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  • Lopez was Miss Teen USA in 1993. ...Home|group home]] and then a new family, and was formally adopted by them in 1993, just before she turned 18, and just after she won Miss Teen [[Vermont
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  • ...finally escape until he was 11. The next years were spent on the streets, in detention centers, jails, etc., during which time he taught himself to read ...to acknowledge their relationship, and she was murdered by her new husband in 1985.
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  • ...pent part of World War II living under an assumed name in a Polish convent in Brwinow, near Warsaw. Her parents placed her there when she was five and sh ...h attempts to help other child survivors of the Shoah trace their original identities and families.
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  • ...died. He was sexually abused by his adoptive father. He continued to have contact with his father, but after his mother died he did not speak for 2 ½ years. Who's Who in America, 1996
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  • ...d, her mother died in 1895, and Gabrielle and a sister were then abandoned in an [[orphanage]] until adulthood, while two of the brothers were sent as [[ ...one time employing 3,500 staff. She has been credited with the "invention" in the 1920s of the suntan as a fashionable look for the idle rich (advertisin
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  • ...near the church of St. Jean-le-Rond in Paris (hence his name), but he was in fact the son of Madame de Tencin and General Destouches-Canon. His father s [[Category: Birth Identity Disputed or Deliberately Concealed]]
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  • ...iplomat and politician, and his political activities led to his banishment in 1309 for the rest of his life. [[Category: Exile or Persecution (religious, Political or Social)]]
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  • ...in fact not lovers but adoptive or sworn brothers, like David and Jonathan or Achilles and Patroclus, although the author offers no explicit documentary ..., J.S. Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, 1307-1312: Politics and Patronage in the Reign of Edward II. (Detroit: Wayne State University Press; London: Har
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  • ...ey were sent by boat to England and safety. Many never saw their homelands or their parents again; about 80% were orphaned by the Holocaust. ...sidering the traumas of their childhood. Others have become high achievers in many walks of life. See also: Nazi [[Germany]] and Shoah.
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  • ...essen in a prison camp in Japanese-occupied [[Indonesia]]. Her mother died in 1945 and she and her father returned to the [[Netherlands]] where he remarr She specializes in French chansons and the songs of Mikis Theodorakis and has been called the
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  • ...of Christ she could be considered to be one of the most influential women in history. The Complete Who's Who in the Bible, edited by Paul Gardner. (London: Marshall Pickering, 1995)
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  • ...and he and his fellows were glad of the opportunity to make a fresh start in a supportive, nurturing environment. Most of the children went on to univer McKenzie himself is Walter B. Gerken Professor of Enterprise and Society in the Graduate School of Management at the University of [[California]], Irvi
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  • ...n from the home," but it was hard to maintain normal sibling relationships in a home with 40 children. ...r lived in the same village and they saw him every week and the family has always been close.
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  • ...o remain in a children's home through adolescence, where he could continue in acting. When he was 18 he went on to drama school. [[Category: Birth Sibling(s) Remained With or Returned to Birth Family]]
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ources. His activities landed him in jail once but popular outcry resulted in his early release. He also wrote four books. [[Category: Exile or Persecution (religious, Political or Social)]]
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...uling family and appoint him heir apparent. This parallels similar customs in ancient Rome and during the [[Chinese Qing Dynasty]].
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...was destroyed in collateral action during a war with the Te Arawa alliance in 1836, and the Matamata mission station was abandoned for safety reasons, Te ...nd campaigned for an end to the frequent inter-tribal hostilities. He died in 1838, a few weeks after the death of his principal wife, Rangi Te Wiwini, a
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  • Among the Ewe and Dangme people of [[Ghana]] (and to a lesser extent, in [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]] and [[Togo]]), traditional religious beliefs have gi ...rely, a boy) to the shrine as the god's slave. This may be for a few years or permanent, although the is possible for the family to ransom the girl at th
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...13 children, to an Arawak mother and an Irish father, and spent some years in the USA, apparently without legal papers and for some of the time under an ...1962 he was elected the country's first prime minister, and was succeeded in 1967 by his cousin and political rival, Norman Manly.
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  • ...rs, before going to live with his father aged seven. He ran away from home in 1888 to attend school (his father was opposed to white men's education), wh [[Category: Birth or Infancy]]
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...uling family and appoint him heir apparent. This parallels similar customs in ancient Rome and during the [[Chinese Qing Dynasty]].
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...was [[adopted]] by Ria Hamuera and brought up on family land at Te Kawau. In 1912 his senior kinswoman, Mere Rikiriki prophesied that he would become a ...olitical party, which won its first seat in the [[New Zealand]] Parliament in 1932.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Source: ...althy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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