user: Question:
Imagine the conversation that came before this response?
Because of ballot access restrictions in the United States, not all candidates appeared on the ballots in all states.

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DIALOG:
What was the difference between the two main candidates?
- Comparison of the 2008 United States presidential candidates This article compares the presidential candidates in the United States' 2008 presidential election.
- Did you find anything else interesting?
- It does not cover previous elections.
- Why did some people prefer one candidate over the other?
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Input: See this dialog response. The contract to build her was awarded to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on 16 May 1947. What came before?
Came before: DIALOG:
What was the name of the USS Tang?
- USS Tang (SS-563)  USS "Tang" (SS/AGSS-563), the lead ship of her class was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tang.
- What is the most important fact about the USS Tang?
- She was the first American submarine designed (as opposed to modified) under the Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program (GUPPY) for underwater performance rather than surfaced speed and handling.
- What features were added to the USS Tang?
- Key features included removing the deck guns, streamlining the outer hull, replacing the conning tower with a sail, installing new propellers designed for submerged operations, installing more air conditioning and a snorkel mast, and doubling the battery capacity.
- In what year was the USS Tang built?
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Write the conversation that led to this response. After the Battle of Kabul (1842), Governor General Lord Ellenborough  had specifically ordered Major General William Nott who was commanding British-Indian forces, to recover a set of ornate gates, known as the Somnath Gates, which had been looted from India by the Afghans and hung at the tomb of Sultan Mahmud II.
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Conversation:
DIALOG:
What was the Jat Regiment's role in the 1st Battalion?
- The 1st Battalion, in particular, served with great distinction in France and Iraq (then Mesopotamia) and was conferred the signal honour of being declared ‘Royal’ in addition to being made Light Infantry.
- What other battles did they win?
- The Regiment saw a great deal of fighting in North Africa, Ethiopia, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, and Java-Sumatra.
- Did they win any awards or medals?
- A large number of gallantry awards were won including a Victoria Cross and two George Crosses.
- What other interesting information is there?
- At the end of the war the Regiment, in company with other regiments of the Indian Infantry, dropped the numeral 9 from its title and became simply the Jat Regiment.
- Why were they ordered to recover the gates?
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Input: What came before. He started on his travels, via Harwich and Helvoetsluys, in May 1744, reached Venice in August and Smyrna in December that year, and Cyprus in March 1745.
Solution: DIALOG:
Who was Alexander Drummond?
- Alexander Drummond (consul) Alexander Drummond (died 1769), was a Scottish consul.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- Drummond, author of "Travels through the different Countries of Germany, Italy, Greece, and parts of Asia Minor, as far as the Euphrates, with an Account of what is remarkable in their present State and their Monuments of Antiquity," was the son of George Drummond of Newton, and younger brother of George Drummond, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
- What of his early life is known?
- Of his early years there is no account.
- Did he travel or was he a politician?
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Question:
What might have been said before ["Science is a lucrative profession in Pakistan.] ???
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DIALOG:
What awards did Isa Kauser receive?
- The Austrian government conferred its highest civil award (“Grosse Goldene Ehrenzeischen am Bande") in recognition of his eminent contributions.
- Tell me more about the transformations brought about in Pakistan
- Nature, a leading science journal, has also written a number of editorials and articles about the transformation brought about in Pakistan in the higher education sector under the HEC.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- In an article entitled "Pakistan Threat to Indian Science" published in the leading daily newspaper Hindustan Times, India, it has been reported that Prof. C. N. R. Rao, Chairman of the Indian Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Council made a presentation to the Indian Prime Minister at the rapid progress made by Pakistan in the higher education sector under the leadership of Prof.
- Who was the leader of Pakistan's higher education
- Atta-ur-Rahman, Chairman, Higher Education Commission.
- Did he receive any awards or honors for his work?
- It was reported that as result of the reforms brought about in Pakistan " Pakistan may soon join China in giving India serious competition in science".
- What else was said about the program?
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Question:
Imagine the conversation that came before this response?
The presence of the breech-to-muzzle finned aluminum heat sink indicates the gun was most likely a Marlin-Rockwell M1917/18 machine gun purchased by the Army in 1917–18 for training and familiarization purposes, as the U.S. military never purchased the Colt M1895/1914 variant.

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assistant: DIALOG:
What was the Colt used for?
- Its most spectacular use came during the Czech Legion's exodus from Russia, where the guns (either Colt–Browning M1914 or Marlin M1917 models) were photographed in sandbagged stations on the top of trains being used to transport the Legion as it withdrew from Soviet Russia.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- Many of these guns were also used in the Polish–Soviet War of 1920.
- Where else were they used?
- At the outset of World War II, M1917 and M1918 Marlins were also sent to Britain for use by the Home Guard, but were never used in combat.
- Was it used in the US?
- The last documented use of the type was by the US National Guard against striking miners in the Battle of Blair Mountain, West Virginia, U.S., in 1921.
- Did it have any other uses?
- A contemporary photo illustrates a Colt– Browning gun with one of the aforementioned finned aluminum heat-sink outfitted barrel from the Marlin-Rockwell firm, in the hands of a guardsman supporting sheriff's deputies.
- What were some of its military applications?
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