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2. Balikbayan box - Wikipedia

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   A balikbayan box ( lit. 'repatriate box') is a corrugated box containing items sent by overseas Filipinos (known as balikbayan literally "returnee to the country/nation"). Though often shipped by freight forwarders specializing in sending balikbayan boxes by sea, such boxes are also commonly brought by Filipinos returning to the Philippines via ...

3. List of films banned in the United States - Wikipedia

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   At the time, the library had scheduled it and Beverly Hills Cop for a free film program, which was cancelled because of non-compliance with a recommendation by the school board that insisted on only films that the MPAA had rated G be shown at the library. The ban was lifted soon afterward. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story: 1987 Since 1990

4. Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs - Wikipedia

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   Philippines The Philippines was among the first Asian countries to phase-out incandescent light bulbs. In February 2008, president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called for a ban of incandescent light bulbs by 2010 in favor of more energy-efficient fluorescent globes to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and household costs during her closing remarks ...

5. 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.

6. List of people banned from entering the United Kingdom

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   The Home Office, a United Kingdom government department, has, from August 2005 to 31 March 2009, excluded 101 individuals from the UK for having "engaged in unacceptable behaviour". Of those, 22 were excluded by then- Home Secretary Jacqui Smith between 28 October 2008 and 31 March 2009. On 5 May 2009 Smith publicly "named and shamed" sixteen ...

7. Philippines - Wikipedia

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   The Philippines is generally mountainous; uplands make up 65 percent of the country's total land area. [53]: 38 [201] The Philippines is an archipelagoof about 7,641 islands,[202][203]covering a total area (including inland bodies of water) of about 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).

8. Philippines bans poultry imports from California, Ohio to ...

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   January 16, 2024 at 9:37 PM. MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' farm ministry said on Wednesday it has banned poultry imports from California and Ohio in the United States because of several ...

9. Aviator sunglasses - Wikipedia

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   Aviator sunglasses. F.W. Hunter, Army test pilot, with AN 6531 sunglasses (1942) Aviator sunglasses are a style of sunglasses that was developed by a group of American firms. The original Bausch & Lomb design is now commercially marketed as Ray-Ban Aviators, although other manufacturers also produce aviator-style sunglasses.