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• Siena
  ...ded throughout Sienese territory. Feudal power waned however, and by the death of [[Countess Matilda|Countess Matilda]] in 1115 the Mark of Tuscia which h ...ban society as conceived during that period. Siena was devastated by the [[Black Plague]] of [[1348]] and never recovered its earlier glory, losing out to F
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• Luciano Pavarotti
  ==Death and family== ...na State Opera]] and the [[Salzburg Festival|Salzburg Festival Hall]] flew black flags in mourning. Tributes were published by many opera houses, such as Lo
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• History
  [[Terramare culture]] takes its name from the black earth (terremare) residue of settlement mounds, which have long served the ...ns, and the capital was moved from Mediolanum to Ravenna. In 476, with the death of Romulus Augustus and the return of the imperial ensigns to [[Constantino
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• The Spy Who Loved Me
  ...in a paperback edition in [[Britain]] until several years after Fleming's death (Fleming had, in fact, requested that no paperback ever be published of the ...Smith (2005 film)|Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]), ''[[Little Black Book]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]), ''[[Lost in Translation]]'' and ''[[Bridg
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• Tony Stewart
  ...dway|Daytona]], when he confronted a Winston Cup official after ignoring a black flag. At the same race, he also got into an incident with a [[reporter]], k ...g a week in which the racing world remembered the fifth anniversary of the death of legend [[Dale Earnhardt]], who died on the final lap of the 2001 [[Dayto
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• Thunderball
  |Composer:||John Barry <br> [[Don Black]] ..., for the first time, in colour rather than in black and white (although a black-and-white version of the sequence would be used in ''Diamonds Are Forever''
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• Never Say Never Again
  ...napped person comes to identify with his/her kidnappers) and is stabbed to death by her. Or so it seems. ...ion of ''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]'' will also feature a black Leiter). This film also appears to take place in an "alternate universe" in
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• Nigel Mansell
  ...f me died with him. I had lost a member of my family". Following Chapman's death relationships at Lotus became strained, as replacement team manager [[Peter ...|Ferrari]] driver to be personally selected by [[Enzo Ferrari]] before his death in August 1988, an honour Mansell described as "one of the greatest in my e
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• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  ...lower decorations, and the couple exchange professions of love. Suddenly a black Mercedes sedan approaches: Blofeld, in a neck brace, is driving, and Irma B ...giving birth to a daughter who died young and coupling with her husband's death (along with his mistress) in a car accident, Tracy became self-destructive
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• Pagani Zonda
  ...ly to be named for him, the "Fangio F1", but the name was changed upon his death in 1995, renamed after an [[Zonda wind|air current above Argentina]]. ...d a wider front grille. The Pagani Zonda C9 was seen testing with the SL65 Black Series. According to EVO, this new Pagani supercar will feature a M275 AMG
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• Damon Hill
  ...restigious [[Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School]] in [[Hertfordshire]]. The death of his father in a plane crash in 1975 when Damon was only 15&nbsp;years ol ...as his father had done 26 years earlier for [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] after the death of [[Jim Clark]]. Schumacher struggled to second with a gearbox fault, havi
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• Politics
  ...blame the left for bombings carried out by right-wing terrorists. Fascist "black terrorists," such as ''[[Ordine Nuovo]]'' or [[National Vanguard (Italy)|'' ...1984|European elections of 1984]], held barely two days after Berlinguer's death, a passing that likely drew sympathy from many voters. The election of 198
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• 1994 Formula One season
  ...during the [[1968 Spanish Grand Prix]] where he won after [[Jim Clark]]'s death. ...ed to honour his penalty, which resulted in a [[Racing flag#The black flag|black flag]]. He was stripped of his second place behind [[Damon Hill|Hill]], and
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• Milan
  ...the city touched the number of 200,000 inhabitants and during the [[Black Death|Plague]] of [[1349]] Milan was one of the few places in Europe that was unt
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• Goldfinger
  ...andslam briefing). Without interrogating Bond, Goldfinger sentences 007 to death by laser. "Choose your next witticism carefully, Mr. Bond; it may be your l ...after being convinced that Bond is being watched, and his disappearance or death will trigger involvement in the case of a new "00" agent. By his use of the
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• History of Formula One
  ...later Ascari was killed at Monza while testing a sportscar. After Ascari's death, Lancia followed Mercedes out of the category, passing their engines, cars, After Rindt's death the Lotus team had a desultory 1971 season with its two new and inexperienc
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• GoldenEye
  ...with the head of Janus. This turns out to be Trevelyan, who had faked his death at Arkangel. He wants revenge for his [[Betrayal of the Cossacks|Lienz Coss * A few extra seconds of footage of Xenia's death.
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• Medieval cuisine
  ...ally after the terrible blood-letting of the population during the [[Black Death]], was used in considerable quantities in the northern and northwestern reg ...meat and animal products like milk and eggs. It was only after the [[Black Death]] had eradicated up to half of the European population that meat became mor
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• 007 (disambiguation)
  ...numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in [[1964]], further literary adventures were written by [[Kingsley Amis]] ...anded on Fleming's books, adding gadgets from [[Q (James Bond)|Q Branch]], death-defying stunts, and often abandoning the original plotlines for more outlan
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• James Bond
  ...numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in [[1964]], further literary adventures were written by [[Kingsley Amis]] ...anded on Fleming's books, adding gadgets from [[Q (James Bond)|Q Branch]], death-defying stunts, and often abandoning the original plotlines for more outlan
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