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  2. Israel - Wikipedia

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    Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.It is bordered by Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. [22]

  3. Military payment certificate - Wikipedia

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    Military payment certificates, or MPC, was a form of currency used to pay United States (US) military personnel in certain foreign countries in the mid and late twentieth century. They were used in one area or another from a few months after the end of World War II until a few months after the end of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War ...

  4. Ku Klux Klan - Wikipedia

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    They discovered that the original interpretation was largely mistaken about the membership and activities of the Klan; the membership was not anti-modern, rural or rustic and consisted of fairly well-educated middle-class joiners and community activists.

  5. Northrop B-2 Spirit - Wikipedia

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    The cost to procure each B-2 was US$737 million in 1997 dollars (equivalent to US$1300 million in 2021 [43]), based only on a fleet cost of US$15.48 billion. [5] The procurement cost per aircraft, as detailed in GAO reports, which include spare parts and software support, was $929 million per aircraft in 1997 dollars. [5]

  6. Alaska Permanent Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Alaska Permanent Fund (APF) is a constitutionally established permanent fund managed by a state-owned corporation, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC). [1] It was established in Alaska in 1976 [2] by Article 9, Section 15 of the Alaska State Constitution [3] under Governor Jay Hammond and Attorney General Avrum Gross.

  7. Microsoft Bing - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Bing, commonly referred to as Bing, is a search engine owned and operated by Microsoft.The service traces its roots back to Microsoft's earlier search engines, including MSN Search, Windows Live Search, and Live Search.

  8. Nikola Tesla - Wikipedia

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    In 1940, the New York Times gave a range for the ray of 250 miles (400 km), with an expected development cost of US$2 million (equivalent to $43.5 million in 2023). [224] Tesla described it as a defensive weapon that would be put up along the border of a country and be used against attacking ground-based infantry or aircraft.

  9. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - Wikipedia

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    Industrialisation had led to large scale, complex businesses providing unprecedented challenges in management. Employers needed a new form of in-house accountant to provide, in addition to accounts, better analysis of cost and of operations to inform performance management.