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Bandits (video game)

The game is a clone of Taito’s 1980 Stratovox arcade game where the goal is to prevent aliens from stealing objects. Bandits is a 1982 fixed shooter for the Apple II and published by Sirius Software. Bandits was ported to the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, and VIC-20. Written by Tony and Benny Ngo

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Luis Mercader Escolano

Luis Mercader Escolano (1444–1516) was the Grand Inquisitor of the Kingdom of Aragon from 1513 to 1516. Biography Luis Mercader Escolano was born in Murviedro in 1444. He was a Carthusian. He was appointed Bishop of Tortosa on 20 May 1513. Pope Leo X appointed him Grand Inquisitor of the Kingdom of Aragon at the

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Nicola Logroscino

Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698 – c.1765) was an Italian composer who is best known for his operas. Biography He was born at Bitonto (Province of Bari) in the Apulia region and was a pupil of Giovanni Veneziano and Giuliano Perugino at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto. In 1738 he collaborated with Leonardo Leo

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Reining

Reining is a western riding competition for horses where the riders guide the horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops. Reining is also considered to be a lot like figure skating. All work is done at the lope (a slow, relaxed version of the horse gait more commonly known worldwide as the

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