the United States - Residences
• President of the United States - Travelling
• President of the United States - Secret Service
• President of the United States - Benefits after Presidency
• President of the United States - Officeholders
• President of the United States - Life after the Presidency
• President of the United States - Presidential facts
• President of the United States - Transition events
• President of the United States - Other facts
• President of the United States - Notes

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The 1994 economic crisis in Mexico was triggered by the sudden devaluation of the peso in the early days of the presidency of Ernesto Zedillo. A week or so of intense currency crisis was stabilized when US President Bill Clinton decided to grant Mexico a loan to bail the country out, to the tune of US $50 billion. The crisis is known in Spanish as el error de diciembre — "The December Mistake." In the Southern Cone and Brazil, the impact that the Mexican economic crisis had on the region was labeled the "Tequila Effect ...

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• 1994 economic crisis in Mexico - Causes of the Economic Crisis of 1994
• 1994 economic crisis in Mexico - Financial assistance package
• 1994 economic crisis in Mexico - Effects of the Economic Crisis of 1994

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Ewing Township is traversed by multiple main roadways, as well as by a passenger rail line and is the location of an airport. Route 29 (Daniel Bray Highway and River Road) extends north-south along the western edge of the township, along the Delaware River. The southern section, Daniel Bray Highway, is a 55 mph (90 km/h), divided 4-lane facility with at-grade intersections and traffic lights, and was constructed in the 1950s. The northern section, River Road, is a 45 mph (70 km/h), undivided 2-lane facility whose construction as a state highway dates from the 1930s. NJ 29 connects southwards to Trenton ...

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Ewing Township New Jersey, Ewing Township New Jersey - Geography, Ewing Township New Jersey - Demographics, Ewing Township New Jersey - Township Layout, Ewing Township New Jersey - Education, Ewing Township New Jersey - Transportation, Ewing Township New Jersey - Government, Ewing Township New Jersey - Federal state and county representation

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Fark's comments threads are often smattered with "Farkisms" or "FARK.com clichés" (essentially, in-jokes) which are an integral part of the community culture and used in myriad discussions at the website, regardless of whether they apply to the topic at hand. Many of these clichés are not exclusive to Fark. Examples include: / (slash) - Best thought of as a combination of "postscript" and the /me command from IRC; posts often have several rows at the end. Abe Vigoda - Numerous joking references are made to Vigoda, mos ...

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Fark.com, Fark.com - History, Fark.com - Tags, Fark.com - Farkisms and clichés, Fark.com - Farking, Fark.com - Photoshop contests, Fark.com - Criticisms, Fark.com - Sites not linked to, Fark.com - Similar sites

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Enron Corporation - Beginning. Insider trading, trading of a security based on material non-public information about a company, at Enron Corporation is not just a thing of the late 1990s or early 2000s. Enron has had trouble with insider trading dating back even to the 1980s. The first documented example of insider trading at Enron occurred in 1987. Two auditors, David Woytek and John Beard, discovered bank records showing that millions of dollars had been moved from Enron into the pe ...

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Enron Corporation, Enron Corporation - Growth, Enron Corporation - Products, Enron Corporation - EnronOnline, Enron Corporation - Decline, Enron Corporation - Insider Trading, Enron Corporation - Beginning, Enron Corporation - The Recent Insider Trading, Enron Corporation - Aftermath, Enron Corporation - Fallout, Enron Corporation - Pensions, Enron Corporation - Restructuring, Enron Corporation - Various, Enron Corporation - Bibliography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,622 km² (626 mi²). 660 km² (255 mi²) of it is land and 962 km² (371 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 59.29% water. Erie County Ohio - Adjacent counties. Lake Erie (north) Lorain County (east) Huron County (south) Sandusky County (west) ...

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Erie County Ohio, Erie County Ohio - Geography, Erie County Ohio - Adjacent counties, Erie County Ohio - Demographics, Erie County Ohio - Government, Erie County Ohio - Municipalities and census-designated places, Erie County Ohio - External link

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Samuel Haycraft, Jr., in his History of Elizabethtown, wrote in 1869: "For who can tell what Elizabethtown will be with her delightful location, her enterprising and energetic population, her railroad facilities, her fine water, and her surroundings of intelligent and gentlemanly farmers, the best fruit country in the world, and her future manufactories that must spring up, and when it becomes a large city it w ...

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Elizabethtown Kentucky, Elizabethtown Kentucky - Geography, Elizabethtown Kentucky - History, Elizabethtown Kentucky - Culture, Elizabethtown Kentucky - Demographics, Elizabethtown Kentucky - Education, Elizabethtown Kentucky - Elizabethtown Independent Schools, Elizabethtown Kentucky - Saint James Roman Catholic School

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