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2. History of women in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Third, women were often less likely to remarry after being widowed, leaving them as the main providers for the remaining family members. [86] Finally, poor women had deficient diets, because their husbands and children received disproportionately large shares of food. Many women were malnourished and had limited access to health care. [86]

3. Ray Kroc - Wikipedia

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   Chief among them was the sale of only single-store franchises instead of selling larger, territorial franchises which was common in the industry at the time. Kroc recognized that the sale of exclusive licenses for large markets was the quickest way for a franchisor to make money, but he also saw in the practice a loss in the franchisor's ...

4. 2024 in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.. With the dominant political story of this year being the 2024 presidential election, much attention had focused on Democratic incumbent Joe Biden's upcoming rematch against Republican Donald Trump, who Biden defeated four years earlier.

5. Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs - Wikipedia

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   Australia initially planned to ban the sale of halogen light bulbs from September 2020, [114] then delayed the ban to late 2021. [115] Halogen light bulbs that were approved by the federal government's energy regulator before September 2021 can continue to be sold until their regulatory approval expires. [116]

6. Shoe-fitting fluoroscope - Wikipedia

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   In 1999, Time placed Shoe-Store X Rays on a list of the 100 worst ideas of the 20th century. [29] [30] A shoe-fitting fluoroscope appeared on a 2011 episode of the History series American Restoration. [31] Its radionuclide source was found to be so dangerous that it was removed and replaced with a static X-ray. [32]

7. Ray Milland - Wikipedia

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   Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is often remembered for his portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder 's The Lost Weekend (1945), which won him Best Actor at Cannes , a Golden Globe Award , and ultimately an Academy Award —the first ...