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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A village of south-central England west of London. The Royal Ascot horseraces, initiated by Queen Anne in 1711, are held annually in June on Ascot Heath.
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ASCOT, ENGLAND - JUNE 16: Ladies in hats pose for photographs on the first day of Royal Ascot 2009 at Ascot Racecourse on June 16, 2009 in Ascot, England.
Jezebel 2009
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An article by Times magazine revealed that the favorite son of Indonesia's longest ruling president is worth US$ 800 million, including part ownership of an 18-hole golf course in Ascot, England.
Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Soeharto’s son aims to be president? 2009
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The game comes after Prince Harry’s favourite pony, Drizzle, last month collapsed and died of a heart attack after he had been riding the animal at a charity polo match at Coworth Park in Ascot, Berkshire.
Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » 2010 » June » 08 2010
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The game comes after Prince Harry’s favourite pony, Drizzle, last month collapsed and died of a heart attack after he had been riding the animal at a charity polo match at Coworth Park in Ascot, Berkshire.
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Ascot, which is, with Cheltenham, showing the way to the rest of British racing in commercial terms, gives Champions Day the chance to be so much more.
Champions Day has a brighter future at Ascot than at remote Newmarket Greg Wood 2010
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A Merkin fund called Ascot gave all $1.8 billion that Merkin had raised from investors to Bernard Madoff. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: More on consequences to Israel lobby of Madoff collapse 2008
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A Merkin fund called Ascot gave all $1.8 billion that Merkin had raised from investors to Bernard Madoff.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: More on consequences to Israel lobby of Madoff collapse 2008
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In the meantime, however, the people are in the best possible humour, and I never was better received at Ascot, which is a great test, and also along the roads yesterday.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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Mr Cuomo described Mr Merkin, who ran three hedge funds known as Ascot, Gabriel and Ariel, as a Madoff middleman who used his social and charitable connections to raise huge amounts of money from investors, while misleading them about who was actually managing their money.
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Mr Cuomo described Mr Merkin, who ran three hedge funds known as Ascot, Gabriel and Ariel, as a Madoff middleman who used his social and charitable connections to raise huge amounts of money from investors, while misleading them about who was actually managing their money.
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