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  2. State of emergency - Wikipedia

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    Democracies use states of emergency to manage a range of situations from extreme weather events to public order situations. Dictatorial regimes often declare a state of emergency that is prolonged indefinitely for the life of the regime, or for extended periods of time so that derogations can be used to override human rights of their citizens usually protected by the International Covenant on ...

  3. States of emergency - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: State of emergency ...

  4. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    The first published English grammar was a Pamphlet for Grammar of 1586, written by William Bullokar with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been ...

  5. List of national emergencies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Emergency in Water Transportation of the United States: Declared a national emergency arising from insufficient tonage to carry the products of the farms, forests, mines and manufacturing industries of the United States, and admonishes all citizens to abide by the regulations in the Shipping Act. Ended Franklin Roosevelt: March 6, 1933 [9]

  6. Grammar - Wikipedia

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    Title page of Joseph Priestley's Rudiments of English Grammar (1761) A standard language is a dialect that is promoted above other dialects in writing, education, and, broadly speaking, in the public sphere; it contrasts with vernacular dialects , which may be the objects of study in academic, descriptive linguistics but which are rarely taught ...

  7. States of emergency in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Measures Act [13] 2013 Floods: Alberta Emergency Management Act [14] 2014 Assiniboine River flood: Manitoba Emergency Measures Act [15] [16] 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire: Alberta Emergency Management Act [17] Opioid epidemic: British Columbia Public Health Act [18] [19] 2017 Wildfires: British Columbia Emergency Program Act [10] [20 ...

  8. National Emergencies Act - Wikipedia

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    The first President to issue an emergency proclamation [5] [6] was Woodrow Wilson, who on February 5, 1917, issued the following: . I have found that there exists a national emergency arising from the insufficiency of maritime tonnage to carry the products of the farms, forests, mines and manufacturing industries of the United States, to their consumers abroad and within the United States ....

  9. Category:Emergency laws - Wikipedia

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    Emergency laws category includes all legislation referring to the state of emergency in all its forms and suspension of the Constitution on behalf of state security, including anti-terrorism legislation. It also includes jurists and philosophers concerned by the subject, as well as potential victims, famous actors and historical events or ...