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  2. Firearms regulation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The 1997 Acts do not ban pistols as such and are drafted in terms of "short firearms".: 3.2 These acts prohibited firearms with a barrel shorter than 30 cm (12 in) or an overall length less than 60 cm (24 in) In practice this included most pistols and revolvers. Only muzzle-loading pistols (including muzzle-loading revolvers) were explicitly ...

  3. Ray-Ban - Wikipedia

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    Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.

  4. Shoe-fitting fluoroscope - Wikipedia

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    Shoe-fitting fluoroscopes, also sold under the names X-ray Shoe Fitter, Pedoscope and Foot-o-scope, were X-ray fluoroscope machines installed in shoe stores from the 1920s until about the 1970s in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Germany and Switzerland. [1] In the UK, they were known as Pedoscopes, after the ...

  5. The Bible and violence - Wikipedia

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    Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.

  6. History of Formula One regulations - Wikipedia

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    The regulations governing Formula One racing have changed many times throughout the history of the sport . Formula One 's rules and regulations are set by the sport's governing body, the FIA. [1] The primary reasons behind rule changes have traditionally been to do with safety. [2] As each decade has passed the FIA have made more and more ...

  7. Women rabbis and Torah scholars - Wikipedia

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    Other — In 2018, Dina Brawer, founder of JOFA UK, became the first UK Orthodox woman to be ordained. In Australia, the first Orthodox women to be ordained were Ellyse Borghi from Melbourne who received Smicha from Har'el in 2019, and Rabbanit Judith Levitan from Sydney who received her ordination through Yeshivat Maharat.

  8. The Survival Handbook - Wikipedia

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    The Survival Handbook: A Practical Guide to Woodcraft and Woodlore [1] is a book written by author, television presenter and outdoorsman Ray Mears. It was first published on 1 March 1990 by The Oxford Illustrated Press and then re-printed by The Promotional Reprint Co Ltd [2] in 1994. It is a guidebook to outdoor life, survival and camping.

  9. Lynx edge Liberty for Commissioner's Cup, $500K prize in ...

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    The Lynx shot 47.8% from the field, hit all 14 of their free-throw attempts and assisted on 26-of-33 made field goals. Stewart led the Liberty effort with 24 points, 11 rebounds and three assists ...