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  2. Hofstadter's law - Wikipedia

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    Hofstadter's law is a self-referential adage, coined by Douglas Hofstadter in his book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (1979) to describe the widely experienced difficulty of accurately estimating the time it will take to complete tasks of substantial complexity: [1] [2]

  3. Law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Constitution of the United States The United States Congress enacts federal statutes in accordance with the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest authority in interpreting federal law, including the federal Constitution, federal statutes, and federal ...

  4. United States and the United Nations Convention on the Law of ...

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    The United States was among the nations that participated in the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, which took place from 1974 through 1982 and resulted in the international treaty known as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

  5. List of time offsets by U.S. state and territory - Wikipedia

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    Map of U.S. time zones with new CST and EST areas displayed. Some U.S. time zones, such as the Samoa Time Zone, are not on this map.. This is a list of the time offsets by U.S. states, federal district, and territories.

  6. Pacific Time Zone - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−08:00).

  7. Abortion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For the period 2013 – 2019, the rate of mortality from legal abortion procedures in the US was 0.43 abortion-related deaths per 100,000 reported legal abortions, lower than the rates for previous 5-year periods. [329] In 2019, there were four identified deaths related to abortion in the US, out of 625,000 abortions. [329]

  8. Coordinated Universal Time - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. Primary time standard "UTC" redirects here. For the time zone between UTC−1 and UTC+1, see UTC+00:00. For other uses, see UTC (disambiguation). It has been suggested that UTC offset be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2024. Current time zones Coordinated ...

  9. Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution ...

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    The Protocol requires parties to prohibit the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Article 2 defines the prohibition: Sale of children – Any act or transaction whereby a child is transferred by any person or group of persons to another for remuneration or any other consideration.