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  2. Stanchion - Wikipedia

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    Stanchions and velvet rope. A stanchion (/ ˈ s t æ n tʃ ən /) is a sturdy upright fixture that provides support for some other object. [1] It can be a permanent fixture. In nautical terms, the stanchion is the thick and high iron that with others equal or similar is placed vertically on the gunwale, stern and tops.

  3. Yeomanry - Wikipedia

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    For the next thirty years, the Yeomanry Force was retained as a second line of support for the regular cavalry within Britain. Recruiting difficulties led to serious consideration being given to the disbandment of the entire force in 1870, but instead measures were taken the following year to improve its effectiveness.

  4. Solon - Wikipedia

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    Solon (Ancient Greek: Σόλων; c. 630 – c. 560 BC) [1] was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher, and poet.He is one of the Seven Sages of Greece and credited with laying the foundations for Athenian democracy.

  5. Stannah Lifts - Wikipedia

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    Stannah Lifts Holdings Ltd is a provider of elevators, escalators and moving walkways and manufacturer of stairlifts and platform lifts.The headquarters are in Andover, Hampshire, England.

  6. Southpaw stance - Wikipedia

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    Al McCoy, world champion in the 1910s, displaying southpaw stance with right hand and right foot to the fore Ruslan Chagaev in southpaw stance. In boxing and some other sports, a southpaw stance is a stance in which the boxer has the right hand and the right foot forward, leading with right jabs, and following with a left cross right hook.

  7. List of English words of French origin (S–Z) - Wikipedia

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    ubiquity; ulcer; ultramontane; umber; umbrage; umbrageous; umpire; unanimity; uncle; unctuous; unicorn; uniform; uniformity; unify; union; unique; unison; unity ...

  8. Stanchfield, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Stanchfield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stanchfield Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States. [3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 103.

  9. Operation Staunch - Wikipedia

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    Between 1981 and 1986, the US was secretly facilitating the sale of arms to Iran, in direct contradiction of Operation Staunch. Known as the Iran–Contra affair, it proved humiliating for the United States when the story first broke in November 1986 that the US itself was selling arms to Iran.