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  2. Visa policy of mainland China - Wikipedia

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    The duration of stay is calculated from (and includes) the date of entry into China. [170] Holders of D, Q1, J1, S1, X1 and Z visas must apply for a residence permit at the local PSB within 30 days of entry into China, unless the "Duration of Each Stay" on the visa is marked as 30 days.

  3. John F. Kennedy International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Idlewild opened with six runways and a seventh under construction; [34] runways 1L and 7L were held in reserve and never came into use as runways. Runway 31R (originally 8,000 ft or 2,438 m) is still in use; runway 31L (originally 9,500 ft or 2,896 m) opened soon after the rest of the airport and is still in use; runway 1R closed in 1957 and ...

  4. Electoral fraud - Wikipedia

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    One way of doing this is to move a large number of voters into the electorate prior to an election, for example by temporarily assigning them land or lodging them in flophouses. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Many countries prevent this with rules stipulating that a voter must have lived in an electoral district for a minimum period (for example, six months) in ...

  5. Myopia - Wikipedia

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    Instrument myopia: over-accommodation when looking into an instrument such as a microscope. [ 67 ] Induced myopia, also known as acquired myopia, results from various medications, increases in glucose levels, nuclear sclerosis , oxygen toxicity (e.g., from diving or from oxygen and hyperbaric therapy) or other anomalous conditions. [ 68 ]

  6. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    Also Centering spring cylinder. A cylindrical cast-iron holder in which an adjusting string is placed. Adjusting spring seat A casting, or a part of the bolster of a two-wheel trailing truck, forming a bearing for the end of the adjusting spring. Admission The opening of steam port to admit steam to one end of a cylinder. If the valve has no lead, admission takes place at the moment the piston ...

  7. Zionism - Wikipedia

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    So-called "assimilationist" Jews desired complete integration into European society. They were willing to downplay their Jewish identity and in some cases to abandon traditional views and opinions in an attempt at modernization and assimilation into the modern world. A less extreme form of assimilation was called cultural synthesis.

  8. Luxembourg - Wikipedia

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    Luxembourg (/ ˈ l ʌ k s əm b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ LUK-səm-burg; [9] Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg [ˈlətsəbuəɕ] ⓘ; German: Luxemburg [ˈlʊksm̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; French: Luxembourg [lyksɑ̃buʁ] ⓘ), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, [a] is a small landlocked country in Western Europe.

  9. Inflation - Wikipedia

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    Moderate inflation, once its expectation is incorporated into nominal interest rates, would give those interest rates room to go both up and down in response to shifting investment opportunities, or savers' preferences, and thus allow financial markets to function in a more normal fashion.