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Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
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All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, also known as the All England Club, based at Church Road, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members' club.
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Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County.
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Arthur Capell, 6th Earl of Essex
Arthur Algernon Capell (27 January 1803 – 11 September 1892) was an English aristocrat who succeed to the title Earl of Essex in 1839.
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Arthur Lillie
Arthur Lillie (24 February 1831 – 28 November 1911), was a Buddhist, soldier in the British Indian Army and writer.
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Asda
Asda Stores Ltd. trading as Asda, is a British supermarket retailer, headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French painter.
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Ball
A ball is a round object (usually spherical but sometimes ovoid) with various uses.
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Bates College
Bates College (Bates; officially the President and Trustees of Bates College) is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine.
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Ben Rothman
Ben Rothman is, as of May 2012, the number one ranked Association croquet player in North America.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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Brittany
Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
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Buxus
Buxus is a genus of about 70 species in the family Buxaceae.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Cassiobury House
Cassiobury House was a country house in Cassiobury Park, Watford, England.
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Castlebellingham
Castlebellingham is a village and townland in County Louth, Ireland, and medical care.
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Channel 5 (UK)
Channel 5 is a British commercial television network.
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Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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Cheltenham
Cheltenham, also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a regency spa town and borough which is located on the edge of the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England.
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Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th or 6th century AD centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world.
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Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.
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Croquet Association
The Croquet Association, which was formed as the United All England Croquet Association in 1897, is the national governing body for the sport of croquet in England.
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Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, three croquet events were contested.
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Croquet Hall of Fame
The United States Croquet Hall of Fame was established in 1979 by the Croquet Foundation of America to recognize individuals with exceptional skill in the sport of croquet or men and women who have contributed to the sport's health and growth.
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Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire is a suburban coastal town in County Dublin, Ireland, about 12 km (7.5 miles) south of Dublin city centre.
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Deputy prime minister
A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent.
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Dorneywood
Dorneywood is an 18th-century house near Burnham in the South Bucks District of Buckinghamshire, England.
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Earl of Eglinton
Earl of Eglinton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
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Early modern period
The early modern period of modern history follows the late Middle Ages of the post-classical era.
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East Asia
East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical or ethno-cultural "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system." terms.
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Edmund Routledge
Edmund Routledge (30 January 1843 - 25 August 1899), was a British publisher of boys' magazine and an author of books about sports.
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Edward Gorey
Edward St.
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Eglinton Castle
Eglinton Castle was a large Gothic castellated mansion in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Egypt
Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.
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Extreme croquet
Extreme Croquet is a variation on croquet mainly distinguished by its lack of any requirement pertaining to out-of-bounds or field specifications.
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Field hockey
Field hockey is a team game of the hockey family.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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Galway
Galway (Gaillimh) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht.
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Gateball
is a mallet team sport inspired by croquet.
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Genesis (band)
Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967.
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Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire (formerly abbreviated as Gloucs. in print but now often as Glos.) is a county in South West England.
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Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
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Great Britain
Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.
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H. G. Wells
Herbert George Wells.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Heathers
Heathers is a 1988 American black comedy film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann.
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Henry II of France
Henry II (Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559.
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Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire (often abbreviated Herts) is a county in southern England, bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south.
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Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.
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Irish Daily Mail
The Irish Daily Mail is a newspaper published in Ireland and:Northern Ireland by DMG Media.
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Isaac Spratt
Isaac Spratt (1799 – 1876) was a London toy dealer who wrote pamphlets describing the games of croquet and badminton and was influential in the early development of both.
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Jaques of London
Jaques of London, formerly known as John Jaques of London and Jaques and Son of London is a long-established family company that manufactures sports and game equipment.
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Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde (born 11 January 1961) is a British novelist.
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Jeu de mail
Jeu de mail or jeu de maille (Middle French for 'game of mallet', or sometimes interpreted as 'straw game') is a now-obsolete lawn game originating in the Late Middle Ages and mostly played in France, surviving in some locales into the 20th century.
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John Prescott
John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007.
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Late Middle Ages
The Late Middle Ages or Late Medieval Period was the period of European history lasting from 1250 to 1500 AD.
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Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer.
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Lily Gower
Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower (5 October 1877 — 29 July 1959) was a Welsh croquet player, a four-time winner of the Women's Championship.
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Literary nonsense
Literary nonsense (or nonsense literature) is a broad categorization of literature that balances elements that make sense with some that do not, with the effect of subverting language conventions or logical reasoning.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (Roi Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.
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Louise Abbéma
Louise Abbéma (30 October 185310 July 1927) was a French painter, sculptor, and designer of the Belle Époque.
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MacRobertson International Croquet Shield
The MacRobertson International Croquet Shield is the premier croquet teams event in the world.
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Mallet
A mallet is a kind of hammer, often made of rubber or sometimes wood, that is smaller than a maul or beetle, and usually has a relatively large head.
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Moreton-in-Marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh is a town civil parish in northeastern Gloucestershire, England.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Norman invasion of Ireland
The Norman invasion of Ireland took place in stages during the late 12th century, at a time when Gaelic Ireland was made up of several kingdoms, with a High King claiming lordship over all.
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Norman Rockwell
Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American author, painter and illustrator.
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Nursery Cryme
Nursery Cryme is the third studio album from the English rock band Genesis, released in November 1971 on Charisma Records.
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Pall-mall
Pall-mall, paille-maille, palle-maille, pell-mell, or palle-malle is a lawn game that was mostly played in the 16th and 17th centuries, a precursor to croquet.
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Parallel universes in fiction
A parallel universe is a hypothetical self-contained reality co-existing with one's own.
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Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU) is a state-related, land-grant, doctoral university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.
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Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard (3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis.
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Public Record Office
The Public Record Office (abbreviated as PRO, pronounced as three letters and referred to as the PRO), Chancery Lane in the City of London, was the guardian of the national archives of the United Kingdom from 1838 until 2003, when it was merged with the Historical Manuscripts Commission to form The National Archives, based at Kew.
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Reginald Bamford
Reg Bamford (born 11 October 1967 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a croquet world champion from London, England.
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Robert Fulford (croquet player)
Robert Fulford (born 1969) is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.
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Roque
Roque is an American variant of croquet played on a hard, smooth surface.
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Roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics
At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, a roque tournament was contested.
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Rose Macaulay
Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay, (1 August 1881 – 30 October 1958) was an English writer, most noted for her award-winning novel The Towers of Trebizond, about a small Anglo-Catholic group crossing Turkey by camel.
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson LL.D. (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr.
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Something Rotten
Something Rotten is the fourth book in the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.
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Sport
Sport (British English) or sports (American English) includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.
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Sports governing body
A sports governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function.
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St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)
St.
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State University of New York at New Paltz
The State University of New York at New Paltz, known as SUNY New Paltz or New Paltz for short, is a public college in New Paltz, in the U.S. state of New York.
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Stephen Mulliner
Stephen Mullliner is an English international croquet player.
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Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).
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Tennis court
A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played.
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The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, published in a tabloid format.
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Thursday Next
Thursday Next is the protagonist in a series of comic fantasy, alternate history mystery novels by the British author Jasper Fforde.
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Triple Peel
A Triple Peel (TP) is a standard manoeuvre in top-level games of association croquet.
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Trucco
Trucco (also called trucks, trocoOxford English Dictionary, see "troco" and "trucks". or lawn billiards) is an Italian and later English lawn game played with heavy balls, large-headed cues called tacks, rings (the argolis or port), and sometimes an upright pin (the sprigg or king).
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Croquet Association
The United States Croquet Association (USCA) fosters croquet in all its forms, from the familiar nine-wicket croquet game to the modern sport of six-wicket croquet.
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United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
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University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a private, non-profit research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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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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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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Watford
Watford is a town and borough in North West London, England, situated northwest of central London and inside the circumference of the M25 motorway.
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Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half of Earth which lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian.
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game)
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational video game released by Broderbund in 1985.
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Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon WIMBLESON is a district of southwest London, England, south-west of the centre of London at Charing Cross, in the London Borough of Merton, south of Wandsworth, northeast of New Malden, northwest of Mitcham, west of Streatham and north of Sutton.
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Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz; October 29, 1971) is an American actress.
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Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects.
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World Croquet Federation
The World Croquet Federation (WCF) encourages, promotes and develops the recognised versions of the game of croquet internationally at all levels.
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1900 Summer Olympics
The 1900 Summer Olympics (Les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, in 1900.
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1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from August 29 until September 3, 1904, as part of an extended sports program lasting from July 1 to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquet
