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  2. Sylvette Frichot - Wikipedia

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    The National Committee on Pay Equity defended this idea by referencing that women made 59 cents to every dollar that men made in 1963. [1] In 1966 she joined the Seychelles People's United Party , now known as the Seychelles People's Progressive Front, [2] where she began doing clerical work.

  3. First-dollar gross - Wikipedia

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    First-dollar gross is a practice in filmmaking in which a participant receives a percentage of the gross box-office revenue, starting from a film's first day of release. [1] [2] The participant begins sharing in the revenue from the first ticket sale, not waiting until the film studio turns a profit. [3]

  4. Interstate Highway System - Wikipedia

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    The Pershing Map FDR's hand-drawn map from 1938. The United States government's efforts to construct a national network of highways began on an ad hoc basis with the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which provided $75 million over a five-year period for matching funds to the states for the construction and improvement of highways. [8]

  5. Nebraska Northwestern Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (reporting mark NNW) is a Class III railroad that began operations in April 2010 after it purchased 7.22 miles (11.62 km) of former Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern (DME), now Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad, previously Chicago and North Western Railway Cowboy Line track between Dakota Junction and the rail yard to the east at Chadron, Nebraska.

  6. Bait money - Wikipedia

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    Bait money or bait bills are bills with known serial numbers, used by banks to aid the tracing of bank robbers.. The serial numbers are recorded by the bank either by making a copy or by listing in a log book.

  7. Discount theater - Wikipedia

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    Discount theaters, also known as dollar theaters, dollar movies, second-run theaters, and sub-run theaters, are movie theaters that show motion pictures for reduced prices after those films depart first-run theaters. [1] [2] Originally, they would receive release prints of 35 mm films after those prints had been shown already at first-run ...

  8. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

  9. Sustainability - Wikipedia

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    Sustainability is regarded as a "normative concept".[5] [22] [23] [2] This means it is based on what people value or find desirable: "The quest for sustainability involves connecting what is known through scientific study to applications in pursuit of what people want for the future."