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  2. Satyajit Ray - Wikipedia

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    Satyajit Ray ( Bengali pronunciation: [ˈʃotːodʒit ˈrae̯] ⓘ; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. Ray is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors in the history of ...

  3. Book banning in the United States (2021–present) - Wikipedia

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    In April 2022, nonprofit organization PEN America found that 1,586 book bans targeting 1,145 unique books had occurred in the past nine months. Also in April, the ALA published its annual report on book censorship, finding that there were 729 attempts to remove school, university and library materials in 2021, resulting in 1,597 book challenges ...

  4. 2024 European farmers' protests - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 European farmers' protests are a series of protests by farmers that have been occurring since December 2023. The farmers have protested against low food prices, proposed environmental regulations (such as a carbon tax, pesticide bans, nitrogen emissions curbs and restrictions on water and land usage), and trade in agricultural products ...

  5. Threads (social network) - Wikipedia

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    Threads is an online social media and social networking service operated by Meta Platforms. The service features integration with Instagram and users must register for Threads with an Instagram account. Functionality is similar to X (Twitter), users can post text, images, and videos, as well as interact with other users' posts through replies ...

  6. Sunglasses - Wikipedia

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    The Ray-Ban Wayfarer is a (mostly) plastic-framed design for sunglasses produced by the Ray-Ban company. Introduced in 1952, the trapezoidal lenses are wider at the top than the bottom (inspired by the Browline eyeglasses popular at the time), and were famously worn by James Dean , Roy Orbison , Elvis Presley , Bob Marley , The Beatles and ...

  7. Grand Rapids, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Website. GrandRapidsMI.gov. Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. [4] At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893, [5] making it the second-most populous city in Michigan, after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of ...

  8. Promotion (marketing) - Wikipedia

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    The term 'promotion' tends to be used internally by the marketing function. To the public or the market, phrases like "special offer" are more common. Examples of a fully integrated, long-term, and large-scale promotion are My Coke Rewards in the USA or Coke Zone in the UK and Pepsi Stuff .

  9. Bhiwadi - Wikipedia

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    Male's literacy rate is almost 20% higher than female's, with 87.2% of men having the ability to read and write compared to women's 69.87%. According to the census, 87.94% of the population follows the religion of Hinduism, 10% recognise themselves as Muslim, 1.34% are Sikh. 0.68% follow other religions, and 0.03% do not believe in any.

  10. List of Heisman Trophy winners - Wikipedia

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    History In 1935, the award, then known as the DAC Trophy, was created by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club to recognize the best college football player "east of the Mississippi River". In that inaugural year, the award went to Jay Berwanger from the University of Chicago. Berwanger was later drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League but declined to sign with them ...

  11. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    Percentage. In mathematics, a percentage (from Latin per centum 'by a hundred') is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign (%), [1] although the abbreviations pct., pct, and sometimes pc are also used. [2]