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The last line of a paragraph continuing on to a new page (highlighted yellow) is a widow (sometimes called an orphan). In typesetting, widows and orphans are single lines of text from a paragraph that dangle at either the beginning or end of a block of text, or form a very short final line at the end of a paragraph. [1]
She donated to the Protestant Episcopal Home as well and gave to Jewish charities in New Orleans. In her will she gave to the Seventh Street Protestant Orphan Asylum, the German Protestant Orphan Asylum, the German Orphan Catholic Asylum, the Widows and Orphans of Jews Asylum, and to the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, and many others.
Due to deadlines, news editors do not usually have time to rewrite paragraphs that end in split words or create widows or orphans. [ citation needed ] Discussing Comic Sans , some researchers, including Sue Walker, Jenny Thomson, and John Stein , posit that the typeface's wide spacing, rather than the shape of its characters, is the reason for ...
Advocates' Widows' and Orphans' Fund Order 1968 Provisional Order to make provision in relation to the regulation and control of the Advocates' Widows' Fund, to repeal the Advocates' Widows' Fund Acts, 1830 to 1956, and for other purposes.
The casualties of American Civil War did more than simply reduce the male population of the country, they also dramatically increased the number of widows and orphans. Many states reacted to the crisis by erecting new (or taking over existing) buildings to "care for, educate and train the children of fallen soldiers."
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A similar benefit is provided in Malta in accordance to the Widows and Orphans Pension Act of 1927. The qualifying conditions are as follows: the deceased partner must have paid National Insurance contributions for at least 25 weeks in one tax year since 6 April 1975. Bereavement Support Payment consists of 2 parts, firstly:
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