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  2. Violet (color) - Wikipedia

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    In the 18th century, purple was a color worn by royalty, aristocrats and other wealthy people. Good-quality purple fabric was too expensive for ordinary people. The first cobalt violet, the intensely red-violet cobalt arsenate, was highly toxic. Although it persisted in some paint lines into the 20th century, it was displaced by less toxic ...

  3. Education in the Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy, it called into question traditional ways of thinking. The Enlightenment thinkers wanted the educational system to be modernized and play a more central role in the transmission of those ideas and ideals. The development of educational systems in Europe continued throughout the period of the Enlightenment and into the French ...

  4. Education of the British royal family - Wikipedia

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    In the modern era, members of the House of Windsor have had varying degrees of education. The first heir to the British throne (and later monarch) to receive a university degree was Charles III. Since the later 20th century, members of the royal family have been educated in public schools, universities and military institutes.

  5. Free education - Wikipedia

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    In Tanzania, a fee free education was introduced for all the government schools in 2014. [39] Government would pay the fees, however parents were required to pay for the school uniform and other materials. [40] In Mali, free education implementation is a relatively recent phenomenon. Prior to the turn of the century, education was often too ...

  6. Purple - Wikipedia

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    Purple has long been associated with royalty, originally because Tyrian purple dye—made from the secretions of sea snails—was extremely expensive in antiquity. [1] Purple was the color worn by Roman magistrates; it became the imperial color worn by the rulers of the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, and later by Roman Catholic ...

  7. University College London - Wikipedia

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    Website. ucl.ac.uk. University College London (branded as UCL[ 8 ][ 9 ][ 10 ]) is a public research university in London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University of London, and is the second-largest university in the United Kingdom by total enrolment [ 11 ] and the largest by postgraduate enrolment.

  8. Status symbol - Wikipedia

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    A status symbol is a visible, external symbol of one's social position, an indicator of economic or social status. [ 1 ] Many luxury goods are often considered status symbols. Status symbol is also a sociological term – as part of social and sociological symbolic interactionism – relating to how individuals and groups interact and interpret ...

  9. 10 ways to attend college for free

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    5. Have your employer pick up the costs. A long list of companies offer tuition reimbursement, including Chegg, Google and Hulu. Ask your employer if they’re willing to provide full or partial ...