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oriole
oriole common name applied to various perching birds of the Old (family Oriolidae) and New (family Icteridae) Worlds. The European orioles are allied to the crows, while the American orioles, of the hangnest group, belong to the blackbird and meadowlark family. Old World orioles are found in... Read more |
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John Gerard Braine
John Gerard Braine 1922-86, English novelist, b. Bradford, Yorkshire. With his first novel, Room at the Top (1957), Braine established himself as one of England's angry young men . This novel bitterly chronicles the rise of a young working-class man into the upper middle class of an English... Read more |
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Cal Jr. Ripken
Cal Ripken, Jr. 1960- American baseball player Merely going on his playing accomplishments—a much-admired all-around slugger/shortstop, several Golden Glove and Player of the Year honors—Cal Ripken, Jr. may well be placed among professional baseball's elite. But beyond his... Read more |
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Dave Winfield
Dave Winfield 1951– Professional baseball player Childhood in St. Paul Drafted in Three Sports Yanked About by the Boss Rebounding in California and Toronto Sources Dave Winfield has been a top-performing professional baseball player for two decades. His turbulent career has included... Read more |
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incinerator
incinerator furnace for burning refuse. The older and simpler kind of incinerator was a brick-lined cell with a metal grate over a lower ash pit, with one opening in the top or side for loading and another opening in the side for removing incombustible masses called clinkers. Many small... Read more |
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Pham Van Dong
Pham Van Dong Pham Van Dong (born 1906) was the longtime Hanoi premier, first in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) government and then, after reunification in 1976, of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) government. He was considered to be one of the members of the inner "circle of five"... Read more |
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Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker Country singer Tanya Tucker, described as "the wildest filly in country and western music" by David Hutchings in People, began making an impact in her singing career when she was only 13 years old. Her first single, "Delta Dawn," reached the top ten of the country charts soon after its... Read more |
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Master P
Master P 1970– Record and film company executive, rap artist, actor From Third Ward to No Limit Used ‘Hustling’ Strategy For Company Moved Base To Baton Rouge Tried Out For The NBA Selected works Sources In one of his songs, “99 Ways to Die,” rapper/CEO Master P... Read more |
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Paddle
Paddle Background A paddle is an implement for manually moving and guiding a small boat. A paddle consists of a shaft with a broad flat surface, called a blade, on one or both ends. The area where the blade joins or tapers into the shaft is called the throat. Paddles differ... Read more |
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kingdom of Strathclyde
Strathclyde, kingdom of. The kingdom of Strathclyde, at its greatest extent, stretched from Loch Lomond in the north to Cumbria in the south. Its kings were Brittonic/Welsh, and were variously described by contemporaries as kings of the (northern) Britons or kings of the Cumbrians, though they are... Read more |
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