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    topsail yard and a cross-jack yard) whereas the mizzen mast of a barque has only fore-and-aft rigged sails. The cross-jack yard was the lowest yard on a...
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    Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater...
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    Andrew's Cross if Scotland left the Union. However, as Scotland voted against independence, the issue did not arise. The Union Jack is used as a jack by commissioned...
    134 KB (14,531 words) - 17:40, 5 July 2024
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    Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia. London: Metro Books. ISBN 1-84358-046-2. Evans, Stewart P.; Rumbelow, Donald (2006). Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard...
    96 KB (12,800 words) - 01:25, 4 July 2024
  • which reads, "Rest in Peace, Mad Jack." Shortly thereafter, the Doctor vanishes. A mysterious woman appears 73 yards (67 m) away from Ruby, and remains...
    36 KB (2,934 words) - 02:52, 11 July 2024
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    The Washington Navy Yard shooting occurred on September 16, 2013, when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis fatally shot 12 people and injured three others in a mass...
    49 KB (4,541 words) - 17:54, 10 July 2024
  • Apple Tree Yard is a British television psychological thriller, adapted from the 2013 novel of the same name by Louise Doughty. The four-part series was...
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    Crowns in 1603, it was combined with the Scottish St Andrew's Cross to form the Union Jack, which James VI & I ordered be flown from the main tops of ships...
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    Charing Cross and 1-4 Charing Cross continues to exist. The name previously applied to the whole stretch of road between Great Scotland Yard and Trafalgar...
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    watch the engagement. After fifteen minutes of combat, Boston lost its cross-jack yard and by 05:45 had suffered significant damage to its rigging and sails...
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    Archive. Jones, Richard "Charles Cross (Charles Lechmere) - Jack the Ripper Suspect". Retrieved November 18, 2023 – via Jack the ripper 1888.org. Wolf Vanderlinden:...
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    Mary Ann Nichols (category Jack the Ripper victims)
    (2006). Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates. Stroud: Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-4228-2 Evans, Stewart P.; Skinner, Keith (2000). The Ultimate Jack the Ripper...
    53 KB (7,099 words) - 06:32, 13 June 2024
  • front yard, thanks to his magic harmonica. Kelly Preston as Gabby Frost, Jack's wife and widow; Charlie's mother Joseph Cross as Charlie Frost, Jack's son...
    17 KB (1,632 words) - 02:52, 28 May 2024
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    the incident; "Their shot flew round us like hail, cutting away our cross-jack yard, and much of our rigging. Many of the red hot shot struck near us."...
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    on the west side and cross the outer end of the rail yard there. List of marshaling yards Stations in Chicago CPR Toronto Yard Ann Durkin Keating: Chicago...
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    the Buffalo 35-yard line, aided by a 10-yard reception by Cross, a defensive holding penalty on Bills cornerback Nate Odomes, and a 9-yard reception by...
    58 KB (6,011 words) - 23:05, 6 July 2024
  • Legend (2015 film) (category Cross Creek Pictures films)
    George Cornell, an associate of the Torture Gang. As a result, Scotland Yard opens a full investigation of the Kray brothers. Reg's marriage with Frances...
    24 KB (2,105 words) - 11:05, 28 June 2024
  • John "Jack" Aubrey CB MP JP FRS, is a fictional character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. The series of novels portrays his...
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    Whitechapel murders (category Jack the Ripper)
    Frederick Abberline referred to "George-yard, Whitechapel-road, where the first murder was committed" (quoted in Begg, Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History...
    57 KB (7,821 words) - 17:49, 28 May 2024
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    British crew unable to effectively pursue after losing their damaged cross-jack yard. Forte had lost its anchors in the battle and was consequently lashed...
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