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it from inclusions ) . A large , flawless diamond is known as a paragon .
= = = Natural history = = =
The formation of natural diamond requires very specific conditions — exposure of carbon @-@ bearing materials to high pressure , ranging approximately between 45 and 60 kilobars ( 4 @.@ 5 and 6 GPa ) , but at a co... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
their songs . Mike Reiss said that Fox felt that the show could have gotten a " real group " for that amount of money . The animators gave many of the members of the crowd at the Spinal Tap concert long bangs , so they would not have to animate many pairs of eyes . In the final scene to feature the band , their tour b... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
, cramming tons of jokes into the episode 's 20 @-@ minute runtime with stunning success . " DVD Movie Guide 's Colin Jacobson wrote that it was " another solid episode . Actually , it regresses somewhat from the high quality of its predecessors . The Spinal Tap material feels somewhat tacky – it was a tie @-@ in with... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
used by depleting the " Soul Gauge " , which is slowly filled by collecting pearls scattered throughout the levels . Notable skills Sonic can obtain are the " Speed Break " , which greatly increases his speed , and " Time Break " which slows down time , allowing the player to dodge obstacles more easily .
Secret Rin... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
5 in ( 33 – 38 cm ) at the withers and the usual weight range is 35 – 45 lb ( 16 – 20 kg ) with a roughly rectangular appearance . The Clumber Spaniel meanwhile is normally between 17 – 20 in ( 43 – 51 cm ) high at the shoulder , and weighing 55 – 85 lb ( 25 – 39 kg ) .
One of the noticeable features is their golden ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
increase in the number of missing books secretly returned to the library " , the Transcript reported in 1932 . : 89
= = = Gutenberg Bible theft = = =
On the night of August 19 , 1969 an attempt was made to steal the library 's Gutenberg Bible , valued at $ 1 million . The 20 @-@ year @-@ old would @-@ be thief hid... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
" when shit was pure " . Ektomorf vocalist Zoltán Farkas describes the album as one of his primary influences . Paul Mazurkiewicz of Cannibal Corpse stated Lombardo 's performance on the album helped him play faster throughout his career . Kelly Shaefer of Atheist said : " When Reign in Blood came out it changed every... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
ink ( then known as Mabuya punctata ) , a species otherwise known only from Fernando de Noronha , a small archipelago off northeastern Brazil . On the basis of its geographic origin , J. Peters and R. Donoso @-@ Barros preferred to place it with one of the Mabuya species of Amazonia and classified it as a junior synony... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
endos that were thought to be unsuitable for children . McDonald 's shut down its Happy Meal tie @-@ in for Batman Returns .
= = = Batman Forever ( 1995 ) = = =
Although Batman Returns was a financial success , Warner Bros. felt the film should have made more money . The studio decided to change the direction of th... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
had Bruce Wayne giving up his crime fighting career , and Dick Grayson attending Gotham University . Dr. Jonathan Crane uses his position as professor of psychology at Gotham University and as head psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum to conduct his experiments into fear ( this element would later appear in Batman Begins ) .... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
with an offensive alliance against his regime , Rosas declared war on Brazil .
Allied forces first advanced into Uruguayan territory , defeating the Rosas supporters from the Blanco party led by Manuel Oribe . Afterwards , the Allied army was divided , with the main arm advancing by land to engage Rosas 's main defe... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the mimic is sufficiently protected .
Convergent evolution is an alternative explanation for why organisms such as coral reef fish and benthic marine invertebrates such as sponges and nudibranchs have come to resemble each other .
= = = Children 's = = =
Hoff , M. K. ( 2003 ) Mimicry and Camouflage . Creative Ed... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the species is pollinated by birds . Classified as near threatened under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 , Alloxylon pinnatum has proven difficult to keep alive in cultivation .
= = Description = =
The Dorrigo waratah is a rainforest tree that reaches 25 m ( 82 ft ) high and a has non @-@ buttressed tr... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
. The front toes are long with small webs at their bases and are not adapted to grasping . The opening of the nostril is longitudinal and set in a soft cere , and the nostril lack a septum . Like all New World vultures , the greater yellow @-@ headed vulture lacks a syrinx , and is therefore unable to make any sound o... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
businesses that were entirely private . This proved to be a large hindrance in several areas , as the South Vietnamese government had a policy of having majority ownership of any industry deemed to be of vital national importance , as well as banning foreigners from having a stake in such ventures . South Vietnam 's A... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
10 . He was praised by first @-@ team coach Mark O 'Connor for reclaiming his place in the side .
He started the first match of 2010 – 11 away at Wolverhampton Wanderers , but was dropped for the next match in favour of Collins . Higginbotham signed a contract extension in October 2010 for a further 12 months , keepi... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
is a wonderful actor . " Kenneth Biller , executive story editor , felt that the episode gave Picardo a " chance to shine " , and that the episode was " a lot of fun " . Picardo himself was pleased with the episode , later describing it as his favourite of the first season . Garrett Wang also added that he was happy w... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
inspiration for the Joker 's appearance , and Robinson produced a sketch of a joker playing card ( right ) .
Robinson claimed that it was his 1940 card sketch that served as the character 's concept , and which Finger associated with Veidt 's portrayal . Kane hired the 17 @-@ year @-@ old Robinson as an assistant in... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
these movies and [ Anderson ] was like , ' Well Mike , I kinda like you . ' So then I asked him , ' Are you setting me up to die because if there 's a fourth movie , I 'm as good as dead . ' " Sienna Guillory was planned to reprise her role as Jill Valentine ; however , she passed on the role , citing commitments to E... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
DVD set of the Resident Evil trilogy was also made available in 2008 . Milla Jovovich and Oded Fehr filmed a commentary while Jovovich was pregnant , which Fehr expects to be shown " in a little square box in the corner " of the Blu @-@ ray version . The DVD and Blu @-@ ray versions of the film showed previews for Res... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
and hockey @-@ rink keyboards fit the Keys like vintage denim . " Claire Suddath of Time magazine and Andrew Leahey of The Washington Times both named El Camino one of the Top 10 Albums of 2011 , while the staff of AllMusic selected the album as one of their favorites of the year . In end @-@ of @-@ year polls , write... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
responsible for education provision . The mandatory school age ranges between 5 – 7 to 16 – 18 years , contributing to an adult literacy rate of 99 percent . In 2002 , 43 percent of Canadians aged 25 to 64 possessed a post @-@ secondary education ; for those aged 25 to 34 , the rate of post @-@ secondary education rea... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Maidenhead Synagogue .
Reading also has places of worship of other religions , the Shantideva Mahayana Buddhist centre , a Hindu temple , a Sikh gurdwara , a Salvation Army citadel , a Quaker meeting house , and a Christadelphian Hall .
There is presently one mosque , the Central Reading Mosque . The £ 3 – 4m Abu ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
gain control of British military posts on the Mississippi , and the boat was captured by his men . Gálvez successfully took the Manchac garrison on September 7 , and negotiated the surrender of Dickson and the remaining British forces on the Mississippi after the Battle of Baton Rouge on September 21 . Payne however w... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
. It is also regarded as one of the top reggae albums of all time .
= = Background = =
Businessman Danny Sims made a deal with Johnny Nash to star in and score the film Want So Much To Believe in Sweden and Nash invited Marley to work with him on composing songs for the soundtrack . Marley moved to Sweden to work ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
a nude woman , covered in a mist or dressed , in a seductive posture . While not an offensive attack , the Sexy Jutsu is mainly used for distractive purposes with a stronger effect on more perverted targets . Naruto also invented the more potent Harem Jutsu ( ハーレムの術 , Hāremu no Jutsu ) , through his Shadow Clones , an... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
at number 2 in the US , with $ 25 @,@ 143 @,@ 007 from 2 @,@ 807 cinemas – average of $ 8 @,@ 957 per cinema – behind Titanic , which would become one of the highest @-@ grossing films of its time . Tomorrow Never Dies ultimately achieved a worldwide gross of over $ 330 million , although it did not surpass its predec... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
uster serving as a member . The commission concluded that HM Treasury had mismanaged the County Courts , and on 1 August 1922 the Lord Chancellor 's Office instead became responsible for the courts , with Schuster becoming Accounting Officer . The committee 's final report was used as the basis for the County Courts Ac... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
s daughter , Elizabeth , whom he married in 1896 . They had two children : a son , Christopher John Claud Schuster , in 1899 and a daughter , Elizabeth Alice Schuster , in 1902 , before Elizabeth Merry 's death in 1936 . Christopher also attended Winchester College and was killed in 1918 on the Western Front , and Eliz... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
standing on the stage once again , before he attacked A.J. Styles during a tag team match on the special midnight episode of Impact ! , preventing him from winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Christopher Daniels . This attack prompted a feud between Moore and Styles , with Moore stalking Styles , attackin... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Yang , with the two defeating Deuce ' n Domino . They later competed in a tag team battle royal to determine the number one contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championship on the November 9 episode of SmackDown , but were the second team eliminated . In December , Moore and Yang challenged John Morrison and The Miz for th... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Galaxy in the 2011 – 12 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals at the Rogers Centre in front of 47 @,@ 658 .
= No. 4 Commando =
No. 4 Commando was a battalion @-@ sized British Army commando unit , formed in 1940 early in the Second World War . Although it was raised to conduct small @-@ scale raids and harass ga... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
" , and opined that his guarded personality was a way of " defying the good guy , bad guy stereotype " . The role was expanded following the casting of Divins . An article on Soaps.com wrote that Divins adapted the character from being a " West Coast music producer to [ an ] ambitious and tortured Crane heir " . Over ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
that " It 's good to see Live make the package this time around , but we 're disappointed that after all these years LucasArts is still scratching around abusing the Star Wars brand in this way . There are some good ideas here that haven 't been realised , and we 're once again left waiting for the definitive Star War... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
playable characters temporarily join the party to assist Firion , Maria , and Guy in their missions for the rebellion . These are Gordon ( ゴードン , Gōdon ) , the prince of Kas 'ion and a member of the rebellion ; Josef ( ヨーゼフ , Yōzefu ) , a villager in the town of Salamand ; Leila ( レイラ , Reira , " Reila " in the Japane... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Using the experience gained from the first installment , which focused more on fitting story ideas into their new gameplay system and game world , the developers fully crafted the story of Final Fantasy II first . The gameplay was then built around the narrative . The experience system was designed to be a more realis... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
The PlayStation version featured even more graphical updates over the WonderSwan version , and the soundtrack was again remixed by Tsuyoshi Sekito to a higher quality so as to utilise the audio capabilities of the PlayStation . Sekito also composed a few new tracks to be used in the new cutscenes . It was published bo... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
@.@ 08 million of those copies being shipped in Japan and 200 @,@ 000 abroad . Despite having only been released in June of that year , as of September 2007 the PlayStation Portable version had shipped 90 @,@ 000 copies in Japan and 70 @,@ 000 in North America . Despite these high sales , the game had sold the least c... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
= = = Timeline = = =
= = Discography = =
Studio albums
Melissa ( 1983 )
Don 't Break the Oath ( 1984 )
In the Shadows ( 1993 )
Time ( 1994 )
Into the Unknown ( 1996 )
Dead Again ( 1998 )
9 ( 1999 )
= Barbara Gittings =
Barbara Gittings ( July 31 , 1932 – February 18 , 2007 ) was a prominent Ame... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
superior surveillance capability compared to the British Lynx . They would locate hostile boats for the British helicopters , which would then attack the target with its Sea Skua missiles . In total , Lynx helicopters flew nearly 600 sorties during the Gulf War , while their crews and engineers maintained flying rates... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
. That changes when Ta sees her in a Western dress ( " Like a God " ) .
Linda comes to Madam Liang 's graduation party from citizenship school with Linda 's " brother " ( actually the comedian from Sammy 's nightclub ) and presents herself as Ta 's intended , with her " brother " giving his consent for the marriage ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
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The observation of Jupiter dates back to the Babylonian astronomers of the 7th or 8th century BC . The ancient Chinese referred to Jupiter as " the Year Star " ( Sui @-@ xing 歲星 ) , and by the 4th century BC had divided the sky into twelve zodiacal regions , with Jupiter passing through one each year . The Chi... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
makes a plea deal : Kate gets ten years probation , but must stay in the state of California . Jack meets Kate in the parking garage . He admits that he still loves her ( in contrast to his false testimony under oath on her behalf ) and asks to go out for coffee with her . Kate responds that they cannot go out until h... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
' )
/ tfsːrnt / > [ təfəsːəˈrənt ] ( ' you ( fp ) explained ' )
= = Grammar = =
Central Atlas Tamazight grammar has many features typical of Afro @-@ Asiatic languages , including extensive apophony in both the derivational and inflectional morphology , gender , possessive suffixes , VSO typology , the causative... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the profession . He has won several industry awards , and six career @-@ retrospective books about him have been published since 1998 . Living in Pennsylvania with his wife Corina , Williamson retired in his seventies .
Williamson was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2000 .
= = Biography = ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
lasted between 30 and 60 seconds and copulation lasted four minutes .
The predominant source of embryonic nutrition is histotroph , which supports a 46 @-@ fold weight increase from ovum to near @-@ term fetus . By the time the embryo is 4 @.@ 7 cm ( 1 @.@ 9 in ) across , it has fully resorbed its yolk sac and exter... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
R & B and pop musical genres , and , according to music critics , contains a gospel production performed by a choir and features " crashing drums " .
= = Release and promotion = =
On 29 January 2008 , Lewis announced on her website that " Footprints in the Sand " , along with " Better in Time " , would be released... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
asimha Rao Expressway was completed between Mehdipatnam and Rajendranagar , where it joins NH 7 . The longest flyover in India at 11 @.@ 6 kilometres ( 7 @.@ 2 mi ) , it has reduced travel time between the airport and the city to 30 – 40 minutes .
The " Pushpak - Airport Liner " service of the Telangana State Road Tr... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
2 @,@ 010 m ) . 400 rounds were provided for each gun . Short @-@ range air defence was provided by 48 QF 2 @-@ pounder guns in six octuple mountings . The 2 @-@ pounder gun fired a 40 @-@ millimetre ( 1 @.@ 6 in ) 1 @.@ 684 @-@ pound ( 0 @.@ 764 kg ) shell at a muzzle velocity of 2 @,@ 400 ft / s ( 730 m / s ) to a di... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
for the second day running , Daniel Teklehaimanot . Teklehaimanot took the maximum points over the Col du Chat . The trio were under seven minutes ahead of the peloton at the foot of the Col de Cuvery . Teklehaimanot again took the points at the top , where the lead had dropped to over a minute .
A crash in the pelo... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
km ( 100 @.@ 0 mi )
Stage five from Digne @-@ les @-@ Bains to Pra Loup was the first classified as mountainous and was 161 km ( 100 @.@ 0 mi ) in length . The first section of the stage was flat , until the passing of the third @-@ category Col des Léques at 40 km ( 24 @.@ 9 mi ) . After a descent and small rise a ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
arts program , chorus , creative writing , drama , art , and three levels of orchestra are offered as optional activities . Students in these groups have opportunities to perform and exhibit their work throughout the year . The Book Club is available to students in groups six and above to extend the reading program . ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
356 days . The next day he spoke about the achievement : " I knew I had to be patient and wait for it to come [ ... ] I wasn 't that nervous last night , but I was a bit nervous this morning . " Dismissed for 125 out of a total of 298 , Ponting scored 17 boundaries in his five @-@ and @-@ a @-@ half @-@ hour stay at t... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
steam north to the Skagerrak , with the intention of luring out a portion of the British fleet so it could be destroyed by Scheer 's waiting battleships .
Kaiser and the rest of the III Battle Squadron were the leading unit of the High Seas Fleet ; the four König @-@ class battleships led the line . Kaiser , the fla... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
should fortify Samos as quickly as possible .
Despite these events , Pisander and the other envoys of the conspirators arrived at Athens and made a speech before the people . Pisander won the argument , putting Alcibiades and his promises at the center . The Ecclesia deposed Phrynichus and elected Pisander and ten o... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
) , is an extinct shield volcano in the Oregon High Cascades , near Mount Bailey . Because eruptive activity ceased 250 @,@ 000 years ago , glaciers have heavily eroded the volcano 's structure , creating precipitous slopes and a horn @-@ like peak . The spire @-@ like shape of Thielsen attracts lightning strikes and ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
official match on 3 June 2015 . After winning the first game of the qualifier , " Stixxay " was banned by Riot Games for two weeks due to his in @-@ game behaviour . Counter Logic Gaming Black lost both subsequent games , using Parsa " Frost " Baghai as a substitute , and so failed to qualify for the following North A... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
on behalf of City Sightseeing .
Rural services , linking local towns and villages with York , are provided by a number of companies with Transdev York , EYMS , Reliance & Stephonsons of Easingwold Operating most of them . Longer distance bus services are provided by a number of operators including , Arriva Yorkshire... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
15 York CAMRA listed 101 pubs on its map of the city centre , some of which are hundreds of years old . These include the Golden Fleece , Ye Olde Starre Inne , noted for its sign which has spanned the street since 1733 , and The Kings Arms , often photographed during floods .
= = = UNESCO status bids = = =
In 2010 ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Ashford . Each member was given a personality so that the player would form connections with the squad . Commander Arlen MacPherson assumes overall charge of the squad , and he has regular dealings with Hegemony ambassador Creon Pentheus . Live @-@ action full @-@ motion video cutscenes depicting character interaction... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
was criticized for its perceived difficulty and lack of features . Schneider called Super Smash Bros. " an excellent choice for gamers looking for a worthy multiplayer smash ' em @-@ up " . Another IGN editor Matt Casamassina called it an incredibly addictive multiplayer game , but criticized the single @-@ player mod... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
. Despite the setback , Tech was able to keep Ole Miss from scoring in the first quarter and tacked on a 29 @-@ yard field goal by kicker Jack Simcsak before time came to an end in the quarter . At the end of the quarter , Tech led 17 – 0 .
In the second quarter , Mississippi came storming back . Following the field... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
reached number 21 . Fairport Convention appeared on Top of the Pops on 14 August 1969 , miming to the song and augmented by a roadie , Steve Sparks on percussion .
In 2004 Q magazine placed Unhalfbricking at number 41 in its list of the 50 Greatest British Albums Ever , and in the same year The Observer , describing... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
= = Critical response = =
In articles providing updates about the sculpture 's status , The Oregonian called the work " larger @-@ than @-@ life style highway art " and " Twilight Zone Bambi " . Angela Webber of the Daily Journal of Commerce expressed her love for the sculpture and disappointment in the public 's re... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of water that now fill the Earth 's oceans , or at least a significant portion of it . Other researchers have cast doubt on this idea . The detection of organic molecules , including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , in significant quantities in comets has led some to speculate that comets or meteorites may have brou... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
9 , with the game localized for the North American audience by removing the references to the Gunhed film . The game was rereleased on the Wii 's Virtual Console service in North America on May 21 , 2007 ( 2007 @-@ 05 @-@ 21 ) , in Europe on May 25 , 2007 ( 2007 @-@ 05 @-@ 25 ) , in Australia on July 30 , 2007 ( 2007 @... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
. Like Saints Anthony and Sebastian on the exterior of the polyptych , the archangel offered ... hope that they would overcome their physical ills . "
= = Description = =
The altarpiece is composed of fifteen separate paintings on nine panels , six of which are painted on both sides . The closed view comprises two... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
leaner reported heavy rains , which inundated roads , washed away livestock and destroyed crops . On June 9 , the Church Welfare Organization of the West Indies Junior Seventh Day Adventists set out food , money and blankets the victims .
= = = Tropical Storm Anna = = =
On July 23 , a tropical wave emerged into the... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the Messiah . This conception of the star has been referred to as “ a serious study of what could have been a messianic Jewish perspective concerning the heavens two millennia ago . ”
= = = = Regulus , Jupiter , and Venus = = = =
Attorney Frederick Larson examined the biblical account in the Gospel of Matthew , ch... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
ish Pavilion on March 10 , 2015 , the president jokingly indicated that he was supposed to be introduced by George P. Burdell , but no one could find George .
= Typhoon Utor ( 2006 ) =
Typhoon Utor , known in the Philippines as Typhoon Seniang , swept through the central Philippines in December 2006 , exacerbating ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
This would lead to the Battle of Hürtgen Forest , which was to prove more difficult than the Battle of Aachen .
= Steuart Wilson =
Sir James Steuart Wilson ( 21 July 1889 – 18 December 1966 ) was an English singer , known for tenor roles in oratorios and concerts in the first half of the 20th century . After the S... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
particularly French — literature .
His first book does not seem to have had an enormous impact , and Andrade broadened the scope of his writing . He left São Paulo for the countryside , and began an activity that would continue for the rest of his life : the meticulous documentation of the history , people , culture... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
destruction . John ran in another dimension of time and space . His opponents ran into the glass walls which covered his escape routes from their bewildered clutches . He left mouths , and back rows , agape . "
Gareth Edwards , in his 1978 autobiography , when describing John , wrote : " He had this marvellous easin... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
was later included on The X @-@ Files Mythology , Volume 4 – Super Soldiers , a DVD collection including episodes involving the alien super soldiers arc .
The episode 's casting and plot initially proved controversial when in early 2001 , Hispanic activists complained about the often negative portrayal of Latinos on... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
in 53 AD and the founder of the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia . The dates of his birth and death are unknown . His early reign was marked by a brief interruption towards the end of the year 54 and a much longer one from 58 to 63 AD . In an agreement to resolve the Roman @-@ Parthian conflict in and over Armenia , Tiridat... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Goey to mark the first save of the match . Chelsea held on however ; a few minutes later , Poyet ran towards the ball to direct a powerful volley on goal following a weak clearing header from Berthold , but a well @-@ placed Franz Wohlfahrt dived to read the attempt . Chelsea had another chance before half time , whic... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
uncertain . A pair of closely spaced spikes was found articulated with a tail tip , and a number of spikes were found apparently regularly spaced in pairs along the path of an articulated tail .
Hennig and Janensch , while grouping the dermal armour elements into four distinct types , recognised an apparently contin... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
1916 , while Hungarian paleontologist Franz Nopcsa renamed the genus Doryphorosaurus , " lance @-@ bearing saurian " , the same year . If a renaming had been necessary , Hennig 's would have had priority . However , because both the spellings and the pronunciations are different ( Centrosaurus is pronounced with a sof... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
and in the conquest of the Americas . Battle cavalry developed to take on a multitude of roles in the late 18th century and early 19th century and was often crucial for victory in the Napoleonic wars . In the Americas , the use of horses and development of mounted warfare tactics were learned by several tribes of indi... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
asmus , before slowly progressing to Cornelius Nepos and finally onto Ovid , Vergil , and Horace . The school was advertised in the June and July 1736 editions of The Gentleman 's Magazine : " At Edial , near Litchfield , in Staffordshire , Young Gentlemen are Boarded , and Taught the Latin and Greek Languages , by Sam... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
by a spokesman for the North West Water Authority that the cocktail of effluent and occasional untreated sewage meant that the Irwell was still " a class 4 river – top of the pollution chart " . During 1985 the Croal – Irwell Valley local plan was launched , listing 187 proposals for the improvement of the valley and ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of the week , even beating The Simpsons .
IGN 's Tory Ireland Mell gave the episode an " incredible " rating of 9 @.@ 6 out of 10 , praising the return of Larrin and the introduction of " FRAN " . He described the space battle against the Replicators as " legendary " , but did not feel that the visual effects were a... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
as one of the best concert halls in the country . The hall was destroyed by fire in 1969 , but Britten was determined that it would be rebuilt in time for the following year 's festival , which it was . The Queen again attended the opening performance in 1970 .
The Maltings gave the festival a venue that could comfo... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
child , Banks was not very interested in baseball , preferring swimming , basketball and football . His father bought Ernest a baseball glove for less than three dollars at a five and dime store and motivated Banks with nickels and dimes to play catch . Banks 's mother encouraged him to follow one of his grandfathers ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
earthquake of 1995 in Japan , which killed over 6 @,@ 000 people . He pointed out that the shallowness of the epicenter and the density of population greatly increased the severity of the earthquake . Teruyuki Kato , a seismologist at the University of Tokyo , said that the seismic waves of the quake traveled a long d... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
homepages to news items and removed all advertisements . Chinese video sharing websites Youku and Tudou displayed a black background and placed multiple videos showing earthquake footage and news reports . The Chinese version of MSN , cn.msn.com , also displayed banner ads about the earthquake and the relief efforts .... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
.
In 1851 , a three @-@ masted Clipper built in Saint John , New Brunswick also took his name ; the Marco Polo was the first ship to sail around the world in under six months .
The airport in Venice is named Venice Marco Polo Airport .
The frequent flyer program of Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific is known ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
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Gryposaurus was a saurolophine ( hadrosaurine of older references ) hadrosaurid , a member of the duckbill subfamily without hollow head crests . The general term " gryposaur " is sometimes used for duckbills with arched nasals . Tethyshadros was once thought to fall into this group as well , before it was descr... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
, with " narrower lines " aft , not as wide a runway for which to aim . Costs were similar . A brand @-@ new aircraft carrier was estimated at $ 27 @.@ 1 million . Conversion of a Lexington class was $ 22 @.@ 4 million , not counting the $ 6 @.@ 7 million already sunk into them . Added together , the figure rose to $ ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
her sister ship Andrei Pervozvanny led the second group of ships on 5 April and reached Kronstadt five days later in what became known as the ' Ice Voyage ' . The ship was laid up in October 1918 for lack of manpower and she was scrapped beginning on 22 November 1923 . Curiously , Respublika was not formally stricken ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
rear suspensions , feedback between the drive train and the suspension is an issue designers attempt to handle with various linkage configurations and dampers .
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Motions of a bike can be roughly grouped into those out of the central plane of symmetry : lateral ; and those in the central plane of sym... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Barnes , who was standing at short leg . Barnes had to be carried from the ground by four policemen and taken to hospital for an examination . Toshack then bowled Pollard and Young was caught from Johnston 's bowling as England were bowled out for 363 . Compton was unbeaten on 145 in 324 minutes of batting , having st... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
being described by one commentator as a " soft porn goddess " . Nevertheless , other commentators have observed that Belldandy might be sexual , but writers such as Gilles Poitras note that the series — far from being soft porn — is in fact a very tender and romantic comedy : the characters do no more than simply kiss... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
however his reign , beginning in 1214 and ending at the time of his death sometime between 1261 @-@ 1262 in Qazvin , encompassed both Artsakh and the surrounding Armenian regions . When his father Vakhtank died in 1214 , Hasan @-@ Jalal inherited his lands and took up residence in a castle at Akana in Jraberd . He was... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
19 sonar domes , which caused the sound @-@ transmitting oil inside to leak and impaired navigation . An unknown enemy weapon was initially feared , before this shark was identified as the culprit , and the problem was solved by installing fiberglass covers around the domes . In the 1980s , some thirty U.S. Navy subma... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
larger aircraft . The new runway will also be CAT III certified , allowing for landings in fog and other low visibility conditions . The design of Terminal 2 will be finalised in August 2016 , which is being prepared by US architectural firm Skidmore , Owings & Merrill . Construction of the terminal is expected to beg... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Strand . The name " Royal Mews " comes from the practice of keeping hawks here for moulting ; " mew " is an old word for this . After a fire in 1534 , the mews were rebuilt as stables , and remained here until George IV moved them to Buckingham Palace .
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After 1732 , the King 's Me... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of three seconds on Thibaut Pinot . The latter remained in the leaders ' jersey .
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21 June 2015 — Bern to Bern 38 @.@ 4 km ( 23 @.@ 9 mi )
The lengthy individual time trial featured a climb in the middle of it , but no KOM points were on offer . The course was technical and featured several tu... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
ironclad had been rushed to Hampton Roads in hopes of protecting the Union fleet and preventing Virginia from threatening Union cities . Captain Worden was informed that his primary task was to protect Minnesota , so Monitor took up a position near the grounded Minnesota and waited . " All on board felt we had a frien... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the battle .
= = = Spring 1862 — a standoff at Hampton Roads = = =
Virginia remained in drydock for almost a month , getting repairs for battle damage as well as minor modifications to improve her performance . On April 4 , she was able to leave drydock . Buchanan ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
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