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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. Napoleonic looting of art in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon was the first to systematically steal art in modern times. He wanted to appropriate that greatness and increase the funds of the Louvre museum, which at the time was already among the best in the world. The process used by Napoleon, his officials and generals was: - Looting under death threats, led by army generals.

  4. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. E a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters.

  5. List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version The following ... See the Wikimedia links above for more symbols of Native American nations. Common and official names Flag

  6. Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain - Wikipedia

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    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to grant authority to the Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Committee to erect a memorial fountain on public grounds in the vicinity of the intersection of Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues, in the District of Columbia, such ...

  7. Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media - Wikipedia

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    It is owned by Bethlehem Holdings, Inc., a media investment company of Globe Telecom through its Retirement Fund group. The frequency currently used by BEAM (channel UHF 31 of Manila and its provincial outlets) had been previously used by Radio Mindanao Network (under the affiliates CTV-31 (Cinema Television) and E!

  8. List of exports of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; The following is a list of the exports of Brazil. Data is for 2012, in billions of United States dollars, as reported by The ...

  9. Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Monument (Fayetteville ...

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    The Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Monument in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is a replica of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World).It was placed by the Boy Scouts of America as part of its 1950s-era campaign, "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty".