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Reno, Nevada

Index Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada, located in the western part of the state, approximately from Lake Tahoe. [1]

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A Knight's Tale

A Knight's Tale is a 2001 American medieval adventure-comedy film written, produced, and directed by Brian Helgeland.

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All My Children

All My Children (often shortened to AMC) is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC for 41 years, from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes.

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Alpine Meadows, California

Alpine Meadows is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.

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Alternative country

Alternative country (sometimes alt-country, insurgent country, or Americana) is a loosely defined subgenre of country music and rock music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music and pop country music.

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Alturas, California

Alturas (formerly, Dorris Bridge, Dorris' Bridge, and Dorrisville) is a city in and the county seat of Modoc County, California, United States.

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994.

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American Airlines

American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is a major United States airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

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American Alliance of Museums

The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), formerly the American Association of Museums, is a non-profit association that has brought museums together since its founding in 1906, helping develop standards and best practices, gathering and sharing knowledge, and advocating on issues of concern to the museum community.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.

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Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach

Thruway Motorcoach is Amtrak's system of Amtrak-owned intercity coaches, locally contracted transit buses, through-ticketed local bus routes, and taxi services to connect Amtrak train stations to areas not served by its railroads, or stations which are disconnected temporarily due to service delays or track maintenance issues.

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Anne Henrietta Martin

Anne Henrietta Martin (September 30, 1875 in Empire City, Reno, Nevada – April 15, 1951 in Carmel, California) (pseudonym, Anne O'Hara; nickname, Little Governor Anne) was a suffragist, pacifist, and author from the state of Nevada.

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Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.

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April Meservy

April Meservy is an independent singer/songwriter.

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Area code 775

Area code 775 is a Nevada telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan.

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Arizona Diamondbacks

The Arizona Diamondbacks, often shortened as the D-backs, are an American professional baseball franchise based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Artown

In 1996, a group of business and arts executives in the Reno, Nevada (United States) Arts and Culture Commission developed a plan to use the arts to improve the city's self-image and give locals a reason to visit downtown.

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Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

Atlantis Casino Resort Spa (formerly Golden Road Motor Inn, Travelodge, Quality Inn and Clarion) is a hotel and casino located in Reno, Nevada.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; – March 6, 1982) was a Russian-American writer and philosopher.

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Bally Technologies

Bally Technologies, Inc. is a manufacturer of slot machines and other gaming technology based in Enterprise, Nevada.

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Barracuda Championship

The Barracuda Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in western Nevada.

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Basques

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Battle Born Derby Demons

The Battle Born Derby Demons (BBDD) is a roller derby league based in Reno, Nevada.

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Battle of South Mountain

The Battle of South Mountain—known in several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap—was fought September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Best management practice for water pollution

Best management practices (BMP) is a term used in the United States and Canada to describe a type of water pollution control.

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Binary cycle

A binary cycle power plant is a type of geothermal power plant that allows cooler geothermal reservoirs to be used than is necessary for dry steam and flash steam plants.

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Bishop Manogue High School

Bishop Manogue Catholic High School is a Catholic high school in Reno, Nevada.

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Bobby Chacon

Bobby Chacon (November 28, 1951 – September 7, 2016) was an American two-time world boxing champion at Featherweight (1974) and Super Featherweight (1982).

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Bowling

Bowling is a sport or leisure activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball towards a target.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Braeburn Capital

Braeburn Capital Inc. is an asset management company based in Reno, Nevada and a subsidiary of Apple Inc. Its offices are located at 6900 S. McCarran Boulevard in Reno.

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Brent Boyd

Brent Boyd is a former American football offensive guard and an advocate for retired football players.

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Brian Sandoval

Brian Edward Sandoval (born August 5, 1963) is an American politician, former attorney, and the 29th and current Governor of Nevada.

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Bud Gaugh

Floyd I. "Bud" Gaugh IV (born October 2, 1967) is a rock music drummer who played in the bands Sublime (1988–1996), Long Beach Dub Allstars (1997–2002), Eyes Adrift (2002–2003) Volcano (2004), and Sublime with Rome (2009–2011), and currently Jelly of the Month Club.

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C. L. R. James

Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989), who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, was an Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist.

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Cadillac Eldorado

The Cadillac Eldorado is a personal luxury car that was manufactured and marketed by Cadillac from 1952 to 2002 over ten generations.

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Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Caesars Entertainment Corporation, is an American gaming corporation based in Paradise, Nevada that owns and operates over 50 casinos and hotels, and seven golf courses under several brands.

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California Trail

The California Trail was an emigrant trail of about across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California.

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California Zephyr

The California Zephyr (the CZ, or "Silver Lady") is a passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area (at Emeryville), via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Reno.

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Carl Ravazza

Carl Ravazza (July 21, 1910 – July 28, 1968), also known professionally as Carl Ravell, was an American violinist, vocalist and bandleader.

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Carson City, Nevada

Carson City, officially the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, is an independent city and the capital of the US state of Nevada, named after the mountain man Kit Carson.

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Carson Range

The Carson Range is a spur of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California and western Nevada that starts at Carson Pass and stretches north to the Truckee River near Verdi, Nevada.

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Casino

A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities.

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Central Pacific Railroad

The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a rail route between California and Utah built eastwards from the West Coast in the 1860s, to complete the western part of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" in North America.

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Charles Crocker

Charles Crocker (September 16, 1822 – August 14, 1888) was an American railroad executive who founded the Central Pacific Railroad, which constructed the westernmost portion of the first transcontinental railroad, and took control with partners of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

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Charter school

A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located.

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Chino XL

Derek Keith Barbosa (born April 8, 1974), better known by his stage name Chino XL, is an American rapper and actor, known for his "technically" accomplished style, consisting of self-consciously over-the-top punchlines, exaggerated egotism, complex rhyme schemes, and use of multiple similes, puns, metaphors, and word play.

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Chris Ault

Christopher Thomas Ault (born November 8, 1946) is a former American football player, coach and athletic director.

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Chris Carr (American football)

Charles Christopher "Chris" Carr (born April 30, 1983) is a former American football cornerback, punt returner, and kick returner in the National Football League (NFL).

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Chuck Ruff (musician)

Chuck Ruff (May 25, 1951 – October 14, 2011) was an American rock drummer well known for his work with Edgar Winter on the popular instrumental "Frankenstein".

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Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo (in Latin America, Spanish for "Fifth of May") is an annual celebration held on May 5.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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City attorney

A city attorney can be an elected or appointed position in city and municipal government in the United States.

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City council

A city council, town council, town board, or board of aldermen is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality, or local government area.

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City manager

A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city, in a council–manager form of city government.

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Clark County, Nevada

Clark County is located in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Colin Kaepernick

Colin Rand Kaepernick (born November 3, 1987) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent.

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Combined statistical area

A combined statistical area (CSA) is composed of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) in the United States and Puerto Rico that can demonstrate economic or social linkage.

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Comstock Hotel & Casino

The Comstock Hotel & Casino is a former hotel and casino in Reno, Nevada, USA.

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Comstock Lode

The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Nevada (then western Utah Territory).

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Corporate headquarters

Corporate headquarters is a building or group of buildings that serve as the main base of operations and serve as the corporation's main offices for administrative and managerial staff, including strategic planners, corporate communications, accountants, lawyers, marketing staff, financial service staff, the Human Resources Department, and information technology (research) division.

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Council–manager government

The council–manager government form is one of two predominant forms of local government in the United States and Ireland, the other being the mayor–council government form.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival (often referred to as Creedence or CCR) was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s which consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford.

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Curtis Hanson

Curtis Lee Hanson (March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Damonte Ranch High School

The Damonte Ranch High School (DRSH) opened in the Fall of 2003.

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Dana MacDuff

Dana John MacDuff (born December 26, 1955) is a film producer and actor in Hollywood, California, and Reno, Nevada.

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David Coverdale

David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English rock singer best known for his work with Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978.

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David Wise (freestyle skier)

David Wise (born June 30, 1990) is an American freestyle skier, two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time X Games Gold Medalist.

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Davidson Academy (Reno, Nevada)

The Davidson Academy is a school for profoundly gifted students with two accredited options - an Online High School starting with eighth grade courses for students living anywhere in the United States and a Reno, Nevada public school located on the University of Nevada, Reno campus for students living in the area.

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Dawn Wells

Dawn Elberta Wells (born October 18, 1938) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island.

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Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968.

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Dental hygienist

A dental hygienist or oral hygienist is a licensed dental professional, registered with a dental association or regulatory body within their country of practice.

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Diamond Peak (ski area)

Diamond Peak is a ski resort in the western United States, located in Incline Village, Nevada.

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Diurnal temperature variation

In meteorology, diurnal temperature variation is the variation between a high temperature and a low temperature that occurs during the same day.

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Diversion dam

A diversion dam is a dam that diverts all or a portion of the flow of a river from its natural course.

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Divorce

Divorce, also known as dissolution of marriage, is the termination of a marriage or marital union, the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state.

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Dolora Zajick

Dolora Zajick (pronounced ZAH jick) (born 24 March 1952) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer who specializes in the Verdian repertoire.

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Donner Lake

Donner Lake is a freshwater lake in Northeast California on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and about northwest of the much larger Lake Tahoe.

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Doug Clifford

Douglas Ray "Cosmo" Clifford (born April 24, 1945 in Palo Alto, California) is an American drummer, best known as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

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Dream Lover (1993 film)

Dream Lover is a 1993 American erotic drama film written and directed by Nicholas Kazan and starring James Spader and Mädchen Amick.

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DSSAM Model

The DSSAM Model (Dynamic Stream Simulation and Assessment Model) is a computer simulation developed for the Truckee River to analyze water quality impacts from land use and wastewater management decisions in the Truckee River Basin.

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Earl Wooster High School

Earl Wooster High School, or Wooster High School (WHS), is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District.

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Earthquake swarm

Earthquake swarms are events where a local area experiences sequences of many earthquakes striking in a relatively short period of time.

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Eastern Sierra Transit Authority

Eastern Sierra Transit Authority is the operator of public transportation for the Eastern Sierra Region in California (between the Sierra Nevada and the California state line).

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ECHL

The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and two franchises in Canada.

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Edgar Winter

Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American rock and blues musician.

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Edward C. Reed High School

Edward C. Reed High School is a public secondary school in Sparks, Nevada and is one of three public high schools run by the Washoe County School District within the city of Sparks.

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EE Technologies

Electronic Evolution Technologies, Inc. (EE Technologies, Inc / EET) is a multi-national electronic manufacturing services (EMS) company headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

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Eldorado Resort Casino

Eldorado Resort Casino is a hotel and casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada.

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Elko, Nevada

Elko (Shoshoni: Natakkoa, "Rocks Piled on One Another") is the largest city and county seat of Elko County, Nevada, United States.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Ernie Pyle

Ernest Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900 – April 18, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist.

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Evapotranspiration

Evapotranspiration (ET) is the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration from the Earth's land and ocean surface to the atmosphere.

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Excel Christian School

Excel Christian School is a private Christian school in Reno/Sparks, Nevada.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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FedEx Cup

The FedExCup is a championship trophy for the PGA Tour.

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Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice.

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First Transcontinental Railroad

The First Transcontinental Railroad (also called the Great Transcontinental Railroad, known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.

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FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

The FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup is an annual freestyle skiing competition arranged by the International Ski Federation since 1980.

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Fitzgeralds Gaming

Fitzgeralds Gaming was a gaming and hotel company based in Reno, Nevada, that operated four casinos under the Fitzgeralds brand.

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Flume

A flume is a human-made channel for water in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch.

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Foshan

Foshan, formerly romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province in southeastern China.

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Frank Herbert Norcross

Frank Herbert Norcross (May 11, 1869 – November 4, 1952) was a United States federal judge.

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Galena High School (Nevada)

Galena High School is a public secondary school in Southwest Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District.

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Gambling

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.

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Gene Savoy

Douglas Eugene "Gene" Savoy (May 11, 1927 – September 11, 2007) was an American explorer, author, religious leader, and theologian.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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George Wingfield

George Wingfield (August 16, 1876 - December 24, 1959) was a Nevada banker and miner.

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Georges Simenon

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer.

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Gigafactory 1

The Tesla Gigafactory 1 is a lithium-ion battery factory under construction, primarily for Tesla, Inc., at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) in Storey County (near the community of Clark, Nevada, United States).

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Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz via United Artists Television.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.

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Goldfield, Nevada

Goldfield is an unincorporated community and the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States.

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Google Translate

Google Translate is a free multilingual machine translation service developed by Google, to translate text.

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Grand Sierra Resort

Grand Sierra Resort (formerly MGM Grand Reno, Bally's Reno and Reno Hilton) is a hotel and casino located approximately three miles east of Downtown Reno, Nevada.

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Great Basin

The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America.

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Great Recession

The Great Recession was a period of general economic decline observed in world markets during the late 2000s and early 2010s.

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Greater Nevada Field

Greater Nevada Field is a Minor League Baseball venue in the Western United States, located in Reno, Nevada.

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Greg Haugen

Greg Lee Haugen (born August 31, 1960) is a retired American boxer.

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Greg London

Greg London is an American singer, entertainer and impressionist.

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Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines, Inc., usually shortened to Greyhound, is an intercity bus common carrier serving over 3,800 destinations across North America.

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Guangdong

Guangdong is a province in South China, located on the South China Sea coast.

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Harold's Club

Harold's Club, also spelled Harolds Club, was a casino in Downtown Reno, Nevada that was established in 1935.

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Hatzor HaGlilit

Hatzor HaGlilit (חָצוֹר הַגְּלִילִית) is a town in northern Israel near Rosh Pinna and Safed.

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Héctor Camacho

Eachann Louis (May 24, 1962 – November 24, 2012), commonly known by his nickname Héctor Macho Camacho, was a Puerto Rican professional boxer and entertainer.

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Heavenly Mountain Resort

Heavenly Mountain Resort is a ski resort located on the California–Nevada border in South Lake Tahoe.

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Heidi Cortez

Heidi Cortez (born March 11, 1981) is an American entrepreneur (business owner, model, producer, writer, & manager).

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Henderson, Nevada

Henderson, officially the City of Henderson, is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about 16 miles southeast of Las Vegas.

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, and the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

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Hillary Schieve

Hillary Louise Schieve (born October 12, 1970) is an American businesswoman and politician from the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Hot August Nights

Hot August Nights is an annual event held in Reno and Virginia City, Nevada during the days of 2nd-7th on the month of August.

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Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs is the eleventh-largest city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Garland County.

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Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.

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Hug High School

Procter R. Hug High School is a fully accredited public high school in Reno, Nevada, and belongs to the Washoe County School District.

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Hugh Hefner

Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American businessman, magazine publisher, and playboy.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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International Game Technology

International Game Technology PLC (IGT), formerly Gtech S.p.A. and Lottomatica S.p.A., is a multinational gaming company that produces slot machines and other gaming technology.

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Interstate 580 (Nevada)

Interstate 580 (I-580) is an Interstate Highway in northwestern Nevada.

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Interstate 80 in Nevada

Interstate 80 (I-80) traverses the northern portion of the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Interstate Highway System

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.

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J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner

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Jack Johnson (boxer)

John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915).

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James J. Jeffries

James Jackson Jeffries (April 15, 1875 – March 3, 1953) was an American professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion.

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Jason-Shane Scott

Jason-Shane Scott (born December 29, 1976) is an American actor.

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Jennifer Harman

Jennifer C. Harman (born November 29, 1964, in Reno, Nevada) is an American professional poker player.

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Jesse L. Reno

Jesse Lee Reno (April 20, 1823 – September 14, 1862) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War, in the Utah War, on the western frontier, and as a Union General during the American Civil War.

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Jessica Nigri

Jessica Nigri (born August 5, 1989) is an American cosplay celebrity, promotional model, YouTuber, voice actress and fan convention interview correspondent.

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Jim Gibbons (American politician)

James Arthur Gibbons (born December 16, 1944) is an American attorney, aviator, geologist, hydrologist and politician.

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Joe Flanigan

Joe Flanigan (born January 5, 1967) is an American writer and actor best known for his portrayal of the character Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis.

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Joe Wieland

Joseph Andrew Wieland (born January 21, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan's NPB.

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Jon Ralston

Jonathan Mark "Jon" Ralston (born July 13, 1959) is an American journalist, political commentator and talk show host.

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Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in West Bromwich in 1969.

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Judge Mills Lane

Judge Mills Lane is a syndicated American television series and arbitration-based reality court show that ran in first-run syndication from August 17, 1998 to September 7, 2001.

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Julia Mancuso

Julia Marie Mancuso (born March 9, 1984) is a retired American World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Ken Shamrock

Kenneth Shamrock (born Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick; February 11, 1964) is an American mixed martial artist, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer, and retired professional wrestler.

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Kevin Jepsen

Kevin Martin Jepsen (born July 26, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.

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Kevin Stadler

Kevin Stadler (born February 5, 1980) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and formerly on the European Tour.

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Kimberley Conrad

Kimberley Conrad (born as Kimberley Conradt; August 6, 1962) is an American model and actress.

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L.A. Confidential (film)

L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American neo-noir crime film directed, produced and co-written by Curtis Hanson.

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Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe (Washo: dáʔaw) is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States.

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Lancaster, California

Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California.

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Land use

Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods.

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Lanham, Maryland

Lanham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.

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Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United States of America.

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List of counties in Nevada

This is a list of counties in Nevada.

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List of metropolitan statistical areas

The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined 383 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for the United States and seven for Puerto Rico.

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List of NJCAA Division I schools

There are 221 Division I teams in the NJCAA that play in 24 different regions.

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List of United States cities by population

The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places of the United States.

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List of United States Senators from New Mexico

New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, and elects U.S. Senators who belong to Class 1 and Class 2.

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Livingstone Bramble

Ras-I Alujah Bramble (born Livingstone Bramble on September 3, 1960 in Saint Kitts and Nevis) was a boxer.

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Luke Babbitt

Luke Robert Babbitt (born June 20, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Lyon County, Nevada

Lyon County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Mammoth Mountain

Mammoth Mountain is a lava dome complex west of the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, in the Inyo National Forest of Madera and Mono Counties.

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Mapes Hotel

Mapes Hotel was a hotel and casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada, next to the Truckee River on Virginia Street.

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Mark Gilmartin

Mark Gilmartin (born February 12, 1963) resides in Reno, Nevada, is a co-owner of Hole In One International and Odds On Promotions, has extensive experience within the golf industry, and has competed at the national amateur golf level throughout his career.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

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Martin Heinrich

Martin Trevor Heinrich (born October 17, 1971) is an American politician and businessman serving as the junior United States Senator from New Mexico since 2013.

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Martis people

Martis is the name given by scientists to the group of Native Americans who lived in Northern California on both the eastern and western sides of the Sierra Nevada.

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Matt Gallagher

Matt Gallagher (born 1983) is an American author, former U.S. Army captain and veteran of the Iraq War.

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Mädchen Amick

Mädchen Amick (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress.

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McCarran International Airport

McCarran International Airport is the primary commercial airport serving the Las Vegas Valley, a major metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Meadowood Mall

Meadowood Mall is a one-level, super-regional mall in Reno, Nevada, owned and managed by Simon Property Group.

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Megabus (North America)

Megabus, branded as megabus.com, is an intercity bus service of Coach USA/Coach Canada and DATTCO (a non Stagecoach company, under contract) providing discount travel services since 2006, operating throughout the eastern, southern, midwestern, and western United States and in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Metres above sea level

Metres above mean sea level (MAMSL) or simply metres above sea level (MASL or m a.s.l.) is a standard metric measurement in metres of the elevation or altitude of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level.

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Miami Heat

The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami.

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Michael Weiss (swimmer)

Michael Weiss (born May 23, 1991) is an American competition swimmer who has represented the United States in international championships including the FINA world championships, Pan American Games, and World University Games.

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Mike Krukow

Michael Edward Krukow (born January 21, 1952) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.

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Mills Lane

Mills Bee Lane III (born November 12, 1937) is an American former boxing referee and professional boxer, a two-term Washoe County, Nevada District Court Judge, and television personality.

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Mining engineering

Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that applies science and technology to the extraction of minerals from the earth.

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Minor League Baseball

Minor League Baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball (MLB) and provide opportunities for player development and a way to prepare for the major leagues.

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Miss Nevada

The Miss Nevada competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss America pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts.

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Moana Stadium

Moana Stadium was a stadium in Reno, Nevada.

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Mogul, Nevada

Mogul is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

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Mount Rose Ski Tahoe

Mount Rose Ski Tahoe is the closest ski resort to Reno, Nevada.

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Mountain West Conference

The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A).

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Municipal clerk

A clerk is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world.

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Nalchik

Nalchik (p; Kabardian: Налщӏэч //; Нальчик //) is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwest of Beslan in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania.

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Nanhai District

Nanhai District, is a district of Foshan, Guangdong, China.

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Nate Schierholtz

Nathan John "Nate" Schierholtz (born February 15, 1984), is an American former professional baseball right fielder.

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National Automobile Museum

The National Automobile Museum, located just south of the Truckee River in Reno, Nevada, displays historic automobiles from the late 19th century and from throughout the 20th.

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National Bowling Stadium

The National Bowling Stadium is a ten-pin bowling stadium in Reno, Nevada.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions and conferences.

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National Judicial College

The National Judicial College (NJC) was established in 1963 as an entity within the American Bar Association.

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National Junior College Athletic Association

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is an association of community college and junior college athletic departments throughout the United States.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced, like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

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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.

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Native American gaming

Native American gaming comprises casinos, bingo halls, and other gambling operations on Indian reservations or other tribal land in the United States.

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Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.

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NBA G League

The NBA G League is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization.

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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Nevada

Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.

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Nevada Museum of Art

The Nevada Museum of Art, located at 160 West Liberty Street in Reno, Nevada, is the only American Alliance of Museums (AAM) accredited art museum in the state of Nevada.

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Nevada Opera

The Nevada Opera is an American opera company located in Reno, Nevada.

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Nevada School of Law at Old College

Nevada School of Law at Old College was the first law school established in the state of Nevada.

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Nevada Wolf Pack

The Nevada Wolf Pack are the athletic teams that represent the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball

The Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball program is a college basketball team that represents the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Depot

The Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Depot was built by the Nevada-California-Oregon Railway (NCO) in 1910 in Reno, Nevada.

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Nevada–California–Oregon Railway

The Nevada–California–Oregon Railway was a narrow gauge railroad originally planned to connect Reno, Nevada, to the Columbia River.

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News & Review

The News & Review is a group of free alternative weekly newspapers published by Chico Community Publishing, Inc. of Chico, California.

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Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7.

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Non-Hispanic whites

Non-Hispanic whites or whites not of Hispanic or Latino origin (commonly referred to as Anglo-Americans)Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster See original definition (definition #1) of Anglo in English: It is defined as a synonym for Anglo-American--Page 86 are European Americans who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin/ethnicity, as defined by the United States Census Bureau.

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Norman Motorsports

Norman Motorsports is the professional Trophy Truck #8 offroad racing team based in San Diego, California.

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Northstar California

Northstar California (previously Northstar-at-Tahoe) is a mountain resort in the western United States, located in Placer County, California, near the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe.

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Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories (NT or NWT; French: les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, TNO; Athabaskan languages: Denendeh; Inuinnaqtun: Nunatsiaq; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ) is a federal territory of Canada.

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Nuclear fusion

In nuclear physics, nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei come close enough to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons).

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NV Energy

NV Energy is a public utility which generates, transmits and distributes electric service in northern and southern Nevada, including the Las Vegas Valley, and provides natural gas service in the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area of northern Nevada.

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Office of Management and Budget

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP).

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Outlets at Legends

The Outlets at Legends is an upscale outlet center in Sparks, Nevada, owned and managed by RED Development.

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Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad)

The Overland Route was a train route operated jointly by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad / Southern Pacific Railroad, between Council Bluffs, Iowa / Omaha, Nebraska, and San Francisco, California over the grade of the First Transcontinental Railroad (aka the "Pacific Railroad") which had been opened on May 10, 1869.

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Pacific Coast League

The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league operating in the Western, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States.

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Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico.

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Pat McCarran

Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was a Democratic United States Senator from Nevada from 1933 until 1954.

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Paul Laxalt

Paul Dominique Laxalt (born August 2, 1922) is an American politician who was Governor of Nevada from 1967 to 1971 and a United States Senator from 1974 to 1987.

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Peppermill Reno

Peppermill Reno is a hotel and casino located in Reno, Nevada owned and operated by Peppermill Resorts.

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PetSmart

PetSmart Inc. is an American retail chain operating in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico that is engaged in the sale of pet animal products and services such as dog grooming and dog training, cat and dog boarding facilities, and daycare.

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PGA Tour

The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of the main professional golf tours played primarily by men in the United States and North America.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15.

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Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts

The Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts (originally known as Pioneer Theater Auditorium) is a theater located in Reno, Nevada.

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Poker

Poker is a family of card games that combines gambling, strategy, and skill.

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Port of Subs

Port of Subs is a franchise of submarine sandwich shops located exclusively in the western United States and headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

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Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity.

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Primary election

A primary election is the process by which the general public can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

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Procter Ralph Hug Jr.

Procter Ralph Hug Jr. (born March 11, 1931) is a former United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Professional sports

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance.

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Promontory, Utah

Promontory is an area of high ground in Box Elder County, Utah, 32 mi (51 km) west of Brigham City and 66 mi (106 km) northwest of Salt Lake City.

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Pyramid Lake (Nevada)

Pyramid Lake is the geographic sink of the Truckee River Basin, northeast of Reno.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Rackspace

Rackspace Inc. is a managed cloud computing company based in Windcrest, Texas, USA, a suburb of San Antonio, Texas.

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Rain shadow

A rain shadow is a dry area on the leeward side of a mountainous area (away from the wind).

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Ray Mancini

Raymond Michael Mancini (born March 4, 1961), best known as Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 1992, and has since worked as an actor.

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Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County

The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County (RTC) is the public body responsible for the transportation needs throughout Reno, Sparks, and Washoe County, Nevada.

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Reno 1868 FC

Reno 1868 FC is an American professional soccer team based in Reno, Nevada.

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Reno Aces

The Reno Aces are a Minor League Baseball franchise in the western United States, based in Reno, Nevada.

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Reno Air

Reno Air was a scheduled passenger airline headquartered in Reno, Nevada, United States.

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Reno Air Races

The Reno Air Races, officially known as the National Championship Air Races, is a multi-day event tailored to the aviation community that takes place each September at the Reno Stead Airport a few miles north of Reno, Nevada.

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Reno Arch

The Reno Arch is an iconic landmark in Reno, Nevada spanning Virginia Street at the intersection with Commercial Row.

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Reno Events Center

The Reno Events Center is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena, located in downtown Reno, Nevada, that was constructed in 2005.

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Reno Gazette-Journal

The Reno Gazette-Journal is the main daily newspaper for Reno, Nevada.

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Reno High School

Reno High School (RHS) is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada, United States.

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Reno Philharmonic Orchestra

The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra is a professional symphony orchestra based in Reno, Nevada.

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Reno Pops Orchestra

Reno Pops Orchestra is an all volunteer community orchestra founded in 1982, based in Reno, Nevada.

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Reno Renegades

The Reno Renegades were a short-lived American professional minor league ice hockey team based in Reno, Nevada.

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Reno Silver Sox

The Reno Silver Sox were a minor league baseball team that existed on and off from 1947 to 1992.

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Reno station

The Reno station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Reno, Nevada, served by the California Zephyr train and multiple-frequency daily Thruway Motorcoach service.

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Reno Stead Airport

Reno/Stead Airport is a large public and military general aviation airport located in the North Valleys area, 10 nautical miles (19 km) northwest of the central business district of Reno, in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

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Reno–Sparks metropolitan area

The Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in western Nevada, anchored by the cities of Reno and Sparks.

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Reno–Tahoe International Airport

Reno–Tahoe International Airport is a public and military use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of downtown Reno, in Washoe County, Nevada.

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Renown Regional Medical Center

Renown Regional Medical Center (formerly Washoe Medical Center) is part of Renown Health (formerly Washoe Health System), a non-profit hospital in Reno, Nevada.

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Rich Marotta

Rich Marotta is an American sports personality in Reno, Nevada.

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Richmond Fontaine

Richmond Fontaine was a four-piece Rock and alternative country band based in Portland, Oregon.

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Richter magnitude scale

The so-called Richter magnitude scale – more accurately, Richter's magnitude scale, or just Richter magnitude – for measuring the strength ("size") of earthquakes refers to the original "magnitude scale" developed by Charles F. Richter and presented in his landmark 1935 paper, and later revised and renamed the Local magnitude scale, denoted as "ML" or "ML".

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Robert McQueen High School

Robert McQueen High School is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada, United States.

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Roger Norman (racing driver)

Roger Norman is a professional offroad racing competitor.

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Roller derby

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating counter-clockwise around a track.

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Roop County, Nevada

Roop County is a defunct county of Nevada.

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Rudy Galindo

Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo (born September 7, 1969 in San Jose, California) is an American figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating.

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Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California.

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Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.

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Sage Ridge School

Sage Ridge is Reno, Nevada's only non-sectarian college preparatory school.

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Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center (Reno, Nevada)

Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center is a for-profit hospital in Reno, Nevada.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.

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San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area (popularly referred to as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun estuaries in the northern part of the U.S. state of California.

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San Sebastián

San Sebastián or Donostia is a coastal city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.

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Scenic West Athletic Conference

The Scenic West Athletic Conference (also known as the Scenic West Conference) is a sports association for junior colleges located in Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and Nevada.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Semi-arid climate

A semi-arid climate or steppe climate is the climate of a region that receives precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate.

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Sewage treatment

Sewage treatment is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater, primarily from household sewage.

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Shannon Bahrke

Shannon Bahrke (born November 7, 1980) is an American Olympic freestyle skier and entrepreneur.

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Shannyn Sossamon

Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon, commonly known as Shannyn Sossamon (born October 3, 1978), is an American actress and musician.

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Shenzhen

Shenzhen is a major city in Guangdong Province, China.

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Shrub-steppe

Shrub-steppe is a type of low rainfall natural grassland.

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Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

The Sierra Nevada (snowy saw range) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.

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Sierra-at-Tahoe

Sierra-at-Tahoe is a ski and snowboard resort in Twin Bridges, California south of Lake Tahoe.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47.

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Silver Legacy Resort & Casino

Silver Legacy Resort & Casino is a hotel and casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada.

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Silver rush

A silver rush is the silver-mining equivalent of a gold rush, where the discovery of silver-bearing ore sparks a mass migration of individuals seeking wealth in the new mining region.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South Lake Tahoe, California

South Lake Tahoe is the most populous city in El Dorado County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada.

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Southern California

Southern California (colloquially known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's southernmost counties.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1998 that operated in the Western United States.

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Sparks, Nevada

Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

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Squaw Valley Ski Resort

Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California, is one of the largest ski areas in the United States, and was the host site of the entire 1960 Winter Olympics.

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Steamboat Springs (Nevada)

Steamboat Springs is a small volcanic field of rhyolitic lava domes and flows in western Nevada, located south of Reno.

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Stockton Kings

The Stockton Kings are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League, based in Stockton, California.

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Storey County, Nevada

Storey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Streetcars in Reno

For over two decades in the early twentieth century, there existed a network of streetcars in Reno that served as the main mode of public transit in Reno, Nevada, United States.

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Sublime (band)

Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988.

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Subliminal stimuli

Subliminal stimuli (the prefix sup- literally "below, or less than", while the prefix sub- literally "up to"), contrary to supraliminal stimuli or "above threshold", are any sensory stimuli below an individual's threshold for conscious perception.

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Subsistence agriculture

Subsistence agriculture is a self-sufficiency farming system in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their entire families.

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Sugar Bowl Ski Resort

Sugar Bowl is a ski and snowboard area in northern Placer County near Norden, California along the Donner Pass of the Sierra Nevada, approximately west of Reno, Nevada on Interstate 80, that opened on December 15, 1939. Sugar Bowl is a medium sized ski area in the Lake Tahoe region, and is well known for its long history, significant advanced terrain, high annual snowfall and being one of the closest ski areas to the San Francisco Bay Area. Sugar Bowl's terrain is 17% Beginner, 45% Intermediate and 38% Advanced. Sugar Bowl was founded by Hannes Schroll and a group of individual investors and is one of the few remaining privately owned resorts in the Lake Tahoe area. Sugar Bowl was the first ski area in California to install a chairlift and the first on the west coast to install a gondola lift.

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Sunscreen

Sunscreen, also known as sunblock, sun cream or suntan lotion, is a lotion, spray, gel or other topical product that absorbs or reflects some of the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation and thus helps protect against sunburn.

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Sunset Tan

Sunset Tan is an American reality television on E!, and debuted on May 28, 2007.

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Surface runoff

Surface runoff (also known as overland flow) is the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the Earth's surface.

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Susanville, California

Susanville (formerly known as Rooptown) is the county seat of Lassen County, California, United States.

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Switch (company)

Switch is a company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that develops and operates the SUPERNAP data center facilities and provides colocation, telecommunications, cloud services, and content ecosystems.

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T. Brian Callister

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Tahoe Reno Industrial Center

The Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRI Center, or TRIC) is a privately owned industrial park, located at Interstate 80 next to Washoe County, Storey County, Nevada.

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Taichung

Taichung, officially known as Taichung City, is a special municipality located in center-western Taiwan.

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Taylor Wilson

Taylor Ramon Wilson (born May 7, 1994) is an American nuclear physics enthusiast and science advocate.

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Terri Ivens

Terri Ivens (born June 23, 1967) is an American actress and author.

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Tesla, Inc.

Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) was founded in 2003, and is an American multinational corporation based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in electric vehicles, lithium-ion battery energy storage and solar panel manufacturing (through the subsidiary company SolarCity).

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The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success.

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The Great Reno Balloon Race

The Great Reno Balloon Race is a hot-air balloon race held each September in Reno, Nevada.

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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (film)

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is a 1992 American psychological thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Annabella Sciorra and Rebecca De Mornay.

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The Howard Stern Show

The Howard Stern Show is an American talk radio show hosted by Howard Stern.

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The Montage Reno

The Montage Reno (formerly Sahara Reno, Reno Hilton, Flamingo Hilton Reno, Flamingo Reno and Golden Phoenix Reno) is a high-rise residential building in Reno, Nevada.

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The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1943 American Western directed by William A. Wellman, starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews and Mary Beth Hughes, with Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan and Jane Darwell.

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The Rules of Attraction (film)

The Rules of Attraction is a 2002 black comedy film written and directed by Roger Avary, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis.

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The Summit (Reno, Nevada)

The Summit Reno is an upscale lifestyle center located in Reno, Nevada.

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Tonopah, Nevada

Tonopah is an unincorporated town in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.

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Triple-A (baseball)

Triple-A (or Class AAA) is the highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States and Mexico.

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Truckee Meadows

The Truckee Meadows is a valley in Northern Nevada, named for the Truckee River, which collects and drains all water in the valley.

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Truckee Meadows Community College

Truckee Meadows Community College is a 2-year, public community college and technical college located in the Truckee Meadows of Reno, Nevada.

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Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District of Washoe County Nevada covers the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Western Nevada.

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Truckee Meadows Water Authority

Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA) is a public authority providing water services in the Truckee Meadows of Washoe County in Northern Nevada, which serves more than 330,000 residents.

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Truckee River

The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada.

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Truckee, California

Truckee (originally, Coburn Station) is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, United States.

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Tuscany

Tuscany (Toscana) is a region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants (2013).

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Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks is an American mystery horror drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch that premiered on April 8, 1990, on ABC.

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U.S. Route 395 in Nevada

U.S. Route 395 (US 395) clips a corner of the U.S. state of Nevada near Lake Tahoe and serves the cities of Gardnerville, Minden, Carson City and Reno.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Udon Thani

Udon Thani (อุดรธานี) is one of the four major cities (Khorat, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, and Khon Kaen) of the Isan region, Thailand, (known as the "big four of Isan").

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Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad (or Union Pacific Railroad Company and simply Union Pacific) is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago and New Orleans.

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United Soccer League

The United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as USL Pro, is a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada that began its inaugural season in 2011.

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United States Bowling Congress

The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is a sports membership organization dedicated to ten-pin bowling in the United States.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Numbered Highway System

The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States.

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United States presidential election, 2016

The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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University of Nevada, Reno

The University of Nevada, Reno (also referred to as Nevada, the University of Nevada or UNR) is a public research university located in Reno, Nevada.

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University of Phoenix

The University of Phoenix (UOPX) is a private for-profit college, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

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Verdi, Nevada

Verdi is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States on the western side of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, near Interstate 80.

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Victory Highway

The Victory Highway was an auto trail across the United States between New York City and San Francisco, roughly equivalent to the present U.S. Route 40.

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Virginia and Truckee Railroad

The Virginia and Truckee Railroad is a privately owned historical heritage railroad, headquartered in Virginia City, Nevada in the United States.

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Virginia City, Nevada

Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada.

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Virginia Range

The Virginia Range is a mountain range of western Nevada, primarily within Storey County, and extending east into Lyon County.

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Walmart

Walmart Inc. (formerly branded as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores.

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Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Walter Van Tilburg Clark (August 3, 1909 – November 10, 1971) was an American novelist, short story writer, and educator.

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Wanganui Chronicle

The Wanganui Chronicle is New Zealand's oldest newspaper.

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Washoe City, Nevada

Washoe City is a ghost town in Washoe County, Nevada, in the United States.

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Washoe County Library

The Washoe County Library, at 301 S. Center St.

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Washoe County School District

The Washoe County School District (WCSD) is a public school district providing public education to students in Washoe County, Nevada, including the cities of Reno and Sparks, and the unincorporated communities of Verdi, Incline Village, and Gerlach.

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Washoe County, Nevada

Washoe County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Washoe Lake

Washoe Lake (Washo: c'óʔyaʔ dáʔaw) is a lake located near Carson City in the Washoe Valley of Washoe County, Nevada.

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Washoe Zephyr

The Washoe Zephyr is a seasonal diurnal wind which occurs across western Nevada just east of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

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Water treatment

Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it more acceptable for a specific end-use.

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West Coast Hockey League

The West Coast Hockey League was a professional minor ice hockey league active in the western United States from 1995 to 2003.

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Western Nevada College

Western Nevada College (WNC) is a public college serving northwest Nevada.

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Western Pacific Railroad

The Western Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States.

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Wetland

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

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Whanganui

Whanganui, also spelt Wanganui, is a city on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Whitesnake

Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in 1978 by David Coverdale, after his departure from his previous band Deep Purple.

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Whitewater

Whitewater is formed in a rapid, when a river's gradient increases enough to create so much turbulence that air is entrained into the water body, that is, it forms a bubbly or aerated and unstable current; the frothy water appears white.

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Wilder W. Hartley

Wilder W. Hartley (1901–1970) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from the Harbor and South Los Angeles districts from 1939 to 1943.

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Wildfire

A wildfire or wildland fire is a fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or rural area.

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William F. Harrah

William Fisk Harrah (September 2, 1911 – June 30, 1978) was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos, now part of Caesars Entertainment Corporation.

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Willy Vlautin

Willy Vlautin (born 1967) is an American author, musician and songwriter.

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Windsurfing

Windsurfing is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing.

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Yellowknife

Yellowknife is the capital and only city, as well as the largest community, in the Northwest Territories (NT or NWT), Canada.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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Zulily

Zulily is an American e-commerce company.

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2000 United States Census

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 Census.

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2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 8 to 24 February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (Les XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Vancouver 2010, informally the 21st Winter Olympics, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 12 to 28 February 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler.

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40 Days and 40 Nights

40 Days and 40 Nights is a 2002 satirical erotic romantic comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann, written by Rob Perez and starring Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon and Paulo Costanzo.

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8 Mile (film)

8 Mile is a 2002 American musical drama film written by Scott Silver, directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, and Kim Basinger.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno,_Nevada

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