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USS Kalamazoo (AOG-30)

USS Kalamazoo (AOG-30) was a T1-M-A2 Mettawee-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations. Kalamazoo was laid down 7 July 1944 by East Coast Shipyards, Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey, under a Maritime Commission contract; launched 30 August 1944; sponsored by Harriett Savage; acquired by the Navy 7 October; and commissioned 14 October at New York Navy Yard.

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94th Scripps National Spelling Bee

The 94th Scripps National Spelling Bee was a spelling bee that was held at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The finals were held on June 2, 2022, and televised on Ion Television and Bounce TV, marking its debut on the organiser-owned Scripps Television. The winner of the bee was Harini Logan, an 8th–grade girl from San Antonio, Texas, who won with 21 words spelt correctly during the Bee's first spell-off round.

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Flanagan (surname)

Flanagan is a common surname of Irish origin and an Anglicised version of the Irish name Ó Flannagáin which is derived from the word "flann" meaning 'red' or 'ruddy'.

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1995 Ethiopian general election

General elections were held in Ethiopia on 7 and 18 May 1995 for seats in its Council of Representatives; elections in the Afar, Somali, and Harari Regions were delayed until 28 June to assign experienced personnel who could solve possible conflicts and irregularities. This was the first regular multi-party election in Ethiopian history, and the first election since the adoption of a permanent constitution the previous December. Several opposition parties boycotted the election, including the All-Amhara People's Organization, Council of Alternative Forces for Peace and Democracy in Ethiopia, and Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party.

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Dolores Sutton

Dolores Sutton was an American actress, writer and playwright. Her career spanned seven decades and encompassed television, stage and movie roles.

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Diego Torres (singer)

Diego Antonio Caccia, known as Diego Torres, is an Argentine pop singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. His music is generally categorized as Latin pop, tropical, and rock and roll. He is a member of the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the son of the Argentine icon Lolita Torres.

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Henrietta Hall Shuck

Henrietta Hall Shuck was the first American female missionary to China and the first Western woman to live in Hong Kong.

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Rose Hills, Los Angeles

Rose Hills is a neighborhood on the Eastside of Los Angeles.

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Chiu Yu Ming

Chiu Yu Ming , is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Pease family

The Pease family is an English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington, County Durham, and North Yorkshire, descended from Edward Pease of Darlington . They were 'one of the great Quaker industrialist families of the nineteenth century, who played a leading role in philanthropic and humanitarian interests'. They were heavily involved in woollen manufacturing, banking, railways, locomotives, mining, and politics.

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Campbell's mona monkey

Campbell's mona monkey (Cercopithecus campbelli), also known as Campbell's guenon and Campbell's monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae found in the Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. It was named for Henry Dundas Campbell, in 1838. Lowe's mona monkey was previously considered a subspecies of Campbell's mona monkey.

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Time's Arrow (novel)

Time's Arrow: or The Nature of the Offence is a novel by Martin Amis. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1991. It is notable partly because the events occur in a reverse chronology, with time passing in reverse and the main character becoming younger and younger during the novel.

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Snatch Game (Canada's Drag Race season 4)

"Snatch Game" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the Canadian reality competition television series Canada's Drag Race, which aired on December 14, 2023, on the television network Crave. The episode sees contestants improvising celebrity impersonations while playing the Snatch Game. RuPaul's Drag Race season 12 winner Jaida Essence Hall is the guest judge, who is joined by regular panelists Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor.

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Limestone (Keswick, Virginia)

Limestone, also known as Limestone Plantation and Limestone Farm, has two historic homes and a farm complex located near Keswick, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main dwelling at Limestone Farm consists of a long, narrow two-story central section flanked by two wings. the main section was built about 1840, and the wings appear to be two small late-18th-century dwellings that were incorporated into the larger building.

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Shamsiddin Shohin District

Shamsiddin Shohin District , is a district in Khatlon Region, southeastern Tajikistan. Its capital is the village Shuroobod. Shuroobod District was renamed Shamsiddin Shohin in memory of this Tajik poet.

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Dinar, Afyonkarahisar

Dinar (Ancient Greek: Κελαιναί-Ἀπάμεια, romanized: Kelainaí-Apámeia,) is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey, 106 km from the city of Afyon. It is the seat of Dinar District. Its population is 26,300 .

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Valley Relics Museum

Valley Relics Museum is a museum located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. The LA Weekly named the Valley Relics Museum one of its 2017 winners of "Best Of L.A.: Arts & Entertainment". Founded in 2013 by Tommy Gelinas, Valley Relics Museum's collection spans from the 1800s to the present day, with over 20,000 items.

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Horus Bird (pharaoh)

Horus Bird, also known as Horus-Ba, may have been a pharaoh who may have had a very short reign between the First and Second Dynasty of Egypt. Horus-Bird's burial site is unknown.

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Be Honest with Me

"Be Honest With Me" was a 1940 song by Gene Autry and Fred Rose. The recording by Autry was one of the big Hillbilly (Country and Western) hits of 1941, and was nominated for the 1942 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Autry recorded it on August 20, 1940 at CBS Columbia Square Studios, Hollywood, California.

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CEN 1789

CEN 1789:2020 is the European Union standard for ambulances and medical transportation vehicles. This European standard specifies requirements for the design, testing, performance and equipping of road ambulances used for the transport and care of patients. This standard is applicable to road ambulances capable of transporting at least one person on a stretcher.

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