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  2. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act - Wikipedia

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    The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is a 2010 U.S. federal law requiring all non-U.S. foreign financial institutions (FFIs) to search their records for customers with indicia of a connection to the U.S., including indications in records of birth or prior residency in the U.S., or the like, and to report such assets and identities of such persons to the United States Department of ...

  3. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

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    The history of the ATF can be subsequently traced to the time of the revenuers or "revenoors" [5] and the Bureau of Prohibition, which was formed as a unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in 1920. It was made an independent agency within the Treasury Department in 1927, was transferred to the Justice Department in 1930, and became, briefly, a ...

  4. Assured clear distance ahead - Wikipedia

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    The bottom case is invoked when the maximum velocity for surface control V cl is otherwise reached. Steering control is independent from any concept of clear distance ahead. If a vehicle cannot be controlled so as to safely remain within its lane above a certain speed and circumstance, then it is irrelevant how assuredly clear the distance is ...

  5. Suicide - Wikipedia

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    [2] [11] [12] Those who have previously attempted suicide are at a higher risk for future attempts. [2] Effective suicide prevention efforts include limiting access to methods of suicide such as firearms, drugs, and poisons; treating mental disorders and substance abuse; careful media reporting about suicide; improving economic conditions; [ 2 ...

  6. COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    A COVID-19 vaccine is intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 . Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an established body of knowledge existed about the structure and function of coronaviruses causing diseases like severe acute ...

  7. Council on Foreign Relations - Wikipedia

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    Elihu Root (1845–1937) served as the first honorary president (1921–1937) of the Council on Foreign Relations. [4] ( Pictured 1902, age 57). In September 1917, near the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson established a working fellowship of about 150 scholars called "The Inquiry", tasked with briefing him about options for the postwar world after Germany was defeated.

  8. Hezbollah - Wikipedia

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    Hezbollah controls the Martyr's Institute (Al-Shahid Social Association), which pays stipends to "families of fighters who die" in battle. [154] An IRIN news report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs noted: