• "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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    INEOS Britannia (category Sport in Portsmouth)
    at Camber Dock, as part of the wider redevelopment of Portsmouth Harbour. On 18 June, Portsmouth Council approved plans for the £12M main operations building...
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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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    Paul Merson (category Portsmouth F.C. players)
    Chelsea. Merson signed for Division 1 club Portsmouth on a two-year contract in August 2002, and was instrumental in the club's promotion to the Premiership...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Kevin-Prince Boateng (category Portsmouth F.C. players)
    England. After a short loan spell with Borussia Dortmund, Boateng moved to Portsmouth. In 2010 he joined Serie A side AC Milan, winning both the league and...
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    three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Portsmouth, Leicester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers, returning to the top flight...
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  • Overture (from French ouverture, lit. "opening") is a music instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early...
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    Sol Campbell (category Portsmouth F.C. players)
    Barcelona in the 2006 UEFA Champions League final. In August 2006, he joined Portsmouth on a free transfer. His three years with the club included captaining...
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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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    Dickens Statue Fund, and was instrumental in securing the funding for UK's first Dickens statue, located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In June 2016 she became...
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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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    course of his sleuthing. His report to the commission, however, was instrumental in persuading the panel to order railroad staff maintained. However,...
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    Congressman (1813–1817) and as speaker of the N.C. Senate (1817–1827), he was instrumental in many accomplishments that benefited the state, including the creation...
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    sea trials in June the following year. She made her first entry into Portsmouth Harbour on 19 December 2019. Trent was commissioned on 3 August 2020 and...
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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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    (1975) and Incantations (1978), all of which feature longform and mostly instrumental pieces. In the late 1970s, Oldfield began to tour and release more commercial...
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