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  2. L'Enfant Plan - Wikipedia

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    The L'Enfant Plan for the city of Washington is the urban plan developed in 1791 by Major Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant for George Washington, the first president of the United States. [2] [4] It is regarded as one of the most amazing urban design plans in the world and has served as inspiration for the plans of Detroit , Indianapolis ...

  3. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    Prerequisites. Newton's laws are often stated in terms of point or particle masses, that is, bodies whose volume is negligible. This is a reasonable approximation for real bodies when the motion of internal parts can be neglected, and when the separation between bodies is much larger than the size of each.

  4. Charlotte's Web - Wikipedia

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    Charlotte's Web is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte.

  5. Le Plan-de-la-Tour - Wikipedia

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    1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Le Plan-de-la-Tour ( French pronunciation: [lə plɑ̃ də la tuʁ]; Occitan: Lo Plan de la Torre) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France .

  6. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Wikipedia

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    Instrumentation. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is scored for symphony orchestra: . Structure. The work is based on the Rondeau from Henry Purcell's incidental music to Aphra Behn's Abdelazer, and is structured, in accordance with the plan of the original documentary film, as a way of showing off the tone colours and capacities of the various sections of the orchestra.

  7. Albany Plan - Wikipedia

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    The Albany Plan of Union was a rejected plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies at the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in Albany, New York. The plan was suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader (age 48) and a delegate from Pennsylvania. Franklin spent much time among the Iroquois observing their deliberations ...

  8. Samsu-iluna - Wikipedia

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    Samsu-iluna (Amorite: Shamshu; c. 1749 –1712 BC) was the seventh king of the founding Amorite dynasty of Babylon. His reign is estimated from 1749 BC to 1712 BC (middle chronology), or from 1686 to 1648 BC (short chronology). He was the son and successor of Hammurabi (r. 1792-1750 BC) by an unknown mother.

  9. La fuga (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    La fuga is a Spanish dystopian prison escape television series created by Nacho Faerna that originally on Telecinco from 11 January to 4 April 2012. It stars María Valverde and Aitor Luna . Plot [ edit ]