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  • Thumbnail for Bugatti
    Type 55 sports car. The death of Ettore Bugatti in 1947 proved to be a severe blow to the marque, and the death of his son Jean in 1939 meant that there...
    26 KB (2,462 words) - 04:35, 31 May 2024
  • IX, and Philip III. The Capetian alliance with the papacy suffered a severe blow after the disaster of the Aragonese Crusade. Philip III's son and successor...
    89 KB (8,702 words) - 09:10, 4 June 2024
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    Coup de grâce (redirect from Blow of mercy)
    (/ˌkuː də ˈɡrɑːs/; French: [ku də ɡʁɑs] 'blow of mercy') is a death blow to end the suffering of a severely wounded person or animal. It may be a mercy...
    2 KB (192 words) - 18:46, 30 May 2024
  • the attack and denied having any connections to it. The attack dealt a severe blow to India–Pakistan relations, consequently resulting in the 2019 India–Pakistan...
    88 KB (6,763 words) - 21:56, 18 April 2024
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    (including AK-47's) and murder. Even though law enforcement dealt a severe blow to the organization in 2000 with Jarosław "Masa" Sokołowski taking the...
    8 KB (947 words) - 19:56, 4 June 2024
  • internationally, spurred on the Northern Ireland peace process, and dealt a severe blow to the dissident Irish republican campaign. The Real IRA denied that...
    69 KB (7,725 words) - 18:07, 24 May 2024
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    considerations were also operative. The building of the Temple was a severe blow for the various sanctuaries scattered through the land, and the priests...
    15 KB (1,822 words) - 17:48, 23 May 2024
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    Normans. The loss of the cities, each with a splendid harbor, dealt a severe blow to Muslim power on the island. Eventually all of Sicily was taken. In...
    56 KB (6,427 words) - 22:55, 6 June 2024
  • chief bomber of the terrorist outfit 'Indian Mujahideen', had dealt a severe blow to the group, which earlier been blamed for terror attacks between 2007...
    22 KB (2,107 words) - 11:16, 12 January 2024
  • Charlie's surname, as did all the children. Their relationship was dealt a severe blow with the 1953 death of their 2-1/2 year old daughter, Pree, from pneumonia...
    6 KB (590 words) - 19:54, 12 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Great Retreat (Russia)
    While the withdrawal itself was relatively well-conducted, it was a severe blow to Russian morale. Following the German success with their Gorlice–Tarnów...
    21 KB (2,228 words) - 18:13, 28 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
    book, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is somehow transported in time and space to England during...
    34 KB (4,847 words) - 10:29, 7 June 2024
  • while Kramer behaves oddly due to a severe blow to the head. Continuing from "The Pitch," as a result of a blow on the head by Crazy Joe Davola, Kramer...
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  • Board purchased the naming rights to the bowl. The game was dealt a severe blow in 1992 when Fresno State moved to the Western Athletic Conference. The...
    7 KB (204 words) - 20:18, 4 December 2023
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    half—of the entire Chechen population perished in the process, and a severe blow was made to their culture and historical records. Though "rehabilitated"...
    69 KB (7,169 words) - 10:34, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for USS Hornet (CV-8)
    greatest importance was the crippling of the Japanese carrier strength, a severe blow from which the Imperial Japanese Navy never fully recovered. The four...
    33 KB (3,623 words) - 22:17, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Haiku
    irrespective of their date of composition. Shiki's revisionism dealt a severe blow to renku and surviving haikai schools. The term "hokku" is now used chiefly...
    45 KB (5,441 words) - 19:07, 22 May 2024
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    a macular hole. Macular holes are rarely caused by trauma, but if a severe blow is delivered it can burst the blood vessels going to the macula, destroying...
    14 KB (1,451 words) - 14:37, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)
    and they indicate that Jerusalem and its close environs suffered a severe blow. Most of the small settlements near the city were destroyed, the city...
    23 KB (2,762 words) - 07:42, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for February 1974 United Kingdom general election
    workers, contrary to the claims of the National Coal Board. That came as a severe blow to the Conservative position and led to accusations that the National...
    57 KB (3,012 words) - 17:02, 5 June 2024
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