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  2. British Security Co-ordination - Wikipedia

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    BSC operated from the 35th and 36th floors of the International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York during World War II. 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.

  3. Diplom - Wikipedia

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    A Diplom (German: ⓘ, from Ancient Greek: δίπλωμα diploma) is an academic degree in the German-speaking countries Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and a similarly named degree in some other European countries including Albania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine and only for engineers in France, Greece, Hungary, North ...

  4. At sign - Wikipedia

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    The at sign, @, is an accounting and invoice abbreviation meaning "at a rate of" (e.g. 7 widgets @ £2 per widget = £14), [1] now seen more widely in email addresses and social media platform handles. It is normally read aloud as "at" and is also commonly called the at symbol, commercial at, or address sign.

  5. -ing - Wikipedia

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    Sign showing a French ending -ing in one word dressing. Note: this is non-English. Sign of a singular form of French ending -ing. Sign of a plural form of French ending -ing. English words constructed from verbs with the ending -ing are sometimes borrowed into other languages.

  6. Diplôme d'Ingénieur - Wikipedia

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    The title Ingénieur diplômé is strictly regulated in France and North Africa and protected by the state.. In France, any institution issuing the diplôme d'ingénieur must be accredited by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur (within the Ministry of Higher Education and Research in France) which is the official administrative body responsible for evaluating higher education institutions ...

  7. Engineer's degree - Wikipedia

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    "Ing.") - five years study in French Community of Belgium (3 BSc. + 2 MSc.) or four years of study in the Flemish Community of Belgium (3 BSc. + 1 MSc.), delivered by universities. Names are traditionally prefixed with the ir. and/or Ing. titles, although this practice is not as widespread as in the Netherlands.

  8. French Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    French Sign Language is frequently, though mistakenly, attributed to the work of Charles Michel de l'Épée (l'abbé de l'Épée). In fact, he is said to have discovered the already existing language by total accident; having ducked into a nearby house to escape the rain, he fell upon a pair of deaf twin sisters and was struck by the richness and complexity of the language that they used to ...

  9. Free Burghers in the Dutch Cape Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Protestant work ethic, the Calvinist work ethic [5] or the Puritan work ethic [a] [6] is a work ethic concept in theology, sociology, economics, and history that emphasizes that hard work, discipline and frugality [7] are a result of a person's subscription to the values espoused by the Protestant faith, particularly Calvinism.