Whatever the origin, Hamburg steak seems to have provided the name, and ground beef became the standard.

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Whatever the origin, Buffett shrinks from personal confrontation and always has.

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Whatever its origin, the disease has spread rapidly and is now believed to be affecting ten Asian countries.

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It also stated that cultural authenticity is based on recognition of the components of cultural identity, whatever their geographic origin and however they have mingled, and that every people or group of peoples has both the right and the duty to determine independently its own cultural identity, based on its historical antecedents, its individual values and aspirations, and its sovereign will.

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Whatever its reputation, burlesque was no more than the latest version of a popular entertainment that had its origin in the 19th century in touring minstrel shows and which had expanded into permanent variety theatres to cater for the massive growth in America's population.

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