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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. The New York Times Crossword - Wikipedia

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    Android. Release. February 15, 1942; 82 years ago. ( 1942-02-15) Genre (s) Word game. Mode (s) Single-player. The New York Times Crossword (marketed as The Crossword) is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times as part of The New York Times Games, online on the newspaper's website, syndicated to more than 300 ...

  4. Frank Sinatra - Wikipedia

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    —Sinatra's daughter Nancy on the importance of his mother Dolly in his life and character. Francis Albert Sinatra [a] was born on December 12, 1915, in a tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, [b] the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina "Dolly" Garaventa and Antonino Martino "Marty" Sinatra, who boxed under the name Marty O'Brien. [c] Sinatra weighed 13.5 pounds (6.1 kg ...

  5. Emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent ...

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    The Red Cross on white background was the original protection symbol declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention. The ideas to introduce a uniform and neutral protection symbol as well as its specific design originally came from Dr. Louis Appia, a Swiss surgeon, and Swiss General Henri Dufour, founding members of the International Committee.

  6. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  7. National symbols of Wales - Wikipedia

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    The daffodil is the national flower of Wales, worn on St David's Day (1 March) in Wales. The daffodil may be known as Welsh: cenhinen Bedr ( Saint Peter 's leek). [19] The Sessile Oak, also called the Welsh Oak is the national tree of Wales. [20] The red kite is sometimes named as the national symbol of wildlife in Wales.

  8. D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm - Wikipedia

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    On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...

  9. National symbols of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Mount Fuji. De facto National sport. Sumo. Sumo. Flag of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Rising Sun Flag. Naval Ensign of Japan. Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. Japan Self-Defense Forces.