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Articles relating to America. A byname of the United States

 

Dr. No (film)

Terence Young directed the 1962 spy film Dr. No. It is based on Ian Fleming’s 1958 book of the same name. It is the first film in the James Bond series, starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, and Jack Lord, and was adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely Mather. The film was […]

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Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1900, the university is a merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research. The university was established by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools, the university became the Carnegie Institute of Technology in

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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County is located in the southwest of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Allegheny County is included in the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and in the Pittsburgh Designated Market Area. Allegheny was the first county in Pennsylvania to be given a Native American name. It was named after the Lenape word for the Allegheny River. The meaning of “Allegheny” is uncertain. It

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List of people from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

This is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Andrew J. Feustel, NASA astronaut William Addams (1777–1858), U.S. representative David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), surgeon Chas Alecxih, NFL defensive lineman Andy Baldwin, U.S. Navy lieutenant and physician, bachelor of season 10 of The Bachelor James Buchanan (1791-1868), 15th President of the United States Thomas Burch (1778–1849), Methodist circuit rider

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List of people named in the Pandora Papers

Heads of state Current heads of state at the time of the release  Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan  Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile  Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo  Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus  Luis Abinader, President of the Dominican Republic  Guillermo Lasso, President of Ecuador  Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon  Abdullah II, King of Jordan  Uhuru Kenyatta, President

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Tamara Kolton

Born Tamara Ruth FeldsteinMarch 13, 1970(age 51)Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Religion Judaism Spouse Isaac Kolton Denomination Non-denominational(formerly Humanistic) Jewish leader Website rabbikolton.com Tamara Ruth Kolton is an American non-denominational psychologist. She was the first person ordained as a member of the Humanistic Jewish movement. Over time, her religious position evolved from agnosticism to a more spiritual perspective that drove her away from humanistic Judaism. Kolton later

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Santa Ana Zoo

Date opened 1952 Location Santa Ana, California, United States Coordinates 33°44′38.094″N 117°50′33.11″W Land area 20 acres (8.1 ha) No. of animals 250 Annual visitors 270,000 Major exhibits Amazon’s Edge, Colors of the Amazon Aviary, Crean Family Farm, Monkey Row, Tierra de las Pampas Website www.santaanazoo.org The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park in Santa Ana, California, is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) zoo focusing on the

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