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  2. List of sundown towns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cicero, Illinois. De Land, Illinois, board of trustees members acknowledged in 2002 that the municipality had passed a sundown ordinance for African Americans decades ago. [25] Effingham, Illinois. Eldorado, Illinois. Granite City, Illinois. Pekin, Illinois, was a sundown town unwelcoming for non-whites. [26]

  3. Slash (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), known professionally as Slash, is a British-American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. Slash has received critical acclaim and is considered one of the greatest guitarists in history ...

  4. Saul Bellow - Wikipedia

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    Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915 – April 5, 2005) [1] was an American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. [2] He is the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction three times, [3] and he received the National Book ...

  5. Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot song) - Wikipedia

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    Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot song) " Sundown " is a song by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, from the titular album, released as a single in March 1974. "Sundown" reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and easy listening charts [2] and No. 13 on the Hot Country singles chart, [3] as well as No. 1 in Canada on RPM ' s national singles chart.

  6. Amie N'Dow - Wikipedia

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    12 March 1958 (age 66) Sport. Sport. Sprinting. Event. 200 metres. Amie N'Dow (born 12 March 1958) is a Gambian sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1]

  7. Henderson the Rain King - Wikipedia

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    341. Preceded by. Seize the Day. Followed by. Herzog. Henderson the Rain King is a 1959 novel by Saul Bellow. The book's blend of philosophical discourse and comic adventure has helped make it one of his more popular works. The novel is said to be Bellow's favorite among his books.

  8. Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot album) - Wikipedia

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    Sundown is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot 's ninth studio album, released in 1974 on the Reprise Records label. It was the only Lightfoot album to reach No. 1 on the pop chart in the US. In his native Canada, it topped the RPM 100 for five consecutive weeks, first hitting No. 1 on June 22, 1974, the same day it reached the top of the chart ...

  9. Saul - Wikipedia

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    Saul offered his elder daughter Merab as a wife to the now popular David, after his victory over Goliath, but David demurred. David distinguishes himself in the Philistine wars. Upon David's return from battle, the women praise him in song: Saul has slain his thousands and David his tens of thousands [46] implying that David is the greater warrior.