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AAA Western Valley District
The AAA Western Valley District was a high school conference in the state of Virginia that included the small number of schools in Central and Southwest Virginia which competed in Group AAA, is largest enrollment class of the Virginia High School League.
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Abingdon, Virginia
Abingdon is a town in Washington County, Virginia, United States, southwest of Roanoke.
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Advance Auto Parts
Advance Auto Parts is a retailer of automotive parts and accessories in the United States headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia.
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AECOM
AECOM (formerly known as AECOM Technology Corporation) is an American multinational engineering firm that provides design, consulting, construction, and management services to a wide range of clients.
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AF2
The AF2 (often styled as af2, and short for arenafootball2) was the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000.
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Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages (or; also Algonkian) are a subfamily of Native American languages which includes most of the languages in the Algic language family.
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Allegheny Mountains
The Allegheny Mountain Range, informally the Alleghenies and also spelled Alleghany and Allegany, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada and posed a significant barrier to land travel in less technologically advanced eras.
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Allergy
Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment.
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AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is a radio broadcasting technology, which employs amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions.
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American Association of University Women
The American Association of University Women (AAUW), officially founded in 1881, is a non-profit organization that advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.
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American Basketball Association
The original American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball league, from 1967 to 1976.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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American football
American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
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American Guide Series
The American Guide Series was a group of books and pamphlets published in 1937–41 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era works program in the United States.
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American Viscose Corporation
American Viscose Corporation was an American division of the British firm Courtaulds, which manufactured rayon and other synthetic fibres.
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American Viticultural Area
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States, providing an official appellation for the benefit of wineries.
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Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.
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Annexation
Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the administrative action and concept in international law relating to the forcible transition of one state's territory by another state.
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Anthem (company)
Anthem, Inc. is an American health insurance company founded in the 1940s, prior to 2014 known as WellPoint, Inc.
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Antoinette Hale
Antoinette Hale was an American painter.
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Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine.
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Appellation
An appellation is a legally defined and protected geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown; other types of food often have appellations as well.
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Area code 540
North American telephone area code 540 serves the northwestern and southwestern portions of the Commonwealth of Virginia, including the communities of Buchanan, Buena Vista, Cave Spring, Eagle Rock, Fincastle, Floyd County, Fredericksburg, Franklin County, Giles County, Greenville, Harrisonburg, King George, Lexington, Madison, Montgomery County, Pulaski County, Radford, Roanoke County, Salem, Springwood, Staunton, Warren, Waynesboro, and Winchester, as well as most of Augusta, Caroline, Culpeper, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Rockbridge, Orange, Louisa, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Clarke County and Shenandoah counties.
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Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England, that plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.
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Art museum
An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.
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Asthma
Asthma is a common long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.
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Astrophysics
Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that employs the principles of physics and chemistry "to ascertain the nature of the astronomical objects, rather than their positions or motions in space".
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Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad (AM&O) was formed in 1870 in Virginia from 3 east-west railroads which traversed across the southern portion of the state.
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Battle of the Crater
The Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the Siege of Petersburg.
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Berglund Center
Berglund Center (originally called the Roanoke Civic Center) is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena located in the Williamson Road neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia.
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Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
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Beth A. Brown
Beth A. Brown (July 15, 1969 – October 5, 2008) was a NASA astrophysicist.
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Beth Israel Synagogue (Roanoke, Virginia)
Beth Israel Synagogue (בית ישראל) is a Conservative synagogue located at 920 Franklin Road in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Bill White (neo-Nazi)
William Alexander White (born May 29, 1977) is the leader of the American National Socialist Workers' Party, and former administrator of Overthrow.com, a now-defunct website dedicated to anti-communist thought, and far-right interpretations of anti-Zionist and anti-capitalist speech.
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Billy Sample
William Amos Sample (born April 2, 1955), is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, and Atlanta Braves in part of nine seasons spanning 1978–1986.
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Bituminous coal
Bituminous coal or black coal is a relatively soft coal containing a tarlike substance called bitumen or asphalt.
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Black box theater
A black box theater (or experimental theater) consists of a simple, somewhat unadorned performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor.
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Blacksburg, Virginia
Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 42,620 at the 2010 census.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a federation of 36 separate United States health insurance organizations and companies, providing health insurance in the United States to more than 106 million people.
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Blue Ridge Marathon on the Parkway
The Blue Ridge Marathon - America's Toughest Road Marathon - is an annual marathon, half marathon, 10K, team relay, and double marathon held in both Roanoke and Roanoke County, Virginia, United States.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range.
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Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty.
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Bob Goodlatte
Robert William Goodlatte (born September 22, 1952) is an American politician and attorney.
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Boones Mill, Virginia
Boones Mill is a town in Franklin County, Virginia, United States.
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Boris Zhukov
James Kirk Harrell (born January 29, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Boris Zhukov (sometimes spelled Boris Zukhov).
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Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Botetourt County, Virginia
Botetourt County is a United States county that lies in the Roanoke Region of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Brandon Bell
Brandon Kenneth Bell, professionally known as Donut, is an American producer and songwriter.
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Brewers Association
The Brewers Association (BA) is an American trade group of over 7,200 brewers, breweries in planning, suppliers, distributors, craft beer retailers, and Individuals particularly concerned with the promotion of craft beer and homebrewing.
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Bristol
Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.
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Bristol, Virginia
Bristol is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Bully pulpit
A bully pulpit is a conspicuous position that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to.
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Bus
A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, motorbus, autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers.
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Carilion Clinic
Carilion Clinic, formerly known as Carilion Health System, is a Roanoke, Virginia-based tax-exempt integrated health care organization that provides care for nearly one million Virginians.
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Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital (CRMH) is a hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
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Carolina League
The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which operates along the Atlantic Coast of the United States.
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Carolina Road
The Carolina Road or the "Old Carolina Road" are names for various sections of the Great Wagon Road and other routes in colonial America.
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Carolina shag
The Carolina Shag is a partner dance done primarily to Beach Music (100-130+ beats per minute in 4/4 time signature).
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Carvins Cove Natural Reserve
Carvins Cove Natural Reserve is a city park in Botetourt and Roanoke counties, Virginia.
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Catawba people
The Catawba, also known as Issa or Essa or Iswä but most commonly Iswa (Catawba: iswa - "people of the river"), are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation. They live in the Southeast United States, along the border of North Carolina near the city of Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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Catawban languages
The Catawban, or Eastern Siouan, languages form a small language family in east North America.
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Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.
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Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville and officially named the City of Charlottesville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Cherokee language
Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ, Tsalagi Gawonihisdi) is an endangered Iroquoian language and the native language of the Cherokee people.
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Chris Head (politician)
Christopher T. "Chris" Head (born January 13, 1963) is an American politician.
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Christiansburg, Virginia
Christiansburg (formerly Hans Meadows) is a town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States.
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Chronicling America
Chronicling America, begun in 2005, is a database and companion website produced by the United States National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, maintained by the LOC.
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Cincinnati
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City manager
A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city, in a council–manager form of city government.
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Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.
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Clothing industry
Clothing industry or garment industry summarizes the types of trade and industry along the production and life chain of clothing and garments, starting with the textile industry (producers of cotton, wool, fur, and synthetic fibre) via fashion industry to fashion retailers up to trade with second-hand clothes and textile recycling.
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Cloverdale, Virginia
Cloverdale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.
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Colorado Rockies
The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver, Colorado.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in Ohio.
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Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.
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County
A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes,Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations.
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County (United States)
In the United States, an administrative or political subdivision of a state is a county, which is a region having specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.
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Craig County, Virginia
Craig County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is a publishing group based in the United States that specializes in producing technical books.
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Crooked Road, Virginia
The Crooked Road is a Heritage Trail in Southwestern Virginia, that explores the musical history of the region along Southwest Virginia's Blue Ridge and Cumberland Mountains.
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Curtis Staples
Curtis Staples (born July 14, 1976) is a former American basketball player who played from 1994 to 1998 for the University of Virginia.
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Curtis Turner
Curtis Turner (April 12, 1924 – October 4, 1970) was an American stock car racer.
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Danny Karbassiyoon
Daniel Karbassiyoon (born August 10, 1984) is an American former professional soccer player who played for English sides Arsenal, Ipswich Town and Burnley.
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Danville, Virginia
Danville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, located on the fall line of the Dan River.
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David A. Bowers
David Allen Bowers (born May 11, 1952) is a politician who served as mayor of Roanoke, Virginia for a first term from 1992 to 2000 and then for a second term from 2008 to 2016.
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December 2009 North American blizzard
The December 2009 North American blizzard was a powerful nor'easter that formed over the Gulf of Mexico in December 2009, and became a major snowstorm that affected the East Coast of the United States and Canadian Atlantic provinces.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).
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Desegregation
Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races.
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Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine.
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Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is a US project aimed at providing public access to digital holdings in order to create a large-scale public digital library.
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Don Pullen
Don Gabriel Pullen (December 25, 1941 – April 22, 1995) was an American jazz pianist and organist.
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Downtown Roanoke
Downtown is the central business district of Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
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Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink marketed as having a unique flavor.
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Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years.
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Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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E. P. Dutton
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E. W. Clark & Co.
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ECHL
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and two franchises in Canada.
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Elizabeth Arden
Florence Nightingale Graham (December 31, 1878 – October 18, 1966), who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was a Canadian American businesswoman who founded what is now Elizabeth Arden, Inc., and built a cosmetics empire in the United States.
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Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia
Elliston-Lafayette was a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States.
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Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–11) is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Eric Weinrich
Eric John Weinrich (born December 19, 1966) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks.
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Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress.
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Explore Park
Explore Park is a passive recreation facility operated by the Roanoke County Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
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Federal Information Processing Standards
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.
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Federal Writers' Project
The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers during the Great Depression.
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Ferrum College
Ferrum College is a private college in Ferrum, Virginia.
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Fire Station No. 1 (Roanoke, Virginia)
Fire Station No.
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Fleming Alexander
The Rev.
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Flood
A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry.
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Florianópolis
Florianópolis is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil.
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FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
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Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.
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Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry,, FAIA (born Frank Owen Goldberg)Reinhart, Anthony (July 28, 2010), Globe and Mail is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los Angeles.
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Franklin County, Virginia
Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Frederick J. Kimball
Frederick James Kimball (March 6, 1844 – July 27, 1903) was a civil engineer.
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FreightCar America
FreightCar America is a manufacturer of freight cars for the railway industry.
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Gainsboro, Roanoke, Virginia
Gainsboro is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in central Roanoke immediately north of Downtown, across the Norfolk Southern Railway right of way, between Interstate 581 and Orange Avenue.
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General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.
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George Canale
George Anthony Canale (born August 11, 1965 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a retired Major League Baseball first baseman.
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George E. Bushnell
George Edward Bushnell (November 4, 1887 – September 30, 1965) was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1934 to 1955.
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George Lynch (basketball)
George DeWitt Lynch III (born September 3, 1970) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1993 to 2005.
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George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests are U.S. National Forests that combine to form one of the largest areas of public land in the Eastern United States.
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Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life
The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, formerly the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, is a non-profit Jewish organization based in Jackson, Mississippi that provides a variety of educational, cultural and religious services to underserved Jewish communities throughout the South.
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Grandin Road Commercial Historic District
The Grandin Road Commercial Historic District, also referred to as Grandin Village, is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the Raleigh Court neighborhood of the independent city of Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.A. Centered at the intersection of Memorial Avenue and Grandin Road (US 11), Grandin Village has become one of the more eclectic areas of Roanoke, with an array of independently owned retail and dining establishments.
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Great Indian Warpath
The Great Indian Warpath (GIW)—also known as the Great Indian War and Trading Path, or the Seneca Trail—was that part of the network of trails in eastern North America developed and used by Native Americans which ran through the Great Appalachian Valley.
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Great Wagon Road
The Great Wagon Road was an improved trail through the Great Appalachian Valley from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, and from there to Georgia in colonial America.
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Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro (formerly Greensborough) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc., usually shortened to Greyhound, is an intercity bus common carrier serving over 3,800 destinations across North America.
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Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
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Hardiness zone
A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined to encompass a certain range of climatic conditions relevant to plant growth and survival.
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Harry Penn
Dr.
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HathiTrust
HathiTrust is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via the Google Books project and Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries.
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Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) Note: Some sources report her birthday as August 2, 1920, vs.
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Henry H. Fowler
Henry Hammill Fowler (September 5, 1908 January 3, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician.
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Henry Huttleston Rogers
Henry Huttleston Rogers (January 29, 1840 – May 19, 1909) was an American Industrialist and financier.
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Hollins University
Hollins University is a private university in Hollins, Virginia.
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Homebrewing
Homebrewing is the brewing of beer on a small scale for personal, non-commercial purposes.
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Hotel Roanoke
The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center is a luxury hotel located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia.
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Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas.
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Human capital flight
Human capital flight refers to the emigration of individuals who have received advanced training at home.
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Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.
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Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States.
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Hurricane Juan (1985)
Hurricane Juan was a large and erratic tropical cyclone that looped twice near the Louisiana coast, causing widespread flooding.
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points.
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Independent city (United States)
In the United States, an independent city is a city that is not in the territory of any county or counties with exceptions noted below.
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Intermodal freight transport
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.
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Interstate 581
Interstate 581 (I-581) is a spur off Interstate 81 into Roanoke, Virginia, United States, completely overlapping U.S. Route 220.
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Interstate 73 in Virginia
Interstate 73 (I-73) is a planned Interstate Highway in Virginia.
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Interstate 81 in Virginia
Interstate 81 (I-81) is an highway.
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Ion Television
Ion Television is an American broadcast, cable, and satellite television network that is owned by Ion Media.
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ITT Inc.
ITT Inc., formerly ITT Corporation, is an American worldwide manufacturing company based in White Plains, New York.
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J. J. Redick
Jonathan Clay "J.
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J. R. Reynolds
James Richard "J.
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James Madison Middle School
James Madison Middle School located in the Franklin-Colonial neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, USA, is situated on a large hill with a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.
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Jefferson College of Health Sciences
Jefferson College of Health Sciences (often abbreviated and known locally as JCHS and Jefferson College) is an independent, private, coeducational, health sciences college located in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia.
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Johan Kriek
Johan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African-American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities.
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John Alan Maxwell
John Alan Maxwell (March 7, 1904 – April 13, 1984) was an American artist known primarily for his book and magazine illustrations, as well as historical paintings.
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John C. Mather
John Cromwell Mather (born August 7, 1946, Roanoke, Virginia) is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE) with George Smoot.
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John Forbes Nash Jr.
John Forbes Nash Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015) was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, differential geometry, and the study of partial differential equations.
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John Henry Pinkard
John Henry Pinkard (1865 – January 8, 1934) was a businessman, banker, and herb doctor in Roanoke, Virginia.
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John McAfee
John David McAfee (born September 18, 1945) is a British-American computer programmer and businessman.
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John Payne (actor)
John Howard Payne (May 23, 1912 – December 6, 1989) was an American film actor who is mainly remembered from film noir crime stories and 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in Miracle on 34th Street and the NBC Western television series The Restless Gun.
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John S. Edwards (Virginia politician)
John Saul Edwards (born October 6, 1943) is an American politician and lawyer.
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John St. Clair
John Bradley St.
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona and east of Pittsburgh.
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Julius Erving
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American retired basketball player who helped popularize a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and playing above the rim.
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K. J. Hippensteel
K.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kemper Street station
Kemper Street station, also known as Lynchburg station, is an intermodal transit station in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Kenneth T. Jackson
Kenneth Terry Jackson (born 1939) is a professor of history and social sciences at Columbia University.
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Kermit Hunter
Kermit Houston Hunter (3 October 1910 – 11 April 2001) is an American playwright known primarily for writing historical outdoor dramas.
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Kisumu
Kisumu, officially known as Kisumu City (and formerly Port Florence), is the Kenyan inland port city on Lake Victoria and the capital city of Kisumu County, Kenya.
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Kroger
The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retailing company founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly called the KKK or simply the Klan, refers to three distinct secret movements at different points in time in the history of the United States.
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Lee Suggs
Lee Ernest Suggs, Jr. (born August 11, 1980) is a former American football running back in the National Football League.
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Liberty University
Liberty University (LU), also referred to as Liberty, is a private, non-profit Christian research university located in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.
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Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia, is the library agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia, its archival agency, and the reference library at the seat of government.
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Lijiang
Lijiang is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan province, China.
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List of mayors of Roanoke, Virginia
The following is a list of mayors of Roanoke, Virginia.
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List of Nobel laureates
The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset, Nobelprisen) are prizes awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.
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List of television stations in Virginia
This is a list of broadcast television stations serving cities in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Lois Weaver
Lois Weaver (born 1949, Roanoke, Virginia) is a Guggenheim-winning artist, activist, writer, director, and Professor of Contemporary Performance at Queen Mary University of London.
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Louis A. Johnson
Louis A. Johnson (born Louis Arthur Johnson; January 10, 1891April 24, 1966) was an American politician and attorney who served as the second United States Secretary of Defense from 1949 to 1950.
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz.
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Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada
The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in those countries.
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Martinsville, Virginia
Martinsville is an independent city near the southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Maryland
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.
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Mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in his or her work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
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Mayor–council government
The mayor–council government system is a system of organization of local government.
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McAfee
McAfee, Inc. (formerly known as Intel Security Group from 2014–2017) is an American global computer security software company headquartered in Santa Clara, California and claims to be the world's largest dedicated security technology company.
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Memorial Bridge (Roanoke, Virginia)
The Memorial Bridge is a two-lane, bridge spanning the Roanoke River along U.S. Route 11 (Memorial Avenue) in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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Metropolitan statistical area
In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area.
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Microbrewery
A microbrewery or craft brewery is a brewery that produces small amounts of beer (or sometimes root beer), typically much smaller than large-scale corporate breweries, and is independently owned.
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Mill Mountain Incline
The Mill Mountain Incline was a 0.37 mi (0.60 km) funicular, or inclined plane, located on Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia that operated between 1910-1929.
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Mill Mountain Theatre
Mill Mountain Theatre (MMT) is the only professional equity theatre in Roanoke, offering a variety of classic and contemporary American plays, musicals and children's shows on the Trinkle Main Stage and the smaller Waldron Stage.
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Mill Mountain Zoo
The Mill Mountain Zoo is a zoo located atop Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
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Minor League Baseball
Minor League Baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball (MLB) and provide opportunities for player development and a way to prepare for the major leagues.
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Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.
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Morgan Griffith
Howard Morgan Griffith (born March 15, 1958) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011.
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.
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Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist.
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National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
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National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced, like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Roanoke, Virginia
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Roanoke, Virginia.
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National Rifle Association
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for gun rights.
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NBA G League
The NBA G League is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization.
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Nelson Harris
Nelson Harris is Baptist minister and a former mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, having served from 2004 to 2008.
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Nelson S. Bond
Nelson Slade Bond (November 23, 1908 – November 4, 2006) was an American author who wrote extensively for books, magazines, radio, television and the stage.
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Neon sign
In the signage industry, neon signs are electric signs lighted by long luminous gas-discharge tubes that contain rarefied neon or other gases.
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New Orleans
New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Newberry Library
The Newberry Library is an independent research library, specializing in the humanities and located on Washington Square in Chicago, Illinois.
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Nicholas F. Taubman
Nicholas Frank Taubman (born 1935) is a United States businessman, politician, and ambassador.
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Nidal Hasan
Nidal Malik Hasan (born September 8, 1970) is an American convicted of fatally shooting 13 people and injuring more than 30 others in the Fort Hood mass shooting on November 5, 2009.
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Night vision device
A night vision device (NVD), also known as night optical/observation device (NOD) and night vision goggles (NVG), is an optoelectronic device that allows images to be produced in levels of light approaching total darkness.
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Noel C. Taylor
Noel Calvin Taylor (July 15, 1924 – October 29, 1999) was the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia from 1975 to 1992.
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Norfolk
Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.
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Norfolk and Western 1218
Norfolk and Western No.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
The Norfolk and Western Railway was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982.
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Norfolk and Western Railway class J (1941)
The Norfolk and Western Railway's J class was a class of 4-8-4 streamlined steam locomotives built by the railway's own Roanoke Shops located in Roanoke, Virginia from 1941 to 1950.
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Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States.
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Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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North Carolina Tar Heels football
The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the sport of American football.
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North Fork of Roanoke AVA
The North Fork of Roanoke AVA is an American Viticultural Area located on the eastern slopes of the Allegheny Mountains in the Roanoke and Montgomery counties of Virginia.
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Northeast Regional
The Northeast Regional is a regional rail service operated by Amtrak in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States.
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O. Winston Link
Ogle Winston Link (December 16, 1914 – January 30, 2001), known commonly as O. Winston Link, was an American photographer.
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O. Winston Link Museum
Norfolk & Western Railway's Roanoke, Virginia depot The O. Winston Link Museum is a museum dedicated to the photography of O. Winston Link, the twentieth century railroad photographer widely considered the master of the juxtaposition between steam railroading and rural culture.
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Office of Management and Budget
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP).
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Official Congressional Directory
The Official Congressional Directory (also known as Congressional Directory) is the official directory of the United States Congress, prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) and published by the United States Government Printing Office (GPO) since 1888.
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Offshore outsourcing
Offshore outsourcing is the practice of hiring an external organization to perform some business functions ("Outsourcing") in a country other than the one where the products or services are actually developed or manufactured ("Offshore").
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Ohio River
The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States.
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Oliver Hill
Oliver White Hill, Sr. (May 1, 1907 – August 5, 2007) was an American civil rights attorney from Richmond, Virginia.
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Opera Roanoke
Opera Roanoke is professional opera company in Southwest Virginia presenting fully staged productions and a variety of smaller-scale presentations each year.
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Opole
Opole (Oppeln, Silesian German: Uppeln, Uopole, Opolí) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia.
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Optical Cable Corporation
Optical Cable Corporation, headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, manufactures fiber optical cable.
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Orvis
Orvis is a family-owned retail and mail-order business specializing in high-end fly fishing, hunting and sporting goods.
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Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an African-American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films.
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Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered a depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 until 1879, and even longer in some countries (France and Britain).
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Patrick Henry High School (Roanoke, Virginia)
Patrick Henry High School is a public high school located in the Grandin Court neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia.
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Patrick Henry Hotel
The Patrick Henry Hotel is a Colonial Revival former hotel listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
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PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona.
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Planetarium
A planetarium (plural planetaria or planetariums) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation.
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Pocahontas Coalfield
Pocahontas Coalfield, which is also known as the Flat Top-Pocahontas Coalfield, is located in Mercer County/McDowell County, West Virginia and Tazewell County, Virginia.
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Pollen
Pollen is a fine to coarse powdery substance comprising pollen grains which are male microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce male gametes (sperm cells).
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Pskov
Pskov (p; see also names in other languages) is a city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River.
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Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.
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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).
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Ralph K. Smith
Ralph K. Smith (born July 19, 1942) is an American politician and businessman.
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Rayon
Rayon is a manufactured fiber made from regenerated cellulose fiber.
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Regional theater in the United States
A regional theatre, or resident theatre, in the United States is a professional or semi-professional theatre company that produces its own seasons.
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
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RGC Resources
RGC Resources is a company headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division and are also a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending from southeastern New York through northwestern New Jersey, westward into Pennsylvania and southward into Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
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Right-to-work law
"Right-to-work laws" are statutes in 28 U.S. states that prohibit union security agreements between companies and workers' unions.
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Roanoke Catholic School
Roanoke Catholic School is a private, Roman Catholic K-12 school in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Roanoke City Council
The Roanoke City Council is the governing body of the city of Roanoke, Virginia.
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Roanoke College
Roanoke College is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal arts college located in Salem, Virginia, United States, a suburban independent city adjacent to Roanoke, Virginia.
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Roanoke County, Virginia
Roanoke County is a county located in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Roanoke Dazzle
The Roanoke Dazzle were an NBA Development League team based in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S..
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Roanoke Express
The Roanoke Express were a team in the ECHL from 1993 until 2004.
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Roanoke metropolitan area
The Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Virginia as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs are a professional ice hockey team and a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League.
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Roanoke Region
The Roanoke Region is the area of the Commonwealth of Virginia surrounding the city of Roanoke.
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Roanoke River
The Roanoke River is a river in southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States, long.
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Roanoke Shops
Norfolk Southern Roanoke Shops in 2004. The Roanoke Shops (also called the East End Shops) is a Norfolk Southern workshop and maintenance facility in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Roanoke Star
The Roanoke Star, also known as the Mill Mountain Star, and the Hollywood sign of the East Coast, is the world's largest freestanding illuminated man-made star, constructed in 1949 at the top of Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Roanoke station (Virginia)
Roanoke is a train station in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Roanoke Steam
The Roanoke Steam is a now-defunct af2 charter member franchise.
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Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, also known as the "RSO", was established in 1953 by Gibson Morrissey and a number of other music lovers.
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Roanoke Tribune
The Roanoke Tribune was founded in 1939 in Roanoke, Virginia, and is one of the oldest African-American newspapers still publishing.
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Roanoke Valley
The Roanoke Valley in southwest Virginia is an area adjacent to and including the Roanoke River between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Appalachian Plateau to the west.
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Roanoke Valley Chess Club
The Roanoke Valley Chess Club was founded in 1947 in Roanoke, Virginia, and is the oldest continuously operating chess club in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Roanoke Valley Vipers
The Roanoke Valley Vipers were a professional ice hockey team located in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport
Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport, also known as Woodrum Field, is a regional airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Roanoke, a city in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States.
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Robert Hurt (politician)
Robert Hurt (born June 16, 1969) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for from 2011 to 2017.
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Rocky Mount, Virginia
Rocky Mount is a town in and the county seat of Franklin County, Virginia, United States.
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Rolling stock
The term rolling stock in rail transport industry originally referred to any vehicles that move on a railway.
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Ronde Barber
Jamael Orondé "Rondé" Barber (born April 7, 1975) is a former American football cornerback and who spent his entire 16-year career playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL).
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Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949.
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Saint-Lô
Saint-Lô is a commune in north-western France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy.
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Salem Red Sox
The Salem Red Sox are a Minor League Baseball team in Salem, Virginia, an independent city adjacent to Roanoke, Virginia.
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Salem, Virginia
Salem is an independent city in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.
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Sam Rasoul
Sam Rasoul (born June 30, 1981) is an American politician.
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Samuel W. Martien
Samuel Winter Martien (November 12, 1854 – May 31, 1946) was a wealthy cotton planter who served as a Democrat from 1906 to 1920 in the Louisiana House of Representatives from his adopted Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana.
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Science Museum of Virginia
The Science Museum of Virginia is a science museum located in Richmond, Virginia.
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Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), previously Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology (SMET), is a term used to group together these academic disciplines.
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Senate of Virginia
The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly.
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Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.
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Shenandoah Valley Railroad (1867–90)
Shenandoah Valley Railroad was a line completed on June 19, 1882, extending down the Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland through the West Virginia panhandle into Virginia to reach Roanoke, Virginia and to connect with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).
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Siouan languages
Siouan or Siouan–Catawban is a language family of North America that is located primarily in the Great Plains, Ohio and Mississippi valleys and southeastern North America with a few outlier languages in the east.
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Sister Cities International
Sister Cities International (SCI) is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network that creates and strengthens partnerships between communities in the United States and those in other countries, particularly through the establishment of "sister cities".
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Sister city
Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.
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Slash Coleman
Slash Coleman (born August 13, 1967) is an American storyteller, producer, and writer who lives in New York City.
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Smith Mountain Lake
Smith Mountain Lake is a large reservoir in the Roanoke Region of Virginia, located southeast of the City of Roanoke and southwest of Lynchburg.
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South's Oldest Rivalry
The South's Oldest Rivalry is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Virginia Cavaliers football team of the University of Virginia and the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Southern Professional Hockey League
The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in Huntersville, North Carolina, with teams located primarily in the southeastern United States as well as Illinois and Indiana in the midwestern United States.
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Southern Railway (U.S.)
The Southern Railway (also known as Southern Railway Company and now known as the current incarnation of the Norfolk Southern Railway) is a name of a class 1 railroad that was based in the Southern United States.
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Southern West Virginia
Southern West Virginia is a culturally and geographically distinct region in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
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Southwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth.
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St. Andrew's Catholic Church (Roanoke, Virginia)
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State school
State schools (also known as public schools outside England and Wales)In England and Wales, some independent schools for 13- to 18-year-olds are known as 'public schools'.
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Staunton, Virginia
Staunton is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.
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Summer 2012 North American heat wave
The Summer 2012 North American heat wave was one of the most severe heat waves in modern North American history.
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Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest.
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Tai Collins
Tanquil "Tai" Lisa Collins (born 1962 in Roanoke, Virginia) is a model, actress, screenwriter, philanthropist, and former Miss Virginia USA (1983).
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Taubman Museum of Art
The Taubman Museum of Art, formerly the Art Museum of Western Virginia, is an art museum located in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
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Tennessee
Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.
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Thanksgiving (United States)
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a public holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
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The Roanoke Times
The Roanoke Times is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
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Third party (United States)
Third party is a term used in the United States for American political parties other than the Republican and Democratic parties.
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Tiki Barber
Atiim Kiambu "Tiki" Barber (born April 7, 1975) is a former American football running back who played for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons.
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Time (magazine)
Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.
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TMEIC
is a joint venture between Toshiba and Mitsubishi Electric headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in industrial electric and automation systems for industrial plants.
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Tony Atlas
Anthony White (born April 23, 1954) better known by his ring name Tony Atlas is an American bodybuilder, powerlifter, and professional wrestler who has held multiple titles and championships in each sport.
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Trade union
A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.
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Transportation demand management
Transportation demand management, traffic demand management or travel demand management (all TDM) is the application of strategies and policies to reduce travel demand, or to redistribute this demand in space or in time.
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Transportation in Virginia
Transportation in the Commonwealth of Virginia is by land, sea and air.
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Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake.
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Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain.
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Tutelo language
Tutelo, also known as Tutelo–Saponi, is a member of the Virginian branch of Siouan languages that was originally spoken in what is now Virginia and West Virginia, as well as in the later travels of the speakers through North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, and finally, Ontario.
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U.S. Route 11 in Virginia
U.S. Route 11 (US 11) is a north–south United States highway that traverses through western Virginia, parallel to Interstate 81.
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U.S. Route 220 in Virginia
In the U.S. state of Virginia, U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a major north-south state highway that extends from the North Carolina state line through Roanoke to the West Virginia state line.
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U.S. Route 221 in Virginia
U.S. Route 221 (US 221) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Perry, Florida to Lynchburg, Virginia.
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U.S. Route 460 in Virginia
U.S. Route 460 in Virginia runs west-east through the southern part of the Commonwealth.
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U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
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Underemployment
Underemployment is the under-use of a worker due to a job that does not use the worker's skills, or is part time, or leaves the worker idle.
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Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.
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United Hockey League
The United Hockey League (UHL), originally known as the Colonial Hockey League from 1991 to 1997 and last known as the International Hockey League from 2007 to 2010, was a low-level minor professional ice hockey league, with teams in the United States and Canada.
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United Parcel Service
United Parcel Service (UPS) is an American multinational package delivery and supply chain management company.
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United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.
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United States Chess Federation
The United States Chess Federation (also known as US Chess or USCF) is the governing body for chess competition in the United States and represents the U.S. in FIDE, the World Chess Federation.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.
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United States National Arboretum
The United States National Arboretum is an arboretum in Washington, D.C., operated by the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service as a division of the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.
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United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1912
The 1912 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1912.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1916
The 1916 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 7, 1916.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1920
The 1920 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 1920.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1924
The 1924 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1924.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1928
The 1928 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1928.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1932
The 1932 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 8, 1932.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1936
The 1936 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1936.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1940
The 1940 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1940.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1944
The 1944 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 7, 1944, throughout the 48 contiguous states.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1948
The 1948 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 1948, throughout the 48 contiguous states.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1952
The 1952 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1952.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1956
The 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1956.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1960
The 1960 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 8, 1960.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1964
The 1964 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1964.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1968
The 1968 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1968.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1972
The 1972 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 7, 1972.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1976
The 1976 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 1976.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1980
The 1980 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1980.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1984
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1988
The 1988 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 8, 1988.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1992
The 1992 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1996
The 1996 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 2000
The 2000 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 2004
The 2004 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 2008
The 2008 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 2008, which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 2012
The 2012 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.
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United States presidential election in Virginia, 2016
The 2016 United States presidential election in Virginia was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.
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University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA), frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Urban adult contemporary
Urban adult contemporary (often abbreviated as urban AC) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format.
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Valhalla Vineyards
Valhalla Vineyards is a vineyard and winery located in Roanoke County, Virginia, founded by James and Debra Vascik in 1994.
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Valley Metro (Roanoke)
Valley Metro, the operational name for the Greater Roanoke Transit Company, is a local government-owned urban-suburban bus line based in Roanoke, Virginia with First Transit providing the general and assistant general managers.
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Valley View Mall (Roanoke, Virginia)
Valley View Mall is a regional shopping mall located in the Roundhill neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia.
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Victory Stadium
Victory Stadium was an American football stadium located in Roanoke, Virginia, built in 1942 and demolished in 2006.
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Vinton, Virginia
Vinton is a town in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States.
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Virginia
Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
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Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad was an historic gauge railroad in the Southern United States, much of which is incorporated into the modern Norfolk Southern Railway.
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Virginia Cavaliers
The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams representing the University of Virginia, located in Charlottesville.
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Virginia Cavaliers football
The Virginia Cavaliers football team represents the University of Virginia in the sport of American football.
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Virginia House of Delegates
The Virginia House of Delegates is one of two parts in the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia.
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Virginia Military Institute
The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a state-supported military college in Lexington, Virginia, the oldest such institution in the United States.
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Virginia Museum of Transportation
The Virginia Museum of Transportation is a museum devoted to the topic of transportation located in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia, US.
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Virginia Squires
The Virginia Squires was a basketball team based in Norfolk, Virginia, and playing in several other Virginia cities.
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Virginia State Route 101
State Route 101 (SR 101) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Virginia State Route 117
State Route 117 (SR 117) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Virginia State Route 419
State Route 419 (SR 419) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Virginia Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly known as Virginia Tech, and traditionally known as VPI since 1896, is an American public, land-grant, research university with a main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, educational facilities in six regions statewide, and a study-abroad site in Lugano, Switzerland.
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Virginia Tech Hokies
The Virginia Tech Hokies are the athletic teams officially representing the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in intercollegiate athletics.
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Virginia Tech shooting
On April 16, 2007, a school shooting occurred at West Ambler Johnston Hall and Norris Hall at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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Virginia Transformer Corporation
Virginia Transformer Corp is the 4th largest power transformer manufacturer in North America.
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Virginia Western Community College
Virginia Western Community College (VWCC) is a two-year public college located on a 70-acre campus in the Franklin-Colonial neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
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Virginia's 6th congressional district
Virginia’s sixth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Virginian Railway
The Virginian Railway was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States.
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Wachovia
Wachovia (former NYSE ticker symbol WB) was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Walmart
Walmart Inc. (formerly branded as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores.
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Walter Muir
Walter Muir (1905 – December 29, 1999) was an International Master of Chess and former secretary of the ICCF U.S.A..
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Wayback Machine
The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web and other information on the Internet.
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Wayne LaPierre
Wayne Robert LaPierre, Jr. (born November 8, 1949) is an American gun rights activist.
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Wayne Newton
Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and entertainer.
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WBRA-TV
WBRA-TV is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member station for southwestern Virginia.
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Web portal
A web portal is a specially designed website that brings information from diverse sources, like emails, online forums and search engines, together in a uniform way.
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.
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WFFP-TV
WFFP-TV, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 18), is a Cozi TV-affiliated television station licensed to Danville, Virginia, United States and serving the Roanoke–Lynchburg television market.
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WFIR
WFIR (960 kHz "WFIR 960 AM - 107.3 FM") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia and serving the Roanoke Valley.
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WFJX
WFJX is a News/Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving the Roanoke Valley.
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WFXR
WFXR, virtual channel 27 (UHF digital channel 17), is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
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WGMN
WGMN is a Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Roanoke, Virginia.
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Whitney Cummings
Whitney Ann Cummings (born September 4, 1982) is an American comedian, actress and producer.
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Wilderness Road
The Wilderness Road was one of two principal routes used by colonial and early national era settlers to reach Kentucky from the East.
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William Fleming High School
William Fleming High School is a public school, one of the only two public high schools in the Roanoke City area school division, the other being the Patrick Henry High School.
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William Mahone
William Mahone (December 1, 1826October 8, 1895) was an American civil engineer, railroad executive, Confederate general, and politician.
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William Nelson Page
William Nelson Page (January 6, 1854 – March 7, 1932) was an American civil engineer and industrialist.
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Williamson Road
Williamson Road is an approximately 8.0 mi (12.9 km) long road in Roanoke City and Roanoke County, Virginia.
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Winemaking
Winemaking or vinification is the production of wine, starting with the selection of the fruit, its fermentation into alcohol, and the bottling of the finished liquid.
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. With a 2015 estimated population of 241,218, it is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and the 5th-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 89th-most populous city in the United States. Winston-Salem is home to the tallest office building in the region, 100 North Main Street, formerly the Wachovia Building and now known locally as the Wells Fargo Center. Winston-Salem is called the "Twin City" for its dual heritage and "City of the Arts and Innovation" for its dedication to fine arts and theater and technological research. "Camel City" is a reference to the city's historic involvement in the tobacco industry related to locally based R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's Camel cigarettes. Many locals refer to the city as "Winston" in informal speech. Another nickname, "the Dash," comes from the (-) in the city's name, although technically it is a hyphen, not a dash; this nickname is only used by the local minor league baseball team, the Winston-Salem Dash. In 2012, the city was listed among the 10 best places to retire in the U.S. by CBS MoneyWatch.
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WJJS
WJJS is a Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving Metro Roanoke and the New River Valley.
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WJJX
WJJX is a Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Appomattox, Virginia, serving Lynchburg, Virginia and the Southside.
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WKBA (AM)
WKBA is a Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Vinton, Virginia, serving Roanoke and the Roanoke Valley in Virginia.
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WLHG-CD
WLHG-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 43, is a low-powered, Class A MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, United States and also serving Roanoke.
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Wonju
Wonju is the most populous city in Gangwon province, South Korea.
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WPAR
WPAR is a Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Salem, Virginia; with studios in Lynchburg.
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WPLY (AM)
WPLY is a Sports Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving Southwest Virginia the New River Valley.
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WPXR-TV
WPXR-TV is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, United States and also serving Lynchburg.
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WROV-FM
WROV-FM (96.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Martinsville, Virginia.
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WRTZ
WRTZ is an Oldies and Classic Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving Roanoke and Roanoke County, Virginia.
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WSFF
WSFF (106.1 FM) and WSNZ (101.7 FM) are Adult Hits formatted broadcast radio stations.
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WSLC-FM
WSLC-FM (94.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia and serving the New River Valley.
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WSLQ
WSLQ (99.1 MHz "Q99") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving the New River Valley and Southwest Virginia.
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WSNV
WSNV (93.5 FM) is a hot adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Salem, Virginia, serving Metro Roanoke.
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WTOY
WTOY is an Urban Contemporary and Black Gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Salem, Virginia, serving Roanoke and Roanoke County, Virginia.
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WUVT-FM
WUVT-FM (90.7 FM) is a freeform broadcast radio station located in Blacksburg, Virginia, serving Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia.
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WVBE-FM
WVBE-FM is an Urban Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, serving Metro Lynchburg.
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WVMP
WVMP is an oldies/classic hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Vinton, Virginia, serving Metro Roanoke, Virginia.
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WVTF
WVTF is the National Public Radio affiliate serving most of southwestern Virginia.
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WXLK
WXLK (92.3 MHz "K92") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving the New River Valley and Southwest Virginia.
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WYYD
WYYD (107.9 MHz "New Country 107.9") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Amherst, Virginia, and serving the Roanoke-Lynchburg media market.
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Yadkin River
The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in North Carolina, flowing.
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YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), often simply called the Y, is a worldwide organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 58 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations.
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Yokohama Rubber Company
is a tire company based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country.
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YWCA
The World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA) is a movement working for the empowerment, leadership and rights of women, young women and girls in more than 120 countries.
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ZIP Code
ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.
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2009 Fort Hood shooting
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2010 United States Census
The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia
