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  2. One-child policy - Wikipedia

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    [12] [15] Over time, this skewed the country's sex ratio toward men and created a generation of "missing women". [15] However, the policy also resulted in greater workforce participation by women who would otherwise have been occupied with childrearing, and some girls received greater familial investment in their education. [16] [17]

  3. 2020 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. [a] The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president, Donald Trump, and vice president, Mike Pence. [9]

  4. Personal Independence Payment - Wikipedia

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    Personal Independence Payment (abbreviated to PIP and usually pronounced as one word) is a welfare benefit in the United Kingdom that is intended to help working age adults with the extra costs of living with a health condition or a disability. It is available in England, Wales and Northern Ireland but not in Scotland where Adult Disabled ...

  5. Life (2017 film) - Wikipedia

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    Life is a 2017 American science fiction horror film [5] [6] [7] directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and starring an ensemble cast consisting of Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, and Olga Dihovichnaya.

  6. Economic policy of the George W. Bush administration

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    The economic policy and legacy of the George W. Bush administration was characterized by significant income tax cuts in 2001 and 2003, the implementation of Medicare Part D in 2003, increased military spending for two wars, a housing bubble that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007–2008, and the Great Recession that followed ...

  7. Proclamation No. 1081 - Wikipedia

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    March 15 Arca Building on Taft Avenue, Pasay April 23 Filipinas Orient Airways boardroom along Domestic Road, Pasay May 30 Vietnamese Embassy on Calle Connor (H. Vito-Cruz) June 23 Court of Industrial Relations June 24 Philippine Trust Company branch in Cubao, Quezon City July 3 Philam Life building along United Nations Avenue, Manila July 27

  8. 1980s austerity policy in Romania - Wikipedia

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    The policy to repay - and, in multiple cases, prepay - Romania's external debt became the dominant policy in the late 1980s. The result was economic stagnation throughout the 1980s and - towards the end of the decade - the conditions were created for an economic crisis.

  9. 2024–25 UEFA Champions League - Wikipedia

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    Associations 7–15 each have two teams. Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein and Russia) each have one team. The winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League and 2023–24 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.