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  2. Regency (Indonesia) - Wikipedia

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    After the independence of Indonesia in 1945, the terms bupati and kabupaten were applied throughout the archipelago to the administrative unit below the residency (karesidenan). In the Telaga Batu inscription, which was found in the village near Palembang and contains a worship of the king of Srivijaya, there may be the word bhupati .

  3. Mercury-Atlas 8 - Wikipedia

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    Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) was the fifth United States crewed space mission, part of NASA's Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. , orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scientific experimentation.

  4. The Twelve Sisters - Wikipedia

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    The expense of providing for the 12 daughters has gradually reduced the man's fortune. They became impoverished and were unable to make ends meet, so he decided to abandon their 12 children in the deep wilderness. When the 12 girls realized that their parents had abandoned them, they sobbed loudly, uncertain of what to do next.

  5. Enron scandal - Wikipedia

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    An Enron manual of ethics from July 2000, about a year before the company collapsed. Enron's complex financial statements were confusing to shareholders and analysts. [1]: 6 [10] When speculative business ventures proved disastrous, it used unethical practices to use accounting limitations to misrepresent earnings and modify the balance sheet to indicate favorable performance.