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  2. Cole's Funny Picture Book - Wikipedia

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    Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1. E.W. Cole began a small publishing and second-hand book selling business in 1865, and by 1873 had opened the first incarnation of his book arcade, with the recognisable rainbow arch facade. [1] The Cole's Book Arcade became one of the great iconic stores of Melbourne in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

  3. Funny Boy (novel) - Wikipedia

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    0-7710-7951-6. OCLC. 412624251. Funny Boy is a coming-of-age novel by Sri Lankan-Canadian author Shyam Selvadurai. First published by McClelland and Stewart in September 1994, the novel won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction and the Books in Canada First Novel Award. [1]

  4. List of U.S. Department of Defense and partner code names

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    The mission typically covers embassy resupply, medical evacuations, and support of U.S. troops and/or the Drug Enforcement Administration. Coronet Solo – EC-121Ss modified for psychological warfare to broadcast radio and TV with electronic warfare capability. Renamed Volant Solo with introduction of EC-130Es.

  5. No Country for Old Men - Wikipedia

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    No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name.

  6. Secret Service code name - Wikipedia

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    Secret Service code name. President John F. Kennedy, codename "Lancer" with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, codename "Lace". The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. [1] The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when ...

  7. Glossary of Mafia-related words - Wikipedia

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    This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Italian American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia . administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy.

  8. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Drosophila gene. Lunatic Fringe, Manic Fringe, and Radical Fringe. MAP kinase kinase kinase and MAP kinase kinase kinase kinase. MinosPhrime [5] Named after Minos Prime from the video game ULTRAKILL. Found in flower beds outside of college dormitory building, dug 2 inches deep into the soil. Soil was woodchip-heavy.

  9. List of proper names of stars - Wikipedia

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    Many star names are, in origin, descriptive of the part in the constellation they are found in; thus Phecda, a corruption of Arabic فخذ الدب ( fakhdh ad-dubb, 'thigh of the bear'). Only a handful of the brightest stars have individual proper names not depending on their asterism; so Sirius ('the scorcher'), Antares ('rival of Ares ', i.e ...