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text: A tournament held in 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America (founded 1933) governs the game in the United States and sponsors annual sectional and World Series championships. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) regulates rules of play in more than 110 countries, including the United States and Canada; before the WBSC was formed in 2013, the International Softball Federation filled this role. Women's fastpitch softball became a Summer Olympic sport in 1996, but it (and baseball) were dropped from the 2012 Games; they will be reinstated for the 2020 Games.

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text: Eric Walter Munson ( born October 3 , 1977 in San Diego ) is a former Major League Baseball catcher who currently plays for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball . He was the third overall pick in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft by the Detroit Tigers , behind Josh Hamilton and Josh Beckett . He is of no relation to former major league catcher Thurman Munson .

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text: The Rule 5 draft is a Major League Baseball player draft that occurs each year in December, at the annual Winter Meeting of general managers. The Rule 5 draft aims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other teams would be willing to have them play in the majors. The Rule 5 draft is named for its place in Major League Rules. (It is sometimes mistakenly referenced with a Roman numeral.) The June Rule 4 draft, known as simply "the draft", "amateur draft", or "first year player draft", is a distinctly different process in which teams select high school and college players.

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text: Thurman Lee Munson (June 7, 1947  August 2, 1979) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played his entire 11-year professional baseball career for the New York Yankees (19691979). A perennial All-Star, Munson is the only Yankee to win both the Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards.

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text: The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. They were a charter member of the American Association in 1882 and joined the NL in 1890.

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text: At the end of each Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced. Leading the league in a particular category is referred to as a "title".

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text: Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding.

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text: The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in . They are the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in the AL. The Tigers have won four World Series championships (1935, 1945, 1968, and 1984), 11 AL pennants (1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, and 2012), and four AL Central division championships (2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014). The Tigers also won division titles in 1972, 1984 and 1987 while members of the AL East. The team currently plays its home games at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit.

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text: The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. The Red Sox have won eight World Series championships and have played in 13. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the "Boston Red Stockings", including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves.

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text: The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played for four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium in .

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text: José Antonio Bautista Santos (born October 19, 1980) is a Dominican professional baseball right fielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Kansas City Royals, and Pittsburgh Pirates. His professional career began when the Pittsburgh Pirates selected him in the 20th round of the 2000 first year player draft. In 2010, Bautista became the 26th member of the 50 home run club while leading the major leagues in home runs for the first of two consecutive seasons, and, from 201015, has hit more home runs than any player in the major leagues. An MLB All-Star selection six consecutive times, he has won three Silver Slugger Awards and two Hank Aaron Awards. In addition, he has received the American League Player of the Month Award five times and the Player of the Week four times. Before being traded to the Blue Jays, Bautista primarily played third base.

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text: The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League (AL) champion team and the National League (NL) champion team. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff, and the winning team is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy. As the series is played in October (and occasionally November), during the autumn season in North America, it is often referred to as the Fall Classic.

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text: The 1999 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 2 and 3, 1999. A total of 1474 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds.

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text: Joshua Patrick Beckett (born May 15, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. A three-time Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star, he played for the Florida Marlins, Boston Red Sox, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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text: In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important defensive player, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and closer.

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Joshua Holt Hamilton (born May 21, 1981) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Texas Rangers organization. He previously played for the Cincinnati Reds (2007) and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (20132014). Hamilton is a five-time MLB All-Star and won the American League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in 2010.
He was the first overall pick in the 1999 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He was considered a blue chip prospect until injuries and a drug addiction derailed his career, beginning in 2001. Prior to the 2007 season, Hamilton was selected by the Chicago Cubs (picking for the Reds) in the Rule 5 draft. During the off-season he was traded to the Rangers.
During the 2008 season, Hamilton was named to the AL All-Star team. He also participated in the Home Run Derby, where he hit a record 28 home runs in the opening round and finished with 35 home runs, which was second-most all-time in derby history. He made the All-Star team the next four seasons as well. In 2012, Hamilton received more votes than any other player on the All-Star Game ballot, besting by approximately 3.5 million votes the vote count set in 2011 by José Bautista. Hamilton won the AL batting title in 2010. On October 22, 2010, Hamilton was selected as MVP of the 2010 ALCS. On November 23, 2010, Hamilton was named the 2010 AL MVP, earning 22 of 28 first-place votes. On May 8, 2012, Hamilton became the 16th player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game. All 4 home runs were 2-run home runs, and he set an AL record for total bases in a game with 18.

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text: All

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text: The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. The wicket-keeper may also wear a helmet with a mesh face guard to help protect from injury.

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text: protect

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text: injury

text: Comerica Park is an open-air ballpark located in Downtown Detroit. It serves as the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball, replacing Tiger Stadium in 2000.

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text: an

text: open

text: air

text: ballpark

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text: in

text: Downtown

text: Detroit

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text: as

text: the

text: home

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text: the

text: Detroit

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text: League

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text: Tiger

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text: Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his/her turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to this primary duty, the catcher is also called upon to master many other skills in order to field the position well. The role of the catcher is similar to that of the wicket-keeper in cricket.

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text: ball

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text: the

text: pitcher

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text: also

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text: skills

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In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR, also "homer", "dinger", "dong", "bomb", "blast", "goner" , "shot", or "four-bagger") is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home
safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process. In modern baseball, the feat is typically achieved by hitting the ball over the outfield fence between the foul poles (or making contact with either foul pole) without first touching the ground, resulting in an automatic home run. There is also the "inside-the-park" home run, increasingly rare in modern baseball, where the batter reaches home safely while the baseball is in play on the field. When a home run is scored, the batter is also credited with a hit and a run scored, and an RBI for each runner that scores, including himself. Likewise, the pitcher is recorded as having given up a hit, and a run for each runner that scores including the batter.

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text: errors

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text: the

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text: typically

text: achieved

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text: hitting

text: the

text: ball

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text: the

text: outfield

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text: between

text: the

text: foul

text: poles

text: or

text: making

text: contact

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text: foul

text: pole

text: without

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text: touching

text: the

text: ground

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text: home

text: run

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text: also

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text: inside

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text: park

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text: Downtown Detroit is the central business district and a residential area of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Detroit is the major city in the larger Metro Detroit region. Downtown Detroit is bordered by M-10 (Lodge Freeway) to the west, Interstate 75 (I-75, Fisher Freeway) to the north, I-375 (Chrysler Freeway) to the east, and the Detroit River to the south. The city's main thoroughfare M-1 (Woodward Avenue) links Downtown to Midtown, New Center, and the North End.

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text: the

text: central

text: business

text: district

text: and

text: residential

text: area

text: of

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: Detroit

text: Michigan

text: United

text: States

text: Detroit

text: is

text: the

text: major

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: larger

text: Metro

text: Detroit

text: region

text: Downtown

text: Detroit

text: is

text: bordered

text: by

text: Lodge

text: Freeway

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: Interstate

text: Fisher

text: Freeway

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Chrysler

text: Freeway

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: the

text: Detroit

text: River

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: The

text: city

text: 's

text: main

text: thoroughfare

text: Woodward

text: Avenue

text: links

text: Downtown

text: to

text: Midtown

text: New

text: Center

text: and

text: the

text: North

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text: The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division, where they are the defending World Series champions. The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field, located on the city's North Side. The Cubs are one of two major league teams in Chicago; the other, the Chicago White Sox, is a member of the American League (AL) Central division. The team, first known as the White Stockings, was a founding member of the NL in 1876, becoming the Chicago Cubs in 1903.

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text: are

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: baseball

text: team

text: based

text: in

text: Chicago

text: Illinois

text: The

text: Cubs

text: compete

text: in

text: Major

text: League

text: Baseball

text: MLB

text: as

text: member

text: club

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: League

text: NL

text: Central

text: division

text: where

text: they

text: are

text: the

text: defending

text: World

text: Series

text: champions

text: The

text: team

text: plays

text: its

text: home

text: games

text: at

text: Wrigley

text: Field

text: located

text: on

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: North

text: Side

text: The

text: Cubs

text: are

text: one

text: of

text: two

text: major

text: league

text: teams

text: in

text: Chicago

text: the

text: other

text: the

text: Chicago

text: White

text: Sox

text: is

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: American

text: League

text: AL

text: Central

text: division

text: The

text: team

text: first

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: White

text: Stockings

text: was

text: founding

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: NL

text: in

text: becoming

text: the

text: Chicago

text: Cubs

text: in

text: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are an American professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The Angels have played home games at Angel Stadium of Anaheim since 1966. The "Angels" name was continued by team owner Gene Autry out of tribute for the Los Angeles Angels, a Minor League franchise in the Pacific Coast League (PCL), which played in South Central Los Angeles from 1903 to 1957. The current Major League franchise was established as an expansion team in 1961 by Autry, the team's first owner, who bought the rights to the Angels name from Walter O'Malley, the former Los Angeles Dodgers owner, who acquired the PCL franchise from Philip K. Wrigley, the owner of the Chicago Cubs at the time.

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text: Angeles

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text: of

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text: are

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: baseball

text: team

text: based

text: in

text: Anaheim

text: California

text: The

text: Angels

text: compete

text: in

text: Major

text: League

text: Baseball

text: MLB

text: as

text: member

text: club

text: of

text: the

text: American

text: League

text: AL

text: West

text: division

text: The

text: Angels

text: have

text: played

text: home

text: games

text: at

text: Angel

text: Stadium

text: of

text: Anaheim

text: since

text: The

text: Angels

text: name

text: was

text: continued

text: by

text: team

text: owner

text: Gene

text: Autry

text: out

text: of

text: tribute

text: for

text: the

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: Angels

text: Minor

text: League

text: franchise

text: in

text: the

text: Pacific

text: Coast

text: League

text: PCL

text: which

text: played

text: in

text: South

text: Central

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: from

text: to

text: The

text: current

text: Major

text: League

text: franchise

text: was

text: established

text: as

text: an

text: expansion

text: team

text: in

text: by

text: Autry

text: the

text: team

text: 's

text: first

text: owner

text: who

text: bought

text: the

text: rights

text: to

text: the

text: Angels

text: name

text: from

text: Walter

text: O'Malley

text: the

text: former

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: Dodgers

text: owner

text: who

text: acquired

text: the

text: PCL

text: franchise

text: from

text: Philip

text: Wrigley

text: the

text: owner

text: of

text: the

text: Chicago

text: Cubs

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text: time

text: The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. The Yankees are one of two Major League clubs based in New York City; the other is the New York Mets. The club began play in the AL in the season as the Baltimore Orioles (not to be confused with the modern Baltimore Orioles.) Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise (which had ceased operations) and moved it to New York City, renaming the club as the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed as the "Yankees" in .

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text: are

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: baseball

text: team

text: based

text: in

text: the

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: borough

text: of

text: the

text: Bronx

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text: Yankees

text: compete

text: in

text: Major

text: League

text: Baseball

text: MLB

text: as

text: member

text: club

text: of

text: the

text: American

text: League

text: AL

text: East

text: division

text: The

text: Yankees

text: are

text: one

text: of

text: two

text: Major

text: League

text: clubs

text: based

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: the

text: other

text: is

text: the

text: New

text: York

text: Mets

text: The

text: club

text: began

text: play

text: in

text: the

text: AL

text: in

text: the

text: season

text: as

text: the

text: Baltimore

text: Orioles

text: not

text: to

text: be

text: confused

text: with

text: the

text: modern

text: Baltimore

text: Orioles

text: Frank

text: Farrell

text: and

text: Bill

text: Devery

text: purchased

text: the

text: franchise

text: which

text: had

text: ceased

text: operations

text: and

text: moved

text: it

text: to

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: renaming

text: the

text: club

text: as

text: the

text: New

text: York

text: Highlanders

text: The

text: Highlanders

text: were

text: officially

text: renamed

text: as

text: the

text: Yankees

text: in

question: occupation eric munson

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text: Henry VIII (28 June 1491  28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. Henry was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father, Henry VII.

text: Henry

text: VIII

text: June

text: January

text: was

text: King

text: of

text: England

text: from

text: April

text: until

text: his

text: death

text: Henry

text: was

text: the

text: second

text: Tudor

text: monarch

text: succeeding

text: his

text: father

text: Henry

text: VII

text: North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county (or shire county) and larger ceremonial county in England. It is located primarily in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber but partly in the region of North East England.

text: North

text: Yorkshire

text: is

text: non

text: metropolitan

text: county

text: or

text: shire

text: county

text: and

text: larger

text: ceremonial

text: county

text: in

text: England

text: It

text: is

text: located

text: primarily

text: in

text: the

text: region

text: of

text: Yorkshire

text: and

text: the

text: Humber

text: but

text: partly

text: in

text: the

text: region

text: of

text: North

text: East

text: England

text: Northern England, or North of England, also known as the North or the North Country, is the northern part of England and one the country's three principal cultural areas, along with the Midlands and Southern England. Geographically, the area roughly spans from the River Trent and River Dee to the Scottish border in the north.

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text: England

text: or

text: North

text: of

text: England

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: North

text: or

text: the

text: North

text: Country

text: is

text: the

text: northern

text: part

text: of

text: England

text: and

text: one

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: three

text: principal

text: cultural

text: areas

text: along

text: with

text: the

text: Midlands

text: and

text: Southern

text: England

text: Geographically

text: the

text: area

text: roughly

text: spans

text: from

text: the

text: River

text: Trent

text: and

text: River

text: Dee

text: to

text: the

text: Scottish

text: border

text: in

text: the

text: north

text: The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. It comprised two chambers: the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The House of Lords consisted of members of the Irish peerage and the bishops (after the Reformation, Church of Ireland bishops), while the Commons was directly elected, albeit on a very restricted franchise.

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text: Ireland

text: was

text: legislature

text: that

text: existed

text: in

text: Dublin

text: from

text: until

text: It

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text: two

text: chambers

text: the

text: House

text: of

text: Commons

text: and

text: the

text: House

text: of

text: Lords

text: The

text: House

text: of

text: Lords

text: consisted

text: of

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: Irish

text: peerage

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text: the

text: bishops

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text: the

text: Reformation

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text: of

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text: Commons

text: was

text: directly

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text: A politician (from "politics" + "-ian", from the Greek title of Aristotle's book  "Politika", meaning "Civic Affairs") is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government. In democratic countries, politicians seek elective positions within a government through elections or, at times, temporary appointment to replace politicians who have died, resigned or have been otherwise removed from office. In non-democratic countries, they employ other means of reaching power through appointment, bribery, revolutions and intrigues. Some politicians are experienced in the art or science of government. Politicians propose, support and create laws or policies that govern the land and, by extension, its people. Broadly speaking, a "politician" can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in any bureaucratic institution.

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text: -ian

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text: Greek

text: title

text: of

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text: 's

text: book

text: Politika

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text: Civic

text: Affairs

text: is

text: person

text: active

text: in

text: party

text: politics

text: or

text: person

text: holding

text: or

text: seeking

text: office

text: in

text: government

text: In

text: democratic

text: countries

text: politicians

text: seek

text: elective

text: positions

text: within

text: government

text: through

text: elections

text: or

text: at

text: times

text: temporary

text: appointment

text: to

text: replace

text: politicians

text: who

text: have

text: died

text: resigned

text: or

text: have

text: been

text: otherwise

text: removed

text: from

text: office

text: In

text: non

text: democratic

text: countries

text: they

text: employ

text: other

text: means

text: of

text: reaching

text: power

text: through

text: appointment

text: bribery

text: revolutions

text: and

text: intrigues

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text: politicians

text: are

text: experienced

text: in

text: the

text: art

text: or

text: science

text: of

text: government

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text: propose

text: support

text: and

text: create

text: laws

text: or

text: policies

text: that

text: govern

text: the

text: land

text: and

text: by

text: extension

text: its

text: people

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text: can

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text: anyone

text: who

text: seeks

text: to

text: achieve

text: political

text: power

text: in

text: any

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text: institution

text: Ireland (Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.

text: Ireland

text: Ulster

text: Scots

text: is

text: an

text: island

text: in

text: the

text: North

text: Atlantic

text: It

text: is

text: separated

text: from

text: Great

text: Britain

text: to

text: its

text: east

text: by

text: the

text: North

text: Channel

text: the

text: Irish

text: Sea

text: and

text: St

text: George

text: 's

text: Channel

text: Ireland

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: largest

text: island

text: of

text: the

text: British

text: Isles

text: the

text: third

text: largest

text: in

text: Europe

text: and

text: the

text: twentieth

text: largest

text: on

text: Earth

text: Earth, otherwise known as the world, is the third planet from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to harbor life. It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest of the four terrestrial planets.

text: Earth

text: otherwise

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: world

text: is

text: the

text: third

text: planet

text: from

text: the

text: Sun

text: and

text: the

text: only

text: object

text: in

text: the

text: Universe

text: known

text: to

text: harbor

text: life

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: densest

text: planet

text: in

text: the

text: Solar

text: System

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: of

text: the

text: four

text: terrestrial

text: planets

text: Great Britain, also known as Britain , is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European island and the ninth-largest in the world. In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The island of Ireland is situated to the west of it, and together these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands, comprise the British Isles archipelago.

text: Great

text: Britain

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: Britain

text: is

text: large

text: island

text: in

text: the

text: north

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: off

text: the

text: northwest

text: coast

text: of

text: continental

text: Europe

text: With

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: European

text: island

text: and

text: the

text: ninth

text: largest

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: In

text: the

text: island

text: had

text: population

text: of

text: about

text: million

text: people

text: making

text: it

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: third

text: most

text: populous

text: island

text: after

text: Java

text: in

text: Indonesia

text: and

text: Honshu

text: in

text: Japan

text: The

text: island

text: of

text: Ireland

text: is

text: situated

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: of

text: it

text: and

text: together

text: these

text: islands

text: along

text: with

text: over

text: smaller

text: surrounding

text: islands

text: comprise

text: the

text: British

text: Isles

text: archipelago

text: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain (the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country), the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of , the UK is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants. Together, this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union.

text: The

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: and

text: Northern

text: Ireland

text: commonly

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: UK

text: or

text: Britain

text: is

text: sovereign

text: country

text: in

text: western

text: Europe

text: Lying

text: off

text: the

text: north

text: western

text: coast

text: of

text: the

text: European

text: mainland

text: it

text: includes

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: the

text: name

text: of

text: which

text: is

text: also

text: loosely

text: applied

text: to

text: the

text: whole

text: country

text: the

text: north

text: eastern

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Ireland

text: and

text: many

text: smaller

text: islands

text: Northern

text: Ireland

text: is

text: the

text: only

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: UK

text: that

text: shares

text: land

text: border

text: with

text: another

text: sovereign

text: statethe

text: Republic

text: of

text: Ireland

text: Apart

text: from

text: this

text: land

text: border

text: the

text: UK

text: is

text: surrounded

text: by

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: with

text: the

text: North

text: Sea

text: to

text: its

text: east

text: the

text: English

text: Channel

text: to

text: its

text: south

text: and

text: the

text: Celtic

text: Sea

text: to

text: its

text: south

text: south

text: west

text: giving

text: it

text: the

text: longest

text: coastline

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: The

text: Irish

text: Sea

text: lies

text: between

text: Great

text: Britain

text: and

text: Ireland

text: With

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: the

text: UK

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: sovereign

text: state

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: in

text: Europe

text: It

text: is

text: also

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: country

text: with

text: an

text: estimated

text: million

text: inhabitants

text: Together

text: this

text: makes

text: it

text: the

text: fourth

text: most

text: densely

text: populated

text: country

text: in

text: the

text: European

text: Union

text: Ulster (or "Cúige Uladh" , Ulster Scots: "Ulstèr" or "Ulster") is a province in the north of the island of Ireland. In ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "rí ruirech", or "king of over-kings".

text: Ulster

text: or

text: Cúige

text: Uladh

text: Ulster

text: Scots

text: Ulstèr

text: or

text: Ulster

text: is

text: province

text: in

text: the

text: north

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Ireland

text: In

text: ancient

text: Ireland

text: it

text: was

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: fifths

text: ruled

text: by

text: rí

text: ruirech

text: or

text: king

text: of

text: over

text: kings

text: The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 is an Act of the Parliament of Ireland (33 Hen. 8 c. 1) which created the title of King of Ireland for King Henry VIII of England and his successors, who previously ruled the island as lords.

text: The

text: Crown

text: of

text: Ireland

text: Act

text: is

text: an

text: Act

text: of

text: the

text: Parliament

text: of

text: Ireland

text: Hen

text: which

text: created

text: the

text: title

text: of

text: King

text: of

text: Ireland

text: for

text: King

text: Henry

text: VIII

text: of

text: England

text: and

text: his

text: successors

text: who

text: previously

text: ruled

text: the

text: island

text: as

text: lords

text: South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. It is the southernmost county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and had a population of 1.34 million in 2011. It has an area of and consists of four metropolitan boroughs, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. South Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 with Barnsley as its county town.

text: South

text: Yorkshire

text: is

text: metropolitan

text: county

text: in

text: England

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: southernmost

text: county

text: in

text: the

text: Yorkshire

text: and

text: the

text: Humber

text: region

text: and

text: had

text: population

text: of

text: million

text: in

text: It

text: has

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: and

text: consists

text: of

text: four

text: metropolitan

text: boroughs

text: Barnsley

text: Doncaster

text: Rotherham

text: and

text: Sheffield

text: South

text: Yorkshire

text: was

text: created

text: on

text: April

text: as

text: result

text: of

text: the

text: Local

text: Government

text: Act

text: with

text: Barnsley

text: as

text: its

text: county

text: town

text: Yorkshire (or ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Due to its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media and the military, and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.

text: Yorkshire

text: or

text: abbreviated

text: Yorks

text: formally

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: County

text: of

text: York

text: is

text: historic

text: county

text: of

text: Northern

text: England

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: Due

text: to

text: its

text: great

text: size

text: in

text: comparison

text: to

text: other

text: English

text: counties

text: functions

text: have

text: been

text: undertaken

text: over

text: time

text: by

text: its

text: subdivisions

text: which

text: have

text: also

text: been

text: subject

text: to

text: periodic

text: reform

text: Throughout

text: these

text: changes

text: Yorkshire

text: has

text: continued

text: to

text: be

text: recognised

text: as

text: geographical

text: territory

text: and

text: cultural

text: region

text: The

text: name

text: is

text: familiar

text: and

text: well

text: understood

text: across

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: and

text: is

text: in

text: common

text: use

text: in

text: the

text: media

text: and

text: the

text: military

text: and

text: also

text: features

text: in

text: the

text: titles

text: of

text: current

text: areas

text: of

text: civil

text: administration

text: such

text: as

text: North

text: Yorkshire

text: South

text: Yorkshire

text: West

text: Yorkshire

text: and

text: East

text: Riding

text: of

text: Yorkshire

text: The Kingdom of Ireland (Classical Irish: '; Modern Irish: ') was a client state of the Kingdom of England that existed on Ireland from 1542 until 1800. It came into being when the Parliament of Ireland passed the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 and proclaimed King Henry VIII of England as King of Ireland. The territory of the Kingdom had previously had the status of a lordship of the Crown.

text: The

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Ireland

text: Classical

text: Irish

text: Modern

text: Irish

text: was

text: client

text: state

text: of

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: England

text: that

text: existed

text: on

text: Ireland

text: from

text: until

text: It

text: came

text: into

text: being

text: when

text: the

text: Parliament

text: of

text: Ireland

text: passed

text: the

text: Crown

text: of

text: Ireland

text: Act

text: and

text: proclaimed

text: King

text: Henry

text: VIII

text: of

text: England

text: as

text: King

text: of

text: Ireland

text: The

text: territory

text: of

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: had

text: previously

text: had

text: the

text: status

text: of

text: lordship

text: of

text: the

text: Crown

text: The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. Situated in the North Atlantic, the islands have a total area of approximately 315,159 km, and a combined population of just under 70 million. Two sovereign states are located on the islands: Ireland (which covers roughly five-sixths of the island with the same name) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The British Isles also include three Crown Dependencies: the Isle of Man and, by tradition, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands, although the latter are not physically a part of the archipelago.

text: The

text: British

text: Isles

text: are

text: group

text: of

text: islands

text: off

text: the

text: north

text: western

text: coast

text: of

text: continental

text: Europe

text: that

text: consist

text: of

text: the

text: islands

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: Ireland

text: and

text: over

text: six

text: thousand

text: smaller

text: isles

text: Situated

text: in

text: the

text: North

text: Atlantic

text: the

text: islands

text: have

text: total

text: area

text: of

text: approximately

text: km

text: and

text: combined

text: population

text: of

text: just

text: under

text: million

text: Two

text: sovereign

text: states

text: are

text: located

text: on

text: the

text: islands

text: Ireland

text: which

text: covers

text: roughly

text: five

text: sixths

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: with

text: the

text: same

text: name

text: and

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: and

text: Northern

text: Ireland

text: The

text: British

text: Isles

text: also

text: include

text: three

text: Crown

text: Dependencies

text: the

text: Isle

text: of

text: Man

text: and

text: by

text: tradition

text: the

text: Bailiwick

text: of

text: Jersey

text: and

text: the

text: Bailiwick

text: of

text: Guernsey

text: in

text: the

text: Channel

text: Islands

text: although

text: the

text: latter

text: are

text: not

text: physically

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: archipelago

text: The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th centurywhen it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdomsuntil 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

text: The

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: England

text: was

text: sovereign

text: state

text: on

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: from

text: the

text: centurywhen

text: it

text: emerged

text: from

text: various

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: kingdomsuntil

text: when

text: it

text: united

text: with

text: Scotland

text: to

text: form

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. It is an inland and in relative terms upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in moors of the Pennines and has a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.

text: West

text: Yorkshire

text: is

text: metropolitan

text: county

text: in

text: England

text: It

text: is

text: an

text: inland

text: and

text: in

text: relative

text: terms

text: upland

text: county

text: having

text: eastward

text: draining

text: valleys

text: while

text: taking

text: in

text: moors

text: of

text: the

text: Pennines

text: and

text: has

text: population

text: of

text: million

text: West

text: Yorkshire

text: came

text: into

text: existence

text: as

text: metropolitan

text: county

text: in

text: after

text: the

text: passage

text: of

text: the

text: Local

text: Government

text: Act

text: The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county of England. It is located in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber. The East Riding of Yorkshire may also refer to a local government district with unitary authority status, which does not include the city of Kingston upon Hull, the largest settlement in the ceremonial county, which is a separate unitary authority. The modern East Riding of Yorkshire (both ceremonial county and unitary authority), was formed in 1996 from the northern part of the non-metropolitan county of Humberside.

text: The

text: East

text: Riding

text: of

text: Yorkshire

text: or

text: simply

text: East

text: Yorkshire

text: is

text: ceremonial

text: county

text: of

text: England

text: It

text: is

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: region

text: of

text: Yorkshire

text: and

text: the

text: Humber

text: The

text: East

text: Riding

text: of

text: Yorkshire

text: may

text: also

text: refer

text: to

text: local

text: government

text: district

text: with

text: unitary

text: authority

text: status

text: which

text: does

text: not

text: include

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: Kingston

text: upon

text: Hull

text: the

text: largest

text: settlement

text: in

text: the

text: ceremonial

text: county

text: which

text: is

text: separate

text: unitary

text: authority

text: The

text: modern

text: East

text: Riding

text: of

text: Yorkshire

text: both

text: ceremonial

text: county

text: and

text: unitary

text: authority

text: was

text: formed

text: in

text: from

text: the

text: northern

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: non

text: metropolitan

text: county

text: of

text: Humberside

text: A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in the United Kingdom and Australia. It was first used in Wessex from the beginning of Anglo-Saxon settlement, and spread to most of the rest of England in the tenth century.

text: shire

text: is

text: traditional

text: term

text: for

text: division

text: of

text: land

text: found

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: and

text: Australia

text: It

text: was

text: first

text: used

text: in

text: Wessex

text: from

text: the

text: beginning

text: of

text: Anglo

text: Saxon

text: settlement

text: and

text: spread

text: to

text: most

text: of

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: England

text: in

text: the

text: tenth

text: century

text: John Baker Holroyd , 1st Earl of Sheffield ( 21 December 1735 -- 30 May 1821 ) was an English politician who came from a Yorkshire family , a branch of which had settled in the Kingdom of Ireland .

text: John

text: Baker

text: Holroyd

text: Earl

text: of

text: Sheffield

text: December

text: May

text: was

text: an

text: English

text: politician

text: who

text: came

text: from

text: Yorkshire

text: family

text: branch

text: of

text: which

text: had

text: settled

text: in

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Ireland

text: The Irish Sea (, , , Ulster-Scots: "Airish Sea"), separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the North Channel. Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea, followed by the Isle of Man. The sea is occasionally, but rarely, referred to as the Manx Sea.

text: The

text: Irish

text: Sea

text: Ulster

text: Scots

text: Airish

text: Sea

text: separates

text: the

text: islands

text: of

text: Ireland

text: and

text: Great

text: Britain

text: It

text: is

text: connected

text: to

text: the

text: Celtic

text: Sea

text: in

text: the

text: south

text: by

text: St

text: George

text: 's

text: Channel

text: and

text: to

text: the

text: Inner

text: Seas

text: off

text: the

text: West

text: Coast

text: of

text: Scotland

text: in

text: the

text: north

text: by

text: the

text: North

text: Channel

text: Anglesey

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: island

text: within

text: the

text: Irish

text: Sea

text: followed

text: by

text: the

text: Isle

text: of

text: Man

text: The

text: sea

text: is

text: occasionally

text: but

text: rarely

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: the

text: Manx

text: Sea

text: Politika is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans and is considered to be Serbia's newspaper of record.

text: Politika

text: is

text: Serbian

text: daily

text: newspaper

text: published

text: in

text: Belgrade

text: Founded

text: in

text: by

text: Vladislav

text: Ribnikar

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: oldest

text: daily

text: newspaper

text: still

text: in

text: circulation

text: in

text: the

text: Balkans

text: and

text: is

text: considered

text: to

text: be

text: Serbia

text: 's

text: newspaper

text: of

text: record

text: An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, e.g. the Philippines.

text: An

text: island

text: or

text: isle

text: is

text: any

text: piece

text: of

text: sub

text: continental

text: land

text: that

text: is

text: surrounded

text: by

text: water

text: Very

text: small

text: islands

text: such

text: as

text: emergent

text: land

text: features

text: on

text: atolls

text: can

text: be

text: called

text: islets

text: skerries

text: cays

text: or

text: keys

text: An

text: island

text: in

text: river

text: or

text: lake

text: island

text: may

text: be

text: called

text: an

text: eyot

text: or

text: ait

text: and

text: small

text: island

text: off

text: the

text: coast

text: may

text: be

text: called

text: holm

text: grouping

text: of

text: geographically

text: or

text: geologically

text: related

text: islands

text: is

text: called

text: an

text: archipelago

text: e.g.

text: the

text: Philippines

text: York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The municipality is the traditional county town of Yorkshire to which it gives its name. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events in England throughout much of its two millennia of existence. The city offers a wealth of historic attractions, of which York Minster is the most prominent, and a variety of cultural and sporting activities making it a popular tourist destination for millions.

text: York

text: is

text: historic

text: walled

text: city

text: at

text: the

text: confluence

text: of

text: the

text: rivers

text: Ouse

text: and

text: Foss

text: in

text: North

text: Yorkshire

text: England

text: The

text: municipality

text: is

text: the

text: traditional

text: county

text: town

text: of

text: Yorkshire

text: to

text: which

text: it

text: gives

text: its

text: name

text: The

text: city

text: has

text: rich

text: heritage

text: and

text: has

text: provided

text: the

text: backdrop

text: to

text: major

text: political

text: events

text: in

text: England

text: throughout

text: much

text: of

text: its

text: two

text: millennia

text: of

text: existence

text: The

text: city

text: offers

text: wealth

text: of

text: historic

text: attractions

text: of

text: which

text: York

text: Minster

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: prominent

text: and

text: variety

text: of

text: cultural

text: and

text: sporting

text: activities

text: making

text: it

text: popular

text: tourist

text: destination

text: for

text: millions

annotations: follows single

annotations: follows multiple

question: country_of_citizenship john baker holroyd

answer: england

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text: A Muslim is someone who follows or practises Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion. Muslims consider the Quran (Koran), their holy book, to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to the Islamic prophet and messenger Muhammad. They also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad ("sunnah ") as recorded in traditional accounts ("hadith"). "Muslim" is an Arabic word meaning "one who submits (to God)".

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text: Tafsir is the Arabic word for exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of tafsir is a (plural: ). A Quranic "tafsir" will often explain content and provide places and times, not contained in Quranic verses, as well as give the different views and opinions of scholars on the verse.

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text: Abu Ali Fadhl ibn Hasan Tabarsi (Persian/Arabic:     ) known as Shaykh Tabarsi, was a 12th-century Persian Shia scholar who died in 548 AH (1153 CE).

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text: Arabic (' or ' ) is a Central Semitic language that was first spoken in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the "lingua franca" of the Arab world. Arabic also is a liturgical language of 1.7 billion Muslims. It is one of six official languages of the United Nations. It is named after the Arabs, a term initially used to describe peoples living from Mesopotamia in the east to the Anti-Lebanon mountains in the west, and from northwestern Arabia to the Sinai in the south.

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text: Majma `` al - Bayan fi - Tafsir al - Qur'an ( Arabic :       ) is a tafsir by the 12th century Imami scholar and author Shaykh Tabarsi . This commentary is a comprehensive classical tafsir . Tabarsi was a moderate scholar and he presented the views of all major commentators fairly and comprehensively . He gives special prominence to Shi'i tafsir , but his work is not , strictly speaking , a Shi'i commentary . Tabarsi was a man of great erudition . He was a master of Arabic and a noted theologian and jurist . The work is considered one of the most authoritative Imami Qur'an commentaries . Al - Tabrisi 's method is to take up one group of verses at a time and discuss qiraat , language and grammar before providing a detailed commentary on the text , based on both Sunni and Shi `` i sources and incorporating his own views . His commentary for each passages are divided into five sections : introductory discourse , reading guide , language discourse , revelation and circumstances surrounding it , and meaning Majma ' al - bayan is written after Al - Tibbyan Fi Tafsir al - Quran and is clearly dependent on it . Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi al - Modarresi 's Tafsir Hedayat , an eighteen volume exegesis on the Quran published in Arabic in Iran in the 1980s , is in part a discussion of Majma `` al - bayan .

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text: Exegesis (from the Greek from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text. Traditionally the term was used primarily for work with the Bible; however, in modern usage "biblical exegesis" is used for greater specificity to distinguish it from any other broader critical text explanation.

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text: An imam (', plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. It is most commonly in the context of a worship leader of a mosque and Muslim community by Sunni Muslims. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, serve as community leaders, and provide religious guidance. For Shi'a Muslims, the imam has a more central meaning and role in Islam through the concept of Imamah; the term is only applicable to those members of the house of the prophet ahl al-Bayt, designated as infallibles.

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text: The Quran (; ', literally meaning "the recitation"; also romanized Qur'an or Koran"') is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God ("Allah"). It is widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature. The Quran is divided into chapters ("surah" in Arabic), which are then divided into verses ("ayah").

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