Courteney Cox Arquette (born Courteney Bass Cox on June 15, 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American actress, best known for her role in the long-running television series Friends. (While she has occasionally used her full married name professionally, she continues to be generally known simply as Courteney Cox.) Cox was born to Richard Cox and Courteney Copeland, members of an affluent Southern family. She was raised in Mountain Brook, Alabama. She attended Mountain Brook High School, where she was a che ...

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The Council of Chalcedon was an ecumenical council that took place from October 8–November 1, 451 at Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor. It is the fourth of the first seven Ecumenical Councils in Christianity, and is therefore recognized as infallible in its dogmatic definitions by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. It repudiated the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism, and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed, which describes the full humanity and full divinity of Jesus, the second person of the Holy Trinity.

• Council of Chalcedon - Historical background
• Council of Chalcedon - Relics of Nestorianism
• Council of Chalcedon - Eutychian controversy
• Council of Chalcedon - Latrocinium of Ephesus
• Council of Chalcedon - Convocation and session
• Council of Chalcedon - Consequences of the council

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The Right Honourable William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708–11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who achieved his greatest fame as war minister during the Seven Years' War (aka French and Indian War) and who was later Prime Minister of Great Britain. He is often known as William Pitt the Elder to distinguish him from his son William Pitt the Younger who served as Prime Minister from 1783–1801 and from 1804 to his death in 1806. William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham - Early life. Pitt ...

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• William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham - Early life
• William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham - Politics in the Commons
• William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham - Rise into government
• William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham - The Newcastle and Pitt ministry
• William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham - The dissolution of the ministry
• William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham - The second Pitt ministry
• William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham - Later life

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William W. Hagen is a prominent historian and Professor of History at the University of California, Davis. Starting as Assistant Professor in 1970, he became Associate Professor of History in 1977 and Professor of History in 1981. From 1992-1998, Hagen served as Director of the UC Davis Center for History, Society, and Culture. In 1996, he served as President of the Conference Group for Central European History (American Historical Association). Following is a partial list of works authored by Hagen: Ordi

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Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor), born 21 June 1982, is a member of the British Royal Family, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and first son of the Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales. Prince William is second in the line of succession to the British throne, after his father and before his brother, Prince Harry. As Prince William is in the direct line of succession, he is expected to ascend the thrones of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms sometime in th ...

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• Prince William of Wales - Birth and childhood
• Prince William of Wales - Death of Diana Princess of Wales
• Prince William of Wales - Education
• Prince William of Wales - Royal duties and career
• Prince William of Wales - Media
• Prince William of Wales - Future
• Prince William of Wales - Romances
• Prince William of Wales - Style and arms
• Prince William of Wales - Surname usage
• Prince William of Wales - Notes

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William Patrick Hitler (March 12, 1911–November 1987), nicknamed Willie, was the nephew of Adolf Hitler. He was the son of Alois Hitler, Jr., Adolf's half-brother. Alois had moved to Dublin, met an Irish woman, Bridget Dowling, and eloped to Liverpool where William Patrick was born in 1911. Alois soon abandoned the family to return to Germany leaving William Patrick to be raised by his mother. Alois remarried, bigamously, but re-established contact in the mid-1920s writing to Bridget asking her to send William Patrick to Germany to visit. She finally agreed in 1929 and William Patrick we ...

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Coca (Erythroxylum coca), often spelled koka in Quechua and Aymara, is a plant in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to northwestern South America. Under the older Cronquist system of classifying flowering plants, this was placed in an order Linales; more modern systems place it in the order Malpighiales. The plant is best-known in modern times for the drug cocaine that is manufactured from it. The plant resembles a blackthorn bush, and grows to a height of 2-3 m. The branches are straight, and the leaves, which h ...

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• Coca - Cultivation and uses
• Coca - Pharmacological aspects
• Coca - Traditional uses
• Coca - International use
• Coca - Industrial use
• Coca - Legality
• Coca - International
• Coca - See further
• Coca - External link
• Coca - Photos

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For the England and Yorkshire cricketer, see Major William Booth William Booth (April 10, 1829 – August 20, 1912) was the founder and 1st General (1878-1912) of The Salvation Army. William Booth - Biography. William Booth - Early life. Booth was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, England, the only son of four surviving children born to Samuel Booth and Mary Moss. His father was wealthy by the standards of the time, but during Booth's childhood, as a result of his fath ...

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• William Booth - Biography
• William Booth - Early life
• William Booth - Marriage and children
• William Booth - Early ministry
• William Booth - The Christian Mission
• William Booth - The Salvation Army
• William Booth - Later years
• William Booth - Published works
• William Booth - In Darkest England and the Way Out

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William Holden (17 April 1918 - November 1981), was an Oscar winning American film actor. William Holden actor - Early life and career. Born William Franklin Beedle Jr. in O'Fallon, Illinois on April 17, 1918, he was the eldest of three sons of William Franklin Beedle, Sr., an industrial chemist, and Mary Blanche Ball, a teacher. The family, who moved to Pasadena, California when he was three, was of English descent; Holden's paternal great-grandmother, Rebecca Westfield, was born in England in 1817, ...

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• William Holden actor - Early life and career
• William Holden actor - Hollywood's Golden Boy
• William Holden actor - Later career
• William Holden actor - Private life
• William Holden actor - Death
• William Holden actor - Trivia
• William Holden actor - Academy Awards and Nominations
• William Holden actor - Filmography

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In the Star Wars saga, The Clone Wars, (also known as the Clone War) were a series of intragalactic battles in the Star Wars galaxy that took place from 22 BBY to 19 BBY. The Clone Wars were featured in the second and third episodes of the six-part movie series: Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, respectively. They were first mentioned in a message from Leia Organa to Obi-Wan Kenobi and in a brief conversation between Kenobi and Luke Skywalker in the fourth chapter of the saga, A New Hope. The Clone Wars were more thoroughly explored, however in the Expanded ...

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• The Clone Wars - Origins
• The Clone Wars - Timeline of the Clone Wars
• The Clone Wars - Pre-war
• The Clone Wars - Month 0
• The Clone Wars - Month 1
• The Clone Wars - Month 2
• The Clone Wars - Month 3
• The Clone Wars - Month 4
• The Clone Wars - Month 5
• The Clone Wars - Month 6
• The Clone Wars - Month 10
• The Clone Wars - Month 12
• The Clone Wars - Month 15
• The Clone Wars - Month 16
• The Clone Wars - Month 17
• The Clone Wars - Month 24
• The Clone Wars - Month 29
• The Clone Wars - Month 30
• The Clone Wars - Month 31
• The Clone Wars - Month 34
• The Clone Wars - Month 35
• The Clone Wars - Month 36
• The Clone Wars - Seperatist Offensive
• The Clone Wars - Afterward
• The Clone Wars - Historical Parallels
• The Clone Wars - Multimedia Campaign
• The Clone Wars - Films
• The Clone Wars - Books
• The Clone Wars - Video games
• The Clone Wars - Tie-ins
• The Clone Wars - Short stories
• The Clone Wars - Comics
• The Clone Wars - Television programs
• The Clone Wars - References to the Clone Wars

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Winamp is an audio player made by Nullsoft, part of America Online. It is skinnable, multi-format freeware. Winamp was first released by Justin Frankel in 1997. It also now plays streamed video content, both live and recorded, authored worldwide. Originally, MP3 playback was based on the AMP decoding engine by PlayMedia Systems, Inc.'s [1] Tomislav Uzelac et al. In later versions this was replaced with Nitrane, an allegedly 'proprietary' decoder fabricated by Nullsoft and disputed by PlayMedia. A lawsuit was filed ...

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• Winamp - History
• Winamp - Winamp 1 and Winamp 2
• Winamp - Winamp3
• Winamp - Winamp 5.0
• Winamp - Concepts
• Winamp - Skins
• Winamp - Plugins
• Winamp - Features
• Winamp - Derivative work

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Studybreakers (earlier known as Classface or simply CF) is a free service that allows its users to communicate through an interactive network of online photo albums, weblogs, user profiles, web forums, and groups. A relative newcomer in the social networking field, the site has more than 25,000 members. Studybreakers - History. Studybreakers - Version One. Following its (beta) launch on May 25, 2005, Classface quickly became popular for students throughout the US a ...

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• Studybreakers - History
• Studybreakers - Version One
• Studybreakers - Version Two
• Studybreakers - Return of Version One Studybreakers
• Studybreakers - Affiliation

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Tim Kaine (D-Governor Elect) George Allen (R) The Commonwealth of Virginia is one of the original thirteen states of the United States that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, and is part of the South. It is one of four states that use the name commonwealth. Virginia was the first part of the Americas to be colonized permanently by England. Virginia's U.S. postal abbreviation is VA, and ...

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• Virginia - History
• Virginia - Native Americans
• Virginia - Virginia Colony: 1607–1776
• Virginia - A new state
• Virginia - American Civil War
• Virginia - 20th century
• Virginia - Law and government
• Virginia - Political control
• Virginia - Geography
• Virginia - Demographics
• Virginia - Religion
• Virginia - Economy
• Virginia - Transportation
• Virginia - Sports
• Virginia - Baseball
• Virginia - Basketball
• Virginia - Ice hockey
• Virginia - Indoor football
• Virginia - Soccer
• Virginia - Important cities and towns
• Virginia - Colleges and universities
• Virginia - Miscellaneous information
• Virginia - Other places

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 - City (2001)  - Metro (2004 est) 619,544 (6th) 702,400 (9th) Latitude: Longitude: Winnipeg (49°53′N 97°09′W, CST) is a Canadian city and the provincial capital of the province of Manitoba. Located in Western Canada, Winnipeg plays a prominent role in transportation, finance, manufacturing, agriculture and education. It is known as the Gateway to the West. The city is located near the geographic centre of North America. It lies in a flood pl ...

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• Winnipeg Manitoba - History
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Geography and Climate
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Government
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Unicity
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Demographics
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Visible minorities
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Religious affiliation
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Languages Spoken
• Winnipeg Manitoba - External links
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Education
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Higher Education
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Workforce and industry
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Large corporations based in Winnipeg
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Transportation
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Winnipeg International Airport
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Railways
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Bus Terminal
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Winnipeg Transit
• Winnipeg Manitoba - External links
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Crime
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Politics
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Sports
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Current professional franchises
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Arts and culture
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Festivals
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Museums
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Theatre Companies
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Architecture
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Local media
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Daily newspapers
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Ethnic media
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Weekly newspapers
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Magazines
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Websites
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Television stations
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Locally based national cable television channels
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Radio stations
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Famous Winnipegers
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Born in Winnipeg
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Winnie-the-Pooh
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Raised but not born in Winnipeg
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Achieved fame while living in Winnipeg
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Twinnings
• Winnipeg Manitoba - Neighbouring communities

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Wings was a rock music band led by Paul McCartney, formed a couple of years after the dissolution of The Beatles. It achieved widespread popularity during the 1970s despite continual personnel changes. Wings band - History. Paul McCartney's first two post-Beatles albums were a solo effort and then one featuring studio musicians. Then late in 1971, drummer Denny Seiwell, and ex-Moody Blues guitarist and singer Denny Laine, joined Paul McCartney and wife Linda McCartney to record Paul's third post-Beat ...

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• Wings band - Legacy
• Wings band - Line-ups
• Wings band - Discography

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The climate of India is difficult to generalize due to the country's large geographic size and varied topography. Many regions have their own microclimates (e.g. in mountain tops), and the mean climatic conditions in Kashmir (extreme north) are very different from those in the extreme south. India's climate is strongly influenced by The Himalaya and the Thar Desert. The Himalaya ensure, by acting as a barrier to the cold north winds from Central Asia, that northern India is warm or mildly cool during winter and hot during summe ...

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• Climate of India - Summer
• Climate of India - Monsoons
• Climate of India - Southwest Monsoons
• Climate of India - Northeast Monsoons
• Climate of India - Winter
• Climate of India - Withdrawal of Monsoons
• Climate of India - Autumn and Spring
• Climate of India - Records
• Climate of India - Reference

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Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer who served with distinction as a general in the American Civil War and ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States in 1880. He was known to army colleagues as "Hancock the Superb". Winfield Scott Hancock - Early life and career. Hancock was born in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, one of twin brothers, and named after the famous general Winfield Scott. Hancock would serve under Scott and become a general ...

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• Winfield Scott Hancock - Early life and career
• Winfield Scott Hancock - Civil War
• Winfield Scott Hancock - Gettysburg
• Winfield Scott Hancock - Virginia and the end of the war
• Winfield Scott Hancock - Politics

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The year 1985 marked the accession of Mikhail Gorbachev to the position of General Secretary of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. Despite efforts to introduce concepts such as glasnost (political openness) and perestroika (economic restructuring), Gorbachev found himself presiding over a declining empire. The Union faced opposition abroad through the Western assumption of military superiority and the internal struggle within the restless republics led by Boris Yeltsin that asserted sovereignity. A fa ...

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• History of the Soviet Union 1985-1991 - The rise of Gorbachev and reform
• History of the Soviet Union 1985-1991 - Yeltsin and the dissolution of the USSR
• History of the Soviet Union 1985-1991 - The August Coup
• History of the Soviet Union 1985-1991 - Formation of the CIS
• History of the Soviet Union 1985-1991 - Summary
• History of the Soviet Union 1985-1991 - Post-Soviet restructuring

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Victoria Claflin Woodhull (b. September 23, 1838, Homer, Ohio– d. June 9, 1927, Bredon, Great Britain) was an American suffragette who was one of the early leaders of the American woman's suffragette movement in the 19th century. She became a colourful and notorious symbol for women's rights, free love, and labour reforms. Many of her speeches on these subjects where not written by Woodhull herself, but her role as a figurehead in these movements was powerful and controversial. She is probably most famous for her declaration to run ...

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• Victoria Woodhull - Early life
• Victoria Woodhull - Female broker
• Victoria Woodhull - Newspaper editor
• Victoria Woodhull - Presidential candidate
• Victoria Woodhull - Views on abortion
• Victoria Woodhull - Publications

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Corey Ian Haim (born December 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor, best known for a 1980's Hollywood career as a teen idol. Haim reached peak popularity in the late 1980s, releasing The Lost Boys, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream. His friendship and on-screen collaboration with actor Corey Feldman was widely publicized during the late 1980s, both starring in a number of widely released films and financially success ...

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• Corey Haim - Early life
• Corey Haim - Career
• Corey Haim - Early success
• Corey Haim - Teenage idol
• Corey Haim - Career decline
• Corey Haim - Current status
• Corey Haim - Selected filmography
• Corey Haim - Notes

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The Warsaw Pact or Warsaw Treaty, officially named the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance, was a military organization of Central and Eastern European Communist states. It was established in 1955 to counter the perceived threat from the NATO alliance (which had been established in 1949). The creation of the Warsaw Pact was prompted by the integration of a "re-militarized" West Germany into NATO via ratification of the Paris Agreements. The Pact lasted throughout the Cold War until, following the col ...

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• Warsaw Pact - History
• Warsaw Pact - Post-Warsaw Pact

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Weather lore is the body of informal folklore related to the prediction of the weather. It has been a human desire for millennia to make accurate weather predictions. Oral and written history is full of rhymes, anecdotes, and adages meant to guide the uncertain in determining whether the morrow will bring weather fair or foul. For the farmer wanting to plant his crop, for the merchant about to send his ships on trade, foreknowledge of tomorrow's circumstances might mean the difference between success and failure. Prior to the i ...

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• Weather lore - A typical example
• Weather lore - Where does weather happen?
• Weather lore - How accurate is weather lore?
• Weather lore - True lore and why
• Weather lore - False lore and why
• Weather lore - A reliable prediction

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