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  2. Bloods - Wikipedia

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    Bloods. The Bloods are a primarily African-American street gang which was founded in Los Angeles, California. The gang is widely known for its rivalry with the Crips. It is identified by the red color worn by its members and by particular gang symbols, including distinctive hand signs.

  3. Pirus - Wikipedia

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    Etymology. The name "Piru" is derived from the Piru Street Boys, a gang which was founded in 1969 by Sylvester Scott and Vincent Owens in Compton. [3] The Piru Street Boys are considered the forerunners to the Bloods, [4] which is why the terms "Piru" and "Blood" are often used interchangeably. However, this interchangeable use of the terms is ...

  4. Scott Street - Wikipedia

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    Scott Street Pavilion, a historic park pavilion in Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. Scott Street Firehouse, in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. South Scott Street Historic District, south of Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. Francis Scott Street (1831–1883), an American publisher. "Scott Street", a song by Phoebe Bridgers on Stranger in the Alps.

  5. List of Chicago placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Dearborn Park and Dearborn Street. named for Fort Dearborn which was built on the present day site of Chicago, which in turn was named for General Henry Dearborn, American Revolutionary War veteran and Secretary of War under Thomas Jefferson. DeKoven Street. John DeKoven (founder of Northern Trust) Deming Place.

  6. Embassy Row - Wikipedia

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    Private residences and embassies located on Massachusetts Avenue between 22nd Street and Sheridan Circle. The Indian Embassy building with the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial in the foreground. Embassy Row is the informal name for a section of Northwest Washington, D.C., with a high concentration of embassies, diplomatic missions, and diplomatic ...

  7. Ragtime - Wikipedia

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    Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, [2] is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. [1] Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. [1] Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott Joplin, James Scott and Joseph Lamb. Ragtime pieces (often called "rags") are typically ...

  8. Stranger in the Alps - Wikipedia

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    Stranger in the Alps was produced by Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska. [2] Bridgers recorded the album in between tours over 2016 at Berg's studio in Brentwood, Los Angeles. [3] The album's title is a reference to the edited-for-TV version of the film The Big Lebowski, which changed Walter Sobchak's (John Goodman) line "Do you see what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass?"

  9. F. Scott Fitzgerald - Wikipedia

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    m. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940), widely known simply as Scott Fitzgerald, [ 1 ] was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, a term he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age.