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  • 72Steven Truscott — Steven Murray Truscott (born January 18, 1945 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) was at the age of 14 found guilty in 1959 of the murder of his 12 year old schoolmate Lynne Harper, and sentenced to death. In 2007, his conviction was declared …

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  • 741996 United States campaign finance controversy — The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy, also known as Chinagate, was an alleged effort by the People s Republic of China to influence domestic American politics during the 1996 federal elections. The issue first received public… …

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  • 75Chuck Poochigian — California State Senator In office 1998 – 2006 Preceded by Kenneth L. Maddy …

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  • 76Marie de' Medici cycle — The Marie de Medici Cycle is a series of twenty four paintings by Peter Paul Rubens commissioned by Marie de Medici, wife of Henry IV of France, for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. Rubens received the commission in the autumn of 1621. After… …

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  • 78Le Livre des snobs — The Book of Snobs Le Livre des snobs (W. M. Thackeray, The Book of Snobs) Première de couverture de l édition originale …

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  • 79Dawn Johnsen — Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen (born August 14, 1961) is an American lawyer and professor of Constitutional law, who is currently on the faculty at Maurer School of Law at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. She worked at the Office of Legal… …

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  • 80Murder of Lynette White — The murder of Lynette White was committed on Saint Valentine s Day, 1988 in Cardiff, Wales. Twenty year old White, a prostitute, was stabbed over fifty times in her flat above a bookmaker s at 7 James Street, Butetown.[1] In March 1988 South… …

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