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  2. Mezuzah - Wikipedia

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    another accepted understanding [9] derives mezuzah from the Akkadian word mazzāzu [10] 'stand' (like the socle or plinth of a column or stele [11]), from the Akkadian verb izuzzu 'to stand', [12] [11] describing a doorpost as the socle or stand of the entrance, as opposed to the moving part, the door which revolves – a description similar to ...

  3. Doctor's office - Wikipedia

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    An examination room in a typical doctor's office. Note the examination table, a key feature of almost all such rooms worldwide. A doctor's office in American English, a doctor's surgery in British English, or a doctor's practice, is a medical facility in which one or more medical doctors, usually general practitioners (GP), receive and treat patients.

  4. Enfilade (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    The doors entering each room are aligned with the doors of the connecting rooms along a single axis, providing a vista through successive rooms. The enfilade may be used as a processional route and is a common arrangement in museums and art galleries, as it facilitates the movement of large numbers of people through a building.

  5. Whiteboard - Wikipedia

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    A thorough examination of the invention of whiteboards reveals the concept was introduced two decades earlier by mechanical engineer Paul F. Born who installed one in a classroom in Elgin, Ill., in 1937. [1] Born was the head of the district's school board at the time. Door sign to the offices of Magiboards at The Cut in Waterloo, London, in 1966.

  6. She was set on fire and no one knows her name. How ... - AOL

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    It’s been a week since a woman died in a New York City subway car, set on fire by a homeless, undocumented man. She has yet to be identified and the man charged with her murder says he doesn’t ...

  7. Door hanger - Wikipedia

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    In multiple cases, a do not disturb sign on the door of a hotel room has been blamed for concealing a homicide, suspicious death, or other criminal activity. [3] [4] [5]In 2009, a do not disturb sign was blamed for concealing the disappearance of an elderly couple on a cruise ship.

  8. Image credits: the_mojoe_risin The moderator also shared that the community has grown fairly organically, “that is to say without much promotional effort (it was Subreddit of the Day a few years ...

  9. List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    July 31, 2003 (Chicago: Cook: Magnum opus of landscape architect Jens Jensen.: 11: Arthur H. Compton House: Arthur H. Compton House: May 11, 1976 (Chicago: Cook: Home of Nobel Prize–winning physicist who proved light has both wave and particle aspects, the Compton Effect.