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  2. Cloture - Wikipedia

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    If cloture is invoked, the motion to proceed is not debatable. [46] Under rule XXVIII, paragraph 2 (added on January 24, 2013), a cloture motion on a compound motion to go to conference ripens two hours after it is filed. If cloture is invoked, the compound motion is not debatable. [46] Cloture voting in the United States Senate, 1917−2014 [47]

  3. Persian and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    As the register Urdu, it bears the most Persian influence of any variety in the subcontinent, featuring further vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation influences. [3] The latter form of the language is associated with formal contexts and prestige, and is deployed as the medium of written communication, education, and media in Pakistan.

  4. List of language proficiency tests - Wikipedia

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    The following is a non-exhaustive list of standardized tests that assess a person's language proficiency of a foreign/secondary language. Various types of such exams exist per many languages—some are organized at an international level even through national authoritative organizations, while others simply for specific limited business or study orientation.

  5. March 1971 - Wikipedia

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    Although cloture can still be invoked by a 60% vote of the senators present on most issues, the filibuster cloture rule was amended for nominations in 2017, and filibusters can now [citation needed] be stopped by a simple majority of the U.S. Senate. Born: Kinga Rusin, Polish TV journalist and producer; in Warsaw

  6. Urdu ghazal - Wikipedia

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    Literature written in Hindi-Urdu was not common prior to the 1700s. [14] In North India, rich literary cultures existed in Awadhi and Brajbhasha, with earliest Awadhi texts dating to the 14th century. [15] In Delhi, poets wrote in Persian, while Rekhta/Hindvi (what is now recognizable as Hindi-Urdu) did not have the same literary recognition. [16]

  7. Joe Biden judicial appointment controversies - Wikipedia

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    [210] [211] On June 14, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 50–49 vote. [CL 20] Senator Joe Manchin was the only Democrat to vote against the motion to invoke cloture and the confirmation of Ho's nomination. [212] [213] Later that same day, his nomination was confirmed by a 50–49 vote.

  8. Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Clause (2) added to Article 58 by that Order stated: "The President may also dissolve the National Assembly in his discretion where, in his opinion, an appeal to the electorate is necessary." Note that the test of the constitutional functioning of the government was not required for the President to dissolve the National Assembly.

  9. Hindustani grammar - Wikipedia

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    Compound verbs, a highly visible feature of Hindi–Urdu grammar, consist of a verbal stem plus a light verb. The light verb (also called "subsidiary", "explicator verb", and "vector" [ 55 ] ) loses its own independent meaning and instead "lends a certain shade of meaning" [ 56 ] to the main or stem verb, which "comprises the lexical core of ...