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Silver Spring, Maryland

Index Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring is a city located inside the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. [1]

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Aaron Neville

Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941) is an American R&B and soul singer and musician.

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Acorn Park

Acorn Park is a urban park in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, which features an acorn-shaped gazebo and an artificial grotto.

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AFI Docs

The AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs) documentary film festival is an American international film festival created by the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel.

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AFI Silver

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center or commonly known as AFI Silver is a three-screen movie theater complex in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C. in the United States.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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African cuisine

Traditionally, the various cuisines of Africa use a combination of locally available fruits, cereal grains and vegetables, as well as milk and meat products, and do not usually get food imported.

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Ahmadiyya

Ahmadiyya (officially, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at; الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, transliterated: al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmiyyah al-Aḥmadiyyah; احمدیہ مسلم جماعت) is an Islamic religious movement founded in Punjab, British India, in the late 19th century.

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Al Quie

Albert Harold "Al" Quie (born September 18, 1923) is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Minnesota from January 4, 1979, to January 3, 1983.

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Albert Einstein High School

Albert Einstein High School, named after the German-born physicist Albert Einstein, is a four-year high school located at 11135 Newport Mill Road, near Kensington in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Alex Bazzie

Alex Bazzie (born August 5, 1990) is a Canadian football player for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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AMC Theatres

AMC Theatres (originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema, often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain owned and operated by Wanda Group.

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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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American Film Institute

The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States.

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American Nurses Association

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing.

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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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Anacostia River

The Anacostia River is a river in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States.

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Ann Inc.

Ann Inc. is an American group of specialty apparel retail chain stores for women.

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Area codes 240 and 301

North American area codes 240 and 301 are telephone area codes for the western half of Maryland.

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Arturo Sandoval

Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a Cuban American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830.

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Barrie School

Barrie School is an independent school for all grades of pre-collegiate education located in the unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C..

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Battle of Fort Stevens

The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864, in Northwest Washington, D.C., as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early and Union Major General Alexander McDowell McCook.

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Ben Stein

Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, and commentator on political and economic issues.

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Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located just northwest of the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda.

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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (B-CC) is a public school in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Bill Callahan (musician)

Bill Callahan (born June 3, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog.

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Blair Lee I

Francis Preston Blair Lee (August 9, 1857December 25, 1944) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1914 to 1917.

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Brady Anderson

Brady Kevin Anderson (born January 18, 1964) currently serves as Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB) and a former outfielder.

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Brandon Broady

Brandon A. Broady is an American comedian, actor and television host best known for hosting BET's The Xperiment.

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Brookside Gardens

The Brookside Gardens are public gardens located within Wheaton Regional Park, at 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Burlington (department store)

Burlington, formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory, is an American national off-price department store retailer, and a division of Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation with 631 stores in 45 states and Puerto Rico, with its corporate headquarters located in Burlington Township, New Jersey.

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Burmese cuisine

Burmese cuisine includes dishes from various regions of Myanmar.

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Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to paying subscribers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fiber-optic cables.

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Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League

The Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League (CRCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league located in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan areas.

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Capitol Limited (Amtrak train)

The Capitol Limited is one of two Amtrak trains connecting Washington, D.C., to Chicago, running via Pittsburgh and Cleveland (the other is the Cardinal via Cincinnati and Indianapolis).

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Cara DeLizia

Cara Elizabeth DeLizia (born April 10, 1984) is an American former actress and voice actress.

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Carl Bernstein

Carl Bernstein (born February 14, 1944) is an American investigative journalist and author.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Census-designated place

A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.

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Central business district

A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city.

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Chamber of commerce

A chamber of commerce (or board of trade) is a form of business network, for example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses.

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Charles Fefferman

Charles Louis Fefferman (born April 18, 1949) is an American mathematician at Princeton University.

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Chevy Chase, Maryland

Chevy Chase is the name of both a town and an unincorporated census-designated place (Chevy Chase (CDP), Maryland) that straddle the northwest border of Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Chicago (band)

Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority in 1968 before shortening the name in 1970.

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Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A (a play on the American English pronunciation of "fillet") is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in the city of College Park, Georgia, specializing in chicken sandwiches.

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Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine is an important part of Chinese culture, which includes cuisine originating from the diverse regions of China, as well as from Chinese people in other parts of the world.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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Cold Stone Creamery

Cold Stone Creamery is an American ice cream parlor chain.

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Columbia, Maryland

Columbia is a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States, and is one of the principal cities of the Baltimore metropolitan area.

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Come (American band)

Come is an American alternative rock band, formed in Boston by Thalia Zedek (vocals, guitar), Chris Brokaw (guitar, vocals), Arthur Johnson (drums), and Sean O'Brien (bass).

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Community college

A community college is a type of educational institution.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Connie Chung

Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich (born August 20, 1946), known as Connie Chung, is an American journalist.

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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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Cousin

Commonly, "cousin" refers to a "first cousin" or equivalently "full cousin", people whose most recent common ancestor is a grandparent.

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Crystal Chappell

Crystal Chappell (born August 4, 1965) is an American actress who played Carly Manning on Days of Our Lives from 1990 to 1993, Maggie Carpenter on One Life to Live from 1995–97 and Olivia Spencer on Guiding Light from 1999 to 2009.

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Cuisine of the United States

The cuisine of the United States reflects its history.

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CuriosityStream

CuriosityStream is a global ad-free subscription video on demand service.

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Daniel Snyder

Daniel Marc Snyder (born November 23, 1964) is a businessman who is the majority owner of the Washington Redskins American football team, founder of Snyder Communications and primary investor in Red Zebra Broadcasting, which is home to the Redskins Radio ESPN.

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Dave & Buster's

Dave & Buster's (D&B) is an American restaurant and entertainment business headquartered in Dallas.

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Dave Chappelle

David Khari Webber Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer.

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Discovery, Inc.

Discovery, Inc. (formerly Discovery Communications) is an American mass media company based in Silver Spring, Maryland, first established in 1985.

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Docs in Progress

Docs in Progress is a film organization based in the Washington DC area which showcases and incubates works in progress by up-and-coming and established documentary filmmakers.

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Dominique Dawes

Dominique Margaux Dawes-Thompson (born November 20, 1976) is a retired American artistic gymnast.

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Dov Lipman

Dov Alan Lipman (דב אלן ליפמן, born 9 September 1971) is an Israeli politician.

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Dred Scott

Dred Scott (c. 1799 – September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott case." Scott claimed that he and his wife should be granted their freedom because they had lived in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory for four years, where slavery was illegal.

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DSW, Inc.

DSW, Inc. (Designer Shoe Warehouse), is an American footwear retailer of designer and name brand shoes and fashion accessories with over 500 stores in the United States and an e-commerce website.

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E. Brooke Lee

Edward Brooke Lee (October 23, 1892 – September 21, 1984) was a Maryland politician and a veteran of World War I.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

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Elliot Levine

Elliot Brett Levine (born September 28, 1963, Washington, D.C., United States) is an American pianist and keyboardist.

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Ellsworth Place

Ellsworth Place is a, six-story, enclosed shopping mall in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Emily Gould

Emily Gould (born October 13, 1981) is an American author, novelist and blogger who rose to prominence as an editor at Gawker.com.

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Eponym

An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named.

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Ethiopian cuisine

Ethiopian cuisine (የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ) characteristically consists of vegetable and often very spicy meat dishes.

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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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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances.

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First Ladies and Gentlemen of Minnesota

The spouse of the Governor of Minnesota is given an honorary position, styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of Minnesota.

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Food and Drug Administration

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments.

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Forest Glen station

Forest Glen station is a side platformed Washington Metro station in Forest Glen, Maryland, United States.

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Forest Glen, Maryland

Forest Glen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Forever 21

Forever 21, stylized as FOREVER 21, is an American fast fashion retailer headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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Francis Preston Blair

Francis Preston Blair Sr. (April 12, 1791 – October 18, 1876) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and influential figure in national politics advising several U.S. presidents across the party lines.

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Frank Jackson (basketball)

Franklin Willis Jackson (born May 4, 1998) is an American basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Fred Wesley

Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s.

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Freedman

A freedman or freedwoman is a former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.

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Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or sanction.

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Fuddruckers

Fuddruckers is an American fast casual, franchised restaurant chain that specializes in hamburgers.

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Fusion cuisine

Fusion cuisine is cuisine that combines elements of different culinary traditions.

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Gaelan Connell

Gaelan Alexander Connell (born May 19, 1989) is an American actor and director.

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Gandhi Brigade

The Gandhi Brigade is a youth voice project that was started in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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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 Pelecanos

George P. Pelecanos (born 18 Feb 1957) is an American author.

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Georgia Avenue

Georgia Avenue is a major north-south artery in Northwest Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Germantown, Maryland

Germantown is an urbanized census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Glenmont station

Glenmont is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line.

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Global Communities

Global Communities (formerly CHF International) is an international development and humanitarian aid organization that operates in approximately 25 countries per year.

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Gold's Gym

Gold's Gym International, Inc. is an American chain of international co-ed fitness centers (commonly referred to as gyms) originally started by Joe Gold in Venice Beach, California.

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Governor of Minnesota

The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch.

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Gretchen Quie

Gretchen Marie Quie (August 4, 1927 – December 13, 2015) was an American artist, painter, potter, writer, and advocate for the arts.

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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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H&M

Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) is a Swedish multinational clothing-retail company known for its fast-fashion clothing for men, women, teenagers and children.

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Harold Solomon

Harold Solomon (nicknamed the "Human Backboard"; born September 17, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player whose career was during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Heatwave (band)

Heatwave was an international funk/disco band formed in 1975.

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Hecht's

Hecht's, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. and the Hecht Company, was a large chain of department stores that operated mainly in the mid-Atlantic and southern region of the United States.

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High-occupancy vehicle lane

A high-occupancy vehicle lane (also known as an HOV lane, carpool lane, diamond lane, 2+ lane, and transit lane or T2 or T3 lanes in Australia and New Zealand) is a restricted traffic lane reserved at peak travel times or longer for the exclusive use of vehicles with a driver and one or more passengers, including carpools, vanpools, and transit buses.

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Howard County, Maryland

Howard County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Howard University

Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with higher research activity and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

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Indian cuisine

Indian cuisine consists of a wide variety of regional and traditional cuisines native to the Indian subcontinent.

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Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)

Interstate 495 (I-495) is a Interstate Highway that surrounds Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States of America, and the city's inner suburbs in adjacent Maryland and Virginia.

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Italian cuisine

Italian cuisine is food typical from Italy.

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J. C. Penney

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J. Millard Tawes

John Millard Tawes (April 8, 1894June 25, 1979), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 54th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1959 to 1967.

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J. Robbins

James Robbins (best known as J. Robbins) is an American rock music artist.

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Jamaican cuisine

Jamaican cuisine includes a mixture of cooking techniques, flavours, spices and influences from the indigenous people on the island of Jamaica, and the Spanish, Irish, British, Africans, Indian and Chinese who have inhabited the island.

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James Hubert Blake High School

James Hubert Blake High School is a public secondary school located in unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Jason Freeny

Jason Freeny (born 1970) is an American artist specializing in sculpture, designer toys and computer-generated imagery.

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Jawbox

Jawbox was an American alternative rock band from Washington, D.C., United States.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jerian Grant

Holdyn Jerian Grant (born October 9, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Joey Mbu

Joey Mbu (born March 28, 1993) is an American football nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).

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John Eberson

John Adolph Emil Eberson (January 2, 1875 – March 5, 1954) was a European born American architect best known for the development and promotion of movie palace designs in the atmospheric theatre style.

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John F. Kennedy High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)

John F. Kennedy High School is a public high school located in unincorporated in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Josh Hart (basketball)

Josh Hart (born March 6, 1995) is an American basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Jubal Early

Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who became a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

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Keith Howland

Keith Howland (born August 14, 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American guitarist and singer.

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Kensington, Maryland

Kensington is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Keter Betts

William Thomas "Keter" Betts (July 22, 1928 – August 6, 2005) was an American jazz double bassist.

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Kimmy Gatewood

Kimmy Gatewood is an American actress, writer and singer.

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Knesset

The Knesset (הַכְּנֶסֶת; lit. "the gathering" or "assembly"; الكنيست) is the unicameral national legislature of Israel.

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Lane

In the context of traffic control, a lane is part of a roadway (carriageway) that is designated for use by a single line of vehicles, to control and guide drivers and reduce traffic conflicts.

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Langley Park, Maryland

Langley Park is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland.

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Laytonsville, Maryland

Laytonsville is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Lebanese cuisine

Lebanese cuisine is a Levantine style of cooking that includes an abundance of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, starches, fresh fish and seafood; animal fats are consumed sparingly.

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Lewis Black

Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor.

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Light rail

Light rail, light rail transit (LRT), or fast tram is a form of urban rail transport using rolling stock similar to a tramway, but operating at a higher capacity, and often on an exclusive right-of-way.

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List of counties in Maryland

There are twenty-four counties and county-equivalents in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Live Skull

Live Skull is a post-punk/experimental rock band from New York City, formed in 1982.

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Macy's

Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) (stylized macy*s) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy.

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Mall of America

Mall of America (commonly, locally known as "MOA") is a shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States (a suburb of the Twin Cities).

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Marc Davis (racing driver)

Marc Davis (born June 23, 1990) is a former NASCAR developmental driver for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR).

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MARC Train

MARC (Maryland Area Regional Commuter) Train Service, known prior to 1984 as Maryland Rail Commuter, is a commuter rail system comprising three lines in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Marshalls

Marshalls is a chain of American off-price department stores owned by TJX Companies.

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Martin Felsen

Martin Felsen (born 1968) is an American architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Maryland highway system

The Maryland highway system is a network of highways owned and maintained by the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 192

Maryland Route 192 (MD 192) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 193

Maryland Route 193 (MD 193) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 200

Maryland Route 200 (MD 200), also known as the Intercounty Connector or ICC, is a, six-lane tolled freeway in Maryland, which connects Gaithersburg in Montgomery County and Laurel in Prince George's County, both of which are suburbs of Washington, D.C. The ICC is one of the most controversial Maryland road projects, because opposition to the highway stalled the project for decades; construction did not begin until 60 years after the highway's initial approval.

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Maryland Route 390

Maryland Route 390 (MD 390) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 410

Maryland Route 410 (MD 410) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland and known for most of its length as East–West Highway. The highway runs east to west (hence its name) for –from Pennsy Drive in Landover Hills to MD 355 in Bethesda.

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Maryland Route 650

Maryland Route 650 (MD 650) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 97

Maryland Route 97 (MD 97) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland State Highway Administration

The Maryland State Highway Administration (abbreviated MDSHA, MSHA, or simply SHA) is the state sub-agency responsible for maintaining Maryland's numbered highways outside Baltimore City.

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Maryland Transit Administration

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation.

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Matt Drudge

Matthew Nathan "Matt" Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is an American political commentator, and the creator and editor of the Drudge Report, an American news aggregator.

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Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)

Metrobus is a bus service operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

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Metropolitan Subdivision

The Metropolitan Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the District of Columbia and the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Mexican cuisine

Mexican cuisine began about 9,000 years ago, when agricultural communities such as the Maya formed, domesticating maize, creating the standard process of corn nixtamalization, and establishing their foodways.

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Mica

The mica group of sheet silicate (phyllosilicate) minerals includes several closely related materials having nearly perfect basal cleavage.

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Michael Ealy

Michael Brown (born August 3, 1973), professionally known as Michael Ealy, is an American actor.

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Michaels

Michaels Stores, Inc., doing business as Michaels, is the largest American arts and crafts retail chain that currently operates more than 1,262 stores (consisting of 1,145 Michaels stores in 49 US states and Canada, 118 Aaron Brothers stores and 34 Pat Catan's stores) as of May 31, 2014.

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Mingus Big Band

The Mingus Big Band is an ensemble, based in New York City, that specializes in the compositions of Charles Mingus.

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Minus the Bear

Minus the Bear is an American indie rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2001, and comprising current and former members of Botch, Kill Sadie and Sharks Keep Moving.

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Montgomery Blair

Montgomery Blair (May 10, 1813 – July 27, 1883), the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown, was a politician and lawyer from Maryland.

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Montgomery Blair High School

Montgomery Blair High School (MBHS) is a public high school located in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Montgomery College

Montgomery College (MC) is a public, open access community college located in Montgomery County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C..

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Montgomery County Public Libraries

The Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) is the public library system for residents of Montgomery County, Maryland The system includes 21 publicly accessible branches and a public kiosk, as well as a branch in the Montgomery County Correctional facility.

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Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is a public school district that serves Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland, located adjacent to Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 971,777, increasing by 9.0% to an estimated 1,058,810 in 2017.

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Moroccan cuisine

Moroccan cuisine is influenced by Morocco's interactions and exchanges with other cultures and nations over the centuries.

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Nando's

Nando's is an international casual dining restaurant chain originating in South Africa.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Labor College

The National Labor College was a college for union members and their families, union leaders and union staff in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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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 Weather Service

The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States Federal Government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information.

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Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950) is an American author of more than 225 romance novels.

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Nordstrom

Nordstrom Inc. is an American-based chain of department stores, also operating in Canada and Puerto Rico, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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Nordstrom Rack

Nordstrom Rack is a fashion retailer based in the United States which is owned by Nordstrom and has both brick and mortar stores and an E-commerce website.

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Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon (born July 7, 1951) is an American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist, and former U.S. congressional candidate.

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North Portal Estates

North Portal Estates is an affluent residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. that forms the northernmost corner of the District of Columbia.

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Northwest Branch Anacostia River

Northwest Branch Anacostia River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Northwood High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)

Northwood High School (Northwood) is located in Silver Spring and is one of five high schools that are part of Montgomery Downcounty Consortium.

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Notre Dame de Namur University

Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) — formerly the College of Notre Dame — is a private coeducational Catholic university located in Belmont, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Oddisee

Amir Mohamed el Khalifa, (born February 24, 1985) better known by his stage name Oddisee, is an American rapper and producer from Washington, DC.

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Office Depot

Office Depot, Inc. is an American office supply retailing company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, United States.

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Office of Future Plans

Office of Future Plans was a music project that was started in 2009 by J. Robbins, the former bassist of Government Issue and frontman/guitarist of Jawbox, Burning Airlines and Channels.

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Paint Branch High School

Paint Branch High School is a high school located in the Fairland census-designated place, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland; it has a Burtonsville postal address.

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Panera Bread

Panera Bread Company is an American chain of bakery-café fast casual restaurants in the United States and Canada.

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Per capita income

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

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Photographer

A photographer (the Greek φῶς (phos), meaning "light", and γραφή (graphê), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.

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Pier 1 Imports

Pier 1 Imports Inc. is a Fort Worth, Texas–based omnichannel retailer specializing in imported home furnishings and decor, particularly furniture, table-top items, decorative accessories, and seasonal decor.

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Point of Rocks, Maryland

Point of Rocks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland, United States.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Potbelly Sandwich Works

Potbelly Corporation is a publicly traded restaurant chain that sells submarine sandwiches and other food in the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Canada and India.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George’s County (often shortened to "PG County") is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 863,420, making it the second-most populous county in Maryland, behind only Montgomery County.

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Prince Royce

Geoffrey Royce Rojas, known by his stage name Prince Royce, is an American singer and songwriter.

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Purple Line (Maryland)

The Purple Line is a light rail line under construction to link the Maryland suburbs of Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, and New Carrollton, all in the Washington metropolitan area.

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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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Rachel Carson

Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

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Rebecca Sugar

Rebecca Sugar (born July 9, 1987) is an American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, and songwriter.

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Red Line (Washington Metro)

The Red Line of the Washington Metro rail rapid transit system serves 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland and the District of Columbia in the United States.

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Red Lobster

Red Lobster Hospitality LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

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Reesa Renee

Reesa Renee is a singer and songwriter from the Washington metropolitan area of the United States (specifically, Largo, MD).

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Regal Entertainment Group

Regal Entertainment Group (REG) is an American movie theater chain headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Regeneron Science Talent Search

The Regeneron Science Talent Search, known for its first 57 years as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, and then as the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) from 1998 through 2016, is a research-based science competition in the United States for high school seniors.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Rick Leventhal

Richard Gary Leventhal (born January 24, 1960), known professionally as Rick Leventhal, is an American reporter.

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Ride On (bus)

Ride On is the primary public transportation system in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army.

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Rock Creek Park

Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The park was created by an Act of Congress in 1890, and today is administered by the National Park Service.

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Rockville, Maryland

Rockville is a city and the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.

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Roger Mason Jr.

Roger Philip Mason Jr. (born September 10, 1980) is an American retired professional basketball player who last played for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.

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Roosh V

Daryush Valizadeh (born June 14, 1979), also known as Roosh Valizadeh, Roosh V and Roosh Vorek, is an American blogger, pickup artist, and writer known for his posts related to the manosphere.

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Ross Stores

Ross is an American chain of "off-price" (i.e., deeply discounted) department stores headquartered in Dublin, California, officially operating under the brandname, Ross Dress for Less.

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Ruben Castaneda

Ruben Castaneda (born 1961) is a former reporter for the Washington Post and author of the memoir S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C. Castaneda was born and raised in Los Angeles, the son of a gas company worker and a homemaker.

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Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence

The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) was established in 1986 by Cambridge, Massachusetts architect Simeon Bruner.

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Rush hour

A rush hour (American English, British English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.

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Salvadoran cuisine

Loroco is a Mesoamerican plant widely used in Salvadoran dishes, such as pupusas Izote flower is a Mesoamerican flower widely used in Salvadoran cuisine. It is often mixed with scrambled eggs or lemon. Salvadoran tortillas are a staple of the Salvadoran diet. These are thicker (5 mm) than Mexican tortillas, about 10 cm in diameter. Salvadorian cuisine is a style of cooking derived from the nation of El Salvador.

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Sam Eig

Sam Eig (c. 1899 – 1982) was an American real estate developer active in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

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Samuel Phillips Lee

Samuel Phillips Lee (February 13, 1812 – June 7, 1897) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy.

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Sérgio Mendes

Sérgio Santos Mendes (born February 11, 1941) is a Brazilian musician.

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Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Company, colloquially known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, reincorporated (a formality for a history-making consumer sector initial public offering) by Richard Sears and new partner Julius Rosenwald in 1906.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in Christian and Jewish calendars, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ.

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Shepherd Park

Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.

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Silent Spring

Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson.

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Silver Spring Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station

The Silver Spring Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station is a historic building located at Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Metropolitan Subdivision.

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Silver Spring Library

Silver Spring Library is part of the Montgomery County Public Libraries System.

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Silver Spring station (Maryland)

Silver Spring is a Washington Metro and MARC Train station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line.

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Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring is a city located inside the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Silver Spring–Takoma Thunderbolts

The Silver Spring–Takoma Thunderbolts is a collegiate summer baseball team based in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Sligo Creek

Sligo Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River in Maryland.

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Springbrook High School

Springbrook High School is an American public high school, located in unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland.

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St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Steve & Barry's

Steve & Barry's was an American retail clothing chain, featuring casual clothing, footwear and accessories.

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Steve Francis

Steven D'Shawn Francis (born February 21, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player.

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Streetcars in Washington, D.C.

For just under 100 years, between 1862 and 1962, streetcars in Washington, D.C. transported people across the city and region.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Tailored Brands

Tailored Brands, Inc. is a U.S.-based, retail holding company for various men's apparel stores, including the Men's Wearhouse and Joseph A. Bank brands.

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Takoma Park, Maryland

Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Takoma, Washington, D.C.

Takoma, Washington, D.C., is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C..

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Thai cuisine

Thai cuisine (อาหารไทย) is the national cuisine of Thailand.

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Thalia Zedek

Thalia Zedek (born 1961) is an American singer and guitarist.

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The Fillmore

The Fillmore is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California, made famous originally by rock promoter Chet Helms who introduced Bill Graham to the venue they both shared in the mid 60's.

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The Gazette (Maryland)

The Gazette published weekly community newspapers serving Montgomery, Prince George's, and Carroll counties in Maryland, including a subscription-based weekend edition covering business and politics throughout the state.

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The Montgomery County Sentinel

The Montgomery County Sentinel is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Times of Israel

The Times of Israel is an Israeli-based online newspaper launched in 2012.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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The Washington Times

The Washington Times is an American daily newspaper that covers general interest topics with a particular emphasis on American politics.

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TJ Maxx

TJ Maxx (often stylized as T•J•maxx) is an American department store chain, selling at prices generally lower than other major similar stores.

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Town ball

Town ball, townball, or Philadelphia town ball, is a bat-and-ball, safe haven game played in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which was similar to rounders and was a precursor to modern baseball.

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TV One (U.S. TV network)

TV One (stylized as TV ONΞ) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by Urban One (formerly Radio One until May 8, 2017), having acquired Comcast's stake in the TV network in 2015.

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Tyga

Micheal Ray Stevenson (born November 19, 1989), known by his stage name Tyga (a backronym for Thank you God always), is an American hip hop recording artist.

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U.S. Route 29 in Maryland

U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a north–south United States highway that runs for from the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, to Pensacola, Florida.

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U.S. state

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

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Union Station (Washington Metro)

Union Station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Department of Commerce

The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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United States Postal Service

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

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United States Postmaster General

The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service; Megan Brennan is the current Postmaster General.

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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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United Therapeutics

United Therapeutics is a biotechnology company.

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Urban One

Urban One, Inc. (formerly Radio One) is a Silver Spring, Maryland-based media conglomerate.

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Victor Oladipo

Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo (born May 4, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Vietnamese cuisine

Vietnamese cuisine encompasses the foods and beverages of Vietnam, and features a combination of five fundamental tastes (Vietnamese: ngũ vị) in the overall meal.

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Villanova Wildcats men's basketball

Villanova University's men's basketball team represents Villanova University and competes in the Big East Conference of NCAA Division I College basketball.

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Washington Hispanic

Washington Hispanic is a Spanish-language newspaper in the Washington DC area.

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Washington Metro

The Washington Metro, known colloquially as Metro and branded Metrorail, is the heavy rail rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area in the United States.

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Washington metropolitan area

The Washington metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.

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Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area.

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Washington Union Station

Washington Union Station is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's headquarters and the railroad's second-busiest station with annual ridership of just under 5 million.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Westfield Wheaton

Westfield Wheaton (originally Wheaton Plaza) is a two-level enclosed shopping mall in Wheaton, Maryland.

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Wheaton High School

Wheaton High School is a U.S. four-year public high school in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Wheaton Regional Park

Wheaton Regional Park is located in Wheaton, Maryland, and managed by Montgomery County.

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Wheaton station

Wheaton is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line.

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Wheaton, Maryland

Wheaton is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, north of Washington, D.C., northwest of Silver Spring.

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White

White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue), because it fully reflects and scatters all the visible wavelengths of light.

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White Oak, Maryland

White Oak is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market Inc. is an American supermarket chain that specializes in selling organic foods products without artificial additive products for growing foods, colors, flavors, sweeteners, and hydrogenated fats.

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William Alexander Julian

William Alexander Julian (August 6, 1870 – May 29, 1949) served as the 28th Treasurer of the United States from June 1, 1933 to May 29, 1949 under Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.

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Woodside (Silver Spring, Maryland)

Woodside is a neighborhood located in Silver Spring, Maryland, in the United States.

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Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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Yeshiva of Greater Washington

The Yeshiva of Greater Washington is an Orthodox community-based Jewish Day School, that is located in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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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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16th Street NW

16th Street Northwest is a prominent north-south thoroughfare in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. Part of the street is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Sixteenth Street Historic District.

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1996 Maryland train collision

The 1996 Maryland train collision was an opposite-direction collision that occurred on February 16, 1996, when a MARC commuter train collided with Amtrak's Capitol Limited passenger train in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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2017 NBA draft

The 2017 NBA draft was held on June 22, 2017, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland

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