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2. College Level Examination Program - Wikipedia

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   The College Level Examination Program is a group of standardized tests created and administered by the College Board. [ 3] These tests assess college-level knowledge in thirty-six subject areas and provide a mechanism for earning college credits without taking college courses. They are administered at more than 1,700 sites (colleges ...

3. Free College Courses for Senior Citizens in All 50 States ...

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   Oregon. Oregon State University allows senior citizens at least 65 years old to audit college courses for free at a maximum of eight credit hours per semester. The University of Oregon also waives ...

4. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

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   The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]

5. Slave states and free states - Wikipedia

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   Slave states and free states. An animation showing the free/slave status of U.S. states and territories, 1789–1861 (see separate yearly maps below). The American Civil War began in 1861. The 13th Amendment, effective December 6, 1865, abolished slavery in the U.S. In the United States before 1865, a slave state was a state in which slavery ...

6. Red states and blue states - Wikipedia

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   Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms " red state " and " blue state " have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections. [ 1][ 2] By contrast, states where the vote ...

7. Stabbing as a terrorist tactic - Wikipedia

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   According to Juan Romero, this resurgence emerged first with the GIA in the 1990s and later among Palestinian terrorists and Islamic State mlitants in the 21st century. [6] A wave of lone wolf terrorist stabbing attacks in which Palestinian Arabs attacked Israelis began on 3 October 2015 with the first of the Lions' Gate stabbings . [7]

8. Kleptocracy - Wikipedia

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   Characteristics. Kleptocracies are generally associated with dictatorships, oligarchies, military juntas, or other forms of autocratic and nepotist governments in which external oversight is impossible or does not exist. [dubious – discuss][citation needed] They can also be found in liberal democracies with crony capitalism. [citation needed]

9. List of historical states of Italy - Wikipedia

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   All the other Italian states remained independent, with the most powerful being the Venetian Republic, the Medici's Duchy of Tuscany, the Savoyard state, the Republic of Genoa, and the Papal States. The Gonzaga in Mantua, the Este in Modena and Ferrara and the Farnese in Parma and Piacenza continued to be important dynasties.