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  2. Government procurement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For simple acquisitions, Government source selection authorities have responded favorably to proposals which emphasize experience with the specific requirement that the Government is seeking to source and information on how a product or service will meet the needs of the Government as stated in the source selection factors and the work statement.

  3. The Three-Body Problem (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The society attracts numerous scientists, minor government officials, and other educated people who are disappointed with world affairs. They assemble a private army and build small nuclear weapons. However, Evans retains control of most resources and starts to alter and withhold alien messages from Ye and others.

  4. F-A-E Sonata - Wikipedia

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    The F-A-E Sonata, a four-movement work for violin and piano, is a collaborative musical work by three composers: Robert Schumann, the young Johannes Brahms, and Schumann's pupil Albert Dietrich. It was composed in Düsseldorf in October 1853.

  5. Mayor of San Diego - Wikipedia

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    As a result of the bankruptcy, the State of California dissolved the government and replaced the mayor and city council with a board of trustees. [1] The mayoral position was later re-established with a new charter in 1887. [2] This charter was replaced with a permanent City Charter on May 6, 1889, using the strong mayor form of government.

  6. United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    The United Arab Emirates [c] (UAE), or simply the Emirates, [d] is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula.It is a federal, elective monarchy composed of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi as its capital. [14]

  7. Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 - Wikipedia

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    Only 79 original S.E.5 aircraft had been completed prior to production settling upon an improved model, designated as the S.E.5a.The initial models of the S.E.5a differed from late production examples of the S.E.5 only in the type of engine installed – a geared 200 hp Hispano-Suiza 8b, often turning a large clockwise-rotation four-bladed propeller, replacing the 150 hp H.S. 8A model.

  8. e (mathematical constant) - Wikipedia

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    The number e is a mathematical constant approximately equal to 2.71828 that is the base of the natural logarithm and exponential function.It is sometimes called Euler's number, after the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, though this can invite confusion with Euler numbers, or with Euler's constant, a different constant typically denoted .

  9. A. E. Backus - Wikipedia

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    Beanie was mostly self-taught, although he did enjoy two summer stints at the Parsons School of Design in New York City in 1924–25. [12] Backus always earned his living through his artistic talent, first as a commercial artist painting signs, billboards and theater marquees, and later encouraged by Dorothy Binney Palmer, his first true patron, to pursue his landscape paintings as a full-time ...