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4 days ago · The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.
5 days ago · A major-general is a general officer, the equivalent of a naval flag officer. The major-general rank is senior to the ranks of brigadier general and commodore, and junior to lieutenant-general and vice admiral. Prior to 1968, the Air Force used the rank of air vice-marshal, instead. The rank insignia for a major-general in the Royal Canadian ...
5 days ago · Khmer name. Khmer. ម៉ាចុង. Mahjong or mah-jongg [1] ( English pronunciation: / mɑːˈdʒɒŋ / mah-JONG) is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century.
- Moderate
- Dependent on variation or rules
- 3 or 4
- 1–5 minutes
Apr 7, 2024 · The winner is the first player to hold a complete hand—i.e., four sets and a pair of like tiles (a total of 14 tiles). The strategy of mah-jongg, like that of rummy, is both offensive and defensive: to complete a winning hand as quickly as possible, to block other players by not discarding tiles useful to them, and to build a high-scoring hand.
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Apr 8, 2024 · The ceremony was presided over by the U.S. Army 25th Infantry Division’s commanding general, Maj. Gen. Marcus Evans and the Philippine Army Training and Doctrine Commander Maj. Gen. Luis Rex D ...
Apr 1, 2024 · Qassem Soleimani, Iranian major general and commander of the Quds Force (1997/98–2020), a wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responsible for IRGC foreign operations. Under Soleimani’s leadership, the Quds Force became an elite military unit and the driving force behind Iran’s Axis of Resistance.
Apr 9, 2024 · June 22, 1975, Malmö. Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (respectively, born September 25, 1935, Stockholm, Sweden—died April 29, 2020; born August 5, 1926, Gothenburg, Sweden—died June 22, 1975, Malmö) were Swedish journalists and innovative writers of detective fiction. As a team, Per Wahlöö and his wife, Maj Sjöwall (married in 1962 ...
