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Golden Horn Metro Bridge
The Golden Horn Metro Bridge (Turkish: "Haliç Metro Köprüsü" ) is a cable-stayed bridge along the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro, spanning the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. It connects the Beyoğlu and Fatih districts on the European side of Istanbul, and is located between the Galata Bridge a... |
Port of Istanbul
The Port of Istanbul is a passenger terminal for cruise liners, which is situated at Karaköy neighborhood of Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey. It consists of two adjoining piers, the Galata Pier and the Salıpazarı Pier, extending from the Galata Bridge on the Golden Horn to Salıpazarı on the west c... |
Eminönü
Eminönü is a former district of Istanbul in Turkey, currently a quarter of Fatih, the province's capital district. This is the heart of the walled city of Constantine, the focus of a history of incredible richness. Eminönü covers roughly the area on which the ancient Byzantium was built. The Galata Bridge cross... |
Hasan Fehmi
Hasan Fehmi Bey (1874 – April 6, 1909) was the editor-in-chief of "Serbestî", an Ottoman newspaper, in which he wrote articles against the newly emerging Committee of Union and Progress. He was murdered by unidentified assailants on the evening of April 6, 1909, as he was crossing the Galata Bridge in Istan... |
That Man in Istanbul
That Man in Istanbul (Spanish: Estambul 65 , Italian: Colpo grosso a Galata Bridge , French: L'Homme d'Istamboul ) is a 1965 English-language European international co-production adventure film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst Buchholz. It was released in the United States by ... |
New Mosque (Istanbul)
The Yeni Cami (pronounced "Yeni jami"), meaning New Mosque; originally named the Valide Sultan Mosque (Turkish: "Valide Sultan Camii" ) and later New Valide Sultan Mosque (Turkish: "Yeni Valide Sultan Camii" ) after its partial reconstruction and completion between 1660 and 1665; is an Ottoman imp... |
Vefa
Vefa is a quarter in Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of the district of Fatih and managed as borough of Mollahüsrev, inside the walled city. It belonged to the district of Eminönü between 1928 and 2008. It lies roughly northwest of the eastern section of the Aqueduct of Valens, and is rich of monuments, both Byzantin... |
Galata
Galata (in Greek was known as Galatás, Γαλατᾶς) was a neighbourhood opposite Constantinople (today's Istanbul, Turkey), located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn, the inlet which separates it from the historic peninsula of old Constantinople. The Golden Horn is crossed by several bridges, most notably the... |
Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits
Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits, a three-disc compilation album of music recorded by John Lennon, is a budget release targeted for sale at warehouse-type stores such as Sam's Club and Costco. The album was released in 2002 by Timeless/Traditions Alive Music under license from... |
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon is the third official compilation album of John Lennon's solo career, coming after 1975's "Shaved Fish" and 1982's "The John Lennon Collection". Because neither collection spanned Lennon's releases up to and including 1984's "Milk a... |
Milk and Honey (album)
Milk and Honey is an album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono released in 1984. Following the compilation "The John Lennon Collection", it is Lennon's eighth and final studio album, and the first posthumous release of new Lennon music, having been recorded in the last months of his life during and follo... |
My Mummy's Dead
"My Mummy's Dead" is the closing song on the album "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" by John Lennon. It was also released on a Mexican EP that also contained "Mother", "Isolation" and "Look at Me." |
Isolation (John Lennon song)
"Isolation" is a 1970 song appearing on John Lennon's first official solo album release, "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band". It ends side one of the album, and is the fifth track. In the Philippines Apple Records released "Isolation" as the b-side to "Mother", the single off "John Lennon/Plasti... |
I'm Losing You (John Lennon song)
"I'm Losing You" is a song written by John Lennon and released on his 1980 album "Double Fantasy". It was completed in Bermuda in June 1980, after Lennon failed at an attempted telephone call to Yoko Ono. The song is also available on the 1982 compilation "The John Lennon Collection", ... |
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
The U.S. vs. John Lennon is a 2006 documentary film about English musician John Lennon's transformation from a member of The Beatles to a rallying anti-war activist striving for world peace during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film also details the attempts by the United States government... |
Hold On (John Lennon song)
"Hold On" is a song from the album "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" by John Lennon. It features only vocals, tremolo guitar, drums, and bass guitar, typical of the sparse arrangements Lennon favoured at the time. On the 2000 reissue of "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", "Hold On" features a slight... |
Life Begins at 40 (song)
"Life Begins at 40" is a song by John Lennon. It was written in 1980, the year that both Lennon and Ringo Starr turned 40 years of age. Lennon recorded a demo of the song at his home, but it was not recorded at any of the sessions for his comeback album, "Double Fantasy." Instead, he intended t... |
Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album)
Rock 'n' Roll is the sixth studio album by John Lennon. Released in 1975, it is an album of late 1950s and early 1960s songs as covered by Lennon. Recording the album was problematic and spanned an entire year: Phil Spector produced sessions in October 1973 at A&M Studios, and Lennon p... |
Herbert Lumsden
Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden & Bar, MC (8 April 1897 – 6 January 1945) was a senior British Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II. He was the most senior British Army combat casualty of the Second World War. |
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort & Two Bars, (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Canal d... |
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (13 March 1857 – 16 July 1932) was a senior British Army officer of the First World War. After commanding V Corps at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915, he took command of the Sec... |
James Hill (British Army officer)
Brigadier Stanley James Ledger Hill {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} & Two Bars, MC (14 March 1911 – 16 March 2006) was a British Army officer, who served as commander of the 3rd Parachute Brigade, part of the 6th Airborne Division, during World War II. Born in Bath, Somerset, Hill was... |
Matthew Maer
Brigadier Matthew Philip Maer DSO, MBE is a senior British Army officer of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. Maer commanded 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment as a Lieutenant-Colonel, deploying to Maysan, Iraq in 2004/5 in the aftermath of the invasion. In this role, he was awarded the... |
Commander Regional Forces (United Kingdom)
The Commander Regional Forces (CRF) was a senior British Army officer who had command over the "Regenerative Divisions" of the British Army i.e. those divisions that are not on full strength and would only be mobilised in a national emergency. The post was held by a Lieutenant... |
Nick Carter (British Army officer)
General Sir Nicholas Patrick "Nick" Carter, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 11 February 1959) is a senior British Army officer. He served as commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets in which role he was deployed to Bosnia in 1998 and Kosovo in 1999. After servic... |
Ledger Hill
Arthur James Ledger Hill (26 July 1871 in Bassett, Hampshire – 6 September 1950 in Spursholt House, Romsey, Hampshire) was an English cricketer. |
Richard O'Connor
General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor & Bar, MC (21 August 1889 – 17 June 1981) was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First and Second World Wars, and commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of the Second World War. He was the field commander for Operation "Compass", in w... |
John Dill
Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, (25 December 1881 – 4 November 1944) was a senior British Army officer with service in both the First World War and the Second World War. From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, and subs... |
SriLankan Airlines destinations
SriLankan Airlines, is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka. Launched in 1979, the airline’s hub is located at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, providing connections to its global route network of 96 destinations in 46 countries (including codeshare operations along with its partn... |
Viasa destinations
Following is a list of destinations Viasa flew to as part of its scheduled destinations. Each city is provided with the name of the country, the name of the airport served, and both its International Air Transport Association (IATA) three-letter designator (IATA airport code) and International Civil ... |
Ariana Afghan Airlines destinations
This is a list of cities Ariana Afghan Airlines flies to. The list includes the city and country name; the airport codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code); the airport name. Additio... |
Turkish Airlines destinations
Turkish Airlines flies to 47 domestic and 225 international destinations in 117 countries, excluding those only served by Turkish Airlines Cargo. Following is a list of destinations Turkish Airlines and Turkish Airlines Cargo fly to as part of scheduled services, as of 2017 . The list incl... |
Air Lituanica
Air Lituanica was a Lithuanian airline headquartered in Vilnius and based at Vilnius Airport. It ceased operations in 2015 (2015-) . |
Vilnius Airport railway station
Vilnius Airport Railway Station is a railway station in Vilnius International Airport, Lithuania, which was opened on 2 October 2008. As for 2017, railbuses running between Vilnius airport and Vilnius central station being the only passenger service of the station are the fastest (8 minu... |
Vilnius Airport
Vilnius Airport (IATA: VNO, ICAO: EYVI) (Lithuanian: "Vilniaus oro uostas" ) is the international airport of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It is located 5.9 km south of the city. It is the largest of the four commercial airports in Lithuania by passenger traffic. Today, Vilnius Airport is one of th... |
Air Nostrum destinations
The list includes the city, country, the codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code), and the airport's name, with the airline's hubs marked. The list also contains the beginning and end year of s... |
XiamenAir destinations
The list shows airports that are served by XiamenAir as part of its scheduled services (as of July 2016). The list includes the city, country, the codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code), and th... |
Kaunas Airport
Kaunas International Airport (Lithuanian: "Kauno tarptautinis oro uostas" ), (IATA: KUN, ICAO: EYKA) is the second-busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius Airport and the fourth-busiest in the Baltic states. The airport is located in the central part of the country, 14 km northeast of the Kaunas... |
Ernest & Celestine
Ernest & Celestine (French: Ernest et Célestine ) is a 2012 French animated comedy-drama film directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner. The film is based on a series of children's books of the same name published by the Belgian author and illustrator Gabrielle Vincent. The f... |
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett is the 1976 debut album by English folk singer-songwriter duo John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett. Released first on their own Extracked Records, the album is a collection of recordings made between 1971 and 1976. |
2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 34th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2008. Pixar's animated film "WALL-E" won the Best Film award and became the first ever animated film to do so, however, the film ... |
Candy Ford
Candy Ford (born May 1, 1975) is an American comedian and television actress, best known for starring in the sketch comedy, "The Rerun Show", Ford has also appeared in other TV programs including: "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Will & Grace", and she provided voicework for the "Law & Order" videogame, and starred ... |
The Country Bears
The Country Bears is a 2002 American family musical comedy film, directed by Peter Hastings, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and based on the Disney theme park attraction "Country Bear Jamboree". The film stars Haley Joel Osment as the voice of Beary Barrington with supporting roles done by Christop... |
Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain taken from her third studio album, "Come On Over" (1997). Written by Twain with her longtime collaborator and then-husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who also produced the track, the song was released firs... |
Toys in the Attic (2009 film)
Toys in the Attic (Czech: Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny? ; festival title: In the Attic: Who Has a Birthday Today?) is a 2009 Czech-French-Japanese-Slovak primarily stop-motion animated fantasy comedy thriller family film directed by Jiří Barta and written by Edgar Dutka and Barta ... |
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Country Returns is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. The game was released first in North America in November 2010, and in PAL regions and Japan the following month. A stereoscopic port of the game, ti... |
Mickey's House of Villains
Mickey's House of Villains (also known as House of Mouse: The Villains) is a 2002 direct-to-video animated film produced by The Walt Disney Company (Walt Disney Television Animation and Toon City Animation, with animation coordination by Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida. It is based on t... |
Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui
Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui (Spanish: "Ogú y Mampato en Rapa Nui" ), also known as Mampato: The Movie (Spanish: "Mampato: La Película") is a feature-length Chilean animated film, created by Cine Animadores and executive produced by Elastic Studios, released June 27, 2002. Although the film i... |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010
The 22nd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 was held on November 5, 2010. Tianjin, China would host the pageant for the first time. TVB would broadcast the pageant one day later, delayed, for the first time ever. Miss Chinese International... |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005
The 17th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 was held on January 29, 2005 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 2004 Linda Chung of Vancouver, Canada crowned Leanne Li as the n... |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2004
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2004, the 16th Miss Chinese International Pageant, was held on January 17, 2004 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and televised by TVB in Hong Kong. At the end of the pageant, Miss Chinese International 2003 Rachel Tan of Kuala Lumpur, Mal... |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000
The 12th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000 was held on February 6, 2000 in Las Vegas. For the first time ever, the pageant moved out of Hong Kong, and was held at Caesars Palace. Miss Chinese International 1999 Michelle Ye of New York, US... |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1992
The 4th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 1992 was held on January 26, 1992 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 1991 Yen-Thean Leng crowned Rosemary Chan of Toronto, Canada as t... |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993
The 5th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 was held on January 10, 1993 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 1992 Rosemary Chan crowned Christy Chung of Montréal, Canada as t... |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1988
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1988, the 1st Miss Chinese International Pageant was held on October 2, 1988 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. At the end of the pageant, Run Run Shaw crowned Michelle Reis of Hong Kong as the first Miss ... |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1991
The 3rd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 1991 was held on February 10, 1991 in Hong Kong. The pageant was supposed to be held in the fall/winter of 1990, but delayed until February 1991 to coincide with Chinese New Year. Since then, the pagea... |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012
The 23rd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 was held on January 15, 2012. Miss Chinese International 2010 Eliza Sam of Vancouver, Canada crowned her successor, Kelly Cheung of Chicago, USA at the end of the pageant. Cheung represented Hong... |
Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant
Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant (Chinese: 溫哥華華裔小姐競選) or "MCV" for short is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild TV that selects Vancouver's representative for the annual Miss Chinese International Pageant that is held in Hong Kong, organized by TVB. The pageant replaced the ... |
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, colloquially known as the Met Life Tower, is a landmark skyscraper located on Madison Avenue near the intersection with East 23rd Street, across from Madison Square Park in Manhattan, New York City. Designed by the architectural fi... |
126 Madison Avenue
126 Madison Avenue (also known as 15 East 30th Street) is a proposed residential skyscraper under development by Fosun Property in NoMad, Manhattan, New York City. The building will rise 47 stories or 730 feet, and is expected to be completed by 2018. J.D. Carisle Development Corp. is co-developing t... |
Metropolitan Life North Building
The Metropolitan Life North Building, now known as Eleven Madison, is a 30-story art deco skyscraper on Madison Square Park in Manhattan, New York City, at 11-25 Madison Avenue. The building is bordered by East 24th Street, Madison Avenue, East 25th Street and Park Avenue South, and is ... |
55 Water Street
55 Water Street is a 687 ft skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, on the East River. The 53-story, 3.5 e6sqft structure was completed in 1972. Emery Roth & Sons designed the building, which is tied with 277 Park Avenue as the 40th-tallest building in New York City. When... |
Park Avenue
Park Avenue is a wide New York City boulevard which carries north and southbound traffic in the borough of Manhattan. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Avenue to the east. Park Avenue's entire length was formerly called Fourth Avenue; th... |
277 Park Avenue
277 Park Avenue is an office building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It stands on the east side of Park Avenue between East 47th and 48th Streets; it is 687 ft tall, with 50 floors. |
383 Madison Avenue
383 Madison Avenue is an office building owned and occupied by JP Morgan Chase in New York City on a full block bound by Madison Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue between East 46th and 47th Streets. Formerly known as the Bear Stearns Building, it housed the world headquarters of the now-defunct Bear Stear... |
Squadron A Armory
The Squadron A Armory is a former United States Army armory and the homebase of Squadron A. It took up the whole block between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue, between 94th and 95th Street. It was therefore also known as the Madison Avenue Armory. A surviving part of the building is listed on the Natio... |
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (New York City)
The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola is a Roman Catholic parish church located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, administered by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). The parish is under the authority of the Archdiocese of New York, and was established in 1851 a... |
Calvary Church (Manhattan)
Calvary Church is an Episcopal church located at 277 Park Avenue South on the corner of East 21st Street in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on the border of the Flatiron District. It was designed by James Renwick, Jr., the architect who designed St. Patrick's Cathe... |
Martin Gottlieb
Martin Gottlieb is Assistant Managing Editor/Investigations of "Newsday". From 2012 to 2016, he was Editor of "The Record" of Bergen County, New Jersey. Previously, from 2008 to 2011, he was Global Editions Editor of the "New York Times"; in this capacity, he oversaw production of the "International Her... |
James R. Gaines
James R. Gaines (born August 11, 1947) is a journalist and historian who between 2011 and 2015 was at Reuters in various capacities: as global editor-at-large, as editor in charge of the Americas, as editor in charge of global photography and as global editor for ethics and standards. He spent most of h... |
Leonard Downie Jr.
Leonard "Len" Downie Jr. (born May 1, 1942), the American journalist, was Executive Editor of "The Washington Post" from 1991 to 2008. He worked in the Post newsroom for 44 years as Executive Editor, Managing Editor, National Editor, London correspondent, Assistant Managing Editor for Metropolitan Ne... |
Jason Sizemore
Jason Sizemore is an American writer and editor based in Lexington, Kentucky. He is the owner and managing editor of Apex Publications. He was born in Big Creek, KY (pop. 400). He was the editor and publisher of "Apex Digest", a quarterly science fiction and horror digest that ran for 12 issues between 2... |
Richard Lange
Richard Lange is an American writer born in 1961 in Oakland, CA. After receiving a degree in film from the University of Southern California, he traveled to Europe and taught English for Berlitz in Barcelona, Spain. Returning to Los Angeles, he was hired as a copy editor at Larry Flynt Publications and ev... |
Richard Stolley
Richard Brockway Stolley (born October 3, 1928) is an American journalist and magazine editor. He's most well known for his work at "Time" magazine, which he joined in 1953. He subsequently held a number of roles at the magazine including report, writer, bureau chief, senior editor and managing editor. ... |
John Stoltenberg
John Stoltenberg (born 1944) is an U.S. radical feminist activist, scholar, author, and magazine editor. He is the former managing editor of "AARP The Magazine", a bimonthly publication of the United States-based advocacy group AARP, a position he held from 2004 until 2012. |
Jonathan Landman
Jonathan I. Landman is an American journalist and deputy managing editor at "The New York Times". Landman became deputy managing editor responsible for digital journalism for "The Times" in August 2005. He had become assistant managing editor and member of "The Times" masthead in May 2005. Prior to tha... |
André Laguerre
Marc André Laguerre (February 21, 1915 – January 18, 1979) was a journalist and magazine editor, best known as the managing editor of "Sports Illustrated" from 1960 to 1974, during which time he oversaw the growth in the magazine from a niche publication to become the industry leader in weekly sports mag... |
Charles Angoff
Charles Angoff (April 22, 1902 – May 3, 1979) was a managing editor of the American Mercury magazine as well as a professor of English of Fairleigh Dickinson University. H. L. Mencken called him "the best managing editor in America." He was also a prolific writer and editor. |
Arthur Hailey
Arthur Hailey (April 5, 1920 – November 24, 2004) was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His meticulously-researched books, which include such best sellers as "Hotel" (1965), "Airport" (1968), "Wheels" (1971), "The Moneychangers" ... |
School and university in literature
Educational settings as place and/or subject in fiction forms the theme of this exhaustive catalogue of titles and authors. Organized alphabetically by the author's last name, the information is further divided by general school environments and those where the university, specifical... |
Simone Elkeles
Simone Elkeles (born April 24, 1970), is an American author known for the teen romance Perfect Chemistry Trilogy and How To Ruin Trilogy. She is a New York Times Bestselling young adult author. Simone has won the 2010 RITA Award for Best Young Adult Romance from the Romance Writers of America for her boo... |
Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt (born December 23, 1963) is an American writer, the author of the novels "The Secret History" (1992), "The Little Friend" (2002), and "The Goldfinch" (2013). Tartt won the WH Smith Literary Award for "The Little Friend" in 2003 and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for "The Goldfinch" in 2014. She ... |
Hotel (1967 film)
Hotel is a 1967 Technicolor film adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Arthur Hailey. The film stars Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Rennie, Merle Oberon, and Melvyn Douglas. It is directed by Richard Quine. |
Camden College (fictional college)
Camden College is a fictional liberal arts college, which appears in the works of Bret Easton Ellis, Jill Eisenstadt, and Jonathan Lethem. Whereas Ellis' Camden College is located in New Hampshire, Lethem's Camden is in Vermont, and is notable for being the most expensive college in A... |
Airport (1970 film)
Airport is a 1970 American disaster-drama film starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin, directed and written by George Seaton, and based on Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel of the same name. It originated the 1970s disaster film genre. It is also the first in the "Airport" film series. Produced on a $10 m... |
Should We Tell Him
"Should We Tell Him" is a song released in 1958 by The Everly Brothers. The song reached No. 10 on the "Billboard" survey of "Most Played C&W by Jockeys". As the B-side of "This Little Girl of Mine", the single reached No. 26 on the "Billboard" survey of "Best Sellers in Stores" and No. 4 on the "Bil... |
WH Smith Literary Award
The WH Smith Literary Award was an award founded in 1959 by British high street retailer W H Smith. Its founding aim was stated to be to "encourage and bring international esteem to authors of the British Commonwealth"; originally open to all residents of the UK, the Commonwealth and the Republi... |
The Departure (album)
The Departure is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Jamie Teachenor. It was released on February 28, 2012, by Rock Fiction Records. His debut single, "I Never Know," and his follow-up single, "Free Birds Have Cages," received airplay at both Rock and Country Radio, quickly becomi... |
Bolna, Rana
Bolna (Lule Sami: "Bållná" ) is a mountain in the Saltfjellet mountain range in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway. The mountain peak reaches 1460 m above sea level, and is located just north of the Arctic Circle inside Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park. The mountain peak is located less ... |
Rongme Ngatra
Rongme Ngatra is the highest peak of the Chola Mountains in the Kham region of western Sichuan, China. The peak's name in Mandarin Chinese is Que Er Shan () also the same name as the entire range, which has led to some translations of the mountain peak to Chola Mountain. At 6,168 m , the mountain is the h... |
Sherpi Kangri
Sherpi Kangri is a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range. It lies five km south of Ghent Kangri (7,380 m) and ten km northwest of Saltoro Kangri (7,742 m). |
Falak Sar (Swat)
Falak Sar (Urdu: فلک سر ; also known as Falak Sair) is the highest mountain peak in Ushu Valley of Swat, Pakistan at an elevation of 5918 m , it is considered the highest peak of the Swat district in the Hindu Kush mountains range, followed by Mankial mountain peak. |
Chiradzulu Mountain
Chiradzulu Mountain is located approximately 20 km to the north-east of Blantyre, Malawi's main commercial centre. The administrative district of Chiradzulu in southern Malawi was named after this mountain. Chiradzulu Mountain rises to a peak of 1,773m above seal level and is the third highest mount... |
Baltoro Kangri
Baltoro Kangri (Urdu: بلتورو کنگری ; also known as the Golden Throne) is a mountain of the Karakoram mountain range in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Baltoro Kangri is the 82nd highest mountain in the world with an elevation of 7312 m . It lies to the south of the Gasherbrums and east of Chogolisa Peak (7,... |
Chongtar Kangri
Chongtar Kangri or Chongtar Peak is a mountain peak in the Xinjiang region of China. Chongtar is situated about 10 km northwest of K2 and lies very near China's border with Pakistan. |
Liankang Kangri
Liangkang Kangri (also known as "Liankang Kangri") is a mountain peak in the Himalayas on the border between Bhutan and China, as well as at the southeastern end of territory claimed by both countries. Liangkang Kangri is 7535 m high. To the south, a ridge leads to the 7570 m Gangkhar Puensum 2 km to th... |
Karjiang
Karjiang is a mountain in Tibet, located near the Bhutan–China border. The highest peak of the Karjiang group is Karjiang I or Karjiang South, with an elevation of 7221 m ; it remains unclimbed. Other peaks include Karjiang North (7196 m), Karjiang II/Central (7045 m), Karjiang III or Taptol Kangri (6820 m) an... |
Šatorica
Šatorica (Albanian: "Shatoricë" ; Serbian: "Šatorica" , Cyrillic: Шаторица, from the Serbian word "šator" (шатор) which means "tent") is a mountain peak in the southern part of the Kopaonik range in the north of Kosovo . At 1,770m high it is the third highest peak in the Kosovan part of the range and the Lab R... |
Russians
Russians (Russian: русские , "russkiye") are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. The majority of Russians inhabit the nation state of Russia, while notable minorities exist in other former Soviet states such as Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. A large Russian diaspora exists all over the wor... |
Salala (band)
Salala is an "a capella" vocal trio from the south of Madagascar. They perform a contemporary form of the traditional "beko" genre, which originates from the island's southern interior. In contrast to the traditional beko, a spiritual chant sung at funerals to honor the life of the deceased, Salala adapte... |
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