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Emelya the
Simpleton (Russian: Емеля-дурак) or At the Pike's
Behest (Russian: По щучьему веленью) is a
Russian fairy tale
collected by
Alexander Afanasyev...
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December 1943 and
completed in June 1944. To the
Admiralty in 1947 and
renamed Behest. Sold in 1957 to
Colombo Port Authority, Ceylon.
Reported to have sunk at...
- The term
behest loan
refers to a loan
granted to
individuals or
corporations favored by a
powerful government official despite their lack of qualifications...
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Hasht Behesht or Hasht-Behesht (هشتبهشت, also
romanized as Hašt-
Behešt, lit. 'the
Eight Heavens') is a 17th-century
pavilion in Isfahan, Iran. It was...
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after which the feud
entered a
truce with a "peace"
summit in 1997 at the
behest of
Nation of
Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Hip hop
music and hip hop culture...
- He was the
leader of an army from
Prague that
besieged Kutná Hora at the
behest of
Sigismund in 1402. His
soldiers razed and
pillaged much of the area around...
- Crichton's
death in 2008, but was
completed years later by Patterson, at the
behest of Crichton's
widow Sherri. In June 2024, it was
reported that
Steven Spielberg...
- Anglo-Dutch War,
Anthony Colve of the
Dutch navy
seized New York at the
behest of
Cornelis Evertsen the
Youngest and
rechristened it "New Orange" after...
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conducting covert operations,
paramilitary operations and
others at the
behest of the
Director Special Forces and
Chief of the
Secret Intelligence Service...
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sweater and a pink-and-black checkerboard-printed
collared shirt." At the
behest of her family,
three forthcoming collections up to and
including autumn/winter...
