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  • 61Death of Keith Blakelock — Keith Blakelock Metropolitan Police Service 28 June 1945(1945 06 28) – 6 October 1985( …

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  • 62Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway — The Duke of Wellington s train and other locomotives being readied for departure from Liverpool, 15 September 1830 The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L M) took place on 15 September 1830 …

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  • 632010 UK student protests — The official logo for the demonstration on 10 November. The 2010 UK student protests were a series of demonstrations that began in November 2010 in several areas of the United Kingdom, with the focal point of protests centred in London. The… …

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  • 64History of the Metropolitan Police Service — The history of the Metropolitan Police Service is long and complex, with many different events taking place between its inception in 1829 to the present day. Contents 1 Policing in London before 1829 2 The new police 3 The Metropolitan Police… …

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  • 65arms — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Weapons Nouns 1. arms, weapon[s], weaponry, firearms, armament, engine of war, materiel; hardware; panoply, stand of arms, military establishment; armory, arsenal (See store); armor (See defense). See… …

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  • 66club — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cudgel, stick, bat, bludgeon; society, fraternity, sorority, association; nightclub; trefoil. See arms, assemblage, abode, sociality, party. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A social organization] Syn.… …

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  • 67staff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. walking stick, cane, cudgel; scepter, wand, baton, truncheon, crosier; flagpole; assistants, crew, aides, associates, personnel, force. See support, servant, arms. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A stick] Syn …

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  • 68stick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stab, puncture, prick; put, place, thrust; glue; transfix, impale; informal, puzzle, stump. See opening, coherence, difficulty. v. i. adhere, cling; stay, remain, tarry; stall, freeze, be immobile …

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  • 69Defense — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Defense >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 defense defense protection guard ward Sgm: N 1 shielding shielding &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 propugnation| propugnation| preservation &c. 670 Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 70luncheon — (n.) light repast between mealtimes, 1650s (lunching; spelling luncheon by 1706); earlier thick piece, hunk, 1570s (luncheon), of uncertain origin. Perhaps northern English dialectal lunch hunk of bread or cheese (1580s; probably from Sp. lonja a …

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