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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn [a] [b] ⓘ (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) [6] [7] was a Russian author and Soviet dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system.
The SOL were created through a process involving parents, teachers, and common citizens. [1] The SOL became the springboard for adhering to the new No Child Left Behind Act, which was enacted in January 2002. They were used as the basis for evaluation of administration, teachers, and students in public schools.
Solomon 'Sol' Kerzner, KCMG (23 August 1935 – 21 March 2020) was a South African accountant and business magnate. He founded both of South Africa's largest hotel groups, the Southern Sun Hotel Group and Sun International .
Sol de Janeiro is an American skincare and fragrance brand founded in 2015 by Heela Yang. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Sol de Janeiro products are inspired by Brazilian beach culture and are known for its signature scent base of almond and vanilla .
The dominions of Charles V in Europe and the Americas. Charles V of the House of Habsburg controlled in personal union a composite monarchy inclusive of the Holy Roman Empire stretching from Germany to Northern Italy with direct rule over the Low Countries and Austria, and of Spain, which also included the southern Italian kingdoms of Sicily, Sardinia and Naples and the long-lasting Spanish ...
Sol Price (January 23, 1916 – December 14, 2009) was an American retailer and the founder of FedMart, Price Club (which ultimately merged into Costco) and PriceSmart. [1] He was considered the "father" of the " warehouse store " retail model.
The sol or sol de oro from 1863 to 1985, at 1 sol = 10 reales. The inti from 1985 to 1991, at 1 inti = 1,000 soles de oro. Due to the bad state of economy and hyperinflation in the late 1980s, the government was forced to abandon the inti and introduce the sol as the country's new currency. [6]
Sol Gareth "Garry" Davis (27 July 1921 – 24 July 2013) was an international peace activist best known for renouncing his American citizenship and interrupting the United Nations in 1948 to advocate for world government as a way to end nationalistic wars.