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  2. John C. Frémont - Wikipedia

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    Frémont came under increasing pressure for decisive action, as Confederates controlled half of Missouri, Confederate troops under Price and McCulloch remained ready to strike, and rebel guerillas were wreaking havoc, wrecking trains, cutting telegraph lines, burning bridges, raiding farms, and attacking Union posts. [149]

  3. First-price sealed-bid auction - Wikipedia

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    This holds only when the agents' valuations are statistically independent; when the valuations are dependent, we have a common value auction, and in this case, the revenue in a second-price auction is usually higher than in a first-price auction. The item for sale may not be sold if the final bid is not high enough to satisfy the seller, that ...

  4. Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia

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    By 1819, the population of Missouri Territory was approaching the threshold that would qualify it for statehood. An enabling act was provided to Congress empowering territorial residents to select convention delegates and draft a state constitution. [22] The admission of Missouri Territory as a slave state was expected to be more-or-less routine.

  5. George C. Marshall - Wikipedia

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    On 11 February 1902, Marshall married Elizabeth Carter "Lily" Coles at her mother's home in Lexington, Virginia. [25] Marshall met Lily after listening to her play the piano across the street from VMI. [131] Marshall, being immediately smitten, would "run the block", or leave barracks after hours, to be with her. [131]

  6. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin.It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including all air-certifiable cargo.

  7. United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia

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    William C. C. Claiborne served in the House below the minimum age of 25. [27] Disqualification: under the Fourteenth Amendment, a federal or state officer who takes the requisite oath to support the Constitution, but later engages in rebellion or aids the enemies of the United States, is disqualified from becoming a representative.

  8. United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    The LAV-25 is a dedicated wheeled armored personnel carrier, similar to the Army's Stryker vehicle, used to provide strategic mobility. [184] Amphibious capability is provided by the AAV-7A1 Assault Amphibious Vehicle , an armored tracked vehicle that doubles as an armored personnel carrier , due to be replaced by the Amphibious Combat Vehicle ...

  9. Vitamin C - Wikipedia

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    As noted, government recommendations are a range of 40 to 110 mg/day and normal plasma is approximately 50 μmol/L, so "normal" is about 25% of what can be achieved when oral consumption is in the proposed megadose range. Pauling popularized the concept of high dose vitamin C as prevention and treatment of the common cold in 1970.