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true). Knowing this, a disjunction of A and B must be false also. The negation of said disjunction must thus be true, and the result is identical to the first claim. Negation of a conjunction The application of De Morgan's theorem to conjunction is very similar to its application to a disjunction both in form and ratio... | Augustus De Morgan, a 19th-century British mathematician. The rules allow the expression of conjunctions and disjunctions purely in terms of each other via negation. The rules can be expressed in English as: The negation of a disjunction is the conjunction of the negations The negation of a conjunction is the disjuncti... |
standards for commuter airlines; intrastate carriers were allowed to enter into through service and joint fare agreements with interstate air carriers; air carriers, in hiring employees, were required to give preference to terminated or furloughed employees of another carrier for 10 years after enactment; and remaining... | began service between Denver and San Diego after eight years only because a United States Court of Appeals ordered the CAB to approve the application. This rigid system encountered tremendous pressure in the 1970s. The 1973 oil crisis and stagflation radically changed the economic environment, as did technological adva... |
eventually elected student council president. After graduating from high school in 1973, Willis worked as a security guard at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant and transported crew members at the DuPont Chambers Works factory in Deepwater, New Jersey. After working as a private investigator (a role he would later play in t... | released his debut album The Return of Bruno in 1987, followed by two more albums in 1989 and 2001. He made his Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of Misery in 2015. Willis has received numerous accolades during his career, including a Golden Globe, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two People's Choice Awards. He rece... |
the 4×100 m relay team, with which she won the gold medal at the European LC Championships in August of that year. The following year, de Bruijn made her Olympic debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and finished 8th in the 100 m and 4×100 m freestyle events. She did not compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1999, she w... | freestyle and butterfly titles. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she defended her gold medal in the 50 m free, and took silver in the 100 m free, and two bronze: one in the 100 m butterfly and another in the 4×100 m relay. This made her the oldest individual champion in Olympic swimming history. This record was on... |
imperial residence and a position to influence the emperor. Sphrantzes was even more cautious towards the Ottomans than Notaras, and believed the megas doux risked antagonizing the new sultan. Although Sphrantzes also approved of appealing to the west for aid, he believed that any appeals had to be highly discreet in o... | emperor that he believed him to be far too lenient with the anti-unionists, urging him to arrest their leaders and try harder to push back the opposition to the Union of the Churches. Constantine opposed the idea, perhaps under the assumption that arresting the leaders would turn them into martyrs for their cause. Inst... |
where they spent three days and then traveled to Toulouse by train. Roissy-en-Brie She arrived in the French capital at the end of February and in early April she moved to Roissy-en-Brie, a town near the east of the capital. She settled in the castle of Roissy-en-Brie, an 18th-century building, which was offered as a r... | had been presented for the Sant Jordi prize, but it had received an extension both in chapters and in corrections by Salas, Obiols and the author herself. In 1961, she sent another work to the same award, Death in Spring, which did not win either, but rather it was Josep Maria Espinàs with The Last Landing who was vict... |
were under the age of 18; 6.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.8% were from 25 to 44; 25.1% were from 45 to 64; and 30% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.7% male and 49.3% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 282 people, 130 households, and 86 families residi... | North Dakota, United States. The population was 227 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area. Anamoose was established along the main line of the Soo Line Railroad in 1898 by Romanians who had come from Saskatchewan, Canada. The name is a corruption of the Chippewa word uhnemoosh, which... |
Babadag became part of independent Romania. At Babadag, the Romanian Army operates a military training facility. With a total surface area of , this is one of the largest and most modern training firing ranges in Europe. In 2008, United States Army forces started to train at Babadag as part of Romania's integration int... | number of Turcomans to Dobruja and to have settled them in this area. The town was first mentioned by Ibn Battuta under the name Baba Saltuk, as the furthermost outpost of the "Turks" (i.e., the Golden Horde). The town was conquered by Bayezid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, in his 1393 Danubian campaign. The construc... |
Pegg, but February 1208 is more likely the year the couple's son was born). Sancha was betrothed to Raymond VII the son Count Raymond VI of Toulouse, not long after her birth, according to Nique, only days (sources differ as to how long). The marriage contract included Marie's inheritance, Montpellier, which was to be ... | of France, and the Capetian dynasty from the north of France. Peter returned from Las Navas in autumn 1212 to find that Simon de Montfort had conquered Toulouse, exiling Count Raymond VI of Toulouse, who was Peter's brother-in-law and vassal. Peter crossed the Pyrenees and arrived at Muret in September 1213 to confront... |
him as comes excubitorum. Persian War and accession to the throne In late 577, despite a complete lack of military experience, Maurice was named as magister militum per Orientem, effectively commander-in-chief of the Byzantine army in the east. He succeeded General Justinian in the ongoing war against Sassanid Persia. ... | 601 the Byzantine forces wreaked havoc amongst the Avars and Gepids. In 602 the Slavs suffered a crushing defeat in Wallachia. The Byzantine troops were now able to hold the Danube line again. Meanwhile, Maurice was making plans for repopulating devastated areas in the Balkans by using Armenian settlers. Maurice also p... |
idea of how a static tile puzzle can simulate a Turing machine computation. The previous example q0101#1q401#11q21#1q810. is represented as the following solution to the Post correspondence problem: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | bgcolor="#55FF83" width="40" | q8 1 |- | bgcolor="#87E6FF" width="40" |... | 2, 3) is a solution (in addition to all their repetitions): 1 2 2 2 3 Proof sketch of undecidability The most common proof for the undecidability of PCP describes an instance of PCP that can simulate the computation of an arbitrary Turing machine on a particular input. A match will occur if and only if the input would ... |
seat of Chingford was aggregated in 1997 with Woodford Green in boundary changes and was held for the Conservative Party by his successor and protégé Iain Duncan Smith. Tebbit famously said: "If you think I'm right-wing, you should meet this guy". Maastricht Treaty and Europe On 11 August 1992, Woodrow Wyatt noted in h... | his life. I didn't want him to go. Whenever he is away from her he can't even attend to business properly. He's always ringing up to find out if the nurses are looking after his wife all right". In her memoirs, Thatcher said she "bitterly regretted" losing a like-minded person from the Cabinet. On 31 July 1987, Tebbit ... |
of the English archers, either on the flanks, intermingled with the line troops, or behind the lines; the most likely was that they were formed up along the flanks according to prior positions in previous battles. The French arrived on the battlefield and sent their crossbowmen in advance of the cavalry to assault the ... | and furthering a war leader or king's long term goals. Some historians claim that during the Middle Ages there was no strategic or tactical art to military combat. Kelly DeVries uses the Merriam-Webster definition of combat "as a general military engagement". In the pursuit of a leader's goals and self-interest tactica... |
be known as the Bloomsbury Group, of which Forster was a member in the 1910s and 1920s. There is a famous recreation of Forster's Cambridge at the beginning of The Longest Journey. The Schlegel sisters of Howards End are based to some degree on Vanessa and Virginia Stephen. In 1904, Forster travelled in Greece and Ital... | Germany, to learn the language, and spent several months in the summer of 1905 in Nassenheide, Pomerania, (now the Polish village of Rzędziny) as a tutor to the children of the writer Elizabeth von Arnim. He wrote a short memoir of this experience, which was one of the happiest times in his life. In 1906 Forster fell i... |
Both sons enjoyed the titres de courtoisie of Comte. If Henri had outlived his father, he would have been accorded the family title of Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec. After the death of his brother, Toulouse-Lautrec's parents separated and a nanny eventually took care of him. At the age of eight, Toulouse-Lautrec went to li... | an adult-sized torso while retaining his child-sized legs. Additionally, he is reported to have had hypertrophied genitals. Physically unable to participate in many activities enjoyed by boys his age, Toulouse-Lautrec immersed himself in art. He became a prominent Post-Impressionist painter, art nouveau illustrator, an... |
to suffocation; in only four places were recovered remains so badly burned that it was impossible to ascertain the number of victims. The uncertainty this introduced is thought to amount to no more than 100 people. 35,000 people were registered with the authorities as missing after the raids, around 10,000 of whom were... | and the decision made for a more limited operation. The Soviet Army continued its push towards the Reich despite severe losses, which they sought to minimize in the final phase of the war. On 5 January 1945, two North American B-25 Mitchell bombers dropped 300,000 leaflets over Dresden with the "Appeal of 50 German gen... |
impulsive shouting of nonsensical words, has become his trademark. Frink was originally depicted as an evil scientist in "Old Money," since he was trying to secure funding for a death ray. When Azaria ad-libbed a voice for the character, he did an impression of Jerry Lewis's Julius Kelp character from The Nutty Profess... | suddenly he became this nutty professor persona. What I love about Hank is that, you give him a single lineand most of these characters have very few linesand he just brings it to life. Every time." Frink was originally animated without his buckteeth; they were added later on to make him look even more like Lewis's cha... |
to gain more power, the boyars felt defeated, and felt compelled to go to Moscow to maintain a united and strong Russia. Second, the boyars lost their independent principalities, where they maintained all their power, and instead governed districts and regions under the grand prince of the time. Boyars also lost their ... | power, and instead governed districts and regions under the grand prince of the time. Boyars also lost their advisory influence over the grand prince with tools such as the duma, and instead the grand prince no longer felt compelled to listen to the demands of the boyars. Finally, the tsar no longer feared losing their... |
diagonal distance from Azerbaijan in the northwest to Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast is approximately . Topography The topography of Iran consists of rugged, mountainous rims surrounding high interior basins. The main mountain chain is the Zagros Mountains, a series of parallel ridges interspersed wit... | which it has reverted after being called Lake Rezaiyeh under Mohammad Reza Shah), in the northwest, whose brine content is too high to support fish or most other forms of aquatic life. There are also several connected salt lakes along the Iran-Afghanistan border in the province of Baluchestan va Sistan. A recent global... |
Onassis (née Bouvier) (1929–1994), American political-family member and editor Jacqueline Ingrid | member and editor Jacqueline Ingrid Bouvier, a fictional character from The |
17 Table 10 – Population Percentages by Province: 2006 and 2011 (Percentage) 1 The population of the provinces of Alborz and Tehran for 2006 and their average annual growth have been calculated based on the data of 2011. Languages and ethnic groups The largest linguistic group comprises speakers of Iranian languages, l... | Vancouver, London, Toronto, San Francisco Bay Area, Washington D.C., Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Stockholm, Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt. Their combined net worth is estimated to be $1.3 trillion. Note that this differs from the other Iranian peoples living in other areas of Greater Iran, who are of related ethnolingui... |
embedded into projective space Abelian surface, a two-dimensional abelian variety Abelian function, a meromorphic function on an abelian variety Abelian integral, a function related to the indefinite integral of a differential of the first kind Other mathematics Abelian category, in category theory, a preabelian catego... | function on an abelian variety Abelian integral, a function related to the indefinite integral of a differential of the first kind Other mathematics Abelian category, in category theory, a preabelian category in which every monomorphism is a kernel and every epimorphism is a cokernel Abelian and Tauberian theorems, in ... |
of Iran and Tudeh Party of Iran. armed political groups that have been almost completely repressed by the government include People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (IPFG). Military Public finance and fiscal policy Budget Iran's fiscal year (FY) goes from 21 to 20 March of the f... | Iran was a constitutional monarchy with a nominal parliamentary system. The Shah was the head of state, while the Prime Minister was the head of government under the 1906 Persian Constitution. In reality, Iran remained a "royal dictatorship", and the Shahs employed secret police, torture, and executions to stifle polit... |
fictional character on The Simpsons Herbert B. Powell (1903–1998), U.S. | character on The Simpsons Herbert B. Powell (1903–1998), U.S. Army 4-star general Herbert Edward Powell (1871–1940), South Australian artist |
Tasked with border control, IRGC maintains a monopoly on smuggling, costing Iranian companies billions of dollars each year. Smuggling is encouraged in part by the generous subsidization of domestic goods (including fuel). IRGC also runs the telecommunication company, laser eye-surgery clinics, makes cars, builds bridg... | businesspeople" but by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "and its associates". In 2020, an Iranian businessperson complained to a foreign journalist (Dexter Filkins) that the uncertainty of "chronic shortages of material and unruly inspectors pushing for bribes" made operating his business very difficult -... |
in Russia.) Reign On the death of the childless Feodor on 7 January 1598, as well as the rumored assassination of Feodor's much younger brother Dimitry, supposedly ordered by Boris himself to guarantee his seat on the throne, self-preservation as much as ambition led Boris' rise to power. Had he not done so, the mildes... | Godunov's career began at the court of Ivan the Terrible. He is mentioned in 1570 for taking part in the Serpeisk campaign as an archer of the guard. The following year he became an oprichnik – a member of Ivan's personal guard and secret police. In 1570/1571, Godunov strengthened his position at court by his marriage ... |
were 7 Internet exchange points built in some Iranian cities. 72 private data centers were connected to them. Cyber-security Iran is among 5 countries with cyber warfare capabilities according to the Defense Tech institute (US military and security institute). Internet service provider|ISPs The leading Data Communicati... | is to connect the country with global optical fiber networks from northern and northwestern borders. Radio and Television Radio broadcast stations: AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5 (1998) Number of radios: 22 million (2005) Television broadcast stations: 29 (plus 450 repeaters) (1997) Number of television sets: 15 million (200... |
27 trains in operation. Tabriz Metro The Tabriz Metro is a metro system serving the city of Tabriz. The first line was opened on 28 August 2015 with a 7-kilometre length and six stations. There is also a regional commuter line planned to the city of Sahand. Line one runs Northwest from El Goli Station to Ostad Shahriar... | central Mehrabad Airport. Airports: 319 (2013) There are 54 "major" airports in Iran (2008): 8 international, 21 air border, and 25 domestic. Number of flights from airports nationwide reached 31,088 in a month (October 20 – November 20, 2008): 10,510 domestic, 4,229 international and 15,404 transit. Airport capacity f... |
(comprising the Lankaran and Nakchivan khanates. Treaty of Akhal Treaty of Paris (1857) (by which Iran renounced claims over Herat and parts of Afghanistan) Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 Current policies The Islamic Republic of Iran accords priority to its relations with the other states in the region and with the r... | (by which Iran renounced claims over Herat and parts of Afghanistan) Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 Current policies The Islamic Republic of Iran accords priority to its relations with the other states in the region and with the rest of the Islamic world. This includes a strong commitment to the Organisation of Islam... |
to Vladimir Stasov and to Stasov's family, routinely signing his name Musoryanin, roughly "garbage-dweller" (compare dvoryanin: "nobleman"). The first syllable of the name originally received the stress (i.e., MÚS-ər-skiy), and does so to this day in Russia, including the composer's home district. The mutability of the... | Dances of Death) had moved away to get married. Mussorgsky engaged a new and prominent personal private physician about 1870, Dr. George Leon Carrick, sometime Secretary and later President of the St. Petersburg Physicians' Society and a cousin of Sir Harry Lauder. While Mussorgsky suffered personally from alcoholism, ... |
Folk Festival, in Newport, Rhode Island, sometimes referred to as simply Newport "Newport Living" (song), by the American power pop band Cute Is What We Aim For Newport Music Hall, a music venue located in Columbus, Ohio Music of Newport, in Wales, noted for 1980s and 1990s indie acts and venues Sport Newport City F.C.... | 17th-century English soldier, courtier and Whig politician George Newport, 19th-century English entomologist George Newport (cricketer), played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1902 and 1904 Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford (1683–1734), 18th-century English peer and Whig politician Sir John Newport, 1st Baronet, ... |
the language. Steel for Roman weaponry The kingdom of Noricum was a major provider of weaponry for the Roman armies from the mid-Republic onwards. Roman swords were made of the best-quality steel then available from this region, the chalybs Noricus. The strength of steel is determined by its composition and heat treatm... | remains essential in modern steelmaking processes), and contain little or no phosphorus, which weakens steel. The ore mined in Carinthia (S. Noricum) fulfilled both criteria particularly well. The Celts of Noricum discovered their ore made superior steel around 500 BC and built a major steel industry. At Magdalensberg,... |
by Future Clouds and Radar "Peoria", song by King Crimson from their 1972 live album Earthbound Science Peoria (moth), a genus of Pyralidae (pyralid moths) Ships USS Peoria, various ships See also List of | Airport, often called simply Peoria International Airport Peoria County, Illinois Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois) Peoria, Franklin County, Indiana Peoria, Miami County, Indiana Peoria, Iowa Peoria, Kansas Peoria, Missouri Peoria, Ohio Peoria, Oklahoma Music Peoria (album), 2008 al... |
Diocese of Salisbury Salisbury Racecourse Salisbury Plain Salisbury Dock The Salisbury, a pub in Harringay, London The Salisbury, Covent Garden, a pub in Covent Garden, London Salisbury Crags, in Holyrood Park, Scotland Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) United States Salisbury Sound, Alaska Salisbury, Connecticut ... | Dungog Salisbury, Queensland, a suburb in the City of Brisbane Salisbury railway station, Brisbane Salisbury, South Australia City of Salisbury, South Australia Salisbury railway station, Adelaide Salisbury Highway, a main road in Adelaide Salisbury, Victoria, a crossing loop on the Melbourne–Adelaide railway Canada Sa... |
bitter that he had no choice but to try to reclaim his place in Tahiti society. He arrived in September 1895 and was to spend the next six years living, for the most part, an apparently comfortable life as an artist-colon near, or at times in, Papeete. During this time he was able to support himself with an increasingl... | other servants (nephews of Tioka), his dog, Pegau (a play on his initials PG), and a cat. The house itself, although in the center of the town, was set amongst trees and secluded from view. The partying ceased and he began a period of productive work, sending twenty canvases to Vollard the following April. He had thoug... |
del Penedès Santa Fe, Granada United States New Mexico or Nuevo México, US state formerly Santa Fe de Nuevo México Santa Fe de Nuevo México a former province of New Spain and territory of Mexico (1598–1848) Santa Fe, New Mexico, state capital city Santa Fe County, New Mexico Santa Fe River (New Mexico) Rancho Santa Fe,... | Colombian football club Unión de Santa Fe, an Argentine football club Transportation Hyundai Santa Fe, a sport utility vehicle Ships , the name of several ships of the Argentine navy , a German cargo ship sunk in the Black Sea in 1943 , A Chilean-owned Liberty ship that disappeared in 1967 , the name of two US Navy shi... |
city in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe counties Selma, Virginia Selma Township (disambiguation), various Historic buildings Selma Union Depot, a train station and museum in Selma, North Carolina Selma (Eastville, Virginia), a plantation house listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Selma (Leesburg, ... | house listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Selma (Leesburg, Virginia), a mansion and former plantation property Selma (Winchester, Virginia), home of Virginia Senator James M. Mason, destroyed by Union troops in 1863. A subsequent more modest home on the same site still uses the name. Other us... |
that later settled in the area." In 1525, Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés ordered the hanging of Aztec emperor Cuauhtemoc from a Ceiba tree after overtaking his empire. The town of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico was founded in 1528 by the Spanish around La Pochota, Ceiba pentandra, according to tradition. Founded ... | around La Pochota, Ceiba pentandra, according to tradition. Founded in 1838, the Puerto Rican town of Ceiba is also named after this tree. The Honduran city of La Ceiba founded in 1877 was named after a particular Ceiba tree that grew down by the old docks. In 1898, the Spanish Army in Cuba surrendered to the United St... |
Birmingham United States Smithfield, a city neighborhood in Ensley, Birmingham, Alabama Smithfield, Illinois Smithfield, Indiana Smithfield, Kentucky Smithfield, Maine Smithfield, Missouri Smithfield, Nebraska Smithfield, New York Smithfield, North Carolina West Smithfield, North Carolina Smithfield, Ohio Smithfield, P... | suburb of Adelaide Smithfield railway station, Adelaide Smithfield Memorial Park, in Evanston South, South Australia Smithfield State High School Canada Smithfield, Toronto, a neighbourhood of Toronto Hong Kong Smithfield, Hong Kong, a road Ireland Smithfield, Dublin New Zealand Smithfield, New Zealand, industrial subu... |
Stockbridge Anticline, one of a series of parallel east–west trending folds in the Cretaceous chalk of Hampshire Stockbridge Village, Liverpool Stockbridge (UK Parliament constituency) United States Stockbridge, Georgia Stockbridge, Massachusetts Stockbridge, Michigan Stockbridge Township, Michigan Stockbridge, New Yor... | of water north of Stockbridge, Massachusetts Stockbridge Falls, a waterfall located on Oneida Creek southwest of Munnsville, New York Structures Stockbridge Casino, a historic building in Stockbridge, Massachusetts Stockbridge House, historic building in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a.k.a. Amarillo Motel Stockbridge Hig... |
6: F: y-coordinate of the center of the upper left pixel This description is however misleading in that the D and B parameters are not angular rotations, and that the A and E parameters do not correspond to the pixel size if D or B are not zero. The A, D, B and E parameters are sometimes named "x-scale", "y-skew", "x-s... | in map units, almost always negative Line 5: C: x-coordinate of the center of the upper left pixel Line 6: F: y-coordinate of the center of the upper left pixel This description is however misleading in that the D and B parameters are not angular rotations, and that the A and E parameters do not correspond to the pixel... |
In Norse mythology, Embla was the first woman. People with the name Embla include: Embla Hjulström (born 1994), Swedish | first woman. People with the name Embla include: Embla Hjulström |
the Möll River Valley in Carinthia. For this reason some linguists (e.g. Jernej Kopitar and Rajko Nahtigal) linked Abraham closely to the origin of the Freising Manuscripts and even attributed to him the authorship of one of the texts and suspected that he was of Slovene origin, although this was later disproven. Moder... | the manuscript came to the Bavarian State Library in Munich and the Freising Manuscripts were discovered there in 1807. The texts were translated into modern Slovene in 1854 by the philologist Anton Janežič. Before World War II, a facsimile of the Freising Manuscripts was published by Silvester Škerl at Akademska založ... |
matches involving the Geelong Football Club. K Rock shares transmitter facilities with sister station 93.9 Bay FM (along with 94.7 The Pulse and 96.3 Rhema FM), broadcasting from a transmitter on top of Murradoc Hill on the Bellarine Peninsula. The license area covers the Greater Geelong area, Werribee and Western Melb... | his first TV appearance in 1948, long before the Tarax Show, as part of an exhibition using closed-circuit TV equipment for trial purposes. Towards the end of its time as an AM station, 3GL used the "3GL on the West Coast" slogan and associated jingles, many sung by Mike Brady. For many years, 3GL was based in James St... |
an incorrect theory of comets. Bernoulli returned to Switzerland, and began teaching mechanics at the University of Basel from 1683. His doctoral dissertation Solutionem tergemini problematis was submitted in 1684. It appeared in print in 1687. In 1684 Bernoulli married Judith Stupanus; they had two children. During th... | examining compound interest. In May 1690 in a paper published in Acta Eruditorum, Jacob Bernoulli showed that the problem of determining the isochrone is equivalent to solving a first-order nonlinear differential equation. The isochrone, or curve of constant descent, is the curve along which a particle will descend und... |
Nebraska Wayne, New Jersey Wayne, New York Wayne, Ohio Wayne, Oklahoma Wayne, Pennsylvania Wayne, West Virginia Wayne, Lafayette County, Wisconsin Wayne, Washington County, Wisconsin Wayne (community), Wisconsin Other places: Wayne County (disambiguation) Wayne Township (disambiguation) Waynesborough, Gen. Anthony Wayn... | Wayne, Alberta Places in the United States Cities, towns and unincorporated communities: Wayne, Illinois Wayne City, Illinois Wayne, Indiana Wayne, Kansas Wayne, Maine Wayne, Michigan Wayne, Nebraska Wayne, New Jersey Wayne, New York Wayne, Ohio Wayne, Oklahoma Wayne, Pennsylvania Wayne, West Virginia Wayne, Lafayette ... |
of Lord's response to the rockets, whether the Californian and Titanic were in fact visible to one another (and additionally the visibility of the rockets), the possible presence of one or more "Mystery Ships" that may have been the ships seen by either the Titanic or Californian (assuming they did not in fact see each... | 1906. Lord was given command of the SS Californian in 1911. Personal life Lord was married and had a son. His wife, Mabel, died in 1957, and Lord died in 1962, when it was suggested that the stress of attempts to exonerate himself had contributed to the deterioration of his own health after his wife's death. Their son,... |
Wheaton station, a Washington Metro rapid transit station Wheaton, Minnesota, a city Wheaton Township, Barry County, Missouri Wheaton, Missouri, a city in the township Wheaton, Wisconsin, a town Canada Wheaton Lake, British Columbia Businesses Wheaton Industries, manufacturer of glass and ceramic products in southern N... | Wheaton, Illinois, a city Wheaton (Metra station), a railroad station Wheaton, Kansas, a city Wheaton, Maryland, a census-designated place Wheaton station, a Washington Metro rapid transit station Wheaton, Minnesota, a city Wheaton Township, Barry County, Missouri Wheaton, Missouri, a city in the township Wheaton, Wisc... |
years spent in Geneva found an outlet in her book "The game of disarmament", in which she expresses her disappointment at the reluctance of the US and the USSR to disarm. Myrdal participated in the creation of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, becoming the first Chairman of the governing board in 19... | the years spent in Geneva found an outlet in her book "The game of disarmament", in which she expresses her disappointment at the reluctance of the US and the USSR to disarm. Myrdal participated in the creation of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, becoming the first Chairman of the governing board i... |
itself, such as starting other programs Configuration language – a language used to write configuration files Programming language – a formal language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer Query language – a language used to make queries in databases and information systems Transfor... | language – used as a language (or a conceptual model) to describe and represent system architectures Hardware description language – used to model integrated circuits Page description language – describes the appearance of a printed page in a higher level than an actual output bitmap Simulation language – a language us... |
loyalty and devotion to Mr. Burns was inspired from how numerous Fox executives and staff members acted towards Barry Diller. Smithers' first name (Waylon) was derived from that of puppeteer Wayland Flowers. The idea for Smithers' ambiguous sexual orientation came from Sam Simon. He proposed that Smithers should be gay... | to anything beyond that. [Rather than being gay], he's sort of 'Burns-sexual.'" In a 2006 study conducted by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, it was determined that nine of the 679 lead and supporting characters on scripted broadcast television were gay or lesbian, but Smithers was not included. A list pu... |
in Major League Baseball history, spent the majority of his career in the American League with the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. The American League has one notable difference versus the rival National League: in modern times since 1973, it has had the designated hitter rule. Under the rule, a team may use a... | constituted the league for 52 seasons until the Browns moved to Baltimore and took up the name Baltimore Orioles. All eight original franchises remain in the American League, although only four remain in the original cities (Detroit, Chicago, Boston, and Cleveland). The eight original teams and their counterparts in th... |
of fifty-two, he married Lucie Valore and moved to Le Vésinet, just outside Paris. By that time, he was too ill to work in the open air and painted landscapes viewed from windows, from postcards, and from memory. Although his life also was plagued by alcoholism, he lived into his seventies. Maurice Utrillo died on 5 No... | who was the father of her child; speculation exists that he was the offspring from a liaison with an equally young amateur painter named Boissy, or with the well-established painter Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, or even with Renoir. (see below under Utrillo's Paternity). In 1891 a Spanish artist, (Miquel Utrillo i ... |
Religious denomination, such as a: Christian denomination Jewish denomination Islamic denomination Hindu denominations Buddhist | such as a: Christian denomination Jewish denomination Islamic denomination Hindu denominations Buddhist denomination Denomination (currency) |
sometimes associated with this group. During this period, E. Pauline Johnson and William Henry Drummond were writing popular poetry - Johnson's based on her part-Mohawk heritage, and Drummond, the Poet of the Habitant, writing dialect verse. L. M. Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables was first published in 1908. It ... | Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Leonard Cohen, Eli Mandel and Margaret Avison. Others such as Al Purdy, Milton Acorn, and Earle Birney, already published, produced some of their best work during this period. The TISH Poetry movement in Vancouver brought about poetic innovation from Jamie Reid, George Bowering, Fred ... |
backseat of her car. The episode "Bart the Lover" was the first episode to give Edna a central role, and also to expand her character and personality. In the episode, she has a personal ad placed in the newspaper so she can find a man. The advertisement is answered by Bart – under the alias of "Woodrow", a seemingly pe... | in a case of retconning, she can be seen in "Springfield Up" as a student running through the background at Springfield High School while a young Chief Wiggum is filmed carrying out his duties as a hall monitor as part of the documentary featured in that episode. Edna smokes heavily, including during school hours. In t... |
for the brightness of earthshine. He recorded the measurements using his method (now known as the Danjon scale, on which zero equates to a barely visible Moon) from 1925 until the 1950s. Among his notable contributions to astronomy was the design of the impersonal (prismatic) astrolabe now known as the Danjon astrolabe... | led to an improvement in the accuracy of fundamental optical astrometry. An account of this instrument, and of the results of some early years of its operation, are given in Danjon's 1958 George Darwin Lecture to the Royal Astronomical Society. He also developed the "Danjon limit", a proposed measure of the minimum ang... |
a hole for a countersunk screw, allowing the plug to be fixed in a wall-mounted socket. Removal then required first removing the socket cover, to allow this retaining screw to be removed. In this way a semi-permanent connection, requiring tools for disconnection, could be achieved. 610 socket Standard six conductor. Th... | with a larger spigot but still provide a good fit for a standard 605 plug. Equipment requiring mode 3 connection can then be equipped with these larger spigot plugs, to prevent this equipment being connected to a 610 socket which does not provide mode 3 support. These plugs are common on older fax machines and modems, ... |
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68060, which was never implemented in its design. Another contender in the video arena, the Abekas 8150 DVE system, used the 680EC30, and the Trinity Play, later renamed Globecaster, uses several 68030s. The Bosch FGS-4000/4500 Video Graphics System manufactured by Robert Bosch Corporation, later BTS (1983), used a 680... | Virtual memory support (restartable instructions) 'loop mode' for faster string and memory library primitives multiply instruction uses 14 clock ticks less 68020: 32-bit address & arithmetic logic unit (ALU) Three stage pipeline Instruction cache of 256 bytes Unrestricted word and longword data access (see alignment) 8... |
to NBC prime time as The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney, but lasted only one season. The new show featured the singing group The Modernaires and Frank DeVol's orchestra. In later years, Clooney often appeared with Bing Crosby on television, such as in the 1957 special The Edsel Show, and the two friends made a conc... | CBS. In 1951, her record of "Come On-a My House", produced by Mitch Miller, became a hit. It was her first of many singles to hit the charts—despite the fact that Clooney hated the song passionately. She had been told by Columbia Records to record the song, and that she would be in violation of her contract if she did ... |
in air, and a sound wave in water exerts a pressure 60 times that exerted by a wave of the same amplitude in air. Similarly, a standard microphone can be buried in the ground, or immersed in water if it is put in a waterproof container, but will give poor performance due to the similarly bad acoustic impedance match. H... | to be detected and sunk using a primitive hydrophone was the German submarine UC-3 on 23 April 1916. UC-3 was detected by the anti-submarine trawler Cheerio as the Cheerio was directly over the UC-3, the UC-3 was then caught in a steel net dragged by the trawler, and sank after a large underwater explosion. Later in th... |
planes from flying over the Simpsons' house. Krusty agrees and runs on the Republican ticket. Although his campaign starts off badly, Lisa suggests that he try connecting with regular families. He does so, resulting in a landslide victory. Krusty's term starts off badly, as he is completely ignored by his new, more pol... | can introduce an airline rerouting bill and stop planes from flying over the Simpsons' house. Krusty agrees and runs on the Republican ticket. Although his campaign starts off badly, Lisa suggests that he try connecting with regular families. He does so, resulting in a landslide victory. Krusty's term starts off badly,... |
Scottish footballer James William McBain (1882-1953), Canadian chemist Jamie McBain (born 1988), American ice hockey player Laurie McBain (born 1949), Scottish footballer Laurie McBain (footballer) (1907–1937), Scottish footballer Roy McBain (born 1974), Scottish footballer Scott McBain (born 1960), Scottish fiction au... | 1930), Scottish footballer James William McBain (1882-1953), Canadian chemist Jamie McBain (born 1988), American ice hockey player Laurie McBain (born 1949), Scottish footballer Laurie McBain (footballer) (1907–1937), Scottish footballer Roy McBain (born 1974), Scottish footballer Scott McBain (born 1960), Scottish fic... |
a ball. Snowballs are often used in games such as snowball fights. A snowball may also be a large ball of snow formed by rolling a smaller snowball on a snow-covered surface. The smaller snowball grows by picking up additional snow as it rolls. The terms "snowball effect" and "snowballing" are derived from this process... | re-frozen. When and how When forming a snowball by packing, the pressure exerted by the hands on the snow is a determinant for the final result. Reduced pressure leads to a light and soft snowball. Compacting humid or "packing" snow by applying a high pressure produces a harder snowball, sometimes called an ice ball, w... |
former Spanish political party Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (Italian Youth of the Lictor), youth movement of the National Fascist Party of Italy Initiative and Liberty Groups'', the initial name for the Initiative and Liberty Movement, a French Gaullist political association Other uses Tropical Storm Gil (disambiguat... | Italiana del Littorio (Italian Youth of the Lictor), youth movement of the National Fascist Party of Italy Initiative and Liberty Groups'', the initial name for the Initiative and Liberty Movement, a French Gaullist political association Other uses Tropical Storm Gil (disambiguation), refers to several tropical storms ... |
famous Montmartre cabaret, at 22 Rue des Saules, 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. History It existed circa 1860 under the name Au rendez-vous des voleurs meaning "Where the Thieves Meet." Some twenty years later the walls were decorated with portraits of famous murderers and the place became known as the Cabaret d... | its permanent name. It was a picture of a rabbit jumping out of a saucepan, and residents began calling their neighbourhood night-club Le Lapin à Gill, meaning "Gill's rabbit." Over time, the name had evolved into "Cabaret Au Lapin Agile," or the Nimble Rabbit Cabaret. The original painting on canvas was stolen in 1893... |
described Haaretz as "Israel's liberal beacon", citing its editorials voicing opposition to the occupation, the discriminatory treatment of Arab citizens, and the mindset that led to the Second Lebanon War. A 2003 study in The International Journal of Press/Politics concluded that Haaretzs reporting of the Israeli–Pale... | the line of any specific party. It was considered the most sophisticated of the Yishuv's dailies. Salman Schocken, a Jewish businessman who left Germany in 1934 after the Nazis had come to power, bought the paper in December 1935. Schocken was active in Brit Shalom, also known as the Jewish–Palestinian Peace Alliance, ... |
his hand at selling real estate, reasoning that it was a natural move as most of his clients ended up losing their homes anyway. Out of desperation for work, he has resorted to babysitting. Hutz, left in charge of the children for longer than he was hired, nods off in a sitting position; he produces a switchblade upon ... | Homer in his case against the Sea Captain and the Frying Dutchman restaurant over its "All You Can Eat" offer ("The most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film The NeverEnding Story"). He also wins a case for Bart in "The Day the Violence Died", by proving that Itchy was created by an old... |
sister Selma Bouvier. Moe's romantic attractions have resulted in run-ins with the law; he has stalked Maude Flanders and other townspeople, he must register as a sex offender, and he has a restraining order placed upon him. At one point, he is seen on his way to a "V.D. clinic". Despite his disturbing approach, Moe ha... | has an annual Christmas tradition of attempted suicide, but his attempts are comically unsuccessful (landing on a hot-air balloon after jumping out of a plane, for example), and he has already called the suicide hotline so many times that they've blocked his number. He is easily irritated, frequently threatening the pa... |
Quimby also is frequently noticed in bed with the same or similar blonde woman/women, at least one of whom was Miss Springfield. He also once accidentally courted his own niece, which is one of the few things Quimby has ever shown shame over. Despite being the mayor for such a long time, Quimby does not know or care mu... | character from the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, and first appeared in the episode "Bart Gets an 'F'. Quimby is the mayor of Springfield, and is a composite parody of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and certain other members of the Kennedy family who have entered politics. Concept ... |
the Portuguese government granted the British government the Chinde Concession for 99 years to establish a port where seagoing ships could transfer their cargoes to river steamers. The Inner Concession, which was exempt from Portuguese custom duties, had an area of 10 hectares, with a river frontage of 420 yards. This ... | stores. A further 50 hectares without customs exemption, the Outer Concession, was designed to house the slowly growing population of Chinde. The site selected was a sandspit with the Indian Ocean to the south and the Chinde river to the north. A tidal creek virtually separated the Concession from the mainland, making ... |
May 9, 1991. Comic Book Guy is the proprietor of a comic book store, The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop. He is based on "every comic book store guy in America" and represents a stereotypical middle-aged comic-book collector. He is well known for his distinctive accent, disagreeable personality and his catchphra... | Profile Comic Book Guy (who states Jeff Albertson to be his real name in the episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass") is a nerdy, snobby and quarrelsome man. He is best known for his eloquence and crabby, sarcastic quips. He is obsessed with collecting comic books and is an avid science fiction buff. He holds a master... |
watching a video of his drunken antics at his birthday party, Barney resolves to get sober. He attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, cleans up his appearance, and attends helicopter-flying lessons. It was revealed in the fourteenth season episode "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" that he had relapsed. Character Creation... | as a submariner on the USS Jebediah, alongside his mother, in "Simpson Tide". In "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses", after watching a video of his drunken antics at his birthday party, Barney resolves to get sober. He attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, cleans up his appearance, and attends helicopter-flying lessons. It wa... |
in the season 7 episode "Lisa the Vegetarian". Family In the episode "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons", Apu enjoys a brief period as Springfield's leading ladies' man after being spontaneously drawn into a bachelor auction. He spends the days following the auction on a whirlwind of dates, which suddenly end when his m... | Simpsons creator Matt Groening first stated in August 2019 that Apu would remain on the show. Role in The Simpsons Biography In the episode "Homer and Apu", Apu says he is from Rahmatpur, West Bengal. Apu is a naturalized U.S. citizen, and he holds a Ph.D. in computer science. He graduated first in his class of seven m... |
who constantly pesters him with minor issues such as "coveting his own wife" or thinking that he "swallowed a toothpick". Lovejoy would deal with Flanders' concerns very briefly, so that he could return to playing with his model trains. At one point, Lovejoy "just stopped caring", but rediscovered the joy of helping ot... | that would be considered sinful. Lovejoy has been known to exploit his congregation for money, brawl with a Roman Catholic priest, encourage his pet Old English Sheepdog to foul Ned Flanders's lawn, and implied that he once burned down his church for insurance money. In "Whacking Day", he made up a passage in the Bible... |
else on the show, though he does have a bizarre tendency to chuckle at inappropriate moments which is later revealed to be a coping mechanism. In "Make Room for Lisa", Hibbert tells Lisa that "Before I learned to chuckle mindlessly, I was headed to an early grave." He reacts questionably to certain medical problems. Fo... | in empathy. His signature character trait is his often-inappropriate chuckling, which is generally cued by misfortune rather than something genuinely amusing. The character was voiced from his 1990 debut by Simpsons regular Harry Shearer, and since a recasting of all of the show's non-white characters, by Kevin Michael... |
and is the father of Ralph Wiggum and the husband of Sarah Wiggum. Gluttonous, irresponsible, and immature, Wiggum is often too lazy and cowardly to bother fighting crime. His more responsible subordinate officers Eddie and Lou play the straight men to his shenanigans. Character development His surname "Wiggum" is Matt... | Lam". He rescued Maggie Simpson when she ran away from home to look for Marge in "Homer Alone", by helping Lisa Simpson find Mr. Burns's assailant in "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" as well as helping backing her up in a school protest on one occasion in "The President Wore Pearls". In the episode "Pranksta Rap" he manages to fi... |
fashion sense; he generally appears in court wearing a trademark light gray suit and, over the series' entire run, owned three generations of the Ford Crown Victoria—always an all-gray model (Griffith's character had always driven Ford products in his 1960s series, The Andy Griffith Show). Matlock is noted for his thri... | at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury. Since 1991, reruns of Matlock have been shown in syndication and on TBS, INSP, Hallmark Channel, CBS Drama, WGN America, FETV, PlutoTV, and MeTV. Premise The show centers on widower Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith), a renowned, folksy and p... |
(disambiguation) Matt Murphy (disambiguation) Maurice Murphy (actor) (1913–1978), American actor Michael Murphy (disambiguation), people named Michael, Mick or Mike Mickey Murphy (born 1985), Gaelic footballer Miles Murphy (born 1967), Australian sprinter Myles Murphy (disambiguation), multiple people Nicholas Murphy (... | boiling terrible anger, an excessive elevation and greatness of spirit and mind. A bird of valour and championship rose in him, and fluttered over his head and on his breath. In modern Irish, "Ó Murchú", rather than "Ó Murchadha", is used. "Murphy" is the most common surname in Ireland, the fourteenth most common surna... |
to star in Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!, a stage musical version of the film Planet of the Apes. To further boost McClure's career, McClure's agent suggests that he get married. Unaware of McClure's motivation, Selma accepts his proposal, and moves into McClure's house, a Modernist building which res... | needed more humor. McClure's character is most developed in "A Fish Called Selma," which provides a more in-depth look into his private life and backstory. Showrunners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein were fans of Hartman, and wished to make an episode entirely about McClure in order to give Hartman as much to do as poss... |
Dunphy. The director of "Krusty Gets Busted", Brad Bird, designed the character and modeled him after anchorman Ted Koppel. Another influence on the character was The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Ted Baxter, played by Ted Knight. Dunphy was proud of the fact that Brockman was based on him and would tell people that he was K... | raise, making his new salary $750,000 a year. Creation and inspirations Kent Brockman first appeared on television in the first season episode "Krusty Gets Busted", which originally aired April 29, 1990. The character was based on Los Angeles anchormen Hal Fishman and Jerry Dunphy. The director of "Krusty Gets Busted",... |
"Sideshow Bob Roberts". Competing theories as to the origin of his name exist; some sources say he was named after the character Dr. Terwilliker, a megalomaniac outwitted by a boy named Bart in the film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T by Dr. Seuss, but others say he was named after Terwilliger Boulevard in Portland, Oregon.... | season three's "Black Widower"; the writers echoed the premise of Wile E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner by having Bob unexpectedly insert himself into Bart's life, threatening to disrupt and end it through murder. Starting with that appearance and thereafter, Bob has assumed the role on The Simpsons of an evil genius.... |
nickname "Doodlebug" as a child because of his freckles and big ears. He attended Los Angeles High School and Stanford University. At Stanford, Weaver was a contributor to the Stanford Chaparral humor magazine. He was also known to engage in numerous pranks and practical jokes and earned the nickname "The Mad Monk". He... | was a contributor to the Stanford Chaparral humor magazine. He was also known to engage in numerous pranks and practical jokes and earned the nickname "The Mad Monk". He was reportedly suspended from Stanford in 1937 (the year he graduated) for pulling a prank on the train home from the Rose Bowl. Career Radio and reco... |
is known to have terrorized virtually every child in Springfield at one point or another. Most often, however, it is the school nerds and less popular students, such as Milhouse and Martin, who are the subject of his cruelty. Nelson shows the occasional glimpse of humanity, though, and other characters have occasionall... | is dysfunctional. While some early episodes offer inconsistent histories (such as Nelson's dad going insane and abandoning him, Nelson's parents divorcing because of his mom's cough drop addiction, or Nelson's dad in prison while his mom "has bigger problems"), the canon story that has evolved is that he lives in a dil... |
ecologists would be unlikely to study. In practice, there are considerable similarities between the work of ecologists and other environmental scientists. There is substantial overlap between ecology and environmental science with the disciplines of fisheries, forestry, and wildlife. Components Atmospheric sciences Atm... | of ecologists and other environmental scientists. There is substantial overlap between ecology and environmental science with the disciplines of fisheries, forestry, and wildlife. Components Atmospheric sciences Atmospheric sciences focus on the Earth's atmosphere, with an emphasis upon its interrelation to other syste... |
B. Burns (1879–1968), baseball player Charles A. Burns (1863–1930), American businessman Charles Burns (doctor) (1898–1985), New Zealand doctor Charles H. Burns | hockey player C. B. Burns (1879–1968), baseball player Charles A. Burns (1863–1930), American businessman Charles Burns (doctor) (1898–1985), New Zealand doctor Charles |
association with medicine in course of time caused Bartholomew's name to become associated with medicine and hospitals. Some of Bartholomew's alleged skull was transferred to the Frankfurt Cathedral, while an arm was venerated in Canterbury Cathedral. Miracles Of the many miracles claimed to have been performed by Bart... | is commemorated on the first day of the Coptic calendar (i.e., the first day of the month of Thout), which currently falls on September 11 (corresponding to August 29 in the Julian calendar). Eastern Christianity honours him on June 11 and the Catholic Church honours him on August 24. Bartholomew the Apostle is remembe... |
him, an omen, a Christmas name since he was betting on Christmas Eve. But, at that point, nobody was thinking long-term. We weren't considering what might happen in ten years, when we've got to use this name." The name is also a spoof of the Rolling Stones song "Mother's Little Helper." Although "Simpsons Roasting on a... | says goodbye to him and explains that he should never, ever devour a bird. Bart then gets into a fight with an angry ostrich. After remembering that he was told that it's wrong to kill birds, he ceases to aid Bart in the fight, confused at his own loyalty (for Bart's sake or his orders) leaving Bart to strangle the ost... |
of collapse. Alfred responded by paying off the Danes for a promise of peace. During the peace, the Danes turned north and attacked Mercia, which they finished off in short order, and captured London in the process. King Burgred of Mercia fought in vain against Ivar the Boneless and his Danish invaders for three years ... | the set of legal terms and definitions created in the treaties between Alfred the Great, the king of Wessex, and Guthrum, the Danish warlord, written following Guthrum's defeat at the Battle of Edington in 878. In 886, the Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum was formalised, defining the boundaries of their kingdoms, with prov... |
(1747–1770) Saint Marguerite Bays (1815–1879) Places Saint Margaret Island, Victoria, Australia St. Margaret, Belize, a village in Cayo District, Belize St. Margarets, New Brunswick, Canada St. Margaret's, Dublin, a town in Fingal, Ireland St. Margaret's Bay (disambiguation) St Margaret's Church (disambiguation) St Mar... | Alacoque (1647–1690) Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart (1747–1770) Saint Marguerite Bays (1815–1879) Places Saint Margaret Island, Victoria, Australia St. Margaret, Belize, a village in Cayo District, Belize St. Margarets, New Brunswick, Canada St. Margaret's, Dublin, a town in Fingal, Ireland St. Margaret's Ba... |
may not sum to totals due to rounding Includes hunting and forestry Includes energy and construction Includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured Industry Reading has a historical involvement in the information technology industry, largely as a result of the early presence in the town of sites of Inte... | Big Four accounting firms Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The 110-year old charity, Berkshire Vision is also located within Reading city centre. The global headquarters of Reckitt Benckiser and the UK headquarters of Mars Incorporated are based in Slough. The European head offices of major IT ... |
(1981 film), an American drama Will (2011 film), a British sports drama Bandslam, a 2008 film with the working title Will Literature Will (novel), by Christopher Rush Will, an autobiography by G. Gordon Liddy Music Will (band), a Canadian electronic music act Will (Julianna Barwick album), a 2016 album by Julianna Barw... | Nakamori "Will" (Ayumi Hamasaki song), 2005 "Will" (Mika Nakashima song), 2002 "Will" (Joyner Lucas song), 2020 Radio WILL (AM), an NPR member station licensed to Urbana, Illinois, United States WILL-FM, an NPR member station licensed to Urbana, Illinois, United States WRMR (FM), a radio station licensed to Jacksonvill... |
of life and the monarchy's need for formal representation. Although the Constitution of Norway vests the King with considerable executive powers, in practice nearly all major governmental decisions were made by the Government (the Council of State) in his name. Haakon confined himself to non-partisan roles without inte... | World War II The German invasion Norway was invaded by the naval and air forces of Nazi Germany during the early hours of 9 April 1940. The German naval detachment sent to capture Oslo was opposed by Oscarsborg Fortress. The fortress fired at the invaders, sinking the heavy cruiser Blücher and damaging the heavy cruise... |
determiners, such as the, this, my, some, Jane's attributive adjectives, such as large, beautiful, sweeter adjective phrases and participial phrases, such as extremely large, hard as nails, made of wood, sitting on the step noun adjuncts, such as college in the noun phrase a college student nouns in certain oblique cas... | about the news. – the news is the argument in the prepositional phrase about the news The man reading the news is very tall. – the news is the object argument in the participial phrase reading the news Sometimes a noun phrase can also function as an adjunct of the main clause predicate, thus taking on an adverbial func... |
Europe and Central Asia experienced a sharp drop in income. The collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in large declines in GDP per capita, of about 30 to 35% between 1990 and the through year of 1998 (when it was at its minimum). As a result, poverty rates tripled, excess mortality increased, and life expectancy declin... | in 2011. The economist Max Roser estimates that the number of people in poverty is therefore roughly the same as 200 years ago. This is the case since the world population was just little more than 1 billion in 1820 and the majority (84% to 94%) of the world population was living in poverty. The proportion of the devel... |
four hundred points, a player's titan gains the ability to teleport on a roll of six, attacking any enemy legion regardless of position. Strategy Designer McAllister writes of the importance of blocking in Titan and arranging one's legions in a defensive position to prevent another player from easy movement of recruiti... | must fight to the death on a tactical map specific to that terrain. The terrain usually gives a battle advantage to creatures native there. Each time a legion moves, it may recruit one additional creature if the territory to which it moves is native to at least one creature already in the legion. For example, centaurs ... |
and Judy (1922), George and Ira Gershwin's Lady, Be Good (1924), and Funny Face (1927) and later in The Band Wagon (1931). Astaire's tap dancing was recognized by then as among the best. For example, Robert Benchley wrote in 1930, "I don't think that I will plunge the nation into war by stating that Fred is the greates... | new angle for the story ... they never know what time of night he'll call up and start ranting enthusiastically about a fresh idea ... No loafing on the job on an Astaire picture, and no cutting corners." Despite their success, Astaire was unwilling to have his career tied exclusively to any partnership. He negotiated ... |
was. During this time, she was in great demand and very successful in Paris as France's most popular entertainer. After the war, she became known internationally, touring Europe, the United States, and South America. In Paris, she gave Atahualpa Yupanqui (Héctor Roberto Chavero) – a central figure in the Argentine folk... | was the son of Victor Alphonse Gassion (1850–1928) and Léontine Louise Descamps (1860–1937), known as Maman Tine, a "madam" who ran a brothel in Bernay in Normandy. Her mother, Annetta Giovanna Maillard, better known professionally as Line Marsa (1895–1945), was a singer and circus performer born in Italy of French des... |
series by Rick Riordan Olympian (comics), name of two fictional characters in DC Comics Olympian Gods (DC Comics), group of characters based on ancient Greek religion Olympians (Marvel Comics), group of characters based on ancient Greek religion The Olympian (novel), by James Oppenheim Sports Olympic Games participants... | Twelve Olympians, the principal gods and goddesses in ancient Greek religion Olympian spirits, spirits mentioned in books of ceremonial magic Fiction Percy Jackson & the Olympians, fiction series by Rick Riordan Olympian (comics), name of two fictional characters in DC Comics Olympian Gods (DC Comics), group of charact... |
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