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  2. AP United States History - Wikipedia

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    Advanced Placement (AP) United States History (also known as AP U.S. History or APUSH (/ ˈ eɪ p ʊ ʃ /)) is a college-level course and examination offered by College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.

  3. A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar

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    The object of The Guide to Science was to present answers to over 2000 questions about common phenomena. [1] There are questions dealing with man-made objects such as candles, stoves and chimneys, as well as answers seeking to explain natural phenomena such as thunder, lightning (including a mention of ball lightning [7]), clouds, dew, and ...

  4. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

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    Gawande wrote this during his general surgery residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and was published in 2002 by Picador. [1] The book is divided into three sections: Fallibility, Mystery, and Uncertainty, all going in depth into the problems physicians may face when practicing a variety of procedures in medicine. [2]

  5. Implementation intention - Wikipedia

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    The women who were asked to create specific implementation intentions lost on average 4.2 kg, compared to those who only attended weekly group meetings, who on average lost only 2.1 kg over the 2-month period. [23] In another example, a study sought to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables in a young-adult population.

  6. Samuel Morse - Wikipedia

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    Samuel F. B. Morse was born in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, the first child of the pastor Jedidiah Morse [1] (1761–1826), who was also a geographer, and his wife Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese (1766–1828). [2] His father was a great preacher of the Calvinist faith and supporter of the Federalist Party.

  7. Robert Owen - Wikipedia

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    (One chapter is devoted to Owen.) G. J. Holyoake, The History of Co-operation in England: Its Literature and Its Advocates V. 1. London, 1906; G. J. Holyoake, The History of Co-operation in England: Its Literature and Its Advocates V. 2. London, 1906; The National Library of Wales, A Bibliography of Robert Owen, The Socialist. 1914

  8. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The US Senate approved the treaty on 27 May 1988, and Reagan and Gorbachev ratified it on 1 June 1988. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The INF Treaty banned all of the two nations' nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic missiles , cruise missiles , and missile launchers with ranges of 1,000–5,500 km (620–3,420 mi) ("intermediate-range") and ...

  9. Collective security - Wikipedia

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    The premise of a collective security arrangement is that it serves as a deterrent to aggression by committing an international coalition against any aggressor. [1] While collective security is an idea with a long history, its implementation in practice has proved problematic. [2]