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  2. Blue giant - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, a blue giant is a hot star with a luminosity class of III or II (bright giant).In the standard Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, these stars lie above and to the right of the main sequence.

  3. Dick Donahue - Wikipedia

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    Richard King Donahue [1] (July 20, 1927 – December 14, 2015) was an American lawyer, political staffer, and business executive. Doanhue also worked as a political confidant and staffer to President John F. Kennedy and to his brothers, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.

  4. Market Basket (New England) - Wikipedia

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    The last use of the name DeMoulas on a facade was on this former store in Salem, New Hampshire.. In 1917, Greek immigrants Athanasios ("Arthur") and Efrosini Demoulas opened DeMoulas Market, a grocery store in the Acre neighborhood of Lowell, Massachusetts, that specialized in fresh lamb.

  5. Public employee pension plans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal Employees Retirement System - covers approximately 2.44 million full-time civilian employees (as of Dec 2005). [2]Retired pay for U.S. Armed Forces retirees is, strictly speaking, not a pension but instead is a form of retainer pay. U.S. military retirees do not vest into a retirement system while they are on active duty; eligibility for non-disability retired pay is solely based upon ...

  6. Harrington & Richardson - Wikipedia

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    The original H&R firm was in business for over a century from 1871 to 1986. [2]Frank Wesson, brother of Daniel B. Wesson who co-founded Smith & Wesson, started a firearms manufacturing firm in 1859, sharing an early patent with Nathan Harrington.

  7. GSAT-20 - Wikipedia

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    GSAT-20 (also known as CMS-03 or GSAT-N2) is a communication satellite being developed by Indian Space Research Organization [4] and will be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9. [3] ...

  8. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court - Wikipedia

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    John Adams Courthouse, home to the SJC. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Although the claim is disputed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, [1] [2] the SJC claims the distinction of being the oldest continuously functioning appellate court in the Americas, [3] with a recognized history dating to the establishment of the ...

  9. Instability strip - Wikipedia

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    The unqualified term instability strip usually refers to a region of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram largely occupied by several related classes of pulsating variable stars: [1] Delta Scuti variables, SX Phoenicis variables, and rapidly oscillating Ap stars (roAps) near the main sequence; RR Lyrae variables where it intersects the horizontal branch; and the Cepheid variables where it crosses ...