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  2. Medical education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Medical education in the United States includes educational activities involved in the education and training of physicians in the country, with the overall process going from entry-level training efforts through to the continuing education of qualified specialists in the context of American colleges and universities.

  3. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Before 1776, the American Colonies were subject to taxation by Great Britain and also imposed local taxes. Property taxes were imposed in the Colonies as early as 1634. [147] In 1673, the English Parliament imposed a tax on exports from the American Colonies, and with it created the first tax administration in what would become the United ...

  4. United States soccer league system - Wikipedia

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    The United States soccer league system is a series of professional and amateur soccer leagues based, in whole or in part, in the United States. Sometimes called the American soccer pyramid , teams and leagues are not linked by the system of promotion and relegation typical in soccer elsewhere.

  5. Politics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the US political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favor policy change, they generally do not get it. ... [T]he preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy. [94]

  6. Education in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    In 2010, the basic education system comprised 12,644,208 learners, 30,586 schools, and 439,394 teachers. [7] In 2009, the higher education and training system comprised 837,779 students in HE institutions, 420,475 students in state-controlled FET institutions and 297,900 in state-controlled ABET centres. [8]

  7. Education in Hungary - Wikipedia

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    Higher education in Hungary dates back to 1367 when Louis the Great founded the first Hungarian university in the city of Pécs. [11] [12] Higher education is divided between colleges and universities. College education generally lasts for 4 years, while university education lasts for 4 to 6 years depending on the course undertaken.

  8. United States national missile defense - Wikipedia

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    The Soviets deployed a system named the A-35 "Galosh" missile system, and it was deployed to protect Moscow, its capital city. The U.S. deployed the Safeguard system to defend the ICBM launch sites around the Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, in 1975. The American Safeguard system was only briefly operational (for a matter of several ...

  9. Educational system - Wikipedia

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    The educational system [1] generally refers to the structure of all institutions and the opportunities for obtaining education within a country. It includes all pre-school institutions, starting from family education, and/or early childhood education, through kindergarten, primary, secondary, and tertiary schools, then lyceums, colleges, and faculties also known as Higher education (University ...