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Harrison (name) Harrison is a common patronymic surname of English origin. It may also be spelled Harrisson, Harryson or Harrysson. Harrison means "son of Harry". Early records suggest that the surnames Harrison and Harris were used interchangeably by some families. Harrison is the 42nd most common surname in England a...
Rules of origin Rules of origin are used to determine the country of origin of a product for purposes of international trade. There are two common types of rules of origin depending upon application, the preferential and non-preferential rules of origin (19 CFR 102). The exact rules vary from country to country, from a...
Josh Carter Joshua Neville Carter (born November 20, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for Texas A&M. He also played for the Athletes in Action basketball team in 2006 and 2007, helping the team win the William Jones Cup in 2006. In the 20...
Walter Jones (American football) Walter Jones Jr. (born January 19, 1974) is a former American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons. Born in Alabama, he played college football for Florida State University. Jones played his entire professional career with the S...
Eddie Jones (basketball) Eddie Charles Jones (born October 20, 1971) is an American retired professional basketball player who played for several teams in his 14-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career. Jones played college basketball at Temple University and was the 1993–94 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year. Th...
Jalen Rose Jalen Anthony Rose (born January 30, 1973) is a former American professional basketball player, current sports analyst for ESPN, and cofounder of the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five" (along with Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy K...
Domonic Jones Domonic Jones (born August 16, 1981) is an American expatriate professional basketball player. He plays for RBC Verviers-Pepinster in Basketball League Belgium as of the 2011–12 season. He is 6'1", 205 pounds and switches between the point guard and shooting guard positions. Jones played college basketbal...
2012–13 LSU Tigers basketball team The 2012–13 LSU Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University during the 2012–2013 college basketball season. The team's head coach is Johnny Jones, who is in his first season at LSU. Jones previously served as the head coach at the University of North Texas. Jones play...
Mark Jones (basketball, born 1961) Mark Anthony Jones (born April 10, 1961) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played point guard. Jones played college basketball at St. Bonaventure before being drafted by the New York Knicks as the 82nd overall pick in the 4th round of the 1983 NBA Draft. He neve...
Merlakia Jones Merlakia Jones (born June 21, 1974) is a former American college and professional basketball player who was a guard in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for eight seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida, and then played profession...
Jalen Jones Jalen Jones (born May 27, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was signed on a two-way contract with the NBA G League. He played college basketball for Southern Methodist and Texas A&M.
Jack Eskridge John W. "Jack" Eskridge (January 21, 1924 – February 11, 2013) was a professional basketball player who spent one season in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as a member of the Chicago Stags and the Indianapolis Jets (1948–49). Eskridge was born on January 21, 1924 in Independence, Missouri. He ...
Luzzu A luzzu (] ) is a traditional fishing boat from the Maltese islands. They are usually painted in bright colours, while the bow has a pair of eyes. Luzzus have existed since ancient times.
Graffiti Graffiti (plural of "graffito": "a graffito", but "these graffiti") are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often within public view. Graffiti range from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and they have existed since ancient t...
History of engineering The "concept" of engineering has existed since ancient times as humans devised fundamental inventions such as the pulley, lever, and wheel. Each of these inventions is consistent with the modern definition of engineering, exploiting basic mechanical principles to develop useful tools and objects.
Little and Lesnes Hundred Little and Lesnes was a hundred, a historical land division, in the county of Kent, England. It occupied the northern part of the Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, within in the west division of Kent. Little and Lesnes was the northernmost hundred in the whole county of Kent. The hundred existed since ...
History of espionage Espionage, as well as other intelligence assessment, has existed since ancient times.
Lullaby A lullaby, or cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music, usually played for or sung to children. The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies they are used to pass down cultural knowledge or tradition. In addition, lullabies are often used for the developing of communication skills, indication of e...
Ich Lebe Für Hip Hop "Ich Lebe für Hip Hop" (English: I Live for Hip Hop ) is a single by DJ Tomekk, released in 2000. The song features GZA, Curse, Prodigal Sunn and the Stieber Twins. With the exception of repeating the songs title, Prodigal Sunn and GZA rap in English. Curse and the Stieber twins rap in German. The ...
Koliya The Koliyas were Kshatriya of the Adicca (Iksvaku) clan of the Solar Dynasty during the time of Gautama Buddha. The family members of these two royal families married only among themselves. Both clans were very proud of the purity of their royal blood and had practised this tradition of inter-marriage since anci...
Mathematical fiction Mathematical fiction is a genre of creative fictional work in which mathematics and mathematicians play important roles. The form and the medium of the works are not important. The genre may include short stories, novels or plays; comic books; films, videos, or audios. One of the earliest, and much...
Godalming Hundred Godalming was an ancient hundred in the south west of the county of Surrey, England. It corresponds to the central third of the current borough of Waverley and some parts of the current borough of Guildford. Broadly speaking it extended from Guildown in the north to the border with Sussex in the south...
Nobody Else (CeCe Peniston song) "Nobody Else" is a 1998 song by CeCe Peniston. The composition was to be the lead single of the singer's originally scheduled album release on the Silk Entertainment label, as well as reportedly released on Steve Hurley's compilation "The Voices of Life, Vol 1." The production of her al...
Todos Los Romances Todos Los Romances (English: "All the Romances" ) is a three-disc compilation album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel. Released on 11 August 1998 by WEA Latina, the record features the three previously released "Romance"-themed albums in which Miguel covered classic boleros in each of them: "Romance" (19...
De Contrabando "De Contrabando" ("Smuggled") is a song written by Joan Sebastian. It was first performed by Mexican singer Imelda, and included on her album "Aparentemente", released in 1991. Six years later, was performed by fellow Mexican singer Zayda Y Los Culpables and released by Musart Records as the second singl...
Todos Me Miran Todos Me Miran (""Everyone looks at me"") is a single from the Mexican artist Gloria Trevi reaching number 32 on Latin charts, and becoming a club anthem that confirmed Trevi's status as a gay icon. The song, as interpreted in the music video, is about a young man who dares to crossdress in spite of soci...
Mi Delirio Mi Delirio ("My Delirium") is the fifth studio album by Mexican actress and singer Anahí, released on November 24, 2009, through EMI. It was her first solo album in nine years and after the disbandment of Mexican pop group RBD, which she was a member of for five years. Musically, it is inspired by electronic...
Sensualité "Sensualité" is a 1993 song recorded by the Belgian singer Axelle Red. It was actually the third single from her debut album, "Sans plus attendre", and was released on 10 October 1993, but the first single in France. In 1994, the song was very successful in this country and is generally considered as Axelle ...
La Trayectoria (Gloria Trevi album) La Trayectoria (In English: The Trajectory) is a 2006 double live CD and multimedia DVD release by the Mexican singer Gloria Trevi. The DVD includes scenes from parts of the tour from the Palacio de los Deportes of the Mexico City and The Arena Monterrey and the CD includes four new ...
Food Chain (EP) In contrast to Danielsen's previous solo album "Enjoy the Process", which featured only the singer along with his acoustic guitar," Food Chain" featured a full band. In October 2014, prior to the release of the EP, the singer released "Rescue Me", the second song from the album via Revolver Magazine. Th...
Mexico Espanol Airplay Mexico Espanol Airplay is a record chart published weekly by "Billboard" magazine for Spanish language singles released in Mexico. According to "Billboard"' s electronic database, the first chart was published on October 1, 2011, with the track "Amor Clandestino" by Mexican band Maná at number on...
A Cambio de Que "A Cambio de Que" (In Exchange for What) is a song written by Xavier Santos Córtes and first performed by Mexican singer Marisela from her studio album "Completamente Tuya". The song has been covered by several artists which have ranked on the music charts. Latin pop band Corvo covered the song in 1999 ...
Shaanxi Y-8 The Shaanxi Y-8 or Yunshuji-8 () aircraft is a medium size medium range transport aircraft produced by Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation in China, based on the Soviet Antonov An-12. It has become one of China's most popular military and civilian transport/cargo aircraft, with many variants produced and exported....
Antonov An-12 The Antonov An-12 (Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants.
Military transport aircraft Military transport aircraft or military cargo aircraft are typically fixed wing and rotary wing cargo aircraft which are used to airlift troops, weapons and other military equipment by a variety of methods to any area of military operations around the surface of the planet, usually outside t...
Mercedes-Benz Zetros The Mercedes-Benz Zetros is an off-road truck for extreme operations. It was first presented at the 2008 Eurosatory defence industry trade show in Paris. The Zetros is manufactured at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth, Germany. The truck is designed to be compatible with the Hercules C-130 transport...
Antonov An-70 The Antonov An-70 is a four-engine medium-range transport aircraft, and the first large aircraft to be powered by propfan engines. It was developed in the late 1980s by the Antonov Design Bureau to replace the obsolete An-12 military transport aircraft. However, the dissolution of the Soviet Union prevent...
Airbus A400M Atlas The Airbus A400M Atlas is a multi-national, four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military (now Airbus Defence and Space) as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities to replace older transport aircraft, such as the Transall C-160 and the Lockheed C-130 H...
Alenia C-27J Spartan The Alenia C-27J Spartan is a military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by Leonardo's Aircraft Division (formerly Alenia Aermacchi until 2016). It is an advanced derivative of Alenia Aeronautica's earlier G.222 (C-27A Spartan in U.S. service), equipped with the engines and various othe...
Ilyushin Il-214 The Ilyushin Il-214 Multi-role Transport Aircraft (MTA) is a medium-airlift military transport aircraft initially planned by the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) of Russia, and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) of India. The two companies began the joint venture in 2009, when it was expected that eac...
Messerschmitt Me 323 The Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant" ("Giant") was a German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider and was the largest land-based transport aircraft of the war. A total of 213 are recorded as having been made, a few being converted from the ...
Lockheed C-130 Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft. ...
Forest Hill, New South Wales Forest Hill is a suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Forest Hill is located approximately 10 km east of the central business district on the Sturt Highway. RAAF Base Wagga, Wagga Wagga Airport and the Bureau of Meteorology Regional Office are located at Forest Hill.
Forest Hill with Shotover Forest Hill with Shotover is a civil parish covering 7.56km² of South Oxfordshire approximately centred 3 mi east of Oxford. Its population in 2011 was 856, almost exclusively in the villages of Forest Hill, hamlets of Shotover Cleve and Shotover Edge. It includes a country estate at Shotover ...
Forest Hill War Memorial Forest Hill War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Gordon Street, Forest Hill, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland. Australia. It was built in 1921. It is also known as Forest Hill Soldiers Memorial. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
RAAF Base Wagga RAAF Base Wagga (formerly RAAF Base Forest Hill) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base located 5.8 NM southeast of the town of Wagga Wagga, in the suburb of Forest Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre is a major regional shopping centre located in the eastern suburb of Forest Hill in Melbourne, Australia. Owned by Blackstone and managed by JLL, the centre is among the oldest in Victoria, opening on 30 June 1964 as an outdoor strip shopping centre, b...
Forest Hill, Victoria Forest Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2011 Census, Forest Hill had a population of 10,052. Forest Hill was recently ranked 93rd on Melbourne's most liveable suburb ...
Forest Hill (electoral district) Forest Hill was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1975. Forest Hill riding was located in the former village of Forest Hill and the borough of York east of Dufferin Street. It had a large Jewish com...
Forest Hill, Oxfordshire Forest Hill is a village in Forest Hill with Shotover civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4.5 mi east of Oxford. The village about 330 ft above sea level is on the northeastern brow of a ridge of hills. The highest point of the ridge is Red Hill, which rises to 440 ft just south of the village. ...
Forest Hill, Ohio Forest Hill is an historic neighborhood spanning parts of Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland, Ohio, and is bordered to the north by Glynn Road, the south by Mayfield Road, by Lee Boulevard to the west and North Taylor Road to the east. Forest Hill was once the beloved summer home of oil magnate John...
Forest Hill Pools Forest Hill Pools is a local leisure centre in Forest Hill, London. After being closed in 2006, it was rebuilt including two pools and a health and fitness suite and reopened in September 2012. It is located close to Forest Hill railway station, Forest Hill Library and Sydenham School.
Zion Wilderness Zion Wilderness is a 124406 acres wilderness area in the U.S. state of Utah. Designated March 30, 2009 as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Zion Wilderness is found within the boundaries of Zion National Park and is managed by the National Park Service. It is bordered by LaVerkin C...
South Prince of Wales Wilderness The South Prince of Wales Wilderness is a wilderness area on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, protecting 90,968 acres of undeveloped Pacific temperate rainforest, much of which is old-growth. Managed by the United States Forest Service as part of the Tongass National Forest, the wilderne...
Ventana Wilderness The Ventana Wilderness of Los Padres National Forest is a federally designated wilderness area located in the Santa Lucia Range along the Central Coast of California. This wilderness was established in 1969 when the Ventana Wilderness Act redesignated the 55,800-acre (22,600 ha) Ventana Primitive Are...
Apache Kid Wilderness Apache Kid Wilderness is a 44626 acre Wilderness area located within the Magdalena Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest in the state of New Mexico. Straddling a southern portion of the San Mateo Mountains of southwestern Socorro County, the area is characterized by rugged, narrow, and ste...
The Brothers Wilderness The Brothers Wilderness is a designated wilderness area located in the Olympic National Forest on the eastern side of the Olympic Peninsula south of Buckhorn Wilderness and north of Mount Skokomish Wilderness. The wilderness area comprises 16337 acre administered by the U.S. Forest Service. The ...
Darwin Falls Wilderness The Darwin Falls Wilderness is the area adjacent to Darwin Falls, it has a unique location in the northern Mojave Desert, just west of Death Valley National Park. The Darwin falls Wilderness is a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System rooted by the California Desert Protection Act (...
Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex The Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex consists of three wilderness areas, all within the U.S. state of Montana totalling over 1.5 million acres (6,100 km²). The largest wilderness area is the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area consisting of 1 million acres (4000 km²). Adjoining the Bob Marshall ...
Eagle Cap Wilderness Eagle Cap Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon (United States), within the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest. The wilderness was established in 1940. In 1964, it was included in the National Wilderness Preservation System. A boundary revision in 1972...
Paddy Creek Wilderness The Paddy Creek Wilderness is a 7019 acre wilderness area in the U.S. state of Missouri, United States. The United States Congress designated it wilderness in 1983. Paddy Creek Wilderness is located within the Houston-Rolla Ranger District, of the Mark Twain National Forest, 10 mi northwest of Li...
Alpine Lakes Wilderness The Alpine Lakes Wilderness is a large wilderness area spanning the Central Cascades of Washington state in the United States. The wilderness is located in parts of Wenatchee National Forest and Snoqualmie National Forest, and is approximately bounded by Interstate 90 and Snoqualmie Pass to the ...
Heatherette Heatherette was an American fashion company that closed in 2008. It was founded in 1999 by Club Kid Richie Rich and Traver Rains. The pair first began designing T-shirts and leather goods. When Rich wore one of their leather tops to a party, he caught the attention of a buyer at the downtown store Patricia ...
Kaori Hamura Kaori Hamura (born March 9, 1970; Fukuoka, Japan) is an artist and illustrator, has many TV and film credits, including MTV's "Beavis and Butt-head", "MTV Downtown", "Daria" and "Celebrity Death Match", and TNN/Nickelodeon's "Gary the Rat". She also created MTV's Video Music Award packaging animation and M...
International Piano Academy Lake Como The International Piano Academy Lake Como is a piano academy. Seven pianists, chosen annually from a worldwide field of over 1000 applicants including many international prizewinners, have the opportunity of studying with a faculty whose core membership past and present includes su...
Ioe no Iratsume Ioe no Iratsume (五百 重娘 , ?–?) was a daughter of Fujiwara no Kamatari and younger sister of Fujiwara no Fuhito and Hikami no Ōtoji, wife of Emperor Tenmu. She was first married to Emperor Temmu, but after his death she got remarried to her half-brother Fuhito, with whom she had a son Fujiwara no Maro. Sh...
The Ones The Ones are an American electronic dance music band, best known for their 2001 hit single "Flawless", which achieved transatlantic success when it peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom. The trio consists of three male vocalists Paul Alexander, JoJo Americo, and Nashom Wooden, wh...
Patricia Field Patricia Field (born February 12, 1942) is an American costume designer, stylist and fashion designer.
Boris Berlin Boris Berlin (27 May 1907 – 24 March 2001) was a Canadian pianist, music educator, arranger, and composer of Russian birth. He is primarily remembered for his work within the field of piano pedagogy, having published an extensive amount of material in that area and teaching a large number of notable pianis...
Maro Ajemian Maro Ajemian (July 9, 1921 – September 18, 1978) was an American pianist. Ajemian's career in contemporary music got its impetus from her Armenian heritage; she became known as a contemporary pianist after performing the U.S. premiere of Aram Khachaturian's Piano Concerto, which she chose to play based on ...
Anthony & Joseph Paratore Anthony & Joseph Paratore is an internationally known classical piano duo, formed by the brothers Anthony Paratore (born 17 June 1944) and Joseph Paratore (born 19 March 1948). The pianists have performed and recorded most of the classical repertoire for two pianos and four-hand piano, inc...
Patricia S. Cowings Patricia S. Cowings (born 1948) is an aerospace psychophysiologist, and was the first African American woman scientist to be trained as an astronaut by NASA (though Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space). Although she was an alternate for a space flight in 1979 she did not travel t...
The Pursuit of Happiness (1971 film) The Pursuit of Happiness is a 1971 American drama film about a student who goes on the run to avoid serving his full prison sentence for vehicular manslaughter. The film was directed by Robert Mulligan. The producer was David Susskind and the associate producer, Alan Shayne. The scr...
The Great Impostor The Great Impostor is a 1961 movie based on the true story of an impostor named Ferdinand Waldo Demara. The film is loosely based on Robert Crichton's 1959 biography of the same name, it stars Tony Curtis in the title role, and was directed by Robert Mulligan. The film only loosely follows Demara's r...
Robert Surtees (cinematographer) Robert L. Surtees, A.S.C. (August 9, 1906 – January 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer who won three Academy Awards for the films "King Solomon's Mines", "The Bad and the Beautiful" and the 1959 version of "Ben Hur". Surtees has worked at various studios, including Universal, UFA,...
Jim: The James Foley Story Jim: The James Foley Story is a 2016 American documentary film about the life of journalist and war correspondent James "Jim" Foley directed by Brian Oakes. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2016 and on HBO on February 6, 2016.
The Nickel Ride The Nickel Ride is a 1974 American crime film directed by Robert Mulligan. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. On December 13, 2011 Shout! Factory released the film on DVD as part of a double feature with "99 and 44/100% Dead".
Kiss Me Goodbye (film) Kiss Me Goodbye is a 1982 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Sally Field, James Caan and Jeff Bridges. It is a remake of "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands" ("Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos" in Portuguese), a 1976 Brazilian film starring Sonia Braga based on the bo...
Estelle Hemsley Estelle Hemsley (May 5, 1887 - November 5, 1968) was a prominent early African American actress of stage and screen. She appeared in the stage and screen versions of "Take a Giant Step", earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the 1959 movie directed by Philip Leacock. Her other...
Richard Mulligan Richard Mulligan (November 13, 1932 – September 26, 2000) was an American television, film and character actor known for his role as Burt Campbell, the loving, preventive husband of Cathryn Damon's character, in the sitcom "Soap" (1977–81) and later for his starring role as Dr. Harry Weston in "Empty N...
The Rat Race The Rat Race is a 1960 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds as struggling young entertainment professionals in New York City. Filming took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sam Butera and Gerry Mulligan have minor roles as saxophonists.
Bloodbrothers (1978 film) Bloodbrothers is a 1978 coming-of-age film directed by Robert Mulligan. It stars Richard Gere, Paul Sorvino, Tony Lo Bianco and Marilu Henner and was based on the novel of the same title by Richard Price. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2004 Pennsylvania's Attorney General election was held November 2, 2004. Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004. Tom Corbett was elected Attorney General, a position that he had held from 1995-97 after being appointed by Governor Tom Ridge to fill a vacancy. Corb...
Connecticut attorney general election, 2010 The 2010 Connecticut attorney general election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the 24th attorney general of the state of Connecticut. Five-term incumbent Attorney General Richard Blumenthal declined to seek re-election in 2010, instead opting to run for Connect...
Missouri attorney general election, 2012 The Missouri attorney general election of 2012 was held on November 6, 2012, alongside the presidential and gubernatorial elections. The current Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, a Democrat, won re-election for a second full term against Republican attorney Ed Martin.
Michigan Attorney General election, 2006 The Michigan Attorney General election of 2006 took place on November 7, 2006, to elect the Attorney General of Michigan. Incumbent Mike Cox became the first Republican in over 50 years to be elected Attorney General and was seeking to become the first Republican since the amend...
Missouri gubernatorial special election, 1825 The Missouri gubernatorial special election of 1825 was Missouri's third gubernatorial election. The election was held on December 8, 1825, to determine who would fill the remainder of the term of Frederick Bates who had died on August 4, 1825. Governor Abraham J. Williams ...
Michigan Attorney General election, 2018 The Michigan Attorney General election of 2018 will take place on November 6, 2018, alongside elections to be Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, [Michigan Secretary of State election, 2018|Secretary of State]], as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the Un...
Herbert S. Hadley Herbert Spencer Hadley (February 20, 1872December 1, 1927) was an American lawyer and a Republican Party politician from St. Louis, Missouri. Born in Olathe, Kansas, he was Missouri Attorney General from 1905 to 1909 and in 1908 was elected the 32nd Governor of Missouri, serving one term from 1909 to ...
Missouri Attorney General The Office of the Missouri Attorney General was created in 1806 when Missouri was part of the Louisiana Territory. Missouri's first Constitution in 1820 provided for an appointed Attorney General, but since the 1865 Constitution, the Attorney General has been elected. To date there have been 4...
Virginia Attorney General election, 2005 The Virginia Attorney General election of 2005 took place on November 8, 2005, to elect the Attorney General of Virginia. Jerry Kilgore, who had been elected attorney general in 2001, resigned in February 2005 to run for Governor, as is the tradition in Virginia. He was replaced...
North Carolina Attorney General The Attorney General of North Carolina is the elected head of the state's Department of Justice. The North Carolina constitution, in Article III Section 7, provides for the election of the Attorney General. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Legislation/constitution/article3.html By statute, At...
Richard Münch (actor) Richard Heinrich Ludwig Münch (10 January 1916 – 6 June 1987), better known as Richard Münch, was a German actor, best known for portraying Alfred Jodl in "Patton" (1970). He also portrayed General Erich Marcks in "The Longest Day" (1962).
Johannes Steinhoff Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff (15 September 1913 – 21 February 1994) was a German general, NATO official and Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. He joined the West German government's Rearmament Office as a consultant on military aviation in 1952 and became one of the principal officials tasked w...
Donald Shebib Donald Shebib (born 17 January 1938, Toronto), often called Don Shebib, is a Canadian film director, writer, producer and editor. A graduate of UCLA film school, Shebib gained prominence and critical acclaim in Canadian cinema for his seminal 1970 movie "Goin' Down the Road", which combined narrative stor...
M48 Patton The M48 Patton is a main battle tank (MBT) that was designed in the United States. It was the third tank to be officially named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates for the use of tanks in battle. It was a further deve...
Ludwig Beck Ludwig August Theodor Beck (29 June 1880 – 21 July 1944) was a German general and Chief of the German General Staff during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany before World War II. Ludwig Beck was never a member of the Nazi Party, though in the early 1930s he supported Adolf Hitler's forceful denun...
Dorian Gray (1970 film) Dorian Gray (Italian: "Il dio chiamato Dorian") aka "The Sins of Dorian Gray" is a 1970 movie adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" starring Helmut Berger. The Italian title translates as "A God Called Dorian".
Richard Münch (sociologist) Richard Münch (born 13 May 1945 in Niefern near Pforzheim, Germany) is a German sociologist and, as of 2013, professor emeritus at the University of Bamberg. His primary field is sociological theory, in particular the work of Talcott Parsons. In the 1980s, he was instrumental in popularizing...
The Last Days of Patton The Last Days of Patton is a 1986 made-for-television film sequel to the 1970 film "Patton", which portrays the last few months of the general's life. George C. Scott reprises the role of General George S. Patton, and Eva Marie Saint portrays Beatrice Patton, the general's wife. It was directed ...