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2. San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge - Wikipedia

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   Given under our royal hand and seal at San Francisco, this 17th day of September, 1872. [20] Sketch of the proposed "Rush San Francisco Trans-Bay Suspension Bridge" (1913) [21] Unlike most of Emperor Norton's eccentric ideas, his decree to build a bridge had a widespread public and political appeal.

3. Presidential dollar coins - Wikipedia

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   The United States Government Accountability Office has stated that discontinuing the dollar bill in favor of the dollar coin would save the U.S. government about $5.5 billion over 30 years. [ 25 ] On December 13, 2011, Vice President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the minting of Presidential $1 coins for ...

4. Jean Grey - Wikipedia

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   Jean Grey debuted under the codename Marvel Girl in The X-Men #1 (September 1963), created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby. The original team's sole female member, Marvel Girl was a regular part of the team through the series' publication.

5. Australian one-dollar coin - Wikipedia

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   The Australian one-dollar coin is the second most valuable circulation denomination coin of the Australian dollar after the two-dollar coin; there are also non-circulating legal-tender coins of higher denominations (five-, ten-, two-hundred-dollar coins [ 3] and the one-million-dollar coin [ 4] ). It was first issued on 14 May 1984 [ 5] to ...

6. Flag of the Republic of China - Wikipedia

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   Under Articles 118 and 160 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of China, it is a criminal offence to insult either the national flag or the national emblem of any country. If it is a national flag or emblem of a foreign country being insulted, the name of the offence would be 'obstructing state diplomacy'; if it is the ones of the Republic of ...

7. Jews as the chosen people - Wikipedia

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   Maybe the Greeks were chosen for their unique contributions to art and philosophy, the Romans for their pioneering services in law and government, the British for bringing parliamentary rule into the world, and the Americans for piloting democracy in a pluralistic society. The Jews were chosen by God to be 'peculiar unto Me' as the pioneers of ...