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Still Kicking (film) Still Kicking: Six Artistic Women of Project Arts & Longevity is a 2006 32-minute documentary film by Pacific Grove filmmaker Greg Young, featuring six Bay Area women role models over 85 years old who remained artistically active. The catalyst for Young's film was Amy Gorman and Frances Kandl's Pro...
1943 Naples post-office bombing The 1943 Naples post office bombing occurred on October 7, 1943, after the U.S. Fifth Army had captured Naples (October 1) and reached the Volturno River (October 6). The Central Post Office Building, an imposing structure completed in 1936 and located in the center of the city, was loot...
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (Greek: Συνωμοσία των Πυρήνων της Φωτιάς , "Synomosía Pyrínon Tis Fotiás" –SPF), also translated as Conspiracy of Fire Cells or Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. The SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008, with a wav...
Guylaine Maroist Guylaine Maroist is a Canadian journalist, filmmaker, musician, scriptwriter and film director. She is well known for her documentary productions such as "Gentilly or Not To Be", "Time Bombs", "The Disunited States of Canada", and "God Save Justin Trudeau". In 2011 she received the Governor General’s H...
Jules Wright Jules Wright (25 February 1948 – 21 June 2015) was an Australian-born theatre director, a co-founder in 1984 of the Women’s Playhouse Trust (WPT), the first resident woman director at the Royal Court Theatre, being only the second woman to direct on its main stage, and founder of the Wapping Project arts s...
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies is a 1997 American short documentary film directed by Mel Damski. It was nominated at the 70th Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short Subject. It features The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, which was formerly staged at ...
Remus Nicolai Remus Nicolai (b. June 10, 1977 in Bistriţa, Romania) is a retired Romanian aerobic gymnast. He had a successful career winning six world championships medals (one gold, two silver and three bronze) and five European championships medals (two gold, two silver and one bronze). After retiring from aerobic g...
Jim O'Brien (American football) Jim O'Brien (born February 2, 1947) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League. He played for the Baltimore Colts from 1970 to 1972 and the Detroit Lions in 1973. He also played wide receiver, catching the bulk of his career passes during the 1972 season wh...
The Colleen Bawn The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen is a melodramatic play written by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault. It was first performed at Miss Laura Keene's Theatre, New York, on 27 March 1860 with Laura Keene playing Anne Chute and Boucicault playing Myles na Coppaleen. It was most recently performed...
Time Bombs Time Bombs is a 2008 Canadian film produced by "Productions de la ruelle".
Yang Tong Yang Tong (; 604–619), known in traditional histories by his princely title of Prince of Yue (越王) or by his era name as Lord Huangtai (皇泰主), posthumous name (as bestowed by Wang Shichong) Emperor Gong (恭皇帝), courtesy name Renjin (仁謹), was an emperor of the Chinese Sui Dynasty. During the disturbances that per...
Cattle count In Ancient Egypt, the cattle count was one of the two main means of evaluating the amount of taxes to be levied, the other one being the height of the annual inundation. A very important economic event, the cattle count was controlled by high officials, and was connected to several cultic feasts. In additi...
Official communications of the Chinese Empire The Chinese Empire, which lasted from the 221 BCE until 1911 AD, required predictable forms and means of communication. Documents flowed down from the Emperor to officials, from officials to the Emperor, from one part of the bureaucracy to others, and from the Emperor or hi...
Toryumon (Último Dragón) Toryumon (闘龍門 , Tōryūmon ) is a professional wrestling promotion that operated in Japan until 2004 and in Mexico, where it's called Toryumon Mexico. The promotion is owned and operated by Yoshihiro Asai, who is best known under the name Último Dragón. Tōryūmon is a coined word that means "Fight...
National Institute of Technology (Norway) The National Institute of Technology (Norwegian: "Teknologisk Institutt AS" (TI), formerly "Statens teknologiske institutt" (STI)) is a Norwegian limited company and former government agency (1917–1988) active in innovation and technological research. It was established by the ...
Fryar The surname “Fryar” has its earliest origins in medieval England, first appearing in the 14th century. The name was also found in Lothian where they were seated from early recorded times and their first records appear on the census rolls taken by the early Kings to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects...
Diaochan Diaochan was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Unlike the other three beauties, however, there is no known evidence suggesting her existence; she is mostly a fictional character. It was mentioned in Chinese historical records that Lü Bu had a secret affair with one of Dong Zhuo's maids and was constan...
Hana (name) Hana as a given name may have any of several origins. It can be a variant transliteration of Hannah, which is the Jewish and French and Christian form, meaning "grace" in Hebrew associated with God. It is also a Kurdish name meaning hope (هانا ), a Persian name meaning flower (حَنا ), and an Arabic name mea...
Al-Rayah mosque Al-Rayah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الراية‎ , 'Mosque of the flag' ‎ ), or Dzubab Mosque, is a mosque located in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The mosque is situated on top of Mount Dzubab (Dzubab means "flies"), and this area is not far from Mount Sala' on the south, Al-'Uyun street on the left hand side, and Az-Zug...
Fels Institute of Government The Fels Institute of Government is the University of Pennsylvania's graduate program in public policy and public management. Its practical approach to public management education, its Ivy League pedigree and its relatively small size make it one of the nation's leading boutique programs in...
Fame and Philanthropy Fame & Philanthropy was a charitable fundraising event that took place on the evening of the 86th Academy Awards, March 2, 2014. Attendees of the event range from high-profile celebrities to leaders in business, entertainment, and politics. The fundraising event, first presented in 2014 at The Vin...
Atomic Blonde Atomic Blonde is a 2017 American action spy thriller film directed by David Leitch, in his first solo directorial credit, and written by Kurt Johnstad. It is based on Antony Johnston and Sam Hart's 2012 graphic novel "The Coldest City", published by Oni Press, which revolves around a spy who has to find a...
Charlize Theron filmography Charlize Theron is a South African-born American actress who made her film debut in an uncredited role as a follower of a cult in the 1995 horror film "". Theron followed this with appearances as a hitwoman in "2 Days in the Valley", a waitress in the romantic comedy "Trial and Error" (1997)...
Courtney Love filmography Courtney Love is an American musician and actress who began her professional career in film in 1986 with a supporting role in Alex Cox's "Sid and Nancy" (1986); she had prior studied film with experimental director George Kuchar at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1984, and appeared in one o...
The Fate of the Furious The Fate of the Furious (alternatively known as Fast & Furious 8 and Fast 8, and often stylized as F8) is a 2017 American action film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Chris Morgan. It is the eighth installment in "The Fast and the Furious" franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne John...
Catalina Sandino Moreno Catalina Sandino Moreno (born 19 April 1981) is a Colombian actress. She shared the Silver Bear with Charlize Theron and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "Maria Full of Grace" (2004).
74th Academy Awards The 74th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 24, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films r...
The Cider House Rules (soundtrack) The Cider House Rules is the soundtrack of the 1999 Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated film "The Cider House Rules" starring Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine (who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Dr. Wilbur Larch in this film) ...
Monster (2003 film) Monster is a 2003 biographical crime drama film written and directed by Patty Jenkins. The film is about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a former prostitute who was executed in Florida in 2002 for killing six men (she was not tried for a seventh murder) in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Wuornos was p...
The Devil's Advocate (1997 film) The Devil's Advocate (marketed as "Devil's Advocate") is a 1997 U.S. supernatural psychological horror film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino and Charlize Theron. Based on Andrew Neiderman's novel of the same name, it is about an unusually successful young...
Pen name A pen name ("nom de plume", or "literary double") is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of his or her works in place of their "real" name. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his...
Patricia Veryan Patricia Valeria Bannister, (born November 21, 1923 in London, England; died November 18, 2009 in Bellevue, Washington, USA) was a writer of historical romance fiction from 1978 until 2002. She wrote under the names Patricia Veryan and Gwyneth Moore.
Gabriel's Inferno Gabriel's Inferno is an erotic romance novel by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard. The story was first published in novel format in 2011 by Omnific Publishing, with further publishing rights to the series being purchased by Berkley Books. The work was first published on 4...
Elizabeth Reid Boyd Elizabeth Reid Boyd (born 24 August 1968) is a Scottish born author and academic in Gender Studies at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia whose romance fiction is published by Harlequin under her natural pen name Eliza Redgold. She defends the Romance novel as a form of feminism.
Family Album (novel) Family Album is a 1985 romance novel by Danielle Steel. It was adapted into a 1994 TV miniseries starring Jaclyn Smith.
Cherry Ripe (novel) Cherry Ripe is a romance novel by the British writer Ellen Buckingham Mathews under her pen name of Helen Matthews, which was first published in 1878. Like much of her other work it is a sentimental rural romance, with shades of melodrama.
Sarah MacLean Sarah MacLean (born December 17, 1978) is a New York Times bestselling American author of young adult novels and romance novels. Her first adult romance novel, "Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake" debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, where it stayed for four weeks. Since then, all of her ...
Tagalog pocketbooks According to Tatin Yang in the article "Romansang Pinoy: A day with Tagalog romance novels", Tagalog romance paperbacks were thin Philippine versions of romance novel books that could be found at the bottom shelves of the romance section of bookstores, wrapped and bound with book covers that are dec...
Morishima Chūryō Morishima Chūryō (森島 中良 , 1756 – December 29, 1810) was an Edo period Japanese author of popular fiction who also wrote a number of works in the field of rangaku (Western studies). He wrote under many pen names, including Manzōtei, Shinra Manzō (or, conventionally, Shinra Banshō), and Tenjiku Rōjin ("o...
Ondine (novel) Ondine is a romance novel first published in 1988 under Heather Graham Pozzessere’s pen name, Shannon Drake. It is the story of a lady of 17th century England who finds herself cast from nobility when her father is accused of treason and murdered. As a noose rests at her neck, her one regret is that she ...
Erie, Kansas Erie is a city in and the county seat of Neosho County, Kansas, United States, and situated in the valley of the Neosho River, about a mile Northeast of the river. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,150.
Southeast Kansas Southeast Kansas is a region of the U.S. state of Kansas. It can be roughly defined by Woodson County in the northwest, Bourbon County in the northeast, Cherokee County in the southeast, and Montgomery County in the southwest. Geographically it is dominated by a broad rolling landscape located between ...
USS Neosho (AO-23) USS "Neosho" (AO-23) was a "Cimarron"-class fleet oiler serving with the United States Navy, the second ship to be named for the Neosho River in Kansas and Oklahoma.
Cofachique, Kansas Cofachique (pronounced "ko-fa-chee") was an unincorporated community situated along the Neosho River near the present-day city of Iola in the western part of Allen County, located in southeast Kansas, in the central United States of America. Being the first town established in Allen County in 1855, i...
Humboldt, Kansas Humboldt is a city in Allen County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Neosho River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,953.
Labette County, Kansas Labette County (county code LB) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 21,607. Its county seat is Oswego, and its most populous city is Parsons. The county was named after LaBette creek, the second-largest creek in the county, which runs ...
Iola, Kansas Iola (pronounced ) is a city situated along the Neosho River in the northwestern part of Allen County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,704. Iola is the county seat of Allen County. It is named in honor of Iola Colborn.
Grand River (Oklahoma) The Grand River is an alternate name for the lower section of the Neosho River, a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. "Grand River" refers to the section of river below the confluence of the Neosho and Spring rivers in Ottawa County near Miami. It empties into the Arkansas northeast of M...
Octagon City Octagon City is a ghost town in Allen County, Kansas, United States. It was a failed intentional community that was founded in 1856 about six miles (10 km) south of Humboldt, Kansas near the Neosho River. It was created by the Vegetarian Kansas Emigration Company, headed by prominent vegetarian Henry Clubb...
Oswego, Kansas Oswego is a city in and the county seat of Labette County, Kansas, United States, and situated along the Neosho River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,829.
Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian playback singer. She has received four National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards including five for Best Female Playback Singer, nine Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer (two for Tamil, four for Malayalam, two for Kannada and one for Telu...
Mehboob (singer) Mehboob (Malayalam: മെഹ്ബൂബ് ; 1926–22 April 1981) was an Indian musician and playback singer. He was one of the most successful playback singers in the Malayalam film industry during the 1950s and early 1960s, with a good number of hit songs in his kitty.
C. S. Jayaraman Chidambaram Sundaram Pillai Jayaraman or C. S. Jayaraman (Tamil: சி. எஸ். ஜெயராமன்) was a noted actor, music director and a successful playback singer whose numerous songs were featured in many Tamil films, between the 1940s and 1970s.
Anuradha Bhat Anuradha Bhat is an Indian playback singer for the feature films. She sings predominantly in Kannada language films. Bhat has recorded for over 1000 feature films under the music direction of all the prominent Kannada composers like Hamsalekha, Gurukiran, V. Harikrishna, Mano Murthy, Arjun Janya among oth...
Amitabh Bachchan filmography Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor, playback singer, producer and television personality. He made his acting debut in 1969 with "Saat Hindustani", and narrated Mrinal Sen's "Bhuvan Shome" (1969). He later appeared as Dr. Bhaskar Banerjee in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's "Anand" (1971), for w...
Shweta Mohan Shweta Mohan (born 19 November 1985) is an Indian playback singer. She has received four Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. She has recorded songs for film music and albums in all the four South Indian languages namely, ...
Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the successful playback singers in the Hindi film industry.
Akhlaq Ahmed Akhlaq Ahmed (Urdu: اخلاق احمد‎ ; January 10, 1950 – August 4, 1999) was a Pakistani playback singer. He was a member of a famous singing group from Karachi with two other artists,film playback singer Masood Rana and film actor Nadeem. Akhlaq debuted as a singer in the 1973 film, "Pazaib" with music by "La...
Sundori Sundori is a 1979 Bangladeshi feature film directed by Amjad Hossain. The film won Bangladesh National Film Award in 8 categories including Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Music Director, Best Lyrics, Best Male Playback Singer, Best Female Playback Singer, Best Cinematography and Best Dialo...
Filmography of Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian playback singer. She has received four National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards including five for Best Female Playback Singer, nine Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer (two for Kannada, four for Malayalam, two for Tamil a...
Factor V Leiden Factor V Leiden is a variant (mutated form) of human factor V (one of several substances that helps blood clot), which causes an increase in blood clotting (hypercoagulability). With this mutation, the anticoagulant protein secreted (which normally inhibits the pro-clotting activity of factor V) is not ...
The Human Factor (1979 film) The Human Factor is a 1979 British thriller film starring Richard Attenborough, Nicol Williamson, Derek Jacobi, and John Gielgud. It is based on the 1978 novel "The Human Factor" by Graham Greene, with the screenplay written by Tom Stoppard. It examined British espionage, and the West's rel...
SHELL model The SHELL model is a conceptual model of human factors that clarifies the scope of aviation human factors and assists in understanding the human factor relationships between aviation system resources/environment (the flying subsystem) and the human component in the aviation system (the human subsystem).
Factor VII Factor VII (EC 3.4.21.21 , "blood-coagulation factor VIIa", "activated blood coagulation factor VII", formerly known as proconvertin) is one of the proteins that causes blood to clot in the coagulation cascade. It is an enzyme of the serine protease class. A recombinant form of human factor VIIa (eptacog alf...
Sheila Sim Sheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, The Lady Attenborough (née Sim; 5 June 1922 – 19 January 2016), known professionally by her maiden name Sheila Sim, was an English film and theatre actress. She was the wife of the actor and director Richard Attenborough.
Prospect Theatre Company The Prospect Theatre Company was an English company founded, as Prospect Productions, in 1961. Based at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge from 1964 until 1969, the company, with Toby Robertson as artistic director and Richard Cottrell as associate director, toured both nationally and internationally ...
Gerald Sim Gerald Grant Sim (4 June 1925 – 11 December 2014) was an English television and film actor who is perhaps best known for playing the Rector in "To the Manor Born". He was the younger brother of the actress Sheila Sim and brother-in-law of the actor/director Richard Attenborough. In August 2013, on Richard At...
Tom Attenborough Tom Attenborough (born 13 October 1986) is an English theatre director. He is the son of theatre director Michael Attenborough and the grandson of the late film actor and director Richard Attenborough.
Hamlet (1996 film) Hamlet is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet", adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars in the titular role as Prince Hamlet. The film also features Derek Jacobi as King Claudius, Julie Christie as Queen Gertrude, Kate Winslet as Ophelia, Michae...
The Human Factor (Graham Greene book) The Human Factor is an espionage novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1978 and adapted into the 1979 film "The Human Factor", directed by Otto Preminger using a screenplay by Tom Stoppard.
HNoMS Troll (1910) The destroyer HNoMS "Troll, known locally as "Torpedojager Troll (litt.: "torpedo hunter"), was the second destroyer built for the Royal Norwegian Navy, as the second ship of the "Draug"-class destroyers. She was built at the naval shipyard in Horten, with yard number 104. She was kept in service lon...
HNoMS Troll Two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS "Troll", after the Norse mythological creature Troll:
Draugr The draugr or draug (Old Norse: "draugr" , plural draugar ; modern Icelandic: "draugur" , Faroese: "dreygur" and Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian: "draug" ), also called aptrganga or aptrgangr , literally "again-walker" (Icelandic: "afturganga" ) is an undead creature from Norse mythology.
HNoMS Vidar (N52) HNoMS "Vidar" (N52) was a Royal Norwegian Navy minelayer and command vessel. "Vidar" was built by Mjellem & Karlsen in Bergen in 1977, and named after Odin's son Vidar from Norse mythology. The vessel was the command ship for NATO's "Mine Counter Measures Force North" (MCMFORNORTH) in 2004 and 2005. I...
HNoMS Valkyrien HNoMS Valkyrien, HNoMS Valkyrjen (in Norwegian the prefix KNM is used) has been the name of several ships in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Most of them have been in some way connected to the Royal Norwegian Navy's torpedo boats. The name honours the valkyries of Norse mythology. It has also been said that t...
Wight Wight is an English word, from Old English "wiht", and used to describe a creature or living sentient being. It is akin to Old High German "wiht", meaning a creature or thing. In its original usage the word "wight" described a living human being. More recently, the word has been used within the fantasy genre of l...
HNoMS Nordkapp HNoMS "Nordkapp" was the lead ship of the "Nordkapp" class of fishery protection vessels. She was launched 18 August 1937 at Horten naval shipyard, with yard number 123. She had one sister ship, HNoMS "Senja". "Nordkapp" was named after the North Cape in Finnmark. As was typical of her class, "Nordkapp" ...
HNoMS Draug Two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS "Draug", after the sea revenant Draugr:
HNoMS Garm (1913) HNoMS "Garm" was the third destroyer built for the Royal Norwegian Navy, and was a "Draug" class destroyer. "Garm" was constructed several years after her two sister ships, but to the same plans. She was built at the naval shipyard in Horten, with yard number 107.
HNoMS Draug (1908) HNoMS "Draug" was the lead ship of the three-ship "Draug" class of destroyers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in the years 1908–1913. The four-stacked destroyer was kept in service long after she was obsolete, and took part in the defence of Norway during the German invasion in 1940.
Piano, solo Piano, solo is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Riccardo Milani. It is based on the book by Walter Veltroni "Il disco del mondo - Vita breve di Luca Flores, musicista" and it depicts real life events of jazz pianist and composer Luca Flores ().
Ulrich Fugger the Younger Ulrich Fugger the Younger (1490 - 1525; "von der Lilie") was a German merchant and businessman from the Fugger family. Active in Augsburg, he was the second-eldest son of Ulrich Fugger the Elder and Veronika Lauginger. In 1516 he married Veronika Gassner. He was a successful businessman and hi...
Luca Parmitano Luca Parmitano (born 27 September 1976 in Paternò, Sicily) is an Italian engineer and astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA). The astronauts work on missions at the International Space Station. He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009.
Snooker season 2011/2012 The 2011/2012 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 1 June 2011 and 7 May 2012. The Brazil Masters became the first professional event held in South America, and the Australian Goldfields Open the first ranking event in Australia. The World Cup was held again after 1...
Walter Hearne Walter Hearne (15 January 1864 – 2 April 1925) was an English cricketer for Kent CCC. He was the elder brother of the great Middlesex bowler J.T.Hearne and was a bowler of somewhat similar style, being a medium paced right-hander with great accuracy and a pronounced off-break. However, unlike his younger ...
Ernle baronets The Ernle Baronetcy, of Etchilhampton in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 February 1660/61 for Walter Ernle, later Member of Parliament for Devizes. He died 25 July 1682, and was buried at Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire. He was succeeded by his grandson,...
Otto F. Walter Otto F. Walter (5 June 1928 born as "Otto Friedrich Walter" – 24 September 1994) was a Swiss publisher (Walter Verlag), author and novelist, which is well known in the German language countries. Otto Friedrich Walter was the younger brother of Silja Walter, a Benedictine nun in the Fahr Abbey and also a ...
Hans Bocksberger der Ältere Hans Bocksberger was born in Mondsee, the son of Ulrich and Anna Bocksberger. The work of his father Ulrich Bocksberger is largely unknown. Hans may have initially studied with his father, then later traveled to Italy where he picked up styles he would later incorporate into his own work. Ha...
Titta Ruffo Titta Ruffo (9 June 1877 - 5 July 1953), born as Ruffo Titta Cafiero, was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca, who said of Ruffo: "His was not...
Walter de Clare Walter de Clare or Walter fitzRichard (died probably 1137 or 1138) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and founder of Tintern Abbey. A member of a powerful family, Walter was a younger son who was given lands around Chepstow Castle by King Henry I of England sometime before 1119. Walter continued to appear in ...
International Harvester S-Series (bus chassis) The bus chassis of the International S-Series is a cowled bus chassis (conventional style) that was produced by International Harvester (later Navistar International) from 1979 to 2004. Produced primarily for school bus applications, the S-Series/3800 bus chassis was used ...
International Harvester L-Series The International Harvester L-Series was introduced by International Harvester in fall 1949 as the replacement for the KB-Series and were available as everything from light pickup trucks and delivery vehicles to full-size tractor-trailers. Electric wipers, a radio, and a clock were opti...
Farmall M The Farmall M, produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1939 to 1952, is a row crop tractor. The M was the largest of International Harvester's row crop tractors during its original production. It was the larger of the two prominent row crop tractors produced by IH from the late 1930s ...
International Harvester The International Harvester Company (abbreviated first IHC and later IH) (now known as Navistar International Corporation) was a United States manufacturer of agricultural machinery, construction equipment, trucks, and household and commercial products. In 1902, J.P. Morgan merged the McCormick ...
Carl Bailey Company Building The Carl Bailey Company Building is a historic commercial building at 3100 East Broadway in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Built about 1945, it is an International style structure modeled on the International Harvester "Servicenter" design of noted industrial designer Raymond Loewy, one of hi...
Further (bus) Further, also known as Furthur, is a 1939 International Harvester school bus purchased by author Ken Kesey in 1964 to carry his "Merry Band of Pranksters" cross-country, filming their counterculture adventures as they went. Due to the chaos of the trip and editing difficulties, the footage of their journe...
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe that was published in 1968. The book is remembered today as an early – and arguably the most popular – example of the growing literary style called New Journalism. Wolfe presents an as-if-firsthand account of the experienc...
International Harvester C-Series The International Harvester C-Series is a series of pickup trucks that were built by International Harvester from 1961 to 1968. They succeeded the earlier B-series range.
International Harvester S-Series The International Harvester S-Series is a range of trucks that was manufactured by International Harvester (later Navistar International) from 1977 to 2001. Introduced to consolidate the medium-duty IHC Loadstar and heavy-duty IHC Fleetstar into a single product range, the S-Series was ...
Farmall H The Farmall H, produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1939 to 1953, is a two-plow row crop tractor. It was one of the most widely-produced of International Harvester's "letter series", with approximately 390,000 produced over the 14-year run. The H is equipped with a 4-cylinder engin...