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  2. British Security Co-ordination - Wikipedia

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    British Security Co-ordination ( BSC) was a covert organisation set up in New York City by the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in May 1940 upon the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill . Its purpose was to investigate enemy activities, prevent sabotage against British interests in the Americas, and mobilise pro ...

  3. Pre-nominal letters - Wikipedia

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    Pre-nominal letters are a title which is placed before the name of a person as distinct from a post-nominal title which is placed after the name. Examples of pre-nominal titles, for instance professional titles include: Doctor, Captain, EUR ING (European Engineer), Ir ( Ingenieur ), Mons. ( monsignore) CA (Indian Chartered Accountant) [1] and ...

  4. Academic grading in Italy - Wikipedia

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    For ordinary exams, universities in Italy use a 30-point scale that can be divided into failing (0 to 17) and passing (18 to 30 cum laude) grades. For final assessment of the entire degree, a 110-point scale is used, which is divided into two as well, with 66 being the minimum for a degree to be awarded. The 110-point scale incorporates scores ...

  5. List of trade unions in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Italian Footballers' Association; UILCA; Structure. Italian unions are built around local chambers of labor (camera del lavoro). These chambers largely do not collectively bargain but serve as the clearinghouse for Italian worker assistance, as opposed to other countries, where workers might first appeal to a national union.

  6. Engineer's degree - Wikipedia

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    Engineer's degree. An engineer's degree is an advanced academic degree in engineering which is conferred in Europe, some countries of Latin America, North Africa and a few institutions in the United States. The degree may require a thesis but always requires a non-abstract project. [1]

  7. Italian Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    Swiss-Italian Sign Language. Italian Sign Language ( Italian: Lingua dei segni italiana, LIS) is the visual language used by deaf people in Italy. Deep analysis of it began in the 1980s, along the lines of William Stokoe 's research on American Sign Language in the 1960s. Until the beginning of the 21st century, most studies of Italian Sign ...

  8. Italian Labour Union - Wikipedia

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    The Italian Labour Union (Italian: Unione Italiana del Lavoro, pronounced [uˈnjoːne itaˈljaːna del laˈvoːro]; UIL [uˈil, wil]) is a national trade union centre in Italy. It was founded in 1950 as a socialist , social democratic , republican , and laic split from the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL).

  9. Südtiroler Sparkasse – Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano

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    The Savings Bank of the Province of Bolzano / South Tyrol ( German: Südtiroler Sparkasse A.G., Italian: Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano S.p.A.) is an Italian savings bank based in Bolzano, the capital of South Tyrol autonomous region. Due to Italian banking reform, the bank was separate into a S.p.A. and a banking foundation ( Stiftung ...

  10. Deafness in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Among them, around 70,000 people are severely deaf. The European Union for the Deaf reports that the majority of the deaf people in Italy use Italian Sign Language (LIS). LIS has been an official sign language in Italy since 2021.

  11. Signed Italian - Wikipedia

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    Signed Italian ( italiano segnato) [1] and Signed Exact Italian ( italiano segnato esatto) [2] are manually coded forms of the Italian language used in Italy. They apply the words (signs) of Italian Sign Language to oral Italian word order and grammar. The difference is the degree of adherence to the oral language: Signed Italian is frequently ...