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  2. Reading - Wikipedia

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    Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch. [1] [2] [3] [4]For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.

  3. Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie ( English: / kɑːrˈnɛɡi / kar-NEG-ee, Scots: [kɑrˈnɛːɡi]; [ 2][ 3][ note 1] November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history.

  4. English cricket team in Australia in 1950–51 - Wikipedia

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    The England touring team in Australian in 1950–51 (from left to right): rear row: Bill Ferguson (scorer), Bob Berry, Arthur McIntyre, Trevor Bailey, Gilbert Parkhouse and Eric Hollies; middle row: John Dewes, David Sheppard, John Warr, Alec Bedser, Brian Close, Reg Simpson and Doug Wright; and front row: Brigadier Michael Green (manager), Cyril Washbrook, Denis Compton, Freddie Brown, Len ...

  5. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets - Wikipedia

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    A print of Samuel Johnson, based on a portrait by Joshua Reynolds, later used in the 1806 edition of the Lives of the Poets. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779–81), alternatively known by the shorter title Lives of the Poets, is a work by Samuel Johnson comprising short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century.

  6. AP English Literature and Composition - Wikipedia

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    Physics C (discontinued 1973) Russian Language and Culture (discontinued 2010) v. t. e. Advanced Placement ( AP) English Literature and Composition (also known as Senior AP English, AP Lit, APENG, or AP English IV) is a course and examination offered by the College Board [ 1] as part of the Advanced Placement Program in the United States.

  7. Parable of the Talents - Wikipedia

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    A talent (Ancient Greek τάλαντον, talanton 'scale' and 'balance') was a unit of weight of approximately 80 pounds (36 kg), and when used as a unit of money, was valued for that weight of silver. [4] As a unit of currency, a talent was worth about 6,000 denarii. [1] A denarius was the usual payment for a day's labour. [1]

  8. Rights of Englishmen - Wikipedia

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    The "rights of Englishmen" are the traditional rights of English subjects and later English-speaking subjects of the British Crown.In the 18th century, some of the colonists who objected to British rule in the thirteen British North American colonies that would become the first United States argued that their traditional [1] rights as Englishmen were being violated.

  9. Pound per square inch - Wikipedia

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    6.894757 kPa. The pound per square inch (abbreviation: psi) or, more accurately, pound-force per square inch (symbol: lbf/in2 ), [ 1] is a unit of measurement of pressure or of stress based on avoirdupois units. It is the pressure resulting from a force with magnitude of one pound-force applied to an area of one square inch.