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  2. Battle of Long Tan - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Long Tan (18 August 1966) took place in a rubber plantation near Long Tân, in Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The action was fought between Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) units and elements of the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF). Australian signals intelligence (SIGINT) had ...

  3. Rhumb line - Wikipedia

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    Rhumb line. Image of a loxodrome, or rhumb line, spiraling towards the North Pole. In navigation, a rhumb line, rhumb ( / rʌm / ), or loxodrome is an arc crossing all meridians of longitude at the same angle, that is, a path with constant bearing as measured relative to true north .

  4. Tan Cheng Bock - Wikipedia

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    Adrian Tan Cheng Bock [1] [a] ( Chinese: 陈清木; pinyin: Chén Qīngmù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Chheng-bo̍k; born 26 April 1940) is a Singaporean politician and medical doctor. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayer Rajah SMC between 1980 and 2006. After leaving the PAP, Tan ...

  5. Dawes Act - Wikipedia

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    Dawes Act. An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes. The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 [1] [2 ...

  6. The Valley of Amazement - Wikipedia

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    Pages. 608. ISBN. 978-0062107312. The Valley of Amazement is a novel by Amy Tan. [1] Like many of her works, it deals with mother-daughter relationship and is partly set in historical China. [2] An excerpt from the novel was published independently as Rules for Virgins. [3]

  7. Anthony Tan (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    Tan Heng Chew (father) Rosie Tan (mother) Anthony Tan ( Chinese: 陈炳耀) (born 1982 [1]) is a Malaysian-Singaporean businessman. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Grab, a publicly-traded technology company and the first unicorn in Southeast Asia. [2] In 2021, he was listed as one of Singapore's richest people with an ...

  8. Sultan (2016 film) - Wikipedia

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    Budget. ₹ 90 crore [1] Box office. est. ₹623.33 crore [2] Sultan ( transl. King) is a 2016 Indian Hindi -language sports drama film [3] [4] [5] written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Salman Khan in the titular role and Anushka Sharma, along with Amit Sadh and Randeep Hooda.

  9. Check Yo Self - Wikipedia

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    Check Yo Self. " Check Yo Self " is the third and final single from American rapper Ice Cube 's third solo album, The Predator (1992). It was released on July 13, 1993 by Priority Records, and features New York City rappers Das EFX. It topped both the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap charts while also reaching number 20 on the Hot 100 chart. [1]