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• Social insurance
  ...dbank.org/curated/en/816281518818814423/pdf/2019-WDR-Report.pdf World Bank World Development Report 2019: The Changing Nature of Work.]</ref> considers the ...ds of the beneficiaries, and what that might cost. No other country in the world does so. Despite the US programs being in considerable surplus, the politic
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• Surety bond
  ...rincipal and against the Obligee's sole verified statement of claim to the bank.{{citation needed||date=March 2016}} ...sed of crimes in exchange for a fee, is all but unknown in the rest of the world".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/us/29bail.html?pag
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• Moral hazard
  ...29, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|ssrn=1336288 |title=Debt Overhang and Bank Bailouts|publisher=SSRN.com |date=February 2, 2009}}</ref> ...financial institutions such as investment banks, commercial banks, and non-bank mortgage lenders.
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• Insurance
  It was the world's first [[mutual insurer]] and it pioneered age based premiums based on [[m ...ed 30 June 2013.</ref> This system was greatly expanded after the [[Second World War]] under the influence of the [[Beveridge Report]], to form the first mo
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• Noor Takaful
  ...akaful conducted its first joint road show with its sister company, [[Noor Bank]] at the [[Mall of the Emirates]], [[Dubai]]. *April 2009: Noor Takaful sponsored the [[World Takaful Conference]] 2009<ref>{{Citation| last =| first =| author-link =| l
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• Brown University
  ...lidge]] in the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] style, is one of the world's leading repositories of ancient books and maps relating to the exploratio ...on the grounds that it includes ''[[The Tempest]]'', a play set in the New World. The JCB holdings comprise more than 50,000 early titles and about 16,000 m
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• Steve Jobs
  ...nist.<ref name="journeyisreward" />{{rp|needed=y|date=March 2018}} After [[World War II]], Paul Jobs decided to leave the Coast Guard when his ship docked i ...my sperm and egg bank. That's not harsh, it's just the way it was, a sperm bank thing, nothing more."<ref name="JobsBio1" />{{rp|needed=y|date=March 2018}}
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• Bill Gates
  In 1975, Gates and [[Paul Allen]] launched [[Microsoft]], which became the world's largest [[Personal computer|PC]] software company.<ref name="CNN Tech">{{ ...a net worth of $95.4 billion, making him the second-richest person in the world, behind Bezos.
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• Donald Trump
  ...<ref name="Whitlock21July">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/questions-linger-about-trumps-draft-deferments-during-vie ...ess Insider]]|url=https://nordic.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-told-the-world-he-was-of-swedish-ancestry---but-its-a-lie-2016-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|t
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• RE/MAX
  ...es, rather than a share of the commission.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Remax World Wide |author=Mike Taylor |journal=ColoradoBiz |date=October 2001}}</ref> In ...tories tall and became one of the most recognized corporate symbols in the world.<ref name = "pr newswire"/> By 1981, the company had 30 franchises in the R
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• Katy, Texas
  ...and 4 HOV lanes for roughly 22 miles, making it the widest Freeway in the world. The population was 9,866 in 1988, 8,005 in 1990, 11,775 in 2000, and 15,59 .../web.archive.org/web/20100421105201/http://www.igloocoolers.com/contact-us/world-hq/ |date=April 21, 2010 }}," ''[[Igloo Corporation]]''. Accessed September
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• Financial services
  ...range of [[business]]es that manage money, including [[credit union]]s, [[bank]]s, [[credit-card]] companies, [[insurance]] companies, [[accountancy]] com ...l looks independent, and has its own customers, etc. In the other style, a bank would simply create its own brokerage division or insurance division and at
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• Home insurance
  ...homeowner's insurance as a condition of the loan, in order to protect the bank if the home is destroyed. Anyone with an insurable interest in the property == Around the world ==
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• Aetna
  ...t [[James Gamble Rogers]], is the largest colonial-revival building in the world]] ...1857]] struck Hartford and the nation, causing the closing of all but one bank and many other businesses. Eliphalet Bulkeley blocked a move to liquidate t
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• Berkshire Hathaway
  ...ess]] (17.6%), [[Wells Fargo]] (9.9%), [[The Coca-Cola Company]] (9.4%), [[Bank of America]] (6.8%), and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] (5.22%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=h ...[retail]], [[Rail transport|railroads]], [[Furniture|home furnishings]], [[World Book Encyclopedia|encyclopedias]], manufacturers of [[vacuum cleaner]]s, [[
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• Farmers Insurance Group
  Tyler and Leavey received a loan from the founder of [[Bank of America]], enabling them to start their company.<ref name='LABJ 2005-08- Seattle-based '''New World Life Insurance Company''' was acquired by Farmers.<ref name='IDCH v25'/>
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• GAINSCO
  ...CO/Bob Stallings™ racecar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sportscar365.com/gt/world-challenge/stallings-gainsco-from-a-business-side-it-made-sense-to-go-into-g ...r. Stallings serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Texas Capital Bank.
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• Knights of Columbus
  The '''Knights of Columbus''' is the world's largest [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Fraternal and service organization ...hartered in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, and around the world.<ref name="fac"/> The Knights' official junior organization, the [[Columbia
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• Lemonade (insurance)
  ...its transformation into an industry standard and a default feature in the world's foremost [[smartphones]] ([[Samsung Galaxy]]), venues ([[Starbucks]]) and ...app and recording a report on their iPhone, Lemonade’s claims bot set a world record by reviewing, approving and paying the claim in three seconds.<ref n
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• Lincoln National Corporation
  ...ln Presidential Library and Museum in [[Springfield, Illinois]] is now the world's largest museum dedicated to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, after Lincoln Financial was naming rights sponsor for the [[2000 Rugby League World Cup]] which was held in England.
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• MetLife
  ...ounded on March 24, 1868.<ref name=GBook_06>{{cite book |title=Envy of the world: a history of the U.S. economy & big business|last=Botti |first=Timothy |au ...me="MetLifeBankHistory">{{cite news|last=Considine|first=Bob|title=MetLife Bank Enjoys 5 Years in Bridgewater: Banking on Success|newspaper=Courier News|da
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• Modern Woodmen of America
  ...the society opened the Modern Woodmen Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Following [[World War II]], [[antibiotics]] became available and TB declined in the United St [[File:Modern Woodmen Bank - Rock Island, Illinois.jpg|thumb|Modern Woodmen Bank in Rock Island]]
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• Mutual of Omaha
  === United World Life Insurance Company === *[http://mutualofomahabank.com/ Mutual of Omaha Bank website]
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• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
  ...de is one of the largest insurance and financial services companies in the world, focusing on domestic property and casualty insurance, life insurance and r *Nationwide Bank
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• Sun Life Financial
  ...t is one of the largest [[life insurance|life insurance companies]] in the world, and also one of the oldest with a history spanning back to 1865. ===Pre-World War II===
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• USAA
  ..., and [[broker]]age and investment management services in the 1970s, and [[bank]]ing services in the 1980s. ...013. This membership provided access to USAA’s investment products, most bank deposit products, and life insurance. Auto and property insurance policies
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• Investment
  ...ry]] financial institutions. These intermediaries include pension funds, [[bank]]s, and [[insurance]] companies. They may pool money received from a number ...vestment Criterion|url=https://books.google.com/?id=GherKrR0X5cC|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=9789814293495|year=2010}}</ref>
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• Bank of America
  {{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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• Mutual fund
  ...Bogle]]; it is now called the "Vanguard 500 Index Fund" and is one of the world's largest mutual funds. Fund industry growth continued into the 1980s and 1 ...nt]]s, though money market funds are not insured by the government, unlike bank savings accounts.
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• Beaumont, Texas
  In 1824 Bobby and Nancy Tevis settled on the west bank of the [[Neches River]] and developed a farm. Soon after that, a small comm When the city became a major center for defense shipbuilding during [[World War II]], tens of thousands of rural Texans migrated there for the new high
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• Mortgage loan
  ...olio]]). The lender will typically be a financial institution, such as a [[bank]], [[credit union]] or [[building society]], depending on the country conce * [[Lender]]: any lender, but usually a [[bank]] or other [[financial institution]]. (In some countries, particularly the
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• Real estate bubble
  ...early twice as long and lead to output losses that are twice as large (IMF World Economic Outlook, 2003). A recent laboratory experimental study<ref>Ikromov ...y occur and cannot or should not be prevented, with government and central bank policy rather cleaning up after the bubble bursts.
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• Real estate appraisal
  ...ges to the local planning) as well as valuations performed for purposes of bank lending. Since Israel implemented the [[International Financial Reporting S ...]] and the [[National Association of Realtors]] which were founded after [[World War II]]. These organizations all existed to establish and enforce standard
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• Real estate investment trust
  ...orks. The spread of the REIT approach to real estate investment around the world has also increased awareness and acceptance of investing in global real est ...ean-for-reits|title=What Higher Rates Mean for REITs|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|date=8 June 2018}}</ref> Economic climates characterized by rising i
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• Real estate transaction
  ...s and requirements also vary considerably among different countries of the world and among smaller legal entities ([[jurisdictions]]). ...t pre-approval for a [[Mortgage loan|mortgage]] of a certain amount from a bank, if they cannot afford the full purchase price in the range they are explor
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• Subprime mortgage crisis
  ...June 2009]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Duca |first1=John V. (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas) |title=Subprime Mortgage Crisis |url=https://www.federalreserveh ...ref name="The End of the Affair">{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12637090 |title=The End of the Affai
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• Dubai
  ...yline with [[Burj Khalifa]]; [[Burj Al Arab]]; [[Palm Jumeirah]] and [[The World Islands]]; [[Dubai Marina]]; and [[Sheik Zayed Road]].<br> | pushpin_map = UAE#Asia#World
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• Kazakhstan
  ...blications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html |date=30 October 2017 }}. ''CIA World Factbook''.</ref> ...worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI |title= Gini index |publisher= [[World Bank]] |accessdate= 21 November 2015 |deadurl= no |archiveurl= https://web.archi
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• United States
  ...wrap|$19.390 trillion<!-- End nowrap. -->}}<ref name=imf2>{{cite web|title=World Economic Outlook Database, April 2018 – Report for Selected Countries and ...which have been identified as the most biodiversity-rich countries of the world, with a particular focus on endemic biodiversity. |accessdate=September 11,
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• Business plan
  Written business plans are often required to obtain a bank loan or other kind of financing. ...conomic agencies of the [[United Nations]], and [[Multilateral development bank|development banks]].
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• List of chief executive officers
  | Founder of the firm and one of the [[Forbes list of billionaires|world's wealthiest people]] | [[Bank of America]]
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• Sergio Ermotti
  ...url=https://ig.ft.com/bank-ceo-pay/2017/|title=Here's what the CEOs of the world's biggest banks earn|author=Laura Noonan|author2=David Blood|date=23 July 2 ...ef> He previously served as the deputy chief executive officer for Italian bank [[UniCredit]], from 2007 to 2010.<!-- The lack of citations is purposeful.
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• Timothy J. Sloan
  ...url=https://ig.ft.com/bank-ceo-pay/2017/|title=Here's what the CEOs of the world's biggest banks earn|author=Laura Noonan|author2=David Blood|date=23 July 2 ...lidays while a student. In 1984, he joined [[Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Glazer |first=Emily |url=https://www.wsj.c
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• Survey data collection
  ...aper, mobile data collection can also dramatically reduce costs: one World Bank study in Guatemala found a 71% decrease in cost while using mobile data col
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• Delivery order
  ...carta.msn.com/dictionary_1861605663/D_O.html D/O Definition]," MSN Encarta World English Dictionary [North American Edition]. 2007. Microsoft Corporation. A ...e Guide to International Trade Terms (Complete Text)." National Trade Data Bank's Guide to International Trade Terms. 1 September 1995. USDOC, OFFICE OF AD
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• Enterprise planning system
  ...d nuclear alert - Monday 14 March part two|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2011/mar/14/japan-tsunami-nuclear-alert-live|work=guardian.co.uk|publi With changing real world conditions, at least three components can structure enterprise strategy. Th
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• Willis Group
  ...s in the [[Willis Building (London)|Willis Building]] in London. It is the world's fourth-largest insurance broker when measured by revenues.<ref>{{cite web ...pln.projectview&upload_id=2283 Crunch? And the Willis building is sold],'' World Architecture News'', 13 May 2008</ref>
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• Progressive Corporation
  ...mnity segment provides [[professional liability insurance]] to community [[bank]]s, principally directors, and officers liability insurance. It also provid ...fuel-efficient vehicles. The competition is open to teams from around the world that can design, build and bring to market 100 MPGe (miles per gallon energ
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• Providence, Rhode Island
  ...ower).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=125380|title=Bank of America Building, Providence|publisher=Emporis |year=2007 |accessdate=Ja ...tes, 2010|accessdate=October 29, 2012|publisher=North American Jewish Data Bank|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912030237/http://ww
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• Harvard Business School
  From the start the school enjoyed a close relationship with the corporate world. Within a few years of its founding many business leaders were its alumni a ...S. News & World Report''|date=March 19, 2018}}</ref> and ranked 5th in the world by the ''[[Financial Times]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/b
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• Fred Trump
  ...n executive at [[Chase Bank#Merger as Chase Manhattan Bank|Chase Manhattan Bank]];<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet the Trumps: The family tree of Donald Trump|n ...of his parents were German,{{sfn|Blair|2005|page=110}} for decades after [[World War II]] Trump told friends that his family was of Swedish origin. Accordin
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• Jesse Binga
  ...merican businessman who founded the first privately owned African-American bank in Chicago. He was a notable pioneer of black business achievement in the e ...o.<ref name="Kranz2004"/>{{rp|19}} He arrived in Chicago in 1893 for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] and remained, having various jobs and eventually s
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• Jason Tom
  ...the Honolulu Twestival team and attendees raised over $2,000 for the Blood Bank of Hawaii.<ref name="JasonTom.com Blog 3 Back to Back">{{cite web | title = ...Championship in Brooklyn which were organized by Humanbeatbox.com and the World Beatbox Association (WBA).<ref name="KITV Segment 2">{{cite web|title=Oahu
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• Annette Herfkens
  ...sional barriers as the first female executive to be sent abroad by a Dutch bank. She was assigned first to [[New York City]], then to [[London]] and in 198 ...ideosub.php?guest_id=254 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2014-08-29 |title=One World with Deepak Chopra |publisher=Newswire.fm |date=2014-07-24 |accessdate=2014
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• Sandra Palmer (entrepreneur)
  ...p://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=35278574|website=World Bank|accessdate=28 May 2015|pages=121-9|date=2010}}</ref> ...was appointed CEO and Senior Partner at Above or Beyond (formerly The Job Bank). In this new role as CEO and Senior Partner, Dr. Palmer will leverage her
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• Rice brothers
  ...]]s. Until the death of John Rice on November 5, 2005, the two held the [[world record]] for being the shortest living twins, standing only {{convert|2|ft| ...complications of injuries when he broke his leg coming out of a Palm Beach bank. He was scheduled for surgery and died as they started the anesthesia.
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• Brenda Bence
  ...Would YOU Want to Work for YOU?'', ''Smarter Branding Without Breaking the Bank'', ''How YOU are like Shampoo'' series ...| first = Roger | title = Thai chaos traps Neb. couple | publisher = Omaha World-Herald | date =2010-05-20 | url = http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articl
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• Alexis Jones
  ...mote it.<ref name=aas /> As of 2017, IATG has over 175 chapters around the world.<ref name=c&c /> ...basketball]] star [[Brad Buckman]],<ref>{{cite episode|title=Breaking the Bank|series=Say Yes to the Dress|network=[[TLC (network)|TLC]]|date=March 20, 20
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• Tânia Tomé
  ...e of entrepreneurship, SDG projects and young, women in business. She is a bank and investment professional with more than 12 years experience and holds a Among 1000 young leaders from around the world, Tânia Tomé was named the 2016 Young African Leader, a title conferred on
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• Bibliography of Andrew Jackson
  ...ook |last=Remini |first=Robert V. |date=1967 |title=Andrew Jackson and the Bank War: A Study in the Growth of Presidential Power |url=https://books.google. ..., George Rogers, ed. ''Jackson Versus Biddle: The Struggle over the Second Bank of the United States'' (1949), excerpts from primary and secondary sources.
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• Columbia University
  ...a is ranked as the 3rd best university in the United States by U.S. News & World Report behind only Princeton and Harvard.<ref>https://www.usnews.com/best-c ...General Studies]] in response to the return of [[GI (military)|GIs]] after World War II.<ref>{{cite web|title=School of General Studies: History|url=http://
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• University of Pennsylvania
  ...en-us/2010/TOP/100|title=2010 Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities|publisher=[[Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Coun ...rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-ranked-where-fortune-500-ceos-went-school-us-news-world-report|title=Rutgers ranked: Where the Fortune 500 CEOs Went to School|date
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• Easter
  ...day%20spy%20wednesday&f=false|title = New century reference library of the world's most important knowledge: complete, thorough, practical, Volume 3 |publis ...boiled eggs red to represent the blood of Christ shed for the sins of the world.|date=5 April 2000|accessdate =7 April 2012|isbn = 9780748753208}}</ref><re
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• Good Friday
  ...blic holiday|legal holiday]] around the world, including in most [[Western world|Western countries]] and [[#United States|12 U.S. states]].<ref>{{cite book| <blockquote>May Christ our true God, Who for the salvation of the world endured spitting, and scourging, and buffeting, and the Cross, and death, t
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• John the Baptist
  * [[Nabi Yahya Mosque]] in [[Sebastia, Nablus|Sebastia]], [[West Bank]]
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• Hinduism
  ...s of Southeast Asia]]. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world,{{refn|group=note|See: * Fowler: "probably the oldest religion in the world" ({{harvnb|Fowler|1997|p=1}})
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• Joyce Meyer
  ...'' in south St. Louis in 1943. Her father went into the army to fight in [[World War II]] soon after she was born. She has said in interviews that he began ...for a detailed accounting for such things as cosmetic surgery and foreign bank accounts and citing such expenses as the $23,000 commode mentioned earlier.
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• Artificial intelligence
  ..."AI funding in the 60s"/> and laboratories had been established around the world.<ref name="AI in England"/> AI's founders were optimistic about the future: ...p Blue]] became the first computer chess-playing system to beat a reigning world chess champion, [[Garry Kasparov]], on 11 May 1997.{{sfn|McCorduck|2004|pp=
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