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  2. Global village - Wikipedia

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    Global village describes the phenomenon of the entire world becoming more interconnected as the result of the propagation of media technologies throughout the world. The term was coined by Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan in his books The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man (1962) and Understanding Media (1964). [1]

  3. Video Village - Wikipedia

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    Video Village is an American television game show produced by Heatter-Quigley Productions, which aired on the CBS network in daytime from July 11, 1960, to June 15, 1962, and in primetime from July 1 to September 16, 1960. It was notable for the use of its unique "living board game" concept and for premiering soon after the quiz show scandals.

  4. Dubai - Wikipedia

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    Dubai (/ d uː ˈ b aɪ /, doo-BY; Arabic: دبي, romanized: Dubayy, IPA:, Gulf Arabic pronunciation:) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates.

  5. Priyanka Chopra - Wikipedia

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    Priyanka Chopra Jonas ( pronounced [pɾɪˈjəŋka ˈtʃoːpɽa]; née Chopra; born 18 July 1982) [1] is an Indian actress and producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is one of India's highest-paid actresses and has received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards.

  6. 'Today' Hosts' Families Steal the Show on Take Your Kid to ...

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    Among the episodes’ adorable guests were Hoda Kotb ’s daughters, Haley, 7, and Hope, 4, whom she shares with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman, Craig Melvin ’s 10-year-old son, Delano, and Dylan ...

  7. Village (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Village (United States) A Shaker village's main street in Massachusetts. In the United States, the meaning of village varies by geographic area and legal jurisdiction. In formal usage, a " village " is a type of administrative division at the local government level. Since the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the ...

  8. Amish - Wikipedia

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    The Amish ( / ˈɑːmɪʃ /; Pennsylvania German: Amisch; German: Amische ), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss and Alsatian origins. [2] As they maintain a degree of separation from surrounding populations, and hold their faith in common, the Amish have been described ...

  9. Rural areas in the United States - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Rural areas in the United States, often referred to as rural America, [1] consists of approximately 97% of the United States ' land area. An estimated 60 million people, or one in five residents (17.9% of the total U.S. population ), live in rural America. Definitions vary from different parts of the United States government as to what ...