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20462292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20Alonso%20%28engineer%29 | Fernando Alonso (engineer) | Fernando Alonso Fernández (born March 11, 1956) was the Head of the Military Aircraft division of Airbus Defence and Space before he retired in 2019. He had been an Airbus employee since 1982. Until March 2015 he was Head of Flight and Integration Tests at Airbus. During his career, he has accumulated more than 3000 ho... |
20462298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once%20Bitten%20%281932%20film%29 | Once Bitten (1932 film) | Once Bitten is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Richard Cooper, Ursula Jeans and Frank Pettingell. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie.
Cast
Ursula Jeans as Clare
Richard Cooper as Toby Galloway
Frank Pettingell as Sir Timothy Blott
Jeanne Stuart as Alici... |
20462306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Nagamine | Mount Nagamine | is a mountain in Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. This mountain is one of the major mountains of Rokko Mountains. Mount Nagamine literally means, long ridge mountain.
Outline
Mount Nagamine is on a ridge, which branches off a main ridge of Rokko Mountains. Because the ridge stretches to the south, toward the Osaka-Kobe met... |
20462313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%20Hotel | Kentucky Hotel | The Kentucky Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Lynchburg, Virginia. It is one of Lynchburg's three remaining early 19th century ordinaries. It was probably built before 1800, and is a -story structure of brick laid in Flemish bond. In about 1814, two side bays were completed, converting the house to a cen... |
20462318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot%20Flight%203352 | Aeroflot Flight 3352 | Aeroflot Flight 3352 was a Tupolev Tu-154 airline flight on a domestic route from Krasnodar to Novosibirsk, with an intermediate landing in Omsk. While landing at Omsk Airport on Thursday, 11 October 1984, the aircraft crashed into maintenance vehicles on the runway, killing 174 people on board and 4 on the ground. Whi... |
20462333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Garden | Royal Garden | Royal Garden is the largest residential building in height of Brazil, at 140 metres and 42 floors, according to List of skyscrapers in Brazil.
Created in 1988, it's the tallest in the state of Paraná.
Designed originally to be the largest in Latin America, this was prevented by the municipal government of the time si... |
20462342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields%20of%20Joy | Fields of Joy | "Fields of Joy" is a song by American singer Lenny Kravitz and released on July 16, 1991, as the third single from his second studio album Mama Said.
Background
"Fields of Joy" is a cover of the 1971 song of the same name by the band New York Rock and Roll Ensemble. The song lyrics is about leaving all the troubles be... |
20462343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0atijai | Šatijai | Šatijai is a village near Kaunas in Lithuania. It has a red brick estate, built in 1889 by the Christauskai family. In 1966 the estate consisted of a house, large stables, barn, granary, smithy, and garden. Until restoration of Lithuania's independence in 1990, the estate was neglected and fell in ruins. Consequently, ... |
17324893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373%20New%20York%20Rangers%20season | 1972–73 New York Rangers season | The 1972–73 New York Rangers season was the 47th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
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20462354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984%20African%20Cup%20Winners%27%20Cup | 1984 African Cup Winners' Cup | The 1984 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Al Ahly in two-legged final victory against Canon Yaoundé. This was the tenth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-five sides entered the competition, with CAP Owendo and H... |
17324908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LongPen | LongPen | The LongPen is a remote signing device conceived of by writer Margaret Atwood in 2004 and debuted in 2006. It allows a person to remotely write in ink anywhere in the world via tablet PC and the Internet and a robotic hand. It also supports an audio and video conversation between the endpoints, such as a fan and author... |
20462358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident%20House | Trident House | Trident House is the eighth tallest high rise residential building in the city of Birmingham, England, with a height of 61 metres (200 feet). It comprises 19 floors and was completed in 1981.
External links
Residential buildings completed in 1981
Buildings and structures in Birmingham, West Midlands |
20462360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop%20zone%20%28disambiguation%29 | Drop zone (disambiguation) | A drop zone is a place where parachutists or parachuted supplies land.
Drop zone may also refer to:
Drop Zone (film), a 1994 American action film
Dropzone, a 1984 shoot 'em up video game by Archer Maclean
Drop Zone (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
Drop zone (sports) or relegation zone, i... |
17324943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedarcroft%2C%20Baltimore | Cedarcroft, Baltimore | Cedarcroft is a distinctive residential neighborhood in the North district of Baltimore, bordered by Gittings, East Lake and Bellona Avenue avenues and York Road. According to Baltimore City's Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), the houses in Cedarcroft are in the Dutch Colonial Revival, F... |
20462402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar%20Azevedo | Gaspar Azevedo | José Gaspar da Silva Azevedo (born 1 June 1975), known simply as Gaspar, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career
Gaspar was born in Santo Tirso, Porto District. During the vast majority of his career, he rarely spent more than one season with the same club. He repr... |
20462411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid%20Motors | Pyramid Motors | Pyramid Motors is a historic automobile showroom building located at Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It is a one-story building with a yellow brick façade with contrasting red-brick details constructed in 1937. The building presented, like the Lincoln-Zephyr that the dealership sold, a streamlined, "modern" appeara... |
6899615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20tallest%20structures%20in%20Japan | List of tallest structures in Japan | Japan has more than 270 high-rise buildings above 150 metres (492 ft). Unlike other Asian countries with skyscrapers exceeding 400 metres (1312 ft) in height, Japan's skyscrapers are relatively shorter. Construction is difficult due to the high cost of labor and construction material; all buildings above 50 metres (164... |
6899623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Democratic%20Alliance | Southern Democratic Alliance | The Southern Democratic Alliance () is a pro-democracy political organization in Hong Kong. The Alliance was founded on February 1, 2004.
Its stated mission is to unite South Asians with local Chinese to build up a colorful Hong Kong. According to the party's chair, James Lung, local media have termed the Alliance the... |
20462415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson%20Press | Samson Press | The Samson Press was a small letterpress printing business or private press run by Joan Mary Shelmerdine (1899–1994) and Flora Margaret Grierson (1899–1966). In its early years it was known for producing small editions of literary works with high quality artwork, and later for the production of greetings cards and ephe... |
20462419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga%20Kozlova | Olga Kozlova | Olga Kozlova (; born 1986 in Penza, Russia) is a Russian pianist. She graduated from the Moscow Special Gnesin's School of Music in 2004 and is currently studying at the Moscow Conservatory.
She made it to the 2005 Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition semi-finals, and has subsequently been awarded 2nd prize... |
6899628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VeloBind | VeloBind | VeloBind is a type of book binding often offered at copy and print shops. Velobinding involves punching several small holes along the edge of an unbound book. A strip of plastic with rigid tines is inserted into the holes from the top of the book, and a strip with corresponding holes is placed on the back with the tine... |
20462420 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinke | Heinke | Heinke may refer to:
Heinke (diving equipment manufacturer) (1818–1869), a 19th-century British manufacturer of diving equipment
George H. Heinke (1882–1940), Nebraska Republican politician
Harald Heinke (born 1955), German Olympic judoka
Sarah Heinke, American voice actress; see Strawberry Shortcake: Rockaberry R... |
20462439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hann%20River | Hann River | The Hann River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Wurla.
It was named after the first European to explore the river, Frank Hann, who had seen it during his expedition to the region in 1898 and named it the Phillips River. It was rename... |
20462443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanthopsis | Coelacanthopsis | Coelacanthopsis is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period.
The Coelacanth is the only living example of the fossil Coelacanth fishes Actinistia. They are also the closest link between fish and the first amphibian creatures which made the transition from sea to land in the Devo... |
20462446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel%20Neumann | Axel Neumann | Axel Neumann (born 22 April 1952) is a German retired professional footballer who played professionally in the North American Soccer League.
A defender and midfielder, Neumann began his career with Tennis Borussia Berlin. In 1975, he moved to the United States and signed with the Boston Minutemen of the North American... |
6899646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead-bismuth%20eutectic | Lead-bismuth eutectic | Lead-Bismuth Eutectic or LBE is a eutectic alloy of lead (44.5 at%) and bismuth (55.5 at%) used as a coolant in some nuclear reactors, and is a proposed coolant for the lead-cooled fast reactor, part of the Generation IV reactor initiative.
It has a melting point of 123.5 °C/255.3 °F (pure lead melts at 327 °C/621 °F, ... |
17324966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%20Island | Bay Island | Bay Island is a two mile long island situated in the North Great Neck area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The island is bordered by Long Creek to the north and Broad Bay to the south, both offshoots of the Lynnhaven River, and is connected to the mainland by the West Great Neck Bridge on the western side of the island. T... |
20462447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania%20Br%C3%B6tzingen | Germania Brötzingen | Germania Brötzingen was a German association football club from the district of Brötzingen in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. Together with the 1. FC Pforzheim and VfR Pforzheim, it was one of three clubs in the city who have played higher league football.
On 1 July 2011, the club merged with 1. FC Eutingen to form SV K... |
20462476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey%20Zasimovich | Sergey Zasimovich | Sergey Sergeyevich Zasimovich (; born 11 March 1986) is a Kazakhstani high jumper.
He was born in Karagandinskaya. As a junior, he finished seventh at the 2004 Asian Junior Championships and twelfth at the 2005 Asian Championships, and won the gold medal at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games. In 2006 he finished fifth at the... |
20462491 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolina%20%28singer%29 | Karolina (singer) | Keren Karolina Avratz, professionally known as Karolina, is a singer/songwriter from Eilat, Israel. She is the lead singer of the trio Habanot Nechama.
Biography
Keren (Karolina) Avratz was born on 19 March 1971 in Jaffa and raised in Eilat. Given the nickname "Karolina" by her grandmother, Karolina's musical influen... |
20462508 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno%20Pila%C5%A1 | Bruno Pilaš | Bruno Pilaš (21 November 1950 – 11 June 2011) was a Yugoslavian professional footballer who played as a striker in the NASL between 1973 and 1977 for the Toronto Metros-Croatia.
Playing career
Before his arrival to North America he began his career in 1969 with GNK Dinamo Zagreb. In 1971, he went abroad to play in the... |
6899647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Legault | François Legault | François Legault (; born May 26, 1957) is a Canadian politician serving as the 32nd premier of Quebec since 2018. A member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), he has led the party since its founding in 2011. Legault sits as a member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the Lanaudière region riding of L'Assomption. Pri... |
20462512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshterski | Meshterski | Meshterski () or Meshtrenski (мещренски) was a cant, or secret sociolect, of the south Bulgarian builders, bricklayers and masons. The name comes from the word мещра meshtra, "master", from Latin magister. Meshterski served a linguistically isolating purpose, enabling the builders to communicate in secrecy, and a socia... |
20462513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor%20Brown%20%28speedway%20rider%29 | Ivor Brown (speedway rider) | Ivor John Brown (30 May 1927 – 30 March 2005) was a motorcycle speedway rider and captain of Cradley Heathens speedway team during the 1960s. After retiring from riding he became promoter of Long Eaton and Scunthorpe speedway. His off-track occupation was postmaster and grocer of the village General Stores in Wymeswold... |
20462514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kivlem%C3%B8yane | Kivlemøyane | Kivlemøyane (English: The Kivle Maids) is the popular name of three dairy maids in Seljord, Telemark, who according to legend were turned to stone. Their image is presented in a natural formation in the mountain of Skorve in the valley Kivledalen. The legend also formed the basis for a number of Norwegian folk tunes.
... |
20462525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV%20Ekawat%20Nava%205 | FV Ekawat Nava 5 | FV Ekawat Nava 5 was a hijacked Kiribati-flagged, Thai-owned deep-sea fishing trawler that was sunk by of the Indian Navy on 18 November 2008. The trawler sank when a fire broke out on the vessel after INS Tabar retaliated to being fired upon by pirates on board. All but one crew member of the trawler were believed ki... |
20462526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope%20River | Hope River | Hope River may refer to:
Hope River (Jamaica)
Hope River (Tasman) in the South Island of New Zealand
Hope River (Canterbury) in the South Island of New Zealand
Hope River (West Coast) in the South Island of New Zealand
Hope River (Western Australia)
Hope River (Canada) Chilliwack, British Columbia
See also
Ho... |
20462548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic%20Pieces%20%28Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k%29 | Romantic Pieces (Dvořák) | Antonín Dvořák composed his cycle of four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150, (), for violin and piano in January 1887. These four pieces are arranged from his previous composition, a trio for two violins and viola, known as Miniatures, Op. 75a, B. 149 ().
Background
The composer's family was living in that time in Prag... |
17324968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000%20New%20Jersey%20Nets%20season | 1999–2000 New Jersey Nets season | The 1999–2000 NBA season was the Nets' 33rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 24th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey. During the off-season, the Nets re-acquired Johnny Newman from the Los Angeles Clippers, and re-signed free agent Sherman Douglas. Without Jayson Williams, who missed the entire sea... |
6899662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri%20Mahamariamman%20Temple%2C%20Penang | Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Penang | Built in 1833, the Arulmigu Sri Mahamariamman Temple in George Town is the oldest Hindu temple in Penang, Malaysia, and features sculptures of gods and goddesses over its main entrance and facade. It is located at Queen Street, George Town.
It is also known as Mariamman Temple or Queen Street Indian Temple. Throughout... |
20462566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano%20Stendardo | Mariano Stendardo | Mariano Stendardo (born 2 May 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays for the Serie D side Giugliano as a defender.
He has never played a match in Serie A, despite being on the roster of Lecce when they competed in Serie A in 2004.
His brother Guglielmo is also a footballer.
Career
Early career
Along with his broth... |
20462569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor%20Clancy%20%28Clare%20hurler%29 | Conor Clancy (Clare hurler) | Conor Clancy (born 1971 in Kilmaley, County Clare) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Kilmaley and with the Clare senior inter-county team from 1995 until 2002.
References
1972 births
Living people
Kilmaley hurlers
Clare inter-county hurlers
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship w... |
6899688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protium%20%28plant%29 | Protium (plant) | Protium is a genus of more than 140 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae. It is native to the Neotropics (where around 175 species have been found), Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and southern Asia from Pakistan east to Vietnam. The genus had been included in Bursera, but is distinct, being mo... |
20462572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damir%20%C5%A0utevski | Damir Šutevski | Damir Šutevski (28 September 1954 – 29 October 2020) was an association football player from Yugoslavia who played for Canadian and American clubs.
Šutevski came from Zagreb, at the time in Yugoslavia, and originally played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Croatia in 1974. He played in the NASL between 1975 ... |
6899692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachytrope | Tachytrope | A tachytrope is a curve in which the law of the velocity is given. It was first used by American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in A System of Analytic Mechanics, first published in 1855.
References
Sources
Velocity |
20462589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha%20Justice%20Campaign | Gurkha Justice Campaign | The Gurkha Justice Campaign was a campaign group in the United Kingdom fighting for the rights of the Gurkhas.
It wanted the Gurkhas who fought for the UK to gain the same rights as their British and Commonwealth counterparts. Essentially the group wanted the law to be changed so that all Gurkhas who fought for the U... |
20462631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw%20Terlecki | Stanisław Terlecki | Stanisław Andrzej Terlecki (13 November 1955 – 28 December 2017) was a Polish footballer. He played a total of 29 games for Poland, scoring 7 goals.
See also
Okęcie Airport incident
References
External links
NASL career stats
1955 births
2017 deaths
San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players
ŁKS Łódź players
L... |
20462661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenianus | Serenianus | Serenianus (died in Lydia, 366) was an officer of the Roman Empire, involved in the death of Caesar Constantius Gallus and in the usurpation of Procopius.
Biography
Serenianus was born in Pannonia. attended at the court of Roman Emperor Constantius II (337-361). It is known that he had been a former general, in char... |
6899695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlboro%20Cup%20Invitational%20Handicap | Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap | The Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race first run in September 1973 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade 1 race for horses 3 years old and up, it was raced over a distance of miles on a dirt track.
The race came into existence as a result of the huge popularity of Secretariat, who... |
6899696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative%20Heroes | Relative Heroes | Relative Heroes was a limited comic book series published by DC Comics in six issues, from March 2000 through October 2000. It revolved around a family of orphaned children who become superheroes. The team first appears in Relative Heroes #1 (March 2000), by Devin K. Grayson and Yvel Guichet.
History
After their pare... |
20462695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiksey | Thiksey | Thiksey is a village and the headquarter of its eponymous block in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil. The Thikse Monastery is located here.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Thiksey has 433 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population... |
6899697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%2BC%20Development%20and%20Cooperation | D+C Development and Cooperation | D+C Development and Cooperation is a monthly English language journal funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. It claims is to provide a credible forum of debate involving government, civil society, and academia at an international level. All articles are available online.
D+C is ... |
6899698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangeline%20Trail | Evangeline Trail | The Evangeline Trail is a scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
It is located in the western part of the province, bringing visitors to the Minas Basin, the Annapolis Valley and the Gulf of Maine. The route connects Mount Uniacke in Hants County with Yarmouth at the Bay Ferries terminal where ferrie... |
20462714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20van%20der%20Veen | Jan van der Veen | Jan van der Veen (born 6 July 1948) is a retired Dutch professional association football player who played for Sparta Rotterdam, Royal Antwerp, Go Ahead Eagles, Willem II and Helmond Sport. He also played in the NASL between 1978 and 1983 for the San Diego Sockers, Tampa Bay Rowdies and California Surf. Jan scored Tamp... |
6899706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Roth%20%28musician%29 | Peter Roth (musician) | Peter Roth (Hebrew: פיטר רוט; born on September 17, 1974) is an Israeli singer and record producer, and a member of the Israeli rock band Monica Sex.
Biography
Roth was born in Bat Yam to a musician couple. His father, a member in an Israeli army band, taught Peter to play the guitar at a young age. Roth played basket... |
6899708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Cod%20Commission | Cape Cod Commission | The Cape Cod Commission is a regional planning authority and department of Barnstable County. It was created in 1990 by an Act of the Massachusetts General Court and confirmed by a majority of county voters.
In the wake of an unprecedented growth boom in the 1980s, the Cape Cod Commission Act found that the region kn... |
17324993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303%20New%20Jersey%20Nets%20season | 2002–03 New Jersey Nets season | The 2002–03 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 36th season in the National Basketball Association, and 27th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Nets entered the season as runners-up in the 2002 NBA Finals, where they were swept by the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in four games. During the... |
6899717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Morgan%20%28musician%29 | Tom Morgan (musician) | Thomas Martin Morgan (born 3 March 1970) is an Australian musician and songwriter. He fronts the 1990s indie pop group, Smudge (1991–present). He has written or co-written (with Evan Dando) songs for Boston power pop group, the Lemonheads. Morgan's other bands include Sneeze (1991–present), The Givegoods, Godstar (1991... |
17325007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLITS | GLITS | Graham's Line Identification Tone System (GLITS) is a test signal for stereo systems devised by BBC TV Sound Supervisor and Fellow of the IPS Graham Haines in the mid 1980s. It comprises a 1 kHz tone at 0 dBu (- 18 dBFS) on both channels, with interruptions which identify the channels.
The left channel is interrupted... |
6899718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazeau%20River | Brazeau River | The Brazeau River is a river in western Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the North Saskatchewan River.
The river was named for Joseph Brazeau, a linguist associated with the Palliser Expedition.
Course
The river originates in the heights of the Canadian Rockies from Brazeau Lake (which is fed by creeks th... |
6899722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikolahi | Ikolahi | Ikolahi is a village in Khanna tehsil in Ludhiana district of Punjab State, India. It is located 39 km to the east of
District headquarters Ludhiana. 7 km from Khanna. 68 km
from State capital Chandigarh
Ikolahi Pin code is 141401 and postal head office is
Khanna.
Libra (2 km), Bhamadi (2 km), Daudpur (2 km),
Rasulra ... |
6899732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pull%20My%20Daisy%20%28poem%29 | Pull My Daisy (poem) | "Pull My Daisy" is a poem by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady. It was written in the late 1940s in a similar way to the Surrealist “exquisite corpse” game, with one person writing the first line, the other writing the second, and so on sequentially with each person only being shown the line before.
It pro... |
6899733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household%20Saints | Household Saints | Household Saints is a 1993 film starring Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio and Lili Taylor. It is based on the novel by Francine Prose and directed by Nancy Savoca. The film explores the lives of three generations of Italian-American women over the course of the latter half of the 20th century. The film's executive pr... |
6899739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosicles%20%28sculptor%29 | Sosicles (sculptor) | Sosicles (Ancient Greek: Σωσικλῆς) was a Roman sculptor in the mid 2nd century AD. He worked as copyist of ancient Greek masterpieces. He is known from his signature shown on a marble plinth from Tusculum and the column of a marble statue of a wounded Amazon (originally in the collection of Alessandro Albani, Inv. D19... |
6899740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kfarfakoud | Kfarfakoud | Kfarfakoud (Kfarfakud or Kafarfakoud كفرفاقود) is a village in the Chouf district of Lebanon that lies between the valleys of the coastal Lebanese chain of mountains.
The name Kfarfakoud (as the names of other villages of Lebanon) has its origins in Syriac-aramaic language (kfar: land; fakoud: governor, landowner).
... |
17325011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376%20New%20York%20Nets%20season | 1975–76 New York Nets season | The 1975–76 New York Nets season was the ninth and final season of ABA basketball on Long Island. The Nets won their second ABA Championship.
Draft picks
Roster
Exhibition games
On October 4, 1975, the Nets played their first exhibition game of the season, facing the Washington Bullets of the NBA in the Capital Cent... |
6899744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoko%20Ninomiya | Tomoko Ninomiya | is a Japanese manga artist, based in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. In 1989, she made her debut with London Doubt Boys.
She is best known for her series Nodame Cantabile, which received the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga. Nodame Cantabile has been adapted for television as both live-action dramas broadcast in 2... |
17325025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Observatories%20Origins%20Deep%20Survey | Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey | The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey, or GOODS, is an astronomical survey combining deep observations from three of NASA's Great Observatories: the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, along with data from other space-based telescopes, such as XMM Newton, and so... |
6899752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren%20Bradley | Warren Bradley | Warren Bradley may refer to:
Warren Bradley (footballer) (1933–2007), English footballer
Warren Bradley (politician), former leader of Liverpool City Council
Warren Ives Bradley (1847–1868), American author who wrote as Glance Gaylord |
6899761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Perfect | Peter Perfect | Peter Perfect may refer to:
Peter Perfect in the Turbo Terrific, a character in the cartoon Wacky Races
Peter Brock, Australian motor racer
Peter Gregg (racing driver), U.S. motor racer
Peter Ishkhans, judge on the makeover reality series Tease
See also
Perfect Peter, a character in the Horrid Henry stories & TV ... |
17325030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician%20Data%20Query | Physician Data Query | Physician Data Query (PDQ) is the US National Cancer Institute's (NCI) comprehensive cancer database. It contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine; a registry of more than 6,000 open and 17,000 closed cancer cli... |
17325072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Geographic%20Institute%20%28Belgium%29 | National Geographic Institute (Belgium) | The Belgian National Geographic Institute (NGI); (, ) is the Belgian national mapping agency.
The headquarters are located at Campus Renaissance near the Cinquantenaire park in Brussels.
See also
(List of) national mapping agencies
External links
NGI / IGN official website
National mapping agencies
Geography of Bel... |
6899763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Secret%20in%20the%20Old%20Attic | The Secret in the Old Attic | The Secret in the Old Attic is the twenty-first volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1944 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Mildred Wirt Benson.
Plot Summary- 1944 edition
Nancy searches for clues to missing music manuscripts written by the la... |
6899772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth%20Stonehouse | Ruth Stonehouse | Ruth Stonehouse (September 28, 1892 – May 12, 1941) was an actress and film director during the silent film era. Her stage career started at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows.
Early life
Ruth Stonehouse was born to James Wesley Stonehouse and Georgia C. Worster on September 28, 1892, in Denver, Colorado. ... |
6899779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic%20cheetah | Asiatic cheetah | The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is a critically endangered cheetah subspecies currently only surviving in Iran. It once occurred from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Transcaucasus, Kyzylkum Desert and northern South Asia, but was extirpated in these regions during the 20t... |
6899782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Clue%20in%20the%20Crumbling%20Wall | The Clue in the Crumbling Wall | The Clue in the Crumbling Wall is the twenty-second volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1945 under Carolyn Keene, a pseudonym of the ghostwriter Mildred Wirt Benson.
Plot
Nancy and her friends work to find an inheritance concealed in the walls of an old mansion before it can be d... |
6899785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor%20Philips | Trevor Philips | Trevor Philips is a fictional character and one of the three playable protagonists, alongside Michael De Santa and Franklin Clinton, of Grand Theft Auto V, the seventh main title in the Grand Theft Auto series developed by Rockstar Games. He also appears in the game's multiplayer component, Grand Theft Auto Online. A c... |
6899789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20Girard | Nicolas Girard | Nicolas Girard (born June 5, 1972 in Montreal, Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada, and former member of the National Assembly of Quebec. He was elected to the National Assembly in a by-election as a Parti Québécois member on September 20, 2004 in riding of Gouin in the Montreal region.
Student activism
Girard ... |
6899793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Allanbrook | Douglas Allanbrook | Douglas Allanbrook (April 1, 1921 – January 29, 2003) was an American composer, concert pianist and harpsichordist. He was associated with a group of mid-twentieth century Boston composers who were students of Nadia Boulanger. His compositions are described by the Kennedy Center as "smooth, showing astute sense, assert... |
6899802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Ahern | Maurice Ahern | Maurice Ahern (born 1938/39) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a member of Dublin City Council for the Cabra–Glasnevin local electoral area from 1999 to 2009. He was first elected at the 1999 local elections, topping the poll. He was re-elected at the 2004 local elections. He was the Lord Mayor of Dublin... |
6899816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mystery%20of%20the%20Tolling%20Bell | The Mystery of the Tolling Bell | The Mystery of the Tolling Bell is the twenty-third volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1946 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Mildred Wirt Benson.
Plot summary
Nancy, Bess, and George travel to the picturesque seaside town of Candleton to mee... |
6899817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb%20Williams | Caleb Williams | Caleb Williams may refer to:
Caleb Williams, the shortened title and the name of the protagonist of Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams, a 1794 British novel
Caleb Williams (American football) (born 2002), American football quarterback
Caleb Williams Saleeby (1878–1940), English physician |
6899826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fall%20of%20America%3A%20Poems%20of%20These%20States | The Fall of America: Poems of These States | The Fall of America: Poems of These States, 1965–1971 is a collection of poetry by Allen Ginsberg, published by City Lights Bookstore in 1973, for which Ginsberg shared the annual U.S. National Book Award for Poetry.
It is characterized by a prophetic tone inspired by William Blake and Walt Whitman, as well as an objec... |
6899827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Kiso%20Fukushima | Siege of Kiso Fukushima | The 1554 siege of Kiso-Fukushima was a siege by Takeda Shingen on Fukushima Castle, in the Kiso River Valley of Shinano province. This was one of many battles fought during Shingen's campaign to seize control of Shinano.
Kiso Yoshiyasu, commander of the besieged castle, surrendered as his garrison ran out of food and ... |
20462724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under%2015%20Bayernliga | Under 15 Bayernliga | The Under 15 Bayernliga (German: C-Jugend Bayernliga) is the highest level of competition for under 15 football teams in Bavaria and the second tier of the Southern German league system, set below the Under 15 Regionalliga Süd.
History
The competition was established in 1975, as a championship rather than a league, al... |
6899836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzushio-class%20submarine | Uzushio-class submarine | The Uzushio-class submarine (Whirlpools) was a series of submarines in service with Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force which was the first generation of the teardrop type submarine that valued the underwater performance against that of the conventional-hull type . Seven from 1967 fiscal year were built with the third... |
6899842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Clue%20in%20the%20Old%20Album | The Clue in the Old Album | The Clue in the Old Album is the twenty-fourth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1947 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.
Plot summary
Nancy witnesses a purse snatching and pursues the thief. She rescues the purse, but not its contents, then is asked by the owner, a doll collec... |
17325082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip%20Pol%C3%A1%C5%A1ek | Filip Polášek | Filip Polášek (; born 21 July 1985) is a Slovak professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He was forced to retire in 2013 due to health issues, but returned in 2018 and began the most successful phase of his career. Polášek won his first Grand Slam title at the 2021 Australian Open alongside Ivan Dodig, a... |
17325121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Woodbury%20Strong | Margaret Woodbury Strong | Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897 – July 16, 1969) was an American collector and philanthropist. Strong was an avid collector, especially of toys and her large collection formed the basis for the Strong National Museum of Play.
Margaret is the second and last child of John Charles Woodbury (1859 in Rochester, NY – 1937) ... |
20462753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Powell | Daniel Powell | Daniel Vendrys Powell (born 12 March 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for club Barnet.
Powell started his career with Milton Keynes Dons, and made his first-team debut aged 17 in 2008. He had loan spells with Crawley Town, Forest Green Rovers and Darlington. In both 2010–... |
20462777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftershock%202005 | Aftershock 2005 | Aftershock 2005 is the fourth album by the funk band Mutiny. The album was initially released in 1996 by the Polystar label in Japan, and then by Rykodisc Records in the U.S. and UK. The album possesses a more rock-oriented feel than previous Mutiny albums. The album features guest appearances from former P-Funk bandma... |
17325123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin%20Colt | Alvin Colt | Alvin Colt (July 5, 1916 – May 4, 2008) was an American costume designer. Colt worked on over 50 Broadway shows.
His first job was in a theatrical fabric house, he also worked on painting scenery during the summer. On the Town was the first Broadway show he worked on in 1944. His major Broadway credits include Guys ... |
20462784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzo%20%28brand%29 | Kenzo (brand) | Kenzo (stylized as KENZO PARIS) is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1970 by Japanese designer Kenzo Takada and owned by parent company LVMH.
History
Kenzo Takada, 1970–1998
Kenzo Takada was born in Japan and moved to Paris in 1964 to start his fashion career. He then became known for using Asian and Japanese... |
20462787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris%20Krajn%C3%BD | Boris Krajný | Boris Krajný (born 1945) is a Czech pianist, best known for his work on Czech and French pianism. He was awarded the Académie Charles Cros's 1982 Grand Prix du Disque for his recording of Albert Roussel, Arthur Honegger and Francis Poulenc piano concertos. He has also recorded Sergei Prokofiev and Béla Bartók's 3rd pia... |
20462813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrochitsa | Vrochitsa | Vrochitsa () is a settlement in the municipal unit of Iardanos, Greece. It is situated in a valley surrounded by low hills, at 80 m elevation. It is 2 km southwest of Elaionas, 2 km east of Fonaitika, 4 km east of Vounargo and 7 km north of Pyrgos. Its population is 359 people (2011 census). There is an elementary scho... |
20462824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardin%20Pal%C3%A9obotanique | Jardin Paléobotanique | The Jardin Paléobotanique is a botanical garden located in Les Millières, Soulce-Cernay, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. The garden contains about 500 types of plants, including rare species and prehistoric trees such as Ginkgo biloba. It is open Sundays and holidays in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
Se... |
17325132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warehouse%2013 | Warehouse 13 | Warehouse 13 is an American science fiction television series that originally ran from July 7, 2009, to May 19, 2014, on the Syfy network, and was executive produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins for Universal Cable Productions. Described as "part The X-Files, part Raiders of the Lost Ark and part Moonlighting", the... |
20462826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Verdi | Roger Verdi | Roger Verdi (born Rajinder Singh Virdee on 4 February 1953) is an English retired professional footballer who spent his entire career in North America, making over 100 league appearances in the North American Soccer League.
Early life
Verdi was born on 4 February 1953, as Rajinder Singh Virdee in Nairobi, Kenya, to In... |
20462827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Big%20Mouth%20Records | Great Big Mouth Records | Great Big Mouth Records is a record label based in Des Moines, Iowa, which was founded by Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor and Denny Harvey. The label was conceived to help bring attention to Midwestern bands, Taylor explains; "basically we're just trying to unify the scene and really bring more attention ... |
6899844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Dundee | History of Dundee | Dundee () is the fourth-largest city in Scotland with a population of around 150,000 people. It is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the east coast of the Central Lowlands of Scotland. The Dundee area has been settled since the Mesolithic with evidence of Pictish habitation beginning in the Iron Age. Du... |