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Academic year

An academic year or school year is a period that schools, colleges and universities use to measure the quantity of study that are often divided into academic terms.

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Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling the humidity of internal air.

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Air pollution

Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.

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Albania

Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Alexander Raymond Katz

Alexander Raymond Katz (April 21, 1895 – March 24, 1974) was a modernist artist working in painting and illustration.

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American Legion

The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an organization of U.S. war veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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American Polar Society

The American Polar Society was founded in 1934 by August Howard.

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Aram Haigaz

Aram Haigaz (Արամ Հայկազ; March 22, 1900 – March 10, 1986) was the pen name of Aram Chekenian, an Armenian-American writer.

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Area code 917

Area code 917 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the five boroughs of New York City: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

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Area codes 718, 347, and 929

Area codes 718, 347, and 929 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, as well as the Marble Hill section of Manhattan.

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Art Deco

Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.

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Art Spiegelman

Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman (born February 15, 1948), professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is an American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel Maus.

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AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas.

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August Howard

August Howard (January 2, 1910 - December 4, 1988) was the founder of the American Polar Society in 1934 and publisher of The Polar Times.

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Bad Religion

Bad Religion is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980.

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Bayside, Queens

Bayside is a neighborhood located in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Bobby Schayer

Bobby Schayer (born December 23, 1966, in Los Angeles, California) is an American drummer.

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Bookmobile

A bookmobile, or mobile library, is a vehicle designed for use as a library.

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Boroughs of New York City

The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Brooklyn's Finest

Brooklyn's Finest is a 2009 American crime film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin.

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Bukharan Jews

Bukharan Jews (Bukharian: יהודיאני בוכארא/яҳудиёни Бухоро, Yahudiyoni Bukhoro; יְהוּדֵי־בּוּכָרָה, Yehudey Bukhara), in modern times called Bukharian Jews (Bukharian: יהודי בוכרה/яҳудиёни бухорӣ, Yahudiyoni Bukhorī; יְהוּדִים־בּוּכָרִים, Yehudim Bukharim), are the Mizrahi Jewish sub-group of Central Asia that historically spoke Bukharian, a Judeo-Persian dialect of the Tajik language, in turn a variety of the Persian language.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Canarsee

The Canarsee (also Canarse and Canarsie) were a band of Munsee-speaking Lenape who inhabited the westernmost end of Long Island at the time the Dutch colonized New Amsterdam in the 1620s and 1630s.

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CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.

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Central Asia

Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.

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Chapo Trap House

Chapo Trap House (also referred to as Chapo) is an American socialist political comedy podcast launched in March 2016.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Community boards of Queens are New York City community boards in the borough of Queens, which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use and zoning, participate in the city budget process, and address service delivery in their district.

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A community centre, community center, or community hall is a public location where members of a community gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes.

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Convenience store

A convenience store, convenience shop, bodega, corner store or corner shop is a small retail store that stocks a range of everyday items such as tea, coffee, groceries, fruits, vegetables, snacks, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery tickets, over-the-counter drugs, toiletries, newspapers and magazines.

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Corona, Queens

Corona is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. Rego Park, Queens and Corona, Queens are Chinese-American culture in New York City.

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Cyrillic script

The Cyrillic script, Slavonic script or simply Slavic script is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia.

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Dave Rubinstein

David Rubinstein, also known as Dave Insurgent (September 5, 1964 – July 3, 1993), was an American singer and co-founder of the New York–based hardcore punk band Reagan Youth.

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David Baltimore

David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938) is an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.

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Dear John (American TV series)

Dear John is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from October 6, 1988 to July 22, 1992.

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Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels.

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Disposable household and per capita income

Household income is a measure of income received by the household sector.

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Donald A. Wollheim

Donald Allen Wollheim (October 1, 1914 – November 2, 1990) was an American science fiction editor, publisher, writer, and fan.

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Douglaston–Little Neck, Queens

Douglaston–Little Neck is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Queens.

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Eastern Air Lines

Eastern Air Lines (also colloquially known as Eastern) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 to 1991.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Eddie Egan

Edward R. Egan (January 3, 1930 – November 4, 1995) was an American actor and former police detective.

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Elmhurst Hospital Center

Elmhurst Hospital Center (EHC), also known as NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, is a 545-bed public hospital in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens in New York City.

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Elmhurst, Queens

Elmhurst (formerly Newtown) is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. Rego Park, Queens and Elmhurst, Queens are Chinese-American culture in New York City.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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Fatima Kuinova

Panir Ibragimova (28 December 1926 – 28 December 2021), better known by the stage name of Fatima Kuinova (Фатима Куэнова, فاطمه کوینوا), was a Bukharan Jewish Shashmakom singer.

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Fedders

Fedders is an American company that manufactures air conditioners and other air treatment products.

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Flushing, Queens

Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Rego Park, Queens and Flushing, Queens are Chinese-American culture in New York City.

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Forest Hills High School (New York)

Forest Hills High School (FHHS) is a high school in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City.

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Forest Hills, Queens

Forest Hills is a mostly residential neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. Rego Park, Queens and Forest Hills, Queens are central Asian American culture in New York (state), Jewish communities in the United States, Russian communities in the United States, Russian-American culture in New York City, Russian-Jewish culture in New York City and Uzbekistani-American culture.

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Frank Lorenzo

Francisco Anthony "Frank" Lorenzo (born May 19, 1940) is an American businessman.

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Fred Silverman

Fred Silverman (September 13, 1937 – January 30, 2020) was an American television executive and producer.

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Frontage road

A frontage road (also known as an access road, outer road, service road, feeder road, or parallel road) is a local road running parallel to a higher-speed, limited-access road.

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Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy is a joint center at New York University School of Law and the NYU Wagner School of Public Service.

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General Hospital

General Hospital (often abbreviated as GH) is an American daytime television soap opera.

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Gentrification

Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment.

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Georgian Jews

The Georgian Jews (tr, Yahadut Georgia) are a community of Jews who migrated to Georgia during the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BCE.

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Government of New York City

The government of New York City, headquartered at New York City Hall in Lower Manhattan, is organized under the New York City Charter and provides for a mayor-council system.

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Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a long-form work of sequential art.

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Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette famous for her striptease act.

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Health insurance coverage in the United States

In the United States, health insurance coverage is provided by several public and private sources.

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History of the BRT and BMT

Starting in 1899, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; 1896–1923) and Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT; 1923–1940) operated rapid transit lines in New York City — at first only elevated railways and later also subways.

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History of the Jews in Russia

The history of the Jews in Russia and areas historically connected with it goes back at least 1,500 years.

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Hypertension

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.

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IKEA

Inter IKEA Systems B.V., trading as IKEA, is a Swedish multinational conglomerate that designs and sells, kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services.

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Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents.

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IND Queens Boulevard Line

The IND Queens Boulevard Line, sometimes abbreviated as QBL, is a line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan and Queens, New York City, United States.

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Independent Subway System

The Independent Subway System (IND; formerly the ISS) was a rapid transit rail system in New York City that is now part of the New York City Subway.

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Interstate 495 (New York)

Interstate 495 (I-495) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in southeastern New York state.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Irina Reyn

Irina Reyn is a Russian-born American novelist and associate professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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Jack Curry

Jack F. Curry (born November 25, 1964) is an American sports commentator.

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Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Jewish Federations of North America

The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), formerly the United Jewish Communities (UJC), is an American Jewish umbrella organization for the Jewish Federations system, representing over 350 independent Jewish communities across North America that raise and distribute over $2 billion annually, including through planned giving and endowment programs, to support social welfare, social services and educational needs.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Joe Nichols (journalist)

Giuseppe Fappiano (July 16, 1905 – December 23, 1984), known as Joseph C. Nichols, was an American sports journalist.

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June Havoc

June Havoc (born Ellen Evangeline Hovick;Ancestry Library Edition November 8, 1912 – March 28, 2010) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, stage director and memoirist.

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Kashrut

(also or, כַּשְׁרוּת) is a set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish law.

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Kenny Anderson (basketball)

Kenneth Anderson, known as Kenny Anderson, (born October 9, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player.

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Key Food

Key Food Stores Co-op, Inc. is a cooperative of independently owned supermarkets, founded in Brooklyn, New York, on April 20, 1937.

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Lenape

The Lenape (Lenape languages), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.

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Lili Bosse

Lili Bosse (Toren; born October 6, 1961) is an American politician currently serving as the Mayor of Beverly Hills, California.

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List of counties in New York

There are 62 counties in the U.S. state of New York.

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List of municipalities in New York

This is a list of municipalities in New York other than towns, which includes all 533 villages and 62 cities of New York.

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List of Queens neighborhoods

This is a list of neighborhoods in Queens.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Long Island City

Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City in the United States.

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Long Island Jewish Forest Hills

Long Island Jewish Forest Hills is a teaching hospital operating under the Northwell Health hospital network.

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Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road, often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island.

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Lost Battalion (World War I)

The Lost Battalion is the name given to the nine companies of the US 77th Division, roughly 554 men, isolated by German forces during World War I after an American attack in the Argonne Forest in October 1918.

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Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)

The Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York.

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Malika Kalontarova

Malika Kolontarova (Малика Қаландарова, Мазол (Малика) Яшуваевна Калантарова or Колонтарова; born 2 September 1950) is a Tajik–American dancer.

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Masbia

Masbia (משביע, lit., "satiate") is a network of kosher soup kitchens in New York City.

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Maus

Maus, often published as Maus: A Survivor's Tale, is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991.

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Merited Artist of the Russian Federation

Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is an honorary title in the Russian Federation.

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Metropolitan Avenue

Metropolitan Avenue is a major east-west street in Queens and northern Brooklyn, New York City.

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Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty

The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council) is a New York City-based non-profit social services organization.

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Meuse–Argonne offensive

The Meuse–Argonne offensive (also known as the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive, the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front.

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Middle Village, Queens

Middle Village is a mainly residential neighborhood in the central section of the borough of Queens, New York City, bounded to the north by the Long Island Expressway, to the east by Woodhaven Boulevard, to the south by Cooper Avenue and the former LIRR Montauk Branch railroad tracks, and to the west by Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Council

The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States.

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New York City Department of Education

The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system.

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New York City Department of Environmental Protection

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's water supply and works to reduce air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution.

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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (also known as NYC Health) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for public health along with issuing birth certificates, dog licenses, and conducting restaurant inspection and enforcement.

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New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, also called the Parks Department or NYC Parks, is the department of the government of New York City responsible for maintaining the city's parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the city's natural areas, and furnishing recreational opportunities for city's residents and visitors.

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New York City Fire Department

The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all five boroughs.

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New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law.

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New York City Police Department

The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

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New York City's 24th City Council district

New York City's 24th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council.

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New York City's 25th City Council district

New York City's 25th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council.

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New York City's 29th City Council district

New York City's 29th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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New York Landmarks Conservancy

The New York Landmarks Conservancy is a non-profit organization "dedicated to preserving, revitalizing, and reusing" historic structures in New York state.

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New York State Register of Historic Places

The New York State Register of Historic Places is a listing of "properties significant in history, architecture, engineering, landscape design, archeology, and culture" in the U.S. state of New York.

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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated principally in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968.

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Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health.

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Old Testament

The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.

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Ozone Park, Queens

Ozone Park is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Queens, New York, United States.

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Parkways in New York

The majority of parkways in the US state of New York are part of a statewide parkway system owned by several public and private agencies but mostly maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).

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Particulates

Particulates or atmospheric particulate matter (see below for other names) are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air.

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People's Artist of the USSR

People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Preterm birth

Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks.

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Private Parts (1997 film)

Private Parts is a 1997 American biographical comedy film produced by Ivan Reitman and directed by Betty Thomas.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Queens Boulevard

Queens Boulevard is a major thoroughfare connecting Midtown Manhattan, via the Queensboro Bridge, to Jamaica in Queens, New York City, United States.

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Queens Center Mall

Queens Center Mall is an urban shopping mall in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, on Queens Boulevard between 57th Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard.

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The Queens Community Board 6 is the local government body in the New York City borough of Queens, encompassing the neighborhoods of Forest Hills and Rego Park.

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Queens Public Library

The Queens Public Library (QPL), also known as the Queens Borough Public Library and Queens Library (QL), is the public library for the borough of Queens, and one of three public library systems serving New York City.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Ramones

The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974.

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Reagan Youth

Reagan Youth is an American anarcho-punk band formed by singer Dave Rubinstein (Dave Insurgent) and guitarist Paul Bakija (Paul Cripple) in Queens, New York City in early 1980.

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Rego Center

Rego Center is a shopping mall bordered by the Long Island Expressway, Junction Boulevard, Queens Boulevard, 63rd Drive, and 99th Street in the Rego Park neighborhood of Queens in New York City.

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Rego Park Jewish Center

The Rego Park Jewish Center is a Conservative synagogue located in the Rego Park neighborhood of Queens, New York City, New York, United States.

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Rego Park station (LIRR)

Rego Park is a former Long Island Rail Road station.

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Remsen Cemetery

The Remsen Cemetery is a private burial ground at 6943 Trotting Course Lane, bordering the Middle Village and Rego Park neighborhoods of Queens in New York City.

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Robert Lipsyte

Robert Michael Lipsyte (born January 16, 1938) is an American sports journalist and author and former ombudsman for ESPN.

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Robert Moses

Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid-20th century.

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Rockaway Beach Branch

The Rockaway Beach Branch was a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in Queens, New York City, United States.

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Rockaway, Queens

The Rockaway Peninsula, commonly referred to as The Rockaways or Rockaway, is a peninsula at the southern edge of the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, New York.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

The Diocese of Brooklyn (Diœcesis Bruklyniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the U.S. state of New York.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Rosco Gordon

Rosco N. Gordon III (April 10, 1928 – July 11, 2002), sometimes billed as Roscoe Gordon, was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter.

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Shell plc

Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.

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Sid Caesar

Isaac Sidney Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American actor, comedian and writer.

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Sitcom

A sitcom (a shortening of situation comedy, or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy centred on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode.

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Smoking

Smoking is a practice in which a substance is combusted and the resulting smoke is typically inhaled to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream of a person.

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Soup kitchen

A soup kitchen, food kitchen, or meal center is a place where food is offered to the hungry usually for no price, or sometimes at a below-market price (such as coin donations).

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South Asia

South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Sports journalism

Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions.

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Steve Hofstetter

Steven Ira Hofstetter (born September 11, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian and podcast host.

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Synagogue

A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.

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Tajik cuisine

Tajik cuisine is a traditional cuisine of Tajikistan, and has much in common with Russian, Afghan, Iranian and Uzbek cuisines.

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Tajikistan

Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia.

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Telephone numbering plan

A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints.

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Texas International Airlines

Texas International Airlines Inc. was a local service carrier in the United States, known from 1940 until 1947 as Aviation Enterprises, until 1969 as Trans-Texas Airways (TTA), and as Texas International Airlines until 1982, when it merged with Continental Airlines.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854.

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The Holocaust

The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.

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The King of Queens

The King of Queens is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, a total of nine seasons and 207 episodes.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)

The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy film co-produced and directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter, based on Jordan Belfort's 2007 memoir of the same name.

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Time Out (magazine)

Time Out is a global magazine published by Time Out Group.

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Tommy Ramone

Thomas Erdelyi (born Tamás Erdélyi,; January 29, 1949 – July 11, 2014), known professionally as Tommy Ramone, was a Hungarian-American musician.

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Trader Joe's

Trader Joe's is an American chain of grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California.

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Tudor Revival architecture

Tudor Revival architecture, also known as mock Tudor in the UK, first manifested in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rego_Park,_Queens

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