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Astroturfing

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Astroturfing, kładzenie sztucznej trawy [wym. astroterfink] – określenie służące do nazwania pozornie oddolnych obywatelskich akcji lub inicjatyw podejmowanych w celu wyrażenia poparcia albo sprzeciwu dla idei, polityki, usługi, produktu, wydarzenia. Kampania tego typu ma sprawiać wrażenie niezależnej reakcji społeczne…

Chester Bennington
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Chester Bennington
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Chester Charles Bennington – amerykański muzyk, piosenkarz, autor tekstów, aktor i wokalista amerykańskiego zespołu Link…

Dawid Celt
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Dawid Celt
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Dawid Celt – polski tenisista i trener, sparingpartner i drugi trener Agnieszki Radwańskiej, kapitan polskiej kadry teni…

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1968
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A shootout between police and a Black power group began in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking three days of rioting.
1942
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The Holocaust: The gas chambers at Treblinka extermination camp began operation, killing 6,500 Jews who had been transported from the Warsaw Ghetto the day before.
1940
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Sumner Welles, U.S. Under Secretary of State, issued a declaration that the U.S. government would not recognize the Soviet Union's annexation of the Baltic states.
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