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1 day ago · The Underground Railroad was used by freedom seekers from Slavery in the United States and was generally an organized network of secret routes and safe houses. [ 1 ] Enslaved Africans and African Americans escaped from slavery as early as the 16th century and many of their escapes were unaided, [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] but the network of safe houses ...
8 hours ago · The entire Main Line-1 railway track between Karachi and Peshawar is to be overhauled at a cost of $3.65 billion for the first phase of the project, [166] with completion by 2021. [167] Upgrading the railway line will permit train travel at speeds of 160 kilometres per hour, versus the average 60 to 105 km/h (37 to 65 mph) speed currently ...
8 hours ago · Berkeley is the safest city of its size in California for pedestrians and cyclists, considering the number of injuries per pedestrian and cyclist, rather than per capita. [ 99 ] A street closed off into two dead ends by traffic calming barriers. A gap in the middle allows passage of bikes and emergency vehicles.
8 hours ago · A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; Latin: philosophiae doctor or doctor in philosophia) [1] is a terminal degree, that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the degree is most often abbreviated PhD (or, at times ...
1 day ago · Max Weber. Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (/ ˈveɪbər /; German: [maks ˈveːbɐ]; 21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally.
