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  2. The System (band) - Wikipedia

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    The System is an American synth-pop duo that debuted in the 1980s, composed of vocalist-guitarist Mic Murphy [1] and seasoned session keyboardist David Frank. The band was founded in 1982 in New York and backed up by Paul Pesco on electric guitar and Kris Khellow on keyboards and synthesizers. The group is sometimes referred to as being "emotio ...

  3. Education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, education is provided in public and private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. State governments set overall educational standards, often mandate standardized tests for K–12 public school systems and supervise, usually through a board of regents, state colleges, and universities.

  4. Single-payer healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Single-payer healthcare is a type of universal healthcare, [ 1 ] in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (hence "single-payer"). [ 2 ][ 3 ] Single-payer systems may contract for healthcare services from private organizations (as is the case in Canada) or may own and employ healthcare ...

  5. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In the United States, academic grading commonly takes on the form of five, six or seven letter grades. Traditionally, the grades are A+, A, A−, B+, B, B−, C+, C, C−, D+, D, D− and F, with A+ being the highest and F being lowest. In some cases, grades can also be numerical. Numeric-to-letter-grade conversions generally vary from ...

  6. Elections in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the politics of the United States, elections are held for government officials at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal level, the nation's head of state, the president, is elected indirectly by the people of each state, through an Electoral College. Today, these electors almost always vote with the popular vote of their state ...

  7. Electronic trial master file - Wikipedia

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    An electronic trial master file (eTMF) is a trial master file in electronic (digital content) format.It is a type of content management system for the pharmaceutical industry, providing a formalized means of organizing and storing documents, images, and other digital content for pharmaceutical clinical trials that may be required for compliance with government regulatory agencies.

  8. Politics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, politics functions within a framework of a constitutional federal republic. The three distinct branches share powers: the U.S. Congress which forms the legislative branch, a bicameral legislative body comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate; the executive branch, which is headed by the president of the ...

  9. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...