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  • became an alcoholic, spent all the couple's funds and left their mother destitute and alone. She was forced to institutionalize them. In a 1993 interview...
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    Judge Holden (category Characters in American novels of the 20th century)
    had a fleshy frame, [and] a dull tallow colored face destitute of hair and all expression"; "a man of gigantic size"; "by far the best educated man in northern...
    14 KB (1,476 words) - 17:56, 11 October 2024
  • and ranking of serial killings is made difficult by the complex nature of serial killers and incomplete knowledge of the full extent of many killers'...
    440 KB (13,887 words) - 22:02, 31 October 2024
  • visiting the court of Matthias Corvinus in Vienna together with the chronicler Melchior Russ in 1488 from where they both returned destitute. Hans' son, Diebold...
    1 KB (157 words) - 12:38, 28 September 2016
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    wants to use something I created – that's flattering." Coleman died homeless and destitute in 2006. Spencer said it was unlikely he was aware of the impact...
    11 KB (1,188 words) - 08:44, 31 October 2024
  • followed by "Destitute Illusion", an instrumental track "swamped in layer upon layer of antique analogue synthesizers", and has the "scratching of DJ D-Zire"...
    37 KB (2,967 words) - 04:25, 19 June 2024
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    Florence Owens Thompson (category American people of Cherokee Nation descent)
    Depression. The Library of Congress titled the image: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California."...
    24 KB (2,541 words) - 23:21, 14 October 2024
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    Gopnik (category Culture of Russia)
    Proletariata (local dormitory for proletariat). These were almshouses for the destitute created by the Bolshevik government after the October Revolution in 1917...
    12 KB (951 words) - 11:23, 25 October 2024
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    through her institution SAMMANITA, which works towards providing education of destitute children and towards women empowerment. "Barsha Priyadarshini | Bollywood...
    5 KB (128 words) - 00:22, 25 September 2024
  • four cases of women throughout history who committed murders using poison. Each of the three original episodes covered cases of various groups of women who...
    283 KB (681 words) - 20:57, 24 October 2024
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    as salvationists. Its founders sought to bring salvation to the poor, destitute, and hungry by meeting both their "physical and spiritual needs". It is...
    151 KB (15,656 words) - 01:40, 28 October 2024
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    blue border, she and the sisters of Missionaries of Charity became a symbol of hope to many—namely, the aged, the destitute, the unemployed, the diseased...
    131 KB (12,528 words) - 00:25, 28 October 2024
  • his beloved wife destitute, Johnny pleaded guilty to 47 RICO predicates in exchange for a reduced sentence of 15 years and a fine of $4.2 million, effectively...
    244 KB (34,697 words) - 02:06, 1 November 2024
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    promises to host Lear and his entourage, so he opts to become homeless and destitute, and goes insane. The French King married to Cordelia then invades Britain...
    115 KB (13,853 words) - 12:08, 15 October 2024
  • outside of Novigrad, stole his horses and caravan, and sold them to buy seemingly worthless goods in Dainty's name, leaving Dainty destitute and sullying...
    21 KB (2,979 words) - 02:20, 27 October 2024
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    destitute was a problem exacerbated by King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, which began in 1536. They had been a significant source of charitable...
    63 KB (8,276 words) - 12:59, 11 October 2024
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    India (redirect from Republic of India)
    and its literacy rate from 16.6% to 74%. From being a comparatively destitute country in 1951, India has become a fast-growing major economy and a hub...
    304 KB (26,926 words) - 19:04, 30 October 2024
  • enough no doubt, but entirely destitute of inspiration. English Empire chairs were often heavier and more sombre than those of French design. Though some...
    24 KB (3,117 words) - 11:30, 17 October 2024
  • loosely based on Sherlock Holmes and other characters appearing in the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The series stars Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan...
    302 KB (6,160 words) - 00:35, 31 October 2024
  • ever seen in my life." Until the screenplay was picked up, Phillips was destitute and planning to return home to England. The film spent enough time in...
    19 KB (2,236 words) - 06:20, 6 October 2024
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