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    R.U.R. is a 1920 Science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. "R.U.R." stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots, a...
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    Russian ruble (redirect from ISO 4217:RUR)
    a result of the fall of the Soviet Union. The first Russian ruble (code: RUR) replaced the Soviet ruble (code: SUR) in September 1993 at par. On 1 January...
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    defense division was in turn purchased by Lockheed Martin in 1995. The first VLS ASROC missile was an RUR-5 ASROC with an upgraded solid-fuel booster section...
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    North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne, on the river Rur. The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory...
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    famous British actors passed through the St Martin's. In April 1923 Basil Rathbone played Harry Domain in R.U.R. and in June 1927 Henry Daniell appeared...
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  • Senior Challenge Cup winners again in 1903–04, also going onto win the Sussex RUR Cup, a competition played between the winners of the West Sussex League and...
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  • Ruili Airlines SENDI China RMG Rumugu Air & Space Nigeria RUMUGU AIR Nigeria RUR Rusaero Russia KLE Rusaero Russia Centre for Civil Aviation Services CGI...
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    northernmost parts are called North Eifel ("Nordeifel") including Rur Eifel the origin of the river Rur, High Fens ("Hohes Venn") and the Limestone Eifel (Kalkeifel)...
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    Fens and the Eifel Mountains. It sits on the Wurm River, a tributary of the Rur, and together with Mönchengladbach, it is the only larger German city in...
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    of the Bulge was won, the Hürtgen Forest was taken and on 10 February the Rur Dam was finally captured. The overall cost of the Siegfried Line Campaign...
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  • place in Law. Lund University ranks 66th in the RUR World University Rankings. Round University Ranking (RUR) is an international world university rankings...
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  • years: Project SFW, The Power, Odd John, The Last Revolution, Odd John, R.U.R. and a remake of Metropolis. (Of these only The Power would be made.) That...
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    978-1-857-98852-9 The Affirmation Christopher Priest 13 October 2011 978-0-575-09946-3 R.U.R. and War with the Newts Karel Čapek 978-0-575-09945-6 Emphyrio ‡ Jack Vance...
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    the Western Allies slowly pushed into Germany, but failed to cross the Rur river. In Italy, the Allied advance slowed due to the last major German defensive...
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  • of robots turning on their creators, originating in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. and perpetuated in subsequent robot books and films, appears infrequently...
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    art project in an international context. One drama is Karel Čapek's play R.U.R., which introduced the word "robot". The country has a tradition of puppet...
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    with mnemonic significance. For example, the Russian ruble changed from RUR to RUB following a devaluation, where the B comes from the third letter in...
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  • Primus Epic Radio System Primus II Radio System Radio Management Unit (RMU) RUR-5 ASROC SmartRunway and SmartLanding Turbochargers Turbocharged petrol engines...
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    the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, in the Eifel hills, approx. 20 km south of Düren. Heimbach has the smallest...
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    The word "robot" itself comes from a work of fiction, Karel Čapek's play, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), written in 1920 and first performed in 1921...
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  • "robot" was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), published in 1920. The term "robotics" was...
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    "two Talos twin missile systems, two RIM-24 Tartar twin missile systems, an RUR-5 ASROC antisubmarine missile launcher, and a Regulus II installation with...
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  • the ability to feel, and thus to suffer. This appears in Karel Čapek's R.U.R., the films A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Ex Machina, as well as the...
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  • Trek. ISBN 9780671009953. Edwards, Gavin (August 1996). "Dejpu'bogh Hov rur qablli!*". Wired. Vol. 4, no. 8. Retrieved 2009-01-11. Kraemer, Ross; William...
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  • 2014. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2018. "R.U.R. Cup Final Results – Sussex County Football Association". Sussexcountyleague...
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  • after orders are placed. The mass-produced robots in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. have been described as representing "the traumatic transformation of modern...
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    the Vesdre, Hoëgne, Warche, Gileppe, Eau Rouge, Amblève, Our, Kyll, and Rur. In winter all the water sources freeze into snow[clarification needed] making...
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  • Aurillac AUR LFLW 23,958 -10.0% 78 Maupiti Maupiti MAU NTTP 21,783 5.5% 79 Rurutu Rurutu RUR NTAR 20,671 -1.6% 80 Tubuai Mataura Tubuai TUB NTAT 20,573 0.0%...
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    parts of the story derivative of Shelley's Frankenstein, Karel Čapek's R.U.R., and his own The Sleeper Awakes. Wells called Metropolis "quite the silliest...
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    which the Belgians depended. Elements of the 29th Brigade's reserve, the 1st RUR, were deployed forward at about 22:00 to secure the crossing but were soon...
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