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Despite this, society's actions often don't reflect this importance. Water waste is still a large issue through leaking water pipes or excessive watering, which causes water to run down the street. Perhaps the source of this disconnect is that we...
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Despite this, society's actions often don't reflect this importance. Water waste is still a large issue through leaking water pipes or excessive watering, which causes water to run down the street. Perhaps the source of this disconnect is that we...
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Rep Joseph Crawley, D-NY, delivering remarks at an event in recognition of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation February 16, 2012 in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the Department of State in Washington, DC. View Photo »
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I never asked for a patent for any of my inventions
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That’s not how it’s suppose to work. PLUS!! We want the Ducks to be miserable. GO SHARKS! Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or...
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Friday. "These slippers are beloved by our visitors, and we are honoring that affection by placing them in a central location among the great stories of American history," said Marc Pachter, interim director. The slippers will join more than 100 objects...
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Yet, that could have happened because after the smoked cleared from the Revolutionary War, some officials lobbied for this Thanksgiving table fare rather than the bald eagle. Why? How could they? Well, Benjamin Franklin opted for the turkey because he...
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chats with Rep Joseph Crawley before delivering remarks at an event in recognition of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation February 16, 2012 in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the Department... View Photo »
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In the case of Google, we find it quite common that their consumer-oriented approach falls short of meeting enterprise customers’ needs, thus providing an opportunity for us to win the customer. The wise words of Benjamin Franklin often apply: ‘The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweet...
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Katherine Dibble, chairwoman of the Board of Library Commissioners, wrote in the Feb. 6 letter rejecting the town’s bid for a waiver. The public library in Franklin is a boxy, Greek-styled building of gray granite with Doric columns at its main entrance...
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Exactly what part of a chicken is a ‘nugget’ anyway? I can just see the crime scene: “Freeze kid! Drop the lunch box, and put your hands up.” “In 1787, when the Founding Fathers had hammered out the U.S. Constitution in Independence Hall in...
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Mexico's Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada speaks at an event to launch 'The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants' initiative February 16, 2012 in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington,...
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Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent speaks at an event to launch 'The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants' initiative February 16, 2012 in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, DC.
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson speaks at an event to launch 'The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants' initiative February 16, 2012 in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, DC.
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Jean-Antoine Houdon Bust of Benjamin Franklin during a ribbon-Cutting Ceremony/Press Preview for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts in New York January 12, 2012.
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A statue of Benjamin Franklin graces empty corridors in Congress Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Lawmakers on both sides of the special deficit-cutting committee talks stressed Friday that they were ready to meet through the weekend in a last-ditch search for...
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The picture illustrates a United States 100-dollar bill bearing the portrait of US statesman, inventor and diplomat Benjamin Franklin next to Iran's various Rial banknotes, bearing a portrait of Iran's late founder of Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on January...
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An image of Benjamin Franklin is seen in this picture illustration of U.S. 100 dollar bank notes taken in Tokyo August 2, 2011. The dollar spiked higher against the yen on August 4, 2011 as Japanese authorities intervened to stem the yen's strength. Picture taken August 2, 2011.
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A statue of a contemplative Benjamin Franklin overlooks the empty hallways of Congress as the deadline of the deficit Supercommittee approaches with no expectations for success, Sunday morning at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 20, 2011. On various talk shows Sunday, Democrats and...
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, National Security Adviser Tom Donlion, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), UN Ambassador Susan Rice and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listen to President Barack Obama deliver a speech on Mideast and North...
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Actor Michael Douglas, left, greets former Secretary of State Madeline Albright during the State Departments gala dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms and endowment campaign for the Benjamin Franklin State Dining Room, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 27,...
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) speaks between South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak (L) and Vice President Joe Biden at a State Luncheon at the Benjamin Franklin room of the State Department in Washington October 13, 2011.
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Nicholas and Athena Karabots make remarks during a news conference in view of a statue of Benjamin Franklin at the Franklin Institute Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, in Philadelphia. The Karabots's made a $10 million gift to the Institute that to fund a planned large expansion for classrooms and...
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A downed tree blocks a section of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, with City Hall visible, in Philadelphia, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, as Hurricane Irene makes its way along the Eastern Seaboard. Irene slammed into Pennsylvania overnight, bringing rain and gusty winds that generated...
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A picture illustration shows a U.S. 100 dollar bank note bearing an image of Benjamin Franklin taken in Tokyo August 2, 2011. The Swiss franc rose to a record high against the euro and was close to a record versus the dollar on Tuesday as concerns about euro zone sovereign debt problems...
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A curator holds a copy of the first masonic book published in the U.S. entitled "The Constitutions of the Free-masons" by James Anderson, and published by Benjamin Franklin in 1734, during a media viewing a Freemasons' Hall in London June 28, 2011. The exhibition "The Patriot Mason:...
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South Korea's Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan speaks about North Korea food aid as U.S. Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) looks on during a joint press availability in the Benjamin Franklin Room following the signing of the U.S.-Republic of Korea Development Cooperation Memorandum of...
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U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton makes comments on Libya in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State in Washington, June 24, 2011. Clinton on Friday praised the House of Representatives for rejecting a move to bar funding for U.S. military strike missions against Libya,...
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WASHINGTON - MAY 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and King Abdullah II of Jordan (R) enter the Benjamin Franklin Room to make opening statements to the press prior to their meeting May 16, 2011 at the State Department in Washington, DC. King Abdullah II is on a visit in...
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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger appears during the television taping of "Conversations on Diplomacy" moderated by Charlie Rose in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the U.S. State Department in Washington, April 20, 2011.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) makes a point next to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) during the television taping of "Conversations on Diplomacy" moderated by Charlie Rose in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the U.S. State Department in Washington, April 20, 2011.
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A television camera monitor shows U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) during the taping of "Conversations on Diplomacy", moderated by Charlie Rose, in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the U.S. State Department in Washington, April 20,...
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chats with Rep Joseph Crawley before delivering remarks at an event in recognition of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation February 16, 2012 in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the Department of State in Washington, DC.
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