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    Act As If is an American indie rock quintet from Los Angeles, United States, led by singer/songwriter Peter Verdell. After quitting his job in A&R at...
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  • to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, to look round cheerfully, and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were...
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    illegal immigrants on "day one" if he were to win the presidency by invoking the acts. The Alien Friends Act (officially "An Act Concerning Aliens") authorized...
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  • An example of a pre-1937 Regency Act was the Act of 1811 which allowed Prince George (later King George IV) to act as regent while his father, King George...
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    The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed...
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    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws...
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    The Act also required all subjects, if commanded, to swear an oath to recognize this Act as well as the kings supremacy. Under the Treasons Act 1534...
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    state if invited by that state's governor. The United States Coast Guard (under the Department of Homeland Security) is not covered by the Act either...
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    The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush....
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  • Act utilitarianism is a utilitarian theory of ethics that states that a person's act is morally right if and only if it produces the best possible results...
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    The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U...
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    required to have warranties, but if one is given, it must comply with the Magnuson-Moss Act. The Magnuson–Moss Act contains many definitions: A "consumer"...
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    from ruling without Parliament, as Charles had done between 1629 and 1640. If the King failed to call Parliament, the Act required the Lord Chancellor to...
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    Presidential Transition Act. The Act was passed on 23 December 2022 by the 117th Congress, and signed into law by President Joe Biden as Division P of the Consolidated...
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    The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a U.S. labor law that protects employees, their families, and communities...
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    FMLA rights. If an employee wants to leave the first time using their FMLA rights, they must first claim the Family and Medical Leave Act. In the case...
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  • bull sometimes referred to as the Act of Union This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Act of Union. If an internal link led you...
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    1844. The Factories Act 1847 (known as the Ten Hour Act), together with Acts in 1850 and 1853 remedying defects in the 1847 Act, met a long-standing...
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  • Canada, such as: The Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly called the British North America Act, 1867) The Constitution Act, 1982 The Constitution Act (British...
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    circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or rebellion. The act provides a "statutory exception" to the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which...
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    The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (BSA), also known as the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, is a U.S. law requiring financial institutions in...
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    The Sunshine Protection Act is a proposed United States federal law that would make U.S. daylight saving time permanent, meaning the time would no longer...
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    (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This act expanded on the Representation of the People Act 1918 which had given...
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    winds at sea in the opening lines of Act 1 Scene 3. Macbeth has been compared to Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. As characters, both Antony and Macbeth...
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    Fair Credit Reporting Act lawmakers were troubled that individuals were helpless to clear up errors. The Fair Credit Reporting Act, as originally enacted...
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    The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which allowed Westminster to devolve power to Northern Ireland...
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    Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a regulator for...
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    as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and signed into law by President Richard Nixon. The Act also served as...
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    anti-Chinese sentiment and anti-Chinese violence, as well as various policies targeting Chinese migrants. The act followed the Angell Treaty of 1880, a set of...
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    Duty Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 51) applying to realty settlements, taking effect on the death of the settlor From 1881, account duty applied as an anti-avoidance...
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