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  • 1Bill Thomas Cheetah — The Bill Thomas Cheetah was a sports car car built from 1963 1965 by Chevrolet performance tuner Bill Thomas as a competitor to Carroll Shelby s Cobra. In the late 50 s, Thomas had tremendous success racing Corvettes and he gained the attention… …

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  • 2Christmas truce — A cross, left near Ypres in Belgium in 1999, to commemorate the site of the Christmas Truce in 1914. The text reads: 1914 – The Khaki Chum s Christmas Truce – 1999 – 85 Years – Lest We Forget. The Christmas truce was a series of widespread… …

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  • 3Liang (surname) — Liang (Chinese: 梁) is a Chinese surname common in Taiwan and southern China. Meaning a beam , a bridge , or an elevation , the surname is often transliterated as Leung or Leong (Cantonese), Neo / Nio / Niu (Hokkien, Teochew). It is also common in …

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  • 4Thanmathra — Infobox Film name = Thanmathra imdb id = 0483180 writer = Blessy starring = Mohanlal, Jagathy Sreekumar, Meera Vasudev, Prathap Pothan, Nedumudi Venu , Arjun Lal director = Blessy producer = Raju Mathew distributor = Century Films released = 2005 …

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  • 5Eṭṭuttokai — Ettuthokai( ta. எட்டுத்தொகை)– The Eight Anthologies Classical Tamil poetic work form part of the Pathinenmaelkanakku anthology series of the Sangam Literature. Ettuthokai and its companion anthology Pattupattu are some of the oldest available… …

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  • 6Henri Gaudier-Brzeska — Infobox Artist name = Henri Gaudier Brzeska imagesize = 220px caption = Self portrait, 1913 birthname = Henri Gaudier birthdate = birth date|1891|10|4|mf=y location = St Jean de Braye nr Orleans France deathdate = death date and… …

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  • 7Marie-Madeleine Guimard — Fragonard s portrait of Madeleine Guimard (Louvre Museum) Marie Madeleine Guimard (27 December 1743,[1] Paris 4 May 1816) was a French ballerina who dominated the Parisian stage during the reign of Louis XVI.[ …

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  • 8skulling — pp. Defacing a poster or billboard to make a head resemble a skull. Example Citation: In her final section, No Logo, Klein charts the beginnings of a global backlash, starting with the culture jammers and hacktivists, fringe artists and politicos …

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  • 9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 10performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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