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A wedding anniversary is the anniversary of the date that a wedding took place. Couples often mark the occasion by celebrating their relationship, either...

Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative...

YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120...

Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties...

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year...

Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies)...

In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries...

The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff...

An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration...

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations...

A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for...

A marketplace, market place, or just market, or mart is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and...

Print on demand (POD) is a printing technology and business process in which book copies (or other documents, packaging, or materials) are not printed...

The legal drinking age is the minimum age at which a person can legally consume alcoholic beverages. The minimum age alcohol can be legally consumed can...

Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator...

The Seagram Company Ltd. (which traded as Seagram's) was a Canadian multinational conglomerate formerly headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. Originally a...

The Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, was a phase of rapid scientific discovery, standardisation, mass production...

A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each...

A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world[vague]) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically...

A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected...