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  2. William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    William Shakespeare ( c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [4] [5] [6] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 ...

  3. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Wikipedia

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    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine consistently ranks among the top medical schools in the United States in terms of research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health, and other factors.

  4. Fox News - Wikipedia

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    The channel was created by Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 1996 to appeal to a conservative audience, hiring former Republican media consultant and CNBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEO. [12] [13] It launched on October 7, 1996, to 17 million cable subscribers. [14] Fox News grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant United States cable news ...

  5. LeBron James - Wikipedia

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    LeBron James. LeBron Raymone James Sr. ( / ləˈbrɒn / lə-BRON; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed " King James ", he is widely recognized as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport and is often compared to ...

  6. Northern Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Northern Ireland is a distinct legal jurisdiction, separate from the two other jurisdictions in the United Kingdom ( England and Wales, and Scotland ). Northern Ireland law developed from Irish law that existed before the partition of Ireland in 1921.

  7. Titanic - Wikipedia

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    RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat upon entering service and the second of three Olympic -class ocean liners built for the White Star Line. The ship was built by the Harland and Wolff shipbuilding company in Belfast. Thomas Andrews Jr., the chief naval architect of the shipyard, died in the disaster. Titanic was under the command of Captain Edward John Smith, who went down with the ship.

  8. Health security - Wikipedia

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    Health security is a concept that encompasses activities and measures across sovereign boundaries that mitigates public health incidents to ensure the health of populations. [1] It is an evolving paradigm within the fields of international relations and security studies. [2] Proponents of health security posit that all states have a ...

  9. Thomas E. Dobbs - Wikipedia

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    Thomas E. Dobbs III is an American physician currently serving as dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. [2] Dobbs previously served as State Health Officer of Mississippi, where he became widely known as the namesake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization landmark ...