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  2. Dead Frontier - Wikipedia

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    Dead Frontier 2D version screenshot depicting several players in an Outpost Attack (one of the co-op features of the game) On April 21, 2008, the game was released to the public as a beta version. Multiplayer mode and player versus player combat were released on July 15, 2008, allowing players to team up and play the game, or fight against each ...

  3. Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature - Wikipedia

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    To Atwood, the central image of Canadian literature, equivalent to the image of the island in British literature and the frontier in American literature, is the notion of survival and its central character the victim. Atwood claims that both English and French novels, short stories, plays and poems participate in creating this theme as the ...

  4. Dead Souls - Wikipedia

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    Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души Myórtvyye dúshi, pre-reform spelling: Мертвыя души) is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adventures of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov and the people whom he encounters.

  5. John Perry Barlow - Wikipedia

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    John Perry Barlow. John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947 – February 7, 2018) was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian [1] political activist who had been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties.

  6. Purgatorio - Wikipedia

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    The poem was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegory telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil – except for the last four cantos, at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante's guide. Allegorically, Purgatorio represents the penitent Christian life. [1]

  7. Duat - Wikipedia

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    The Duat ( Ancient Egyptian: dwꜣt, Egyptological pronunciation "do-aht", Coptic: ⲧⲏ, also appearing as Tuat, Tuaut or Akert, Amenthes, Amenti, or Neter-khertet) is the underworld in ancient Egyptian mythology. It has been represented in hieroglyphs as a star-in-circle: 𓇽. The god Osiris was believed to be the lord of the underworld.

  8. Korean Air Lines Flight 007 - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft The aircraft involved when still in service with Condor (1976). HL7442 at Honolulu International Airport in September 1981, 2 years before the crash The aircraft flying as Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a Boeing 747-230B jet airliner with Boeing serial number 20559. The aircraft was powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A engines. Details of the flight Passengers and crew Nation ...

  9. Fortunate Isles - Wikipedia

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    The Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blessed [1] [2] ( Ancient Greek: μακάρων νῆσοι, makarōn nēsoi) [3] were semi-legendary islands in the Atlantic Ocean, variously treated as a simple geographical location and as a winterless earthly paradise inhabited by the heroes of Greek mythology. In the time of Hesiod, the Fortunate Isles ...