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  2. Keating Five - Wikipedia

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    Lincoln Savings and Loan collapsed in 1989, at a cost of $3.4 billion to the federal government. Some 23,000 Lincoln bondholders were defrauded and many investors lost their life savings. The substantial political contributions Keating had made to each of the senators, totaling $1.3 million, attracted considerable public and media attention.

  3. Mercury (automobile) - Wikipedia

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    Mercury was a brand of mid-priced automobiles produced by American manufacturer Ford Motor Company between 1938 and 2011 with 1939 being the first model year. It stood as its own line within Ford until 1945, and thereafter formed half of Ford's Lincoln-Mercury Division. Created by Edsel Ford in 1938 to bridge the gap between the Ford and ...

  4. Compensated emancipation - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Compensated emancipation was a method of ending slavery, under which the enslaved person's owner received compensation from the government in exchange for manumitting the slave. This could be monetary, and it could allow the owner to retain the slave for a period of labor as an indentured servant. [1] Cash compensation rarely was equal to ...

  5. Bob Guiney - Wikipedia

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    Bob Guiney. Robert Guiney (born May 8, 1971) [1] is an American television personality and insurance carrier consultant for Lincoln Financial. He was a contestant on the first season of The Bachelorette and later, appeared as the bachelor in the fourth season of The Bachelor. He hosted GSN Live from 2009 until the show's ending in 2012.

  6. Lincoln, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    15133, 15135, 15037. FIPS code. 42-43408. Website. www .lincolnborough .com. Lincoln is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 932 at the 2020 United States Census. [4] Lincoln does not have its own post office.

  7. Abraham Lincoln's farewell address - Wikipedia

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    e. Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address was a speech made by President-elect Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois on February 11, 1861. The speech was one of Lincoln's most emotional, as he and the public knew there were tremendous challenges ahead and it was uncertain when he would ever return to Springfield.

  8. Lake Lincoln State Park - Wikipedia

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    Lake Lincoln State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is located off U.S. Highway 51, five miles (8.0 km) southeast of Wesson. Activities and amenities. The park features boating, swimming, waterskiing and fishing on 550-acre (220 ha) Lake Lincoln, overnight camping, as well as day-use.

  9. Abraham Lincoln's Peoria speech - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Lincoln's Peoria speech. Abraham Lincoln's Peoria speech was made in Peoria, Illinois on October 16, 1854. The speech, with its specific arguments against slavery, was an important step in Abraham Lincoln 's political ascension. The 1854 Kansas–Nebraska Act, written to form the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, was designed by ...