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121Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR — ( ru. «Готов к труду и обороне СССР»), abbreviated as GTO ( ru. ГТО) was the All Union physical culture training programme, introduced in the USSR on March 11 1931 on the initiative by VLKSM. It was a sort of the complement to the Unified Sports… …
122Deportation of the Danish police — During World War II, the Danish government choose to cooperate with the Nazi occupation force. Even though this applied to the Danish police as well, many were reluctant to cooperate. As a result, a large number of members of the Danish police… …
123History of the Ottawa Senators (1992–) — Founded and established by Ottawa real estate developer Bruce Firestone, the Ottawa Senators are the second National Hockey League (NHL) franchise to have the Ottawa Senators name. The original Ottawa Senators, founded in 1883, had a famed… …
124Official reports by the US Government on the CIA — At various times since the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency, the US Government has produced comprehensive reports on CIA actions that marked historical watersheds in how CIA went about trying to fulfill its vague charter purposes from… …
125LAMBERT, George Washington Thomas (1873-1930), the third name was never used — artist was born at St Petersburg, Russia, on 13 September 1873, the fourth child and only son of George Washington Lambert, an American engineer who went to Russia to assist in the construction of railways. His mother was the only child of an… …
126Monetary policy of the Philippines — Monetary policy is the monitoring and control of money supply by a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve Board in the United States of America, and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in the Philippines. This is used by the government to be able… …
127Britain in the American Civil War — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was officially neutral in the American Civil War. Confederate strategy depended on British and French intervention and that never happened; intervention would have meant war with the U.S. Although… …
128History of the Encyclopædia Britannica — The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in 15 official editions. Several editions have been amended with multi volume supplements (3rd–6th) or undergone drastic re organizations (15th). In recent years,… …
