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  2. William Chester Minor - Wikipedia

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    William Chester Minor (also known as W. C. Minor; 22 June 1834 – 26 March 1920) was an American army surgeon, psychiatric hospital patient, and lexicographical researcher. After serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War , Minor moved to England.

  3. Data (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    In computer science, data (treated as singular, plural, or as a mass noun) is any sequence of one or more symbols; datum is a single symbol of data. Data requires interpretation to become information. Digital data is data that is represented using the binary number system of ones (1) and zeros (0), instead of analog representation. In modern ...

  4. Academic minor - Wikipedia

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    An academic minor is an secondary area of study of an undergraduate college or university student, in addition to their "major". The institution lays out a framework of required classes or class types a student must complete to earn the minor – although the latitude the student is given varies.

  5. History of banking - Wikipedia

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    The collapse and fire sale of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase in March 2008 and the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September that same year led to a credit crunch and global banking crises. In response governments around the world bailed-out, nationalised or arranged fire sales for a large number of major banks.

  6. Marsha Blackburn - Wikipedia

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    In 1978, she became the owner of Marketing Strategies, a promotion-event management firm. As of 2016, Blackburn continued to run this business. [6] Blackburn was a founding member of the Williamson County Young Republicans. [7] She was chair of the Williamson County Republican Party from 1989 to 1991.

  7. Snapchat - Wikipedia

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    The data includes figures for iOS downloads starting from 2010 and Android downloads starting from 2012. [45] Snapchat acquired AI Factory, a computer vision startup, in January 2020 to give a boost to its video capabilities. [46] In November 2020, Snapchat announced it would pay a total of $1 million a day to users who post viral videos.

  8. Andrew Jackson and the slave trade in the United States ...

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    The S. Lewis who witnessed the sale of Betty and Hannah is very possibly the Seth Lewis whom John Adams had appointed in May 1800 to serve as chief justice of the Mississippi Territory, [294] and about whom, it was said, in "the year 1790...being in Nashville, he contracted a friendship with Andrew Jackson and Col. Josiah Love, who persuaded ...

  9. Portland, Maine - Wikipedia

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    Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Cumberland County.Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. [4]