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  2. New law will remove the word 'squaw' from California ... - AOL

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    In a ceremony joined by Native American tribal leaders, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill that will remove the word “squaw” from nearly 100 geographic features and place names across ...

  3. NIMBY - Wikipedia

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    Unfinished tower in Tenleytown, Washington, D.C. that was later removed as a result of complaints from the neighborhood. NIMBY (/ ˈ n ɪ m b i /, or nimby), [1] an acronym for the phrase "not in my back yard", [2] [3] is a characterization of opposition by residents to proposed real estate development and infrastructure developments in their local area, as well as support for strict land use ...

  4. California governor criticized for proposal to eliminate ...

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    California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed he would not fix the state's budget deficit by taking away health insurance from low-income adults living in the country without legal permission, calling the ...

  5. California leaders have not owned the scale or vastness of ...

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    California will have to spend $18 billion a year over the next decade to build the 1.2 million homes necessary to meet urgent housing needs.

  6. Free-rider problem - Wikipedia

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    In economics, the free-rider problem is a type of market failure that occurs when those who benefit from resources, public goods and common pool resources [a] do not pay for them [1] or under-pay. Free riders may overuse common pool resources by not paying for them, neither directly through fees or tolls, nor indirectly through taxes.

  7. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  8. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (vulgar, though possibly not in origin) error, mistake, SNAFU. See also cock-up. (US: fuck up, screw up, mess up) BAME refers to people who are not white; acronym of "black, Asian, and minority ethnic" [18] [19] (US: BIPOC) bank holiday a statutory holiday when banks and most businesses are closed [20] (national holiday; state holiday in U.S.) bap

  9. Voices: The California wildfires are not ‘natural disasters ...

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    California is burning – again. This time, in the middle of January, scorching homes in one of the wealthiest regions in the world. Flames are threatening Hollywood landmarks, devouring ...