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  2. Nuclear option - Wikipedia

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    In July 2013, the nuclear option was raised as nominations were being blocked by Senate Republicans as Senate Democrats prepared to push through a change to the chamber's filibuster rule. On July 16, the Senate Democratic majority came within hours of using the nuclear option to win confirmation of seven of President Obama's long-delayed ...

  3. Earth's rotation - Wikipedia

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    Earth's rotation. Earth's rotation or Earth's spin is the rotation of planet Earth around its own axis, as well as changes in the orientation of the rotation axis in space. Earth rotates eastward, in prograde motion. As viewed from the northern polar star Polaris, Earth turns counterclockwise . The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North ...

  4. Japanese clock - Wikipedia

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    Two separate foliot balances allow this 18th-century Japanese clock to run at two different speeds to indicate unequal hours.. A Japanese clock (和時計, wadokei) is a mechanical clock that has been made to tell traditional Japanese time, a system in which daytime and nighttime are always divided into six periods whose lengths consequently change with the season.

  5. Alcohol licensing laws of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    As a result of changes by the Live Music Act 2012, for example, live music in on-licensed premises is no longer a licensable activity between 08:00 and 23:00 hours before audiences of up to 200 people. Similarly performances of plays and of dance are not licensable before audiences of up to 500 people and indoor sporting events up to 1,000 people.

  6. Japanese work environment - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, the average Japanese employee worked 1,644 hours, lower than workers in Spain, Canada, and Italy. By comparison, the average American worker worked 1,779 hours in 2019. [6] In 2021 the average annual work-hours dropped to 1633.2, slightly higher than 2020's 1621.2. Overall between 2012 and 2021, the average working hours' drop was 7.48%.

  7. 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans - Wikipedia

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    The track layout of the Circuit de la Sarthe The race-winning No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid.. The 89th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 89 e 24 Heures du Mans) was a 24-hour automobile endurance race for teams of three drivers each entering Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) cars held between 21 and 22 August 2021, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, close to Le Mans, France ...

  8. 2013 Republican Party of Virginia convention - Wikipedia

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    The 2013 Republican Party of Virginia convention was the process by which the Republican Party of Virginia selected its nominees for the offices governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general for the 2013 general election in November. The convention was held on May 17 and 18, 2013, in the state capital of Richmond at the Richmond Coliseum .

  9. Three Hours To Change Your Life - HuffPost

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    This document is a 35-page excerpt, including the. Welcome chapter of the book and. Part 1: The Principles of Best Year Yet –. three hours to change your life. First published by. HarperCollins in 1994. and by Warner Books in 1998. Available in 12 other languages, including Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Romanian, Chinese, and ...