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  2. Carnegie Mellon University - Wikipedia

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    Carnegie Mellon students and faculty have access to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and some University of Pittsburgh libraries through consortial agreements with those institutions. The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation (HIBD), [ 135 ] dedicated as the Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Botanical Library in 1961, has been a research ...

  3. Louvre - Wikipedia

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    [13]: 37 In the early 1800s, after the seven-day week had been reinstated, the general public had only four hours of museum access per weeks, between 2pm and 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays. [ 14 ] : 8 In 1824, a new regulation allowed public access only on Sundays and holidays; the other days the museum was open only to artists and foreigners ...

  4. Rail transport - Wikipedia

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    Mainline and tram systems normally have overhead wires, which hang from poles along the line. Grade-separated rapid transit sometimes use a ground third rail. Power may be fed as direct (DC) or alternating current (AC). The most common DC voltages are 600 and 750 V for tram and rapid transit systems, and 1,500 and 3,000 V for mainlines.

  5. News Corporation - Wikipedia

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    News Corp was established in 1980 by Rupert Murdoch as a holding company for News Limited.News Limited was founded in 1923 in Adelaide by James Edward Davidson, funded by the Collins House mining empire for the purpose of publishing anti-union propaganda; [9] [10] subsequently the controlling interest was bought by the Herald & Weekly Times.

  6. O'Hare International Airport - Wikipedia

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    On the ground, road access to the airport is offered by airport shuttle, bus, the Chicago "L", or taxis. Interstate 190 (Kennedy Expressway) goes directly into the airport. O'Hare is a hub for American Airlines and United Airlines (which is headquartered in Willis Tower), [16] [17] as well as an operating base for Frontier Airlines [18] and ...

  7. American Express - Wikipedia

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    Share of the American Express Company, 1865. In 1850, American Express was started as a freight forwarding company in Buffalo, New York. [13] It was founded as a joint-stock corporation by the merger of the cash-in-transit companies owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company, the successor ...

  8. Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania (/ ˌ p ɛ n s ɪ l ˈ v eɪ n i ə / ⓘ PEN-sil-VAY-nee-ə, lit. ' Penn's forest country '), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [b] (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie), [7] is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.