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  2. D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm - Wikipedia

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    On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...

  3. Ray-Ban - Wikipedia

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    Website. ray-ban .com. 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. [ 1][ 2]

  4. United Kingdom BSE outbreak - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom was afflicted with an outbreak of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as "mad cow disease"), and its human equivalent variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD), in the 1980s and 1990s. Over four million head of cattle were slaughtered in an effort to contain the outbreak, and 178 people died after contracting ...

  5. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Certificate – X, U, PG, R, G (from the film certificates) Charged – ION. Charlie – C ( NATO phonetic alphabet) Chartered accountant – CA. Chief – CH. Chlorine – CL (chemical symbol) Chromosome – X or Y. Church – CH or CE ( Church of England) or RC ( Roman Catholic) Circa – C.

  6. Secret family battle for Murdoch empire revealed in sealed ...

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    The Murdoch family, famous for helming one of the world’s most influential news empires, is locked in a secret court battle over succession and control, according to a New York Times report ...

  7. Ray Reardon - Wikipedia

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    Ray Reardon. Raymond Reardon MBE (8 October 1932 – 19 July 2024) was a Welsh professional snooker player. He dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning the World Snooker Championship six times and more than a dozen other professional titles. His dark widow's peak and prominent eye teeth earned him the nickname "Dracula".

  8. Brown Bear's Lazy Way of 'Fishing' for Salmon Is Such a Total ...

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    The method KAR Photography caught on camera was only one of them. The method shown in the clip involves the bears sitting and waiting for the salmon to swim to them. Then, when they feel a fish ...

  9. List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    01869 — Bicester, Oxfordshire – – Was originally 0095 (OX5) until changed to 0869 in 1968. 01870 — Isle of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Uist (US0) – – Was originally 0047 (OH) until changed to 0870 in 1968. 01871 — Castlebay, Outer Hebrides – – Was originally 0047 (OH7) until changed to 0871 in 1968.