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    The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, parts...
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    Nansen passports, originally and officially stateless persons passports, were internationally recognized refugee travel documents from 1922 to 1938, first...
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  • The history of geography includes many histories of geography which have differed over time and between different cultural and political groups. In more...
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  • The Citizens' Forum on Canada's Future (French: Le Forum des citoyens sur l'avenir du Canada) was a commission established in November 1990 by Prime Minister...
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  • The Loubat Prize was a pair of prizes awarded by Columbia University every five years between 1898 and 1958 for the best social science works in the English...
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  • The portable desk had many forms and is an ancestor of the portable computer, the modern laptop an atavistic grandchild of the 19th-century lap desk. All...
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    The "Looking Glass" Children's Musical Theatre (Russian: Детский музыкальный театр «Зазеркалье») is a theatre in Saint Petersburg on 13 Rubinstein Street...
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  • The Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award is an award that has been given annually by the American Society of Criminology in honor of Ruth Shonle Cavan...
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  • An Empire Zone is an area of up to two non-contiguous miles, in which tax incentives are offered by the state of New York, under the Empire Zones Program[citation...
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  • The Hans Kilian Award honored researchers whose outstanding scientific achievements provide a deeper insight into the historical and cultural existence...
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