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  2. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    This glossary is split into two articles: terms starting with the letters A to L are at Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) terms starting with the letters M to Z are at Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z).

  3. Elephantine papyri and ostraca - Wikipedia

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    The Elephantine Papyri and Ostraca consist of thousands of documents from the Egyptian border fortresses of Elephantine and Aswan, which yielded hundreds of papyri and ostraca in hieratic and demotic Egyptian, Aramaic, Koine Greek, Latin and Coptic, spanning a period of 100 years in the 5th to 4th centuries BCE. The documents include letters and legal contracts from family and other archives ...

  4. Corazon Aquino - Wikipedia

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    Maria Corazon " Cory " Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino [4] CCLH ( Tagalog: [kɔɾaˈsɔn kɔˈhwaŋkɔ aˈkino]; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the eleventh president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which ended the two-decade rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and led to the ...

  5. The Cheever Letters - Wikipedia

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    " The Cheever Letters " is the 48th episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld, the eighth episode of season four. [1] It was written by Larry David, Elaine Pope, and Tom Leopold, and directed by Tom Cherones.

  6. Brigham Young University LGBT history - Wikipedia

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    Students identifying as LGBTQIA+ have a long, documented history at Brigham Young University (BYU), [1] [2] : 59, 60 and have experienced a range of treatment by other students and school administrators over the decades. Large surveys of over 7,000 BYU students in 2020 and 2017 found that over 13% had marked their sexual orientation as ...

  7. Percival Everett - Wikipedia

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    Percival Everett. Percival Everett (born December 22, 1956) [1] is an American writer [2] and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has described himself as 'pathologically ironic' [3] and has played around with numerous genres such as western fiction, mysteries, thrillers, satire and philosophical ...

  8. Christ in the House of His Parents - Wikipedia

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    Christ in the House of His Parents (1849–50) is a painting by John Everett Millais depicting the Holy Family in Saint Joseph 's carpentry workshop. The painting was extremely controversial when first exhibited, prompting many negative reviews, most notably one written by Charles Dickens. It catapulted the previously obscure Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to notoriety and was a major contributor ...

  9. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act - Wikipedia

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    After the FTC completed its investigation, it issued the "KidsCom Letter" the report stated that the data collection and use practices were indeed subject to legal action. [9] [10] This resulted in the need to inform parents about the risks of children's online privacy, as well as to parental consent necessity.