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2. The Barefoot Count of the Grand Canal - AOL

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   A few years ago, when I was writing a novel about reckless young men in Venice, I stumbled upon a photo online that conjured the spirit of my characters.In it, a scruffy-haired twentysomething ...

3. East India Company - Wikipedia

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   The company eventually came to rule large areas of present-day Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions. Company-ruled areas in the region gradually expanded after the Battle of Plassey in 1757 and by 1858 most of modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh was either ruled by the company or ...

4. Siege of Malta (World War II) - Wikipedia

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   The Siege of Malta in World War II was a military campaign in the Mediterranean theatre.From June 1940 to November 1942, the fight for the control of the strategically important island of the British Crown Colony of Malta pitted the air and naval forces of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany against the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy.

5. Herbert Hoover - Wikipedia

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   Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933.He was a member of the Republican Party, and held office during the onset of the Great Depression.

6. List of people sentenced to more than one life imprisonment

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   Serial killer who killed 21-43 young men from 1962-to-1977. [27] Sentenced by Superior Judge John Hews to 21 life sentences with a minimum of 7 years to run concurrently [28] denied parole on June 21, 1984, April 29, 1987, July 23, 1990, June 29, 1993, October 30, 1996, January 10, 2002, February 22, 2007, and on January 31, 2012.

7. Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia

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   Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.

8. List of Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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   Lalo Rodríguez (born 1958), salsa singer; was part of the first two records to win the first two Latin Grammy Awards; first artist to sell over one million salsa records in Spain Pellin Rodríguez (1926–1984), salsa singer; member of the musical group El Gran Combo [ 299 ] was related to Gilberto Concepción de Gracia, founder of the Partido ...

9. George R. R. Martin - Wikipedia

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   George Raymond Richard Martin[1] (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), [2] also known by the initials G.R.R.M., [3] is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the Primetime Emmy Award –winning ...