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  2. Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Section 2 provides a mechanism for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. Before the Twenty-fifth Amendment, a vice-presidential vacancy continued until a new vice president took office at the start of the next presidential term; the vice presidency had become vacant several times due to death, resignation, or succession to the presidency, and these vacancies had often lasted several years.

  3. General List of Simplified Chinese Characters - Wikipedia

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    On 7 January 1964, the Chinese Character Reform Committee submitted a "Request for Instructions on the Simplification of Chinese Characters" to the State Council, mentioning that "due to the lack of clarity on analogy simplification in the original Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (汉字简化方案), there is some disagreement and confusion in the application field of publication”.

  4. Second round of simplified Chinese characters - Wikipedia

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    The second round of Chinese character simplification [b] was an aborted script reform promulgated on 20 December 1977 by the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was intended to replace the first round of simplified characters already in use.

  5. Simplified Chinese characters - Wikipedia

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    Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters.Their mass standardization during the 20th century was part of an initiative by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to promote literacy, and their use in ordinary circumstances on the mainland has been encouraged by the Chinese ...

  6. 25 (number) - Wikipedia

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    25 is the sum of the five consecutive single-digit odd natural numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. 25 is a centered octagonal number, [1] a centered square number, [2] a centered octahedral number, [3] and an automorphic number. [4] 25 percent (%) is equal to ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠. It is the smallest decimal Friedman number as it can be expressed by its own ...

  7. Debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters

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    The debate on traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters is an ongoing dispute concerning Chinese orthography among users of Chinese characters. It has stirred up heated responses from supporters of both sides in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and among overseas Chinese communities with its implications of political ideology and cultural identity. [1]

  8. Moral Injury: Healing - The Huffington Post

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    Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.

  9. Missing dollar riddle - Wikipedia

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    The guests of the hotel paid $27, but also have $3 among their pockets at the story's end. Their assets are $3, and their liabilities are $27 ($30 = 27 + 3). Thus, the original total is accounted for. From the perspective of the hotel clerk, the hotel has $25 in assets and lost $5 in liabilities ($30 = 25 + 5).