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The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games . | The nation has never been in the Winter Olympic Games . |
Nicaragua first participated at the Olympic Games in 1968 , and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then , except when they boycotted the 1988 Games in support of North Korea . | Teams from Nicaragua have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968 , except when they boycotted the 1988 Games in support of North Korea . |
To date , no athlete from Nicaragua has ever won an Olympic medal , although the baseball team finished in fourth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics . | The baseball team finished in fourth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics . |
A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs , followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin . | The music was composed by Lalo Schifrin . |
The instructions on the tape were read by voice actor Robert Cleveland `` Bob '' Johnson . | Bob Johnson was the voice on the tape . |
The Evangelical Church in Germany ( German : Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland , abbreviated EKD ) is a federation of twenty Lutheran , United Protestant ( Prussian Union ) and Reformed ( Calvinist ) Protestant regional church bodies in Germany . | The Protestant Evangelical Church in Germany ( German : Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland ) is a series of 20 regional churches . |
She discovered the Laetoli footprints . | She also discovered the Laetoli footprints . |
She also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge . | Leakey also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge . |
Leakey developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai . | She developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai . |
For much of her career she worked with her husband , Louis Leakey , in the Olduvai Gorge , in eastern Africa , uncovering the tools and fossils of ancient hominines . | For much of her career she worked together with her husband , Louis Leakey , in Olduvai Gorge , uncovering the tools and fossils of ancient hominins . |
During her career , Leakey discovered fifteen new species of other animals , and one new genus . | She also discovered fifteen new species of other animals and one new genus . |
She helped to establish a Leakey family tradition of palaeoanthropology by training her son , Richard , in the field . | After the death of her husband she became a leading palaeoanthropologist , helping to establish the Leakey tradition by training her son , Richard , in the field . |
Mary Leakey ( 6 February 1913-9 December 1996 ) was a British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull , an extinct ape now believed to be ancestral to humans . | She discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull , an extinct primate . |
In 1972 , after the death of her husband , Leakey became director of excavation at Olduvai . | In 1960 she became director of excavation at Olduvai and subsequently took it over , building her own staff . |
He is chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran . | He has been the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran since 1989 . |
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( Persian : اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی , Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī pronunction ( help · info ) , Hashemi Bahramani هاشمی بهرمانی , born 25 August 1934 ) is an influential Iranian politician and writer , who was the fourth president of Iran . | Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( Persian : اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی Akbar Hāshemī Rafanjānī ) , Hashemi Bahramani ( هاشمی بهرمانی ) born on August 25 , 1934 , is an influential Iranian politician . |
In 2005 , radar data revealed the presence of large quantities of water ice at the poles and at mid-latitudes . | In 2005 , radar data revealed the presence of large quantities of water ice at the poles , and at mid-latitudes . |
When the poles are again exposed to sunlight , the frozen CO2 sublimes , creating enormous winds that sweep off the poles as fast as 400 km\/h . | When the poles are again exposed to sunlight , the frozen CO2 sublimes ( turns to vapor ) , creating enormous winds that sweep off the poles as fast as 400 km\/h . |
The two polar ice caps appear to be made largely of water . | The two polar ice caps appear to be made largely of frozen water . |
Liquid water can not exist on the surface of Mars due to low atmospheric pressure , except at the lowest elevations for short periods . | Liquid water can not exist on the surface of Mars due to its low atmospheric pressure ( there 's not enough air to hold it in ) , except at the lowest elevations for short periods . |
Landforms visible on Mars strongly suggest that liquid water has at least at times existed on the planet 's surface . | Landforms seen on Mars strongly suggest that liquid water at some time existed on the planet 's surface . |
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System , after Mercury . | Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System and the second-smallest solid planet . |
These seasonal actions transport large amounts of dust and water vapor , giving rise to Earth-like frost and large cirrus clouds . | Each season this moves large amounts of dust and water vapor , giving rise to Earth-like frost and large cirrus clouds and dust storms . |
The Phoenix lander directly sampled water ice in shallow Martian soil on July 31 , 2008 . | The Phoenix lander found water ice in shallow Martian soil in July 2008 . |
Mars has two known moons , Phobos and Deimos , which are small and irregularly shaped . | Mars has two small moons , called Phobos and Deimos . |
These straight line features were later explained as optical illusions , though geological evidence gathered by unmanned missions suggest that Mars once had large-scale water coverage on its surface . | Geological evidence gathered by unmanned missions suggest that Mars once had much liquid water on its surface . |
The volume of water ice in the south polar ice cap , if melted , would be sufficient to cover the entire planetary surface to a depth of 11 meters . | The amount of ice in the south polar ice cap , if melted , would be enough to cover the entire planet 's surface 11 meters deep . |
There are no markings or measurements to indicate what pressure will produce what note , so the pressure is adjusted by ear . | There are no markings or measurements to show what pressure will make what note , so the pressure is adjusted by ear . |
The bass ektara , sometimes called a dotara often has two strings ( as literally implied by do , `` two '' ) . | The bass ektara , sometimes called a dotara often has two strings . |
In origin the ektara was a regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels from India and is plucked with one finger . | The ektara was a regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels from India . |
The ektara usually has a stretched single string , an animal skin over a head ( made of dried pumpkin\/gourd , wood or coconut ) and pole neck or split bamboo cane neck . | The ektara usually has a stretched single string . |
Ektara ( Bengali : একতারা , Punjabi : ਇਕ ਤਾਰਾ ; literally `` one-string '' , also called iktar , ektar , yaktaro gopichand ) is a one-string instrument most often used in traditional music from Bangladesh , India , Egypt , and Pakistan . | Ektara ( literally `` one-string '' , also called iktar , ektar , yaktaro gopichand ) is a one-string instrument . |
Pressing the two halves of the neck together loosens the string , thus lowering its pitch . | Pressing the two halves of the neck together loosens the string . |
A packet consists of two kinds of data : control information and user data ( also known as payload ) . | A packet consists of two kinds of data : control information and user data ( or payload ) . |
It is more efficient and reliable to calculate a checksum or cyclic redundancy check over the contents of a packet than to check errors using character-by-character parity bit checking . | So many packets use a checksum or cyclic redundancy check to make sure they got the right information . |
CBeebies has had 13 presenters . | Currently presenting CBeebies are : Ex presenters of CBeebies were : |
DiCaprio , an only child , was born in Los Angeles , California . | Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio ( born November 11 , 1974 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actor . |
Despite the setback , Hamasaki stated that she wished to continue singing , and that she would `` not give up '' on her fans and that `` as a professional '' , she wanted to `` deliver the best performance for everyone '' . | She said that she would `` not give up '' on her fans and that `` as a professional '' , she wanted to `` deliver the best performance for everyone '' . |
Born and raised in Fukuoka , she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment . | She was born and raised in Fukuoka . |
Also called `` Ayu '' by her fans , Hamasaki has been dubbed the `` Empress of J-pop '' because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia . | She is also called Ayu by her fans , and called the `` Empress of Pop '' because her music is very popular in Japan . |
Since her 1998 debut with the single recording `` Poker Face '' , Hamasaki has sold over 53,000,000 records in Japan , ranking her among the best-selling recording artists in the country . | Since she debuted in 1998 with `` Poker Face , '' Hamasaki sold more than 50 records in Japan . |
Hamasaki dated singer-actor Tomoya Nagase since her brief acting career , and they publicly announced their relationship in 2001 . | Hamasaki dated Tomoya Nagase ( a singer and actor ) since her short acting career . |
On July 14 , Hamasaki released her forty-eighth single , `` Moon\/Blossom '' . | But on July 13 , 2007 Hamasaki said that they had broken up . |
Sidharth Malhotra ( born 16 January 1985 ) is an Indian film actor and former model who appears in Hindi films of Bollywoodl . | Sidharth Malhotra ( born 16 January 1985 ) is an Indian movie actor and former model . |
He began his acting career in Karan Johar 's commercially successful dramedy Student of the Year , for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut nomination . | He started his career in movies with Karan Johar 's movie ` Student of the year ' ( 2012 ) for which he received a nomination in the Filmfare award for Best Male Debut . |
It was the first genus of sauropod known to possess armor of bony plates embedded in its skin . | It was the first genus of sauropod known to have armor of bony plates embedded in its skin . |
Other fossils have since been found in Uruguay . | Fossils have been found in Argentina . |
The small bony plates ( called osteoderms , a feature of modern crocodiles ) have since been found on other titanosaurids . | The small bony plates ( called osteoderms , a feature of modern crocodiles ) have since been found on other titanosaurs . |
He beatified a number of individuals , including Ignatius Loyola , Philip Neri , Theresa of Avila , and Francis Xavier . | He beatified Ignatius Loyola , Philip Neri , Theresa of Avila and Francis Xavier . |
Pope Paul V ( Latin : Paulus V ; 17 September 1552 - 28 January 1621 ) , born Camillo Borghese , was Pope from 16 May 1605 to his death in 1621 . | Pope Paul V ( Latin : Paulus Quintus ; Rome , 17 September 1552 - 28 January 1621 ) , born Camillo Borghese , was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 234th Pope from 16 May 1605 until his death . |
He canonised Charles Borromeo ( 1 November 1610 ) and Frances of Rome . | Paul V canonised Charles Borromeo and Frances of Rome . |
He was born on 17 September 1522 into the noble Borghese family of Siena which had recently fled to Rome , and ROMANUS appears in most of his inscriptions . | He was a son of the noble Borghese family of Siena . |
In June 1596 he was made Cardinal-Priest of Sant ` Eusebio and Cardinal Vicar of Rome by Pope Clement VIII , and had as secretary Niccolò Alamanni . | In June 1596 he was made Cardinal . |
The county has a total area of 6,714 km ² . | Mureş County has an area of 6,714 km ² . |
The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India , is the chief of government , chief advisor to the President of India , head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament . | The Prime Minister of India , is the chief of government , chief advisor to the President of India , head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament . |
The prime minister , in consultation with the Cabinet , schedules and attends the sessions of the Houses of Parliament and is required to answer the question from the Members of Parliament to them as the in-charge of the portfolios in the capacity as Prime Minister of India . | The Prime Minister , in consultation with the Cabinet , schedules and attends the sessions of the Houses of Parliament and is required to answer the question from the Members of Parliament . |
The incumbent prime minister is Manmohan Singh , in office since 22 May 2004 . | The current prime minister is Manmohan Singh , in office since 22 May 2004 . |
The prime minister is usually always in-charge\/head of : The prime minister represents the country in various delegations , high level meetings and international organizations that require the attendance of the highest government office and also addresses to the nation on various issues of national or other importance... | The Prime Minister is usually always in-charge\/head of : The Prime Minister also represents the country in various international meetings , conferences and organizations . |
Oath of office : Oath of secrecy : | A Prime Minister must be : Oath of office : Oath of secrecy : |
Macassan praus are also recorded in the Aboriginal stories from Broome to the Gulf of Carpentaria , and there were some semi-permanent settlements established , and cases of Aboriginal settlers finding a home in Indonesia . | Macassan praus are also recorded in the Aboriginal stories from Broome to the Gulf of Carpentaria . |
By 9,000 years ago small islands in Bass Strait , as well as Kangaroo Island were no longer inhabited . | By 9,000 years ago there were no longer people living on the small islands in Bass Strait or Kangaroo Island . |
All told , about 60 different vertebrates became extinct , including the Diprotodon family ( very large marsupial herbivores that looked rather like hippos ) , several large flightless birds , carnivorous kangaroos , Wonambi naracoortensis , a 5 metre serpent , a five metre lizard and Meiolania , a tortoise the size of... | About 60 different vertebrates became extinct , including the Diprotodon family ( very large marsupials that looked rather like hippos ) , several large flightless birds , meat eating kangaroos , a five metre lizard and Meiolania , a tortoise the size of a small car . |
Fire-tolerant species became predominant : in particular , eucalyptus , acacia , and grasses . | Species that could survive fire began to take over : in particular , eucalyptus , acacia , and grasses . |
Migration was achieved during the closing stages of the Pleistocene , when sea levels were much lower than they are today . | During the Pleistocene period , sea levels were much lower than they are today . |
The direct cause of the mass extinctions is uncertain : it may have been fire , hunting , climate change or a combination of all or any of these factors , although the rapid decline of many species is still a matter of dispute . | It may have been fire , hunting , climate change , or a combination of all . |
In Arnhem Land the Malakunanja II rock shelter `` has been dated to around 55,000 years old '' . | The oldest place where humans lived in Australia dates to 55,000 years ago , the Malakunanja II rock shelter in the Northern Territory . |
Linguistic and genetic evidence shows that there has been long-term contact between Australians in the far north and the Austronesian people of modern-day New Guinea and the islands , but that this appears to have been mostly trade with a little intermarriage , as opposed to direct colonisation . | Studies of language and genes shows that there has been long-term contact between Australians in the far north and the people of modern-day New Guinea and the islands . |
The sea level stabilised to near its present levels about 6000 years ago , flooding the land bridge between Australia and New Guinea . | The land bridge between Australia and New Guinea was blocked by rising sea levels about 8,000 years ago . |
The changes to the fauna were even more dramatic : the megafauna , species significantly larger than humans , disappeared , and many of the smaller species disappeared too . | Megafauna , species much larger than humans , disappeared , as well as many of the smaller species . |
Over the last 70,000 years it became much more frequent as hunter-gatherers used it as a tool to drive game , to produce a green flush of new growth to attract animals , and to open up impenetrable forest . | Hunter-gatherers use fire as a tool to drive game , to produce new growth to attract animals , and to clear scrub . |
At the end of the Pleistocene , roughly 13,000 years ago , the Torres Strait connection , the Bassian Plain between modern-day Victoria and Tasmania , and the link from Kangaroo Island began disappearing under the rising sea . | At the end of the Pleistocene , about 13,000 years ago , rising sea levels cut the land access across the Torres Strait to New Guinea , the Bass Strait between Victoria and Tasmania , and to Kangaroo Island . |
It was consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1993 . | It was consecrated in 1993 by Pope John Paul II . |
All the games take place inside The Cube . | Games take place inside of a cube . |
The Cube is a triple BAFTA Award-winning British game show which first aired on ITV on 22 August 2009 . | The Cube is a British game show that airs on ITV . |
Each contestant begins with nine lives . | The contestant is given nine lives . |
As the name would suggest using this will make a certain game easier for the contestant to complete . | This allows a contestant to make a game easier . |
Each time a contestant makes an unsuccessful attempt at a game , one life is lost and the contestant must repeat the game until successful . | Each time a contestant fails , he lose a life , and must play the game again . |
Its synodic period of over 846 Earth days is among the largest of any body in the Solar System . | Its synodic period of over 846 Earth days is among the biggest of any body in the Solar System . |
It was discovered on the same night ( 13 August 1898 ) by Gustav Witt in Berlin and Auguste Charlois at Nice . | It was found on the same night ( 13 August 1898 ) by Gustav Witt in Berlin and Auguste Charlois at Nice . |
This event may also be responsible for the 40 percent of the Erotian surface that is devoid of craters smaller than 0.5 kilometers across . | This impact may also be responsible for the 40 percent of the Erotian surface that is devoid of craters smaller than 0.5 kilometers across . |
It was originally thought that the debris thrown up by the collision filled in the smaller craters . | It was first thought that the debris thrown up by the collision filled in the smaller craters . |
As one of the larger near-Earth asteroids ( NEAs ) , Eros has played a significant role in history . | As one of the bigger Near Earth Asteroids ( NEAs ) , Eros has played a significant role in history . |
Witt was taking a 2-hour exposure of Beta Aquarii to secure astrometric positions of asteroid 185 Eunike . | Witt was taking a 2 hour exposure of beta Aquarius to secure astrometric positions of asteroid 185 Eunike . |
The Erotian surface gravity varies greatly , since Eros is not a sphere but an elongated peanut-shaped ( or potato - or shoe-shaped ) object . | The Erotian surface gravity changes a lot , since Eros is not a sphere but a stretched peanut-shaped ( or potato - or shoe-shaped ) object . |
NEAR scientists have found that most of the larger rocks strewn across Eros were ejected from a single crater in an impact approximately 1 billion years ago . | NEAR scientists have found that most of the bigger rocks strewn across Eros were blown off from a single crater in a meteorite collision approximately 1 billion years ago . |
Under this condition , the asteroid actually appears to stop , but unlike the normal condition for a body in heliocentric conjunction with the Earth , its retrograde motion is very small . | Under this condition , the asteroid actually appears to stop , but unlike the normal condition for a body in heliocentric conjunction with the Earth , it never appears to be retrograde . |
Objects in such an orbit can remain there for only a few hundred million years before the orbit is perturbed by gravitational interactions . | Objects in an orbit like Eros can exist for only a few hundred million years before the orbit is perturbed by gravitational interactions . |
Eros is a Mars-crosser asteroid , the first known to come within the orbit of Mars . | It is a Mars-crosser asteroid and was the first asteroid that was known to come within the orbit of Mars . |
On February 12 , 2001 , at the end of its mission , it landed on the asteroid 's surface using its maneuvering jets . | Eros was visited by the NEAR Shoemaker probe , which orbited it , taking many pictures of its surface , and , on February 12 2001 , at the end of its mission , landed on the asteroid 's surface using its maneuvering jets . |
During rare oppositions , every 81 years , such as in 1975 and 2056 , Eros can reach a magnitude of +7.0 , which is brighter than Neptune and brighter than any main-belt asteroid except 4 Vesta and , rarely , 2 Pallas and 7 Iris . | But during rare oppositions , every 81 years , such as in 1975 and 2056 , Eros can reach a magnitude of +7.1 , which is brighter than Neptune and brighter than any main belt asteroid except 4 Vesta and , not usually , 2 Pallas and 7 Iris . |
It is a potential Earth impactor , comparable in size to the impactor that created Chicxulub crater and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs . | It is thought to be bigger than the impactor that created Chicxulub crater in the Yucatán , which has been linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs . |
Nighttime measurements fall near -150 ° C. Eros 's density is 2.67 kg\/dm3 , about the same as the density of Earth 's crust . | The daytime temperature on Eros hovers at about 100 ° C and nighttime measurements at − 150 ° C. Eros 's density is 2,400 kg\/m3 , about the same as the density of Earth 's crust . |
Pope Benedict XIV ( Latin : Benedictus XIV ; 31 March 1675 - 3 May 1758 ) , born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini , was Pope from 17 August 1740 to his death in 1758 . | Pope Benedict XIV ( Latin : Benedictus Quartus Decimus ; 31 March 1675 - 3 May 1758 ) , born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini , was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 248th Pope from 1740 until his death in 1758 . |
On August 17 , 1740 , he was elected in the evening and took his new pontifical name of Benedict XIV in honor of Pope Benedict XIII . | He was elected Pope in 1740 ; and he chose to be called Benedict XIV . |
This technology reduced the time required to tabulate the census from eight years for the 1880 census to one year for the 1890 census . | This technology made the time to tabulate the census change from eight years for the 1880 census to one year for the 1890 census . |
The 1890 census announced that the frontier region of the United States no longer existed , and that the Census Bureau would no longer track the westward migration of the U.S. population . | The 1890 census said that the frontier part of the United States no longer existed , |
The United States census of 1890 showed a total of 248,253 Native Americans living in America , down from 400,764 Native Americans identified in the census of 1850 . | 1890 showed a total of 248,253 Native Americans living in America . |
Richard takes Kahlan to his best friend and mentor , Zedd . | Because of this , Richard takes Kahlan to his best friend , Zedd . |
Wizard 's First Rule , written by Terry Goodkind , is the first book in the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth . | Wizard 's First Rule is a book written by Terry Goodkind . |
Richard lives in an area of the world known as Westland , which is the only part of the world that at the time contains no magic . | Westland is the only part of the world that contains no magic . |
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