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  • I sat waiting for him). If I wished I could have sought his permission to enter and he would certainly have given me permission. But I preferred to wait...
    21 KB (2,570 words) - 10:22, 27 May 2024
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    fear those which the future holds for me, and I prefer to wait as a simple citizen for the opportunity to wage war on the Prussians again. Please accept...
    7 KB (669 words) - 20:45, 7 December 2023
  • same stories are covered on both Wait Wait and Have I Got News for You. Differences include: listeners calling in to win mini games, and a celebrity interview...
    39 KB (4,728 words) - 00:10, 1 May 2024
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    submerged submarine. Convoys slowed the flow of supplies since ships had to wait as convoys were assembled; the solution was an extensive program of building...
    216 KB (22,720 words) - 17:13, 31 May 2024
  • Densmore waited for an AWOL Morrison to arrive to lay down his vocals. Waiting for the Sun includes the band's second chart topper, "Hello, I Love You"...
    37 KB (3,953 words) - 19:24, 27 May 2024
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    officially retired. Marx was scheduled to appear on a radio show with Bob Hope. Annoyed that he was made to wait in the green room for 40 minutes, he went...
    69 KB (8,055 words) - 10:40, 29 May 2024
  • The preferred walking speed is the speed at which humans or animals choose to walk. Many people tend to walk at about 1.42 metres per second (5.1 km/h;...
    17 KB (2,404 words) - 11:35, 12 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abdullah I of Jordan
    hurry to proclaim your state? Why don't you wait a few years? I will take over the whole country and you will be represented in my parliament. I will treat...
    45 KB (5,039 words) - 20:51, 30 May 2024
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    and Cleomenes succeeded to the throne sometime between then and 516 BC. Dorieus was so outraged that the Spartans had preferred his half-brother over himself...
    19 KB (2,149 words) - 13:17, 30 May 2024
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    Ambush predators or sit-and-wait predators are carnivorous animals that capture their prey via stealth, luring or by (typically instinctive) strategies...
    30 KB (3,006 words) - 13:40, 29 April 2024
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    never read any books, and preferred to dictate rather than write letters. He found writing to be too mentally taxing. He was said to have been raised with...
    37 KB (3,729 words) - 15:13, 18 May 2024
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    addition to the lack of substantive gains from the Balkan Wars, there were long-running internal divisions between those who like Nicholas I preferred an independent...
    119 KB (11,804 words) - 20:45, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tyler Perry
    shows and prefers to write his work himself. Perry received criticism from several outlets and figures in entertainment for denying opportunities to up-and-coming...
    84 KB (6,895 words) - 21:51, 4 May 2024
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    Chamberlain and Daladier. Zog went on to declare, "We prefer to die, from the littlest child to the oldest man, to show our independence is not for sale...
    51 KB (5,460 words) - 07:11, 21 May 2024
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    Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William...
    105 KB (13,914 words) - 03:16, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nathalie Emmanuel
    – it was so painful for people because they were like, ‘Wait, no! That's how they’re going to do the only woman of colour?’ Also in 2015, she played computer...
    36 KB (2,439 words) - 06:25, 31 May 2024
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    moon-goddess Diana. They are native to North and South America. They prefer semi-open or open areas near water. These birds wait on a perch and then catch insects...
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  • Thumbnail for Pope John Paul I
    Pope John Paul I (Latin: Ioannes Paulus I; Italian: Giovanni Paolo I; born Albino Luciani [alˈbiːno luˈtʃaːni]; 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was...
    78 KB (9,289 words) - 17:08, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Philip I of Castile
    According to Lorenzo de Padilla [es], he "played all sports as a pastime, and was fonder of la pelota [handball] than any other." He also appeared to prefer the...
    81 KB (9,071 words) - 18:18, 15 May 2024
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    and Halem, lady in waiting to Queen Maria of Hungary; wife of Johan I of East Frisia. Anna Margareta (1517–1545), lady in waiting to Queen Maria of Hungary;...
    390 KB (43,322 words) - 06:59, 15 May 2024
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