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Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	The Declaration was ultimately a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War .	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	The national birthday, the Independence Day is celebrated on July 4, although Adams wanted July 2.	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	After ratifying the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms.	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	It was initially published as the printed Dunlap broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public.	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	The most famous version of the Declaration, a signed copy that is popularly regarded as the Declaration of Independence, is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	Although the wording of the Declaration was approved on July 4, the date of its signing was August 2.	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	The original July 4 United States Declaration of Independence manuscript was lost while all other copies have been derived from this original document.	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	The sources and interpretation of the Declaration have been the subject of much scholarly inquiry.	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	The Declaration justified the independence of the United States by listing colonial grievances against King George III , and by asserting certain natural and legal rights , including a right of revolution .	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	Having served its original purpose in announcing independence, the text of the Declaration was initially ignored after the American Revolution .	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	Since then, it has come to be considered a major statement on human rights , particularly its second sentence:	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness .	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	This has been called "one of the best-known sentences in the English language", containing "the most potent and consequential words in American history."	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	The passage came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive.	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	This view was notably promoted by Abraham Lincoln , who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy, and argued that the Declaration is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted.	00
Q2627	when was the Declaration of Independence Signing	United States Declaration of Independence	It has inspired work for the rights of marginalized people throughout the world.	00
Q2628	What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 British musical film loosely based on Ian Fleming 's novel .	00
Q2628	What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	The film's script is by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes and its songs by the Sherman Brothers .	00
Q2628	What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	It stars Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious .	00
Q2628	What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	The film was directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli (co-producer of the James Bond series of films , also based on Fleming's novels).	00
Q2628	What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	John Stears supervised the special effects.	00
Q2628	What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music, while the musical numbers were staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood .	00
Q2629	what is the arid vegetation	Arid	A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.	00
Q2629	what is the arid vegetation	Arid	Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic .	00
Q2629	what is the arid vegetation	Arid	Most "arid" climates surround the equator; these places include most of Africa and parts of South America and Central America .	00
Q2630	What is sign of cancer	Cancer (astrology)	Cancer (♋) is an astrological sign , which is associated with the constellation Cancer .	11
Q2630	What is sign of cancer	Cancer (astrology)	It spans the 90-120th degree of the zodiac, between 90 and 125.25 degree of celestial longitude , which the Sun transits this area on average between June 22 to July 22 each year.	00
Q2630	What is sign of cancer	Cancer (astrology)	And under the sidereal zodiac , it is currently from July 21 to August 9.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	The Republican Party nominated incumbent Vice-President Richard Nixon , while the Democratic Party nominated John F. Kennedy , Senator from Massachusetts.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	The incumbent President , Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower , was not eligible for re-election after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment .	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	Kennedy was elected with a lead of 112,827 votes, or 0.17% of the popular vote, giving him a victory of 303 to 219 in the Electoral College , the closest since 1916 .	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	This was the first election in which all fifty of the current United States participated.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	A number of factors explain why the election was so close.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	Kennedy gained since there was an economic recession which hurt the incumbent Republican, and he had the advantage of 17 million more registered Democrats than Republicans.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	Furthermore, the new votes that Kennedy gained among Catholics almost neutralized the new votes Nixon gained among Protestants.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	Kennedy's campaigning skills decisively outmatched Nixon's.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	In the end, Nixon's emphasis on his experience carried little weight, and he wasted energy by campaigning in all 50 states instead of concentrating on the swing states.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	Kennedy used his large, well-funded campaign organization to win the nomination, secure endorsements, and, with the aid of the last of the big-city bosses , to get out the vote in the big cities.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	He relied on running mate Lyndon B. Johnson to hold the South and used television effectively.	00
Q2631	who was the president in 1960	United States presidential election, 1960	This election is notable as being the first time in U.S. history that two sitting U.S. Senators (Kennedy and Johnson) were elected as president and vice-president, a phenomenon that has been repeated once, by Barack Obama and Joe Biden in 2008 (in both cases, the president was the younger, more junior senator).	00
Q2633	who is the new mayor of sherwood oregon	Sherwood, Oregon	Sherwood is a city in Washington County , Oregon , United States .	00
Q2633	who is the new mayor of sherwood oregon	Sherwood, Oregon	Located in the southeast corner of the county, it is a residential community in the Tualatin Valley southwest of Portland .	00
Q2633	who is the new mayor of sherwood oregon	Sherwood, Oregon	The population was 11,791 at the 2000 census .	00
Q2633	who is the new mayor of sherwood oregon	Sherwood, Oregon	According to the 2010 census , the population was 18,205 residents.	00
Q2633	who is the new mayor of sherwood oregon	Sherwood, Oregon	Indirectly named for the Sherwood Forest in England, it was first incorporated in 1893 as a town.	00
Q2635	when was the patriot act enacted	Patriot Act	The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001.	11
Q2635	when was the patriot act enacted	Patriot Act	The title of the act is a ten letter acronym (USA PATRIOT) that stands for Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.	00
Q2635	when was the patriot act enacted	Patriot Act	The act, as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th , significantly reduced restrictions in law enforcement agencies' gathering of intelligence within the United States; expanded the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadened the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts.	00
Q2635	when was the patriot act enacted	Patriot Act	The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism , thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.	00
Q2635	when was the patriot act enacted	Patriot Act	On May 26, 2011, President Barack Obama used an Autopen to sign the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 , a four-year extension of three key provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act while he was in France: roving wiretaps , searches of business records (the " library records provision "), and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves" — individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups.	00
Q2635	when was the patriot act enacted	Patriot Act	Republican leaders questioned if the use of the Autopen met the constitutional requirements for signing a bill into law.	00
Q2638	what is the population of snohomish washington? per year	Snohomish, Washington	A house in Queen Anne style at 223 Avenue A.	00
Q2638	what is the population of snohomish washington? per year	Snohomish, Washington	Snohomish is a city in Snohomish County , Washington , United States .	00
Q2638	what is the population of snohomish washington? per year	Snohomish, Washington	The population was 9,098 at the 2010 census .	00
Q2638	what is the population of snohomish washington? per year	Snohomish, Washington	The mayor of Snohomish is Karen Guzak, and the City Manager is Larry Bauman.	00
Q2638	what is the population of snohomish washington? per year	Snohomish, Washington	Snohomish prides itself for its historical downtown, and was once known for its many antique shops when it was known as the "Antique Capital of the Northwest."	00
Q2638	what is the population of snohomish washington? per year	Snohomish, Washington	The historic business and residential center of the town constitutes the Snohomish Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .	00
Q2638	what is the population of snohomish washington? per year	Snohomish, Washington	Many houses bear plaques with the year the house was built and the name of the family or individual who originally occupied it.	00
Q2638	what is the population of snohomish washington? per year	Snohomish, Washington	Once every year, the city gives tours of the historic houses; one of them, the Blackman House, is a year-round museum.	00
Q2638	what is the population of snohomish washington? per year	Snohomish, Washington	A general aviation airfield, Harvey Airfield , is less than one mile southwest of Downtown Snohomish.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	Dave Matthews Band (DMB) is an American rock band that was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia , United States, in 1991.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews , bassist Stefan Lessard , drummer /backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore .	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	Boyd Tinsley was added to the band as a violinist soon after the band was formed.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	Moore died suddenly in August 2008 due to complications from injuries sustained in an ATV accident.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	GRAMMY Award -winner Jeff Coffin of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones has since filled Moore's spot as the band's saxophonist .	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	Rashawn Ross and Tim Reynolds have also become full-time touring members of the band.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	The band's 2009 album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (the first album since Moore's death) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , earning the band their fifth consecutive number-one debut— making them the second band behind Metallica to do so.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	Their most recent album, Away from the World , was released in 2012, and also debuted at number one on the Billboard chart.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	As of 2010, the Dave Matthews Band has sold over 30 million records worldwide.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	The band is known for their annual summer-long tours of the United States and Europe, featuring lengthy improvisational renditions of their songs, accompanied by an elaborate video and lighting show.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	This portion of the tour has become a stamp of DMB and has grown with the band since Fenton Williams began working with them in the early 1990s.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	After twenty consecutive years of touring the band announced that it would take the summer of 2011 off.	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	Dave Matthews Band has won one GRAMMY Award , and was awarded the NAACP Chairman's Award .	00
Q2639	what is the Dave Matthews band so popular	Dave Matthews Band	According to Julian Bond , "they sell out the largest arenas on Earth, but frequently give their music away."	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	Transcendental Wild Oats: A Chapter from an Unwritten Romance is a prose satire written by Louisa May Alcott , about her family's involvement with the Transcendentalist community Fruitlands in the early 1840s.	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	The work was first published in a New York newspaper in 1873, and reprinted in 1874, 1876, and 1915 and after.	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	In her account, Alcott provides the real people involved with thin pseudonymous disguises.	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	Her father Amos Bronson Alcott is "Abel Lamb," while his partner and community co-founder Charles Lane is "Timon Lion;" Abigail May Alcott , Louisa's mother and Bronson's wife, is "Sister Hope."	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	Alcott depicts her father as dominated by his more forceful partner, and both men as feckless and impractical dreamers.	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	The men of the community spend their time in pointless debates while Sister Hope works from dawn to dusk to maintain their existence.	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	A crisis arises at harvest time, when the grain crop is threatened by an approaching storm.	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	In Alcott's words, "About the time the grain was ready to house, some call of the Oversoul wafted all the men away."	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	Sister Hope organizes the only available help, three little girls and a boy, and manages to save the crop.	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	The little community collapses as soon as the weather turns cold, when it becomes clear that their provisions are too meager to last the coming winter.	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	Timon Lion and his son abscond to join the Shakers — though Timon is unhappy to learn that life among them is "all work and no play."	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	Abel is crushed by the failure of the enterprise; after days of despair he begins to eat again only when he realizes that his family needs him.	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	Sister Hope finds a way for them to subsist and persevere.	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	Alcott's view of male arrogance and female exploitation in this piece is paralleled in her novel , published in the same year as "Transcendental Wild Oats."	00
Q2641	what is transcendental wild oats about	Transcendental Wild Oats	"Transcendental Wild Oats" has been reprinted in several modern editions.	00
Q2642	who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross	Mount of the Holy Cross	Mount of the Holy Cross is the northernmost 14,000-foot mountain in the Sawatch Range , part of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado .	00
Q2642	who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross	Mount of the Holy Cross	It is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness near the ghost town of Holy Cross City and in Eagle County .	00
Q2642	who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross	Mount of the Holy Cross	It was named for the distinctive cross-shaped snowfield on the northeast face.	00
Q2642	who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross	Mount of the Holy Cross	Under USDA Forest Service administration, the mountain was proclaimed "Holy Cross National Monument" by Herbert Hoover on May 11, 1929.	00
Q2642	who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross	Mount of the Holy Cross	The monument was transferred to the National Park Service in 1933.	00
Q2642	who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross	Mount of the Holy Cross	In 1950, it was returned to the Forest Service and lost its National Monument status—the number of visitors to the mountain and the nearby "Pilgrim's Hut" had waned, and the expense of full-time staff could not be justified.	00
Q2642	who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross	Mount of the Holy Cross	This mountain has been the subject of painters, photographers and even a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , (The Cross of Snow).	00
Q2642	who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross	Mount of the Holy Cross	The first publicly available photograph was published in National Geographic magazine.	00
Q2642	who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross	Mount of the Holy Cross	Thomas Moran depicted the mountain in an oil painting, which now is part of the collection of the Museum of the American West, part of the Autry National Center in Los Angeles , California.	00
Q2642	who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross	Mount of the Holy Cross	It is still much photographed but it is not as well known today as it was in the past.	00

Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

The Declaration was ultimately a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War .

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

The national birthday, the Independence Day is celebrated on July 4, although Adams wanted July 2.

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

After ratifying the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms.

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

It was initially published as the printed Dunlap broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public.

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

The most famous version of the Declaration, a signed copy that is popularly regarded as the Declaration of Independence, is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

Although the wording of the Declaration was approved on July 4, the date of its signing was August 2.

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

The original July 4 United States Declaration of Independence manuscript was lost while all other copies have been derived from this original document.

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

The sources and interpretation of the Declaration have been the subject of much scholarly inquiry.

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

The Declaration justified the independence of the United States by listing colonial grievances against King George III , and by asserting certain natural and legal rights , including a right of revolution .

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

Having served its original purpose in announcing independence, the text of the Declaration was initially ignored after the American Revolution .

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

Since then, it has come to be considered a major statement on human rights , particularly its second sentence:

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness .

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

This has been called "one of the best-known sentences in the English language", containing "the most potent and consequential words in American history."

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

The passage came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive.

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

This view was notably promoted by Abraham Lincoln , who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy, and argued that the Declaration is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted.

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Q2627

when was the Declaration of Independence Signing

United States Declaration of Independence

It has inspired work for the rights of marginalized people throughout the world.

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Q2628

What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 British musical film loosely based on Ian Fleming 's novel .

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Q2628

What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The film's script is by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes and its songs by the Sherman Brothers .

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Q2628

What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

It stars Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious .

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Q2628

What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The film was directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli (co-producer of the James Bond series of films , also based on Fleming's novels).

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Q2628

What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

John Stears supervised the special effects.

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Q2628

What is the name of the author who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond novels?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music, while the musical numbers were staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood .

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Q2629

what is the arid vegetation

Arid

A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.

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Q2629

what is the arid vegetation

Arid

Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic .

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Q2629

what is the arid vegetation

Arid

Most "arid" climates surround the equator; these places include most of Africa and parts of South America and Central America .

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Q2630

What is sign of cancer

Cancer (astrology)

Cancer (♋) is an astrological sign , which is associated with the constellation Cancer .

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Q2630

What is sign of cancer

Cancer (astrology)

It spans the 90-120th degree of the zodiac, between 90 and 125.25 degree of celestial longitude , which the Sun transits this area on average between June 22 to July 22 each year.

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Q2630

What is sign of cancer

Cancer (astrology)

And under the sidereal zodiac , it is currently from July 21 to August 9.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

The Republican Party nominated incumbent Vice-President Richard Nixon , while the Democratic Party nominated John F. Kennedy , Senator from Massachusetts.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

The incumbent President , Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower , was not eligible for re-election after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment .

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

Kennedy was elected with a lead of 112,827 votes, or 0.17% of the popular vote, giving him a victory of 303 to 219 in the Electoral College , the closest since 1916 .

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

This was the first election in which all fifty of the current United States participated.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

A number of factors explain why the election was so close.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

Kennedy gained since there was an economic recession which hurt the incumbent Republican, and he had the advantage of 17 million more registered Democrats than Republicans.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

Furthermore, the new votes that Kennedy gained among Catholics almost neutralized the new votes Nixon gained among Protestants.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

Kennedy's campaigning skills decisively outmatched Nixon's.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

In the end, Nixon's emphasis on his experience carried little weight, and he wasted energy by campaigning in all 50 states instead of concentrating on the swing states.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

Kennedy used his large, well-funded campaign organization to win the nomination, secure endorsements, and, with the aid of the last of the big-city bosses , to get out the vote in the big cities.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

He relied on running mate Lyndon B. Johnson to hold the South and used television effectively.

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Q2631

who was the president in 1960

United States presidential election, 1960

This election is notable as being the first time in U.S. history that two sitting U.S. Senators (Kennedy and Johnson) were elected as president and vice-president, a phenomenon that has been repeated once, by Barack Obama and Joe Biden in 2008 (in both cases, the president was the younger, more junior senator).

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Q2633

who is the new mayor of sherwood oregon

Sherwood, Oregon

Sherwood is a city in Washington County , Oregon , United States .

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Q2633

who is the new mayor of sherwood oregon

Sherwood, Oregon

Located in the southeast corner of the county, it is a residential community in the Tualatin Valley southwest of Portland .

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Q2633

who is the new mayor of sherwood oregon

Sherwood, Oregon

The population was 11,791 at the 2000 census .

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Q2633

who is the new mayor of sherwood oregon

Sherwood, Oregon

According to the 2010 census , the population was 18,205 residents.

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Q2633

who is the new mayor of sherwood oregon

Sherwood, Oregon

Indirectly named for the Sherwood Forest in England, it was first incorporated in 1893 as a town.

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Q2635

when was the patriot act enacted

Patriot Act

The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001.

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Q2635

when was the patriot act enacted

Patriot Act

The title of the act is a ten letter acronym (USA PATRIOT) that stands for Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

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Q2635

when was the patriot act enacted

Patriot Act

The act, as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th , significantly reduced restrictions in law enforcement agencies' gathering of intelligence within the United States; expanded the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadened the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts.

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Q2635

when was the patriot act enacted

Patriot Act

The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism , thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.

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Q2635

when was the patriot act enacted

Patriot Act

On May 26, 2011, President Barack Obama used an Autopen to sign the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 , a four-year extension of three key provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act while he was in France: roving wiretaps , searches of business records (the " library records provision "), and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves" — individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups.

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when was the patriot act enacted

Patriot Act

Republican leaders questioned if the use of the Autopen met the constitutional requirements for signing a bill into law.

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what is the population of snohomish washington? per year

Snohomish, Washington

A house in Queen Anne style at 223 Avenue A.

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what is the population of snohomish washington? per year

Snohomish, Washington

Snohomish is a city in Snohomish County , Washington , United States .

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what is the population of snohomish washington? per year

Snohomish, Washington

The population was 9,098 at the 2010 census .

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what is the population of snohomish washington? per year

Snohomish, Washington

The mayor of Snohomish is Karen Guzak, and the City Manager is Larry Bauman.

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what is the population of snohomish washington? per year

Snohomish, Washington

Snohomish prides itself for its historical downtown, and was once known for its many antique shops when it was known as the "Antique Capital of the Northwest."

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what is the population of snohomish washington? per year

Snohomish, Washington

The historic business and residential center of the town constitutes the Snohomish Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

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what is the population of snohomish washington? per year

Snohomish, Washington

Many houses bear plaques with the year the house was built and the name of the family or individual who originally occupied it.

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what is the population of snohomish washington? per year

Snohomish, Washington

Once every year, the city gives tours of the historic houses; one of them, the Blackman House, is a year-round museum.

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what is the population of snohomish washington? per year

Snohomish, Washington

A general aviation airfield, Harvey Airfield , is less than one mile southwest of Downtown Snohomish.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band (DMB) is an American rock band that was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia , United States, in 1991.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews , bassist Stefan Lessard , drummer /backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore .

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

Boyd Tinsley was added to the band as a violinist soon after the band was formed.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

Moore died suddenly in August 2008 due to complications from injuries sustained in an ATV accident.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

GRAMMY Award -winner Jeff Coffin of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones has since filled Moore's spot as the band's saxophonist .

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

Rashawn Ross and Tim Reynolds have also become full-time touring members of the band.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

The band's 2009 album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (the first album since Moore's death) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , earning the band their fifth consecutive number-one debut— making them the second band behind Metallica to do so.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

Their most recent album, Away from the World , was released in 2012, and also debuted at number one on the Billboard chart.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

As of 2010, the Dave Matthews Band has sold over 30 million records worldwide.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

The band is known for their annual summer-long tours of the United States and Europe, featuring lengthy improvisational renditions of their songs, accompanied by an elaborate video and lighting show.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

This portion of the tour has become a stamp of DMB and has grown with the band since Fenton Williams began working with them in the early 1990s.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

After twenty consecutive years of touring the band announced that it would take the summer of 2011 off.

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band has won one GRAMMY Award , and was awarded the NAACP Chairman's Award .

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what is the Dave Matthews band so popular

Dave Matthews Band

According to Julian Bond , "they sell out the largest arenas on Earth, but frequently give their music away."

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

Transcendental Wild Oats: A Chapter from an Unwritten Romance is a prose satire written by Louisa May Alcott , about her family's involvement with the Transcendentalist community Fruitlands in the early 1840s.

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

The work was first published in a New York newspaper in 1873, and reprinted in 1874, 1876, and 1915 and after.

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Transcendental Wild Oats

In her account, Alcott provides the real people involved with thin pseudonymous disguises.

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Transcendental Wild Oats

Her father Amos Bronson Alcott is "Abel Lamb," while his partner and community co-founder Charles Lane is "Timon Lion;" Abigail May Alcott , Louisa's mother and Bronson's wife, is "Sister Hope."

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

Alcott depicts her father as dominated by his more forceful partner, and both men as feckless and impractical dreamers.

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

The men of the community spend their time in pointless debates while Sister Hope works from dawn to dusk to maintain their existence.

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Transcendental Wild Oats

A crisis arises at harvest time, when the grain crop is threatened by an approaching storm.

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

In Alcott's words, "About the time the grain was ready to house, some call of the Oversoul wafted all the men away."

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

Sister Hope organizes the only available help, three little girls and a boy, and manages to save the crop.

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

The little community collapses as soon as the weather turns cold, when it becomes clear that their provisions are too meager to last the coming winter.

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

Timon Lion and his son abscond to join the Shakers — though Timon is unhappy to learn that life among them is "all work and no play."

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

Abel is crushed by the failure of the enterprise; after days of despair he begins to eat again only when he realizes that his family needs him.

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

Sister Hope finds a way for them to subsist and persevere.

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

Alcott's view of male arrogance and female exploitation in this piece is paralleled in her novel , published in the same year as "Transcendental Wild Oats."

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what is transcendental wild oats about

Transcendental Wild Oats

"Transcendental Wild Oats" has been reprinted in several modern editions.

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who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

Mount of the Holy Cross is the northernmost 14,000-foot mountain in the Sawatch Range , part of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado .

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who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

It is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness near the ghost town of Holy Cross City and in Eagle County .

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who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

It was named for the distinctive cross-shaped snowfield on the northeast face.

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who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

Under USDA Forest Service administration, the mountain was proclaimed "Holy Cross National Monument" by Herbert Hoover on May 11, 1929.

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who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

The monument was transferred to the National Park Service in 1933.

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who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

In 1950, it was returned to the Forest Service and lost its National Monument status—the number of visitors to the mountain and the nearby "Pilgrim's Hut" had waned, and the expense of full-time staff could not be justified.

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who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

This mountain has been the subject of painters, photographers and even a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , (The Cross of Snow).

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who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

The first publicly available photograph was published in National Geographic magazine.

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who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

Thomas Moran depicted the mountain in an oil painting, which now is part of the collection of the Museum of the American West, part of the Autry National Center in Los Angeles , California.

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who was the first person to climb the mount of the holy cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

It is still much photographed but it is not as well known today as it was in the past.

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