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842935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Chickens%20In%20Space | Space Chickens In Space | Space Chickens in Space is an Australian-Mexican-British-Irish animated television series created by José C. García de Letona and Rita Street. The series was produced by Ánima Estudios in Mexico, Studio Moshi in Australia, and distributed by Cake Entertainment, and was co-produced by the recent Dublin-based Gingerbread... |
842937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor%20based%20on%20the%20September%2011%20attacks | Humor based on the September 11 attacks | Humor about the September 11 attacks (9/11) was made later after the attacks happened. Scholars have made studies about how people used humor to deal with the attacks. Researcher Bill Ellis found that jokes about 9/11 were starting to be made the day after the attacks. Giselinde Kuipers found jokes being made on websit... |
842939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20Averell%20Harriman | W. Averell Harriman | William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. He was the Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and later as the 48th Governor of New York. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential ... |
842940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1040%20Fifth%20Avenue | 1040 Fifth Avenue | 1040 Fifth Avenue (informally known as the 10 40) is a luxury residential housing cooperative in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.
1040 is one of the tallest of the limestone-clad apartment houses on Fifth Avenue.
The building was erected in 1930 and was designed by Rosario Candela.
In addition to Ja... |
842941 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Ormsby-Gore%2C%205th%20Baron%20Harlech | David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech | William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech (20 May 1918 – 26 January 1985), known as David Ormsby-Gore until June 1961 and as Sir David Ormsby-Gore from then until February 1964, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician. From 1950 until 1961, he was a member of the Member of Parliament.
He died in a car ... |
842944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20John%20F.%20Kennedy%20%28CV-67%29 | USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) | USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (formerly CVA-67) is the only ship of her class and the last conventionally powered carrier built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and was nicknamed "Big John".
After nearly 40 years of service in the United State... |
842946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skorpios | Skorpios | Skorpios or Scorpios (, ) is a private island in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece and just to the east of the island of Lefkada.
The island, spanning 83.2 hectares (205 acres), is irregularly shaped, with main axes about 1500 meters and 1000 meters. The island water comes from a mountain from a nearby i... |
842948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina%20O | Christina O | Christina O is a private motor yacht that once belonged to billionaire Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis. At 99.13 metres long, she was the 45th largest yacht in the world as of 2018.
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842949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Onassis | Alexander Onassis | Alexander Socrates Onassis (; April 30, 1948January 23, 1973) was an American-born Greek businessman. He was the son of the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis and his first wife Tina Livanos. He and his sister Christina Onassis were upset by his father's marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy.
He was the head of Olympic... |
842956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Southerners | Black Southerners | Black Southerners are African Americans who live in the Southern United States. African Americans were enslaved in most states in the South such as Alabama and Mississippi. African Americans have contributed to the cuisine of the Southern United States and Southern culture.
African-American people |
842957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Leonard%20%28critic%29 | John Leonard (critic) | John Leonard (February 25, 1939 – November 5, 2008) was an American literary, television, film, and cultural critic. He worked for Life and The New York Times. He wrote under the pen name of Cyclops.
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842959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shall%20We%20Tell%20the%20President%3F | Shall We Tell the President? | Shall We Tell the President? is a 1977 novel by English author Jeffrey Archer. A revised edition was published in 1986.
In the first edition, a plot to kill the President of the United States, Edward Kennedy, is stopped by Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Mark Andrews working with the head of the FBI.
The U.S.... |
842960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Gonick | Larry Gonick | Larry Gonick (born August 24, 1946) is an American cartoonist. He is best known for The Cartoon History of the Universe, a history of the world in comic book form, which he published from 1977 to 2009. He has also written The Cartoon History of the United States.
Gonick was born in San Francisco, California. He stud... |
842961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.%20L.%20Patil | B. L. Patil | Balkrishna Limbaji Patil, better known as B. L. Patil was an Indian politician. He was from the state of Maharashtra. He was a member of Maharashtra's Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Khalapur Vidhan Sabha constituency from 1972 to 1979. He was also a Minister of state from 1978 to 1980. He was a member of the Nationalis... |
842962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cartoon%20History%20of%20the%20Universe | The Cartoon History of the Universe | The Cartoon History of the Universe is a book series about the history of the world. It is written and illustrated by American cartoonist, professor, and mathematician Larry Gonick, who started the project in 1978. Each book explains a period of world history in a loosely chronological order. The final volume covers hi... |
842963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Africa | COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | The first case of COVID-19 in Africa was reported in Egypt on February 14, 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic
History of Africa |
842965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo%20Trilogy | Cairo Trilogy | The Cairo Trilogy ( 'The Trilogy' or 'The Cairo Trilogy') is a trilogy of novels written by the Egyptian novelist and Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. It is one of the best known works of his literary career.
Translations
The Cairo Trilogy was first translated into Hebrew between 1981 and 1987. Mahfouz was very sa... |
842966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Eritrea | COVID-19 pandemic in Eritrea | The COVID-19 pandemic in Eritrea is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
On 21 March, the first case in Eritrea was confirmed in Asmara.
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Eritrea
Eritrea has confirmed only 11 reported death, told by lo... |
842967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelsey%20Kirkland | Gelsey Kirkland | Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952) is an American ballerina. She was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age 15. She was promoted to soloist in 1969, and principal in 1972. She went on to create leading roles in many of the great twentieth century ballets by Balan... |
842969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Vreeland | Diana Vreeland | Diana Vreeland (September 29, 1903 – August 22, 1989) was a French-American columnist and editor. She worked for the fashion magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, being the editor-in-chief of Vogue. She was a special consultant at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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1989 dea... |
842970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olana%20State%20Historic%20Site | Olana State Historic Site | Olana State Historic Site is a historic house museum and property in Greenport, New York, near the city of Hudson. The estate was home to Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). Olana is an eclectic villa which overlooks parkland and a working farm designed by the artist. The residence has a wide view of the Hudson River Va... |
842971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Georgia%20%28U.S.%20state%29 | COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state) | The COVID-19 pandemic was first detected in the U.S. state of Georgia on March 2, 2020.
Georgia
2020s in Georgia (U.S. state) |
842972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic%20Edwin%20Church | Frederic Edwin Church | Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter. He was a well known figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. He was best known for painting large landscapes. His best known works were Niagara and The Heart of the Andes.
Other websites
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842975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Galella | Ron Galella | Ronald Edward Galella (born January 10, 1931) is an American photographer. He is thought to have been the first paparazzo. He has been called "the Godfather of the U.S. paparazzi culture" by Time magazine and Vanity Fair. He is seen by Harper's Bazaar as "arguably the most controversial paparazzo of all time".
During ... |
842978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20hunting | Fox hunting | Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds. A group of unarmed followers, led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.
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842981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewYork-Presbyterian%20Hospital | NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City involved with medical schools: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine. It is made of two distinct medical centers, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Weill Cornell Med... |
842986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal%20Art%20Society | Municipal Art Society | The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) is a non-profit membership organization for preservation in New York City. It hopes encourage thoughtful planning and urban design and neighborhoods across the city.
The organization was founded in 1893. In January 2010, MAS relocated from its longtime home in the historic V... |
842987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline%20Kennedy%20Onassis%20High%20School%20for%20International%20Careers | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers | The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers, located at 120 West 46th Street in the Times Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was created in the 1970s in lower Manhattan. Its original goal was to offer young women a business education, then not available to female students, howe... |
842988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline%20Kennedy%20Onassis%20Reservoir | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir | The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, also known as Central Park Reservoir, is a decommissioned reservoir in Central Park in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, stretching from 86th to 96th Streets. It covers and holds over of water.
The Central Park Reservoir was renamed in honor of Jacqueline Kennedy Onas... |
842989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup%20%28company%29 | Gallup (company) | Gallup, Inc. is an American analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide.
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842992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie%20%282016%20movie%29 | Jackie (2016 movie) | Jackie is a 2016 biographical drama movie directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Noah Oppenheim. The movie stars Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy. Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, and John Hurt also star.
The movie is about Jacqueline Kennedy in the days when she was First Lady of the United States... |
842993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican%20dollar | Jamaican dollar | The Jamaican Dollar, is the official currency of Jamaica it has been the currency of Jamaica since 1969, like a lot of other countries, Jamaica also uses the cent as the subdivision.
One United States Dollar is worth 150.32 Jamaican Dollars as of May 18, 2021. The symbol of the Jamaican Dollar is $, but they also use ... |
842995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco%20Battiato | Franco Battiato | Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker. He sometimes performed under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani. Battiato's songs had esoteric, philosophical and religious themes. He performed under many genres such as experimental pop, electronic music, p... |
842997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20Sicily | Kingdom of Sicily | The Kingdom of Sicily, was a kingdom that was located in South Italy what is now known as Sicily, it was a successor to the County of Sicily which had been founded in 1071 during the Norman conquest of the southern peninsula. The island was divided into three regions: Val di Mazara, Val Demone and Val di Noto. In 1282 ... |
842998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Blanco%20Encalada | Manuel Blanco Encalada | Manuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada (April 21, 1790 – September 5, 1876) was a vice-admiral in the Chilean Navy. He later became a political figure, and the first President of the provisional government of Chile in 1826.
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843006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colette%20%282013%20movie%29 | Colette (2013 movie) | Colette, also released under the name of Prisoner of Auschwitz, is a 2013 Slovakian Czech Dutch World War II biographical drama movie directed by Milan Cieslar and starring Andrej Hryc, Eric Bouwer, Jirí Mádl, Jan Cina, Zuzana Mauréry.
Other websites
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2010s war movies
2010s biographical movies
Slova... |
843009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-16b | Kepler-16b | Kepler-16b is a planet outside our solar system. It orbits the Kepler-16A and Kepler-16B stars away from Earth. Bill Borucki discovered it in 2011. It is in diameter. It has a surface temperature of . It has a orbital period of 228.8 days, similar to Venus. It has a orbital radius of .
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843012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendropsophus%20delarivai | Dendropsophus delarivai | Dendropsophus delarivai is a frog that lives in Peru. Scientists have seen this between 500 and 1500 meters above sea level.
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843013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main%20Tera%20Hero | Main Tera Hero | Main Tera Hero () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action romantic comedy movie, directed by David Dhawan and produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under the Balaji Motion Pictures banner. The movie stars Nargis Fakhri, Varun Dhawan and Ileana D'Cruz. The movie released on 4 April 2014 to mixed reviews from critics,... |
843015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Dhawan | David Dhawan | David Dhawan (born Rajinder Dhawan; 16 August 1955) is an Indian film director who works in Hindi films. He is the father of Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan. He is best known for directing several successful films, including Swarg (1990), Shola Aur Shabnam (1992), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Judwaa (1997), Bade Miyan Cho... |
843016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy%20New%20Year%20%282014%20movie%29 | Happy New Year (2014 movie) | Happy New Year (sometimes abbreviated as HNY) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. The film features an ensemble cast of Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Sh... |
843023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filet%20Mignon | Filet Mignon | Filet Mignon (French:"Fine fillet") is a type of meat. It is cut from the small end of the tenderloin. It can also refer to a part of the pork tenderloin.
It is very expensive due to the small size of the cut.
Usage
Europe
In France, filet mignon is referred to pork. There are different terms of the cut in other co... |
843026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaariyan%20%282014%20movie%29 | Yaariyan (2014 movie) | Yaariyan () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romance film directed by Divya Khosla Kumar, and stars Himansh Kohli, Rakul Preet Singh and Nicole Faria. It marked the debut of the director as well as the leads. The film was produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the banner of T-Series Super Casset... |
843030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip%20steak | Strip steak | The strip steak is a type of meat cut from the short loin. It is a bit tender since it doesn't do that much work.
Other names
The steak is sold in the United States under a lot of names names, including Ambassador Steak, Boneless Club Steak, Hotel-Style Steak, Kansas City Steak, New York Steak, Top Loin, and Veiny St... |
843033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flank%20steak | Flank steak | The flank steak is a type of meat cut from the abdomen or lower chest. It is a lean steak cut.
Overview
A long and flat cut, flank steak is used in a lot of dishes including the London broil and as an alternative to the traditional skirt steak in fajitas. The Grain (meat fibre) is seen in flank steaks, as it comes fr... |
843037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado%20oil | Avocado oil | Avocado oil is a type of oil pressed out of the pulp of avocados. It can be used raw, or in cooking at a high heat. It is a source of monounsaturated fats.
Quality
A study from the University of California, Davis in 2020 found that a majority of avocado oil sold in the US is either spoiled before its expiration date o... |
843040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%E2%99%AD%28musical%20note%29 | D♭(musical note) | D (also called a re bémol) is the first note of the D♭ major scale.
Designation by octave
Common scales beginning on D
D Major: D E F G A B C D
D Natural Minor: D E F G A B C D
D Harmonic Minor: D E F G A B C D
D Melodic Minor Ascending: D E F G A B C D
D Melodic Minor Descending: D C B A G F E D
Musical notes |
843044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%20425 | U.S. Route 425 | U.S. Route 425 or Former 80 is a new route located in Verdi, Nevada, west of Reno, east of California. It is north of Route 80, which is the second longest route in the U.S. Route 425 is a short route unlike others, it is only a mile or two long. The route is also called Former 80.
Roads in the United States |
843061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman%20Abba | Suleiman Abba | Suleiman Abba (born 22 March 1959) is a retired Nigerian police officer who served as the 17th Inspector General of Nigerian Police.
Education
Abba holds bachelor's degree of art (B.A degree in history) from University of Jos.
Career
He began his career with Nigerian police and rose through ranks to become AIG. Hel... |
843063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed%20Makarfi | Ahmed Makarfi | Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi (born 8 August 1956) is a Nigerian politician and the former Chairman of the People's Democratic Party. He was the two times governor of Kaduna state and one time senator.
Early life and education
Makarfi was born in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He went to Federal Government C... |
843066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar%20Farouk%20Ahmed | Umar Farouk Ahmed | Umar Farouk Ahmed was Military Administrator of Cross River State, Nigeria,during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. He was then appointed administrator of Kaduna State (governor) in August during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over power to the elected civilian governor Ahmed... |
843078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20from%20G.R.A.M.P.A. | The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A. | "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." is the 21st episode of The Simpsons 32nd season. It was first broadcast on the Fox network on May 16, 2021. It was written by Carolyn Omine and Michael Polcino is the director of the episode.
Story
Terrance (a spy from the MI5) is looking for a Russian spy who is known as "The Grey Fox". ... |
843081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/9Go%21 | 9Go! | 9Go! is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, which was launched by the Nine Network on 9 August 2009. It is a youthful channel that offers a mix of comedy, reality, general entertainment, movies, animation and drama aimed at people between the ages of 4 to 18.
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843089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro%20leagues | Negro leagues | The Negro Leagues were baseball leagues for African Americans. These leagues started in the 1880s because African Americans were not allowed into the major leagues. Some of the best players in the Negro Leagues were Satchel Paige, Oscar Charleston, Josh Gibson, and John Henry Lloyd. In 1945 Jackie Robinson was the firs... |
843098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curlew | Curlew | The curlew is Numenius, a bird with a long downcurved bill (beak). With its beak the bird probes mudflats for food.
In pre-modern times the world had many more mudflats than it does today. Many have been eliminated by draining so as to give more land for farming. So, in England, the places suitable for the bird were ... |
843103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhatu%20Tafida | Dalhatu Tafida | Dalhatu Sarki Tafida (born 24 November 1940) was a Minister of Health during the administration of Alhaji Shehu Shagari. He was the Senator of the Kaduna North constituency of Kaduna State.
Education
Tafida holds a bachelor's degree in medicine and a bachelor's of surgery from the University of Lagos. He also receive... |
843105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Republican%20Convention | National Republican Convention | National Republican Convention was a Nigerian political party started by the former head of state General Ibrahim Babangida.
Politics
Babangida made to the party for Nigerians who like conservative politics. The party did well in the core northern states and eastern states of Abia and Enugu. Still, some people felt t... |
843106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20cities%20in%20Kenya | List of cities in Kenya | This is a list of cities and towns in Kenya.
Cities and towns in Kenya
Baragoi
Bungoma
Busia
Butere
Dadaab
Diani Beach
Eldoret
Emali
Embu
Garissa
Gede
Hola
Homa Bay
Isiolo
Kitui
Kibwezi
Kajiado
Kakamega
Kakuma
Kapenguria
Kericho
Keroka
Kiambu
Kilifi
Kisii
Kisumu
Kitale
Lamu
Langata
Litein
Lodwar
Lokichoggio
Londian... |
843118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader%20of%20the%20New%20Zealand%20Labour%20Party | Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party | The leader of the Labour Party is the highest ranked politician within the New Zealand Labour Party. He or she serves as the parliamentary leader and leading spokesperson of the party.
Since 1 August 2017, the office has been held by Jacinda Ardern, who is the Member of Parliament for Mount Albert.
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843119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%20Davis%20%28politician%29 | Kelvin Davis (politician) | Kelvin Glen Davis (born 2 March 1967) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the House of Representatives. He has been Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 1 August 2017.
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1967 births
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843120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Little%20%28New%20Zealand%20politician%29 | Andrew Little (New Zealand politician) | Andrew James Little (born 7 May 1965) is a New Zealand politician. He is the Minister of Health and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. He is also the Minister for the Government Communications Security Bureau and the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service.
Little was Leader of the Opposition from 2014 t... |
843122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy%20Leader%20of%20the%20New%20Zealand%20Labour%20Party | Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party | The deputy leader of the Labour Party is the second-most senior politician within the Labour Party in New Zealand. The officeholder represents leader of the Labour Party at party-specific events.
In all cases where the leadership is vacant, the deputy leader can be acting leader until a new leadership election.
Kel... |
843124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette%20King | Annette King | Dame Annette Faye King (née Robinson, born 13 September 1947) is a former New Zealand politician. She is the Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2011, and from 2014 until 1 March 2017.
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1947 births
Living people
New Zealand politicians |
843125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Albert%20%28New%20Zealand%20electorate%29 | Mount Albert (New Zealand electorate) | Mount Albert (abbreviated as Mt Albert) is a parliamentary electorate that represents the suburb of Mount Albert in Auckland, New Zealand. It has elected only Labour Party MPs since it was first created at the 1946 election.
The incumbent MP is Jacinda Ardern, currently serving as Prime Minister of New Zealand, who w... |
843126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Shearer | David Shearer | David James Shearer (born 28 July 1957) is a New Zealand United Nations worker and politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 2009 to 2016. He was Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2013.
Shearer resigned from Parliament in December 2016 and is in charge of the United Natio... |
843127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20MP | List MP | A list MP is a member of parliament (MP) elected from a party list rather than from by a geographical constituency. The place in Parliament is because of the number of votes that the party won, not to votes received by the MP personally. This happens only in countries which have an electoral system based wholly or part... |
843128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Huo | Raymond Huo | Raymond Huo (; born 1964) is a New Zealand politician who was a Member of Parliament from 2008 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2020. He was first elected in 2008 as the New Zealand Labour Party's first MP of Chinese descent.
He was the third Chinese New Zealander to enter Parliament. Huo announced in July 2020 that he would... |
843129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%20Gayford | Clarke Gayford | Clarke Timothy Gayford (born 24 October 1976) is a New Zealand radio and television broadcaster. He was a presenter of the fishing documentary show Fish of the Day. He is the fiancé of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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Living people
Jacinda Ardern
Television presenters
New Zealand radi... |
843130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%20Ardern | Ross Ardern | David Ross Ardern (born 28 February 1954) is a New Zealand diplomat and former police officer. He is currently the Administrator of Tokelau. He was the High Commissioner of New Zealand to Niue from 2014 to 2018, and as Niue's police commissioner from 2005 to 2009.
Ardern is the father of the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ar... |
843133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier%20House | Premier House | Premier House () is the official residence of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, located at 260 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand.
A private house bought for the prime minister's official residence when government moved its base to Wellington in 1865.
It was leased to private individuals for six years ... |
843134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Waikato | University of Waikato | The University of Waikato (), informally Waikato University, is a university in Hamilton, New Zealand. The university was created in 1964. It has another campus in Tauranga.
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1964 establishments
Colleges and universities |
843137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrinsville | Morrinsville | Morrinsville is a provincial town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of 7,000 in the 2013 Census The town is located at the northern base of the Pakaroa Range, and on the south-western fringe of the Hauraki Plains. Morrinsville is around 33 kilometres east of Hamilton.
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843138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murupara | Murupara | Murupara is a town located in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is located in an isolated part of the region between the Kaingaroa Forest and Te Urewera protected area, on the banks of the Rangitaiki River, 65 kilometres southeast of Rotorua.
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843139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet%20Office | Cabinet Office | The Cabinet Office (CO) supports the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas.
Ministers
The Cabinet Office is a ... |
843140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Union%20of%20Socialist%20Youth | International Union of Socialist Youth | The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is an international organization which was founded in 1907. Their activities include publications, support of member organizations and the organization of meetings. It was formed as the youth wing of the Second International.
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Internation... |
843141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20New%20Zealand%20general%20election | 2008 New Zealand general election | The 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008. The liberal-conservative National Party, headed by its parliamentary leader John Key, won the largest share of votes and seats, ending nine years of government by the social-democratic Labour Party, led by Helen Clark. This marked the beginning of the F... |
843142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20electorates | New Zealand electorates | An electorate or electoral district () is a geographical constituency used for electing members (MPs) to the New Zealand Parliament. The size of electorates depends on that all electorates have about the same population.
The 72 electorates are made up from 65 general and seven Māori electorates. The number of electora... |
843143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%20Mount%20Albert%20by-election | 2017 Mount Albert by-election | The 2017 Mount Albert by-election was a New Zealand by-election held in the Mount Albert electorate on 25 February 2017 during the 51st New Zealand Parliament.
The seat was vacated after the resignation of David Shearer, a former Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party.
No all right and centre-right parties ran, and ... |
843144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie%20Anne%20Genter | Julie Anne Genter | Julie Anne Genter (; born 17 December 1979) is an American-born New Zealand politician. She is a member of the House of Representatives representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. She was the Minister for Women, Associate Minister for Health and Associate Minister for Transport during the first term of Prime... |
843145 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20First | New Zealand First | New Zealand First (), commonly abbreviated to NZ First, is a nationalist and populist political party in New Zealand. The party formed in July 1993 following the resignation on 19 March 1993 of its leader and founder, Winston Peters.
It has formed coalition governments with both major political parties in New Zealand:... |
843146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Party%20of%20Aotearoa%20New%20Zealand | Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (), commonly known as the Greens, is a green and left-wing political party in New Zealand. They support ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy, and nonviolence. The party's ideology are environmentalism with left-wing and social-democratic economic policies.
Ref... |
843147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20property%20bubble | New Zealand property bubble | The property bubble in New Zealand is a major national economic and social issue. Since the early 1990s, house prices in New Zealand have risen faster than incomes. It has put pressure on public housing providers as fewer households have access to housing on the private market. The property bubble has caused large impa... |
843148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20poverty | Child poverty | Child poverty is when children are living in poverty and are children from poor families or orphans being raised with limited state resources. In developing countries, these standards are low and, when combined with the increased number of orphans, the effects are more extreme.
Statistics
An estimated 385 million chil... |
843149 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20inequality | Social inequality | Social inequality happens when resources in a society are given out unevenly. This can be because of gender, sexuality, race, income, legal status and education level. Social inequality usually talks about the lack of equality of outcome and the lack of equality of access to opportunity. The social rights include labor... |
843151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUDN%20%28TV%20network%29 | TUDN (TV network) | TUDN (formerly Univision Deportes) is a sports programming division of Univision, a Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision Communications.
Sports
Television
2012 establishments |
843178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20relations | Public relations | Public relations (PR) is the practice of deliberately managing the release and spread of information between an individual or an organization and the public in order to affect the public views.
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843179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Duynhoven | Harry Duynhoven | Harry James Duynhoven (born 1955) is a New Zealand politician and member of the New Zealand Labour Party. He was the mayor of the city of New Plymouth from 2010 until 2013. He was a Member of Parliament for the New Plymouth electorate from 1987–1990, from 1993–2003, and again from 2003–2008.
Duynhoven was elected as ... |
843181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20New%20Zealand%20general%20election | 1999 New Zealand general election | The 1999 New Zealand general election was held on 27 November 1999. The governing National Party, led by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, was defeated, being replaced by a coalition of Helen Clark's Labour Party and the smaller Alliance.
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20th century in Oceania
Elections in New Zealand
November... |
843182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20Young%20Labour | New Zealand Young Labour | Young Labour () is the youth wing and student wing of the New Zealand Labour Party. It hosts an annual conference and many national events, includingsessions at the Labour Party's annual conference. All Labour Party members aged 15 to 30 years old are members of Young Labour.
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New Zealand |
843183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikato%20%28New%20Zealand%20electorate%29 | Waikato (New Zealand electorate) | Waikato is an electorate in the New Zealand Parliament. A Waikato electorate was first created in 1871 and an electorate by this name has existed from 1871 to 1963, 1969 to 1996, and 2008 to the present, though exact borders have often changed.
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843184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVNZ | TVNZ | Television New Zealand (), more commonly known as TVNZ, is a free-to-air public broadcasting television network that is broadcast throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region.
TVNZ was created in February 1980. About 90% of TVNZ's revenue is from commercial activity (such as advertising and merchandising).
... |
843187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast%20%28New%20Zealand%20TV%20programme%29 | Breakfast (New Zealand TV programme) | Breakfast (also referred to as 1 News Breakfast) is a New Zealand morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on TVNZ 1, produced by 1 News. The first episode came out on 11 August 1997. It was the first of its genre in New Zealand. It has a mixture of breaking news, news, sport, weather and feature items. Origi... |
843189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland%20Central%20%28New%20Zealand%20electorate%29 | Auckland Central (New Zealand electorate) | Auckland Central is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate is currently represented by Chlöe Swarbrick, a member of the Green Party; she has represented the seat since 2020.
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New Zealand electorates |
843191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20New%20Zealand%20general%20election | 2011 New Zealand general election | The 2011 New Zealand general election on Saturday 26 November 2011.
One hundred and twenty-one MPs were elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives, 70 from single-member electorates, and 51 from party lists including one overhang seat.
A referendum on the voting system was held at the same time as the electi... |
843192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20New%20Zealand%20general%20election | 2014 New Zealand general election | The 2014 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 20 September 2014.
Voters elected 121 members to the House of Representatives, with 71 from single-member electorates (an increase from 70 in 2011) and 49 from party lists.
A total of 3,140,417 people were registered to vote in the election; around 92.6% of... |
843193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki%20Kaye | Nikki Kaye | Nicola Laura Kaye (born 11 February 1980) is a New Zealand politician. She was Deputy Leader of the New Zealand National Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 22 May 2020 to 14 July 2020.
Kaye was the member of the New Zealand Parliament from 2008 until 2020.
She is a breast cancer survivor.
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843194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise%20Roche | Denise Roche | Denise Maree Roche (born 9 July 1963) is a New Zealand politician. She was a member of the Waiheke Local Board and the New Zealand House of Representatives, where she represented the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from 2011 to 2017.
Roche was born in 1963 in Helensville.
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1963 births
Living people
New... |
843210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandinista%20National%20Liberation%20Front | Sandinista National Liberation Front | The Sandinista National Liberation Front or Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) is a political party in Nicaragua. It was founded by Augusto César Sandino.
History
Silvio Mayorga, Tomás Borge, and Carlos Fonseca started the party in 1961.
In 1979, the Sandinista Party overthrew Anastasiio Somoza Debayle'... |
843217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leima%20Linthoingambi | Leima Linthoingambi | Leima Linthoingambi was the queen of king Ningthoukhomba (1432-1567) of Manipur kingdom. During the Ankla invasion, the king had to proceed at the war field. At the King's absence in the capital city Kangla, the Tangkhul tribes raided the city. But in disguise as the king, the queen resisted their revolution by offerin... |
843222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharani%20Kumudini | Maharani Kumudini | Maharani Kumudini Devi is the Queen of King Gambhir Singh and mother of King Chandrakirti of Manipur kingdom. After the death of her husband in an early age, she took full responsibility to protect her minor son, Prince Chandrakirti from the evil plots of palace intrigues. After her son ascended the throne of Manipur k... |
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