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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. Neil deGrasse Tyson - Wikipedia

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson. Neil deGrasse Tyson ( US: / dəˈɡræs / də-GRASS or UK: / dəˈɡrɑːs / də-GRAHSS; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research ...

  4. Plan Dalet - Wikipedia

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    Plan Dalet ( Hebrew: תוכנית ד', Tokhnit dalet " Plan D ") was a Zionist military plan executed in the civil war phase of the 1948 Palestine war for the conquest of territory in Mandatory Palestine in preparation for the establishment of a Jewish state. [1] The plan was requested by the Jewish Agency leader and later first prime minister ...

  5. List of Plan 9 applications - Wikipedia

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    dial/at, dial/drain, dial/expect, dial/pass – dialer scripting tools. netstat – summarize network connections. replica/changes, replica/pull, replica/push, replica/scan – client–server replica management. ssh, sshnet, scp, aux/sshserve – secure login and file copy from/to Unix or Plan 9. tel, iwhois – look in phone book.

  6. Disney strikes deal to sell stake in India's Tata Play ... - AOL

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    Walt Disney has struck a deal to sell its stake in Tata Play, valuing Indian conglomerate Tata Group's satellite TV provider at about $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing ...

  7. High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program - Wikipedia

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    The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program ( HAARP) is a University of Alaska Fairbanks program which researches the ionosphere – the highest, ionized part of Earth's atmosphere . The most prominent instrument at HAARP is the Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI), a high-power radio frequency transmitter facility operating in the high ...

  8. P.T. (video game) - Wikipedia

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    P.T. (acronym for "playable teaser") is a 2014 psychological horror game developed by Kojima Productions under the pseudonym "7780s Studio" and published by Konami.It was directed and designed by Hideo Kojima in collaboration with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, and was released for free on the PlayStation 4.

  9. Texas and Pacific Railway - Wikipedia

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    The T&P never reached San Diego; instead it met the Southern Pacific at Sierra Blanca, Texas, in 1881. The Missouri Pacific Railroad, also controlled by Gould, leased the T&P from 1881 to 1885 and continued a cooperative relationship with the T&P after the lease ended. Missouri Pacific gained majority ownership of the Texas and Pacific Railway ...