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  2. Blockade of Germany (1939–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The whaler on HMS Sheffield being manned with an armed boarding party to check a neutral vessel stopped at sea, 20 Oct 1941. The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, involved operations carried out during World War II by the British Empire and by France in order to restrict the supplies of minerals, fuel, metals, food and textiles needed by Nazi Germany – and ...

  3. Wikipedia:Wiki Game - Wikipedia

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    'Wiki Grand Tour': Instead of going from the start article to the destination article, users must visit every article on a predetermined list in order before reaching their end destination, e.g. starting from Tsuen Wan Environmental Resource Centre to Siemens SD660 to NFPA 704 to Gatwick Airport to Ray-Ban to Lauryldimethylamine oxide to ending ...

  4. Ray Bradbury - Wikipedia

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    Ray Douglas Bradbury (US: / ˈ b r æ d b ɛr i / BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.

  5. Risk-free rate - Wikipedia

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    The correct interpretation is that the risk-free rate could be either positive or negative and in practice the sign of the expected risk-free rate is an institutional convention – this is analogous to the argument that Tobin makes on page 17 of his book Money, Credit and Capital. [3]

  6. 2020s - Wikipedia

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    From top left, clockwise: COVID-19 became a global pandemic in 2020 and dominated the early part of the decade, as the disease and virus that causes the disease were deemed an international public health emergency until 2023; The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft ever built, was destroyed during the Battle of Antonov Airport which is a part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; A U.S ...

  7. V/STOL - Wikipedia

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    A vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) aircraft is an airplane able to take-off or land vertically or on short runways. Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft are a subset of V/STOL craft that do not require runways at all. Generally, a V/STOL aircraft needs to be able to hover.

  8. Ray-Ban Wayfarer - Wikipedia

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    Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison and James Dean , Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements .

  9. List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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