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National Party (Ireland) The National Party was a minor conservative political party in Ireland, founded in December 1995 after the divorce referendum of that year, which passed with only 50.3 percent of voters in favour, showed that a large minority still supported traditional morality in legislation.
National Party (South Africa) The National Party (Afrikaans: Nasionale Party) (with its members sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats) was the governing party of South Africa from June 4th 1948 until May 9th 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. Its policies included apartheid, the establishment of a republic, and the promotion of Afrikaner culture.
National Party (UK, 1917) The National Party was a British political party created by Lord Ampthill, Sir Richard Cooper and Sir Henry Page Croft in 1917 as a right-wing split from the Conservative Party. Its members took a particularly xenophobic line on World War I and it was also strongly opposed to the sale of honours.
National Party (UK, 1976) The National Party was formed on January 6,1976 by John Kingsley Read and other leading National Front members. Seeking a less confrontational solution to immigration than the NF, the NP adopted a more populist and neo-Imperialist approach and totally rejected the perceived sympathies which the rival NF faction under the leadership of John Tyndall had towards the Nazis.
National Party (Uruguay) The National Party (Partido Nacional in Spanish), also known as the White Party (Partido Blanco), is a major liberal conservative political party in Uruguay, currently the major opposition party to the ruling Frente Amplio government.
National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian conservative political party, which claims to represent rural voters. It was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982.
National Party of Scotland The National Party of Scotland (NPS) was formed in 1928 after John MacCormick of the Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association (GUSNA) called a meeting of all those favouring the establishment of a party favouring Scottish independence. The meeting was presided over by Robert Cunninghame-Graham, who had been a Liberal Party, then Scottish Labour Party (1888-1893) politician.
National Patriotes Day The National Patriotes Day (French Journée nationale des Patriotes) commemorates the memory of Lower Canada Patriots' heritage in Quebec. It is celebrated in that province on the Monday preceding May 25, the same day as Victoria Day, a Canadian Statutory Holiday.
National Patriotic Front of Liberia-Central Revolutionary Council The National Patriotic Front of Liberia-Central Revolutionary Council (NPFL-CRC) was a rebel group that participated in the Liberian Civil War. The group emerged in mid-1994 and was a breakaway faction of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), which was led by Charles Taylor.
National Patriotic Reconstruction Assembly Government The National Patriotic Reconstruction Assembly Government (NPRAG) was a self-declared, alternative administration established in early 1991 in areas held by the rebel National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) during the country's civil war. It was formed in opposition to the internationally recognized Interim Government of National Unity (IGNU) led by Amos Sawyer.
National Peace Council The National Peace Council, founded in 1908, has acted as the co-ordinating body for almost 200 groups across Britain, with a membership ranging from small village peace groups to national trade unions and local authorities. What unites them is their interest in peace, human rights, justice and the environment.
National Peace Keeping Council The National Peace Keeping Council (NPKC, ) was a Thai military junta that overthrew the the civilian elected government of Chatichai Choonhavan in 1991. It was led by Army Commander Suchinda Kraprayoon, Supreme Commander Sunthorn Kongsompong, Airforce Commander Kaset Rojananil and members of the 5th Class of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy.
National Peanut Festival Annual Festival in Dothan, Alabama celebrating the huge crop of peanuts that is harvested in the surrounding environs each year. The festival takes place around the time of harvest, usually in the fall around the end of October, or early November.
National Peasants' Party The National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc or PNŢ) was a Romanian political party, formed in 1926Ioan Scurtu, Viaţa Politică din România 1918–1914 ("Political Life in Romania 1918–1914"), Editura Albatros, Bucharest, 1982 indicates the Romanian National Party and the National Peasants' Party as the leading opposition parties coming out of the 4 January 1926 election (p.102); by 6 June 1927 there was a single merged party (p.
National Pedal Sport Association The National Pedal Sport Association (NPSA) was a South Eastern regional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sanctioning body originally based in Dunedin, Florida then in its last years Pinellas Park, Florida. For the first six years of its existence if focused mostly on amateur racing since they were stressing the family experience nature of the sport and putting on the fairest and most inclusive races possible, fitting their motto "Ride For Fun".
National People's Congress The National People's Congress (), abbreviated NPC (), is the highest legislative body in the People's Republic of China. Although the membership of the NPC is still largely determined by Communist Party of China, since the early 1990's, it has moved away from its previous role as a symbolic but powerless rubber-stamp legislature, and has become a forum for mediating policy differences between different parts of the Party and the government.
National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska The National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A) is an area of land in the North Slope of Alaska owned by the United States Federal Government. It lies to the west of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which is also federally owned land on the North Slope.
National Philharmonic of Russia The National Philharmonic of Russia (NPR) is an orchestra, formed in January 2003 at the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ministry of Culture. Serving as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the orchestra is Vladimir Spivakov.
National Philharmonic Orchestra The National Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra created exclusively for recording purposes. It was founded by RCA producer Charles Gerhardt and orchestra leader Sidney Sax due in part to the requirements of the Reader's Digest recording project.
National Physical Laboratory time signal The National Physical Laboratory time signal is a broadcast from the Rugby VLF transmitter near Rugby, Warwickshire based on time standards maintained by the British National Physical Laboratory. The transmitted signal has an effective radiated power of 15 kW, on a frequency of 60 kHz, the same frequency used by WWVB.
National Physical Laboratory, UK The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the national measurement standards laboratory for the United Kingdom, based at Bushy Park in Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest applied physics organisation in the UK, and has a role similar to that of NIST in the United States.
National Physicians Alliance The National Physicians Alliance (NPA) is founded to restore physicians' primary emphasis on the core values of the profession: service, integrity, and advocacy. The NPA offers a professional home for physicians seeking creative collaboration and mutual support.
National Physique Committee The National Physique Committee (NPC) is the largest amateur bodybuilding organization in the United States. Amateur bodybuilders compete in various competitions from local to national competitions sanctioned by the NPC.
National Poet for Wales The post of National Poet of Wales was established in May 2005 with financial support from the Arts Council of Wales. It was the result of an initiative by Yr Academi Gymreig, the Welsh literature promotion agency.
National Police Cadet Corps The National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) is the largest uniformed group for youths in Singapore in terms of membership. As of 31 March 2004, the organisation has 596 teacher officers and 20,146 student members in 155 secondary schools, 2 polytechnics open units and 2 University Open Units.
National Police Memorial Australia Australia's National Police Memorial is in the national capital, Canberra, in King's Park on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin adjacent to the National Carillon on Aspen Island. It commemorates Australian police who have died on duty.
National Policing Improvement Agency The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was proposed by ACPO as a response to the UK Government's green paper Building Safer Communities Together. The stated objectives of the NPIA are to support i) the delivery of more effective policing and ii) a culture of self-improvement around Policing in the United Kingdom.
National Political Institutes of Education National Political Institutes of Education (German: Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten; officialy abbreviated NPEA, commonly abbreviated Napola for Nationalpolitische Lehranstalt meaning National Political Institution of Teaching) were secondary boarding schools in Nazi Germany. They were founded as "community education sites" after the National Socialist seizure of power in 1933.
National Political Union The National Political Union, better known as EPEN (Greek: Εθνική Πολιτική Ένωσις, or Ethniki Politiki Enosis , EΠΕΝ) was a Greek far-right political party. The party was founded on January 30, 1984 by jailed former junta leader Georgios Papadopoulos.
National Polytechnic Institute The National Polytechnic Institute (in Spanish: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, IPN) is one of the largest Mexican public universities. Founded in 1936 during the administration of President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río with the purpose of increasing the industrial activities and cover the social necessities.
National Polytechnic Institute College of Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences The National Polytechnic Institute College of Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences is a highly recognized College in Mexico. The College was proposed in 1932 by Narciso Bassols Secretary General of the SecretarĂ­a de EducaciĂłn PĂşblica and was founded by integrating the already existent School of Mecanichal and Electrical Sciences that dates back to the 19th century.
National Polytechnic Institute College of Social and Administrative Sciences The National Polytechnic Institute College of Social and Administrative Sciencesis a is a College in Mexico. The College was proposed in 1932 by Narciso Bassols Secretary General of the SecretarĂ­a de EducaciĂłn PĂşblica.
National Popular Alliance The National Popular Alliance or ANAPO (Alianza Nacional Popular) is a left-wing political party in Colombia. ANAPO is one of the political movements that currently make up the Independent Democratic Pole coalition.
National Portrait Gallery (Australia) The National Portrait Gallery of Australia is a collection of portraits of prominent Australians that are important in their field of endeavour or whose life sets them apart as an individual of long-term public interest.
National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom) The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in St Martin's Place, London, England, which opened to the public in 1856. It houses portraits of historically important and famous British people, selected on the basis of the significance of the sitter.
National Postal Transport Association The National Postal Transport Association (NPTA) was the successor to the Railway Mail Association. The name change was prompted by the United States Post Office Department reorganizing the Railway Mail Service as the Postal Transportation Service on October 1, 1949.
National Power Corporation The National Power Corporation, also known as the NPC or "Napocor", is a state owned company that is the largest power provider in the Philippines. It is also the principal power provider for Manila Electric, the only power distributor in the metropolitan Manila area.
National Preservation Party National Preservation Party (Icelandic: Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn) a political party in Iceland. Founded and supported on March 15 1953 by the same group that edited the weekly paper Free Nation (Frjáls Þjóð).
National Press Building (Ottawa) The National Press Building in Ottawa, Canada is a building on Wellington Street, just across from the West Block of the Parliament Buildings that houses the parliamentary press corps. Originally the press had their offices inside the Centre Block of the Parliament buildings.
National Press Club The National Press Club is an association of journalists based in Washington, DC. It is well-known for its gatherings with invited speakers, including many presidential candidates and other influential politicians.
National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. The National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA is a group of black Primitive Baptists that has adopted progressive methods and policies not in keeping with the historical and theological background of Primitive Baptists in general. The Convention was organized in Huntsville, Alabama in 1907.
National Priorities List The National Priorities List ("NPL") is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal Superfund program. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") regulations outline a formal process for assessing hazardous waste sites and placing them on the NPL.
National Prize of East Germany The National Prize of East Germany (German: Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was an award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, and other meritorious achievement. With scientific achievements, it was often given to entire research groups and not individual scientists.
National Probation Service The National Probation Service of England and Wales is a statutory Criminal Justice Service, mainly responsible for the supervision of offenders in the community. It was established in its current form by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act in April 2001, but has existed for a century or more as a set of Area based services interacting at arms-length with central government.
National Production Authority The National Production Authority (NPA) was a short-lived United States agency established in the Department of Commerce during the Korean War by Department Order 123, September 11, 1950, under authority of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 798), September 8, 1950, and EO 10161, September 9, 1950.
National Products National Products, Inc is a United States company that focuses on manufacturing wood kitchen cabinets and related products. They also manufacture disco balls, and produce the majority of all disco balls purchased in the United States.
National Professional Paintball League The National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) is one of two American national tournament series that travel throughout the United States each year. It is also the largest and most popular professional seven-man paintball league in the world.
National Professional Qualification for Headship The National Professional Qualification for Headship (or NPQH) is a professional qualification required by law in the UK for all new school head teachers. It is taught via blended learning at centres all over the country and administered by the National College for School Leadership which has centres in Nottingham, London, and Ruddington.
National Programme for IT The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) which is being delivered by the new Department of Health agency NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH), is an initiative by the National Health Service in England to move towards an electronic care record for patients and to connect 30,000 GPs to 300 hospitals, providing secure and audited access to these records by authorised health professionals. In due course it is planned that patients will also have access to their records online through a service called HealthSpace.
National Progressive Front The National Progressive Front (NPF), established in 1972, is a coalition of political parties in Syria which support the socialist and Arab nationalist orientation of the government and accept the leading role in society of the Arab Socialist Ba’th Party.
National Progressive Party (Finland) The National Progressive Party (Kansallinen Edistyspuolue) was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. Famous members of the party included Kaarlo Juho StĂĄhlberg and Risto Ryti, the first and fifth Presidents of Finland, and Sakari Tuomioja.
National Progressive Unionist Party The National Progressive Unionist Party (in Arabic: Hizb al Tagammu' al Watani al Taqadomi al Wahdawi حزب التجمع الوطنى التقدمى الوحدوى ,commonly referred to as Tagammu) is a major political party (socialist) in Egypt. The party is considered as the defender of the 1952 Revolution principles.
National Prohibition Foundation The National Prohibition Foundation is a non-profit Colorado corporation established in 2001 and originally incorporated in Indiana in 1952. Its purpose is to receive and mangage bequests and other donations for the benefit of the Prohibition Party.
National Project The National Project (Spanish: Proyecto Nacional - PRONAL) was a Nicaraguan political party founded in 1995 by Antonio Lacayo, son-in-law of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro. Lacayo was prohibited from running in the 1996 elections by the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) due to his family ties with President Chamorro.
National Prosecuting Authority The National Prosecuting Authority is an organ of the South African State which is responsible for the institution and conduct criminal proceedings on behalf of the state, including all incidental functions to such proceedings. It also has the power to discontinue criminal proceedings.
National Protection War The National Protection War (), also known as the anti-Monarchy War, was a civil war that took place in China between 1915 and 1916. The cause of this war was Yuan Shikai's proclamation of himself as Emperor; only 3 years earlier, the last Chinese dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, had been overthrown and a Republic of China established in its place.
National Protestant College The National Protestant College is a Lebanese school that was established by the National Evangelical Union of Lebanon, the oldest indigenous Arabic-speaking Protestant congregation in the Middle East. Originally located in Dbayeh, the school moved during the Lebanese Civil war to West Beirut, near Hamra (Haigazian University).
National Psoriasis Foundation The National Psoriasis Foundation is a patient-driven, non-profit US-based psoriasis education and advocacy group. The National Psoriasis Foundation works to improve the quality of life of the millions of Americans with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis by promoting awareness, ensuring access to treatment and supporting research that will lead to a cure.
National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. How NPR Works: NPR's Mission Statement NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, which established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and also led to the creation of the Public Broadcasting Service.
National Public School National Public School was the first English Medium School opened in Hanumangarh District. The foundation stone of this prestigious institution was laid on August 24, 1981 by the then District Collector of Sri Ganganagar Mr.
National Publications National Publications was one of the companies that would later become DC Comics. The corporation was originally two companies: National Allied Publications (founded by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson in 1934 to publish the first American comic book with all-original material rather than comic strip reprints) and Detective Comics.
National Puzzlers' League The National Puzzlers' League (NPL) is a nonprofit organization focused on puzzling, primarily in the realm of word play and word games. The group has three aims: to further the pastime of word puzzles, to raise the standard of puzzling to a higher intellectual level, and to establish and foster friendships among its widely scattered members.
National Qualifications Authority of Ireland The National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI) was set up under the Qualifications (Education & Training) Act, 1999 to promote a framework in the further and higher education system outside the university system in Ireland.
National Qualifications Framework The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) is a credit transfer system developed for qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The NQF was originally developed with 5 levels and is the joint responsibility of Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (ACCAC) and Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment for Northern Ireland (CCEA).
National Quality Research Center (NQRC) The National Quality Research Center ('NQRC') at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, is a research and teaching center focusing on the measurement of customer satisfaction and the study of its relationships to quality, customer retention, and other variables, for both private and public sector organizations, and for national economies.
National Quartet Convention The National Quartet Convention (NQC) is an annual gathering of Southern Gospel quartets and musicians. It is currently held at Freedom Hall on the grounds of the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
National repository A national repository is repository for academic publications by scholars working in a particular country is a (Such repositories can also be organized on a more local basis) These can be intended fas the main repository for all such scholarship, or as a supplement to existing institutional repositories.
National Radical Union The National Radical Union (ERE, Greek: Εθνική Ριζοσπαστική Ένωσις, Ethnike Rizospastike Enosis) was a Greek political party formed in 1955 by Konstantinos Karamanlis out of the Greek Rally party.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center set up by the United States National Science Foundation for the purpose of radio astronomy. NRAO designs, builds, and operates its own high-power radio telescopes for use by scientists around the world.
National Radio Club The National Radio Club (frequently abbreviated "NRC") is a non-profit hobbyist organization formed in 1933 and is devoted to the activity of DX'ing on the AM broadcast band. DX'ing can be described as the hobby of receiving distant radio signals.
National Radio Systems Committee The National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) is an organization sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). Its main purpose is to set industry technical standards for radio broadcasting in the United States.
National Radiological Protection Board The National Radiological Protection Board is a UK public body set up under the Radiological Protection Act of 1970 with the purpose of disseminating information about the protection of mankind from radiation hazards. The Board consists of a chairman and between seven and twelve other members, appointed by the Department of Health.
National Rafidain List The National Rafidain List or Al Rafidain National List (or Mesopotamia List) is one of the coalitions of Iraqi political parties that ran in the 2005 Iraqi election. It consists of only one party: the Assyrian Democratic Movement It is a coalition of Assyrians and is headed by Yunadam Kanna, a former Governing Council member.
National Rail Museum New Delhi The National Rail Museum is a museum in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi which focuses on the rail heritage of India it opened on the Ist of February, 1977. It is located in over 11 acres of land with both indoor and outdoor exhibits.
National Railroad Hall of Fame The US National Railroad Hall of Fame was established in 2003 and recognized by Congressional resolutions in 2003 and 2004. It inducts honorees every year, and is currently fundraising for a permanent home in Galesburg, Illinois.
National Railroad Museum The National Railroad Museum, located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin (a suburb of Green Bay), is one of the oldest museums dedicated to railroad history. It was founded in 1956 by community volunteers in Green Bay who contributed time and resources.
National Railway The National Railway or National Air Line Railroad was a planned railroad between New York City and Washington, DC in the United States around 1870. Part of it was eventually built from New York to Philadelphia by the Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad and the Delaware River Branch of the North Pennsylvania Railroad, leased by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway in 1879.
National Railway Company of Belgium The NMBS (Dutch: Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen) or SNCB (French: Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges, not to be confused with SNCF) is the Belgian national railway operator. It was created in 1926.
National Railway Museum (Port Adelaide) The National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is the current site of the Port Dock Station Railway Museum's vast Australian Railway Collection. Previously, the collection was housed in the open air at Mile End, Adelaide's then locomotive depot.
National Railways of Zimbabwe The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is the parastatal railway of Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe railway system was largely constructed during the time of British colonial rule, and part of it represents a segment of the Cape-Cairo railway.
National Rainbow Coalition The National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) is the ruling Kenyan political party, in power since 2002. In preparation of the 2002 elections, the National Alliance Party of Kenya (NAK) allied itself with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to form the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC).
National Ranching Heritage Center The National Ranching Heritage Center, a museum of ranching history, is located in Lubbock on the campus of Texas Tech University. It features a number of authentic early Texas ranch buildings as well as a railroad depot and other historic buildings.
National Reading Panel The National Reading Panel was a United States government body. Formed in 1997 at the request of Congress, it was a national panel with the stated aim of assessing the effectiveness of different approaches used to teach children to read.
National Reconstruction Front The National Reconstruction Front (Front pour la Reconstruction Nationale) is a political party in Haiti. In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Guy Philippe won 1,92 % of the popular vote.
National Recording Preservation Board The United States National Recording Preservation Board is the board selecting recorded sounds for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. The National Recording Registry is meant to maintain and preserve "sound recordings that are culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"; to be eligible, recordings must be at least 10 years old.
National Recording Registry The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings which "are culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress.
National Recreation Area National Recreation Area (NRA) is a designation for a protected area in the United States, often centered on large reservoirs and emphasizing water-based recreation for a large number of people. The first National Recreation Area was the Boulder Dam Recreation Area (later renamed Lake Mead National Recreation Area).
National Recreation Trail National Recreation Trail (NRT) is a designation given to existing trails that contribute to health, conservation, and recreation goals in the United States. Over 900 trails in all 50 states, available for public use and ranging from less than a mile to 485 miles in length, have been designated as NRTs on federal, state, municipal, and privately owned lands.
National Redemption Front The National Redemption Front (NRF) is an alliance of fighting groups in Darfur. According to their foundation declaration, the NRF consists of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), a holdout faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Sudan Federal Democratic Alliance (SFDA).
National Redoubt A National Redoubt is a general term for an area to which the (remnant) forces of a nation can be withdrawn if the main battle has been lost — or even beforehand if defeat is considered to be inevitable anyway. Typically a region is chosen with a geography favouring defence, such as a mountainous area or a peninsula, in order to function as a final hold-out to preserve national independence for the duration of the conflict.
National Reform Party (Saint Vincent) The National Reform Party is a political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines without parliamentary representation. The party did not field any candidates in the last parliamentary elections held on 7 December 2005.
National Reform Party of the Hawaiian Kingdom In January, 1890, the Hawaiian National Reform Party was established in opposition to the Reform Party, drawing from Hui Kalai'aina and the 'Mechanics' and Workingmens' Political Protective Union'.Ernest Andrade, Unconquerable Rebel, p69
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens In England, the Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England safeguards the features and qualities of key landscapes for the future. It is hoped that listing sites of special interest will increase awareness of their value and encourage those who own them, or who have a part to play in their protection, to treat the sites with due care, whether this is a question of carrying out appropriate maintenance or making changes to the site.
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the United States' official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. As of December 2005, the list includes approximately 79,000 entries, including many icons of American culture, history, engineering, and architecture.
National Registration Identity Card The National Registration Identity Card (abbreviation: NRIC, or colloquially IC; ) is the identity document in use in Singapore. It is compulsory for all Singaporean citizens and permanent residents who are fifteen years of age and older to have their NRICs.
National Registry of Identification and Civil Status The National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Registro Nacional de IdentificaciĂłn y Estado Civil, RENIEC) is an autonomous constitutional body of the State of Peru. Its role is to maintain the records of births, marriages, divorces and deaths in the country, as well as of the suffrage eligibility and registration.
National Religious Broadcasters National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) is an American organization that represents Christian religious broadcasters on American television and radio, including several high-profile televangelists and Christian radio show hosts. It claims a membership of more than 1700 organizations.
National Religious Campaign Against Torture The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) is a coalition of religious organizations joined together to ensure that the United States does not engage in torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of anyone, without exception. Since its formation in January 2006, approximately 100 religious organizations have joined NRCAT, including representatives from the Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox Christian, Evangelical Christian, Unitarian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh communities.
National Religious Freedom Day National Religious Freedom Day commemorates the Virginia General Assembly's adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on January 16 1786. This vital document became the basis for the separation of church and state, and led to freedom of religion for all Americans as protected in the religion clause in the U.
National Religious Party The National Religious Party (Hebrew: מפלגה דתית לאומית, Miflega Datit Leumit) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. In Israel it is commonly referred to by the acronym Mafdal (מפדל), from the Hebrew translation of the party's name.

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