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  2. 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.

  3. Ray-Ban Wayfarer - Wikipedia

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    Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison and James Dean , Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements .

  4. The Guardian - Wikipedia

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    The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian, and changed its name in 1959, [4] followed by a move to London. . Along with its sister papers, The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limite

  5. Smoking in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Shahab, Lion, and Robert West. "Public support in England for a total ban on the sale of tobacco products." Tobacco Control 19.2 (2010): 143-147. online "Smoking ban in the United Kingdom" (Centre for Public Impact, 2 Sept. 2019) online; Springfield, Lincoln. "The Tobacco War in Great Britain." The North American Review 174.547 (1902): 820-832 ...

  6. 1975 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    17 June – Leeds United lodge an appeal against their ban from European competitions. [ 26 ] 19 June – A coroner 's court jury returns a verdict of wilful murder, naming Lord Lucan as the murderer, in the inquest on Sandra Rivett, the nanny who was found dead at his wife's London home seven months previously.

  7. BBC controversies - Wikipedia

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    [51] [52] The ban lasted until 1994, and denied the UK news media the right to broadcast the voices, though not the words, of all Irish republican and loyalist paramilitaries, while the ban was targeted primarily at Sinn Féin. [53] Government intimidation and laws before the ban had already resulted in forms of self-censorship. [51]

  8. List of mergers and acquisitions by Meta Platforms - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a technology company that has acquired 91 other companies, including WhatsApp. The WhatsApp acquisition closed at a steep $16 billion; more than $40 per user of the platform. Meta also purchased the defunct company ConnectU in a court settlement and acquired intellectual property formerly ...

  9. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Wikipedia

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    Sid Feller (left) and Ray Charles in 1962. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music was the 18th overall LP Charles had recorded. [12] According to him, the title of the album was conceived by producer Sid Feller and ABC-Paramount's executives and management people. [13]