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Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Winnie Holzman

American playwright and screenwriter

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“My So-Called Life”

In My So-Called Life: History
…the writers from the show, Winnie Holzman, who had also written for The Wonder Years (1988–93), to work with them on a new teen show. They wanted an “authentic” series that differed from the teen soap operas that were on television at the time, such as Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000).…
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“Wicked”

In Wicked
…lyricist Stephen Schwartz and librettist Winnie Holzman that serves as a prequel to the events from L. Frank Baum’s original novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and its film adaptation, The Wizard of Oz (1939). Wicked is a revisionist retelling of the story of the Wicked Witch of the…
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