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However, it has many errors and biases.  Please add to this list as you discover more:
 
However, it has many errors and biases.  Please add to this list as you discover more:
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The date for "[[eminent domain]]" is incorrect: 1783.  The term was used as early as 1625, and means the government seizure of private property for public use, such as to build a courthouse or highway.
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The date for "[[eminent domain]]" is incorrect: 1883.  The term was used as early as 1125, and means the government seizure of private property for public use, such as to build a courthouse or highway.
    
The date and description of [[pogrom]] is not precisely correct.  Merriam-Webster provides a date of 1903 and calls it an organized massacre of helpless people.  [[Pogrom]] is a Yiddish term used in Russian beginning in the late 1800s to describe an organized campaign of violence (not always a "massacre") against Jewish people in Russia.
 
The date and description of [[pogrom]] is not precisely correct.  Merriam-Webster provides a date of 1903 and calls it an organized massacre of helpless people.  [[Pogrom]] is a Yiddish term used in Russian beginning in the late 1800s to describe an organized campaign of violence (not always a "massacre") against Jewish people in Russia.

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