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  2. Padrone system - Wikipedia

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    The padrone system was a contract labor system utilized by many immigrant groups to find employment in the United States, most notably Italian, but also Greeks, Chinese, Japanese, and Mexican Americans. [1] The word 'padrone' is an Italian word meaning 'boss', 'manager' or 'owner' when translated into English.

  3. Organ system - Wikipedia

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    Plants have two major organs systems. Vascular plants have two distinct organ systems: a shoot system, and a root system. The shoot system consists stems, leaves, and the reproductive parts of the plant (flowers and fruits). The shoot system generally grows above ground, where it absorbs the light needed for photosynthesis. The root system ...

  4. Pix (payment system) - Wikipedia

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    As of November 2021, it has been reported that the system has already made more than 6 billion transactions totaling to an amount of R$3.75 trillion or about US$682 billion. In 2023, Pix was the main payment system in Brazil, totalling 42 billion transacions. [6]

  5. Abe Peled - Wikipedia

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    He graduated from the Technion with BSc, and MSc in 1967 and 1971 respectively, both degrees in electrical engineering. He did his graduate work at Princeton University in the US on Digital Signal Processing and got his PhD in 1974.

  6. Paycheck Protection Program - Wikipedia

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    President Trump signs the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 266), April 24, 2020. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a $953-billion business loan program established by the United States federal government during the Trump administration in 2020 through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to help certain businesses, self ...

  7. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Below is the grading system found to be most commonly used in United States public high schools, according to the 2009 High School Transcript Study. [2] This is the most used grading system; however, there are some schools that use an edited version of the college system, which means 89.5 or above becomes an A average, 79.5 becomes a B, and so on.

  8. Kumasi Technical University - Wikipedia

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    The Kumasi Technical University, formerly known as Kumasi Polytechnic, is a public tertiary institution in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [1] [2]Kumasi Technical University is one of the Polytechnics in Ghana diverted into University. [3]

  9. Bowl Championship Series - Wikipedia

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    BCS Championship game at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, January 7, 2010, Alabama vs. Texas. The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system that created four or five bowl game match-ups involving eight or ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of American college football, including an opportunity for the top two teams to compete in ...