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  2. Francesca Fiorentini - Wikipedia

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    Fiorentini is a first generation American daughter of immigrants. Her mother is Chinese and her father is Italian. She grew up in Palo Alto, California, and graduated from Menlo-Atherton High School in 2001. From 2001 to 2005, Fiorentini studied Feminist Theory and Colonial Studies at New York University. Her BA thesis was entitled 'Ideas for ...

  3. A Knight of the Word - Wikipedia

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    A Knight of the Word is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the second book in the Word & Void series, a prequel to his Shannara series. It was first published in 1998 by Ballantine 's Del Rey division ( ISBN 978-0-345-37963-4 ).

  4. Most common words in English - Wikipedia

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    The number of distinct senses that are listed in Wiktionary is shown in the polysemy column. For example, "out" can refer to an escape, a removal from play in baseball, or any of 36 other concepts. On average, each word in the list has 15.38 senses. The sense count does not include the use of terms in phrasal verbs such as "put out" (as in ...

  5. Prion - Wikipedia

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    These mutations promote the misfolding of the proteins into a prion-like conformation. The misfolded form of TDP-43 forms cytoplasmic inclusions in affected neurons, and is found depleted in the nucleus. In addition to ALS/MND and FTLD-U, TDP-43 pathology is a feature of many cases of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's ...

  6. File:Application for Disabled Person Placard or Plates (REG ...

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    Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq.) "Public records" include "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics."

  7. List of English words of Sanskrit origin - Wikipedia

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    A. Ambarella. through Sinhala: ඇඹරැල්ලා æmbarællā ultimately from Sanskrit: अम्बरेल्ला, a kind of tree. [1] Aniline. through German: Anilin, French: Aniline and Portuguese: Anil from Arabic النيل al-nili and Persian نیلا nila, ultimately from Sanskrit नीली nili. [2] Aryan. from Sanskrit ...

  8. Frozen (Madonna song) - Wikipedia

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    Background and release Bernardo Bertolucci's film The Sheltering Sky inspired Madonna to write. By the mid to late 1990s, Madonna was in a more mature and introspective mood, after giving birth to her daughter Lourdes, gaining interest in Eastern mysticism and Kabbalah, and earning the title role in the film adaptation of the musical Evita (1996). In 1997, Madonna began working on Ray of Light ...

  9. San Joaquin, California - Wikipedia

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    San Joaquin utilizes a council–manager form of government and uses a city council with five council members that appoints the mayor. As of March 2022, the current mayor of San Joaquin is Julia Hernandez. Education. In a county dominated by the agriculture industry, San Joaquin residents mostly work on farms.