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    Stephen King (category Writers about activism and social change)
    and Thomas Williams. He often pays homage to classic horror stories by retelling them in a modern context. He recalls that while writing 'Salem's Lot...
    151 KB (15,071 words) - 00:46, 4 August 2024
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    studio and tried to get her number, but he was rebuffed by the receptionist. Duhan made the comment "Somebody should send her info to MGM", and her brother-in-law...
    42 KB (3,990 words) - 06:37, 7 August 2024
  • long-running ITV drama series A Touch of Frost, starring David Jason, John Lyons and Bruce Alexander. "A Touch of Frost". Retrieved 22 February 2018 – via www...
    52 KB (174 words) - 16:08, 25 July 2024
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    mother and I the morning I was born. We were both given up, but somehow we struggled back to life." Bow's parents were descended from English and Scots-Irish...
    92 KB (10,390 words) - 20:29, 13 July 2024
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    this for a long time. You're in a position to have somebody do something that they really want to do, and it was not something that would hurt me or damage...
    84 KB (7,483 words) - 13:27, 24 July 2024
  • Netflix (category Xbox Series X and Series S software)
    TechCrunch. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. "Netflix buys Scots comic book firm Millarworld". BBC News. August 7, 2017. Archived from the...
    276 KB (22,836 words) - 01:47, 5 August 2024
  • meanings in British and American English: A–L. For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English:...
    124 KB (1,415 words) - 15:27, 28 June 2024
  • fluctuations in both friendships and relationships pinging back and forth with youthful verve. Sex Education does a lot of things really well, chief amongst...
    107 KB (5,218 words) - 04:59, 4 August 2024
  • television series Z-Cars. The series was aired on BBC One, between 1962 and 1978. Many of the episodes are now missing from the BBC archives. Z Cars...
    86 KB (79 words) - 05:11, 16 May 2024
  • Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States (category American and British English differences)
    Cosgrove (18 February 2012). "Off the Ball". Off the Ball. Glasgow. BBC. BBC Radio Scotland. "rump". Dictionary of the Scots Language. Scottish Language...
    133 KB (15,573 words) - 09:52, 29 July 2024
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    Novak Djokovic (category Serbia and Montenegro male tennis players)
    four-set victory over the Scot, and win an Open Era record-breaking fifth title in Melbourne, overtaking Roger Federer and Andre Agassi. He moved into...
    475 KB (39,727 words) - 16:37, 7 August 2024
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    Bill Gates (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    Gates Sr. (1925–2020) and his first wife, Mary Maxwell Gates (1929–1994). His ancestry includes English, German, and Irish/Scots-Irish. His father was...
    197 KB (17,463 words) - 16:49, 3 August 2024
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    John McCain (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    citizenship at the age of eleven months. McCain's family tree includes Scots-Irish and English ancestors. His great-great-great-grandparents owned High Rock...
    300 KB (28,435 words) - 22:52, 3 August 2024
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    who told the press it was "so gentle. It was just like somebody took him by the hand and off he went." His death led to the commencement of Operation...
    158 KB (13,745 words) - 20:50, 1 August 2024
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    Keith Moon (category British rhythm and blues boom musicians)
    asked, "Can anyone play the drums? – I mean somebody good?" A drummer in the audience, Scot Halpin, came up and played the rest of the show. During the opening...
    73 KB (9,513 words) - 16:46, 26 July 2024
  • meanings in British and American English: M–Z. For the first portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English...
    121 KB (1,396 words) - 20:50, 29 June 2024
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    Gratuity (category Food and drink terminology)
    in Middle Scots, and napiwek in Polish. This comes from a custom of inviting a servant to drink a glass in honour of the guest, and paying for it, in...
    91 KB (11,224 words) - 18:53, 13 July 2024
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    Reginald Harkema, Scot McFadyen, and Sam Dunn. Banger Films in association with Eagle Rock Entertainment, The Movie Network, and Movie Central. 2014...
    172 KB (16,482 words) - 17:50, 6 August 2024
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    Tennessee, and Pauline (LaFon) Gore, one of the first women to graduate from Vanderbilt University Law School. Gore is a descendant of Scots Irish immigrants...
    205 KB (18,399 words) - 01:21, 27 July 2024
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    Roger Daltrey (category Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham)
    track contributed by Bryan Ferry ("Going Strong"), and one contributed by the Eurythmics ("Somebody Told Me"). Daltrey said the album covered musical areas...
    76 KB (6,851 words) - 00:31, 28 June 2024
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