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  2. Thompson submachine gun - Wikipedia

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    Brigadier General John T. Thompson, who spent most of his career in the ordnance department of the U.S. Army, was the original inventor and developer of the Thompson submachine gun. He envisioned it as being a fully automatic rifle in order to replace the bolt-action service rifles then in use (such as the American M1903 Springfield ).

  3. 2009 New York City mayoral election - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The 2009 election for Mayor of New York City took place on Tuesday, November 3. The incumbent Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, an independent who left the Republican Party in 2008, won reelection on the Republican and Independence Party /Jobs & Education lines with 50.7% of the vote over the retiring City Comptroller, Bill Thompson, a ...

  4. TRW Inc. - Wikipedia

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    TRW Inc., was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, electronics, automotive, and credit reporting. [2] It was a pioneer in multiple fields including electronic components, integrated circuits, computers, software and systems engineering. TRW built many spacecraft, including Pioneer 1, Pioneer 10, and ...

  5. Boxcar Bertha - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $1.1 million [1] Boxcar Bertha is a 1972 American romantic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Roger Corman, from a screenplay by Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington. [2] Made on a low budget, the film is a loose adaptation of Sister of the Road, a pseudo-autobiographical account of the fictional ...

  6. West Acres Shopping Center - Wikipedia

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    950,000 sq ft (88,000 m 2 ). West Acres Shopping Center is a regional shopping mall located in Fargo, North Dakota near the intersection of Interstate 29 and 94. It is the largest mall in North Dakota. The anchor stores are JCPenney, Macy's, Forever 21, and Best Buy. Von Maur announced plans to open a location in a spot that was once occupied ...

  7. Ellen Rometsch - Wikipedia

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    Ellen Rometsch (born Bertha Hildegard Elly, [1] September 19, 1936 in Kleinitz, Germany) is a German former model who was alleged to be an East German Communist spy who was assigned on diplomatic cover to the West German embassy in Washington, D.C., during the early 1960s. During that time, Rometsch was widely thought in some Washington ...

  8. Bill Murray - Wikipedia

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    For other people named Bill Murray, see William (Bill) Murray. William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) [2] is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas. [3] In 2016, Murray was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

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