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Notre Dame de Paris, western façade, seen from bottom to the top.

Architecture is the art and technique of designing and constructing buildings to fulfill both practical and aesthetic purposes. It should be distinguished from both construction and civil engineering. Although there are certain building types like houses and public buildings that clearly fall inside the domain of architecture there are many other buildings and structures (for example factories, monuments, bridges, and many others) that can be seen as limit cases between architecture and engineering or architecture and art. [more...]

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John Tyler, Jr. (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was a United States politician and the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845). He was Vice President to William Henry Harrison and succeeded him as President when Harrison died. Tyler was the first Vice President to succeed the presidency by the death of the previous president, and was given the nickname "His Accidency" by detractors.[more...]

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-'''[[Civil society]]''' is the arena of uncoerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values. In theory, its institutional forms are distinct from those of the state, family and market, though in practice, the boundaries between state, civil society, family and market are often complex, blurred and negotiated. Civil society commonly embraces a diversity of spaces, actors and institutional forms, varying in their degree of formality, autonomy and power. Civil societies are often populated by organizations such as tax-exempt public charities, foundations, development non-governmental organizations, community and grassroots organizations, women's organizations, faith-based organizations, professional associations, trade unions, self-help groups, social movements, business associations, coalitions and advocacy groups.  <font size=1>[[Civil society|['''more...''']]]</font>
+[[Image:800px-Notre Dame.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Notre Dame de Paris, western façade, seen from bottom to the top.]]
+'''[[Architecture]] '''is the art and technique of designing and constructing buildings to fulfill both practical and aesthetic purposes.
+It should be distinguished from both [[construction]] and [[civil engineering]]. Although there are certain building types like houses and public buildings that clearly fall inside the domain of architecture there are many other buildings and structures (for example factories, monuments, bridges, and many others) that can be seen as limit cases between architecture and engineering or architecture and art.  <font size=1>[[Architecture|['''more...''']]]</font>
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-'''[[Odambea]]''' is a festival in Nkusukum Traditional Area in Central Region, Ghana, which is celebrated every year in the end of August. The last Saturday in August is the highlight of the festival which begins on Monday before that Saturday. Odambea reminds of the Fante migration from the Tekyiman area to Mankessim and further. The parades strengthen the role of [[Akan Chieftaincy (Ghana)]].
+'''[[John Tyler]], Jr.''' ([[March 29]], [[1790]] &ndash; [[January 18]], [[1862]]) was a [[United States]] politician and the tenth [[President of the United States]] (1841-1845). He was Vice President to [[William Henry Harrison]] and succeeded him as President when Harrison died. Tyler was the first Vice President to succeed the presidency by the death of the previous president, and was given the nickname "His Accidency" by detractors.<font size=1>[[John Tyler|['''more...''']]]</font>
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