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  2. Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass - Wikipedia

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    Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass is the debut book by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey.A poetry collection featuring over 19 original poems, 10 haikus and photography, [2] including "13 longer poems" and several short pieces, the collection is Del Rey's first published work and was released by Simon & Schuster on September 29, 2020.

  3. Barack Obama - Wikipedia

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    After Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014, military intervention in Syria in 2015, and the interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, [414] George Robertson, a former UK defense secretary and NATO secretary-general, said Obama had "allowed Putin to jump back on the world stage and test the resolve of the West", adding that the legacy ...

  4. Ultimate Fighting Championship - Wikipedia

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    He led a campaign to ban the UFC, calling it "human cockfighting", and sent letters to the governors of all 50 US states asking them to ban it. [ 47 ] 36 states enacted laws that banned "no-holds-barred" fighting, including New York, which enacted the ban on the eve of UFC 12 , forcing it to relocate to Dothan, Alabama . [ 48 ]

  5. The Walt Disney Company - Wikipedia

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    The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Oliver Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it also operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing to its current name ...

  6. Robert Langdon (book series) - Wikipedia

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    The Robert Langdon book series is named after Robert Langdon, the protagonist of the novels by American author Dan Brown. Langdon is portrayed as a Harvard University professor of religious iconology and symbology , a fictional field related to the study of historic symbols, which is not methodologically connected to the actual discipline of ...

  7. 2024 Cumberland book ban - Wikipedia

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    The book that initiated the ban. The 2024 Cumberland book ban was a controversial fifteen-day ban of same-sex parenting books from the eight libraries in the Cumberland public library system in New South Wales. The ban was enacted by the Cumberland City Council on 1 May and was rescinded on 15 May. The ban led to a wider discussion of book ...

  8. Luxottica - Wikipedia

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    Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear conglomerate based in Milan.As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes, and retails its eyewear brands all through its own subsidiaries.

  9. Criticism of Facebook - Wikipedia

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    The ban was lifted on May 31 after Facebook reportedly assured the Lahore High Court that it would remedy the issues in dispute. [255] [256] [257] In 2011, a court in Pakistan was petitioned to place a permanent ban on Facebook for hosting a page called "2nd Annual Draw Muhammad Day May 20th 2011". [258] [259]