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• The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)
  ...ublisher=American Cowboy|url=http://www.americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6RjFQXqGy|archivedate=10 Augus ...he song, which [[Mitch Miller]] made into a popular recording in [[1955 in music|1955]] that knocked [[Bill Haley]]'s "[[Rock Around the Clock|(We're Gonna)
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• New Year's Day
  ...he past year. Common topics include [[politics]], [[natural disaster]]s, [[music]] and [[the arts]], and the listing of significant individuals who [[obitua ...hich they hope to fulfill in the coming Year; the most popular ones in the western world include to stop [[tobacco smoking]] or [[drinking]], or to [[dieting|
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• Directory:Wirtz Corporation
  ...s one of the largest private companies in the [[Directory:United States of America|United States]]. ...on New York City in 1940, producing "It Happens On Ice" at the Radio City Music Hall and drawing 1.5 million people. Later in 1940, he and Henie took on Br
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• New Year's Eve
  ...om the observance of [[New Year's Day]]. In 21st-century [[Western culture|Western]] practice, the celebration involves partying until the moment of the trans ...is made by the Sydney council, makes the fireworks be "moulded" around the music.[[Image:Sydney NYE 2005-1-.jpg|thumb|The 2005/2006 midnight fireworks.]] [[
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• Directory:Tennessee
  ...s a state of the southeast [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 16th state in [[Year Admitted:=1796 ...e first attempt at government in Tennessee, and in 1777, at their request, North Carolina organized those settlements into Washington co.; Jonesboro, the co
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• Directory:Delaware
  ...is a state of the eastern [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]] on the Atlantic Ocean. It was admitted as the first of the ...s of the Delaware—notably the Nanticoke in the south and the Minqua in the north. In 1609, Henry Hudson, in the service of the Dutch East India Company, sai
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• Directory:Wisconsin
  ...state of the north-central [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 30th state in [[Year Admitted:=1848 ...chose a compromise site for the capital, midway between the Milwaukee and western centers of population; thus the city of Madison was founded. By 1840 popula
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• Directory:Zondervan Corporation
  ...ales books for children. Having divested itself of a bookstore chain and a music company, Zondervan has found its niche as the nation's leading Bible publis ...ch-affiliated colleges, and was the headquarters of the Reformed Church in America, the Dutch Protestant sect founded on the principles of John Calvin.
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• Directory:Texas
  ...state of the south-central [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 28th state in 1845. Explored by the In the decades following the Civil War the Western element in Texas was strengthened as stock raising became a dominant elemen
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• Directory:American Express
  * 1966: America Express Gold Card is introduced. Trouble arose in 1854 when the Lake Erie & Western Railroad felt that American Express was taking aωay its light freight busi
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• Christmas
  ...ng to the [[Christianization|spread of Christianity]] and [[Westernization|Western culture]], along with the enduring popularity of wintertime celebrations. V In [[Colonial America]], the Puritans of [[New England]] disapproved of Christmas; its celebratio
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• Directory:Alabama
  ...s a state of the southeast [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 22nd state in [[Year Admitted:=1819 ...t the Ordinance of Secession was passed, forming the Confederate States of America.
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• Directory:Huntington Beach, California
  ...n]] on the west, by [[Directory:Seal Beach, California|Seal Beach]] on the north, by [[Directory:Costa Mesa, California|Costa Mesa]] on the south, by [[Dire ...estination for [[kite surfing]], and this sport can be viewed on the beach north-west of the [[Huntington Beach Pier|pier]].
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• Directory:William McKinley
  ...[[Virginia]] where it spent a year fighting small [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] units. His superior officer, another future U.S. President, [ ...His success in industrial cities gave the Republican party a grip on the north comparable to that of the Democrats in the south.
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• Directory:Ulysses S. Grant
  ...tion in the East, he accepted the surrender of his [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] opponent [[Robert E. Lee]] at [[Appomattox Court House]]. Gra ===Western Theater: 1861–63===
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• User:AndrewM/Tunisia
  ...The security checks were notably more lax than the ones I had received in America and especially France - I can't help but to think Tunisia might be a hotbed ...ssical" Tunisian music from artists such as Khaled (خالد), and more modern music by artists from Sofia (صوفية). The cover on the Sofia album led to a c
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• Wikipedia Vandalism/IKEA
  ...with about 1/3 from Asia. A small amount of products are produced in North America. Comparatively little production actually takes place in Sweden, though it * ''Lighting:'' terms from music, chemistry, meteorology, measures, weights, seasons, months, days, boats, n
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• Directory:Harry S. Truman
  ...y due to his famous [[Whistle stop train tour|Whistle Stop Tour]] of rural America. After his re-election he was able to pass only one of the proposals in his ...ot up at five every morning to practice the [[piano]], and went to a local music teacher twice a week until he was fifteen.<ref>McCullough, p. 38</ref> Trum
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• Directory:Thomas Jefferson
  ...e.edu/lawweb/avalon/jeffsumm.htm ''A Summary View of the Rights of British America''] which was intended as instructions for the Virginia delegates to a natio ...{{cite book|last=Bennett|first=William J.|authorlink=William Bennett|title=America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I): From the Age of Discovery to a World at War
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