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Effect of drugs

This article would be improved by references to the causes of the bands delayed recording of their second album, and the that drugs played in the bands personal and professional lives. ----Design (talk) 05:06, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Elastica is as well medical terminology. It is also the name the mathematician Euler gave to a device similar to a metal ruler - in that it can be bent and the curve then formed is the

'elastica'. his word is unusual in that it does not appear to be in the OED even today yet it is in standard use as a technical word in elasticity theory.

John McKay66.130.161.181 (talk) 06:00, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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second british invasion

the article references a "second british invasion", stating it happened in mid-90s - but the very article linked here states the second british invasion actually refers to the one in early 1980s. 201.17.85.93 (talk) 04:22, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

British English

Will suggest as subject is a British band this page should follow conventions of British English as per WP manual of style? Rhagfyr (talk) 15:37, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]