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Principal Boy
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Boy Scouts of America
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys American rock group For the Record<... Read more |
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Lillian Smith
Lillian Smith 1897-1966, American writer and social critic, b. Jasper, Fla. She was a social worker in Georgia for several years. Her bestselling novel Strange Fruit (1944) is set in the South and depicts the tragic love of a white boy for a black girl. Smith was active in the Congress of Racial... Read more |
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Orange Order
Orange Order, a Protestant political society dedicated to sustaining the ‘glorious and immortal memory’ of King William III and of his victory at the Boyne. It was instituted in September 1795, following the victory of the Orange Boys, an offshoot of the Peep of Day Boys, over the... Read more |
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Moe Jack The Pep Boys-Manny
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Eli
Eli , in the Bible, high priest and judge of Israel, teacher of the boy Samuel.... Read more |
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boy
boy boy bishop one of the choirboys formerly elected at the annual ‘Feast of Boys’ in certain cathedrals, to walk in a procession of the boys to the altar of the Innocents or of the Holy Trinity, and perform the office on the eve and day of the Holy Innocents, the boys occupying the... Read more |
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Chimney Sweeps Act
Chimney Sweeps Act, 1875. The plight of small boys sent up to clean chimneys had been raised as early as the 1760s by Jonas Hanway, who characteristically composed several pamphlets. Legislation to ensure decent treatment was largely ineffective, though an Act of 1788 specified that they should... Read more |
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Saint Peter Port
Saint Peter Port town (1991 pop. 16,100), capital of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Its shallow harbor is protected by piers; vegetables, fruits, and flowers are exported. Hauteville House, the residence of Victor Hugo from 1856 to 1870, contains memorials of the author. The 13th-century Castle... Read more |
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Riddle of boy's Death solved INQUEST: Tragic youngster killed by rare heart...
...unique Ben was, we were not surprised it was something very rare which caused his death." Hundreds of pounds has been raised at Ben's school in his memory. Ben was a pupil at St James's Primary School in Wollaston, where he helped run a chess... |
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Riddle of boy's Death solved; INQUEST: Tragic youngster killed by rare heart...
...unique Ben was, we were not surprised it was something very rare which caused his death." Hundreds of pounds has been raised at Ben's school in his memory. Ben was a pupil at St James's Primary School in Wollaston, where he helped run a chess... |
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HUNDREDS PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO TRAGIC NATHAN; Town stops to remember rugby...
...Ll1antrisant Road. Hundreds then made an emotional...match in June which raised pounds 7,000 for Tom Padden's baby boy, Logan, who was orphaned after the tragic M4 crash in January...additions written in memory of Nathan. Jason...wanted. To ... |
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We'll run for our pal Rhys; Tribute to tragic boy.(News)
...the schoolboy's memory. The group are...park. Every penny raised by those running...race in Rhys's memory. The community...Rose said: "The boys are working as hard...James has already raised a couple of hundred pounds." ... |
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Brownsville, Valley pay tribute to victims of 9/11 tragedy: Children pay...
...at the hands of hundreds of children who...bear cub with the Boys Scouts of America...Even if the memories fade, Blakemore...firefighters, and one Boy Scout bagpiper...community members were Boy and Girl Scouts...some with vivid ... |
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RESIDENTS UNITE FOR TRAGIC TEEN; Community holds fundraising event to help...
...an event to remember tragic teenager Bradley Galvin...Drive, Willenhall, raised pounds 3,027 with a...car came to a halt. Hundreds of messages have also...had tattoos done in his memory and a huge mural has...hearts and it's such a tragic ... |
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Tribute to tragic Bishopbriggs boy.
...the Bishopbriggs community after a fundraiser in memory of a popular schoolboy. Hundreds of people visited Bishopbriggs Academy on Saturday...really can't thank everyone enough." All money raised will go to the Meningitis Research Foundation... |
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Variety show for Shannon.
...place next month in memory of tragic Dearne student Shannon...events held in her memory. Sixteen-year...home on December 3. Hundreds of friends and family...Recent X-Factor boy band The Risk may...match for Shannon raised ... |
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'A tragic waste of talent': tributes to rail death teen; Dale electrocuted...
...Merseyrail driver who raised the alarm after...headteacher spoke of "a tragic waste of talent...very popular with hundreds of friends...His death is a tragic waste of talent...believed that the boy was trying to...poignant messages in ... |
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Tragic death of a brave doctor.
...He died a tragic death in a bathing...The alarm was raised and Dr C. Young...1935, over one hundred of his old comrades...and honour his memory. The...to them as a boy, and he remained a boy to the very...forgot he was ... |