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  • "barbarities" from the Old: laws that "can only be executed upon those not favoured by fortune with certain privileges" and that in some cases operate "entirely...
    26 KB (3,155 words) - 01:21, 9 April 2024
  • common version on modern systems is the BSD fortune, originally written by Ken Arnold. Distributions of fortune are usually bundled with a collection of...
    9 KB (801 words) - 03:23, 20 May 2024
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    had built in Milan to shelter elderly singers who have not been favoured by fortune, or who when they were young did not have the virtue of saving their...
    9 KB (672 words) - 12:39, 23 May 2024
  • 2015. Nissim, Mayer (8 January 2015). "UKIP set to be considered major party by Ofcom but Green Party will not". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on...
    434 KB (16,004 words) - 21:58, 23 June 2024
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    "barbarities" from the Old: laws that "can only be executed upon those not favoured by fortune with certain privileges" and that in some cases operate "entirely...
    38 KB (4,458 words) - 03:24, 28 May 2024
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    had been carrying on a fierce war against the king of Navarre, was favoured by fortune in one engagement, and gained a victory over him". Nicholas returned...
    21 KB (2,177 words) - 16:38, 7 October 2023
  • Biographical Dictionary that he was "a man of lofty spirit and singularly favoured by fortune in all his proceedings". Apart from the Cairo Citadel and the fortifications...
    10 KB (1,387 words) - 15:15, 14 April 2024
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    favoured by Robert Schulmann of the Einstein Papers Project, is that "Lieserl" was adopted by Marić's close friend, Helene Savić, and was raised by her...
    33 KB (3,225 words) - 18:49, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mick Jones (Foreigner guitarist)
    Is", by himself. Tensions developed within the band during the late 1980s, attributed to a difference in musical taste between Gramm, who favoured a more...
    9 KB (768 words) - 21:01, 13 May 2024
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    more limited or uncertain than those more favoured by fortune". The company's growth in this market was helped by its well-advertised willingness to accept...
    86 KB (11,349 words) - 20:50, 19 January 2024
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    a mark of protest against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh that was favoured by the then United Progressive Alliance government. In 2014, Purandareswari...
    12 KB (709 words) - 00:34, 20 June 2024
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    in 2013 for €8 million. In January 2016, Gervinho moved to Hebei China Fortune. In August 2018, he joined Parma. Gervinho is a retired Ivory Coast international...
    47 KB (3,305 words) - 19:33, 1 June 2024
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    (or the monarch's spouse), but this was far from universal. Many were favoured for their skill as administrators, while others were close friends of the...
    25 KB (3,288 words) - 04:29, 19 June 2024
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    overthrown by the Tsangpa dynasty of Shigatse which expanded its power in different directions of Tibet in the following decades and favoured the Karma...
    113 KB (11,339 words) - 19:29, 5 June 2024
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    tournament to be held by two countries, in the Netherlands and Belgium. France, the reigning World Cup champions, were favoured to win, and they lived...
    67 KB (5,908 words) - 13:06, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Narendra Modi
    reforms favoured corporations over labourers. The funds dedicated to poverty-reduction programmes and social welfare measures were greatly reduced by Modi's...
    346 KB (27,497 words) - 04:48, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Niccolò Machiavelli
    leaders were banished from the city, a strategy which Machiavelli had favoured from the outset. From 1502 to 1503, he witnessed the brutal reality of...
    110 KB (12,422 words) - 13:58, 24 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mike Rutherford
    up a duo or trio). As a rhythm guitar player and writer, Rutherford has favoured melodic, minimalist chords or progressions of single notes, as in Genesis...
    20 KB (2,046 words) - 03:07, 11 June 2024
  • establishments favoured by the criminal underworld. Knight's clubs were profitable, and he had a sideline in pool tables. He also made a small fortune from his...
    11 KB (1,087 words) - 19:47, 8 May 2024
  • take the reins of the company, and of the band's careers. John Lennon favoured Klein. Lennon said he was impressed that Klein knew Lennon's lyrics, and...
    8 KB (751 words) - 04:25, 5 March 2024
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