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  2. Italian grammar - Wikipedia

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    Italian grammar is the body of rules describing the properties of the Italian language. Italian words can be divided into the following lexical categories : articles, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

  3. Quinze - Wikipedia

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    Quinze, Quince, also known as Ace-low, is a 17th-century French banking game of Spanish origin that was much patronized in some parts of Europe. It is considered a forerunner of the French Vingt-et-un, a game very popular at the court of Louis XV, [1] and also a two-player simplification of the modern game of Blackjack.

  4. Canalside - Wikipedia

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    Canalside, formerly known as Canal Side and also referred to as Erie Canal Harbor, is a mixed-use recreational and entertainment district in downtown Buffalo, New York. It is the recreation of the western terminus of the Erie Canal , which was destroyed in the early 20th century.

  5. Italian conjugation - Wikipedia

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    Italian verbs have a high degree of inflection, the majority of which follows one of three common patterns of conjugation. Italian conjugation is affected by mood, person, tense, number, aspect and occasionally gender. The three classes of verbs (patterns of conjugation) are distinguished by the endings of the infinitive form of the verb:

  6. Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore" - Wikipedia

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    The first Italian paratrooper units were trained and formed shortly before World War II in Castel Benito, near Tripoli in Libya, where the first Military Parachuting School was located. Later the school was moved to Tarquinia in Italy. On 1 September 1941 the Royal Italian Army raised the 1st Paratroopers Division in Tarquinia. [1]

  7. Defense Language Aptitude Battery - Wikipedia

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    The languages are broken into tiers based on their difficulty level for a native English speaker as determined by the Defense Language Institute. The category into which a language is placed also determines the length of its basic course as taught at DLI. To qualify to pursue training in a language, one needs a minimum score of 95.

  8. 185th Paratroopers Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment ...

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    The regiment is part of the Italian Army's infantry arm's Paracadutisti speciality and assigned to the Army Special Forces Command. [2] [3] [4] The regiment was formed in 1941 as 1st Paratroopers Regiment and assigned, in September 1941, to the Paratroopers Division. The division was intended to parachute onto Malta during the planned invasion ...

  9. Thomas Scott Baldwin - Wikipedia

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    On January 30, 1887, he made one of the earliest recorded parachute jumps from a balloon. [4] Baldwin repeated the feat on multiple occasions as a paid entertainer, netting $1500 from one dangerous jump over the water from 600 feet at Rockaway Beach in August 1887 marred by parachute difficulties. [5]