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  • Golden parachute

    Golden parachute

    A golden parachute is an agreement between a company and an employee (usually an upper executive) specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated.

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  • Takamatsuzuka Tomb

    Takamatsuzuka Tomb

    The Takamatsuzuka Tomb(高松塚古墳 , Takamatsuzuka Kofun ) is an Asuka period circular tomb [ja] burial mound, located in the village of Asuka, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designa

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  • Ostwald process

    Ostwald process

    The Ostwald process is a chemical process used for making nitric acid (HNO3). The Ostwald process is a mainstay of the modern chemical industry, and it provides the main raw material for the most c

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  • Diocesan administrator

    Diocesan administrator

    A diocesan administrator (also known as archdiocesan administrator, archiepiscopal administrator and eparchial administrator for the case, respectively, of an archdiocese, archeparchy, and eparchy)

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  • Grand Guignol

    Grand Guignol

    The Théâtre du Grand-Guignol (French pronunciation: [lə teɑtʁ dy ɡʁɑ̃ ɡiɲɔl] ) was a theater in the Pigalle district of Paris (7, cité Chaptal). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962,

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  • Ediacara biota

    Ediacara biota

    The Ediacaran (/ˌ iː d i ˈ æ k ər ə n / ; formerly Vendian) biota is a taxonomic period classification that consists of all life forms that were present on Earth during the Ediacaran Period (c. 635

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  • Pierre Wantzel

    Pierre Wantzel

    Pierre Laurent Wantzel (5 June 1814 in Paris – 21 May 1848 in Paris) was a French mathematician who proved that several ancient geometric problems were impossible to solve using only compass and st

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  • Muziekcentrum Vredenburg

    Muziekcentrum Vredenburg

    Muziekcentrum Vredenburg was a music venue in Utrecht, Netherlands with a capacity of 5,000 people. It was designed by Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger. The venue hosted concerts by many famous a

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  • Bramshill House

    Bramshill House

    Bramshill House, in Bramshill, northeast Hampshire, England, is one of the largest and most important Jacobean prodigy house mansions in England. It was built in the early 17th century by the 11th

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  • Jerzy Buzek

    Jerzy Buzek

    Jerzy Karol Buzek ([ˈjɛʐɨ ˈbuzɛk] ; born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician and former Member of the European Parliament from Poland. He has served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001, s

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