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  2. Pensions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This trend continued throughout early American history, with much of the first veterans' pension under the newly formed United States offered to retired naval officers in 1799. [ 2 ] The United States Congress later created the Bureau of Pensions to oversee an increasing number of veterans' pensions in 1832 following the granting of pensions to ...

  3. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Schooling was a high priority in Puritan New England, which set up strong systems, especially in the colonial-era Province of Massachusetts Bay.It was a lower priority elsewhere, with many short-lived small local private academies and some schools for pauper children.

  4. N95 respirator - Wikipedia

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    An N95 respirator is a disposable filtering facepiece respirator or reusable elastomeric respirator filter that meets the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) N95 standard of air filtration, filtering at least 95% of airborne particles that have a mass median aerodynamic diameter of 0.3 micrometers under 42 CFR 84, effective July 10, 1995.

  5. List of United States presidential elections by popular vote ...

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    The table below is a list of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin. It is sorted to display elections by their presidential term / year of election, name, margin by percentage in popular vote, popular vote, margin in popular vote by number, and the runner up in the Electoral College.

  6. List of rebellions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Multiple rebellions and closely related events have occurred in the United States, beginning from the colonial era up to present day. Events that are not commonly named strictly a rebellion (or using synonymous terms such as "revolt" or "uprising"), but have been noted by some as equivalent or very similar to a rebellion (such as an insurrection), or at least as having a few important elements ...

  7. Eminent domain - Wikipedia

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    Eminent domain [a] (also known as land acquisition, [b] compulsory purchase, [c] resumption, [d] resumption/compulsory acquisition, [e] or expropriation [f]) is the power to take private property for public use.

  8. Military history of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The military history of Japan covers a vast time-period of over three millennia - from the Jōmon (c. 1000 BC) to the present day. After a long period of clan warfare until the 12th century, there followed feudal wars that culminated in military governments known as the Shogunate.

  9. Mohawk Valley Health System - Wikipedia

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    Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) is a non-profit health system providing services to residents of the Mohawk Valley in Central New York. It was created in 2014 as an affiliation of Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center.