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subtle mix of actual silence with accompanying music and more or less realistic sound effects . Lang worked with his German editor Conrad von Molo directly on the post @-@ production process . Lang was known for making very long films and to suit foreign fashions , editor Lothar Wolff was contracted to shorten the Fre... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
following years , growing from 31 offices in 1950 to 81 offices by the early 1960s .
In 1960 , Union Bank of Switzerland acquired an 80 % stake in Argor SA , a Swiss precious metals refinery founded in 1951 in the canton of Ticino . In 1973 , the bank increased the stake to full 100 % ownership , though the ownershi... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
, having festivities taking place at all 13 ballparks where Major League games were scheduled to be played . Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig made the announcement with Sharon Robinson ( daughter of Rachel and Jackie Robinson ) .
" I have often stated that baseball 's proudest moment and its most powerful social stat... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Petra , and Dagisthaeus was recalled and replaced by Bessas .
In 550 , a pro @-@ Persian revolt broke out among the Abasgians , a people that neighboured Lazica to the north . This provided an opportunity for a high @-@ ranking Lazic noble , called Terdetes , who had quarrelled with Gubazes , to betray to the Persia... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
) constructed idea of South Asianness . In these two episodes , the Asian cultural space which Apu , his mother and Manjula perform is a hybrid one , mixing ' Asian ' and ' American ' values and identities , but critically displacing Asian ' authenticity ' and revealing the displacement of contemporary American marria... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
22 ( Ray Street ) , M @-@ 109 terminates in the middle of town .
Like other state highways in Michigan , M @-@ 109 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation ( MDOT ) . In 2011 , the department 's traffic surveys showed that on average , 783 vehicles used the highway daily along Dune Highway and 758 ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
window in its south wall , which contains the oldest stained glass in the church : 15th @-@ century fragments of a crucifixion scene . It also has a pointed arched doorway in its west wall , from the late 13th or early 14th century .
The church is entered through the porch to the west end of the south wall of the na... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
as one of the better churches of the island . " The Welsh politician and church historian Sir Stephen Glynne visited the church in October 1849 . He said that the chapel on the south side resembled several others in Anglesey and Caernarfonshire . He also noted the new slate roof , the " mostly open and plain " seats ,... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
English amateur T.H. Astbury in 1905 . It has a spectral class of F81bv , meaning that it is an F @-@ type supergiant star . RX Aurigae is a Cepheid variable as well ; it varies in magnitude from a minimum of 8 @.@ 0 to a maximum of 7 @.@ 3 ; its spectral class is G0Iabv . It has a period of 11 @.@ 62 days . RW Auriga... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Aurigae is moving away from Earth at a rate of 17 @.@ 5 miles ( 28 @.@ 2 km ) per second . Theta Aurigae additionally has a second optical companion , discovered by Otto Wilhelm von Struve in 1852 . The separation was at 52 arcseconds in 1978 and has been increasing since then because of the proper motion of Theta Aur... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
returning to the quiescent state . The star also appears to possess a circumstellar disk . Another Orion variable in the region is VV Serpentis , a Herbig Ae star that has been found to exhibit Delta Scuti pulsations . VV Serpentis has also , like MWC 297 , been found to have a dusty disk surrounding it , and is also ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Most guys I just feel sorry for . Yeah . It tears me up inside , to think about what they 're going through . How trapped they are . I understand it . I feel for ' em . So I try to help them out . "
= = = Religion = = =
Themes of religious salvation and allusions to the Bible appear only briefly in Barton Fink , b... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
regarious animals , where other members of the species are available to observe and interpret messages of sexual status . Kevin Padian et al . ( 2004 ) challenged conventional hypotheses that that the purpose of bizarre cranial structures and post @-@ cranial armor in dinosaurs , was either for attracting mates , intim... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of the republic . Ulpian reports that criminal proceedings were more common , and Julian that a successful prosecution prevented a civil action under furtum . Even furtum itself was not compensatory but penal in nature .
In the time of the Twelve Tables , a " manifest " thief and a " non @-@ manifest " thief were tr... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
to become acquainted with Castiel , who , they say , will possess her as Andras dies . Andras advances on Katy as she screams .
= = Reception = =
Critics variously called " The Harrowing " the " nastiest " , " most Gothic " and most horrorific episode of Inside No. 9 . It was described as " unashamedly macabre " b... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
relationships among the unmarried daughters of the gentry , and Esther Waters ( 1894 ) , the story of an unmarried housemaid who becomes pregnant and is abandoned by her footman lover . Both of these books have remained almost constantly in print since their first publication . His 1887 novel A Mere Accident is an att... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
" was used in the promotional video of Istanbul 's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics . Coaches Ricky Martin , Delta Goodrem , Joel Madden and Seal during the second season of The Voice Australia . In 2015 , coaches Jennifer Lopez , Keith Urban and Harry Connick , Jr. covered the song in a mash @-@ up with Bruno Mars ' ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
ister and use it to release a chemical gas that annihilates the enemy . Similarly , in Tank players fight against each other by using tanks and grabbing chemical canisters that can release a lethal corrosive gas , destroying all the tanks that are outdoors . Race is a racing mode which provides two variations of the sa... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
700 vehicles and 120 trucks traveling along that section of the highway daily . Two segments of M @-@ 43 are listed on the National Highway System . The first section runs from US 131 in Oshtemo Township east to the intersection of M @-@ 43 ( Gull Road ) and Sprinkle Road in Comstock . The second segment is between I ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
,@ 400 m ) in the White Mountains , depending on wind exposure .
= = = Above timberline — The alpine zone = = =
On the highest slopes of the west wall of the notch , trees are unable to grow , and an " alpine zone " of alpine @-@ Arctic vegetation exists . Vegetation in this zone tends to be lichens , sedges or sma... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
a number of blue rough shapes behind the gold trim as well as sponsor logos on the shoulders . The away jerseys feature a solid white background with dark blue striped borders on the cuffs and bottom of the body , it also contains the same rough blue shapes behind the trim . The Halla put the first name of Korean play... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
convention seemed to heave up . Everybody seemed to go mad at once . " In a demonstration of some half an hour , Bryan was carried around the floor , then surrounded with cheering supporters . Men and women threw their hats into the air , not caring where they might come down . Delegates were shouting to begin the vot... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
team consisted of nine players . Lee Hinson , Paul Moran , Jon Rydberg and Stephen Welch competed in the men 's events , Beth Arnoult and Kaitlyn Verfuerth competed in the women 's events , and Brent Poppen , Nick Taylor and David Wagner competed in the mixed quadriplegic events . The tennis team was coached by Dan Ja... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
@-@ lane roadway . Tooele County had originally proposed a new gravel road along the salt flats to replace the single @-@ lane highway in 1921 ; however this was met with resistance from county residents , citing the lack of necessity .
= = = Current road = = =
Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace approved co... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Voyeur , but after creating the music for two more games he left the industry , citing the low budgets and poor quality of video game music at the time . He continued to compose for film and television , only to return to video games for 2005 's Destroy All Humans ! . Finding that in his absence the quality and percei... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
's sister , Isola , was born in 1857 . The Wildes ' new home was larger and , with both his parents ' sociality and success , it soon became a " unique medical and cultural milieu " . Guests at their salon included Sheridan Le Fanu , Charles Lever , George Petrie , Isaac Butt , William Rowan Hamilton and Samuel Fergus... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of four fellow students , and dealt with them single @-@ handedly , surprising critics . By his third year Wilde had truly begun to create himself and his myth , and saw his learning developing in much larger ways than merely the prescribed texts . This attitude resulted in his being rusticated for one term , when he ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
others . The story begins with a man painting a picture of Gray . When Gray , who has a " face like ivory and rose leaves " , sees his finished portrait , he breaks down . Distraught that his beauty will fade while the portrait stays beautiful , he inadvertently makes a Faustian bargain in which only the painted image... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
nez dans nos draps ( The Oscar Wilde Affair , or , On the Danger of Allowing Justice to put its Nose in our Sheets ) by Odon Vallet , a French religious historian .
= = Selected works = =
Ravenna ( 1878 )
Poems ( 1881 )
The Happy Prince and Other Stories ( 1888 , fairy stories )
Lord Arthur Savile 's Crime a... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
@,@ 000 undergraduate students , the majority of whom would be Chinese . It was approved by the Ministry of Education of the People 's Republic of China in January 2011 . NYU 's local partner will be East China Normal University ( ECNU ) . ECNU 's president Yu Lizhong will be the chancellor and play a major role in go... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
, Soni successfully defended her Olympic title in the 200 @-@ meter breaststroke in world record time , becoming the first woman to do so in the event .
She was named Swimming World 's World Swimmer of the Year award in 2010 and 2011 , and the American Swimmer of the Year award in 2009 , 2010 and 2011 .
= = Person... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
because of family issues . On February 16 , 2009 , starting quarterback Steven Threet told Michigan he would transfer before the start of the 2009 season . On October 27 , 2009 , starting cornerback Boubacar Cissoko was kicked off the team for missing class , workouts and study table according to his high school coach... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
is taken , followed by a left turn and a small hill , passing by the queue . Finally , the train travels 68 feet ( 21 m ) high through another right overbanked turn over the queue and is stopped by magnetic brakes . Passengers disembark the ride at an unloading station and the train moves to a second station where it ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
stellar " and showed wit . McCarthy praised the effects , but said the film was " both overwrought and severely undernourished . " Roger Ebert observed the film was " a lot of fun " , and Manohla Dargis admitted that it was " unexpectedly satisfying " . She said that while it faltered and felt rushed towards its end ,... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
for the highway started in the 1970s . The highway was first authorized on June 2 , 1975 . The westbound span of the Mississippi River bridge was built in 1985 , and , along with the existing freeway east of MN 252 , was opened in October 1987 . Officials in Minnesota proposed tolls as a means to fund the construction... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
person who disclosed the story . Bradman always denied this , and continued to blame Fingleton ; animosity between the pair continued for the rest of their lives . Woodfull 's earlier public silence on the tactics had been interpreted as approval ; the leak was significant in persuading the Australian public that Body... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
not in keeping with the best ideals ... all who love it as players , as officials or spectators must be careful lest anything they do should do it harm . "
Jardine 's tactics were successful in one respect : in six innings against the tourists ahead of the Tests , Bradman scored only 103 runs , causing concern among... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Woodfull was reported in several newspapers along with the description of Woodfull 's injury . Most headlines were variations on " Woodfull Protests " , and the most extensive accounts were by Claude Corbett in The Sun and The Daily Telegraph . He wrote in the Telegraph that the " fires which have been smouldering in ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
gave higher values ) . Dynamical simulations of the Gliese 581 system assuming that the orbits of the three planets are coplanar show that the system becomes unstable if the masses of the planets exceed 1 @.@ 6 – 2 times the minimum values . Using earlier minimum mass values for Gliese 581 d , this implies an upper ma... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
hoped the band would focus less on the mainstream .
= = = The Fury of Our Maker 's Hand ( 2005 – 2006 ) = = =
The band returned to the studio in 2005 to record their follow @-@ up to DevilDriver . The album was produced at Sonic Ranch Studios , a 1 @,@ 400 @-@ acre ( 5 @.@ 7 km2 ) pecan ranch , 40 miles ( 64 km ) ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
" . When Century Media advertised the reissue of Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing as the " rebirth of a genre @-@ defying classic " , Townsend called it " record company bullshit " .
Townsend recruited a permanent line @-@ up for the second album : Jed Simon on guitar , Byron Stroud on bass , and Gene Hoglan on drums .... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
, he passed out over his drumkit . After a 20 @-@ minute wait , Moon reappeared onstage , but after a few bars of " Magic Bus " , collapsed again , and was immediately taken to hospital . Scot Halpin , an audience member , convinced promoter Bill Graham to let him play drums , and the group closed the show with him . ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
18 years . It debuted on July 5 and will run as a weekly series at 9 : 00 am on Fuji TV on Sundays . Masako Nozawa reprised her roles as Goku , Gohan , and Goten . Most of the original cast reprise their roles as well . Kouichi Yamadera and Masakazu Morita also reprise their roles , as Beerus and Whis , respectively . ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Krościenko Wyżne in Poland in October 2015 . The body of the Romanian pilot Ioan Clop was found in the wreckage .
= = Specifications ( Ju 87 B @-@ 2 ) = =
Data from Ju 87 B @-@ 2 Betriebsanleitung , Juni 1940 ( D. ( Luft ) T.2335 / 1 )
General characteristics
Crew : 2
Length : 11 @.@ 00 m ( 36 ft 1 @.@ 07 in... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
NHC estimated that the depression degenerated into a trough of low pressure near the Islas Marías during the afternoon of June 19 . The remnants of the depression were monitored by the United States Naval Research Laboratory for several more hours until the system moved inland over Sinaloa .
= = Preparations and imp... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
accident . Fourteen personnel were later officially recognised for their part in the rescue and evacuation operation .
= = = Cambodia and Bougainville = = =
In July 1997 an eight @-@ man SASR team deployed at short notice to Butterworth in Malaysia to provide close protection and communications to the Australian a... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
at first believed it was Osama bin Laden but later revised the identification to his second @-@ in @-@ command , Ayman al @-@ Zawahiri . An airstrike was called in ; however , there was later doubt about whether it was successful . Australian forces later uncovered a number of arms caches and destroyed an anti @-@ air... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
front with Christine Everhart , a series of in @-@ universe YouTube videos serving as the center of a viral marketing campaign to promote the films and universe .
= = = Business practices = = =
Marvel Studios developed specific business practices to create its shared universe , including choosing filmmakers that we... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of the group stand back a little and look on . The leaders may fluff their feathers or caroll repeatedly . In a group strength display , employed if both the opposing and defending groups are of roughly equal numbers , all magpies will fly and form a row at the border of the territory . The defending group may also re... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
is looking . Eyes painted on hats or helmets will deter attacks on pedestrians but not cyclists .
Cyclists can deter attack by attaching a long pole with a flag to a bike , and the use of cable ties on helmets has become common and appears to be effective .
Magpies are a protected native species in Australia , so ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Magpies " by Denis Glover , with its refrain " Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle " , imitating the sound of the bird – and the popular New Zealand comic Footrot Flats features a magpie character by the name of Pew .
= Flame robin =
The flame robin ( Petroica phoenicea ) is a small passerine bird native to Australi... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Savior , Pilot Me " . In a related way , the film emphasizes the importance of the woman 's role in domestic life — although Mac takes on the role of patriarch in his new family setting , it is only through the support and care of Rosa Lee that he is able to settle into this role . Sociologist Norman K. Denzin points ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the sect after its various military leaders pursued their own policies towards the French and Hồ Chí Minh 's Việt Minh in the wake of Sổ 's death . At the time , France was in a ruinous financial state following World War II and was experiencing great difficulty in its attempts to re @-@ establish control over its col... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
as the warriors fled in confusion to the southwest to rejoin Victorio 's main force as it moved deeper into the Carrizo Mountains . Nolan 's ambush was not ready and the scattered warriors were able to avoid them .
= = = = = Pursuit of Victorio = = = = =
On August 9 , fifteen Texas Rangers with their Indian scouts... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
s The Sacks – Freund Teaching Award for a second time . In 2011 , she delivered the commencement address at the Rutgers School of Law – Newark , where she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and was conferred membership in the Order of the Coif .
= = Books and other works = =
Warren and her daughter Ameli... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
azolam
Inactive ingredients : microcrystalline cellulose , corn starch , docusate sodium , povidone , sodium starch glycollate , lactose monohydrate , magnesium stearate , colloidal silicon dioxide and sodium benzoate . In addition , the 0 @.@ 25 mg tablet contains D & C Yellow No. 10 and the 0 @.@ 5 mg tablet contai... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
cut from the final version of " The Almost People " . In the original script , the Doctor quizzes the Flesh Doctor about the events of The Mind of Evil ( 1971 ) and mentions former companions Jo Grant , Sarah Jane Smith , Romana , Rose Tyler , Martha Jones , and Donna Noble . There was also a montage of happy memories... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
hotels and old markets nearby . It is a major pilgrimage site . Many pilgrims who perform the Hajj go on to Medina to visit the mosque due to its connections to the life of Muhammad .
After an expansion during the reign of the Umayyad caliph al @-@ Walid I , it now incorporates the final resting place of Muhammad an... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
a separate call was made by Nevill .
The log is headed " Daughter gone berserk " : " Mr Bamber , White House Farm , Tolleshunt d ’ Arcy – daughter Sheila Bamber , aged 26 years , has got hold of one of my guns . " It adds : " Message passed to CD by the son of Mr Bamber after phone went dead . " It goes on to say : ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
come quickly , he had first telephoned his girlfriend , Julie Mugford , in London , then had driven slowly to the farmhouse . He also said he could have called one of the farm workers , but had not at the time considered it . In his early witness statements , Bamber said he had telephoned the police immediately after ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Another featured match on the undercard was an unsanctioned match , or hardcore match , in which Shawn Michaels defeated Chris Jericho .
The event marked the first time the Championship Scramble format was used by WWE . The event had an attendance of 8 @,@ 707 . The event received 211 @,@ 000 pay @-@ per @-@ view bu... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
to cover Shad , but was forced to break the cover as Shad placed his foot on the bottom rope . JTG attempted an inside cradle pin on Rhodes , but Shad accidentally pushed DiBiase on Rhodes , reversing the pinfall attempt so that Rhodes scored the pin over JTG , retaining his and DiBiase 's title in the process .
The... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
in ) long , about 0 @.@ 5 – 1 @.@ 5 cm ( 0 @.@ 2 – 0 @.@ 6 in ) thick , nearly equal or slightly enlarged downward , dry , smooth , and reddish @-@ brown . It may be solid or stuffed ( filled with cotton @-@ like mycelia ) , but may become partially hollow with age . The flesh is firm , white to pinkish @-@ orange , a... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
y as Defense and Discovery ( 1952 ) . Mudrick portrayed Austen as isolated , defensive and critical of her society , describing in detail the relationship he saw between her attitude toward contemporary literature and her use of irony to contrast the realities of her society with what she felt they should be . These re... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the 1560s and 1570s . Architectural historian David Thomson suggests that the oval halls within du Cerceau 's courtyards were Catherine de ' Medici 's idea . She may have planned to use them for her famously lavish balls and entertainments . Du Cerceau 's drawings reveal that , before he published them in 1576 , Cathe... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
nd division held Elchingen , and Pierre Dupont de l 'Étang 's 1st Division was heading towards Ulm .
= = = Haslach @-@ Jungingen and Elchingen = = =
The demoralized Austrian army arrived at Ulm in the early hours of 10 October . Mack was deliberating his course of action and the Austrian army remained inactive at U... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
1896 , Beebe was accepted with advanced placement to Columbia University . While attending university , Beebe frequently split his time between the university and the American Museum of Natural history , many of whose researchers were also professors at Columbia . At Columbia he studied under Henry Fairfield Osborn , ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
states :
Although Beebe continued to shoot animals when it was necessary for the purpose of examining them scientifically , he no longer regarded adding to a collection as a valid reason to take a life . In 1906 Beebe presented his own collection , which had grown to 990 specimens during his earlier years as a colle... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
ore ( described as " arcane night music " in prerelease promotion ) and the Machina albums ( concept records that tell the story of a fictional rock band ) .
The Pumpkins drew inspiration from a variety of other genres , some unfashionable during the 1990s among music critics . Corgan in particular was open about his... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
-@ Three " , with images closely related to the words of the song , was created as an intentional stylistic departure .
The band was nominated for several MTV Video Music Awards during the 1990s . In 1996 , the group won seven VMAs total for the " 1979 " and " Tonight , Tonight " videos , including the top award , Vi... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
s presidential candidate ( though his name does not appear on the published roll of convention delegates ) . His mother was of English ancestry and was a Methodist .
Kanne came from the Kohen family line , and Clark 's son has characterized Clark 's parents ' marriage , between his Methodist mother , Veneta ( née Upd... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
ch and Karl Weinbacher of Tesch & Stabenow were tried in a British military court and executed for knowingly providing Zyklon B to the SS for use on humans . Gerhard Peters , who served as principal operating officer of Degesch and Heli and also held posts in the Nazi government , served two years eight months in priso... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Trijata serves .
In the Ramayana , Trijata appears as a wise old rakshasi , who dreams of Ravana 's destruction and Rama 's victory . She accompanies Sita on a survey of the battlefield of the war between Rama and Ravana , and reassures Sita of Rama 's well @-@ being when Sita sees her husband unconscious and presum... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
14 @-@ 044200 @-@ 6 .
( 1977 ) Historia Vitae et Regni Ricardi Secundi , ed . George B. Stow . Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press . ISBN 0 @-@ 8122 @-@ 7718 @-@ X.
Knighton , Henry ( 1995 ) . Knighton 's Chronicle 1337 – 1396 , ed . G. H. Martin . Oxford : Clarendon Press . ISBN 0 @-@ 19 @-@ 820503 @-@... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
9 , both doing so as more mature four @-@ year @-@ olds . He was rated the number one horse in the world in 2015 by the World 's Best Racehorse Rankings .
= = = = Awards = = = =
At the conclusion of the season , American Pharoah 's accomplishments were named the top sports story of the year by the Associated Press ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
1500 soldiers in first @-@ line units . The situation for the Polish Army was so dire that some of the soldiers sent as reinforcements had reportedly " never seen a rifle in their lives " . In addition , most units to make a stand at Radzymin were exhausted after surviving a 600 @-@ kilometre ( 370 mi ) retreat from B... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
and succession = = =
= Battle of Cape Esperance =
The Battle of Cape Esperance , also known as the Second Battle of Savo Island and , in Japanese sources , as the Sea Battle of Savo Island ( サボ島沖海戦 ) , took place on 11 – 12 October 1942 in the Pacific campaign of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Duke of Teck , a descendant of the German Royal House of Württemberg . During the war H. G. Wells wrote about Britain 's " alien and uninspiring court " , and George famously replied : " I may be uninspiring , but I 'll be damned if I 'm alien . "
On 17 July 1917 , to appease British nationalist feelings , King Geor... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
was getting to the point where I wasn 't enjoying either thing enough because both were very high pressure . "
= = Acting career = =
= = = 1991 – 1997 : Early acting roles = = =
Beckinsale decided at a young age that she wanted to be an actress : " I grew up immersed in film . My family were in the business . I ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
6 during the Battle of Jutland , the largest naval battle of the war . Escorting the main body of the Grand Fleet , the ship was fired upon by one German battlecruiser and four dreadnoughts as she attempted to engage a disabled German light cruiser . She was struck by two salvoes from the German ships that detonated he... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of Love " on her first solo tour Dangerously in Love Tour ( 2003 ) at the Wembley Arena in London , England . Knowles performed the song in a yellow summer @-@ dress that was bedazzled in rhinestones across the upper breast area and around the bottom of the dress . The song , alongside its live version , was included ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
th Cavalry Division ) .
On the morning after the charge outside Afule [ 21 September ] , having settled down to a Boche cigar and a bottle of ditto hock , I would not have changed places with President Wilson himself !
= = = Capture of Beisan = = =
The 5th Cavalry Division remained to garrison Afulah , where they... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Tangerine Dream , Can and Faust developed a distinctive brand of electronic rock , known as kosmische musik , or in the British press as " Kraut rock " . The adoption of electronic synthesisers , pioneered by Popol Vuh from 1970 , together with the work of figures like Brian Eno ( for a time the keyboard player with R... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Poland ) . During his visit in Poland , in August 2009 , Ian Gillan was presented with the plaque at the Gdansk Walk of Fame .
= = = WhoCares = = =
Gillan has expressed particular fondness for Armenia and has maintained popularity there since Rock Aid Armenia in 1989 , which has led to him forming the supergroup W... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
, the improved Career mode , and the improved GHTunes . Some identified that the target market of the game appears to be towards teenage girls , such as the featuring of Taylor Swift , the color schemes used in the game , and other parts of the song selection . Reviewers noted that setlist would be the strongest measu... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
undergraduate students . The house started life as a collection of villas built somewhere between 1888 and 1924 that were later converted , bit by bit , into a hotel by John Dingle . The Hawthorns also houses conferencing facilities , the staff refectory and bar , the Accommodation Office and the Student Houses Office... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
up to surprise Jamie at the station . When the moment comes , he catches up with Jamie and tells her how he really feels . Surprised and happy by this turn of events , Jamie tells him to kiss her . After sharing a passionate kiss , Dylan suggests it is time they go on their first real date . They go across the street ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
. Common features borrowed from sixteenth- and seventeenth @-@ century houses included battlemented gateways , crow @-@ stepped gables , pointed turrets and machicolations . The style was popular across Scotland and was applied to relatively modest dwellings by architects such as William Burn ( 1789 – 1870 ) , David B... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
, Fife and probably at Kellie Castle .
In the eighteenth century the development of the Grand Tour took young Scottish aristocrats to the continent , particularly Rome , which was home to the exiled Jacobite Stuarts . This in turn fuelled interest in classical and Renaissance styles , and the buying of artistic work... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
heavy neck muscles to control the orientation of the head . Wind tunnel tests showed that the crest did function as an effective counterbalance to a degree , but Bennett noted that again , the hypothesis focuses only on the long crests of male P. longiceps , not on the larger crests of P. sternbergi and very small cre... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
-@ classified that specimen into a separate genus , which he named Nyctosaurus .
Some of the most influential studies of Pteranodon during the 20th century were published by George Francis Eaton , who conducted thorough re @-@ analysis of the known specimens and published some of the first good photographs and illust... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
in Auckland , he was heavily involved in the horse racing industry and acted as a steward at the Auckland Trotting Club .
Hinton retired in 1980 and he and Molly moved to Ashburton in the South Island . He spent much of his retirement fishing and in 1990 shifted to Christchurch to be nearer to Molly 's relatives . H... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
John Paul II . Wojtyła 's unexpected elevation strengthened the opposition to the authoritarian and ineffective system of nomenklatura @-@ run state socialism , especially with the pope 's first visit to Poland in 1979 . In early August 1980 , a new wave of strikes resulted in the founding of the independent trade uni... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of ideology and politics , Solidarity followed the lead of its associated opposition intellectuals .
The activity of Solidarity , although concerned with trade union matters ( such as replacing the nomenklatura @-@ run system with worker self @-@ management in enterprise @-@ level decision making ) , was widely rega... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Solidarity 's role , the Union had nearly ten million members — almost four times as many as the ruling Party . Militant mood was displayed and unrealistic demands made at the meeting of the partially represented National Commission on 3 December , but the proceedings were wiretapped by the authorities , who broadcast... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
The New York Times describes as a " fiercely independent young woman " , comparing the film to a " Joan Crawfordesque drama " . Her next film , El pecado de Julia , featured Alberto Closas , with whom she had begun a relationship , and received mixed reviews .
In 1947 , Bence won the Writers Association award for Be... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
63 aerial victories — that is , 63 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft — achieved in 93 combat missions . He recorded 56 victories at night , including 33 Mosquitos , and scored more aerial victories from a jet fighter aircraft than anyone else in World War II and possibly in av... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
was built by the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel ; she was laid down in July 1926 , launched in August 1927 , and commissioned into the Reichsmarine in November 1929 . She was armed with a main battery of nine 15 cm SK C / 25 guns in three triple turrets and had a top speed of 32 knots ( 59 km / h ; 37 mph ) .
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and creates a vast field of flowers , trees , and grass . The final scene has the camera zooming out of the spacecraft next to a tree , riddled with vines and flowers . The music video and the behind the scenes video was included on her DVD compilation Single Clip Collection Vol . 3 ( 2000 ) .
The video achieved suc... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
climb of foxes as more prestigious quarries in his The Master of Game . By the Renaissance , fox hunting became a traditional sport of the nobility . After the English Civil War caused a drop in deer populations , fox hunting grew in popularity . By the mid @-@ 1600s , Britain was divided into fox hunting territories ... | Short | wikitext-103-excerpt |
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