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  2. George Fox - Wikipedia

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    Memorial to Fox at his birthplace on George Fox Lane in Fenny Drayton in Leicestershire, England. Fox was born in the strongly Puritan village of Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire, England (now Fenny Drayton), 15 miles (24 km) west-south-west of Leicester, as the eldest of four children of Christopher Fox, a successful weaver, called "Righteous Christer" by his neighbours, [4] and his wife ...

  3. Word gap - Wikipedia

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    They found that by age 3 children in welfare families had a vocabulary of 525 words where children in upper-SES families had vocabulary of 1,116 words. They also found that the children in upper-class families were learning vocabulary at a faster rate. The researchers suggested the reason for this difference is because the welfare children ...

  4. Hop on Pop - Wikipedia

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    A popular choice of elementary school teachers and children's librarians, Hop on Pop ranked sixteenth on Publishers Weekly's 2001 list of the all-time best-selling hardcover books for children. [3] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of their "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".

  5. Secret letter leads elderly man to long-lost son

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    But a letter sent by the child's mother more than 50 years ago told him of his then 5-year-old son. That man is now 61. It was a message believed to have been hidden by his wife for decades.

  6. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Dinosaur: [14] [15] Slang term used to describe an out-of-touch older person, a clueless person or an ignorant older man. Dirty old man: [16] [17] [18] An old pervert, specifically referring to older men who make unwanted sexual advances or remarks, or who often engage in sex-related activities. The term suggests that it is inappropriate and ...

  7. A Letter to Three Wives - Wikipedia

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    A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 American romantic drama directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern. The film was adapted by Vera Caspary and written for the screen by Mankiewicz from A Letter to Five Wives , a story by John Klempner that appeared in Cosmopolitan , based on Klempner's 1945 novel.

  8. The Old Man and the Sea - Wikipedia

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    The Old Man and the Sea is a 1952 novella by the American author Ernest Hemingway. Written between December 1950 and February 1951, it was the last major fictional work Hemingway published during his lifetime. It tells the story of Santiago, an aging fisherman, and his long struggle to catch a giant marlin. The novella was highly anticipated ...

  9. Why did George Foreman name his 5 sons George? He's ... - AOL

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    Inside their names and why so many of them are named George. ... and starring Khris Davis as the man called Big George. ... George Foreman had 10 children across his five marriages, he wrote in ...