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The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.The Democratic ticket of Senator John F. Kennedy and, his running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson narrowly defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon and his running mate, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Symbolab. Symbolab is an answer engine [ 1] that provides step-by-step solutions to mathematical problems in a range of subjects. [ 2] It was originally developed by Israeli start-up company EqsQuest Ltd., under whom it was released for public use in 2011. In 2020, the company was acquired by American educational technology website Course Hero ...
In the paint and coating industries, paint adhesion testing is often used to determine if the paint or coating will adhere properly to the substrates to which they are applied. Several tests measure the resistance of paints and coatings from substrates: cross-cut test, scrape adhesion, pull-off test , and others.
Pierre Chen. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is a large acrylic -on-canvas pop art painting by British artist David Hockney, completed in May 1972. It measures 7 ft × 10 ft (2.1 m × 3.0 m), [ 1] and depicts two figures: one swimming underwater and one clothed male figure looking down at the swimmer.
The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. [a] The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president, Donald Trump, and vice president, Mike Pence. [9]
The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts and artwork created by pre-historic artists, and spans all cultures. It represents a continuous, though periodically disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. Across cultures, continents, and millennia, the history of painting consists of an ongoing river of creativity that continues into the ...
Georgia O'Keeffe holds the record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman. On November 20, 2014 at Sotheby's, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art bought her 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 for US$44.4 million (equivalent to US$57.2 million in 2023). [ 14][ 15] Among the listed top 89, only six are paintings by ...
The United States federal government shutdown from midnight EST on December 22, 2018, until January 25, 2019 (35 days) was the longest government shutdown in history [1] [2] and the second [a] and final federal government shutdown involving furloughs during the presidency of Donald Trump.