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595: 530: 633: 190: 393:(1857–1930) served as the 27th President of the United States and as the 10th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912. After leaving office, Taft returned to Yale as a professor, continuing his political activity and working against war through the League to Enforce Peace. In 1921, Warren G. Harding appointed Taft chief justice, a position in which he served until a few weeks before his death. 564: 414:(1901–1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer he received 22 Academy Awards from 59 nominations and has won more individual Oscars than anyone else. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and one Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. 667: 719: 120: 110: 205: 223: 350:(1903–1978) was a senior commander in the Australian Army, serving as Chief of the General Staff from 1960 to 1963. After retiring from the military in 1963, Pollard became Honorary Colonel of the Royal Australian Regiment; he served as Australian Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II during the Royal Visit in 1970 and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order the same year. 36: 450:, and these are further subdivided into districts. Cantons are the only administrative division in Costa Rica that possess local government in the form of municipalities. Each municipality has its own mayor and several representatives, all of them chosen via municipal elections every four years. The largest canton by population is the capital San José with a population of 130: 160: 264:(1861–1925) was one of the principal Syrian rebel commanders of the Great Syrian Revolt against the French Mandate. His main area of operations was in Damascus and its Ghouta countryside. Al-Kharrat was killed in a French ambush in Ghouta, and the revolt dissipated by 1927, but he gained a lasting reputation as a martyr of the Syrian resistance to French rule. 90: 852: 140: 100: 285:(1898–1988) was an American physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging. He was also one of the first scientists in the United States to work on the cavity magnetron, which is used in microwave radars and microwave ovens. 371:
are a widely distributed and diverse parvorder of carnivorous marine mammals, and comprise four families and 15 species. They have two limbs that are modified into flippers. Baleen whales use their baleen plates to filter out food from the water. They have fused neck vertebrae, and are unable to turn
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was a nationwide musical movement that started in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s. It is best remembered for drawing on the heavy metal of the 1970s and infusing it with the intensity of punk rock to produce fast and aggressive songs. The
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DIY attitude of the new metal bands led to the spread of raw-sounding, self-produced recordings and a proliferation of independent record labels. Song lyrics were usually about escapist themes such as mythology, fantasy, horror and the rock lifestyle.
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their head at all. Baleen whales have two blowholes, and have a layer of fat under the skin to keep them warm. Although baleen whales are widespread, most species prefer the colder waters around the Northern and Southern poles.
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residents. The largest canton by land area is San Carlos, which spans 3,347.98 km (1,292.66 sq mi), while the smallest is Flores at 6.96 km (2.69 sq mi).
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Costa Rica is administratively divided into seven provinces which are subdivided into
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Bradley Cooper (born 1975) is an American actor and producer. As of 2016, he has
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vary considerably in size and shape, depending on their feeding behavior.
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Bipasha Basu (born 1979) is an Indian actress who has
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