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  • 1LAMBERT, George Washington Thomas (1873-1930), the third name was never used — artist was born at St Petersburg, Russia, on 13 September 1873, the fourth child and only son of George Washington Lambert, an American engineer who went to Russia to assist in the construction of railways. His mother was the only child of an… …

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  • 2attempt — 01. He was killed while [attempting] to cross the Pacific Ocean in a hot air balloon. 02. Sony Corp. has begun an aggressive new marketing campaign in an [attempt] to become the number one seller of VCRs in North America. 03. The youth made an… …

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  • 3attempt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ successful ▪ abortive, botched, failed, fruitless, futile, ill fated, misguided, unsuccessful …

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  • 4attempt — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French attempter, from Latin attemptare, from ad + temptare to touch, try more at tempt Date: 14th century 1. to make an effort to do, accomplish, solve, or effect <&#8230; …

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  • 5Made in Heaven (1987 film) — Infobox Film name = Made in Heaven | caption = director = Alan Rudolph writer = Bruce A. Evans Raynold Gideon starring = Timothy Hutton Kelly McGillis producer = David Blocker Bruce A. Evans Raynold Gideon music = Mark Isham cinematography = Jan&#8230; …

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  • 62010 Times Square car bombing attempt — Further information: Islamic Extremism in the United States Coordinates: 40°45′29″N 73°59′09″W / 40.758056°N 73.985768°W …

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  • 71981 Pope John Paul II assassination attempt — An attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II occurred on May 13, 1981. Mehmet Ali Ağca shot and seriously wounded the Pope in the Vatican City s St. Peter s Square. Ağca was convicted for this crime in July 1981, and was deported to Turkey in&#8230; …

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  • 82004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt — The 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d état attempt was an alleged coup attempt against the government of Equatorial Guinea in order to remove its President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, carried out by mercenaries and organised by mainly British&#8230; …

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  • 91991 Soviet coup d'état attempt — 1991 Soviet coup d etat attempt August Coup/August Putsch Russian: Августовский путч Part of the Revolutions of 1989, Cold War, and Dissolution of the Soviet Union …

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  • 102004 Chadian coup d'état attempt — The 2004 Chadian coup d état attempt was an attempted coup d état against the Chadian President Idriss Déby that was foiled on the night of May 16, 2004.PlotThe coup attempt was at first presented by the government as a fairly contained military&#8230; …

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