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  2. BUtterfield 8 - Wikipedia

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    Dialing the letters "BU" equates to 28 on the lettered telephone dial, so "BUtterfield 8" would equate to 288 as the first three digits of a seven-digit phone number. The preface to the novel is a notice by the telephone company that an extra digit will be added to all exchanges, "for instance, the exchange BUtterfield will become BUtterfield 8."

  3. Eighth grade - Wikipedia

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    Eighth grade (also 8th Grade or Grade 8) is the eighth year of formal or compulsory education in the United States of America. The eighth grade is the second, third, or fourth (and typically final) year of middle school. Students in eighth grade are usually 13–14 years old. Different terms and numbers are used in other parts of the world.

  4. McKnight–Westwinds station - Wikipedia

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    Alongside this, Saddletowne and Chinook stations both share relatively similar designs, being outdoor central-median stations with canopies and at-grade crossings. McKnight-Westwinds Station was the first station on the East leg of the Blue Line to not be in the median of a roadway, and the first to be outdoors.

  5. 8th Cavalry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    In June 1998 the 1st Cavalry Division was alerted for deployment to Bosnia for Operation Joint Forge, 1–8 Cavalry was chosen to become a part of the Ironhorse Brigade joining their sister unit 2–8 Cavalry. In August 1998 the 2nd Battalion 8th Cavalry Regiment was deployed to Camp Bedrock, while their Alpha company was the base security for ...

  6. Curtiss-Wright CW-19 - Wikipedia

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    The military-grade CW-19R saw a significant revision to the cockpit and canopy, removing the old "Coupe" design and replacing it with a tandem-seat sliding glass canopy. Powerplant options varied between the Wright R-760E2 and Wright R-975E3. A variety of armament options were also available, including a synchronized fuselage-mounted machine ...

  7. BUtterfield 8 (novel) - Wikipedia

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    BUtterfield 8 (1935) is a realist novel by John O'Hara. It is a roman à clef loosely based upon the life of socialite and flapper Starr Faithfull , whose unsolved death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation.

  8. Ernest Shackleton - Wikipedia

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    Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

  9. Hoërskool Staatspresident C R Swart - Wikipedia

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