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Sanford Ballard Dole was the president of the Republic of Hawaii and the first governor of the Territory of Hawaii. He was born in 1844 at Honolulu and died in 1926. The son of American Protestant missionaries, he went to the USA to study law and returned to Hawaii to practise as a lawyer, became elected to government and was a leader in the 1893 revolt against the monarchy. In 1894 he was elected the first president of the Republic of Hawaii, a position he held until the annexation of Hawaii to the USA in 1900 when President McKinley of the USA appointed him territorial governor. In 1903 he became the US district judge for Hawaii and in 1909 was re-elected governor, a position he held until the position expired in 1915 when he subsequently retired from public life.
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Ballard Berkeley is a British actor. He was born in 1904.
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Kay Ballard is an actress. She was born in 1926.
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Empire Of The Sun is a Second World War drama starring Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers and Leslie Phillips in a story based upon the novel by JG Ballard about a rich family forced to flee Shanghai when it is occupied by the Japanese in 1941. Empire Of The Sun was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1987.
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Fly Away Home is a drama based upon a true story starring Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin and Dana Delany in a story about a girl who raises a clutch of geese from eggs and teaches them how to fly. Fly Away Home was directed by Carroll Ballard in 1996.
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The Black Stallion is an adventure starring Mickey Rooney, Kelly Reno and Teri Garr in a story about a young American boy and an Arabian stallion shipwrecked off North Africa and subsequently rescued and returned to New York where the horse feeling cramped escapes and is pursued by the boy. The Black Stallion was directed by Carroll Ballard in 1979.
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The Night Caller is a Sci-fi thriller starring John Saxon, Maurice Denham, Alfred Burke, Patricia Haines and Ballard Berkeley in a story about an alien spaceship that lands on earth seeking women to mate with. The Night Caller was directed by John Gilling in 1965.
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Ballard is a town in Uintah County, Utah, USA.
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Ballard County is a county in the State of Kentucky, USA.
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Barlow (recorded in the Domesday Book as Berlai) is a village in North Yorkshire, England.
Barlow is a city in Ballard County, Kentucky, USA.
Barlow is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.
Barlow is a township in Washington County, Ohio, USA.
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