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  2. Fairfax County Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    The public school system in Fairfax County, Virginia, was created following the end of the Civil War with the adoption by Virginia of the Reconstruction-era state constitution in 1870, which provided for the first time that free public education was a constitutional right. The first superintendent of schools for Fairfax County was Thomas M ...

  3. Reactions to the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university ...

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    Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses escalated in April 2024, spreading in the United States and other countries, as part of wider Gaza war protests.With over 3,100 protesters arrested in the U.S., universities suspended and expelled student protesters, in some cases evicting them from campus housing, and relied on police to forcibly disband occupations.

  4. 2015 in aviation - Wikipedia

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    It is the first version of the F-35 to become operational. [ 320 ] Over Ottawa, Illinois , during Skydive Chicago , an international team of 164 skydivers jumping from seven planes at an altitude of 19,700 feet (6,000 meters) and travelling head-down at speeds of up to 240 mph (390 km/h)r) form a flower-shaped formation for a few seconds.

  5. Noise regulation - Wikipedia

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    Noise regulation includes statutes or guidelines relating to sound transmission established by national, state or provincial and municipal levels of government. After the watershed passage of the United States Noise Control Act of 1972 , [ 2 ] other local and state governments passed further regulations.

  6. Affirmative action in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The modern history begins in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy in 1961 issued Executive Order 10925, which required government contractors to take "affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."

  7. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - Wikipedia

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    The degree is currently awarded in institutions in the United Kingdom and countries formerly part of the British Empire. [9]Historically, Bachelor of Medicine was also the primary medical degree conferred by institutions in the United States and Canada, such as the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, the University of Maryland, and Columbia University.

  8. 2003 Bam earthquake - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, Iranian regulations laid down in the 1989 Iran seismic code were better enforced in high rise buildings and skyscrapers. [18] [19] Damage to a building in Bam. One reason for the large number of casualties was that when the walls began to fall down, the heavy roofs would collapse, leaving few air pockets in them. [17]