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  2. Jimmy Carter - Wikipedia

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    James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967.

  3. The Doe Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Doe Fund was founded in 1985 by George T. McDonald [1] during a sharp rise in homelessness in New York City. [2] McDonald, an executive in the private sector at that time, began by distributing food to homeless people on the floor of Grand Central Terminal for 700 consecutive nights. [1]

  4. Richard A. Carranza - Wikipedia

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    Richard A. Carranza (born 1966) is an American educator who was the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education from 2018 to 2021. [1] [2] He was appointed by Mayor de Blasio after Alberto M. Carvalho publicly turned down the job in March 2018. [3]

  5. Those About to Die (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Those About to Die is an epic historical drama television series developed by Robert Rodat and directed by Roland Emmerich and Marco Kreuzpaintner.The Daniel P. Mannix book-adapted-into-TV series premiered on July 18, 2024, on Peacock with all 10 episodes, [1] and internationally on Amazon Prime Video on July 19, 2024.

  6. Westworld (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Westworld is an American dystopian science fiction Western television series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy that first aired on October 2, 2016, on HBO.It is based upon the 1973 film of the same name written and directed by Michael Crichton and loosely upon its 1976 sequel, Futureworld.

  7. Luxury tax (sports) - Wikipedia

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    In the Big 4 North American sports leagues (Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), and National Hockey League (NHL)), there are three different methods employed to limit individual teams payroll: hard salary cap, soft salary cap with luxury tax, and luxury tax.

  8. Engineering - Wikipedia

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    The American Engineers' Council for Professional Development (ECPD, the predecessor of ABET) [4] has defined "engineering" as: . The creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing processes, or works utilizing them singly or in combination; or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to ...

  9. Federal Protective Forces - Wikipedia

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    According to officials, the breach was the first time in the 70-year history of Y-12 that its perimeter had been successfully penetrated, shattering what had been described as an "aura of invincibility". 60 days later, the DOE terminated the contract of WSI (formerly Wackenhut and later a subsidiary of G4S), which had provided FPFs to Y-12 for ...