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Stark Law
Stark Law, formally Section 1877 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395nn), the U.S. federal physician self-referral law barring Medicare referrals for designated health services to entities with which the physician or immediate family has a financial relationship, unless an exception applies; distinct from the criminal Anti-Kickback Statute.
StarkWare Industries
StarkWare Industries is an Israeli cryptography company founded in 2018 by Eli Ben-Sasson, Alessandro Chiesa, Michael Riabzev, and Uri Kolodny, building blockchain scaling with STARK proofs through Starknet and StarkEx.
Starling Bank
Starling Bank is a British digital-only bank founded in 2014 by Anne Boden and licensed in 2016, offering personal and business current accounts to about six million customers.
Starmer ministry
Starmer ministry: UK Labour government under Keir Starmer, July 2024 to July 2026, formed after Labour's 2024 landslide ending 14 years of Conservative rule; marked by 'rewiring the state', the 2025 immigration white paper, NHS England abolition plans, and ending with Starmer's resignation in favor of Andy Burnham.
Starosta
A starosta is a senior local official in Central and Eastern Europe, historically presiding over castle courts, and today the elected head of a Polish county.
StarPlus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay TV channel, launched 1991 in English under STAR TV, converted to Hindi in July 2000 with Kaun Banega Crorepati, now owned by JioStar (Reliance).
Starred Up
Starred Up (2013) is a British prison drama directed by David Mackenzie, written by ex-prison therapist Jonathan Asser, starring Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, and Rupert Friend; 99% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Starstreak
Starstreak, formally the High Velocity Missile, is a British short-range surface-to-air missile system made by Thales in Belfast and used by the British Army since 1997.
START I
START I, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of July 31, 1991, was the first US-Soviet treaty requiring actual strategic nuclear reductions: 1,600 delivery vehicles, 6,000 warheads, sublimits on heavy ICBMs, and 12 on-site inspection types. In force 1994-2009.
START II
START II, the 1993 US-Russia strategic arms reduction treaty signed by Bush and Yeltsin, capped deployed warheads at 3,000-3,500 and banned land-based MIRVed ICBMs, but never entered into force, ending in June 2002 after the US ABM Treaty withdrawal.
Startup company
A startup is a young company built to grow fast around a repeatable, scalable business model, distinguished by speed of learning rather than reliance on venture capital.
Startup India
Startup India is an Indian government initiative launched in 2016 that provides DPIIT recognition, funding schemes like the Fund of Funds, and tax benefits for qualifying startups.
Starvation (crime)
Starvation (crime): the criminalization of depriving civilians of food and water as a method of warfare, codified in Additional Protocol I Article 54, Additional Protocol II Article 14, and Rome Statute Article 8(2)(b)(xxv), extended to non-international armed conflict by the 2019 amendment; first ICC warrants issued November 2024.
Starvation Winter
Starvation Winter is the Blackfeet name for the winter of 1883–1884, when failed government rations and the extermination of the buffalo left roughly 600 Piegan dead.
Starve the beast
Starve the beast is a conservative fiscal strategy, first named in a 1985 Wall Street Journal article, of cutting taxes to create deficits that force government spending cuts; most U.S. empirical studies find it does not restrain spending.
Starwest Botanicals
Starwest Botanicals is a Sacramento, California-based distributor and processor of organic botanicals, herbs, spices, teas, and essential oils. Founded in 1975, it was acquired by Incline Equity Partners in 2021.
Starz
Starz (STARZ, NASDAQ: STRZ) is an American premium cable and streaming service launched February 1, 1994, known for originals like Outlander and Power, and separated from Lionsgate into standalone Starz Entertainment Corp. in May 2025.
Staša Košarac
Staša Košarac is a Bosnian politician who serves as Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations and as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the deputy head of government.
StashFin
StashFin is an India-focused digital lending and neobanking fintech founded in 2016 in Delhi by Tushar Aggarwal and Shruti Aggarwal, operating under an RBI NBFC license.
Stasi
The Stasi (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, MfS) was East Germany's secret police, 1950-1990, modeled on the KGB. Under Erich Mielke it grew to 85,000 staff plus 180,000-200,000 informers, filed six million citizens, and was dissolved in 1990.
Stassi D. Cramm
Stassi D. Cramm, born Stassi Henson in 1962, is an American church leader serving as the ninth prophet-president of Community of Christ, the first woman in the role.
Stasys Lozoraitis
Stasys Lozoraitis (1898–1983) was a Lithuanian statesman who served as foreign minister from 1934 to 1939 and led the Lithuanian diplomatic service in exile from 1940 until his death.
Stasys Raštikis
Stasys Raštikis (1896–1985) was a Lithuanian divisional general who commanded the army from 1935 to 1940, led its modernization, and later wrote memoirs in exile.
Stata
Stata is a proprietary, command-driven statistical and econometric software package developed by StataCorp of College Station, Texas, first released in 1985 for IBM PCs running DOS.
State (polity)
The State (polity), or political state, is a compulsory political association that claims a monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory.
State Administration Council
State Administration Council (SAC), Myanmar's military junta formed 2 February 2021 after the 1 February coup, chaired by Min Aung Hlaing; ruled under emergency until dissolved and replaced by the State Security and Peace Commission in 2025.
State Administration for Market Regulation
The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR, 国家市场监督管理总局) is China's unified market regulator, created in 2018 to combine antitrust, food and drug, and quality oversight.
State Administration of Foreign Exchange
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is China's agency for foreign exchange controls, managing the world's largest reserves, about $3.36 trillion, under the People's Bank of China.
State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia
State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) of Western Australia, opened 4 January 2005 under the SAT Act 2004, amalgamated nearly 50 tribunals; it conducts merits and original jurisdiction review across guardianship, planning, vocational and civil matters under 150-plus enabling Acts.
State adoption statutes and procedure
State adoption statutes and procedure in the United States define who may adopt, which courts hear cases, required consents and home studies, and how an adoption is finalized.