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  • 123Ruddigore — The first night was not altogether a success, as critics and the audience felt that Ruddygore (as it was originally spelled) did not measure up to its predecessor, The Mikado . After some changes, including respelling the title, it achieved a run …

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  • 124Dhoom 2 — The film is the second film in the series. For more information on the series, see Dhoom series. Dhoom 2: Back in Action Film poster for Dhoom 2, featuring an ensemble cast …

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  • 126West–Central Canadian English — The West–Central Canadian English dialect is one of the largest and most homogeneous dialect areas in North America, ranging from Ontario, through the Prairie Provinces to British Columbia.[citation needed] It forms a dialect continuum with the… …

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  • 127German Empire —    The German Empire was proclaimed on January 18, 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, not far from where the Prussian army besieged Paris in the final days of the Franco Prussian War. The German Empire, occasionally referred to as the… …

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