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Worcester is a city in Worcester County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States of America. Its population in the 2000 census was 172,648; a July 1, 2002, estimate put the city's population at 174,962. In terms of population, Worcester is the third largest city in New England, behind Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. Worcester is also the second largest city in Massachusetts and ...

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• Worcester Massachusetts - History
• Worcester Massachusetts - The Worcester Six
• Worcester Massachusetts - Worcester firsts
• Worcester Massachusetts - Geography
• Worcester Massachusetts - Demographics
• Worcester Massachusetts - Government
• Worcester Massachusetts - Education
• Worcester Massachusetts - Colleges and universities
• Worcester Massachusetts - Professional schools
• Worcester Massachusetts - Preparatory schools
• Worcester Massachusetts - Public high schools
• Worcester Massachusetts - Culture
• Worcester Massachusetts - Landmarks
• Worcester Massachusetts - Media
• Worcester Massachusetts - Sports
• Worcester Massachusetts - City name pronunciation
• Worcester Massachusetts - Transportation
• Worcester Massachusetts - Notable people
• Worcester Massachusetts - Born in Worcester
• Worcester Massachusetts - Other residents

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Cindy Lee Miller Sheehan (born July 10, 1957 in Bellflower, California) is an American anti-Iraq War activist who attracted international attention in August 2005 for her extended demonstration at a peace camp outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch. She is sometimes referred to by the media as the "Peace Mom".[1][2] Cindy Sheehan - Death of her son. Sheehan is the mother of the late Specialist Casey Sheehan, U.S. Army, who first enlisted in May 2000. He re-enlisted in August 2003, at the age ...

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• Cindy Sheehan - Death of her son
• Cindy Sheehan - Sheehan's campaign against the Iraq War
• Cindy Sheehan - Rhetoric
• Cindy Sheehan - Reactions
• Cindy Sheehan - The White House
• Cindy Sheehan - U.S. Congress
• Cindy Sheehan - Support
• Cindy Sheehan - Parents of other military personnel killed in Iraq
• Cindy Sheehan - Criticism
• Cindy Sheehan - Internet rumors
• Cindy Sheehan - Media personalities
• Cindy Sheehan - Sheehan's sister-in-law
• Cindy Sheehan - Parents of other military personnel killed in Iraq
• Cindy Sheehan - Criticism of comments
• Cindy Sheehan - Criticism of the critics
• Cindy Sheehan - Chronology
• Cindy Sheehan - Casey Sheehan
• Cindy Sheehan - Activism
• Cindy Sheehan - Demonstration - Week 1
• Cindy Sheehan - Demonstration - Week 2
• Cindy Sheehan - Demonstration - Week 3
• Cindy Sheehan - Demonstration - Week 4
• Cindy Sheehan - September and the Bring Them Home Now Tour
• Cindy Sheehan - Washington D.C. rally
• Cindy Sheehan - Continued activism
• Cindy Sheehan - Campaign goes to Europe

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Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the current president of Mexico. He was elected in the 2000 presidential election, a historically significant election that made him the first president elected from an opposition party since Francisco Madero in 1910. His current term runs through 2006, after which he has said he will retire from political life – re-election is not possible under the Constitution of Mexico. Fox was born in Mexico City to a wealthy Mexican family of mixed Spanish-Irish descent (his father was of part- ...

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• Vicente Fox - Early political career
• Vicente Fox - The presidential candidacy
• Vicente Fox - Presidency
• Vicente Fox - The presidential couple
• Vicente Fox - Relations with Congress
• Vicente Fox - The Day of Democracy
• Vicente Fox - Fox candidates
• Vicente Fox - Legacy
• Vicente Fox - Economy
• Vicente Fox - Foreign policy
• Vicente Fox - Housing
• Vicente Fox - Health
• Vicente Fox - Law enforcement
• Vicente Fox - Employment
• Vicente Fox - Racist Comments
• Vicente Fox - Quotes

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Zhao Ziyang (Simplified: 赵紫阳; Traditional: 趙紫陽; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhào Zǐyáng; Wade-Giles: Chao Tzu-yang) (October 17, 1919–January 17, 2005) was a politician in the People's Republic of China. He was Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1987 to 1989. As a high-ranking government official, he was a leading reformer who implemented market reforms ...

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• Zhao Ziyang - Rise to power
• Zhao Ziyang - Reformist leader
• Zhao Ziyang - Tiananmen purges and house arrest
• Zhao Ziyang - Death and muted response
• Zhao Ziyang - Push for rehabilitation

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After the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, several unique aspects about the execution of the election process caused some people to doubt the validity and/or verifiability of the election results. Exit Polls: Exit polls predicted John Kerry winning the popular vote by 5 million, while the official results gave George W. Bush the win with a popular margin of 3 million, meaning there was an 8 million vote discrepancy between the official results and the exit poll predictions. Voting Machines:Including:

• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Controversial or irregular aspects of the 2004 election
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Voting machine security HAVA and partisan vendors
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Exit polls
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Vote suppression
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Allegations of racial discrimination and other bias
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - International election monitoring
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Allegations of a media 'lockdown'
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Voter registration irregularities
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Other controversies
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - State and Federal government agencies
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Democratic Staff
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Government Accountability Office
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - The 2004 Electoral Vote Challenge in Congress
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - California State Voting Panel and State Department
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Voter's rights advocacy organizations
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Blackboxvoting.org
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Electronic Frontier Foundation
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - The Election Protection Coalition
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Lynn Landes' investigation of Associated Press exit polls reporting
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Verified Voting and TrueMajority campaigns
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Political party efforts
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Democratic Party
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Third party candidates

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The Kingdom of Bhutan (IPA: /buː'tɑːn/ Listen ▶ (help·info)) is a landlocked South Asian nation situated between India and China.The landscape ranges from the subtropical plains to the Himalayan heights, an elevation gain of more than 7000 m. Its economy is based on subsistence agriculture (emphasizing corn and rice) and animal husbandry. Small, terraced farms predominate. Forestry, hydroelectric ...

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• Bhutan - The Name
• Bhutan - History
• Bhutan - Geography
• Bhutan - Economy
• Bhutan - Government and politics
• Bhutan - Districts
• Bhutan - Military and foreign affairs
• Bhutan - Demographics
• Bhutan - Culture
• Bhutan - Current Affairs
• Bhutan - Notes

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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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Six Apart Ltd., sometimes abbreviated 6A, is a software company located in San Francisco, California, USA. It is the creator of the widely used Movable Type software, and offers the TypePad weblog service. The name is a reference to the six day age difference between its married co-founders, Ben and Mena Trott. The company was founded in September 2001 after Ben, during a period of unemployment, wrote what became Movable Type to allow Mena to easily produce her weblog. When version 1.0 was put on the web, it was ...

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• Six Apart - External link

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America’s Next Top Model is a reality television show which pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win a modeling contract with makeup manufacturer Covergirl. Supermodel Tyra Banks hosts and produces the show. The debut season of the show premiered on the UPN network in 2003. On it, 10 female contestants were placed in a New York City apartment. Spanning a wide variety of women of various races, heights and body sizes, they had been whittled down from a pool of thousands ...

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• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 1
• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 2
• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 3
• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 4
• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 5
• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 6
• America's Next Top Model - International versions

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Norm Coleman (R) Minnesota is the 32nd state of the United States, having joined the Union on May 11, 1858. Its name is from the Dakota people's name for the Minnesota River, mini sota, variously translated "smoky-white water" or "sky-tinted water." The state's name is abbreviated MN or Minn. Minnesota is the largest state by land area in the Midwestern United States and is in the sub-region known as the Upper Midwest. The most significant metropolitan area is known as the Twin Cities, which con ...

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• Minnesota - History
• Minnesota - History prior to joining the United States
• Minnesota - Joining the United States
• Minnesota - Culture
• Minnesota - Law and government
• Minnesota - Geography
• Minnesota - Economy
• Minnesota - Major industries/products
• Minnesota - Energy use and production
• Minnesota - State taxes
• Minnesota - Demographics
• Minnesota - Ethnic groups/Ancestry groups
• Minnesota - Population distribution
• Minnesota - Religion
• Minnesota - Education
• Minnesota - Colleges and Universities
• Minnesota - Professional sports teams
• Minnesota - Miscellaneous information
• Minnesota - Symbols and emblems
• Minnesota - Naval ships named for Minnesota
• Minnesota - Early explorers
• Minnesota - Famous people from Minnesota
• Minnesota - Mythical figures from Minnesota

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General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He came to power in a violent coup that deposed Salvador Allende, a Marxist physician who had become the first Socialist to be elected President of Chile. The coup ended a period of strained relations between the United States—which had actively sought Allende's removal—and the South American country, an ...

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• Augusto Pinochet - Early career
• Augusto Pinochet - Military coup of 1973
• Augusto Pinochet - Pinochet's economic policy
• Augusto Pinochet - Suppression of opposition
• Augusto Pinochet - Chilean foreign relations under Pinochet
• Augusto Pinochet - End of the Pinochet regime
• Augusto Pinochet - Arrest
• Augusto Pinochet - Significance of the arrest
• Augusto Pinochet - Prosecution in Chile
• Augusto Pinochet - Foreign bank accounts
• Augusto Pinochet - Legacy
• Augusto Pinochet - Notes
• Augusto Pinochet - Cites

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Blackadder is the generic name which embraces an acclaimed series of British sitcoms, made by the BBC, and several one-off episodes, many for charity Comic Relief. The first series was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson; subsequent series were written by Curtis and Ben Elton. The shows were produced by John Lloyd, and starred Rowan Atkinson as the eponymous anti-hero, Edmund Blackad ...

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• Blackadder - Blackadder overview
• Blackadder - Developments over the series
• Blackadder - Similarities over the series
• Blackadder - Popularity and effects on popular culture
• Blackadder - The series and specials
• Blackadder - Chronological order
• Blackadder - Series 1: The Black Adder
• Blackadder - Series 2: Blackadder II
• Blackadder - Series 3: Blackadder the Third
• Blackadder - Series 4: Blackadder Goes Forth
• Blackadder - Specials
• Blackadder - Historical anomalies
• Blackadder - Cast
• Blackadder - Quotes
• Blackadder - References and tie-ins
• Blackadder - Precursors

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Binge drinking, by almost any definition is undesirable. It is sometimes associated with crime, particularly street fights after the closing time of clubs and bars. It can also be associated with alcohol-related traffic accidents, employment problems, legal difficulties, financial loss, family disputes and other interpersonal problems. Binge drinking - Definitions. Binge drinking is commonly defined as drinking alcohol solely for the purpose of intoxication. The accepted clinical definition is a period of c ...

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• Binge drinking - Definitions
• Binge drinking - Prevalence of binge drinking
• Binge drinking - North America
• Binge drinking - Elsewhere

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Belle & Sebastian are a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. After releasing a number of albums and EPs on Jeepster Records, they are now signed to Rough Trade Records. Belle & Sebastian - Lineup. The current members of the band are: Stuart Murdoch: 1996–present (vocals, guitar and keyboards) Stevie Jackson: 1996–present (vocals and guitar) Chris Geddes: 1996–present (keyboards) Sarah Martin: 1996–present (violin and vocals) Mi ...

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• Belle & Sebastian - Lineup
• Belle & Sebastian - History
• Belle & Sebastian - Discography
• Belle & Sebastian - Albums
• Belle & Sebastian - Singles & EPs
• Belle & Sebastian - Compilations
• Belle & Sebastian - DVDs

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The autism rights movement was started by adult autistic individuals in order to advocate and demand tolerance for what they refer to as their neurodiversity. The movement is supported by some neurotypicals including parents of autistic children. The movement has been criticized by parents of autistic children who disagree with its anti-cure and pro-neurodiversity views. The use of the Internet has made it possible for autistics to present their perspective when they do not have the communication skills to do so offline. Even s ...

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• Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective
• Autism rights movement - People in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Organized groups
• Autism rights movement - Individuals
• Autism rights movement - Numbers
• Autism rights movement - History
• Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Issues
• Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment
• Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism
• Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism
• Autism rights movement - Adult issues
• Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits
• Autism rights movement - Functioning labels
• Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group
• Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities
• Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people
• Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns
• Autism rights movement - Controversy
• Autism rights movement - Criticism
• Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement
• Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate
• Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement
• Autism rights movement - Notes

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Back to the Future is a movie trilogy written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, produced by Gale, and directed by Zemeckis during the 1980s. The three films in the trilogy are: Back to the Future (1985) Back to the Future Part II (1989) Back to the Future Part III (1990) The films depict the adventures of time-traveling high-school student Marty McFly and inventor Doc Brown throughout several time periods in the past (1885, 1955), present (1985), and future (2015) ...

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• Back to the Future trilogy - Main cast
• Back to the Future trilogy - Themes
• Back to the Future trilogy - DVD Release
• Back to the Future trilogy - Region 1
• Back to the Future trilogy - Release Format Feature Comparison
• Back to the Future trilogy - Trivia
• Back to the Future trilogy - Promotional posters
• Back to the Future trilogy - Games

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Luxembourg was special, because while radio stations all over Europe were exclusively government-owned and operated well into the 1980s, Radio Luxembourg was right from the beginning privately owned. A radio amateur (Ham) managed to get a licence in 1924 and used the license to broadcast military music, too. French businessmen bought the license from the radio amateur in May 1929 and managed to get a broadcasting monopoly in Luxembourg in November 1929. In May 1931 the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion was founded, which started to build the transmitters. Transmis ...

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Radio Luxembourg, Radio Luxembourg - History, Radio Luxembourg - Today, Radio Luxembourg - Trivia, Radio Luxembourg - Variations in Radio Luxembourg's sign-on through the years, Radio Luxembourg - Radio Luxembourg's sign-off music through the years, Radio Luxembourg - Transmitters for the French programme

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Software patent - Jurisdictions. Substantive law regarding the patentability of software and computer-implemented inventions, and case law interpreting the legal provisions, are different under different jurisdictions. The national jurisdictions relating to software patents in Europe and in the European Union are not harmonized even though some harmonization has been brought into the national jurisdictions in the 1970s and 1980s. Interpretation of the substantive law varies to some extent from state to sta ...

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Software patent, Software patent - Software patents vs copyright, Software patent - History, Software patent - Law, Software patent - Jurisdictions, Software patent - Scope of software patentability, Software patent - Computer-implemented invention, Software patent - Litigation, Software patent - Practical effects of software patents, Software patent - Notes

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Radiohead - 1986–1991 Formation and first years. The Radiohead story began in the mid-Eighties at Abingdon School, a private boys-only school located just outside the city of Oxford. Mild-mannered drummer Phil Selway was a year above guitarist Ed O'Brien and guitarist/vocalist Thom Yorke, bassist Colin Greenwood a year below them, and Colin's multi-instrumentalist brother Jonny two years below him. Though the five didn't know each other that well, they began meeting up in the school's music department, which Yo ...

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Radiohead, Radiohead - Overview and Influence, Radiohead - History, Radiohead - 1986–1991 Formation and first years, Radiohead - 1992–1995 Pablo Honey and The Bends, Radiohead - 1996–1998 OK Computer, Radiohead - 1999–2001 Kid A and Amnesiac, Radiohead - 2002–2004 Hail to the Thief, Radiohead - 2005–2006 Current recording sessions, Radiohead - Samples, Radiohead - Discography, Radiohead - Studio albums, Radiohead - Selected EPs, Radiohead - Singles, Radiohead - Multimedia, Radiohead - Videos, Radiohead - Books

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The documentary consisted of three parts. The Power of Nightmares - Part 1 – Baby It's Cold Outside. In the 1950s Sayyid Qutb, an Egyptian civil servant turned revolutionary, and Leo Strauss, an American professor of political philosophy, both came to see western liberalism as corrosive to morality and to society. Qutb had been sent to the U.S. to learn about its public education system but was disgusted by what he saw of its society. They each argued that radical measures, including deception and (in Qu ...

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The Power of Nightmares, The Power of Nightmares - Introduction, The Power of Nightmares - Distribution, The Power of Nightmares - Documentary, The Power of Nightmares - Part 1 – Baby It's Cold Outside, The Power of Nightmares - Part 2 – The Phantom Victory, The Power of Nightmares - Part 3 – The Shadows in the Cave, The Power of Nightmares - Criticism and responses, The Power of Nightmares - The programme is or presents a conspiracy theory, The Power of Nightmares - The programme neglects to analyse the impact of economic interests, The Power of Nightmares - Terrorist events disprove his theory, The Power of Nightmares - Al-Qaeda was misrepresented, The Power of Nightmares - The neoconservatives were misrepresented, The Power of Nightmares - BBC contradictions, The Power of Nightmares - Music, The Power of Nightmares - Not in order, The Power of Nightmares - Concepts discussed, The Power of Nightmares - Media, The Power of Nightmares - Books recommended by Adam Curtis to follow up watching the series, The Power of Nightmares - Islamism, The Power of Nightmares - The history of Neoconservatism, The Power of Nightmares - The weirdness of the 1990s

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Fire ants are more aggressive than most native ant species and have a painful sting. A person typically encounters fire ants by inadvertently stepping into one of their mounds, which causes the ants to swarm up the person's legs, attacking en masse. The ants respond to pheremones that are released by the first ant to attack. The ants then swarm and immediately sting when any movement is sensed. Fire ants are efficient competitors to other ants, and have been successful at enlarging their range, notably in the United States, whe ...

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Red imported fire ant, Red imported fire ant - Overview, Red imported fire ant - Body structure, Red imported fire ant - Life cycle, Red imported fire ant - Spread, Red imported fire ant - Countermeasures

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