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  2. Art Fund - Wikipedia

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    Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.

  3. Ticker symbol - Wikipedia

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    A ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market. In short, ticker symbols are arrangements of symbols or characters (generally Latin letters or digits) representing specific assets or securities listed on a stock exchange or traded publicly.

  4. Nordart - Wikipedia

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    NordArt is an international contemporary art exhibition and a non-profit cultural initiative of the ACO Group and the cities of Büdelsdorf and Rendsburg. It has taken place annually in the summer since 1999 at Carlshütte, a former iron foundry. The site features 22,000 m² of interior space and 60,000 m² for outdoor installations.

  5. List of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures international ...

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    The following list contains films which were distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures internationally by all existing and defunct labels.. All films listed are theatrical releases by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (including Star Distribution (Latin America and Brazil) & Buena Vista International label or Star Studios) unless specified.

  6. First National Bank (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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    First National Bank (FNB; Afrikaans: Eerste Nasionale Bank (ENB)) is one of South Africa's "big four" banks.It is a division of FirstRand, a large financial services conglomerate, which trades on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE), under the symbol: FSR.

  7. History of Memphis, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    The Pink Palace was adapted for use as the City's historical and natural history museum. Other parts of the Saunders estate were developed for upscale residences, known as Chickasaw Gardens. The storied Peabody Hotel opened in 1923 and became a symbol of upper-class Southern elegance. In 1935 Mississippi author David Cohn wrote,

  8. 2024 Nobel Peace Prize - Wikipedia

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    5. University professors, professors emeriti and associate professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion; university rectors and university directors (or their equivalents); 6. Directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes; 7. Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; 8.

  9. List of gay icons - Wikipedia

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    Saint Sebastian, history's first recorded male gay icon Sappho of Lesbos. Sappho of Lesbos was an Archaic Greek poet known for composing sentimental lyrics about women. Perceived homoerotism in her poems have led to her becoming a symbol for lesbianism, with her name and home island inspiring the terms sapphic and lesbian respectively. Her ...