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  • 111960 FA Cup Final — The 1960 FA Cup Final took place on 7 May 1960 at Wembley Stadium and was won by Wolverhampton Wanderers, beating Blackburn Rovers 3 ndash;0.Wolverhampton Wanderers were favourites going into the match, having won the league title two seasons in… …

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  • 12FA Cup 1959-60 — The FA Cup 1959 ndash;60 was the 79th staging of the world s oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Wolverhampton Wanderers won the competition for the fourth and, as of 2008, final… …

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  • 13pip — [[t]pɪ̱p[/t]] pips, pipping, pipped 1) N COUNT: usu pl Pips are the small hard seeds in a fruit such as an apple, orange, or pear. 2) VERB If someone is pipped to something such as a prize or an award, they are defeated by only a small amount.… …

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  • 14pip — pip1 [pıp] n BrE [Sense: 1; Date: 1700 1800; Origin: pippin] [Sense: 2; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: From the sound] [Sense: 3; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: pip mark on a playing card showing its value ] 1.) a small seed from a fruit such as an apple or… …

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  • 15pip — I. /pɪp / (say pip) noun 1. one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes. 2. each of the small segments into which the surface of a pineapple is divided. 3. Military Colloquial a badge of rank worn on the shoulders of certain commissioned …

  • 16Francis Crick — Infobox Scientist name = Francis Harry Compton Crick |225px image width = 225px caption = Francis Harry Compton Crick birth date = 8 June 1916 birth place = Weston Favell, Northamptonshire, England residence = UK, U.S. nationality = British death …

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  • 17List of fictional books — A fictional book is a non existent book created specifically for (i.e. within) a work of fiction. This is not a list of works of fiction (i.e., actual novels, mysteries, etc), but rather imaginary books that do not actually exist.UsesSuch a book… …

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  • 18Dean Cavanagh — is an award winning artist, screenwriter, film and TV producer and music producer born in Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1966. He lives with his wife and children in Bingley. He started his writing career in freelance journalism,… …

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  • 19Bruce Forsyth — Infobox actor name = Bruce Forsyth CBE imagesize = 175px caption = birthname = Bruce Joseph Forsyth Johnson birthdate = birth date and age|1928|2|22|df=yes birthplace = Edmonton, North London, England othername = Brucie occupation = Actor,… …

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  • 20King Edward VI Five Ways — Infobox UK school name = King Edward VI Five Ways School size = latitude = 52.43058 longitude = 2.00143 dms = motto = Dieu et mon droit (God and my right.) motto pl = established = 1883 approx = closed = c approx = type = Grammar voluntary aided… …

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