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Q1870
WHO HAS THE MOST ap AND BCS NATIONAL TITLES
College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS
Currently, two widely recognized national champions selectors are the Associated Press , which conducts a poll of football sportswriters , and the USA Today Coaches' Poll , a poll of American Football Coaches Association active coaches that is contractually obligated to name the winner of the Bowl Championship Series championship game as its national champion.
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Q1871
what state is ms the abbreviation for
List of U.S. state abbreviations
The following is a of various codes and abbreviations used to represent the political divisions of the United States .
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what state is ms the abbreviation for
List of U.S. state abbreviations
These codes and abbreviations are used for postal addresses, data processing, general abbreviations, civil registrations for watercraft used for pleasure boating , and other purposes.The table also includes abbreviations for three independent nations related to the United States through Compacts of Free Association , and other comparable postal abbreviations, including those now obsolete.
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
The Duomo of Milan .
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
Duomo is a term for a cathedral church.
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
The formal word for a church that is currently a cathedral is cattedrale; a Duomo may be either a present or a former cathedral (the latter always in a town that no longer has a bishop nor therefore a cathedral, as for example Trevi ).
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
Some, like the Duomo of Monza , have never been cathedrals, although old and important.
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
Many people refer to particular churches simply as "Il Duomo" or "The Duomo", without regard to the full proper name of the church.
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
Similar words exist in other languages: Dom (German), Dóm (Hungarian & Slovakian), Dôme (French), Domkirke (Danish), Dómkirkja (Icelandic),Domo (Portuguese) Domkyrka (Swedish), Domkirke (Norwegian), Doms (Latvian), Toomkirik (Estonian), Tum (Polish), and Tuomiokirkko (Finnish).
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
Also in these languages the respective terms do not necessarily refer to a church functioning as a cathedral, but also to proto-cathedrals or simply prominent church buildings, which have never been a cathedral in the exact sense of that word.
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
In German the term Dom became the synecdoche , used - pars pro toto - for most existing or former collegiate churches .
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
Therefore the uniform translation of these terms into English as cathedrals may not always be appropriate and should be used on a contextual basis.
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
According to the Oxford English Dictionary , and to Lo Zingarelli , the word derives from the Latin word "", meaning house, as a cathedral is the "house of God", or domus Dei.
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
The Garzanti online dictionary also gives the etymology as deriving from house, but house of the bishop ("domu(m) (episcopi); 'casa (del vescovo)') instead of the house of God.
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
Italian cathedrals are often highly decorated and contain notable artworks; in many cases the buildings themselves are true artworks.
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
Perhaps the best known Duomo is Milan Cathedral , but other well-known cathedrals include San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome and those of Alba , Ancona , Mantua , Parma and Florence 's Santa Maria del Fiore .
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Q1879
Who created the Duomo in Florence?
Duomo
Other notable examples are in Cefalù , Cremona , Enna , L'Aquila , Modena , Monreale , Naples , Genoa , Orvieto , Padua , Piazza Armerina , Pisa (the Leaning Tower is the Duomo's bell-tower), Prato , San Gimignano , Siena , Spoleto , Turin and Viterbo .
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Q1882
who started the crusades
Crusades
The Battle of Ager Sanguinis , 1337 miniature
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Q1882
who started the crusades
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of wars taking place in Asia Minor and the Levant between 1095 and 1291, in which Western European nations engaged using the propaganda of religious expeditionary wars .
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Q1882
who started the crusades
Crusades
The first crusade was called by Pope Urban II of the Roman Catholic Church , with the stated goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem .
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Q1882
who started the crusades
Crusades
The background to the Crusades was the centuries of Arab–Byzantine Wars and the Seljuq-Byzantine Wars and the recent decisive defeat of the Byzantine army by Seljuk Turks at Manzikert in 1071.
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Q1882
who started the crusades
Crusades
The Norman conqueror Robert Guiscard 's conquest of Byzantine territories added to the problems of the Byzantine Empire.
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who started the crusades
Crusades
In an attempt to curtail both dangers, its Emperor Alexios I sought to align Christian nations against a common enemy, requested western aid, and Pope Urban II in turn enlisted western leaders in the cause of taking back the Holy Land .
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Q1882
who started the crusades
Crusades
The crusaders comprised military units of Roman Catholics from all over western Europe, and were not under unified command.
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who started the crusades
Crusades
The main series of Crusades, primarily against Muslims in the Levant , occurred between 1095 and 1291.
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Q1882
who started the crusades
Crusades
Historians have given many of the earlier crusades numbers.
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Q1882
who started the crusades
Crusades
After some early successes, the later crusades failed and the crusaders were defeated and forced to return home.
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Q1882
who started the crusades
Crusades
Several hundred thousand soldiers became Crusaders by taking vows; the Pope granted them plenary indulgence .
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who started the crusades
Crusades
Their emblem was the cross — the term "crusade" is derived from the French term for taking up the cross.
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Q1882
who started the crusades
Crusades
Many were from France and called themselves " Franks ," which became the common term used by Muslims.
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who started the crusades
Crusades
Europeans had historically called the occupants of the Holy Land Saracens , and used this in a negative sense throughout the Crusades and often into European history books into the 20th century.
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who started the crusades
Crusades
The term "crusade" is also used to describe religiously motivated campaigns conducted between 1100 and 1600 in territories outside the Levant usually against pagans, heretics, and peoples under the ban of excommunication for a mixture of religious, economic, and political reasons.
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who started the crusades
Crusades
Rivalries among both Christian and Muslim powers led also to alliances between religious factions against their opponents, such as the Christian alliance with the Islamic Sultanate of Rûm during the Fifth Crusade .
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who started the crusades
Crusades
The Crusades had major political, economic, and social impact on western Europe.
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who started the crusades
Crusades
It resulted in a substantial weakening of the Christian Byzantine Empire , which fell several centuries later to the Muslim Turks .
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who started the crusades
Crusades
The Reconquista , a long period of wars in Spain and Portugal ( Iberia ), where Christian forces reconquered the peninsula from Muslims, is closely tied to the Crusades.
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Q1884
what are the imperial and metric systems of measurements
Imperial units
The former Weights and Measures office in Seven Sisters, London .
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Q1884
what are the imperial and metric systems of measurements
Imperial units
Imperial standards of length 1876 in Trafalgar Square , London.
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Q1884
what are the imperial and metric systems of measurements
Imperial units
The system of imperial units or the imperial system (also known as British Imperial) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, which was later refined and reduced.
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Q1884
what are the imperial and metric systems of measurements
Imperial units
The system came into official use across the British Empire .
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Q1884
what are the imperial and metric systems of measurements
Imperial units
By the late 20th century, most nations of the former empire had officially adopted the metric system as their main system of measurement, although as of 2013 the United Kingdom had only partially adopted it.
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Q1892
when do midlife crises happen
Midlife crisis
For the song by Faith No More, see Midlife Crisis .
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Q1892
when do midlife crises happen
Midlife crisis
For the psychological concept, see Generativity vs. Stagnation .
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Q1892
when do midlife crises happen
Midlife crisis
Midlife crisis is a term coined in 1965 by Elliott Jaques stating a time where adults come to realize their own mortality and how much time is left in their life.
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Q1892
when do midlife crises happen
Midlife crisis
A midlife crisis is experienced by many people during the midlife transition when they realize that life may be more than halfway over.
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Q1892
when do midlife crises happen
Midlife crisis
Sometimes, a crisis can be triggered by transitions experienced in these years, such as andropause or menopause , the death of parents or other causes of grief , unemployment or underemployment, realizing that a job or career is hated but not knowing how else to earn an equivalent living, or children leaving home .
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Q1892
when do midlife crises happen
Midlife crisis
People may reassess their achievements in terms of their dreams.
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when do midlife crises happen
Midlife crisis
The result may be a desire to make significant changes in core aspects of day-to-day life or situation, such as in career, work-life balance , marriage, romantic relationships, large expenditures, or physical appearance.
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Q1898
when did ben carson die
Ben Carson
Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American neurosurgeon and the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital .
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Q1898
when did ben carson die
Ben Carson
Among other surgical innovations, Carson did pioneering work on the successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the head .
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Q1898
when did ben carson die
Ben Carson
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom , the highest civilian award in the United States, by President George W. Bush in 2008.
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Q1898
when did ben carson die
Ben Carson
After delivering a widely publicized speech at the February 2013 National Prayer Breakfast , he has become a popular figure in conservative media for his views on social issues and the government's role in the health care industry.
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly called the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a federal republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district .
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
The lower forty-eight contiguous states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. are in central North America between Canada and Mexico.
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
The state of Alaska is west of Canada and east of Russia across the Bering Strait, and the state of Hawaii is in the mid-North Pacific.
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
The country also has five populated and nine unpopulated territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean.
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with around 315 million people, the United States is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area and the third-largest by both land area and population .
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries .
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
The geography and climate of the U.S. is also extremely diverse, with deserts, plains, forests, and mountains that are home to a wide variety of species.
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
Paleoindians migrated from Asia to what is now the United States mainland around 15,000 years ago.
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
After 1500, Old World diseases introduced by Europeans greatly reduced their populations.
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what makes of the united states
United States
European colonization began around 1600 and came mostly from England.
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what makes of the united states
United States
The United States emerged from thirteen British colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard.
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what makes of the united states
United States
Disputes between Great Britain and the American colonies led to the American Revolution .
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what makes of the united states
United States
On July 4, 1776, delegates from the 13 colonies unanimously issued the Declaration of Independence , which established the United States of America.
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
The American Revolutionary War , which ended with the recognition of independence of the United States from the Kingdom of Great Britain , was the first successful war of independence against a European colonial empire .
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
The current Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787; twenty-seven Amendments have since been added to the Constitution.
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what makes of the united states
United States
The first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights , were ratified in 1791 and guarantee many fundamental civil rights and freedoms .
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what makes of the united states
United States
Driven by the doctrine of manifest destiny , the United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century.
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what makes of the united states
United States
This involved displacing native tribes , acquiring new territories , and gradually admitting new states.
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
The American Civil War ended legalized slavery in the United States.
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what makes of the united states
United States
By the end of the nineteenth century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean, and its economy was the world's largest.
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
The Spanish–American War and confirmed the country's status as a global military power.
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what makes of the united states
United States
The United States emerged from as a global superpower , the first country with nuclear weapons , and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council .
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what makes of the united states
United States
The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union left the United States as the sole superpower.
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what makes of the united states
United States
The United States is a developed country and has the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2012 GDP of $15.6 trillion 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity , as of 2011.
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Q1899
what makes of the united states
United States
The per capita GDP of the U.S. was the world's sixth-highest as of 2010, although America's wealth inequality was also ranked highest among OECD countries by the World Bank .
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what makes of the united states
United States
The economy is fueled by an abundance of natural resources, a well-developed infrastructure, and high productivity; and while its economy is considered post-industrial it continues to be one of the world's largest manufacturers.
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what makes of the united states
United States
The country accounts for 39% of global military spending , and is a leading economic, political, and cultural force in the world, as well as a leader in scientific research and technological innovation.
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Q1905
what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
In astronomy, the circumpolar constellations are constellations that never set from the viewer's perspective.
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Q1905
what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
Considered a very important effect in astronomy, it is different from seasonal constellations .
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
Circumpolar constellations stay in the sky.
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
Because of the rotation of the Earth and its orbit around the Sun, we divide the stars and constellations into two groups.
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
Some stars and constellations never rise nor set, and they are called circumpolar.
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
All the rest are divided into seasonal stars and constellations.
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
Which stars and constellations will be circumpolar and which seasonal depends on your latitude.
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
In the northern hemisphere, we will always be able to see stars and constellations in the northern circumpolar sky, while in the southern hemisphere, we will always be able to see stars and constellations in the southern circumpolar sky.
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Q1905
what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
The celestial north pole, currently marked by Polaris , always has an azimuth equal to zero.
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
Also, its altitude for a given place is fixed and its value is given by the following formula: A = 90-Ø.
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
All stars with a declination less than A are not circumpolar.
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
They are also visible year round at that location.
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
From the North Pole , all constellations north of the celestial equator , (all fully visible constellations) are circumpolar, and similarly from the South Pole .
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Q1905
what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
From the equator , there are no circumpolar constellations.
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what are circumpolar constellations
Circumpolar constellation
From mid-north latitudes (40–50°N), circumpolar constellations may include Ursa Major , Ursa Minor , Draco , Cepheus , Cassiopeia and the not well known Camelopardalis .
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Q1913
who played on Cory in the house tv show
Cory in the House
Cory in the House is an American television sitcom , which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007 to September 12, 2008 and was a spin-off from the Disney show That's So Raven .
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Q1913
who played on Cory in the house tv show
Cory in the House
The show focuses on Cory Baxter , who moved from San Francisco, California to Washington, D.C. , after Victor Baxter gets a new job in the White House as the official head chef.
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Q1913
who played on Cory in the house tv show
Cory in the House
The series marks a Disney Channel first, as it is the channel's first spin-off.
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Q1913
who played on Cory in the house tv show
Cory in the House
This is also the only Disney Channel spin-off series to be broadcast in standard definition for the entire length of the show.
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Q1913
who played on Cory in the house tv show
Cory in the House
Reruns of the series no longer air on Disney Channel , or on Disney XD , but do air on the Family channel in Canada.
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who played on Cory in the house tv show
Cory in the House
Raven-Symone guest-starred, reprising her role as Raven Baxter in one episode.
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