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  2. English compound - Wikipedia

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    "African American", as a hyphen is seen to disparage minority populations as a hyphenated ethnicity [13] The following compound modifiers are not normally hyphenated: Compound modifiers that are not hyphenated in the relevant dictionary [9] [10] [12] or that are unambiguous without a hyphen. [11] Where there is no risk of ambiguity: "a Sunday ...

  3. Thumb signal - Wikipedia

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    While the exact source of the thumb gesture is obscure, several origins have been proposed. Carleton S. Coon, having observed Barbary apes in Gibraltar using the gesture, hypothesised in the anthropological classic The Story of Man that it is a mutual celebration of having opposable thumbs. [1]

  4. American cuisine - Wikipedia

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    American cuisine has specific foods that are eaten on holidays, such as a turkey at Thanksgiving dinner or Christmas dinner. Modern American cuisine includes a focus on fast food, as well as take-out food, which is often ethnic. There is also a vibrant culinary scene in the country surrounding televised celebrity chefs.

  5. Prisoner-of-war camp - Wikipedia

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    North Korean and Chinese Communist prisoners assembled at the United Nations' prisoner-of-war camp at Busan during the Korean War in 1951. A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war.

  6. Seminole - Wikipedia

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    The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, as well as independent groups.

  7. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    These may include the use of an O (for "outstanding") grade, which is even higher than the E; the use of an O instead of the E; the elimination of a G (for "good"); the use of a G (again for "good") instead of the E; the use of an L (for "lacks effort") instead of a U; and the lack of a U grade.

  8. Mormons - Wikipedia

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    The church enforces general doctrinal uniformity, congregations on all continents teach the same doctrines, and international Mormons tend to absorb a good deal of Mormon culture, possibly because of the church's top-down hierarchy and missionary presence.

  9. Lo mein - Wikipedia

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    The term lo mein comes from the Cantonese lou1 min6 (撈麵), meaning "stirred noodles". [1] The Cantonese use of the character 撈, pronounced lou1 and meaning "to stir", in its casual form, differs from the character's traditional Han meaning of "to dredge" or "to scoop out of water" in Mandarin, in which case it would be pronounced as laau4 or lou4 in Cantonese (lāo in Mandarin).