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  2. William Wilberforce - Wikipedia

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    William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, and became an independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire (1784–1812).

  3. Casualties of the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

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    Most tall buildings in the United States at the time were not designed for complete evacuation during a crisis, even after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.It was also procedural for announcements in the case of high-rise fire safety for individuals to remain in their offices unless they were near the burning floor. [25]

  4. List of abbreviations in oil and gas exploration and production

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    BTU – Board of Trade Unit (1 kWh) (historical) BU – bottom up; BUL – bottom-up lag; BUR – build-up rate; BVO – ball valve operator; bwd – barrels of water per day (often used in reference to oil production) bwipd – barrels of water injected per day; bwpd – barrels of water per day

  5. Rachael Gunn - Wikipedia

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    Rachael Louise Gunn [2] was born on 2 September 1987 [3] in Hornsby, New South Wales. [4] She danced as a child, and was trained in ballroom, tap, and jazz styles. [4] [5]Gunn attended Barker College [6] before enrolling at Macquarie University, where she completed a bachelor's degree in contemporary music in 2009 and a PhD in cultural studies in 2017. [7]

  6. Samarium–neodymium dating - Wikipedia

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    Samarium has seven naturally occurring isotopes, and neodymium has seven. The two elements are joined in a parent–daughter relationship by the alpha decay of parent 147 Sm to radiogenic daughter 143 Nd with a half-life of 1.06 × 10 11 years and by the alpha decay of 146 Sm (an almost-extinct radionuclide with a half-life of 1.03(5) × 10 8 years [a]) to produce 142 Nd.

  7. Plus–minus sign - Wikipedia

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    The minus–plus sign, ∓, is generally used in conjunction with the ± sign, in such expressions as x ± y ∓ z, which can be interpreted as meaning x + y − z or x − y + z (but not x + y + z or x − y − z). The ∓ always has the opposite sign to ±.

  8. Algeria–Tunisia relations - Wikipedia

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    [7] [6] [4] Additionally, Tunisia was the first nation to sign the Treaty of Fraternity and Concord with Algeria, in 1983. [4] The treaty increased Algerian Tunisian relations while uniting the countries against Morocco and their claims in Western Sahara.

  9. Sign (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The plus and minus symbols are used to show the sign of a number.. In mathematics, the sign of a real number is its property of being either positive, negative, or 0.Depending on local conventions, zero may be considered as having its own unique sign, having no sign, or having both positive and negative sign.