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  • 1Year Without a Summer — The Year Without a Summer, also known as the Poverty Year , The Year There Was No Summer or Eighteen hundred and froze to death , was 1816, in which severe summer climate abnormalities destroyed crops in Northern Europe, the American Northeast… …

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  • 2Chinese New Year — For other traditions of celebrating lunar new year, see Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year Chinatown, London around Chinese New Year Also called Lunar New Year, Spring Festival Observed by …

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  • 3SABBATICAL YEAR AND JUBILEE — (Heb. שְׁמִטָּה, shemittah; יוֹבֵל, yovel). According to the Bible, during the seventh year all land had to be fallow and debts were to be remitted (Ex. 23:10–11; Lev. 25:1–7, 18–22; Deut. 15:1–11). The close of seven sabbatical cycles instituted …

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  • 4POOR, PROVISION FOR THE — The Bible makes frequent references to the obligation to help the poor, to render them material assistance, and to give them gifts. This obligation is mentioned in the Prophets (Isa. 58:7, 10; Ezek. 18:7, 16) and especially in the Wisdom… …

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  • 5Arguments for and against drug prohibition — Arguments about the prohibition of drugs, and over drug policy reform, are subjects of considerable controversy. The following is a presentation of major drug policy arguments, including those for drug law enforcement on one side of the debate,… …

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  • 6Industrial agriculture (crops) — Agriculture General …

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  • 7Motivations for organic agriculture — Main article: Organic farming Within the food industry, defining the benefits of organic food is largely left to word of mouth, media coverage, and the promotional efforts of organic advocates. Major food and beverage corporations[1] have rapidly …

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  • 8List of off-season Atlantic hurricanes — The list of off season Atlantic hurricanes includes 36 tropical or subtropical cyclones that formed outside of the official Atlantic basin season, which is currently defined from June 1 to November 30. [Chris Landsea.… …

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  • 9church year — ▪ Christianity Introduction       annual cycle of seasons and days observed in the Christian churches in commemoration of the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ and of his virtues as exhibited in the lives of the saints. Origins of the …

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  • 10New Year's Day — • Since there was no necessary starting point in the circle of the year, we find among different nations, and among the same at different epochs of their history, a great variety of dates with which the new year began. . . Catholic Encyclopedia.… …

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