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  • 101White House travel office controversy — The White House travel office controversy, often referred to as Travelgate, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp srv/politics/special/whitewater/whitewater.htm Untangling Whitewater ] , The Washington Post special report, 2000. Retrieved June 5,… …

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  • 102Criticism of Bill O'Reilly (commentator) — Over the years, there have been several issues highlighted in American political commentator Bill O Reilly s print and broadcast work. He has drawn criticism from several individuals and groups, mostly liberalFact|date=October 2008, including Al… …

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  • 103Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program — Congressional inquiries and investigations Three days after news broke about the Terrorist Surveillance Program, a bipartisan group of Senators Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California, Carl Levin of Michigan, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republicans… …

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  • 104Treaty of Lisbon — For other uses, see Treaty of Lisbon (disambiguation). Treaty of Lisbon Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community Type Amends existing treaties Signed 13 December 2007 Location …

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  • 105Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …

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  • 106political system — Introduction       the set of formal legal institutions that constitute a “government” or a “ state.” This is the definition adopted by many studies of the legal or constitutional arrangements of advanced political orders. More broadly defined,… …

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  • 107Murder of Victoria Climbié — Victoria Climbié Born 2 November 1991 (1991 11 02) Abobo, Ivory Coast Died 25 February 2000(2000 02 25) (aged 8) London, England, United Kingdom Cause of death …

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  • 108ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

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  • 109Stoicism — Stoicism1 Brad Inwood 1 FROM SOCRATES TO ZENO More than eighty years passed between the death of Socrates in 399 BC and the arrival in Athens of Zeno in 312. Athenian society had undergone enormous upheavals, both political and social. The Greek… …

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  • 110HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …

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