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Burlesque was a type of American theatre entertainment characterised by chorus-girl numbers interspersed with comedians and other acts. It started in the mid-1800s and became very popular in the early 1900s with stars such as Al Jolson, W. C. Fields, Sophie Tucker, Fannie Brice and strippers Gypsy Rose Lee and Sally Rand. It declined with the rise of films and was finally Banned in the 1940s as a threat to public morality.
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Ayn Rand was a Russian-born American novelist. She was born in 1905 at St Petersburg and died in 1982. Born into a wealthy Russian pharmaceutical family, early in life she learned about exploiting people, and after fleeing the Russian revolution with her family defected to the USA, a country she identified as suiting her own particular needs of greed, vanity and self publicity. It was while in the USA that she adopted the 19th century philosophy of 'objectivism' and claimed it be her own invention.
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Rand Brooks was an American actor. He was born in 1918 at Los Angeles, California and died in 2003 of cancer.
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Grace Lee Whitney is an American actress and singer. She was born in 1930 at Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is best known for her role as 'Yeoman Rand' in the 1960's television series 'Star Trek'.
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Sally Rand (real name Helen Gould Beck) was an American actress. She was born in 1903 and died in 1979 of congestive heart failure.
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The rand is the currency of South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana.
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RAND is an abbreviation for Research And Development
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RDC is an abbreviation for Rail Diesel Car
RDC is an abbreviation for Repository Design Condition
RDC is an abbreviation for Running Down Clause
RDC is an abbreviation for Rand Development Corporation
RDC is an abbreviation for Rural District Council
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Rand is a village in Lincolnshire, England.
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