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Q309
what did tycho brahe do
Tycho Brahe
On the island (on which he demonstrated autocratic character and behavior toward the residents) he founded manufactories such as paper-making to provide material for printing his results.
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what did tycho brahe do
Tycho Brahe
After disagreements with the new Danish king Christian IV in 1597, he was invited by the Bohemian king and Holy Roman emperor Rudolph II to Prague, where he became the official imperial astronomer.
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what did tycho brahe do
Tycho Brahe
He built the new observatory at Benátky nad Jizerou .
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what did tycho brahe do
Tycho Brahe
Here, from 1600 until his death in 1601, he was assisted by Johannes Kepler who later used Tycho's astronomical data to develop Kepler's laws of planetary motion .
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Q312
how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who (), a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc., is the American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies.
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Q312
how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
The books are usually titled Who's Who in...
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how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
followed by some subject, such as Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in American Politics, etc.
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Q312
how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who books are often found in the reference section of local libraries, at corporate libraries, and are also used for research by universities.
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Q312
how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
Subsidiary National Register Publishing publishes directories of business reference information.
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how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
Who's Who in America, its publication, is a registered trademark of News Communications, Inc.
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Q312
how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
The New York Times referred to the 60th edition of Who's Who in America as "a librarian's Vanity Fair ."
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how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
Marquis states in the Preface that Who's Who in America, "endeavors to profile the leaders of American society; those men and women who are influencing their nation's development".
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Q312
how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
Entries in Marquis Who's Who books list career and personal data for each biography, including birth date and place, names of parents and family members, education, writings and creative works, civic activities, awards, political affiliation, religion, and addresses.
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Q312
how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
"A total of 25,000 copies have been sold for shipment for 2006."
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how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
The content is also provided online to libraries and other paid subscribers.
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how do you become listed in who's who in the world
Marquis Who's Who
Marquis requires no publication or processing fees from the persons selected as biographees.
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan Thomas Sprouse and Cole Mitchell Sprouse (born August 4, 1992) are American actors.
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
They are twins and are collectively referred to as Dylan and Cole Sprouse or the Sprouse brothers, usually abbreviated as Sprouse Bros.
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Their first major theatrical film role was in Big Daddy , where they starred alongside Adam Sandler .
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
They later appeared in several television sitcoms and starred in the straight-to-DVD films, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and Just for Kicks .
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
In 2005, they starred in the Disney Channel sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody .
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how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
As a result of the series' success, the media has termed them "heartthrobs" and "overwhelming draws" among preteen and teen audiences.
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
The following year, the brothers launched a franchise known as the Sprouse Bros brand, which included a clothing line, book series and magazine.
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how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
The majority of the Sprouses' franchise ended in 2008, except for their clothing line.
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how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody was retooled in 2008 as The Suite Life on Deck , in which the brothers reprised their roles as Zack and Cody.
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how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
The Suite Life on Deck went on to become the most-watched tween/children's television show in 2008 and 2009.
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Q318
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Dylan and Cole Sprouse
The show ended in May 2011.
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
They also starred in the The Suite Life Movie, which aired in March of the same year.
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
They began cultivating an adult image by starring in the independent theatrical suspense film, The Kings of Appletown in 2009.
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole were two of the wealthiest children alive in 2007, and in 2010, the Sprouse brothers were the highest paid teenage Disney television actors, earning $40,000 per episode combined.
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
MSN reported by the end of the 2000s that the twin brothers became the richest teenage twins in the world.
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
In 2010, the brothers were accepted to New York University .
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Q318
how old r Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
They deferred admission for one year, and they began attending the university in the fall of 2011.
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Q322
how long did it take to make the blair witch project
The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film written and directed by Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick .
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Q322
how long did it take to make the blair witch project
The Blair Witch Project
The film was produced by the Haxan Films production company.
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Q322
how long did it take to make the blair witch project
The Blair Witch Project
Though fictional, it is presented as " found footage ", as if pieced together from amateur footage, and popularised this style of horror movie.
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Q322
how long did it take to make the blair witch project
The Blair Witch Project
The film relates the story of three student filmmakers ( Heather Donahue , Joshua Leonard , and Michael C. Williams ) who disappeared while hiking in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch.
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Q322
how long did it take to make the blair witch project
The Blair Witch Project
The viewers are told the three were never seen or heard from again, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later by the police department and that this "recovered footage" is the film the viewer is watching.
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Q322
how long did it take to make the blair witch project
The Blair Witch Project
The film received enormously positive reception from critics and went on to gross over US$248 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful independent movies of all time.
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Q322
how long did it take to make the blair witch project
The Blair Witch Project
The DVD was released in December 1999 and presented only in full-screen.
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Q322
how long did it take to make the blair witch project
The Blair Witch Project
A studio production film based on the theme of The Blair Witch Project was released on October 27, 2000 entitled Book of Shadows .
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Q322
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The Blair Witch Project
Another sequel was planned for the following year, but did not materialize.
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Q322
how long did it take to make the blair witch project
The Blair Witch Project
On September 2, 2009, it was announced that Sánchez and Myrick were pitching the third film.
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Q322
how long did it take to make the blair witch project
The Blair Witch Project
A trilogy of video games based on the film was released in 2000.
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Q323
how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
An 1870 oil painting by Ford Madox Brown depicting Romeo and Juliet famous balcony scene
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet , is one of his most frequently performed plays.
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Q323
how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.
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Q323
how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity.
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
Its plot is based on an Italian tale, translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567.
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Q323
how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but, to expand the plot, developed supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris .
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597.
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
This text was of poor quality, and later editions corrected it, bringing it more in line with Shakespeare's original.
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
Shakespeare's use of his poetic dramatic structure , especially effects such as switching between comedy and tragedy to heighten tension, his expansion of minor characters, and his use of sub-plots to embellish the story, has been praised as an early sign of his dramatic skill.
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Q323
how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
The play ascribes different poetic forms to different characters, sometimes changing the form as the character develops.
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
Romeo, for example, grows more adept at the sonnet over the course of the play.
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
Romeo and Juliet has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, musical and opera.
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
During the English Restoration , it was revived and heavily revised by William Davenant .
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
David Garrick 's 18th-century version also modified several scenes, removing material then considered indecent, and Georg Benda 's operatic adaptation omitted much of the action and added a happy ending.
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
Performances in the 19th century, including Charlotte Cushman 's, restored the original text, and focused on greater realism .
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
John Gielgud 's 1935 version kept very close to Shakespeare's text, and used Elizabethan costumes and staging to enhance the drama.
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how did romeo and juliet die
Romeo and juliet
In the 20th century the play has been adapted in versions as diverse as George Cukor 's comparatively faithful 1936 production , Franco Zeffirelli 's 1968 version , and Baz Luhrmann 's 1996 MTV-inspired Romeo + Juliet .
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Q324
what does s.h.i.e.l.d stand for
S.H.I.E.L.D.
S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage and law-enforcement agency in the Marvel Comics Universe .
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Q324
what does s.h.i.e.l.d stand for
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Strange Tales #135 (Aug. 1965), it often deals with superhuman threats.
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Q324
what does s.h.i.e.l.d stand for
S.H.I.E.L.D.
The acronym originally stood for Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division.
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Q324
what does s.h.i.e.l.d stand for
S.H.I.E.L.D.
It was changed in 1991 to Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate.
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what does s.h.i.e.l.d stand for
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Within the various films set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe , as well as in the animated series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes , the acronym stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
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Q329
what kind of feet do herons have?
Heron
The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species (some are called " egrets " or " bitterns " instead of "heron").
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Q329
what kind of feet do herons have?
Heron
Within Ardeidae, all members of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are referred to as "bitterns", and — including the Zigzag Heron or Zigzag Bittern — are a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae.
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Q329
what kind of feet do herons have?
Heron
However, egrets are not a biologically distinct group from the herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white and/or have decorative plumes.
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Q329
what kind of feet do herons have?
Heron
Although egrets have the same build as herons, they tend to be smaller.
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Q329
what kind of feet do herons have?
Heron
The classification of the individual heron/egret species is fraught with difficulty, and there is still no clear consensus about the correct placement of many species into either of the two major genera, Ardea and Egretta .
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Q329
what kind of feet do herons have?
Heron
Similarly, the relationship of the genera in the family is not completely resolved.
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Q329
what kind of feet do herons have?
Heron
However, one species formerly considered to constitute a separate monotypic family Cochlearidae, the Boat-billed Heron , is now regarded as a member of the Ardeidae.
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Q329
what kind of feet do herons have?
Heron
Although herons resemble birds in some other families, such as the storks , ibises , spoonbills and cranes , they differ from these in flying with their necks retracted, not outstretched.
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what kind of feet do herons have?
Heron
They are also one of the bird groups that have powder down .
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Q329
what kind of feet do herons have?
Heron
Some members of this group nest colonially in trees, while others, notably the bitterns, use reedbeds.
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Q331
what day is st. patricks day
Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick (, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick") is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17 March.
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Q331
what day is st. patricks day
Saint Patrick's Day
It is named after Saint Patrick ( AD 385–461), the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland .
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Q331
what day is st. patricks day
Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early seventeenth century and is observed by the Catholic Church , the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland ), the Eastern Orthodox Church and Lutheran Church .
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Q331
what day is st. patricks day
Saint Patrick's Day
The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland , as well as celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.
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Q331
what day is st. patricks day
Saint Patrick's Day
Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals, céilithe , and the wearing of green attire or shamrocks .
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Q331
what day is st. patricks day
Saint Patrick's Day
Christians also attend church services , and the Lenten restrictions on eating and drinking alcohol are lifted for the day, which has encouraged and propagated the holiday's tradition of alcohol consumption.
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Q331
what day is st. patricks day
Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland , Northern Ireland , Newfoundland and Labrador and Montserrat .
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Q331
what day is st. patricks day
Saint Patrick's Day
It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora around the world; especially in Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand.
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Q333
how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the United States Congress (a bicameral legislature ).
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Q333
how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
It is frequently referred to as the House.
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Q333
how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
The other house is the Senate .
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Q333
how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the United States Constitution .
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Q333
how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
The major power of the House is to pass federal legislation that affects the entire country although its bills must also be passed by the Senate and further agreed to by the U.S. President before becoming law (unless both the House and Senate re-pass the legislation with a two-thirds majority in each chamber).
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how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
The House has several exclusive powers: the power to initiate revenue bills, to impeach officials, and to elect the U.S. President in case there is no majority in the Electoral College .
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Q333
how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
Each U.S. state is represented in the House in proportion to its population but is entitled to at least one representative .
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Q333
how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
The most populous state, California , currently has 53 representatives.
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how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at 435.
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Q333
how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
Each representative serves for a two-year term.
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how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives , who presides over the chamber, is elected by the members of the House, and is therefore traditionally the leader of the House Democratic Caucus or the House Republican Conference , whichever party has more voting members.
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how is the house of representatives close to the people?
United States House of Representatives
The House meets in the south wing of the United States Capitol .
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Q337
how old billie jean king when she beat bobby riggs
Battle of the Sexes (tennis)
The Battle of the Sexes is a title given to three notable tennis matches between a male and a female player.
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Q337
how old billie jean king when she beat bobby riggs
Battle of the Sexes (tennis)
The first match was between Bobby Riggs and Margaret Court , over the best of three sets.
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how old billie jean king when she beat bobby riggs
Battle of the Sexes (tennis)
The second was a nationally televised match between Riggs and Billie Jean King , over the best of five sets.
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