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Tinder

Tinder

Computers and software

Tinder is an American geosocial networking and online dating application that allows users to anonymously swipe to like or dislike other users' posted profiles,

Marshal Tito

Marshal Tito

Born: May 25, 1892 Kumrovec, Croatia Died: May 4, 1980 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Yugoslav politician and president The Yu...

USA Today

USA Today

Advertising and media

USA Today is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, USA Today operates from Gannett's

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Arguably Indonesia's best-known writer, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, also known as Pramoedya or Pram (1925–2006), was the author of novels that chronicled much of that Southeast Asian co...

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Iva Toguri

Born July 4, 1916, in Los Angeles, CA; died September 26, 2006, in Chicago, IL. Radio announcer. Iva Toguri was considered one of the infamous voices of "Tokyo Rose" during World War II, a...

J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

Born: January 3, 1892 Bloemfontein, South Africa Died: September 2, 1973 Bournemouth, England English writer, essayist, poet, and ed...

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Born: August 28, 1828 Tula Province, Russia Died: November 9, 1910 Astapovo, Russia Russian novelist The Russian nove...

Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

Communication and Internet

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the Uni

Freedom from Torture

Freedom from Torture

Financial services

Freedom from Torture (previously known as The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) is a British registered charity which provides therapeutic care for s

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Born: November 24, 1864 Albi, France Died: September 9, 1901 Malromé, France French painter The French painter Henri ...

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Baal Shem Tov

Born: c. 1700 Okopy, Poland Died: c. 1760 Polish religious leader The founder of modern Hasidism was the Polish-born Israel ben Elieze...

Helios Towers

Helios Towers

Communication and Internet

Helios Towers is a UK-based telecommunications tower company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Helios Towers The

Eiji Toyoda

Eiji Toyoda

Born: September 12, 1913 Kinjo, Nishi Kasugai, Japan Japanese businessman and engineer Eiji Toyoda is a former chairman of the Toyota Motor Company. Hi...

Campaign Against Arms Trade

Campaign Against Arms Trade

Security

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a UK-based campaigning organisation working towards the abolition of the international arms trade. It was founded in 1974 by a coalition of peace g

Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade

Politics and Administration

The Department for International Trade (DIT) is a United Kingdom government department responsible for striking and extending trade agreements between the United Kingdom and foreign cou

TradePoint

TradePoint

Consumer goods

TradePoint is the trade only arm of B&Q, offering a huge range of trusted brands at trade prices. Located in over 290 B&Q stores throughout the country providing tradesmen with trusted trade b

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Boris Trajkovski

Born June 25, 1956, in Strumica, Yugoslavia; died in a plane crash, February 26, 2004, near Stolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina. President of Macedonia. In two great moments of crisis, Boris Trajko...

Campaign for Better Transport

Campaign for Better Transport

Auto and Transport

Campaign for Better Transport is an advocacy group in the United Kingdom that promotes sustainable transport, including better bus and rail services. It was launched

Department for Transport

Department for Transport

Politics and Administration

The Department for Transport (DfT) is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales

Travelodge

Travelodge

Tourism

Travelodge (formerly TraveLodge) refers to several hotel chains around the world. Current operations include: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, Irelan

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