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  2. The Game of Life - Wikipedia

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    The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a board gameoriginally created in 1860 by Milton Bradleyas The Checkered Game of Life, the first ever board game for his own company, the Milton Bradley Company. The game simulates a person's travels through their life, from early adulthood to retirement, with collegeif necessary, jobs, marriage ...

  3. John Locke - Wikipedia

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    Locke was born on 29 August 1632, in a small thatched cottage by the church in Wrington, Somerset, about 12 miles from Bristol. He was baptised the same day, as both of his parents were Puritans. Locke's father, also named John, was an attorney who served as clerk to the Justices of the Peace in Chew Magna [ 20 ] and as a captain of cavalry for ...

  4. List of American game shows - Wikipedia

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    Boggle: The Interactive Game (1994) Boom! (2015) Born Lucky (1992–1993) Bowling for Dollars (circa 1970s; many local versions) Bowling Headliners (1948–1950) Braingames (1983, 1984–1985; pilot, five episodes, and a "Best Of" special) Brain Games (2019–2022, had previously been an educational series with no game show elements from 2011 ...

  5. Silence Dogood - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 May 2024. Pen name Silence Dogood Essay in the New-England Courant Silence Dogood was the pen name used by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published in the New-England Courant, a newspaper founded and published by his brother James Franklin. This was after Benjamin Franklin was denied several times ...

  6. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium - Wikipedia

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    The Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Latin for "Moral Letters to Lucilius "), also known as the Moral Epistles and Letters from a Stoic, is a letter collection of 124 letters that Seneca the Younger wrote at the end of his life, during his retirement, after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for more than ten years.

  7. Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq - Wikipedia

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    He was born the illegitimate son of the Seigneur de Busbecq, Georges Ghiselin, and his mistress Catherine Hespiel, although he was later legitimized. [1] He grew up at Busbecq Castle (in present-day Bousbecque, Nord, France), studying in Wervik and Comines, which at the time were all part of Spanish West Flanders, a province of the Holy Roman Empire.

  8. Rudyard Kipling - Wikipedia

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    Rudyard Kipling. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ ˈrʌdjərd / RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) [1] was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology (The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book ...

  9. Epistulae (Pliny) - Wikipedia

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    The Epistulae ([ɛˈpɪs.t̪ʊ.ɫ̪ae̯], "letters") are a series of personal missives by Pliny the Younger directed to his friends and associates. These Latin letters are a unique testimony of Roman administrative history and everyday life in the 1st century. The style is very different from that in the Panegyricus, and some commentators ...