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  • Despite missing out on a calendar-year Grand Slam, Hoad and Rosewall stand ... seemed poised to capture the calendar-year Grand Slam in singles play. The ...
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  • from 1934-1938. The winner of eight Grand Slam titles, he is most famously ... By 1933, Perry had won his first Grand Slam title at the U.S. Championships ...
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  • , older sister to Grace Abbott, both of Grand Island, Nebraska, began her ... teaching high school in her hometown of Grand Island. After taking correspondence ...
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  • Following the French Grand Prix, Fangio retired from racing in 1958 ... he retired in 1958, following the French Grand Prix. He won 24 Grand Prix ...
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  • Metanarrative or grand narrative or mater narrative is a term developed ... power, authority, and social customs. A grand narrative or metanarrative ...
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  • the first known passage through the Grand Canyon. Powell published ... [[Image:John Wesley Powell with Native American at Grand Canyon Arizona ...
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  • renowned Edith Abbott, Grace was born in Grand Island, Nebraska. Her contributions ... Native Americans throughout the region of Grand Island. Paired with a knowledge ...
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  • The Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is contained largely within ...
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  • Bird." His performance of it in his Grand Ole Opry debut was not well ... Acuff performed almost exclusively with the Grand Ole Opry, at Opryland, greatly ...
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  • Three classes of the award were created; Second, First and Grand Cross­ ... *Grand Cross of the Iron Cross ( Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes ...
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  • was the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and ... the first victory was not until the British Grand Prix of 1951. The first championship ...
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  • A canyon or gorge is a deep valley between cliffs, often carved from the landscape by a river. A famous example is the Grand Canyon in Arizona ...
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  • Nicholas II of Russia was born to the Grand Duchess Maria Fyodorovna ... basis for the rule of the Russian Tsars, as grand dukes of Finland, during ...
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  • [[Image:Statue Sejong le Grand.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Statue of King ... style:solid; border-color:#000099;"|Grand PrinceJinan ...
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  • Frizzel, and George Jones. Joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1943, he opened ... brought Tubb to stardom. Tubb joined the Grand Ole Opry in February 1943 ...
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  • In 1954, Snow influenced the directors of the Grand Ole Opry to allow ... Ranger," he was invited to play at the Grand Ole Opry in 1950. That same ...
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  • Sima Qian (c. 145 B.C.E. – 90 B.C.E.) was a prefect of the Grand Scribes of the Han dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography ...
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  • During his playing career, he won three Grand Slam titles. Ashe is also ... tennis circuit. In 1970, he added a second Grand Slam title to his resume ...
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  • and final phase of construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza is ... ==Grand Egyptian Museum== The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is sited ...
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  • Gediminas (c. 1275 – 1341) was the monarch of medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the title of Grand Duke, but more correctly High King ...
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