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7 hours ago · Katie Ledecky. Kathleen Genevieve "Katie" Ledecky OLY (born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer. She has won seven Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. She has won a world record 16 individual gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships. [6]
7 hours ago · doug robinson. Sat, Jul 6, 2024, 9:08 PM EDT · 6 min read. All-American Whittni Orton finishes top five in her 1,500-meter heat to secure her spot in the final at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor ...
7 hours ago · Knighted by the Pope later in life, Gardiner was universally acknowledged as the father of the Sri Lankan film industry. When he passed away in the 1960s, all cinema halls across the country closed down in mourning, and Parson’s Road where Ceylon Theatre’s first cinema Regal was established, was renamed Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha in his memory.
7 hours ago · The birds are there.Their predawn songsfloat throughthe open window,and I almost hatein that momentthat beautiful soundthat enters the dreamI am not havingto perch on the branchof awareness.I want to ignoretheir song.Want to not know it.Want to sleep through it.But I think of my friendin the Middle Eastwho wrote me last week.I doubt there areany birds…
7 hours ago · Life France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till ...
7 hours ago · Armed with a massive 6.9m voter mandate, he gave two pardons: (1) to an Army Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake on March 26, 2020 – a mere four months after he assumed office despite a five Judge Bench of the Supreme Court affirming on April 25, 2019 the death sentence and (2) to former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva on June 24, 2021- a mere seven months after receiving a two thirds majority in Parliament.
7 hours ago · Armed with a massive 6.9m voter mandate, he gave two pardons: (1) to an Army Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake on March 26, 2020 – a mere four months after he assumed office despite a five Judge Bench of the Supreme Court affirming on April 25, 2019 the death sentence and (2) to former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva on June 24, 2021- a mere seven months after receiving a two thirds majority in Parliament.
