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121List of fictional United States Presidents A-F — The Following is a list of fictional United States presidents, A through F. A President William Abbott * President in: Advise and Consent series, by Allen Drury * Succeeds to presidency upon the assassination of President Harley Hudson. *… …
122D'Arcy Concession — The D Arcy Concession was a petroleum oil concession that was signed in 1901 between William Knox D Arcy and Shah Mozzafar al Din of Persia. The oil concession gave D’Arcy the exclusive rights to prospect for oil in Persia (What is now mostly… …
123Young Bill — The Young Bill or Project (1998) was a legislative initiative by United States Congress to help refine the political status of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. [ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi bin/bdquery/z?d105:HR00856:@@@L Thomas The Library of… …
124Backgammon opening theory — The first moves of a backgammon game are the opening moves, collectively referred to as the opening, and studied in the backgammon opening theory. Compared to the widely studied opening theory in chess, the backgammon opening theory is not… …
125Battle of Black Jack — The Battle of Black Jack took place on June 2, 1856, when anti slavery forces, led by the noted abolitionist John Brown, attacked the encampment of Henry C. Pate near Baldwin City, Kansas. The battle is cited as one incident of “Bleeding Kansas”… …
126New World Foundation — The New World Foundation is a liberal foundation,[1] based in New York.[2] It dispenses funds to liberal advocacy groups. It was founded in 1954 by Anita McCormick Blaine, an heiress to industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick and a supporter of Henry… …
127Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 — The Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act (TOLATA) 1996 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which altered the law in relation to trusts of land in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.BackgroundTOLATA came into force… …
128United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
