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Bobbie Kilberg, Director of the Office of Public Liaison (1989–1992) (endorsed Chris Christie) [24] Mary Kramer , U.S. Ambassador to Barbados (2004–2006) ( endorsed Nikki Haley ) [ 25 ] Frank Lavin , U.S. Ambassador to Singapore (2001–2005), White House Director of Political Affairs (1987–1989) ( endorsed Nikki Haley ) [ 26 ]
List of ongoing armed conflicts. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
This evangelist announced that "the world is going to go 'puff' and disappear" in September 1935. [108] 1936 Herbert W. Armstrong: The founder of the Worldwide Church of God told members of his church that the rapture was to take place in 1936, and that only they would be saved. After the prophecy failed, he changed the date three more times ...
This is a list of the world's largest non- governmental privately held companies by revenue . This list does not include state-owned enterprises like Sinopec, State Grid, China National Petroleum, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Pemex, Petrobras, PDVSA and others. These corporations have revenues of at least US$ 10 billion.
Attempts to suppress native identities included forcing the children to cut their hair, to take and use English names, to speak only English, and to practice Christianity rather than their native religions. [50] Numerous Native Americans from Arizona fought for the United States during World War II. Their experiences resulted in a rising ...
Many star names are, in origin, descriptive of the part in the constellation they are found in; thus Phecda, a corruption of Arabic فخذ الدب ( fakhdh ad-dubb, 'thigh of the bear'). Only a handful of the brightest stars have individual proper names not depending on their asterism; so Sirius ('the scorcher'), Antares ('rival of Ares ', i.e ...
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
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