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tracks are flipped horizontally . In Grand Prix mode , the player competes against seven computer @-@ controlled racers in a series of predetermined courses . Unlike previous Mario Kart games , which featured four playable cups , Mario Kart DS features a total of eight cups : Mushroom , Flower , Star , Special , Shell... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
ouf 's part in this action , the Battle of Hondschoote , earned him his promotion to Major General on 23 frimaire an II ( 13 December 1793 ) . When Jourdan did not order an aggressive pursuit , both he and Ernouf were recalled by the Committee of Public Safety in disgrace . He was suspended on suspicion of being a coun... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
jawbone . He spent the weekend before the operation writing one final song for Pipe Dream . The surgery required removal of part of the jawbone and tongue , and some of the lymph nodes . The operation took place on September 21 , 1955 ; within ten days of the operation he was back in the theatre watching rehearsals , ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
28 mph ) . Thirteen of her Corsairs had been airborne at the time of the attack and they operated from the other carriers for a time . The damage to the boiler room and its steam pipes was repaired so that the centre boilers could be reconnected to the engines at 02 : 00 the next day .
The bombardment significantly ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
that time . As Johor prospered from the large revenues generated from the gambier and pepper plantations managed by the Kapitan Cina , Abu Bakar gave generous provisions to the Kapitan Cina in recognition for their contributions to the state ; among his beneficiaries was a long @-@ time family friend , Tan Hiok Nee , ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the team fell to the bottom of the NWHL standings in 1934 – 35 , winning only three games . They once again finished in last place in 1935 – 36 and were embroiled in another disputer with Edmonton over the rights to a player as the Eskimos claimed they had gained the rights to Tony Savage from the Montreal Canadiens t... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
film 's script as a part of their film study curriculum . Narasimha Reddy considered Malliswari his best work as a filmmaker , and the film was recognised as such . Malliswari 's success led to Rama Rao 's resurgence from a career slump . A 2004 Telugu film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar was also titled Malliswari and ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
freeway was completed between Interstate 78 and the John F. Kennedy Parkway in 1972 . The Route 24 designation was moved to the new freeway and Route 124 was designated along the former alignment of Route 24 east of this point , which included frontage roads built where the new freeway ran along the old alignment of t... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Mitch killed about 7 @,@ 000 people in Honduras , with 11 @,@ 000 missing in the months after the storm . There were 8 @,@ 000 people listed as missing about ten days after Mitch struck , although problems with record @-@ keeping made it difficult to determine the exact total . Choluteca Department in the southern por... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
believing it to be too explicit for a film that worked hard to make things implicit . According to Harris , film censors demanded that Theo never be shown to touch Eleanor , in order to keep the lesbianism less obvious .
= = Reception = =
The Haunting was released on 18 September 1963 . Audiences were frightened b... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
which earned it the nickname " Manchester of the East " .
The Indian independence movement developed roots in the city when Mahatma Gandhi established two ashrams – the Kochrab Ashram near Paldi in 1915 and the Satyagraha Ashram ( now Sabarmati Ashram ) on the banks of the Sabarmati in 1917 – which would become cent... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
The Simpsons : " Like Father , Like Clown " and " I 'm with Cupid " . In the former , Krusty plays the album while a visitor at the Simpsons household . In " I 'm with Cupid " , Apu 's record collection contains The Concert Against Bangladesh , which features a picture of a mushroom cloud on the cover , reflecting Ind... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of the Ex @-@ WRANS Association was devoted to their former teacher and patron . Amongst the memories recorded therein is a statement McKenzie made two days before she died : " ... it is finished , and I have proved to them all that women can be as good as , or better than men . "
= Brabham =
Motor Racing Developm... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
other than the United States Marine Band served as the musical escort to the President of the United States .
The day after the inauguration the band was invited to perform for the president and Mrs. Taft at the White House , becoming the first band in history from outside the continental United States to perform at... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
under the minimum salaries as designated by the Writer 's Guild of America . After Fontana continued to oppose the rates offered that were lower than dictated by WGA rates , Roddenberry brought his personal lawyer , Leonard Maizlish to argue his case . Gerrold found that Maizlish 's influence changed Roddenberry , and... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
addleworth .
In 616 Æthelfrith of Bernicia , an Anglo @-@ Saxon King , crossed the Pennines with an army and passed through Manchester to defeat the Britons in the Battle of Chester . A wave of Anglian colonists followed this military conquest and their settlements are identified by the Old English suffix ton in loca... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the centre , an icy mantle in the middle and an outer gaseous hydrogen / helium envelope . The core is relatively small , with a mass of only 0 @.@ 55 Earth masses and a radius less than 20 % of Uranus 's ; the mantle comprises its bulk , with around 13 @.@ 4 Earth masses , and the upper atmosphere is relatively insub... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
they belonged to a union or not ... Ask them whether , when any men or any committee of men , came to me with a complaint if I ever refused to see them ... Ask them if I ever in my life intentionally wronged any workingman . I never did .
After Hanna issued the challenge , unions representing his workers confirmed h... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
0 to 24 kilowatts ( 27 to 32 hp ) at 67 volts . Steering was controlled by a single rudder .
The ships ' propulsion system varied slightly in performance . Meteor 's engines were rated at 4 @,@ 500 indicated horsepower ( 3 @,@ 400 kW ) for a top speed of 19 knots ( 35 km / h ; 22 mph ) , though she exceeded both figu... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
10 singles , a record for a hard rock act . In 1988 from 25 June to 5 November , the number one spot on the Billboard 200 album chart was held by a hard rock album for 18 out of 20 consecutive weeks ; the albums were OU812 , Hysteria , Appetite for Destruction , and New Jersey . A final wave of glam rock bands arrived... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
that Wright began offering McAvoy parts in his films . McAvoy kept declining them , however , and it wasn 't until six years later that the two actually worked together .
He also starred in Privates on Parade in the Donmar Warehouse , this time catching Sam Mendes ' attention . Also in 2001 , the actor appeared as P... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
izans , or open turrets , and similar projections occur halfway along each wall . The parapet is supported on projecting stones , or corbels , arranged in a pattern of two tiers which alternate , rendering the lower tier purely decorative . Edzell represents an early occurrence of this style , known as chequered corbel... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
" The Empire of Brazil was determined to extend its zone of influence over South America .
The cabinet settled upon a risky alternative to resolve the complicated situation in the Platine region . Instead of undertaking a period of conscription to build up the Brazilian Army , which would have been costly , the Coun... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Embothrium wickhamii by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche in 1911 after a collection by J.L.Boorman , the Dorrigo waratah was raised to species status and reclassified as Oreocallis pinnata by Dutch botanist Hermann Otto Sleumer in 1954 . The Australian members of the genus Oreocallis were recognised as markedly distinct... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
s son Gagik II ( r . 1042 – 1045 ) succeeded them both and began consolidating his position . The chief danger to his throne was the Byzantine Empire , which throughout the early 11th century had been encroaching on the Armenian principalities . Hovhannes @-@ Smbat had even bequeathed his kingdom to the Empire , and af... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Avenger and master archer who previously worked as an agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. Whedon said that Hawkeye interacts more with the other characters in the film , as opposed to the first film where the character had been " possessed pretty early by a bad guy and had to walk around all scowly . " As the character did not app... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
, over 30 @,@ 000 homes were damaged , 100 houses were destroyed , and 7 @,@ 000 individuals were left homeless . Damage in the Philippines totaled to $ 25 @.@ 3 million . Even though Lynn passed a bit south of Taiwan , the storm brought widespread damage to the nation . Nine children were swept away and killed on a f... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
is heavy and steady . It flies with its wings held flat or very slightly above horizontal , in what is called the dihedral position . The flight of the greater yellow @-@ headed is an example of static soaring flight , which uses thermals to maintain altitude without the need to flap its wings . The greater yellow @-@... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
gathered interviews from 108 Tibetan individuals discussing the political situation , all of whom agreed to have their faces shown on camera . The pair gathered 40 hours of interview footage shot by a single camera . They had completed filming and just smuggled the tapes out of Lhasa , the Tibetan capital , when riots... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
As the art department 's mechanical sharks suffered many malfunctions , Spielberg decided to mostly suggest the animal 's presence , employing an ominous , minimalistic theme created by composer John Williams to indicate the shark 's impending appearances . Spielberg and others have compared this suggestive approach t... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
ριον phylacterion , form of phylássein , φυλάσσειν meaning " to guard , protect " ) , are a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah . They are worn by male observant Jews during weekday morning prayers .
Although " tefillin " is technically the plural form... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
actor in The Man Who Laughs , [ the 1928 movie based on the novel ] by Victor Hugo . ... Bill Finger had a book with a photograph of Conrad Veidt and showed it to me and said , ' Here 's the Joker ' . Jerry Robinson had absolutely nothing to do with it , but he 'll always say he created it till he dies . He brought in... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Star in a mid @-@ ocean transfer . The ship 's doctor and nurse attended to the sailor but were unable to save him .
President Arthur sailed on her last transatlantic voyage from Bremen on 18 October 1923 , carrying 656 passengers to New York . Anchoring off Gravesend Bay on 30 October , President Arthur was one of ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
station code is FIT . There are three platforms but minimal facilities . The station is managed by Great Western Railway , the seventh company to be responsible for the station , and the third franchise since privatisation in 1997 . They provide most train services at the station , with two trains per day operated by ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
her 240 @-@ millimeter guns was increased which extended their range to 18 @,@ 000 meters ( 20 @,@ 000 yd ) .
= = Career and construction = =
The ship was named after Honoré Riqueti , comte de Mirabeau , an early leader of the French Revolution . Construction of Mirabeau began on 8 May 1906 by the Arsenal de Lorie... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
from the prison ship HMS Maidstone by swimming to freedom , resulting in them being dubbed the " Magnificent Seven " . On 31 October 1973 , three leading IRA members , including former Chief of Staff Seamus Twomey , escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin when a hijacked helicopter landed in the exercise yard of the pr... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
agricultural products such as oranges , avocados , dairy products and fish , and others based on world trends have been introduced over the years , and chefs trained abroad have brought in elements of other international cuisines .
= = History = =
= = = Origins = = =
Israel ’ s culinary traditions comprise foods... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
coast of North Carolina . A rapidly approaching trough caused Amy to turn sharply eastward before the storm took a general northeastward track . On July 2 , the storm reached its peak intensity with winds of 70 mph ( 110 km / h ) and a barometric pressure of 981 mbar ( hPa ; 28 @.@ 97 inHg ) . During most of the storm... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
6 , 7 " single , 1983 ) ( UK Indie – No. 1 )
" Whodunnit ? " ( 121984 / 4 , 7 " single , 1983 , pressed in " shit @-@ coloured vinyl " ) ( UK Indie – No. 2 )
" You 're Already Dead " / " Nagasaki is Yesterday 's Dog @-@ End " / " Don 't Get Caught " ( 1984 , 7 " single , 1984 )
= = = Other = = =
Penny Rimbaud R... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
been a mainstay since the 1950s . Operations such as Roger Corman 's New World Pictures , Cannon Films , and New Line Cinema brought exploitation films to mainstream theaters around the country . The major studios ' top product was continuing to inflate in running time — in 1970 , the ten biggest earners averaged 140 ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
wielder Tenseigan Chakra Mode , which in turn gives the user an increase in speed , power , strength , durability , and reflexes . It also grants its user Truth @-@ Seeking Balls , thus granting the user all five nature transformations and Yin – Yang Style .
The second concept is a huge energy vessel hidden in the w... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
ball sloughs away , revealing a pre @-@ formed hole ( ostiole ) in the endoperidium , through which the spores can escape . In young puffballs , the internal contents , the gleba , is white and firm , but turns brown and powdery as the spores mature . The gleba contains minute chambers that are lined with hymenium ( th... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
22 volunteers under Lieutenant John Watson was dispatched in 1902 and attached to the 4th Service Company of the 1st Gordon Highlanders . The battalion had already suffered its first fatality after Lieutenant J.A. Bingham succumbed to wounds incurred at Klip River while serving with the Imperial Yeomanry in February 1... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
were shipped 30 kilometres ( 19 mi ) on the Tinnsjø railway ferry to Tinnoset where they connected to the Tinnos Line . The Rjukan Line and the ferries were operated by Norsk Transport , a subsidiary of Norsk Hydro .
Construction of the line started in 1907 , and it opened two years later . It became the second Norw... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
a 2 – 3 record and a 5 @.@ 27 ERA in five starts , the Diamondbacks optioned Corbin to Reno on May 22 , as Daniel Hudson was set to return to the Diamondbacks from the disabled list . Hudson suffered an elbow injury in June , and the Diamondbacks recalled Corbin as a long reliever , while moving Collmenter into the ro... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
audience dissatisfaction ; a reunion with her former group did not last long . Her music , as well as a series of public statements she has issued , have become critical of pop culture and societal institutions . Hill has six children , five of whom are with Rohan Marley , son of reggae legend Bob Marley . In 2012 , s... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
leian Library holding a third . The fourth copy of the 1225 exemplification was held by the museum of the Public Record Office and is now held by The National Archives . The Society of Antiquaries also holds a draft of the 1215 charter ( discovered in 2013 in a late 13th century register from Peterborough Abbey ) , a c... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
press praised him for his contributions to music . On 10 May 2007 , Waters , Gilmour , Wright and Mason performed during a Barrett tribute concert at the Barbican Centre in London . Gilmour , Wright and Mason performed the Barrett compositions , " Bike " and " Arnold Layne " , and Waters performed a solo version of hi... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
On September 28 against Illinois , he had a sack and made a notable lead block on the interception return of a fellow defensive back . In the October 12 victory over Penn State , he made a key defensive play that almost resulted in an interception as part of an overtime goal line stand to hold Penn State to a field go... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
run for public office , agreed to help , in the interest of ensuring a fair trial . Adams was joined by Josiah Quincy II after the latter was assured that the Sons of Liberty would not oppose his appointment , and by Robert Auchmuty , a Loyalist . They were assisted by Sampson Salter Blowers , whose chief duty was to ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
rather than leaving them on the island where personal animosities could fester .
= = The open @-@ boat journey = =
Before leaving , Shackleton instructed Frank Wild that he was to assume full command as soon as the James Caird departed , and that should the journey fail , he was to attempt to take the party to Dec... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
consist of collecting trophies hidden in the city through the use of gadgets to disable traps and barriers . The player can mark Riddler trophies on the in @-@ game map once found if they do not initially have the necessary equipment to complete the puzzle . The player can also reveal the locations of Riddler trophies... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
While FIFA is responsible for arranging competitions and most rules related to international competition , the actual Laws of the Game are set by the International Football Association Board , where each of the UK Associations has one vote , while FIFA collectively has four votes .
= = International competitions =... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
1970s . No substantial damage occurred to the two fossil @-@ fuel units that were still operational at the facility . Several types of sensors were installed at the site to capture strong motion data in this seismically @-@ active area , but the majority of records from the event were considered unreliable due to faul... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
uil , to de Bourlamaque were to hold Carillon as long as possible , then to destroy it , as well as the nearby Fort St. Frédéric , before retreating toward Montreal .
= = British advance and French retreat = =
Although General Amherst had been ordered to move his forces " as early in the year , as on or about , the... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
is operated by the same firm .
= = International relations = =
= = = Twin towns – sister cities = = =
Aalborg maintains cultural , economic and educational ties with 33 cities around the globe , more than any other city in Denmark . Every four years Aalborg gathers young people from most of its twin cities for a... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
,@ 000 . The McGill Tribune currently publishes once a week , circulating approximately 11 @,@ 000 copies across campus . The Bull & Bear , operating under the Management Undergraduate Society , publishes 1 @,@ 000 copies each month . The satirical publication Plumber 's Faucet and its counterpart Plumber 's Legder ( e... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
s Jism , which prevented her from being stereotyped . According to Ghoshal , " Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai " and " Chalo Tumko Lekar Chale " from the film " made everyone look at [ her ] in a new light " , opening the doors to a " versatile image " . She was awarded with another Filmfare trophy for Best Female Playback Singer ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
s whitebeams . Other notable plants include Bristol Rock @-@ cress , Bristol onion , Spiked Speedwell , Autumn Squill and Honewort . Other areas along the river which have this designation include Bickley Wood , Cleeve Wood , Hanham for its large population of Bath Asparagus ( Ornithogalum pyrenaicum ) . Stidham Farm n... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
standard sections of the route between Springwater and Hemlock and from north of Hemlock to Honeoye Falls were improved in stages over the next half @-@ decade , beginning with the piece between the villages of Lima and Honeoye Falls c . 1931 . The remainder of the Hemlock – Honeoye Falls segment and the entirety of t... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
-@ quarters of a mile ( 1 @.@ 2 km ) north of the city between 5 am and 6 am on 23 May . The Reverend William Metcalfe met them , read the Riot Act , and asked what the mob required . On being told that they wanted " the price of a stone of flour per day " and that " our children are starving , give us a living wage , ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
77 @-@ run defeat . Macartney 's return to form was interrupted by an illness , which caused him to miss the following three Test matches . After a two @-@ month layoff , Macartney struck 130 in a match for his state against England .
He returned for the Fifth and final Test , where he recorded his highest Test innin... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
writer of English @-@ language haiku and published under several names , including O. Mabson Southard , O.M.B. Southard and Mabelsson Norway . He was a Communist Party candidate in the 1942 Alabama gubernatorial election . Southard 's older son , Austin , developed schizophrenia and committed suicide several years aft... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
, according to the Government of Russia , intended to protect children from being exposed to content that portrays homosexuality as being a " behavioural norm " . Emphasis was placed upon a goal to protect " traditional " family values ; bill author Yelena Mizulina ( the chair of the Duma 's Committee on Family , Wome... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the other scientist 's workers . Reed was locked out of the Como train station by Carlin and was forced to haul the bones down the bluff and crate the specimens on the train platform in the bitter cold . Cope directed Carlin to set up his own quarry in Como Bluff , while Marsh sent Reed to spy on his former friend . A... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
made landfall on the marshland of southern Louisiana , eventually dissipating over eastern Texas on September 10 . Tropical cyclone watches and warnings had been issued for the storm , and approximately 100 @,@ 000 residents left their homes and sought shelter . Damage was lighter than first feared , but the sugar ind... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the breakaway . Daniel Teklehaimanot took maximum points over the opening four climbs to secure the mountains classification . The Col des Aravis split the breakaway , and on the descent , an attack out of the eighteen @-@ strong leading group by Daniel Navarro ( Cofidis ) and Riccardo Zoidl ( Trek Factory Racing ) ga... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Monkey Island and Full Throttle and the Lucasfilm franchises Star Wars and Indiana Jones .
In 1995 , all of the comics and The Adventurer strips published to that date were released in a compilation , Sam & Max : Surfin ' the Highway . Published by Marlowe & Company , the 154 page book was updated and republished in... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
In Part II , Itachi uses one of Sasori 's informants as a clone of himself to hold off Naruto and the rest of his team while he and the others seal away Shukaku the One Tail . Itachi remains on the sidelines until learning that Sasuke has finally severed his ties to Orochimaru , having absorbed him and now being stron... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
in the interiors of larger nickel – iron meteorites that were not exposed to oxygen when outside Earth 's atmosphere .
Meteoric nickel is found in combination with iron , a reflection of the origin of those elements as major end products of supernova nucleosynthesis . An iron – nickel mixture is thought to compose E... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
attending school , he was drinking beer when his father was not looking . Some accounts say that , after a violent incident at his father 's saloon , the city authorities decided this environment was unsuitable for a small child . At St. Mary 's , which George Jr. entered on June 13 , 1902 , he was recorded as " incor... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
side or prevent it from coming at all , but Thucydides further speculates that the real reason was to flaunt his new position to Tissaphernes and try to gain some real influence over him . According to the historian , Alcibiades had long known that Tissaphernes never meant to bring the fleet at all .
= = = Battles o... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
) . The placement of these flows suggest that they were generated by splatter emitted by fountains in the cone . On the sides of the mountain are bands of palagonite , a clay formed from iron @-@ rich tephra making up the body of the volcano . Basalt taken from the volcano contained pyroxene , hypersthene material , a... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
began painting .
In April 1925 , back in Paris , Scott met Ernest Hemingway , whose career he did much to promote . Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald became firm friends , but Zelda and Hemingway disliked each other from their very first meeting , and she openly described him as " bogus , " " that fairy with hair on hi... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of the National Highway System ( NHS ) , a network of roads important to the country 's economy , defense , and mobility .
= = History = =
On October 9 , 1922 , a road located in the general location of MT 87 was added to the Montana State Highway system . By at least 1924 , an auto trail known as the Banff Grand ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
anniversary of its first live performance as a band . Vedder took the opportunity to thank the many people who had helped the band come together and make it to 10 years . He noted that " I would never do this accepting a Grammy or something . " The tour 's final night took place on November 6 , 2000 , in Seattle , Was... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
was slain , as was Warwick 's father Salisbury . York 's son , however , later triumphed with Warwick 's assistance , and was crowned King Edward IV . Edward initially ruled with Warwick 's support , but the two later fell out over foreign policy and the king 's choice of Elizabeth Woodville as his wife . After a fail... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
to be of interest to both scholars and general readers . "
= Cyril Stanley Smith =
Cyril Stanley Smith ( 4 October 1903 – 25 August 1992 ) was a British metallurgist and historian of science . He is most famous for his work on the Manhattan Project where he was responsible for the production of fissionable metals ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
place barn owls from their traditional nesting sites in buildings .
= = In culture = =
The tawny owl , like its relatives , has often been seen as an omen of bad luck ; William Shakespeare used it as such in Julius Caesar ( Act 1 Scene 3 ) : " And yesterday the bird of night did sit / Even at noon @-@ day upon the ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
, " We 've got to take care of everybody 's needs but we 've got to get our state back to work , " and also encouraged tourists to return to the state , especially in Key West , where hotel owners were considering cancelling reservations for Labor Day . A Florida state fund known as Neighbors to the Rescue – with the ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
; Kahn leaves before it goes any further .
Dax confides in Sisko that she knows she is in love with her former wife . He tells her that Trill customs mean that if they resumed their relationship , then they would be exiled from their homeworld and their symbionts would never be joined with a new host , but that she ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
the AKP and Tayyip Erdoğan , particularly since 2013 , the independence and integrity of the Turkish judiciary has increasingly been considered in doubt by institutions , parliamentarians and journalists both within and outside of Turkey ; due to political interference in the promotion of judges and prosecutors , and ... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
2 . He was placed on active duty just before the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States ' entry into World War II . Completing his initial pilot training and transferring to Naval Air Station Jacksonville , Florida for the next phase , he started flight training in the AT @-@ 6 Texan . He also qualified to fly in... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Moulineaux . The controls seemed too loose to me , so I injected fuel into the turbine . Too much ! In a moment I was surrounded by flames ! I had to cut back and reduce my power quickly . I worked the throttle and the flames subsided . Only then did I have opportunity to lift my head . I saw that the plane had gained... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
to make even die @-@ hard veterans of video game wars cringe in terror " . His only criticism of the game was its difficulty , especially in the game 's final level ; he says that the final level is near @-@ impossible if players have lost all their power @-@ ups . The game would be featured in a series of cheats in t... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
life achieve redemption through his child ? " Hanks described Sullivan as a man who achieved a comfortable status through violent means , whose likely repercussions he ignored . Sullivan is a good father and husband , but also has a job that requires him to be a violent killer . The film explores this paradoxical dich... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
trench warfare , barbed wire and machine guns rendered traditional cavalry almost obsolete . Following the war , the armies of the world powers initiated a process of mechanization in earnest , and most cavalry regiments were either converted to mechanized units or disbanded . Historian G.J. Meyer writes that " the Gr... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
. 84 Maurice Smith ; No. 86 Grant Hill and No. 105 A 'Shawn Robinson . Alabama signed the No. 1 recruiting class according to Rivals.com and the No. 3 recruiting class according to Scout.com.
= = Schedule = =
The 2013 schedule was officially released on October 18 , 2012 . The 2013 schedule was developed as a " bri... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
thus , when called by James in 1621 , the members hoped for an enforcement of recusancy laws , a naval campaign against Spain , and a Protestant marriage for the Prince of Wales . James 's Lord Chancellor , Francis Bacon , was impeached before the House of Lords for corruption . The impeachment was the first since 145... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Since 1943 , the spectrum of Betelgeuse has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified .
The mass of Betelgeuse has never been measured because it has no known companion . A mass estimate is only possible using theoretical modeling , a situation which has produced mass estimates ra... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
never ceased worshipping pagan gods . Both his son 's Greater Legend and the nearly contemporaneous Thietmar of Merseburg described Géza as a cruel monarch , suggesting that he was a despot who mercilessly consolidated his authority over the rebellious Hungarian lords .
Hungarian chronicles agree that Stephen 's mot... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
same elemental composition . The gravitational influence of Proxima may also have stirred up the Alpha Centauri protoplanetary disks . This would have increased the delivery of volatiles such as water to the dry inner regions . Any terrestrial planets in the system may have been enriched by this material .
Six singl... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
and upon the firing volley from the town 's ordnance and musketeers , the besieging army signalled a second attempt to storm the town . The town came under barrage from the enemy batteries , and scaling ladders were brought against the earthen fortifications . Once again the attack was repelled by the town 's defender... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
of the creek in Jordan Township , Lycoming County . The Chemung Formation has an outcropping on the creek near Moreland . This outcropping is 30 feet ( 9 @.@ 1 m ) high and gray in color . It consists of shale and sandstone . Red shale is also found on the creek . In general , rock formations consisting of sandstone a... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
expedition 's departure until 23 August ; the ships reached Suva , Fiji on 26 August , and arrived off Apia early in the morning of 30 August . The city surrendered without a fight , freeing Australia and Melbourne to depart at noon on 31 August to meet the Australian force bound for Rabaul .
The Australian invasion... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
region and South India in general became fragmented and subsumed under the rule of various former feudatories of the empire . A diminished Vijayanagara Empire moved its capital to Penukonda in modern Andhra Pradesh and later to Chandragiri and Vellore before disintegrating . In the south and coastal Karnataka region ,... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Farmer and three aides at the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture 's 2010 annual meeting in St. Croix at a cost of $ 10 @,@ 000 . Another involved the approval of merit raises for eleven agriculture department employees in 2010 when workers in all other state government agencies received no cost o... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
1923 .
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In the 1920s , Sargent became one of the best @-@ known English conductors . For the British National Opera Company , he conducted The Mastersingers on tour in 1925 , and for the D 'Oyly Carte Opera Company , he conducted London seasons at the Prince 's Theatre in 1926 and the newl... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
Starko proposed that aspirin poisoning had contributed substantially to the fatalities . She based this on the reported symptoms in those dying from the flu , as reported in the post mortem reports still available , and also the timing of the big " death spike " in October 1918 which happened right after the Surgeon G... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
He makes a distinction , however , between language and music , in that " words are not fused like notes ; rather they are shuffled together , and they become incomprehensible . " However , as Willis has pointed out , there is a pessimism to the preface ; in one of its key passages , it compares poetry to the submerge... | Very Long | wikitext-103-excerpt |
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