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Obafemi Martins Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins (born 28 October 1984) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Shanghai Greenland Shenhua. He is known for his speed on the ball.
2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season The 2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season is Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 12th season in the Chinese Super League and 53rd overall in the Chinese top flight. They will also compete in the Chinese FA Cup.
Giovanni Moreno Giovanni Andrés Moreno Cardona (born 1 July 1986) is a Colombian footballer who plays for and captains Chinese Super League club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua where he primarily operates as an attacking midfielder.
Kim Kee-hee Kim Kee-hee (Hangul: 김기희 ; ] or ] ] ; born 13 July 1989) is a South Korean footballer who mainly plays as a centre back for Shanghai Greenland Shenhua in the Chinese Super League. He can also be fielded as a defensive midfielder.
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Football Club (), is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term "shen hua" literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in English – "shen"...
2014 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season The 2014 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 11th season in the Chinese Super League and 52nd overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup, reaching the Semi-Finals.
Fredy Guarín Fredy Alejandro Guarín Vásquez (] ; born 30 June 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Chinese club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC. A versatile player, he is comfortable as a central, defensive or right midfielder.
2016 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season The 2016 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season is Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 13th season in the Chinese Super League and 54th overall in the Chinese top flight. They will also compete in the Chinese FA Cup.
Kitsap County Transportation Company The Kitsap County Transportation Company was an important steamboat and ferry company that operated on Puget Sound. The company was founded in 1898 as the Hansen Transportation Company.
Fifth Avenue Transportation Company The Fifth Avenue Transportation Company was a transportation company based in New York which was founded in 1885 and operated of horse-and-omninbus transit along Fifth Avenue, with a route running from 89th Street to Bleecker Street using horse-drawn omnibuses. Fifth Avenue was unusu...
Marquette Transportation Company The Marquette Transportation Company is a marine transportation company based in Paducah, Kentucky, United States.
Northern Transportation Company Northern Transportation Company Limited (NTCL) is a marine transportation company in the Canadian and American Arctic owned by Norterra, a holding company that is owned by the Inuvialuit of the Northwest Territories. While primarily a marine freight hauler on Canadian rivers, like the Ma...
1160th Transportation Company 1160th Transportation Company (PLS) was constituted 1 September 2009 in the Georgia Army National Guard to be known as the 1160th Transportation Company (PLS). The 1160th TC (PLS) is a member of the 348th Brigade Support Battalion; 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, The unit was organized...
Merchants Transportation Company The Merchants Transportation Company was a shipping firm that operated on Puget Sound from 1905 to 1929. This company should not be confused with the similarly named Merchants Transportation Company of Olympia, formed in 1874 and a completely separate firm.
Shaver Transportation Company The Shaver Transportation Company is an inland water freight transportation company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The company was founded in 1880 and played a major role in the development of freight transport in the Portland area and along the Columbia.
List of SEPTA Rapid transit stations The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority contains two major rapid transit lines; The Market–Frankford Line and the Broad Street Line, both of which were inherited from the former Philadelphia Transportation Company, and originally built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transi...
North China Transportation Company The North China Transportation Company (華北交通株式会社, Japanese: "Kahoku Kōtsū Kabushiki Kaisha", Chinese: "Huáběi Jiāotōng Zhūshì Huìshè") was a transportation company in the territory of the collaborationist Provisional Government of the Republic of China during the Japanese occupation.
New York Transportation Company The New York Transportation Company (originally New York Electrical Vehicle Transportation Company) was a company incorporated in New Jersey in 1899 as the 'New York Electrical Vehicle Transportation Company' which changed its name to the "New York Transportation Company" in 1902 and was...
Firstar Center Firstar Center was the name previously used by two buildings before Firstar Corporation changed its name to U.S. Bancorp. The two buildings are now named:
Prince Motor Company The Prince Motor Company was a Japanese automobile manufacturer from 1952 until its merger with Nissan in 1966. Prince began as the Tachikawa Aircraft Company, a manufacturer of various airplanes for the Japanese Army in World War II, e.g., the Ki-36, Ki-55 and Ki-74. Tachikawa Aircraft Company was...
Lynx Software Technologies Lynx Software Technologies, Inc. (formerly LynuxWorks) is a San Jose, California software company founded in 1988. Lynx Software Technologies specializes in secure virtualization and open and reliable real-time operating system (RTOS). Originally known as Lynx Real-Time Systems, the company c...
Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton Implement Company The Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton Implement Company buildings in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, are a pair of buildings designed by Kees and Colburn. The two buildings are united under a common cornice and appear to be a single structure. However, the two buil...
Beer in South Korea Beer, called maekju (맥주 ; 麥酒 ) in Korean, was first introduced to Korea in the early 20th century. Seoul's first beer brewery opened in 1908. Two current major breweries date back to the 1920s. The third brewery established in Korea, Jinro Coors Brewery, was founded in the 1990s. It was later acquir...
Firstar Corporation Firstar Corporation was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based regional bank holding company that later became U.S. Bancorp, a nationwide bank corporation in the United States. In 2001, Firstar acquired U.S. Bancorp and assumed its name, moving its headquarters to Minneapolis.
Collinsville City Hall and Fire Station The Collinsville City Hall and Fire Station are two connected buildings located at 125 Center St. in Collinsville, Illinois. The Italianate City Hall was built in 1885. It was Collinsville's first dedicated city hall; prior to its completion, government meetings were held at the ...
Northwestern Knitting Company Factory building The Northwestern Knitting Company Factory, also known as Munsingwear Corporation and later as International Market Square, is a former factory building in the Sumner-Glenwood neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The company was founded in 1888 by George D...
Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. was a textile company based in Preston, Lancashire. The company was originally formed in 1791 under the name of Horrocks. Over the centuries, the name of the company changed with the involvement of various business partners and when the company merged with other...
Royal Worcester Corset Company The Royal Worcester Corset Company, was founded as The Worcester Skirt Company by David Hale Fanning in 1861 in Worcester, MA, and first specialized in making hoop skirts. In 1872 the company changed its name to the Worcester Corset Co., to reflect its change of direction from hoop skirts...
Boys Like Girls (album) Boys Like Girls is the debut album from the band Boys Like Girls.
Acapella (Karmin song) "Acapella" is a song by American music duo Karmin. It was released on July 9, 2013 by Epic Records as the lead single from their debut studio album, "Pulses" (2014). The single was written by group members Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan, as well as Sam Hollander and Boys Like Girls frontman, Marti...
Love Drunk Love Drunk is the second studio album recorded by rock/pop band Boys Like Girls. The album was recorded half in New York City and Vancouver because there are "two different producers/production teams, two different environments, and two different styles of inspiration", stated by the band's frontman, Martin ...
Heart Heart Heartbreak "Heart Heart Heartbreak" is a song written by Boys Like Girls' lead singer Martin Johnson, along with Sam Hollander and Dave Katz of the production team S*A*M and Sluggo. The song is the third single released from Boys Like Girls' second studio album, "Love Drunk" and was released on April 13, 20...
Love Drunk (disambiguation) Love Drunk is a 2009 album by Boys Like Girls.
Boys Like Girls Boys Like Girls is an American pop rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2005, the group gained mainstream recognition when it released its self-titled debut album. Boys Like Girls was the co-headliner with Good Charlotte for the Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour 2008 that toured across the Unite...
Two Is Better Than One "Two Is Better Than One" is a song by the American rock band Boys Like Girls from their second studio album "Love Drunk" (2009) and this song features American singer Taylor Swift. It was written by Martin Johnson and Swift and the song is the band's second official single from the album. On some...
Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour The Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour was a tour that was co-headlined by Good Charlotte, and pop-rock band, Boys Like Girls. The Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour included guest bands such as Metro Station and The Maine on selected dates. The tour consisted of 39 dates in the United States and...
Love Drunk (Boys Like Girls song) "Love Drunk" is the lead single from rock band Boys Like Girls' second studio album of the same name (2009). It is their second highest charting single to date, peaking at No. 22 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and has received generally positive reviews. It was first released in the US on ...
Bad for Me "Bad for Me" is a debut single by the American pop duo Megan and Liz, released on July 31, 2012. The sisters co-wrote the song with Rob Hawkins and producer Martin Johnson of Boys Like Girls. It peaked at #34 on the US Pop Songs chart.
2016 Pakistan Super League Final The 2016 Pakistan Super League Final was a Twenty20 cricket match played on 23 February 2016, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai between Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United to determine the winner of the 2016 season of the Pakistan Super League.
Peshawar Zalmi in 2016 The Peshawar Zalmi is a franchise cricket team that represents Peshawar in the Pakistan Super League. They are one of the five teams that had a competition in the 2016 Pakistan Super League. The team was captained by Shahid Afridi, and they stand on first position after winning six matches from t...
Quetta Gladiators in 2016 The Quetta Gladiators is a franchise cricket team that represents Quetta in the Pakistan Super League. They are one of the five teams that had a competition in the 2016 Pakistan Super League. The team was captained by Sarfraz Ahmed, and they stand on second position after winning four matches ...
Ab Khel Ke Dikha "Ab Khel Ke Dikha" (English: Time to Play the Game ) was the official anthem of the 2016 Pakistan Super League, the first season of the Pakistan Super League. It was written and sung by Ali Zafar.
Karachi Kings in 2016 The Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that represents Karachi in the Pakistan Super League. They are one of the five teams that had a competition in the 2016 Pakistan Super League. The team was captained by Shoaib Malik and then by Ravi Bopara, and they stand on fourth position after winni...
Multan Tigers The Multan Tigers are a Pakistani Domestic T20 Cricket team based in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. The team was established in 2004 and its home ground is the Multan Cricket Stadium. There was first expected to be a Multani team in 2016 Pakistan Super League but after the Pakistan Cricket Board announced the ...
Lahore Qalandars in 2016 The Lahore Qalandars is a franchise cricket team that represents Lahore in the Pakistan Super League. They are one of the five teams that had a competition in the 2016 Pakistan Super League. The team was captained by Azhar Ali, and they stand on fifth position after winning just two matches fro...
2016 Pakistan Super League squads This is a list of squads for the five franchises which will competed in the 2016 Pakistan Super League. Initial squads were finalised after the 2016 Pakistan Super League players draft in December 2015.
2016 Pakistan Super League The 2016 Pakistan Super League or HBL PSL 2016 was the debut season of the Pakistan Super League which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The tournament featured five teams and was held from 4 February 2016 to 23 February 2016 in the United Arab Emirates. The opening ceremony and ...
List of Karachi Kings cricketers This is a list of cricketers who have represented Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League since the 2016 Pakistan Super League. Players are listed alphabetically using the standard naming format of their country of origin followed by the year(s) that they have been active as an Karac...
Wallaceton (Chesapeake, Virginia) Wallaceton is a historic home located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The original section was built between 1853 and 1863, as a company store. It was expanded after the American Civil War. It is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has flat corner pilasters, a h...
Dismal Swamp State Park Dismal Swamp State Park is a North Carolina state park in Camden County, North Carolina in the United States. The park was created as a state natural area in 1974 with the help of The Nature Conservancy, and on July 28, 2007 the NC General Assembly re-designated it as a state park. It opened to ...
Great Dismal Swamp maroons The Great Dismal Swamp maroons were freed and escaped slaves who inhabited the marshlands of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina. Although conditions were harsh, research suggests that thousands lived there between about 1700 and the 1860s. Harriett Beecher Stowe told the ma...
Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal The Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, also known as the P & O Canal, the Cross Cut Canal and the Mahoning Canal was a shipping canal which operated from 1840 until 1877 (though the canal was completely abandoned by 1872). It was unique in that it served to connect canals in two states (the Ohio a...
Moses Grandy Moses Grandy (  1786 - unknown), was an African-American author, abolitionist, and, for more than the first four decades of his life, an enslaved person. At eight years of age he became the property of his playmate, James Grandy and two years later he was hired out for work. The monies Moses earned were co...
Low Bridge (song) The popular song "Low Bridge, Everybody Down" was written in 1905 by Thomas S. Allen after Erie Canal barge traffic was converted from mule power to engine power, raising the speed of traffic. Also known as "Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal", "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal", "Erie Canal Song", and "M...
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974 to help protect and preserve a portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, N...
Erie Canal Lock 52 Complex Erie Canal Lock 52 Complex is a national historic district located at Port Byron and Mentz in Cayuga County, New York. The district includes two contributing buildings (the Erie House and the blacksmith shop / mule barn); three contributing engineering structures (Erie Canal Lock 52, culvert,...
Beaver and Erie Canal The Beaver and Erie Canal, also known as the Erie Extension Canal, was part of the Pennsylvania Canal system and consisted of three sections: the Beaver Division, the Shenango Division, and the Conneaut Division. The canal ran 136 mi north–south near the western edge of the state from the Ohio Riv...
Dismal Swamp Canal The Dismal Swamp Canal is located along the eastern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina in the United States. It is the oldest continually operating man-made canal in the United States, opened in 1805, and closed in October 2016. It is part of the Intracoastal Waterway, an i...
Scott Gregory Scott Chase Gregory (born July 31, 1959 in Auburn, New York) is an American former competitive ice dancer. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics with Elisa Spitz. He then paired with Suzanne Semanick, with whom he won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and competed at the Olym...
2010 Russian Figure Skating Championships The 2010 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию на коньках 2010 ) was the Russian Figure Skating Championships of the 2009–10 figure skating season. They were the national championship to determine the national champions of Russia. ...
Maxim Bolotin Maxim Bolotin (born 6 August 1982) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Oksana Domnina, he won the bronze medal at the 2002 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships, placed 7th at the 2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and placed 4th at the 2001–2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final...
Benjamin Delmas Benjamin Delmas (born 17 May 1976) is a French former competitive ice dancer. He had the most success with partner Alia Ouabdelsselam. They teamed up in 1997 and split in 2002. During their career, they won the 2002 French Figure Skating Championships and placed as high as 13th at the European Figure Sk...
Alia Ouabdelsselam Alia Ouabdelsselam (born 20 April 1978) is a French former competitive ice dancer. She competed for most of her career with Benjamin Delmas. They teamed up in 1997 and split in 2002. During their career, they won the 2002 French Figure Skating Championships and placed as high as 13th at the European ...
Ivan Blagov Ivan Blagov (born 31 January 1986 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian figure skater who currently competes representing Azerbaijan. He has represented Azerbaijan at the European Figure Skating Championships and the World Figure Skating Championships. His father Vasilii Blagov competed at the World level for the...
Nikolai Morozov (figure skater) Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (Russian: Николай Александрович Морозов ; born 17 December 1975) is a Russian figure skating coach and choreographer. He coached Shizuka Arakawa to the 2006 Olympic gold medal and Miki Ando to two World titles. He is a former competitive ice dancer who appea...
Roberto Pelizzola Roberto Pelizzola (born 13 October 1958 in Milan) is an Italian figure skating coach and former competitive ice dancer. He competed twice at the Olympics.
Tatiana Tarasova Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova (Russian:    , born 13 February 1947) is a Russian figure skating coach and national figure skating team adviser. Tarasova has been coach to more world and Olympic champions than any other coach in skating history. Her students have won a total of eight Olympic gold medals ...
Ekaterina Gvozdkova Ekaterina Gvozdkova (Russian: Екатерина Гвоздкова ; born August 4, 1981) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. She won the bronze medal at the 1995 Lysiane Lauret Challenge with Nikolai Morozov. With Timur Alaskhanov, she competed at three Grand Prix events and at the 2001 Winter Universiade. ...
Barbed tape Barbed tape or razor wire is a mesh of metal strips with sharp edges whose purpose is to prevent passage by humans. The term "razor wire", through long usage, has generally been used to describe barbed tape products. While razor wire is much sharper than the standard barbed wire, it is named after its appea...
The Barbed Wire Patent The Barbed Wire Patent Case, 143 U.S. 275 was a significant patent dispute in 1892 between plaintiff Joseph Glidden and the USPTO regarding the right of barbed wire. Lucian Smith was the original inventor in 1867 and held patent rights for it, with Glidden making changes to it in 1874 that he bel...
Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum The Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum is a museum located in McLean, Texas, United States. The museum was officially opened in 1991 and focuses on barbed wire and its history. The museum is thought to have the largest collection of published material concerning barbed wire.
Wire obstacle In the military science of fortification, wire obstacles are defensive obstacles made from barbed wire, barbed tape or concertina wire. They are designed to disrupt, delay and generally slow down an attacking enemy. During the time that the attackers are slowed down by the wire obstacle (or possibly delib...
Concertina wire Concertina wire or Dannert Wire is a type of barbed wire or razor wire that is formed in large coils which can be expanded like a concertina. In conjunction with plain barbed wire and steel pickets, it is used to form military wire obstacles.
Cheval de frise The cheval de frise (plural: chevaux de frise ] , "Frisian horses") was a medieval defensive anti-cavalry measure consisting of a portable frame (sometimes just a simple log) covered with many projecting long iron or wooden spikes or spears. They were principally intended as an anti-cavalry obstacle but...
Joseph F. Glidden House The Joseph F. Glidden House is located in the United States in the DeKalb County, Illinois city of DeKalb. It was the home to the famed inventor of barbed wire Joseph Glidden. The barn, still located on the property near several commercial buildings, is said to be where Glidden perfected his imp...
Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire" (Roud 9618) is a war song of World War I. The song sarcastically recounts the location of various army members, not to be found in the combat zone, and concludes by describing the location of the old battalion: ""hanging on the old barbed wire"". A barbed ...
Kansas Barbed Wire Museum The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum is a barbed wire museum located in La Crosse, Kansas, United States, known as the “Barbed Wire Capital of the World.” The museum focuses on barbed wire and its history, displaying over 2,000 different forms of the wire and its history. Barbed wire played a signifi...
Jacob Haish Jacob Haish (March 9, 1826 – February 19, 1926) was one of the first inventors of barbed wire. His type of barbed wire was in direct competition with the other barbed wire manufacturers in DeKalb, Illinois. He was a known carpenter and architect in DeKalb County and designed several prominent DeKalb homes.
Feathers (American band) Feathers is the electronic music project of Anastasia Dimou, formed in 2011 in Austin, Texas. The band's live lineup has included Christine Aprile (Silent Diane), Drew Citron (Frankie Rose, Beverly, Avan Lava), Alex Gehring (Ringo Deathstarr), Jordan Johns (Sound Team), Jon Minor, Destiny Monta...
Night Striker Night Striker (ナイトストライカー , Naito Sutoraikā ) is a 1989 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Taito for the Taito Z System. In the game, the player flies an armoured car shooting enemy invaders to destroy a terrorist organisation. "Night Striker" combines gameplay elements of Sega's "Space Har...
Konami Kukeiha Club Konami Kukeiha Club (コナミ矩形波倶楽部 , konami kukeiha kurabu , lit. "Konami Square Wave Club", referring to square waves used in chiptunes in the 1980s) is Konami's sound team. It is often confused with 矩形波倶楽部 (Kukeiha Club), Konami's in-house band that has released albums consisting of their studio perfo...
Sound Team Sound Team was an American band based in Austin, Texas that formed in 2000 around principal songwriters Bill Baird and Matt Oliver. For most of their recording career, Sound Team consisted of Bill Baird (bass, guitar, vocals), Matt Oliver (guitar, piano, vocals), Jordan Johns (drums, percussion), Sam Sanford...
Matt Oliver Matt Oliver (born June 14, 1979), is an American musician and producer. Oliver is a former member of indie rock bands Sound Team and TV Torso and has toured extensively with The Walkmen's Peter Matthew Bauer. Oliver's engineering credits include sessions with Bill Callahan
S.S.T. Band The S.S.T. Band (エスエスティーバンド ) (Sega Sound Team) was Sega's official in-house band from 1988 to 1993, specializing in rock versions of Sega arcade game themes for Japan-only compilation albums and festival appearances. Consisting of six musicians who worked in Sega's sound department at the time, the band in...
Hiroshi Kawaguchi (composer) Hiroshi Kawaguchi (川口 博史 , Kawaguchi Hiroshi , born April 12, 1965) is a Japanese video game music composer and keyboardist who works for Sega. He is among the oldest of the Sega sound team members, and one of the few from the 1980s still active today. He joined Sega in 1984 as a programmer...
Tenmon (composer) Tenmon (天門 ) , born Atsushi Shirakawa (白川 篤史 , Shirakawa Atsushi ) , is a Japanese music composer from Tokyo, Japan born in 1971. He worked in the Nihon Falcom Corporation as one of the members of Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.. During his time with Falcom, he has composed much music for Falcom games, most ...
Bill Baird (musician) Bill Baird is an American musician and creative technologist. Formerly a member of Sound Team, Baird began performing solo in 2006, first as "<nowiki></nowiki>" and later under his own name. He appeared in the 2010 documentary "", a chronicle of the Austin, Texas music scene, where he offered a ne...
English cricket team in Australia in 1946–47 The English cricket team in Australia in 1946–47 was captained by Wally Hammond, with Norman Yardley as his vice-captain and Bill Edrich as the senior professional. It played as England in the 1946-47 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches...
Cynthia Felice Cynthia Felice (born October 12, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American science fiction writer. Her first novel, "Godsfire", and her first short story, "David and Lindy", were published in 1978. She and Connie Willis have co-written three novels that are often considered young adult fiction, accordin...
Anna and the King of Siam (film) Anna and the King of Siam is a 1946 drama film directed by John Cromwell. An adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same name by Margaret Landon, it was based on the fictionalized diaries of Anna Leonowens, an Anglo-Indian woman who claimed to be British and became governess in the Royal C...
The King and I The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel, "Anna and the King of Siam" (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the...
A Letter from the Clearys "A Letter from the Clearys" is a short story written by Connie Willis published in the short story collections "Fire Watch" (1984) and "The Best of Connie Willis" (2013). In 1983 it won the Nebula Award for best science fiction published in the two years prior to 1983.
Margaret Landon Margaret Landon (September 7, 1903 – December 4, 1993) was an American writer best remembered for "Anna and the King of Siam", her best-selling 1944 novel of the life of Anna Leonowens which eventually sold over a million copies and was translated into more than twenty languages. In 1950, Landon sold th...
The King and I (1956 film) The King and I is a 1956 American musical film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is based on the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical "The King and I", based in turn on the novel...
Connie Willis Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major awards than any other writer—most recently the year's "Best Novel" Hugo and N...
The Soul Selects Her Own Society The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective is a 1996 science fiction short story by Connie Willis. It was first published in "Asimov's Science Fiction" in April 1996, but written fo...
The Last of the Winnebagos "The Last of the Winnebagos" is a short story written by Connie Willis. It was first published in "Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" in 1988, and reprinted in the short story collections "Impossible Things" (1994) and "The Best of Connie Willis' (2013).
Even the Queen "Even the Queen" is a science fiction short story by Connie Willis, exploring the long-term cultural effects of scientific control of menstruation. It was originally published in 1992 in "Asimov's Science Fiction", and appears in Willis' short-story collection "Impossible Things" (1994) and "The Best of ...
William McGrath William McGrath (11 December 1916 – 1992) was a loyalist from Northern Ireland who founded the far-right organisation Tara in the 1960s, having also been prominent in the Orange Order until his expulsion due to his paedophilia. A house master in Kincora Boys' Home in East Belfast, in 1981 he was jailed ...
Operation Demetrius Operation Demetrius was a British Army operation in Northern Ireland on 9–10 August 1971, during the Troubles. It involved the mass arrest and internment (imprisonment without trial) of 342 people suspected of being involved with the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which was waging a campaign for a uni...