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  • | education = [[University of Exeter]] <small>(1986, [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])</small> ...-723556|archivedate=1 February 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> becoming the [[List of best-selling books|best-selling book series in history]].<ref>{{cite web |t
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  • ...countries, actuaries must demonstrate their competence by passing a series of rigorous professional examinations. ...st 30 years due to the proliferation of high speed computers and the union of [[stochastic]] actuarial models with modern financial theory {{harv|Frees|1
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  • ...management]], primarily used to [[Hedge (finance)|hedge]] against the risk of a contingent or uncertain loss. ...exchange for the insurer's promise to compensate the insured in the event of a covered loss. The loss may or may not be financial, but it must be reduc
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  • {{short description|American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.}} * Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of [[Apple Inc.]]
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  • {{short description|45th President of the United States}} ...fying "45th" in the Infobox?]] had a weak consensus to keep the status-quo of no link. -->
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  • ...y]] a sum of money (the benefit) in exchange for a premium, upon the death of an insured person (often the policy holder). Depending on the contract, oth ...ific exclusions are often written into the contract to limit the liability of the insurer; common examples are claims relating to suicide, fraud, war, ri
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  • {{Distinguish|Knights of St Columba}} |name = Knights of Columbus
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  • {{about|a commercial bank unaffiliated with the government|the central bank of the United States|Federal Reserve System}} | name = Bank of America Corporation
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  • |official_name = City of Beaumont |map_caption = Location in the state of Texas
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  • ...luation''' or '''land valuation''' is the process of developing an opinion of value, for [[real property]] (usually [[market value]]). Real estate transa ...pdf/sellingtrans/1004.pdf|archivedate=21 March 2012|df=}}</ref> Appraisals of more commercial properties (e.g., income-producing, raw land) are often rep
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  • ...first=Sufi, Amir |year=2014 |title=[[House of Debt]] |publisher=University of Chicago |isbn=978-0-226-08194-6}}</ref> ...disruption in the flow of credit to businesses and consumers and the onset of a severe global recession.<ref name="Zandi 2010"/>
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  • | image_flag = Flag of Dubai.svg | image_shield = Coat of arms of Dubai.svg
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  • {{About|writers who use words|writers of music|Composer}} ...[[Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos]], a Spanish writer depicted with the tools of the trade.
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  • ...rration encompasses a set of techniques through which the [[author|creator of the story]] presents their story, including: ...rl=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>: the perspective (or type of personal or non-personal "lens") through which a story is communicated
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  • ...versity]], [[Ray and Maria Stata Center]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], the Cambridge skyline and [[Charles River]] at night, and [[C | image_flag = Flag of Cambridge, Massachusetts.svg
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  • ...ew.pdf|publisher=Harvard University|accessdate=July 29, 2011|author=Office of Institutional Research|page=21|format=pdf|year=2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl= ...on volumes (generally books), it is the third largest, after the [[Library of Congress]] and [[Boston Public Library]].<ref>American Library Association,
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  • This '''bibliography of George Washington''' is a selected list of written and published works about [[George Washington]] (1732–1799). Goo ...ver the years, providing the basis by which the many biographical accounts of Washington's life have been written.
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  • ...f scholarly works about [[Harry S. Truman]], the thirty-third [[President of the United States]] (1945–1953). ...itled, ''Harry S. Truman: A Life'', Hamby's is ''Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman'' and McCullough's is ''Truman''."], [[C-SPAN]]}}
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  • |office = [[List of Presidents of the United States|18th]] [[President of the United States]] |office2 = [[Commanding General of the United States Army]]
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  • | caption = [[Yale University Coat of Arms|Coat of arms]] | endowment = [[US$]]29.4 billion<ref name=Endowment>As of October 1, 2018. {{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/busines
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  • |image = [[File:V&A - Raphael, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (1515).jpg|300px]] ...iraculous catch of fish]], Christ invokes his disciples to become "fishers of men" ({{bibleref|Matthew|4:19|KJV}}) by [[Raphael]].
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  • {{short description|central figure of Christianity}} {{About|Jesus of Nazareth}}
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  • ...God (male deity)|God in specific religions|Conceptions of God|8=other uses of the term|9=God (disambiguation)}} ...God in icons for art or for worship. Here are examples of representations of God in different monotheistic religions. Clockwise from upper left: [[God i
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  • ...atan—depicted as an old man—is bound and chained. (See [[Resurrection of Jesus in Christian art]].) | significance = Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus
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  • {{Philosophy of religion sidebar |expanded=God}} ...ad tidings to Muslims." }}</ref> The term is also used to describe aspects of other religions and belief structures.
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  • ...d to originate, be [[throne|enthroned]], or live. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to earth or [[Incarnation|incar ...t beliefs]] or simply the [[will of God]]. Some believe in the possibility of a heaven on Earth in a [[World to Come]].
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  • ...tion''' is the concept of coming back to life after [[death]]. In a number of ancient religions, a [[dying-and-rising god]] is a deity which dies and res ...this division again takes place in the same way, for that fresh formation of the dissolved body which will properly be, and be called, resurrection |url
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  • ...beginning of the ministry of Jesus in a sabbatical year); 35 CE – death of John the Baptist"</ref><ref>"born 1st decade BCE, Judaea, Palestine, near J |feast_day = 24 June ([[Nativity of St. John the Baptist|Nativity]]),<br> 29 August (Beheading),<br> 7 January
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  • {{about|the religion|the history of Islamic civilization|History of Islam|other uses}} ...le (called the ''[[sunnah]]'', composed of accounts called ''[[hadith]]'') of Muhammad ([[Circa|{{circa}}]] 570–8 June 632 CE).
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  • ...practised in the [[Indian subcontinent]] and [[Hinduism in Indonesia|parts of Southeast Asia]]. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world ...rien |first=Prema |title= Multiculturalism and American Religion: The Case of Hindu Indian Americans |journal=Social Forces |publisher= Johns Hopkins Uni
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  • ...[affusion]]. The artist may have chosen an archaic form for this depiction of baptism by [[St. Peter]].]] ...hough some reserve the word "christening" for the [[Infant baptism|baptism of infants]].<ref>{{Citation | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aJ2JGNB
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  • [[Image:LutheranClergy.JPG|thumb|right|A woodcut depicting the confirmation of [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] youth]] ...mal grace".<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P3P.HTM Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1285] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20
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  • ...web|quote=Billy Graham stands among the most influential Christian leaders of the twentieth century.|publisher=Oxford University Press|url=https://global ...ar viewpoints. According to his website, Graham preached to live audiences of 210 million people in more than 185 countries and territories through vario
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  • ...s "Christian" or "Judaeo- Christian" civilization.</ref> Early statements of essential beliefs were the [[Apostles Creed]] and [[Nicene Creed]]. ...Pope]]. Similarly, [[Protestantism]] [[Anti-Catholicism|split]] in [[List of the largest Protestant denominations|numerous denominations]] from the Cath
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  • ...imize its chance of successfully achieving its goals.<ref name="Definition of AI"/> Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is applied when a ma ...igh-volume, computerized tasks reliably and without fatigue. For this type of automation, human inquiry is still essential to set up the system and ask t
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