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2. Allegheny Portage Railroad - Wikipedia

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   The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the first railroad constructed through the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania.It operated from 1834 to 1854 as the first transportation infrastructure through the gaps of the Allegheny that connected the midwest to the eastern seaboard across the barrier range of the Allegheny Front.

3. Saint Joseph's University - Wikipedia

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   Two retail spaces were also added to The Kettle, Moe's Southwestern Grill and Bento Sushi. The Kettle also offers a separate large dining area with buffet-style food. James J. Maguire '58 Campus. On August 8, 2008, Saint Joseph's completed the acquisition of the adjacent Episcopal Academy after purchasing the property in 2005.

4. Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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   Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of 6.245 million residents in the metropolitan statistical ...

5. Mask and Wig - Wikipedia

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   The Mask and Wig Club, a private club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1889, is a historic collegiate musical comedy troupe.Created as an alternative to the existing theatrical and dramatic outlets at the University of Pennsylvania, Mask and Wig has presented comedy, music, and dancing to the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and audiences across the country.

6. Lancaster, Lancashire - Wikipedia

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   Lancaster (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ə s t ər /, / ˈ l æ n k æ s-/) is a city in Lancashire, England and the main cultural hub, economic and commercial centre of City of Lancaster district. The city is on the River Lune directly inland from Morecambe Bay.

7. Isles of Scilly - Wikipedia

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   The adjective "Scillonian" is sometimes used for people or things related to the archipelago. The Duchy of Cornwall owns most of the freehold land on the islands. Tourism is a major part of the local economy, along with agriculture—particularly the production of cut flowers.

8. Winston Churchill - Wikipedia

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   In one 1898 letter to her, he referred to his religious beliefs, saying: "I do not accept the Christian or any other form of religious belief". Churchill had been christened in the Church of England [30] but, as he related later, he underwent a virulently anti-Christian phase in his youth, [31] and as an adult was an agnostic. [32]

9. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Wikipedia

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   Early life and education Philip Hoffman was born on July 23, 1967, in the Rochester suburb of Fairport, New York. His mother, Marilyn O'Connor (née Loucks), came from nearby Waterloo and worked as an elementary school teacher before becoming a lawyer and eventually a family court judge. His father, Gordon Stowell Hoffman, was a native of Geneva, New York, and worked for the Xerox Corporation ...