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  1. Franklin A. Thomas
    `Franklin A. Thomas` (1934- ) is the head of the TFF Study Group, a nonprofit institution assisting development in South Africa, since 1996; Chairman, September 11 Fund since 2001. Recent business experience: President and CEO of The Ford Foundation from 1979 until 1996; Mr. Thomas was president and chief executive officer of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (a non profit community development corporation) from 1967-1977; He served ...
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  2. Franklin Burroughs
    `Franklin G. Burroughs` (1834-1897) was a turpentine and naval entrepreneur who, along with B. G. Collins, founded the Burroughs and Collins company, later known as Burroughs and Chapin. The company was a major catalyst in growing the Grand Strand area in South Carolina and continues to play a major role in its economics.
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  3. Franklin Clarence Mars
    `Franklin Clarence Mars` (September 24, 1883 – April 8, 1934) was the founder of the American company Mars, Incorporated, which makes mostly chocolate candy. Mars and his son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's. Frank Mars learned how to produce candy from his mother. In 1902, he began making candy, but all his endeavors failed until 1923 when he made the Milky Way candy bar, the chocolate coating for which came from Hershey's brand chocol...
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  4. Franklin D. Richards
    `Franklin D. Richards` was the name of the following individuals: *Franklin D. Richards (Mormon apostle) (1821-1899), apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *Franklin D. Richards (Mormon seventy) (1900-1987), grandson of the apostle; commissioner of the United States Federal Housing Administration; general authority and temple president in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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  5. Franklin D. Roosevelt's record on civil rights
    `Franklin D. Roosevelt's record on civil rights` has been the subject of much controversy. Roosevelt needed the support of Southern Democrats for his New Deal programs, and taking an aggressive position on civil rights could have threatened his ability to pass his highest priority programs. In addition, Roosevelt participated in the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and has been charged with not acting quickly or decisively en...
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  6. Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralytic illness
    `Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralysis` has become a major part of his image today, even though during his life it was kept from public view and rarely discussed in public. Roosevelt's paralysis was originally diagnosed to be paralytic poliomyelitis. However, retrospective analysis favors the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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  7. Franklin E. Brooks
    `Franklin Eli Brooks` (November 19, 1860 - February 7, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado. Born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Brooks attended the public schools. He was graduated from Southbridge High School in 1879 and from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1883. He taught school for several years. He attended the law school of Boston University in 1887 and 1888. He was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced practice ...
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  8. Franklin Electronic Publishers
    `Franklin Electronic Publishers` (formerly `Franklin Computer Corporation`) is an American consumer electronics manufacturer based in Burlington, New Jersey, founded in 1981. Today it makes hand-held electronic references. In the past, it also made the Rex line of personal digital assistants, such as the REX 5000. That product line was later sold to Xircom.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_El

  9. Franklin Falls
    `Franklin Falls` is a waterfall on the South fork of the Snoqualmie River, the first of three major waterfalls on the South Fork Snoqualmie River. The falls are located near Snoqualmie Pass between the north and south lanes of Interstate 90, just east of exit 47. The falls actually consist of three tiers, totaling about 135 feet. The first drop is a very scenic 15 foot block-shaped fall. The second drop is a 25 foot fanning cascade. The final dro...
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  10. Franklin Fibbs
    `Franklin Fibbs` is the main character of and the name of a comic strip created and written by Hollis Brown and illustrated by Wes Hargis. The comic is distributed to newspapers worldwide and is a very popular cartoon. It began on September 6, 2004. The cartoon revolves around Franklin Fibbs, Franklin's bemused and loyal wife Paloma, whose main job around the store is to keep her husband and his imagination in check, and Josh, a neighborhood boy...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Fi

  11. Franklin Henry Giddings
    `Franklin Henry Giddings,` Ph.D., LL.D. (1855–1931) was an American sociologist and economist, born at Sherman, Connecticut. He graduated from Union College (1877). For ten years, he wrote items for the Springfield, Massachusetts `Republican` and the `Daily Union`. In 1888 he was appointed lecturer in political science at Bryn Mawr College; in 1894 he became professor of sociology at Columbia University. From 1892 to 1905 he was a vice pres...
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  12. Franklin J. Moses
    `Franklin J. Moses` may refer to: *Franklin J. Moses, Sr. (1804-1877), Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court from 1868 to 1877 and father of Franklin J. Moses, Jr. *Franklin J. Moses, Jr. (1838-1906), Governor of South Carolina from 1872 to 1874.
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  13. Franklin Lakes
    Franklin Lakes is a borough in Bergen County New Jersey, USA
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  14. Franklin Lakes Public Schools
    The `Franklin Lakes Public Schools` are a community public school district serving students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Franklin Lakes, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Students in grades 9 - 12 attend the schools of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, a regional district consisting of two four-year public high schools serving students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff. Students attend either ...
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  15. Franklin Landers
    `Franklin Landers` (March 22, 1825 - September 10, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. Born near the village of Landersdale, Indiana, Landers attended local schools. At the age of twenty-one engaged in teaching school. He was associated with his brother in mercantile pursuits at Waverly, Indiana. Laid out the town of Brooklyn, Indiana, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits and stock raising. He served as member of the State senate 18...
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  16. Franklin Lewis
    `Franklin D. Lewis` is an Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is also the incoming Deputy Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago. His current interests include works in Persian languages and literatures, medieval Islamic mysticism, Arabic literature, Sufism, and Iranian religion. Professor Lewi...
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  17. Franklin Menges
    `Franklin Menges` (October 26 1858 – May 12, 1959) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Franklin Menges was born at Menges Mills, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended Baugher Academy Preparatory School in Hanover, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Gettysburg College in 1886. He became an instructor in chemistry and physics at Gettysburg College from 1886 to 1896, and then head of the science de...
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  18. Franklin Mills
    `Franklin Mills` is an enclosed shopping mall located in northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bordering Bensalem in Bucks County and 15 miles outside Center City. Named for Benjamin Franklin, the mall houses 200 stores, a movie theatre, two food courts, and seven theme restaurants and was visited by an estimated 18 million people in 2006. Opened in 1989, Franklin Mills was the second built and formerly owned by the Mills Corporation and is now ...
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  19. Franklin Morales
    `Frankin Morales` (born January 24, 1986 in San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela) is a pitcher who plays for the Colorado Rockies in Major League Baseball. A power-throwing left-hander, Morales is seen as one of the leading prospects in the Rockies farm system. He has a very good fastball, but his control is still developing. He made his Major League debut on August 18, 2007 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He pitched 5 1/3 innings, gave up one run ...
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  20. Franklin Mountains
    `Franklin Mountains` may refer to: *Franklin Mountains (Alaska) *Franklin Mountains (Canada) *Franklin Mountains (New Zealand) *Franklin Mountains (Texas)
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  21. Franklin Mountains
    (from the article `Mackenzie River`) The Mackenzie Lowland is only about 30 miles wide in this section, being broken by the treeless summits of the Franklin Mountains, which rise to ... ...Porcupine River basin. The mountains serve as the watershed for the basins of the Mackenzie River (east) and Yukon River (west) and are the source .....
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  22. Franklin Ophthalmic Instruments
    `Franklin Ophthalmic Instruments` was once the largest distributor of ophthalmic instruments in the world. Franklin Instruments was founded by Milt Murdock and later expanded by Ron Jenell. Their main facility was on Industrial Blvd in Hayward, Ca. Milt Murdock also owned Franklin Optical with Don Hadacke which was a successful optical retail chain in the California Bay Area and Hawaii. Their main branch was housed with Franklin Ophthalmic Inst...
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  23. Franklin Pierce Adams
    `Franklin Pierce Adams` (November 15, 1881, Chicago, Illinois - March 23, 1960, New York City, New York) was an American columnist (under the pen name `FPA`) and wit, best known for his newspaper column, `The Conning Tower,` and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's `Information Please`. He was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pi

  24. Franklin Raines
    `Franklin Delano Raines` (born January 14, 1949 in Seattle, Washington) is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Fannie Mae who served as White House budget director under President Bill Clinton. The son of a Seattle janitors , Raines graduated from Harvard University, Harvard Law School; and Magdalen College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He served in the Carter Administration as associate director for economics and govern...
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  25. Franklin Richards
    `Franklin Richards` is a fictional character in Marvel Comics' universe. Born in `Fantastic Four Annual` #6 (November 1968), Franklin is the young son of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four and the older brother of Valeria Richards. He is an Omega-Level mutant with vast reality-manipulating powers.
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22 November 2009

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On Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas. At his death, the 35th president was 46 years old and had served less than three years in office. Despite this intimate experience of events surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy, the nation failed to achieve closure. Oswald never confessed, and the facts of the case remain mysterious. The Warren Commission's conclusion Oswald acted alone failed to satisfy the public. In 1976, the House of Representatives' Select Committee on Assassinations reopened investigation of the murder. The Committee reported that Lee Harvey Oswald probably was part of a conspiracy that may have involved organized crime. read more

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