• "Portsmouth" is a traditional English folk dance tune, similar to an Irish or Scottish hornpipe melody. It is sometimes referred to as the "Portsmouth...
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  • Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a basketball tournament Portsmouth yardstick, a handicapping system for yacht racing "Portsmouth" (instrumental)...
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    to August 30, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was instrumental in the negotiations...
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  • The Portsmouth Sinfonia was an English orchestra founded by a group of students at the Portsmouth School of Art in 1970. The Sinfonia was generally open...
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  • have fewer or different tracks, with "The Instrumental Section" missing "In Dulci Jubilo" and "Portsmouth", while other versions replaced "Mistake" with...
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    of stores at Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was imminent. He rode from Boston to Portsmouth the next day to notify the local Patriots...
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    Swadlincote, Derbyshire. He grew up in the Paulsgrove area of Portsmouth, where he attended Portsmouth Technical High School. Jackson's parents moved to nearby...
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    Fred T. Jane (category Writers from Portsmouth)
    Portsmouth home, on Southsea Common, now bears a plaque recording that he lived there. In later life Jane lived at Bedhampton, and was instrumental in...
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    Nwankwo Kanu (category Portsmouth F.C. players)
    Inter Milan of Italy, and English clubs Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth. He is widely considered one of the greatest African footballers of all...
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    Japan re-acquired the Kwantung lease from Russia in 1905 in the Treaty of Portsmouth after victory in the Russo-Japanese War, continued to rapidly develop...
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    the effect of which is to degrade them. Elza Jeffords, a lawyer from Portsmouth, Ohio who fought with the Army of the Tennessee, remained in Mississippi...
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    attempted to have Portsmouth declared insane that autumn, Byron's affidavit as to the circumstances of the marriage was instrumental in getting the charge...
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    War began, and American captain John Berrien Montgomery sailed the USS Portsmouth into the bay and seized San Francisco, which was then known as Yerba Buena...
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    reached the FA Cup Final, with victories over Blackpool, Oxford United, Portsmouth, Notts County and North London derby rivals Arsenal. He scored the opening...
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    delegates to the Russo-Japanese War Peace Conference, which was held in Portsmouth during his term in office. He died in Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina...
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  • and Lenny Collins Bill Deal and the Rhondels, a band formed in 1959 in Portsmouth, Virginia, crossing blue-eyed soul and beach music. Roundel, a distinctive...
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  • a pre-recorded programme on Saturday lunch-time for Radio Victory in Portsmouth, later providing Captain Kremmen to the station for transmission in Dave...
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    Toppmöller granted him an attacking role in the midfield. Ballack was instrumental to the success of Leverkusen, scoring 27 goals in the league and nine...
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    songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. His 1958 instrumental single "Rumble", reached the top 20 in the United States; and was one...
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    the semi-finals and was included in the Team of the Tournament. He was instrumental in securing qualification for Euro 2020, the country's second successive...
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    Thomas Ellis Owen (category Architects from Portsmouth)
    Jacob Owen, an architect for the Royal Engineers Ordnance Department in Portsmouth. He trained as an architect and, although his architecture was probably...
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    Peter Crouch (category Portsmouth F.C. players)
    Park Rangers. After QPR were relegated at the end of the 2000–01 season, Portsmouth acquired him in a transfer deal worth £1.5 million. He had a strong first...
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    Newton Fellowes, 4th Earl of Portsmouth (26 June 1772 – 9 January 1854) was an English politician, styled Hon. Newton Wallop until 1794 and Hon. Newton...
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  • first time; Danny Jones went to the audition mistaking the band to be an instrumental band rather than the conventional, all-singing, all-dancing boy band...
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    Hampshire and elsewhere." Romney also received support, including from the Portsmouth Herald of the Seacoast Region. The New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed...
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    helicopters which were instrumental in the making of the BBC Documentary Series Planet Earth in 2006. The ship was laid up in Portsmouth from 2009 to 2016...
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    Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (category Portsmouth F.C. players)
    impressive performances for both club and country, he moved to English club Portsmouth, signing for a club record £1.8m. However, he struggled to adapt to life...
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    in April 1992. A controversy arose after the FA Cup semi-final against Portsmouth, which Liverpool needed a replay and penalties to win. In the event of...
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    Eyal Berkovic (category Portsmouth F.C. players)
    for Southampton, West Ham United, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and Portsmouth. He also had a spell in the Scottish Premier League with Celtic as well...
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    to Portsmouth, England, where Ray was born. Their father was an army musician turned jazz trumpeter, who continued his musical work in Portsmouth. He...
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