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• Russian anarchism
  == February Revolution == {{main|February Revolution}}
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• George Orwell
  ...lass|lower-upper-middle class]]".<ref>''The Road to Wigan Pier'' pg 1, Ch. 8</ref> His father, Richard Walmesley Blair, worked in the Opium Department ...[[Trade union]] official Frank Meade, suggested Wigan, where Orwell spent February staying in dirty lodgings over a tripe shop. At Wigan, he gained entry to m
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• Gay anthem
  ...uthor = Benjamin Genocchio |work=[[Wikipedia:The New York Times]] |date=19 February 2006 |accessdate=26 April 2009}}</ref> ...dy Gaga's 'Born This Way': The New Gay Anthem? |publisher=mtv.com |date=11 February 2011 |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref>
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• Dessie O'Hare
  ...wer's whereabouts. McCloskey was abducted from his home in [[Monaghan]] on February 6, 1987. His ear and finger were cut off with a bolt cutter before he was e ...4161/is_20021208/ai_n12852162 | publisher = ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' | date = 8 December 2002 | accessdate = 2007-03-06}}</ref> He was sent to the maximum
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• Operation Gladio
  ...Force |author=Serdar Çelik |volume=17 |journal=Kurdistan Report |month=February/March |year=1994|ref=harvnb}} [http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/tutanak_b ...can bank scandal|work=[[American Atheists]] | date=1998-09-16 | accessdate=February 2006 | url=http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/vatican2.htm}}</ref>
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• Operation Northwoods
  ...ecrets]'' (Doubleday; 1st edition, [[24 April]] [[2001]]) ISBN 0-385-49907-8</ref>}} :Page 138-139 of file (page 7-8 of actual Joint Chiefs report)
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• Susan Brownell Anthony
  '''Susan Brownell Anthony''' ([[February 15]], [[1820]] &ndash; [[March 13]], [[1906]]) was a prominent, independent ...e man in any plans for the remedy."'' <ref>The Revolution, IV, No. 1 (July 8, 1869)</ref>
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• Punk rock
  ...speed, however, had not yet come to define punk rock.<ref>Walsh (2006), p. 8.</ref> ...romley Contingent]", punk77.co.uk. Retrieved on December 3, 2006.</ref> In February 1976, the band received its first significant press coverage; guitarist [[S
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• Leon Trotsky
  ...mer, David Bronstein, of [[Judaism|Jewish]] background. He was sent at age 8 by his father to [[Odessa]] for education and was transferred to [[Mykolayi .... He was deported from France and was living in [[New York City]] when the February [[1917]] [[Russian Revolution]] removed [[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar Nichol
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• 9/11 conspiracy theories
  On February 20, 2007, [[Christine Ebersole]] went on the record on San Diego based [[Ma ....hirhome.com/fox.htm]. In an interview with [[Sean Hannity]] on Thursday, February 17, 2005 Gil-White also gave his views that NATO 'framed' Slobodan Milosevi
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• Ayn Rand
  '''Ayn Rand''' ({{IPA2|aɪn ɹænd}}, {{OldStyleDate|February 2|1905|January 20}} &ndash; [[March 6]] [[1982]]), born '''Alisa Zinov'yevn In February 1926, she arrived in the [[United States]] at the age of 21, entering by sh
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• Anxiety
  ...f addiction when used for more than a week or two consistently.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} However, other scientific research indicates that "the vast majority ...ings through classical conditioning and traumatic experiences. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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• Beavis and Butt-head
  ...bruary 1994, watchdog group "[[Morality in Media]]" blamed the death of an 8-year-old girl struck by a bowling ball thrown from an overpass onto a [[Jer On [[November 8]], [[2005]], MTV and [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] released a three-disc
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• Blue Velvet
  ...[19 September]], [[1986]] (theatrical release)<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[February 26]], [[1987]] | gross = $8,551,228 ([[North America]])
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• Catherine of Aragon
  ...ad another stillbirth to a girl, followed by another short-lived son. On [[February 18]], [[1516]] at the [[Palace of Placentia]] in [[Greenwich, London]], she ...pporters to spread the rumour that Anne Boleyn had poisoned her{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. Henry did not attend the funeral, nor did he allow Princess Mary to
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• dragon
  ...012]], [[2024]], [[2036]], [[2048]], [[2060]] etc. (every 12 years &mdash; 8 [[Anno Domini|AD]]) are considered the [[Year of the Dragon]] in the [[Chin ...] showers gave rise to legends about fiery serpents in the sky.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} In Old English, comets were sometimes called fyrene dracan or fiery
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• Duke Nukem 3D
  * Map 8 - Darkside * Map 8 - Hotel Hell
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• Existentialism
  {{Cleanup-restructure|date=February 2007}} ...ave been described as belonging to this movement in literature.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} In their works, there are often elements of distortion from the "tra
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• female genital cutting
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• game.com
  ...an older gamer in search of a more complex gaming experience. {{Fact|date=February 2007}} <tr><td>Processor Chip</td><td>Sharp sm8521 8-Bit CPU</td></tr>
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• nerd
  ...etroit, Michigan]] first by ''[[Newsweek]]''<ref>''[[Newsweek]]'' (1951-10-8), p. 16</ref> and then the [[St. Joseph, Michigan]], ''Herald-Press''<ref>S ...fears about the harmful effects that nuclear power might cause.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} A more modern example of the evil nerd is enemy computer programmer
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• oxycodone
  The third difference to codeine is the 7,8-dihydro-feature (Codeine has a double-bond between those two carbons). ...morphone: 3-methyl-oxymorphone. It could also be described as 14-hydroxy-7,8-dihydro-codeinone. It is principally supplied as its hydrochloride salt: ox
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• polyamory
  ...scm-rpg.com.au/postnuke2/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=8&meid=-1 polyamory glossary] that "The parrot is a common poly "mascot" or s ...scm-rpg.com.au/postnuke2/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=8&meid=-1]</ref>
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• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  |WaterArea_sq_mi = 2.8 ...| author=Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh| year=1921}}</ref>{{Facts|date=February 2007}}<!--We need page numbers.-->
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• Quentin Tarantino
  ...ote for ''[[Inglorious Bastards]]'' would, if filmed complete, make for an 8 hour long film {{Fact|date=April 2007}}. Also, Quentin has divulged informa ...ellas]]'' and ''[[The Long Goodbye (film)|The Long Goodbye]]''.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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• suicide
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• soul
  |id= ISBN 0-85398-270-8}}</ref> * In John 8:51 Jesus says, "I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will neve
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• whale
  ...ike gel which is excreted from the gaps between the skin cells.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} This gel contains enzymes that attack microbes, and the edge of the ...st they need. Whales are thought to sleep around 8 hours a day.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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• urban gentrification
  ...e) market and instead trading properties only by word of mouth.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} ...pidly displace them from the neighborhood. Some evidence exists{{Fact|date=February 2007}} to demonstrate that the 1994 abolition of rent control in [[Boston,
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• Diplomacy (board game)
  ...[[Walter Cronkite]] was also reported to be a fan of the game.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} ...n tend to be imbalanced and to become stagnant and predictable.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} Also, there is no set time for the game to finish. Tournament games
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• multiculturalism
  ...official policy, and as a social consensus among the [[elite]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}} In recent years, several European states, notably the [[Netherlands] ...of Multiculturalism within Bilingual Framework" in the House of Commons on 8 October 1971, the precursor of the Canadian ''[[Official Multiculturalism A
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• United Federation of Planets
  ...ontact]]'', the United Federation of Planets is described as spanning some 8,000 [[light year]]s of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. In &quot;[[The Outcast (TN |align=right bgcolor="#e6e9ff"|8.||align=left bgcolor="#d7e8ff"|[[Arcadians (Star Trek)|Arcadians]]
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• Italian unification
  ...es, which was both unexpected and surprising considering the history. On [[February 23]], King [[Louis Philippe of France]] was forced to flee, and a republic ...century)|Roman Republic]] on [[February 9]]. During a political rally in February 1849, a young Roman priest, the Abbé Arduini, described the temporal pow
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• October Revolution
  ...lt, was recognized by Lenin's government as Estonia's leader on [[December 8]], although forces loyal to Anvelt only controlled the capital.<ref>See the ...his uprising completed the phase of the revolution which had begun back in February, and it transformed the Russian Revolution's character from one of liberali
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• Anarcho-primitivism
  ...eism]], [[writing]], the use of [[copper age|metal tools]], etc{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. ...technological infrastructure of the surrounding "civilization."{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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• Johnny Rotten
  ...received 91 complaints about Rotten's use of bad language. However, in a February 2004 interview with the Scottish ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'', Rotten said that he *"[[Holidays in the Sun]]" - 1977 #8
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• race
  ...of Africa in a relatively short time. ''Homo erectus'' evolved more than 1.8 million years ago, and by 1.5 million years ago had spread throughout the O ...3.96% within populations, for [[microsatellite]] autosomal data, 0.358 (35.8%) of the variation was found between populations.<ref name="Uphyrkina">Olga
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• Oscar Wilde
  ...d Bosie left London for a vacation in [[Monte Carlo]] and while away, on [[February 18]], [[1895]], the Marquess left his calling card at Wilde's family Club.< ...mann|Ellmann]], Richard. ''Oscar Wilde''. (Vintage, 1988) ISBN 0-521-47987-8
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• Aesthetic Realism
  In the ''Baltimore Sun'' (2 February 1925) Siegel explained: "In "Hot Afternoons" I tried to take many things th ...lower", "Foundation Refutes 'Smear' Tactics", ''[[The New York Post]]'', 8 February 1998.
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• Adrian Lamo
  ...s against [[Microsoft]], [[Lexis-Nexis]] and ''[[The New York Times]]'' on 8 January, 2004. ...ae.com/index.asp?post=11 |archivedate=2012-09-16}}". "23 Apples of Eris''. February 28, 2005.</ref>
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• Joan Crawford
  ...tedly due to a campaign of harassment by [[Bette Davis|Davis]] {{Fact|date=February 2007}}. After a prolonged absence, Aldrich was forced to replace Crawford w ...t a party honoring [[Rosalind Russell]] at New York's Rainbow Room. On May 8, 1977, Crawford gave away her [[Shih Tzu]] dog named Princess Lotus Blossom
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• Marilyn Chambers
  ...otographed with a one-inch gold ring in her right inner labia. {{Fact|date=February 2007}} ...mental abuse, just as [[Linda Lovelace]], his first wife, had. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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• James Dean
  '''James Byron Dean''' ([[1931]] [[February 8]] &ndash; [[1955]] [[September 30]]) was an American [[film]] [[actor]]. De On March 8, 1954, Dean left [[New York City]] and headed for [[Los Angeles]] to begin
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• Debbie Harry
  |date=February 1981 ...ter she plays onstage with the band as well as the band's name.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} The difference between the individual Harry and the band Blondie was
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• Josie Maran
  '''Josie Maran''', born '''Johanna Selhorst Maran''' on [[1978]] [[May 8]], is an [[United States|American]] [[supermodel]] and [[actor|actress]]. S ...of the letter "J" over his heart for his time spent with her. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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• Billie Piper
  ...[Garrick Theatre]], starting on 28 February (with previews beginning on 20 February).<ref>{{cite news ...arted a vigorous promotion for her album ''[[Walk of Life]]''. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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• David Bowie
  '''David Bowie''' (born '''David Robert Jones''' on [[1947]] [[January 8]]) is an [[England|English]] [[Grammy Award]]-winning [[singer]], [[songwri ...lbum, and his performance has been called the album's highlight{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. As of 2005, Garson often plays in Bowie's band.
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• Billie Joe Armstrong
  '''Billie Joe Armstrong''' (born [[1972]] [[February 17]], in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]]) is best known for ...School]], later attended [[Pinole Valley High School]], and dropped out on February 16, 1990, to pursue his musical career. While in high school he was nicknam
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• International Women's Day
  ...n from [[clothing]] and [[textile]] factories staged one such protest on [[8 March]] [[1857]] in [[New York, New York|New York City]]. The garment worke ...he eve of [[World War I]], women across [[Europe]] held peace rallies on [[8 March]] [[1913]].
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• List of famous bisexual people
  |<ref>Lo, Melinda (February 2004), [http://www.afterellen.com/Music/pinkandchristina.html Pink and Chri ...t/1998/09/22int.html You don't know Dick.], salon.com. Retrieved November 8, 2006.</ref>
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