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  2. Ruled paper - Wikipedia

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    Initially, paper was ruled by hand, sometimes using templates. [1] Scribes could rule their paper using a "hard point," a sharp implement which left embossed lines on the paper without any ink or color, [2] or could use "metal point," an implement which left colored marks on the paper, much like a graphite pencil, though various other metals were used.

  3. Racetrack (game) - Wikipedia

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    Racetrack is a paper and pencil game that simulates a car race, played by two or more players. The game is played on a squared sheet of paper, with a pencil line tracking each car's movement. The rules for moving represent a car with a certain inertia and physical limits on traction, and the resulting line is reminiscent of how real racing cars ...

  4. Graph paper - Wikipedia

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    Graph paper, coordinate paper, grid paper, or squared paper is writing paper that is printed with fine lines making up a regular grid. It is available either as loose leaf paper or bound in notebooks or Graph Books. It is commonly found in mathematics and engineering education settings, exercise books, and in laboratory notebooks.

  5. 5 cancer types where screenings save the most lives - AOL

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    Prevention and screening beat out treatment advances in terms of preventing deaths for cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate cancers. Breast cancer was the only type for which treatment advances ...

  6. Quadrille (card game) - Wikipedia

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    Quadrille is a card game that was highly popular in the 18th century at the French court and among the British nobility, especially women. A variant of the three-player, Spanish card game Ombre , it is played by four players, both in varying alliances and solo games, using a pack of 40 cards (the 8's, 9's and 10's being removed).

  7. Stately quadrille - Wikipedia

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    The stately quadrille reached its height in 1756, when several new alliances formed as a result of the Diplomatic Revolution. In 1740, Prussia, an emerging power, attacked Austria. Britain and France soon became embroiled in the war, which ended in a stalemate in 1748, but Austria appeared to have lost most in the war.

  8. Manchester City loses a 4th straight game, and seems to be ...

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    Manchester City lost its fourth straight game, 2-1 at Brighton, on Saturday, and fed growing speculation that this, finally, could be the end. The four-time reigning Premier League champs went ...

  9. Kwadril - Wikipedia

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    Balakadri (called balkadri or kadri) is a traditional quadrille music that was performed for balls on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Kwadril dances are in sets consisting of proper quadrilles, plus creolized versions of 19th-century couple dances: biguines , mazouks and valses Créoles.