He pioneered important developments in the style of sculpting in wood , parallel to those driven by Domenico Piola in marble sculpture and Filippo Parodi in painting .
He pioneered important developments in wood sculpting , in parallel with those driven by Domenico Piola in the marble sculpture and Filippo Parodi in painting .

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1. In the November 1856 state elections , 81 Republicans , 31 Democrats , and 8 Americans were elected to the Assembly for the 1857 session .
2. In the state elections of November 1856 , 81 Americans , 31 Democrats and 8 Republicans were elected to the Assembly for the 1857 session .
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In a single night , many coastal towns of Louisiana ( and Mississippi ) had already been wiped out .
Many coastal towns of Mississippi ( and Louisiana ) had already been obliterated , in a single night .
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The Lavrovo-Nikolaevsky mine is a large copper mine located in the south-west of Orenburg Oblast in Russia .
The Lavrovo-Nikolaevsky - Mine is a large copper mine in the south-west of Oblast Orenburg in Russia .

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Problem: S1: John Geza Ashton was born on 30 November , 1957 in Whips Cross Hospital , Forest Gate , Leicestershire , and lived in North Kilworth in south London .
S2: Ashton was born on November 30 , 1957 in the Whips Cross Hospital at Forest Gate in London , and lived in North Kilworth , South - Leicestershire .

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These canons were approved later in 692 by the Eastern Council in Trullo , but rejected by Pope Constantine .
These canons were later rejected by the Eastern Council in Trullo in 692 but approved by Pope Constantine .

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