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In the present day, the Donbas is a predominately Russophone region. According to the 2001 census, Russian is the main language of 74.9% of residents in Donetsk Oblast and 68.8% in Luhansk Oblast. [ 98] Residents of Russian origin are mainly concentrated in the larger urban centers.
The Great Manager[ 43] The Little Magician, given to him during his time in the state of New York, because of his smooth politics and short stature. [ 45][ 46] Machiavellian Bellshazzar, given to him by detractors [ 47] Martin Van Ruin[ 43] The Master Spirit[ 43] Matty Van from "Tippecanoe Songs of 1840" [ 48]
On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...
Cerne Abbas Giant on an 1891 Ordnance Survey map (1:10,560) [4] The Giant is located just outside the small village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, about 48 kilometres (30 mi) west of Bournemouth and 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Weymouth. The figure depicts a naked man and is of colossal dimensions, being about 55 metres (180 ft) long and 51 metres ...
The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's ...
Dolan's letter to the NBA board of governors, in which he again complained about revenue sharing, was practically dripping with disdain.
When white men get together to explicitly organize as “white dudes,” one way or the other, sooner or later, bad things are going to happen. It didn’t take long for “White Dudes for Kamala ...
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.