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  2. Appalachia - Wikipedia

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    Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap (George Caleb Bingham, oil on canvas, 1851–52) European migration into Appalachia began in the 18th century. As lands in eastern Pennsylvania, the Tidewater region of Virginia and the Carolinas filled up, immigrants began pushing further and further westward into the Appalachian ...

  3. River Thames - Wikipedia

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    Etymology: Proto-Celtic *tamēssa, possibly meaning "dark": Location; Country: England: Counties: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire ...

  4. Jasper Johns - Wikipedia

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    Numbers is historically important because it is the largest work of the artist's Numbers motif, and each of its Sculp-metal and collage units is on a separate canvas. [10] Responding to widespread criticism, the board of Lincoln Center decided to drop its plans to sell the work, which was Johns's first and only public commission.

  5. Jake Roberts - Wikipedia

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    Aurelian Smith Jr. (born May 30, 1955) [1] better known by the ring name Jake "the Snake" Roberts, [2] [1] is an American retired professional wrestler and actor currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he performs as manager to Lance Archer, and he also serves as a special advisor for AEW's community outreach program, AEW Together.

  6. Gassed (painting) - Wikipedia

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    Gassed is a very large oil painting completed in March 1919 by John Singer Sargent.It depicts the aftermath of a mustard gas attack during the First World War, with a line of wounded soldiers walking towards a dressing station.

  7. West Bloomfield School District - Wikipedia

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    Settled in the early days of the 19th century, the district was originally a farming community. Late in the 19th and early in the 20th century, it became a popular lake resort area, accessible from Detroit by interurban railway.

  8. Ridley Scott - Wikipedia

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    Sir Ridley Scott GBE (born 30 November 1937) is an English filmmaker. He is best known for directing films in the science fiction, crime, and historical drama genres. His work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style.

  9. The Monk by the Sea - Wikipedia

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    The Monk by the Sea (German: Der Mönch am Meer) is an oil painting by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich.It was painted between 1808 and 1810 in Dresden and was first shown together with the painting The Abbey in the Oakwood (Abtei im Eichwald) in the Berlin Academy exhibition of 1810.