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The estate tax is periodically the subject of political debate. Some opponents have called it the "death tax" [1] while some supporters have called it the "Paris Hilton tax". [2] There are many exceptions and exemptions that reduce the number of estates with tax liability: in 2021, only 2,584 estates paid a positive federal estate tax. [3]
The following is a list of episodes from the American television series Walker, Texas Ranger. A total of 203 episodes aired from April 21, 1993, to May 19, 2001. The original broadcast of the series had the first four episodes that aired at the end of the 1992–1993 television season as season 1, and subsequently identified the remaining seasons as 2-9. Despite this, the DVDs combine the ...
Before this sense of the word became almost universal, it was a synonym for discernment, tact and culture as in "taste and discrimination", generally a laudable attribute; to "discriminate against" being commonly disparaged. [7] [8] [page needed]
According to the 2021 American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau, 56.08% (20,763,638) of California residents age 5 and older spoke only English at home, while 43.92% spoke another language at home. 60.35% of people who speak a language other than English at home are able to speak English "well" or "very well", with ...
Manhattan District The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Active 1942–1946 Disbanded 15 August 1947 Country United States United Kingdom Canada Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Garrison/HQ Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S. Anniversaries 13 August 1942 Engagements Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of France Allied invasion of ...
The five most common typographic presentations of the capital letter Q A long-tailed Q as drawn by French typographer Geoffroy Tory in his 1529 book, Champfleury The printed long-tailed Q was inspired by ancient Roman square capitals: this long-tailed Q, used here in the Latin word "POPVLVSQVE", was carved into Trajan's column c. AD 113.
The word television comes from Ancient Greek τῆλε (tele) 'far' and Latin visio 'sight'. The first documented usage of the term dates back to 1900, when the Russian scientist Constantin Perskyi used it in a paper that he presented in French at the first International Congress of Electricity, which ran from 18 to 25 August 1900 during the International World Fair in Paris.