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  2. United States Military Academy - Wikipedia

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    Cadets receive a monthly stipend of $1,017.00 for books, uniforms, and other necessities, as of 2015. [183] From this amount, pay is automatically deducted for the cost of uniforms, books, supplies, services, meals, and other miscellaneous expenses. All remaining money after deductions is used at the individual cadets' discretion.

  3. Washington (state) - Wikipedia

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    Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia River and the Columbia District, but Kentucky representative Richard H. Stanton found the name too similar to the District of Columbia (the national capital, itself containing the city of ...

  4. Book - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images. Modern books are typically in codex format, composed of many pages that are bound together and protected by a cover; they were preceded by several earlier formats, including the scroll and the tablet.

  5. Italian fascism - Wikipedia

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    In 1924, a private business enterprise established Unione Radiofonica Italiana (URI) as part of the Marconi company, to which the Italian fascist Government granted official radio-broadcast monopoly. After the defeat of fascism in 1944, URI became Radio Audizioni Italiane (RAI) and was renamed RAI — Radiotelevisione Italiana with the advent ...

  6. Freedom of speech - Wikipedia

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    the right to receive information and ideas; the right to impart information and ideas. International, regional and national standards also recognise that freedom of speech, as the freedom of expression, includes any medium, whether orally, in writing, in print, through the internet or art forms.

  7. ISO 3166-1 - Wikipedia

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    ISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It is the first part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization.

  8. Unification of Germany - Wikipedia

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    Railway lines encouraged economic activity by creating demand for commodities and by facilitating commerce. In 1850, inland shipping carried three times more freight than railroads; by 1870, the situation was reversed, and railroads carried four times more. Rail travel changed how cities looked and how people traveled.

  9. List of Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks - Wikipedia

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    The books from the "main" product line of 4th Edition are split into Core Rules and Supplement books. Unlike third edition of Dungeons & Dragons , which had the core rulebooks released in monthly installments, the 4th editions of the Player's Handbook , Monster Manual , and Dungeon Master's Guide were all released in June 2008.