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Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Wes Craven's New Nightmare is a 1994 American slasher movie written and directed by Wes Craven, the original creator of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Although it is the seventh movie in the franchise, it is not part of the series continuity. 

The movie is about Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world, and haunts the cast and crew responsible for his movies. In this movie, Freddy is depicted as closer to what Craven originally intended, being much more menacing and much less comical, with an updated attire and appearance.

The movie was released on October 14, 1994 and made $19.7 million in the box office.

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1994 horror movies
A Nightmare on Elm Street movies
Self-reflexive movies
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 movie)

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 2010 American slasher movie directed by Samuel Bayer, and written by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer. The movie stars Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker, and Kellan Lutz.

It is a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 movie of the same name. It is produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes. It was supposed to be a reboot of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

The movie was released to negative reviews on April 30, 2010 and made  $115.6 million in the box office.

Wes Craven did not like the remake because the movie team refused to work with him, while Robert Englund supported the movie and Haley's performance as Krueger.

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2010 horror movies
A Nightmare on Elm Street movies
Platinum Dunes movies
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

Nancy Thompson (named Nancy Holbrook in the 2010 reboot) is a fictional character in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. 

She was played by actress Heather Langenkamp in the original movie series and by Rooney Mara in the 2010 remake.

Nancy is the first person to battle Freddy Krueger and survive. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), Nancy helps the last of the Elm Street children with their battle against Freddy. In Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), Heather Langenkamp must become Nancy once again to put an end to an entity possessing Freddy in the "real world".

The character received strong positive reviews and is often called a cultural icon of the 1980s America.

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Saw (franchise)

Saw is an American horror franchise distributed by Lionsgate. It is produced by Twisted Pictures and created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell. It is made up of eight movies. In 2003, Wan and Whannell made a short movie to help pitch as a potential feature movie.

The sequels were directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, David Hackl, and Kevin Greutert, and were written by Wan, Whannell, Bousman, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan. The movies are released every October the Friday before Halloween.

Saw 3D, is the final installment of the series. Lionsgate reportedly wanted to continue the franchise in 2012 with a reboot. An eighth movie, Jigsaw, was released in October 2017.

The franchise is about John Kramer (played by Tobin Bell), also called the "Jigsaw Killer" or simply "Jigsaw". He traps his victims before killing them through traps.

The franchise has made over  from box office and retail sales by 2009.

Other characters in the franchise are Billy the Puppet, David Tapp (played by Danny Glover) and Amanda Young (played by Shawnee Smith).

Movies
 Saw (2004)
 Saw II (2005)
 Saw III (2006)
 Saw IV (2007)
 Saw V (2008)
 Saw VI (2009)
 Saw 3D (2010)
 Jigsaw (2017)
 Spiral (2021)

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Saw III

Saw III is a 2006 American horror movie directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. The screenplay was written by Leigh Whannell and James Wan and Leigh Whannell. It is the third installment in the Saw franchise. It stars Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, and Dina Meyer. 

Saw III was released on , and was a financial success, opening to $33.6 million and grossing $80.2 million in the United States and Canada. It is the highest-grossing movie of the series.

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2006 horror movies
Saw movies
Lionsgate movies
Movies directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Saw IV

Saw IV is a 2007 American horror movie and the fourth installment in the Saw franchise. It was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, and Thomas Fenton. 

It stars Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, and Lyriq Bent.

The movie was released in North America on October 26, 2007, to negative reviews from critics. Despite this, the movie was a box office success, grossing $139 million worldwide.

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2007 horror movies
Saw movies
Lionsgate movies
Movies directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Shawnee Smith

Shawnee Rebecca Smith (born July 3, 1969) is an American actress and singer. Smith is best known for her role as Amanda Young in the Saw movies and as Linda in the CBS sitcom Becker.

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Orangeburg, South Carolina

Orangeburg, also known as The Garden City, is a city in and the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population of the city was 13,964 according to the 2010 United States Census. The city is located 37 miles southeast of Columbia.

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County seats in South Carolina
Amanda Young

Amanda Young is a fictional character in the Saw franchise. She is played by Shawnee Smith. At first a minor character in the original movie, her role expanded in the sequels until she became one of the most important characters in the series. She is a close apprentice to main villain Jigsaw.

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Fictional characters introduced in 2004
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Saw (franchise)
David Tapp

Detective David Tapp is a fictional character from the Saw franchise. He was introduced in Saw (2004) as a detective investigating a series of crime scenes linked to the same murderer.

He also appears as a playable character in Saw: The Video Game (2009) and Dead by Daylight (2018). He was played by actor Danny Glover in the movies and voiced by Earl Alexander in the 2009 game.

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Saw V

Saw V is a 2008 American horror movie directed by David Hackl and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Julie Benz, Carlo Rota, and Meagan Good. 

It is the fifth installment in the Saw franchise, and was released in North America on October 24, 2008.

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2008 horror movies
Saw movies
Lionsgate movies
Saw VI

Saw VI is a 2009 American horror movie directed by Kevin Greutert from a screenplay written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the sixth installment in the Saw franchise. It stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, and Shawnee Smith. 

It was produced by Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Twisted Pictures and distributed by Lionsgate. It was released on October 23, 2009.

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2009 horror movies
Saw movies
Lionsgate movies
Jigsaw (2017 movie)

Jigsaw is a 2017 American horror movie directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger.

It stars Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, Hannah Emily Anderson, and Laura Vandervoort with Tobin Bell. It is the eighth installment in the Saw franchise. It takes place ten years after the death of the Jigsaw killer.

The movie was released in the United States on October 27, 2017. Despite negative reviews from critics, the movie was a commercial success, grossing $103 million worldwide against a $10 million budget.

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2017 horror movies
Saw movies
Lionsgate movies
Scream (franchise)

Scream is an American horror franchise created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven. It stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette.

The movie series grossed over $604 million in worldwide box-office receipts. It is made up of four movies. The first series entry, Scream, was released on December 20, 1996 and is currently the highest-grossing slasher film in the United States. 

The series is about Sidney Prescott, and her war against a succession of murderers who adopt the guise of Ghostface to stalk and torment their victims. 

A television spin-off of the movie series was launched by MTV on June 30, 2015. The TV series follows different characters and new storylines which are not connected to the movie series.

Movies
 Scream (1996)
 Scream 2 (1997)
 Scream 3 (2000)
 Scream 4 (2011)
 Scream (2022)

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Scream movies
Sidney Prescott

Sidney Prescott is a fictional character and the primary protagonist of the Scream franchise. The character was created by Kevin Williamson. She is played by Canadian actress Neve Campbell. She first appeared in Scream (1996) followed by three sequels: Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011). 

The character appears in the Scream movies as the target of a series of killers who adopt the Ghostface persona.

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Fictional characters introduced in 1996
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Scream (franchise)
Lodi Gyari Rinpoche

Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari (25 August 1949 – 29 October 2018) was a Tibetan diplomat. He was the special envoy to the 14th Dalai Lama in the United States. He was the Tibetan Ambassador to the United States at the time of his death. He was born in Lhasa, Tibet. Rinpoche co-founded the Tibetan Youth Congress. He became and the Executive Chairman of the Board of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).

Rinpoche died in a San Francisco, California hospital from liver cancer on October 29, 2018, aged 69.

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Derrick Sherwin

Derrick Sherwin (16 April 1936 – 17 October 2018) was an English television producer, writer, story editor and actor. He was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He became the story editor on Doctor Who and, as the producer of the series in 1969. He also co-produced Paul Temple for the BBC.

Sherwin was also a movie actor with his only movie role was as "No. 1" in the 1968 comedy movie The Vengeance of She.

Sherwin died on 17 October 2018 from a long-illness at the age of 82.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise. It is made up of eight horror movies, comics, and a video game adaptation of the original movie.

The franchise focuses on serial killer Leatherface and his psychotic family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside. They kill and eat them. The original movie was released in 1974, directed by Tobe Hooper.

The movie series has grossed over $235 million at the worldwide box office.

Movies
 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
 Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
 Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
 Leatherface (2017)

Box Office

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (marketed as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2) is a 1986 American horror comedy movie directed by Tobe Hooper. It is a sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It was written by L. M. Kit Carson and produced by Carson, Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan and Hooper.

It stars Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley and Jim Siedow. It is the only movie where Leatherface dies.

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1986 horror movies
1986 comedy movies
American comedy movies
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies
Movies set in Texas
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III is a 1990 American horror movie directed by Jeff Burr. The movie is the sequel to the 1974 movie The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and the 1986 movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. 

The movie stars Kate Hodge, William Butler, Ken Foree, Tom Hudson, Viggo Mortensen, Joe Unger, and R.A. Mihailoff.

The movie was distributed by New Line Cinema, who bought the rights to the series from The Cannon Group. It was released on January 12, 1990. It was refused classification in the UK upon its initial release. It has since been released on home video in both unrated and rated versions, and a cut version was accepted with an 18 certificated in the UK.

The movie was both a critical and commercial failure, grossing less than $6 million in the US box office. It made $5.7 million in the box office.

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1990 horror movies
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (originally The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre) is a 1994 American horror movie written and directed by Kim Henkel. It stars Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert Jacks as Leatherface.

The plot follows four teenagers who encounter Leatherface and his murderous family in backwoods Texas on the night of their prom. 

It is the fourth installment in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, and also features uncredited cameo appearances from Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, and John Dugan, all stars of the original movie.

The movie was a commercial failure making only $185,898.

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1994 horror movies
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies
American independent movies
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 movie)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 American slasher movie directed by Marcus Nispel. It was written by Scott Kosar. It stars Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, R. Lee Ermey, Mike Vogel, and Eric Balfour.

Its plot follows a group of young adults traveling through rural Texas who encounter Leatherface and his murderous family.

It is a remake of Tobe Hooper's 1974 movie of the same name, and the fifth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. John Larroquette reprised his voice narration for the opening intertitles.

The movie was released in the United States on October 17, 2003, and grossed $107 million at the U.S. box office. It is considered one of the most commercially successful horror movie remakes of the 21st century.

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2003 horror movies
Platinum Dunes movies
Movies set in the 1970s
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 American horror movie and a prequel to the 2003 movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The sixth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. It was directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper (co-creators of the original 1974 movie).

The movie was released in North America on October 6, 2006. It stars Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, Matt Bomer and R. Lee Ermey.

The movie grossed $51.8 million on a budget of $16 million.

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2006 horror movies
Beginning
Texas Chainsaw 3D

Texas Chainsaw (promoted as Texas Chainsaw 3D) is a 2013 American horror movie directed by John Luessenhop, with a screenplay by Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan and Kirsten Elms and a story by Stephen Susco, Marcus and Sullivan. 

It is the seventh installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise and was presented in 3D. The movie is a sequel to the 1974 movie The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

It stars Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Trey Songz, Tania Raymonde, Scott Eastwood, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Bill Moseley, with Gunnar Hansen and Marilyn Burns.

It was released January 4, 2013. It was a commercial success, making $47.2 million from a $20 million budget. It was also the last movie both Burns and Hansen starred in before they both died in 2014 and 2015 respectively. 

A prequel that takes place before the original 1974 movie, titled Leatherface, was released in 2017.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies
2013 horror movies
Leatherface (2017 movie)

Leatherface is a 2017 American horror movie directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo and written by Seth M. Sherwood. It stars Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Strike, and Lili Taylor.

It is the eighth movie in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (TCM) series, and works as a prequel to 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It explains the origin of the series' lead character.

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2017 horror movies
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies
Lionsgate movies
The Fappening

On August 31, 2014, a collection of almost 500 private pictures of many celebrities, mostly women, and with many having their nudes, were posted on the imageboard 4chan, and later shared by other users on websites and social networks such as Imgur and Reddit. 

The images were initially believed to have been obtained via a breach of Apple's cloud services suite iCloud. However, access was later revealed to have been gained via targeted phishing attacks.

The event, which media outlets and Internet users referred to under names such as "The Fappening".) and "Celebgate", was met with a varied reaction from the media and fellow celebrities. 

Many criticized the Apple Inc. company for not have a secure privacy server.

On September 20, 2014, a second batch of similar private photos of additional celebrities was leaked by hackers. On September 26, a third batch was also leaked, which was dubbed as "The Fappening 3".

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August 2014 events
Apple Inc.
Nudity
September events
Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, podcast host and writer. 

He is also known as the voice of Prismo on the Emmy Award-winning animated series Adventure Time. He starred on the TNT series Franklin & Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders. 

In 2017, Nanjiani starred in the semi-autobiographical romantic comedy movie The Big Sick set in Chicago, which he wrote with his wife Emily V. Gordon. They were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards.

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Living people
Pakistani writers
Naturalized citizens of the United States
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
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American radio personalities
Television personalities from New York
Comedians from New York
Screenwriters from New York
Actors from New York
Television personalities from Chicago
Comedians from Chicago
Screenwriters from Chicago
Actors from Chicago
People from Karachi
Emily V. Gordon

Emily V. Gordon (born May 3, 1979) is an American writer, producer and podcast host.

She co-wrote the 2017 romantic comedy movie The Big Sick, based on her relationship with her husband, comedian Kumail Nanjiani. They were nominated the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

She co-created the live show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail and has worked with Comedy Central many times.

She met Nanjiani at a comedy show in Chicago where he was performing. They began dating but Gordon fell seriously ill and was put into a medically induced coma before being diagnosed with Still's disease. Gordon recovered and three months later — twelve months after meeting — they married.

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American television writers
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Screenwriters from Chicago
Writers from North Carolina
People from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Harun al-Rashid

Harun al-Rashid (also: Haroon al-Rasheed), was a caliph in what is now Iran, reigned from 786 to 809. He has become an icon of the Islamic golden age. He appears in many stories as a wise ruler, who often disguised himself as a peasant in order to walk amongst the people in Baghdad to find out how they lived and how he could improve their situation. His legacy has been cemented through his representation in the Arabian Nights.

Iranian people
Caliphs
760s births
800s deaths
Jin Yong

Louis Cha Jing-yong () (10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a Chinese novelist and essayist. He co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Pao in 1959 and was its first editor-in-chief. He was Hong Kong's most famous writer. He was born in Haining, Zhejiang. He retired from the newspaper business in 1993.

Yong died after a long illness at a hospital in Happy Valley, Hong Kong on 30 October 2018 at the age of 94.

Related pages
List of Chinese writers

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Happy Valley, Hong Kong

Happy Valley () is an upper-income residential area in Hong Kong. It is located on Hong Kong Island. It is part of Wan Chai District.

The area is sometimes known as Wong Nai Chung Kuk () or Wong Nai Chung Valley because of the Wong Nai Chung (, lit. yellow mud stream) that leads into the area.

The area is home to the Happy Valley Racecourse, Hong Kong Racing Museum, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, home to the grounds of the Valley RFC rugby club, and the Hong Kong FC.

References

Other websites
 Happy Valley Community Home Page
 Happy Valley Residents' Organisation 

Geography of Hong Kong
Kingwood, West Virginia

Kingwood is a city in and the county seat of Preston County, West Virginia,  United States. It was founded in 1815. The population was 2,939 at the 2010 census. Kingwood is home to the West Virginia Zoo.

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Preston County, West Virginia

Preston County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 33,520. Its county seat is Kingwood. It was named for Virginia Governor James Patton Preston.

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Morgantown, West Virginia

Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is located on the banks of the Monongahela River. It is known as the home of West Virginia University. It had a population of 31,073 per the 2015 U.S. Census. Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia. The Morgantown metropolitan area has a population of 138,176.

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 City of Morgantown, West Virginia

Cities in West Virginia
County seats in West Virginia
Sangharakshita

Sangharakshita (born Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood, 26 August 1925 – 30 October 2018) was a British Buddhist teacher and writer. He was born in Tooting, London. He was the founder of the 10 precept Triratna Buddhist Community, which was known until 2010 as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, or FWBO.

Biography 
He was one of the few Westerners to be ordained as a Theravadin Bhikkhu in the period following World War II though he later left that tradition to study with other Buddhist teachers, including some from the Tibetan and Chan schools. He spent over 20 years in Asia, where he had a number of Tibetan Buddhist teachers.

He was known as "the founding father of Western Buddhism" due to his many publications, leadership of retreats, and contributions to awareness of Buddhism in the United Kingdom. He retired in 1995. 

In 1997, The Guardian reported that Sangharakshita had made unwanted sexual advances to FWBO members in the 1970s and 1980s. Later, he publicly apologized and said any sexual relations he was involved in with his students had consent.

Sangharakshita died on October 30, 2018 from pneumonia caused by sepsis in Hereford, Herefordshire at the age of 93.

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British educators
Buddhists
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Potter County, South Dakota

Potter County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 2,329 people lived there. Its county seat is Gettysburg. It was created in 1875.

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Roberts County, South Dakota

Roberts County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 10,149 people lived there. Its county seat is Sisseton. It was created in 1883.

1883 establishments in Dakota Territory
South Dakota counties
Sanborn County, South Dakota

Sanborn County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 2,355 people lived there. Its county seat is Woonsocket. It was founded in 1883.

1883 establishments in Dakota Territory
South Dakota counties
Vasili Arkhipov

Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov (, 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a Soviet Navy officer. He is known for casting the single vote that prevented a Soviet nuclear strike (and, presumably, all-out nuclear war) during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Such an attack likely would have caused a major global thermonuclear response.

Noam Chomsky said Arkhipov saved the world for his decision. He was a flotilla commander and second-in-command of the diesel powered submarine . 

Arkhipov refused to authorize the captain's use of nuclear torpedoes against the United States Navy, a decision requiring the agreement of all three senior officers aboard. In 2002 Thomas Blanton, who was then director of the US National Security Archive, said that Arkhipov "saved the world".

Arkhipov died of kidney cancer on 19 August 1998 in Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast at the age of 72.

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1926 births
1998 deaths
Deaths from kidney cancer
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Charles Sobhraj

Charles Sobhraj (born 6 April 1944), also known as the Bikini Killer, is a French thief, fraudster and serial killer. He preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. He was nicknamed The Splitting Killer and The Serpent.

Sobhraj allegedly committed at least a dozen murders. He was convicted and jailed in India from 1976 to 1997. After his release, he retired as a celebrity in Paris. In 2004 he returned to Nepal, where he was arrested and tried. In 2005 Sobhraj received a sentence of life imprisonment.

In 2007 news media reported that Sobhraj's lawyer had appealed to the then French president Nicolas Sarkozy, for intervention with Nepal. In 2008 Sobhraj announced his engagement to a Nepali woman, Nihita Biswas. The authenticity of the couple's relationship was confirmed in an open letter from American conductor David Woodard to The Himalayan Times.

Sobhraj is widely believed to be a psychopath. He enjoyed the attention, charging large amounts of money for interviews and movie rights. He has been the subject of four books and three documentaries. Sobhraj's return to Nepal, where he was still eagerly sought by authorities, is believed to be the result of him wanting attention.

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'The Serpent' still haunting lives four decades on (21 June 2021) Bangkok Post

1944 births
Living people
People convicted of manslaughter
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French criminals
Indian criminals
Burglars
People with narcissistic personality disorder
Spink County, South Dakota

Spink County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 6,415 people lived there. Its county seat is Redfield. It was created in 1873.

1873 establishments in Dakota Territory
South Dakota counties
Stanley County, South Dakota

Stanley County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 2,966 people lived there. Its county seat is Fort Pierre. It was created in 1873.

1873 establishments in Dakota Territory
South Dakota counties
Sully County, South Dakota

Sully County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 1,373 people lived there. Its county seat is Onida. It was created in 1873.

1873 establishments in Dakota Territory
South Dakota counties
Todd County, South Dakota

Todd County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 9,612 people lived there. Todd County does not have its own county seat. Instead, Winner in neighboring Tripp County serves as its administrative center. Its largest city is Mission. It was created in 1909.

Origin of the name 
The county was named after John Blair Smith Todd, who was a delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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South Dakota counties
Sturgis, South Dakota

Sturgis is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 6,627 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Meade County. It was founded in 1878.

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County seats in South Dakota
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1878 establishments in the United States
Mellette, South Dakota

Mellette is a city in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

Cities in South Dakota
Washington County, Minnesota

Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 238,136 people lived there. The county seat is Stillwater.

It is the fifth-most populous county in the state.

Minnesota counties
Abby Dalton

Abby Dalton (aka Marlene Wadsen; August 15, 1932 – November 23, 2020) was an American actress. She played as Elizabeth Bingham on the television series The Sugarfoot. She later played Martha Hale in the television series Hennessy. Dalton was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role as Martha.

Dalton also acted in some movies. In 1966, for example, she played as Calamity Jane in The Plainsman with actor Don Murray.

Dalton was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. She died on November 23, 2020 in Los Angeles at the age of 88.

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American stage actors
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American movie actors
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1932 births
2020 deaths
David Azulai

David Azulai (5 May 1954 – 30 October 2018) was an Israeli politician. He as a member of the Knesset for Shas for over 20 years from 1996 until his resignation in May 2018. He was also Minister of Religious Services from 2015 until his death in 2018. He was born in Meknes, Morocco.

Azulai died on 30 October 2018 in Tel Aviv from cancer at the age of 64.

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2018 deaths
Deaths from cancer
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Government ministers of Israel
Jewish Israeli politicians
Moroccan Jews
Naturalized citizens of Israel
Shas politicians
Moroccan politicians
Bob Skoronski

Robert Francis "Bob" Skoronski (March 5, 1934 – October 30, 2018) was a former American football player. He was an tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers for eleven seasons in 1956 and again from 1959 to 1968. He was born in Ansonia, Connecticut.

Skoronski died on October 30, 2018 of Alzheimer's disease in a suburb near Madison, Wisconsin at the age of 84.

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1934 births
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Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
Disease-related deaths in Wisconsin
Green Bay Packers players
American football offensive tackles
Sportspeople from Connecticut
Roger Vaughan

Roger William Bede Vaughan (9 January 1834 – 18 August 1883) was an English Benedictine monk of Downside Abbey, He was the second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia from 1877 to 1883.

He was born on 9 January 1834 at Courtfield, Ross, Herefordshire, England, second son of the fourteen children. Five of his brothers also became priests. Herbert, the eldest, became a cardinal and archbishop of Westminster, and John, the youngest, auxiliary bishop of Salford. Another brother, Reginald, married Julia Shanahan, sister-in-law of Sir Patrick Jennings. Four of his five sisters became nuns.
 
Because of his health he was educated at home in a religious atmosphere. In 1850 he was sent to St Gregory's College at Downside near Bath. His mother's death in 1853 made him think of a religious life and on 12 September he joined the Benedictines, becoming Brother Bede. In 1855 at his father's request and expense, he was sent to Rome for further study under the guidance of the Italian scholar and reformer, Angelo Zelli-Jacuzzi. He was ordained priest by Cardinal Patrizi in the basilica of St John Lateran on 9 April 1859.

1834 births
1883 deaths
Catholics
English people
Neighborhood of Make-Believe

The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is the fictional kingdom where hand puppet lived in. They were characters on the children's television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood which aired on PBS, from 1968–2001.  Principal puppeteer Fred Rogers created many of the puppet characters in the 1950s for Josie Carey's program, The Children's Corner. It was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Characters in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe were portrayed by both hand puppets operated by puppeteers and actors. They would occasionally talk to the viewers in specific episodes.

There is a TV show about the Neighborhood called Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.

Puppets
 King Friday XIII
 Queen Sara Saturday
 Prince Tuesday
 X the Owl
 Henrietta Pussycat
 Lady Elaine Fairchilde
 Daniel Striped Tiger
 Cornflake "Corney" S. Pecially
 Grandpere Tiger
 The Frogg Family
 The Platypus Family
 Harriet Elizabeth Cow
 Edgar Cooke
 H.J. Elephant III 
 Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones
 James Michael Jones
 Carrie Dell Okonak Templeton-Jones
 Old Goat
 Donkey Hodie
 Yo-Yo LaBelle
 Neighborhood Trolley

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Fred Rogers
Fictional locations
Vel (2007 movie)

Vel (Staff Spear) is a 2007 Tamil language action family drama movie.  It was written and directed by Hari and produced by Mohan Natarajan. It stars Suriya in dual roles as hero, Asin as heroine and  Kalabhavan Mani as the villain. Lakshmi, Saranya Ponvannan, Vadivelu,and Nassar have supporting roles. The movie's score and soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The movie was released on 8 November 2007, coinciding with Diwali.  The movie was dubbed and released in Telugu as Deva and in Hindi as Main Faisla Karunga in 2014.

Cast

 Suriya as Vetrivel and Vasudevan
 Asin as Swathi
 Vadivelu as Kuzhandaisaami
 Kalabhavan Mani as Sakkara Pandi
 Lakshmi as Appatha, Vel's grandmother
 Saranya Ponvannan as Vasu and Vel's mother
 Charan Raj as Vasu and Vel's father
 Nassar as Vel's adoptive father
 Ambika as Vel's adoptive mother
 Raj Kapoor as Vel's uncle
 Aishwarya as Sakkara Pandi's wife
 Charle as Moorthy, Vasu's friend
 Vaiyapuri as Sakkara Pandi's sidekick
 Devadarshini
 Singamuthu
 Crane Manohar
 Chaams
 Madhan Bob

Box office
This movie's budget was . It became aBlockbuster Hit in the Boxoffice by collecting around . This film's theatrical run was 50 days in 17 centers and 100 days in 13 centers making it a commercially successful venture.Sony Music Entertainment

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Indian movies
2007 movies
Allen Dulles

Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American diplomat and lawyer who became the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence (DCI). He was its longest-serving director so far.

Dulles was head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the early Cold War. He oversaw the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, Operation Ajax, the Lockheed U-2 aircraft program and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Dulles was one of the members of the Warren Commission. 

Between his stints of government service, Dulles was a corporate lawyer. His older brother, John Foster Dulles, was the Secretary of State during the Eisenhower Administration.

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1893 births
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Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency
Princeton University alumni
Deaths from influenza
Exosome complex

The exosome complex is a protein complex which can degrade RNA strands (~stop them working). In eukaryotic cells, the exosome complex is present in the cytoplasm, nucleus, and especially the nucleolus. 

The core of the complex has a ring structure consisting of six proteins that all belong to the same class of RNases, the 'RNase PH-like proteins'.

Exosome complexes are found in both eukaryotic cells and archaea. In bacteria a simpler complex called the degradosome carries out similar functions.

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Proteins
RNA
Royal National Lifeboat Institution

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is an agency which rescues people at sea in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, as well as on some large rivers.

The RNLI is a charity. Two-thirds of its funding comes from money left in people's wills. Most of its crew members are volunteers. The RNLI has 237 lifeboat stations and 444 lifeboats. These are boats that travel from the shore to rescue people at sea, rather than lifeboats that are used for escaping from a ship. Their crews rescued on average 22 people a day in 2015. The RNLI also provides beach lifeguards and flood rescue teams.

The RNLI cannot be called for help directly. In the event that someone is in danger at sea, the coastguard of the country or territory should be called on 999 or 112. The coastguard organize the search for those in danger. They will then call the RNLI if their help is needed. Not all lifeboats in the UK and Ireland are run by the RNLI; there are some independent lifeboat agencies.

Emergency services
Puppeteer

A puppeteer is a person who makes an inanimate object that might be shaped like a human, animal, legendary creature, or another object to create the illusion that the puppet is "alive". The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or her own hands placed inside the puppet or holding it externally or any other part of the body- such as the legs.

Related pages
 The Muppets
 Jim Henson
 Fred Rogers
 Punch and Judy

Other websites

 Union Internationale de la Marionnette (UNIMA) - International organization of puppeteers and puppet enthusiasts
 Puppeteers UK - Directory and news on puppeteers and puppetry in the UK
 Puppeteers of America - National non-profit organinfo The Puppetry Homepage - Extensive with links to information on puppeteers and all styles of puppetry
American Public Television

American Public Television (APT) is the largest syndicator of programming for public television stations in the United States. APT continues to show a many public television programs nationally, as well as administering the Create and World channels on public TV. APT began in 1961.

At first, it was called Eastern Educational Television Network (EEN). EEN was a regional cooperative that began to show programs between a couple of its member stations. EEN was one of the first distributors of shows such as The French Chef (with Julia Child) in 1963, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and Washington Week in Review on a national basis.

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1961 establishments in the United States
American television
Organizations based in the United States
Television Hall of Fame

The Television Academy Hall of Fame was founded by a former president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), John H. Mitchell (1921–1988), to honor individuals who have made big contributions to U.S. television. 

The first ceremony in 1984 celebrated the careers of Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Paddy Chayefsky, Norman Lear, Edward R. Murrow, William S. Paley and David Sarnoff.

References

Other websites
Official site
Hall of Fame Honorees: Complete List
ATAS TV Hall of Fame (full list of honorees)

1984 establishments in the United States
Rollins College

Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college. It was founded in 1885 and located in Winter Park, Florida along the shores of Lake Virginia.

Rollins is a member of the SACS, NASM, ACS, FDE, AAM, AACSB International, Council for Accreditation of Counseling, and Related Educational Programs.

Rollins has about 30 undergraduate majors and several graduate programs.  It was ranked #2 Regional Universities, South by U.S. News & World Report in 2017.    Rollins College has ranked among the most beautiful U.S. college campuses by the Princeton Review ranking #1 in 2015 and #10 most recently in 2017.

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1880s establishments in Florida
1885 establishments in the United States
Colleges and universities in Florida
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, founded in 1794, is a graduate seminary in the Reformed tradition teaching theology and preparing students for service in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and other Christian churches. 

Teaching is based in scripture. The Seminary is located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and houses one of the largest theological libraries in the Pittsburgh. 

World Mission Initiative (WMI) at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is a fellowship of Presbyterians dedicated to developing mission vision, nurturing missionary vocation, and cultivating missional congregations.

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1790s establishments in Pennsylvania
1794 establishments
Seminaries
Colleges and universities in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Master of Divinity

In the academic study of theology, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, magister divinitatis in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. 

It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and divinity schools. In many Christian denominations and in some other religions the degree is the standard education for ordination to the priesthood or pastorship or other appointment, ordination or licensing to professional ministry.

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Theology
National Honor Society

The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization for high school students in the United States which is made up of many chapters in high schools.

Selection is based on four criteria: scholarship (academic achievement), leadership, service, and character. The National Honor Society requires some sort of service to the community, school, or other organizations. The time spent working on these projects contributes towards the monthly service hour requirement.

The National Honor Society was founded in 1921 by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The Alpha chapter of NHS was founded at Fifth Avenue High School by Principal Edward S. Rynearson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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1921 establishments in the United States
Minister (Christianity)

In Christianity, a minister is a person authorized by a church, or other religious organization, to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community. 

The term is taken from Latin minister ("servant", "attendant").

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Christianity
United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

The United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA) was the largest branch of Presbyterianism in the United States from May 28, 1958, to 1983. 

It was formed by the union of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) with the United Presbyterian Church of North America (UPCNA) in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, in May 1958.

In 1983, the vote was finally held regarding the merger, with a unanimous 151 presbyteries in the UPCUSA affirming it, and the PCUS affirming it 53 to 8. On June 10, 1983, the first General Assembly was held for the new denomination, which would be called the Presbyterian Church (USA).

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1958 establishments in the United States
1983 disestablishments in the United States
Churches in the United States
Your Hit Parade

Your Hit Parade is an American radio and television music program that was broadcast from 1935 to 1953 on radio, and seen from 1950 to 1959 on television. It was sponsored by American Tobacco's Lucky Strike cigarettes. During this 24-year run, the show had 19 orchestra leaders and 52 singers or groups. Many listeners and viewers casually called the show with the incorrect title The Hit Parade. The program's title was not officially changed to "Your Hit Parade" until November 9, 1935.

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American television series
NBC network shows
English-language television programs
The Voice of Firestone

The Voice of Firestone is a long-running radio and television program of classical music. The show featured leading singers in selections from opera and operetta. It was originally titled The Firestone Hour, it was first broadcast on the NBC Radio network on December 3, 1928 and was later also shown on television starting in 1949. The program was last broadcast in 1963.

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American television series
Gabby Hayes

George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (May 7, 1885 – February 9, 1969), was an American actor. He was best known for his many appearances in B-Western movie series as the comic sidekick of the cowboy star.

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1885 births
1969 deaths
Cardiovascular disease deaths in California
American movie actors
American television actors
American radio actors
Actors from New York
Comedians from New York
Stannards, New York

Stannards is a hamlet and census-designated place in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 798 at the 2010 census. The hamlet is named after early resident John Stannard.

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Census-designated places in New York (state)
Hamlets in New York
Sylvania Award

The Sylvania Awards were given by the television company Sylvania Electric Products for many categories of television performance, broadcasting, scripts, music and other aspects of production between 1951 and 1959. In their day they competed with the Emmy Award for prestige. They came to an end after the sponsor was merged into GTE.

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Entertainment awards
National Educational Television

National Educational Television (NET) was a United States educational broadcast television network that was owned by the Ford Foundation and later co-owned by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Operating from May 16, 1954 to October 4, 1970, its direct replacement, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), continues in operation and has memberships with many television stations that were formerly part of NET.

Programs
 Actor's Choice
 BBC Play of the Month
 Black Journal
 Creative Persons
 Dusty's Treehouse
 Evening at Pops
 Experiment
 Festival
 Festival of Arts
 Firing Line
 The Forsyte Saga
 The French Chef
 The Friendly Giant
 ITV Play of the Week
 Jazz Casual
 Kukla, Fran and Ollie
 Lincoln Center/Stage 5
 The Magic Roundabout
 Men of Our Time
 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
 NET Festival
 NET Journal
 NET Opera Theater
 NET Playhouse
 New York Television Theatre
 News in Perspective
 Our World
 Petra the Cat
 The Play of the Week
 Play for Today
 Playwright at Work
 Public Broadcast Laboratory
 Serata a Pops
 Sesame Street
 Soul!
 Theatre 625
 Thirteen Against Fate
 The Toy That Grew Up
 Victoria Regina
 The Victorians
 Washington Week
 The Wednesday Play
 What's New?

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1954 establishments in the United States
1970 disestablishments in the United States
Johnny Costa

Johnny Costa (born John Costanza; January 18, 1922 – October 11, 1996) was an American jazz pianist. Given the title "The White Art Tatum" by jazz legend Art Tatum, Costa is best known for his work as musical director of the children's television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Costa died of aplastic anemia in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 11, 1996, at the age of 74.

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1922 births
1996 deaths
Deaths from anemia
American jazz musicians
American pianists
Musicians from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Arnold, Pennsylvania

Arnold is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 5,157 at the 2010 Census.

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Cities in Pennsylvania
Cardigan (sweater)

A cardigan is a type of knitted sweater that has an open front.

Commonly cardigans have buttons: a garment that is tied is instead considered a robe. A more modern version of the garment has no buttons and hangs open by design. The name "Cardigan" is an anglicised variation of the Welsh placename Ceredigion.

The term originally referred only to a knitted sleeveless vest, but expanded to other types of garment over time.

Plain cardigans are often worn over shirts and inside suit jackets as a less formal version of the waistcoat or vest that restrains the necktie when the jacket has been removed.

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Clothing