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  2. Nancy Pelosi - Wikipedia

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    Roughly two weeks later, Pelosi held a press conference in which she endorsed Murtha's proposal. Some critics believed that Pelosi's support for a troop withdrawal would prevent the Democrats from winning a House majority in the 2006 elections. During her time as minority leader, Pelosi was not well known to much of the American public.

  3. Daylight saving time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established the system of uniform daylight saving time throughout the US. [1] In the U.S., daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. local time. With a mnemonic word play referring to seasons, clocks "spring ...

  4. Ray Combs - Wikipedia

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    Ray Combs. Raymond Neil Combs Jr. (April 3, 1956 – June 2, 1996) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and game show host. He began his professional career in the late 1970s. His popularity on the stand-up circuit led to him being signed as the second host of the game show Family Feud in its second run and first revival.

  5. Fortnight - Wikipedia

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    When added at the end of the word for "week" it changes the meaning to "two weeks". In Hebrew, the single-word שבועיים (shvu′ayim) means exactly "two weeks". Also in Arabic, by adding the common dual suffix to the word for "week", أسبوع, the form أسبوعين (usbu′ayn), meaning "two weeks", is formed.

  6. Fact check: Is Facebook about to start charging users ... - AOL

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    There has never been a charge to use Facebook and the company has indicated it never plans to. Since the parent company Meta makes its money from advertising to Facebook's 3 billion monthly users ...

  7. Observer effect (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Scientists. v. t. e. In physics, the observer effect is the disturbance of an observed system by the act of observation. [1] [2] This is often the result of utilizing instruments that, by necessity, alter the state of what they measure in some manner. A common example is checking the pressure in an automobile tire, which causes some of the air ...

  8. RC time constant - Wikipedia

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    The RC time constant, denoted τ (lowercase tau ), the time constant (in seconds) of a resistor–capacitor circuit (RC circuit), is equal to the product of the circuit resistance (in ohms) and the circuit capacitance (in farads ), i.e.: It is the time required to charge the capacitor, through the resistor, from an initial charge voltage of ...

  9. Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign - Wikipedia

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    "Today, the change we seek swept through Chesapeake and over the Potomac," Obama said at a rally in Madison, Wisconsin. On February 18, Michelle Obama attracted criticism when during a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin she said, "Let me tell you, for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country. Not just because Barack ...