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Having been made a knight of the Order of the Thistle in 1962 , he was known after stepping down from the Lords as Sir Alec Douglas-Home . | He had been made a Knight of the Thistle in 1962 . |
Also , cigar holders may refer to a tube in which the cigar is held while smoked . | A cigar is a form in which tobacco is smoked . |
Recently he has worked with Gwen Stefani on her solo albums and on U2 's 2004 release How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb , for which he won a Grammy Award . | Most recently he has worked with Gwen Stefani on her solo albums and on U2 's 2004 release How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb , for which he won a Grammy Award . |
Born in Bristol , Hooper began his career as a DJ and as a member of the Wild Bunch , the Bristol-based group that would turn into Massive Attack . | Hooper began his career as a DJ and as a member of the Wild Bunch , the Bristol-based group that would turn into Massive Attack . |
He also produced the debut solo album of Andrea Corr of The Corrs , entitled Ten Feet High which was released on 25 June 2007 . | He also produced the first solo album of Andrea Corr of The Corrs , entitled Ten Feet High which was released on June 25 , 2007 . |
Between 1989 and 1992 he produced the debut albums for Soul II Soul ( Club Classics Vol . | Between 1989 and 1992 he produced the first albums for Soul II Soul ( Club Classics Vol . |
In the late 1990s Hooper set up the Meanwhile imprint , which is a subsidiary of Virgin Records . | In the late 1990s Hooper set up the Meanwhile imprint , which is a company part of Virgin Records . |
He also debuted as a motion picture music composer with famed Scottish composer Craig Armstrong and Marius De Vries for the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann 's Romeo + Juliet in 1996 . | He also started being a motion picture music composer with famed Scottish composer Craig Armstrong and Marius De Vries for the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann 's Romeo + Juliet in 1996 . |
Hooper continued to work steadily into the 2000s . | Hooper continued to work slowly into the 2000s . |
The Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland . | The Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) is a Loyalist paramilitary ( civilians trained as soldiers ) group formed in 1966 . |
More militant members of the UVF , led by Billy Wright who disagreed with the ceasefire , broke away to form the Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ) . | They immediately set up the Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ) . |
Furthermore , Gajdusek openly admits to molesting boys and his approval of incest . | Gajdusek openly admitted molesting boys and his approval of incest . |
In 1954 he went to work as a visiting investigator at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne , Australia . | In 1954 he went to work at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne , Australia . |
In contrast , many other researchers , including Robert Klitzman , S. Lindenbaum , R. Glasse , and kuru field researchers at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research have documented reports that confirm the practice of cannibalism . | Many other researchers , including Robert Klitzman , S. Lindenbaum , R. Glasse , and researchers at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research have made reports that say that the cannibalism still happened . |
Gajdusek became head of the laboratories for virological and neurological research at the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) in 1958 and was inducted to the National Academy of Sciences in 1974 in the discipline of microbial biology . | Gajdusek became head of the laboratories for virological and neurological research at the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) in 1958 . |
Gajdusek 's best-known work focused on kuru . | Gajdusek 's best-known work was on kuru . |
He obtained an M.D. from Harvard University in 1946 and performed postdoctoral research at Columbia University , the California Institute of Technology , and Harvard . | His postdoctoral research was done at Columbia University , the California Institute of Technology , and Harvard . |
This disease was rampant among the South Fore people of New Guinea in the 1950s and 1960s . | This disease was affecting many people among the South Fore people of New Guinea in the 1950s and 1960s . |
Willam Arens , an anthropologist known for his criticism of reports of learned cannibalism , claims that Gajdusek never actually witnessed cannibalism himself . | Willam Arens , an anthropologist , says that Gajdusek never saw cannibalism himself . |
Gajdusek was charged with child molestation in April 1996 , based on incriminating entries in his personal diary and statements from a victim . | Gajdusek was charged with child molestation in April 1996 . |
In the course of his research trips in the South Pacific , Gajdusek had brought 56 mostly male children back to live with him in the United States , and provided them with the opportunity to receive high school and college education . | During his trips in the South Pacific , Gajdusek had brought 56 children back to live with him in the United States . |
Gajdusek 's father , Karol Gajdusek , was from Smrdáky , Kingdom of Hungary now in Slovakia and was an ethnic Slovak who was a butcher . | Gajdusek 's father , Karol Gajdusek , was from Büdöskö , Kingdom of Hungary , now Smrdáky , Slovakia . He was an ethnic Slovak who was a butcher . |
Gajdusek was born in Yonkers , New York , and graduated in 1943 from the University of Rochester , where he studied physics , biology , chemistry and mathematics . | Gajdusek was born in Yonkers , New York . |
Further research on the scrapie agent by Stanley Prusiner and others led to the identification of endogenous proteins called prions as the cause of these diseases . | Other research by Stanley Prusiner and others led to the finding of proteins called prions that caused these disease and other similar diseases . |
He lived among the Fore , studied their language and culture , and performed autopsies on kuru victims . | He lived among the Fore and studied their language and culture . |
There , he began the work that culminated in the Nobel prize . | In Australia , he began the work that led to his getting the Nobel Prize . |
Gajdusek connected the spread of the disease to the practice of funerary cannibalism by the South Fore . | Gajdusek felt there was a connect between the spread of the disease and the funerary cannibalism by the South Fore people . |
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek ( pronounced GUY-dah-shek ; September 9 , 1923 - December 12 , 2008 ) was an American physician and medical researcher who was the co-recipient ( with Baruch S. Blumberg ) of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for work on kuru , the first human prion disease demonstrated to be infectious . | Daniel Carleton Gajdusek ( September 9 , 1923 - December 12 , 2008 ) was an American physician and medical researcher . |
While Gajdusek 's work is generally accepted by the medical community , some have questioned whether cannibalism was still practiced at the time of Gajdusek 's research . | Some people in the medical community , do not think that cannibalism was still practiced when Gajdusek did his research . |
Researchers who worked with the Fore in the 1950s claimed that cannibalism was suppressed in 1948 , almost a decade before Gajdusek arrived in New Guinea . | Researchers who worked with the Fore in the 1950s say that cannibalism was stopped in 1948 . |
He then proved this hypothesis by successfully transmitting the disease to primates and demonstrating that it had an unusually long incubation period of several years . | He proved this idea by infecting primates with the disease and showing that it had an very long incubation period of several years . |
His maternal grandparents , ethnic Hungarians of the Calvinist faith , emigrated from Debrecen , Hungary . | His mother 's parents from Debrecen , Hungary . |
Karl Michael Ziehrer ( also spelled as Carl Michael Ziehrer ) ( May 2 , 1843 - November 14 , 1922 ) was an Austrian composer . | Karl Michael Ziehrer ( also spelled as Carl Michael Ziehrer ) ( May 2 , 1843 - November 14 , 1922 ) was an Austrian composer of light music such as waltzes and polkas . |
Born in Vienna , Ziehrer was taught music by Simon Sechter , a famous Viennese music theorist and pedagogue and Johann Emanuel Hasel . | He was taught music by Simon Sechter , a famous Viennese hat-maker . |
In his lifetime , he was one of the fiercest rivals of the Strauss family ; most notably Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss . | He was one of the musical rivals of Johann Strauss II , another composer of light music in Vienna . |
It is impossible to tune the twelve-note chromatic scale so that all intervals are `` perfect '' . | Here are some of the main ways of tuning the twelve-note chromatic scale which have been developed in order to get round the problem that an instrument can not be tuned so that all intervals are `` perfect '' : |
A tuning fork or electronic tuning device may be used as a reference pitch , though in ensemble rehearsals often a piano is used ( as its pitch can not be adjusted for each rehearsal ) . | There are also electronic tuning devices . |
The impala ( Aepyceros melampus ) is a medium-sized African antelope . | An impala ( Aepyceros melampus ) is a medium-sized African antelope . |
The vernacular name `` impala '' comes from the Zulu language meaning `` gazelle '' . | The name `` impala '' comes from the Zulu language . |
Its name is Latin for `` water-carrier '' or `` cup-carrier '' , and its symbol is ( Unicode ♒ ) , a representation of water . | Its name is Latin for `` water-carrier '' or `` cup-carrier '' , and its symbol is ( Unicode ♒ ) , which represents water . |
It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy , and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations . | It is also one of the 88 modern constellations . |
Aquarius is a constellation of the zodiac , situated between Capricornus and Pisces . | Aquarius is a constellation of the zodiac . |
In the following years , he and John T. Robinson made a series of spectacular finds , including fragments from six hominids in Sterkfontein , which they named Plesianthropus transvaalensis , popularly called Mrs. Ples , but which was later classified as an adult Australopithecus africanus , as well as more discoveries at sites in Kromdraai and Swartkrans . | In the following years , he and John T. Robinson made a series of spectacular finds , including fragments from six hominids in Sterkfontein , which they named Plesianthropus transvaalensis , but which was later classified as an adult Australopithecus africanus , as well as more discoveries at sites in Kromdraai and Swartkrans . |
Robert Broom FRS ( 30 November 1866 , Paisley - 6 April 1951 ) was a Scottish South African doctor and paleontologist . | Professor Robert Broom ( 30 November 1866 , Paisley - 6 April 1951 ) was a Scottish , and later South African , doctor and paleontologist . |
Shortly before his death he finished a monograph on the Australopithecines and remarked to his nephew : `` Now that 's finished ... and so am I. '' Broom was a nonconformist and was deeply interested in the paranormal and spiritualism , he was a critic of Darwinism and materialism . | Shortly before his death he finished a monograph on the Australopithecines and remarked to his nephew : `` Now that 's finished ... and so am I '' . |
Smuts , exerting pressure on the South African government , managed to obtain a position for Broom in 1934 with the staff of the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria as an Assistant in Palaeontology . | Smuts put pressure on the South African government , and managed to get a position for Broom . |
They had two children , a son , Caractacus ( born December 1967 ) , a musician and recording engineer , and a daughter , Boudicca ( born 1970 ) , a video producer . | They had two children : a son , Caractacus ( born December 1967 ) , who became a musician and recording engineer , and a daughter , Boudicca , who became a video producer . |
Downes was born in Birmingham , England in 1924 , the son of a bank teller . | Downes was born in Birmingham , England . |
He was Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Orchestra until 1983 . | He was Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic . |
Elsewhere , he became the Australian Opera 's Music Director in 1970 , conducting the first performance in the Sydney Opera House in 1973 , the Australian premiere of War and Peace by Sergei Prokofiev . | He conducted the first performance in the new Sydney Opera House in 1973 conducting Prokofiev 's opera War and Peace . |
After the company 's temporary closure in 1951 , Downes began a long and fruitful association with the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden in 1952 with his appointment as an assistant to Rafael Kubelík . | In 1952 he started his work in the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden where he was assistant to Rafael Kubelík . |
In 1955 he married Joan Weston , a dancer with the Royal Ballet . | In the 1960s , he married Joan , a dancer with the Royal Ballet . |
Matthew James Bellamy ( born 9 June 1978 ) is an English musician , singer , songwriter , multi-instrumentalist and composer . | Matthew Bellamy ( born 9 June 1978 ) is an English singer . |
He is best known as the lead vocalist , lead guitarist , pianist , and main songwriter of the rock band Muse . | He is the lead singer of the band Muse . |
After the divorce of Bellamy 's parents , he lived with his mother and brother . | Bellamy 's parents divorced before he reached fourteen years of age . |
Bellamy 's father , George , from Sunderland was rhythm guitarist in the 1960s pop group The Tornados , who were the first British band to have a United States number one song , with `` Telstar '' . | George Bellamy was also a guitarist and was in a band called `` The Tornados '' , who had a number-one hit in the United States with the song `` Telstar '' . |
In the mid-1980s , the family moved to Teignmouth , Devon . | His parents moved with him to Teignmouth in Devon in the mid 1980s . |
It is a co-production between Graham King 's GK Films and Johnny Depp 's Infinitum Nihil . | It is a co-production of Graham King 's GK Films and Johnny Depp 's Infinitum Nihil . |
The film stars Asa Butterfield , Chloë Grace Moretz , Ben Kingsley , Sacha Baron Cohen , Helen McCrory , Ray Winstone , Emily Mortimer , Jude Law , and Christopher Lee . | It stars Asa Butterfield , Ben Kingsley , Sacha Baron Cohen , Ray Winstone , Emily Mortimer , and Jude Law . |
Hugo is a 2011 3D historical adventure drama film based on Brian Selznick 's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret about a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris . | Hugo is a 2011 American 3D adventure drama movie that is based on Brian Selznick 's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret . |
The film has appeared on the following critics ' top ten lists for the best films of 2011 : | In the end , the children reconnect Georges with his past and with a new generation of cinema aficionados who have come to appreciate his work The movie has appeared on the following critics ' top ten lists for the best movies of 2011 : |
It is directed and co-produced by Martin Scorsese and adapted for the screen by John Logan . | It was directed by Martin Scorsese , while the screenwriter was John Logan . |
When it is finished , however , it is still missing one part : a heart-shaped key that goes into the back of the automaton to make it work . | The automaton is missing one part - a heart-shaped key . |
Hugo is Scorsese 's first film shot in 3D , of which the filmmaker remarked : `` I found 3D to be really interesting , because the actors were more upfront emotionally . | Hugo is Scorsese 's first movie to be shot in 3D . |
In 2010 the airport served about 18.1 million passengers . | In 2010 , the airport served about 18.1 million passengers . |
A commuter terminal was constructed in 1970 . | A commuter terminal was built in 1970 . |
The airport opened June 16 , 1941 . | The airport opened on June 16 , 1941 . |
The Boeing 737 aircraft failed to gain altitude . | The Boeing 737 aircraft could not gain altitude . |
US Airways Shuttle has near-hourly air shuttle flights to New York LaGuardia Airport and Logan International Airport in Boston , and Delta Air Lines ' Delta Shuttle has near-hourly air shuttle flights to LaGuardia . | The US Airways Shuttle has air shuttle service to LaGuardia Airport in New York City and Logan International Airport in Boston , Massachusetts . |
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ( IATA : DCA , ICAO : KDCA , FAA LID : DCA ) is a public airport 3 miles ( 4.8 km ) south of downtown Washington , D.C. , in Arlington County , Virginia . | Washington National Airport ( IATA : DCA , ICAO : KDCA , FAA LID : DCA ) is an airport near Washington , D.C. . |
The constitutionality of the review panel was later challenged in the Supreme Court and the Court has twice declared the oversight panel unconstitutional . | The constitutionality of the review panel was later challenged in the Supreme Court . |
In 1945 Congress passed a law that established the airport was legally within Virginia but under the jurisdiction of the federal government . | In 1945 , Congress passed a law that said that the airport was in Virginia but under the control of the federal government . |
In 1930 the Depression caused the two terminals to merge to form Washington-Hoover Airport . | In 1930 , the economics of the Great Depression caused the two terminals to join to form Washington-Hoover Airport . |
On the afternoon of January 13 , 1982 , following a period of exceptionally cold weather and a morning of blizzard conditions , Air Florida Flight 90 crashed after waiting forty-nine minutes on a taxiway and taking off with ice and snow on the wings . | On the afternoon of January 13 , 1982 , after some very cold weather and a morning of blizzard conditions , Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on take-off . |
The commission recommended that one multi-state agency administer both Dulles and National , over the alternative of having Virginia control Dulles and the District of Columbia control National . | The other choice was to have Virginia control Dulles and the District of Columbia control National . |
Construction of Washington National Airport began in 1940-41 by a company led by John McShain . | It was done by a company led by John McShain . |
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ( MWAA ) operates the airport with close oversight by the federal government due to its proximity to the national capital . | The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ( MWAA ) is in control of the airport . |
Reagan National is a hub for US Airways , Reagan National 's largest carrier . | Reagan National is a focus city for US Airways . |
The following year Washington Airport , another privately operated field , began service next door . | It was another privately operated field . |
Due to heroic action on the part of motorists , a United States Park Service police helicopter crew , and one of the plane 's passengers who later perished , five occupants of the downed plane survived . | With the help of people in the cars , a United States Park Service police helicopter crew , and one of the plane 's passengers who later died , five people on the plane were saved . |
The advent of jet aircraft as well as traffic growth led Congress to pass the Washington Airport Act of 1950 , which resulted in the opening of Dulles Airport in 1962 . | Because of the use of jet aircraft and the amount of traffic , Congress passed the Washington Airport Act of 1950 . |
Hoover Field , near the present site of the Pentagon , was the first major terminal to be developed in the Capital area , opening its doors in 1926 . | Hoover Field was the first major terminal in the Washington area . |
Less than 1 statute mile ( 1.6 km ) from the end of the runway , the airplane struck the 14th Street Bridge complex , shearing the tops off vehicles stuck in traffic before plunging through the 1-inch-thick ( 25 mm ) ice covering the Potomac River . | Less than 1 mile ( 1.6 km ) from the end of the runway , the airplane hit the 14th Street Bridge . |
It is the commercial airport nearest to Washington , D.C. For decades it was called Washington National Airport ; it was renamed in 1998 to honor former U.S. President Ronald Reagan . | It is the commercial airport closest to Washington , D.C. . |
In 1984 Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole appointed a commission to study transferring National and Dulles Airports from the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) to a local entity , which could use airport revenues to finance improvements . | In 1984 , Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole created a group to look into moving control of National and Dulles Airports from the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) to a local groups . |
Service to the airport 's Metro station began in 1977 . | The name of the airport 's Metro station is still `` National Airport '' . |
The western part of the airport was once within a large Virginia plantation , a remnant of which is now inside a historic site located near the airport 's Metrorail station ( see Abingdon ( plantation ) for history ) . | The western part of the airport was once part of a large Virginia plantation . |
Although the need for a better airport was acknowledged in 37 studies conducted between 1926 and 1938 , there was a statutory prohibition against federal development of airports . | Thirty-seven studies done between 1926 and 1938 showed the need for a better airport . |
A United Airlines holdroom complex was built in 1965 , and a facility for American Airlines was completed in 1968 . | A United Airlines building was built in 1965 . |
In 1987 Congress , through legislation , transferred control of the airport from the FAA to the new Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority with the Authority 's decisions being subject to a Congressional review panel . | In 1987 , Congress gave control of the airport from the FAA to the new Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ( MWAA ) . |
The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 316 weekday departures : 95 Eastern ( plus six a week to\/from South America ) , 77 American , 61 Capital , 23 National , 17 TWA , 10 United , 10 Delta , 6 Allegheny , 6 Braniff , 5 Piedmont , 3 Northeast and 3 Northwest . | The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows that the airport had 316 weekday departures . |
The facility 's single runway was crossed by a street ; guards had to stop automobile traffic during takeoffs and landings . | People were needed to stop automobile traffic during take-offs and landings . |
The terminal building was supplemented by the North Terminal in 1958 ; the two were connected in 1961 . | The terminal building was made larger in 1958 . |
In the Industrial Revolution , James Watt contributed to the development of the flywheel in the steam engine , and his contemporary James Pickard used a flywheel combined with a crank to transform reciprocating into rotary motion . | In the Industrial Revolution , James Watt contributed to the development of the flywheel in the steam engine , and his contemporary James Pickard used a flywheel . |
Halford was born in Sutton Coldfield , but raised in Walsall , a town to the northwest of Birmingham in England 's West Midlands . | He was born in Sutton Coldfield and raised in Walsall . |
Robert John Arthur `` Rob '' Halford ( born 25 August 1951 ) is a British singer-songwriter , who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest . | Robert John Arthur `` Rob '' Halford ( born 25 August 1951 ) is an English singer-songwriter . |
In 1821 , the Berlin Opera gave the premiere of Weber 's Der Freischütz . | In 1821 , the Berlin Opera gave the first performance of Weber 's Der Freischütz . |
In 1930 Erich Kleiber conducted the premiere of Darius Milhaud 's Christoph Columbus . | In 1930 Erich Kleiber conducted the first performance of Darius Milhaud 's Christoph Columbus . |
In 1925 , Alban Berg 's Wozzeck , was given its premiere in a production conducted by Erich Kleiber in the composer 's presence . | In 1925 , Alban Berg 's Wozzeck , was given its first performance conducted by Erich Kleiber with the composer in the audience . |
On August 18 , 1843 the Linden Opera was destroyed by fire . | On 18 August 1843 the Linden Opera was destroyed by fire . |
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