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  2. 911 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.

  3. Boston Police Department - Wikipedia

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    The Police News Collection, Scrapbooks, 1961-1968 are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA. The Elmer V.H. Brooks papers, 1924-1998 (Bulk 1937-1968) are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA.

  4. Mach number - Wikipedia

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    The Mach number is named after the physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach [3] according to a proposal by the aeronautical engineer Jakob Ackeret in 1929. [4] The word Mach is always capitalized since it derives from a proper name, and since the Mach number is a dimensionless quantity rather than a unit of measure, the number comes after the word Mach; the second Mach number is Mach 2 instead of ...

  5. Jobseeker's Allowance - Wikipedia

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    The average number of claimants between the years 2003 and 2008 was 814,000 and average number of new claims was approximately 2,463,000. [22] Nearly 40% of income-based claimants during 2003 were also claiming Housing Benefit. [23]

  6. MassMutual - Wikipedia

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    However, MassMutual began to feel the direct effects of the stock market crash in 1929. As the economy plunged 22% in a matter of days and 30% of the country's workforce was faced with unemployment, death claims and policy lapses drastically increased due to an unusual number of suicides and general economic hardship. [30]

  7. Massachusetts State Police - Wikipedia

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    The MSP was established by Massachusetts state governor John A. Andrew when he signed a law creating the State Constabulary on May 16, 1865. This legislative act to "establish a State Police Force", founded the first statewide enforcement agency in the nation.

  8. Federal Medical Center, Devens - Wikipedia

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    On July 29, 2005, Mroszak was imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey. On February 27, 2006, was moved to Federal Medical Center (FMC) Devens, after he called The Howard Stern Show on a cell phone smuggled into Dix. Raj Rajaratnam: 62785-054: Served an 11-year sentence; released in 2021 to home confinement

  9. Ma (2019 film) - Wikipedia

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    Ma is a 2019 American psychological horror film directed by Tate Taylor and written by Scotty Landes. It stars Octavia Spencer , Juliette Lewis , Diana Silvers , Corey Fogelmanis, Gianni Paolo , McKaley Miller and Luke Evans and follows a group of teenagers who befriend a lonely middle-aged woman.