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Ku Klux Klan
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Ku Klux Klan KKK an extremist right-wing secret society in the United States. The Ku Klux Klan was originally founded in the southern states after the
Civil War to oppose social change and black emancipation by violence and terrorism. Although disbanded twice, it reemerged in the 1950s and 1960s and continues at a local level. Members disguise themselves in white robes and hoods, and often use a burning cross as a symbol of their organization.
Ku Kluxer; Ku Klux Klansman pl. -men
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KU Info resource for U. Kansas students
News Wire article from: University Wire; 12/9/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...only number she could remember. 864-3506. KU Info. "We were the number in that moment...said Joe White, Dodge City senior and the KU Info worker who took the call. For more than 30 years, KU Info has been students' dependable source...
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KU Energy Announces KU Solutions Subsidiary
PR Newswire; 3/18/1997; 700+ words
; ...LEXINGTON, Ky., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- KU Energy Chairman and President Michael R. Whitley today announced the formation of KU Solutions, a non- regulated subsidiary of KU Energy that will offer products and services that...
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KU Hospital seeks affiliation freeze.
Newspaper article from: Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas); 3/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...to affiliation negotiations between the KU School of Medicine and Missouri-based...negotiations with St. Luke's until the (KU) Hospital and school have a final agreement," said Irene Cumming, KU Hospital president and chief executive officer...
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KU has 35 holidays during last 51 days
Newspaper article from: The Manila Times; 10/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...although at all the departments of the KU around 22 to 29 classes, out of the said...held, according to sources placed at the KU campus. OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS: As many as 27 official holidays were being observed at the KU, including eight Sundays during the said...
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KU hospital Provost can't be on board, AG says.
Newspaper article from: Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas); 5/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...serve as an ex officio voting member of the KU Hospital Authority. "The answer is clearly no," Morrison wrote in a letter to KU Hospital officials that was released Friday. Lariviere will step off the board, KU spokeswoman Lynn Bretz said, but the school...
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KU ENERGY CORPORATION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
PR Newswire; 4/25/1995; 700+ words
; LEXINGTON, Ky., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of KU Energy Corporation (KU Energy) (NYSE: KU) held today, the following were elected as Directors of the Company for a three-year term expiring...
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KU Energy and LG&E Energy File Joint Merger Application With The Virginia State Corporation Commission
PR Newswire; 7/25/1997; 700+ words
; RICHMOND, Va., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- KU Energy (NYSE: KU) and LG&E Energy (NYSE: LGE) today jointly...seeking authorization to merge the two companies. KU Energy operates in Virginia as Old Dominion Power (ODP...
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KU CAPITAL AND TENASKA ENTER POWER GENERATION PARTNERSHIP
PR Newswire; 4/4/1994; 700+ words
; LEXINGTON, Ky., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- KU Capital Corporation, the nonutility subsidiary of KU Energy Corporation (NYSE: KU), today announced that it had entered into agreements with Tenaska, Inc. and...
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KU students convey messages of sympathy, encouragement.
Newspaper article from: Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas); 4/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...You have the support of all students at KU," one person wrote. Another message simply...who were killed. The table was set up by KU Student Union Activities and the banner...Virginia seemed to bring a solemn mood to KU's campus, said Sam Stepp, a Johnson...
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KU Hospital leader resigns.
Newspaper article from: Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas); 3/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...negotiations between Kansas University Hospital and KU Medical Center unresolved, KU Hospital President Irene Cumming is planning her exit...directly when asked about our views." Cumming, KU Hospital's president and chief executive officer...
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Ku Chieh-kang
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ku Chieh-kang The Chinese historian Ku Chieh-kang (1893-1980), by subjecting the Chinese classics...history. In addition to his studies of Chinese ancient history, Ku published works on folklore, historical geography, and the ethnography...
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KU Energy Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
KU Energy Corporation One Quality Street Lexington...8340 Electric, Water, and Gas Utilities KU Energy Corporation provides electric service...entrepreneurs to form the Kentucky Utilities Company (KU), which began operations December 2, 1912...
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Ku K'ai-chih
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ku K'ai-chih The Chinese painter Ku K'ai-chih (ca. 345-ca. 406) was the first great classical master of figure painting and portraiture. Ku K'ai-chih, also called Ch'ang-k'ang and Hu-t'ou...
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Ku Klux Klan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ku Klux Klan , designation mainly given to two...important groups have also used the name. The first Ku Klux Klan was an organization that thrived in...I. Subsequent groups calling themselves the Ku Klux Klan sprang up in much of the South after...
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Pan Ku
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Pan Ku Pan Ku (32-92) was a Chinese historian and man of letters. His name is mainly...its record at about 90 B.C. Pan Piao (died A.D. 54), father of Pan Ku attempted to repair this deficiency by continuing the Shih-chi 's account...
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