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    The Sand Creek massacre (also known as the Chivington massacre, the battle of Sand Creek or the massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was a massacre of Cheyenne...
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  • Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (1984) is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany. It is part of what would have been a "diptych", in Delany's...
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    Leroy-Jay Lemaistre, Claude Samuel, Arlette Sérullaz, Vincent Pomarède [fr], Nicole Savy & Martine Reid. Bédé, Jean-Albert (1986), "Sand, George", Encyclopedia...
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    Hourglass (redirect from Sand timer)
    An hourglass (or sandglass, sand timer, or sand clock) is a device used to measure the passage of time. It comprises two glass bulbs connected vertically...
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    Kaimū, Hawaii (category Black sand beaches)
    Kaimū was located on Kaimū Bay. The bay was world-famous for its black sand beach which was surrounded by shady palm trees. Kaimū was the birthplace...
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    Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (/dəˈleɪni/, də-LAY-nee; born April 1, 1942) is an American writer and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science...
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    From Dan to Beersheba (category Books of Samuel)
    " 4. 2 Samuel 17:11 during the rebellion of David's son Absalom "So I advise you: Let all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba—as numerous as the sand on the...
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    The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), grey/gray nurse shark, spotted ragged-tooth shark or blue-nurse sand tiger, is a species of shark that inhabits...
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  • (Vittorio Pavesio productions). First issue of the Italian paranormal series Samuel Sand, spin-off of Lazarus Leed (Star comics). Will Eisner publishes the book...
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    Red Sand Beach, a.k.a. Kaihalulu Beach, is a pocket beach located on Kaihalulu Bay. It is on the island of Maui, Hawaii, on Kaʻuiki Head. Kaihalulu Bay...
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    Eryx johnii (redirect from Indian sand boa)
    Common names include: Indian sand boa, John's sand boa, iruthalai nagam, mannuli pambu, red sand boa, and brown sand boa. The specific name, johnii...
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  • Samuel Charles Blackwell (1823–1901) was a British-born American abolitionist. Blackwell was born in England, the son of Bristol sugar refiner Samuel...
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    Naval station located on Sand Point in Seattle, Washington. Today, the land is occupied by Magnuson Park. The area around Sand Point and Pontiac Bay was...
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  • The House Built Upon Sand is a 1916 American drama film directed by Edward Morrissey and starring Lillian Gish. This is a lost film. Lillian Gish as Evelyn...
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    Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE, FRSA (/ˈætənbərə/; 29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, and producer...
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    Sam Raimi (redirect from Samuel Raimi)
    Samuel M. Raimi (/ˈreɪmi/ RAY-mee; born October 23, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing the first...
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  • Padley as Charles Vane Kevin Howarth as Woodes Rogers Evan Milton as Samuel Bellamy Samuel Collings as Paulsgrave Williams Miles Yekinni as Black Caesar Jack...
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  • swampland, femme fatale Sand Saref rises from the water to shoot Sussman. The Spirit and Liebowitz find the wounded Sussman. Sand and her husband Mahmoud...
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  • Captain Samuel Bellamy (c. 23 February 1689 – 26 April 1717), later known as "Black Sam" Bellamy, was an English sailor turned pirate during the early...
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    Helezd Mihály: Homoródszentmártoni Biró Sámuel Barassó, 1721 Michael Helczdorffer: Genealogia (latin) 1721 Sándor János: Székelykeresztúri Unitárius Gimnázium...
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    Plimsoll (shoe) (redirect from Sand shoe)
    shoe originated in the United Kingdom,[citation needed] there called a "sand shoe", acquiring the nickname "plimsoll" in the 1870s. This name arose, according...
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  • 1884 when William Moss was killed at his sand and gravel pit now called Moss Pit. William Moss and his son Samuel built railway lines around the Midlands...
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    one where a man's kids prank him by burying him in sand, but the lightning strike causes the sand to turn into glass, damaging his throat. Athena and...
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    character came into use during the War of 1812 and may have been named for Samuel Wilson. The actual origin is obscure. The first reference to Uncle Sam in...
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    Sami Frey (redirect from Samuel Frei)
    Sanders-Brahms State of Grace Antoine Lombard Jacques Rouffio 1987 Blood and Sand Manuel Vasquez Jeanne Labrune 1988 The Abyss Prieur de Cordeliers André Delvaux...
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  • The Panama sand-eel (Bascanichthys panamensis, also known as the Panamic sand-eel in Mexico) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It...
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  • Šandor Alexander pl. Sesvetski (April 5, 1866 – December 17, 1929) was a Croatian nobleman, industrialist, philanthropist, younger brother of Samuel David...
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    Flora Sandes was born on 22 January 1876 in Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire, the youngest daughter of an Irish family. Her father was Samuel Dickson Sandes (1822–1914)...
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    Jane Peach in Comin' Thro' the Rye (1916), and Liza, The Grain of Sand in A Grain of Sand (1917) opposite Stewart Rome and Chrissie White. She was married...
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    Buddhism), after days or weeks of creating the intricate pattern of a sand mandala, the sand is brushed together into a pile and spilled into a body of running...
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