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  2. Successor company - Wikipedia

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    The major advantage is saving the money for the initial ramp-up (employee training, equipment purchase, marketing, etc.). If the previous company was failing, this is a disadvantage for its successors in various respects. If the successor succeeds where the predecessor failed, the company may be called a "phoenix company" ("rising from the ashes").

  3. Antecedent (genealogy) - Wikipedia

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    An adoption detective is any licensed or unlicensed person who looks into historic records to locate persons of interest. Clients are children suffering from genealogical bewilderment with a desire to learn something about their genetic antecedents by tracing family lineages to become enlightened about their ancestral social and cultural heritage; discover the geographical niche from which ...

  4. Standing on the shoulders of giants - Wikipedia

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    Bernard of Chartres used to compare us to dwarfs perched on the shoulders of giants. He pointed out that we see more and farther than our predecessors, not because we have keener vision or greater height, but because we are lifted up and borne aloft on their gigantic stature. [9] [10]

  5. Order of succession - Wikipedia

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    An order, line or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated, such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility. [1]

  6. Seven virtues - Wikipedia

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    The seven capital virtues, also known as seven lively virtues, contrary or remedial virtues, are those opposite the seven deadly sins. They are often enumerated as chastity , temperance , charity , diligence , kindness , patience , and humility .

  7. Primitive recursive function - Wikipedia

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    The predecessor function acts as the "opposite" of the successor function and is recursively defined by the rules () = and (()) =. A primitive ...

  8. Mexican troops arrive at US border to disarm Trump tariff threats

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    CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico – When Mexico's president offered to send 10,000 troops to the U.S. border, it was an easy response to President Donald Trump's tariff threats. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has ...

  9. Predecessor - Wikipedia

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    Predecessor may refer to: A holy person announcing the approaching appearance of a prophet, see precursor; Predecessor (graph theory), a term in graph theory;