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374498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridport | Bridport | Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker. Its origins are Saxon and it has a long history as a rope-making centre. On the coast and within the town's boundary is West Bay, a small fishing harbour also known as Bridpo... |
374505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsea | Hornsea | Hornsea is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The settlement dates to at least the early medieval period. The town was expanded in the Victorian era with the coming of the Hull and Hornsea Railway in 1864. In the First World War the Mere was briefly the site of RNAS Hornsea Mere, ... |
374515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Austell | St Austell | St Austell (, ; ) is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon.
At the 2021 census it had a population of 20,900.
History
St Austell was a village centred around the parish church, until the arrival of significant tin mining in the 18th century turned it into a ... |
374530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventnor | Ventnor | Ventnor () is a seaside resort town and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England, from Newport. It is situated south of St Boniface Down, and built on steep slopes leading down to the sea. The higher part is referred to as Upper Ventnor (officially Lowtherville... |
374541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order%20of%20Saint%20John%20%28chartered%201888%29 | Order of Saint John (chartered 1888) | The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem () and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedicated to St John the Baptist.
The order traces its origins back to the Knight... |
374556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Academy%20of%20Sciences | Russian Academy of Sciences | The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk) consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals.
Peter the Great established the a... |
374583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost%E2%80%93benefit%20analysis | Cost–benefit analysis | Cost–benefit analysis (CBA), sometimes also called benefit–cost analysis, is a systematic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives. It is used to determine options which provide the best approach to achieving benefits while preserving savings in, for example, transactions, activities, and fun... |
374601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Kaline | Al Kaline | Albert William Kaline ( ; December 19, 1934 – April 6, 2020), nicknamed "Mr. Tiger", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers. For most of his career, Kaline played in the outfield, mainly as a right fielder where he won ten Gold Glo... |
374626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith%20Tolkien | Edith Tolkien | Edith Mary Tolkien ( Bratt; 21 January 1889 – 29 November 1971) was an Englishwoman known as the wife of the novelist J. R. R. Tolkien. She was the inspiration for his fictional Middle-earth characters Lúthien Tinúviel and Arwen Undómiel.
Biography
Early life
Edith Bratt was born in Gloucester on 21 January 1889. He... |
374636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe%20ColdFusion | Adobe ColdFusion | Adobe ColdFusion is a commercial rapid web-application development computing platform created by J. J. Allaire in 1995. (The programming language used with that platform is also commonly called ColdFusion, though is more accurately known as CFML.) ColdFusion was originally designed to make it easier to connect simple H... |
374648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid%20%28game%20show%29 | Pyramid (game show) | Pyramid is the collective name of a series of American television game shows that has aired several versions domestically and internationally. The original series, The $10,000 Pyramid, debuted on March 26, 1973, and spawned seven subsequent Pyramid series. Most later series featured a full title format matching the ori... |
374684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mountain%20passes | List of mountain passes | This is a list of mountain passes.
Africa
Egypt
Halfaya Pass (near Libya)
Lesotho
Moteng Pass
Mahlasela pass
Sani Pass
Morocco
Tizi n'Tichka
South Africa
Eastern Cape Passes
Western Cape Passes
Northern Cape Passes
KwaZulu Natal Passes
Free State Passes
Limpopo Province Passes
Mpumalanga Passes
Gauten... |
374688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime%20%28United%20States%20coin%29 | Dime (United States coin) | The dime, in United States usage, is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792.
The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation, being in diameter an... |
374705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted%20Sister | Twisted Sister | Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band formed in 1972, originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York. Their best-known songs include "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", both of which were associated with music videos noted for their sense of slapstick humor.
Twisted... |
374713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil%20Evans | Gil Evans | Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best ... |
374764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Quebec | Economy of Quebec | The economy of Quebec is diversified and post-industrial with an average potential for growth. It is highly integrated with the economies of the rest of Canada and the United States. Manufacturing and service sectors dominate the economy.
The economic heart of Quebec is the Montreal metropolitan area where half of Que... |
374778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar%20coin%20%28United%20States%29 | Dollar coin (United States) | The dollar coin is a United States coin with a face value of one United States dollar. Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in gold, silver, and base metal versions. Dollar coins were first minted in the United States in 1794.
While true gold dollars are no longer minted, the Sacagawea, Presidential, an... |
374808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradgate%20Park | Bradgate Park | Bradgate Park () is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers . The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland. The River Lin runs through the park, flowing into Cropston Reservoir which was constructed on par... |
374833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%20national%20cricket%20team | Australia national cricket team | The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877, the team also plays One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, participating in both the first ODI, a... |
374852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s%20Milk%20%28album%29 | Mother's Milk (album) | Mother's Milk is the fourth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 16, 1989 by EMI Records. After the death of founding guitarist Hillel Slovak and the subsequent departure of drummer Jack Irons, vocalist Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea regrouped with the addition of guitarist John... |
374865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50%20State%20quarters | 50 State quarters | The 50 State quarters (authorized by ) was a series of circulating commemorative quarters released by the United States Mint. Minted from 1999 through 2008, they featured unique designs for each of the 50 US states on the reverse.
The 50 State Quarters Program was started to support a new generation of coin collectors... |
374909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Bicentennial | United States Bicentennial | The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to historical events leading up to the creation of the United States of America as an independent republic. It was a central event in the memory of the American Revolution. The Bicentennial culminated on S... |
374914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega%20Man%202 | Mega Man 2 | Mega Man 2 (stylized as MEGA MAN II) is an action game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan in 1988 and in North America and PAL regions the following years. Mega Man 2 continues Mega Man's battle against the evil Dr. Wily and his rogue robots. It introduce... |
374939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel%20Vectra | Opel Vectra | The Opel Vectra is a mid-size car (large family car) that was engineered and produced by the German automaker Opel from 1988 until 2010. Available in saloon, hatchback and estate body styles, the Vectra was also sold by the Vauxhall marque in the United Kingdom as the Vauxhall Cavalier from 1988 to 1995 and then as the... |
375013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai%20Suburban%20Railway | Mumbai Suburban Railway | {{Infobox public transit
| name = Mumbai Suburban Railway
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| image2 = Western-Railway-Medha-EMU.jpg
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| caption2 = A recently introduced Medha EMU , with exactly the same design as Bombardier rakes.
| locale = Mumb... |
375019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam%20Airlines | Vietnam Airlines | Vietnam Airlines () is the flag carrier of Vietnam. The airline was founded in 1956 and later established as a state-owned enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines is headquartered in Long Biên district, Hanoi, with hubs at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh C... |
375030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20brass%20band | British brass band | In Britain, a brass band (known regionally as a silver band or colliery band) is a musical ensemble comprising a standardized range of brass and percussion instruments. The modern form of the brass band in the United Kingdom dates back to the 19th century, with a vibrant tradition of competition based around communitie... |
375039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%20Turnpike | Massachusetts Turnpike | The Massachusetts Turnpike (colloquially "Mass Pike" or "the Pike") is a toll highway in the US state of Massachusetts that is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The turnpike begins at the New York state line in West Stockbridge, linking with the Berkshire Connector portion of the N... |
375042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall%20Cavalier | Vauxhall Cavalier | The Vauxhall Cavalier is a large family car that was sold primarily in the United Kingdom by Vauxhall from 1975 to 1995. It was based on a succession of Opel designs throughout its production life, during which it was built in three incarnations. The first generation of Cavalier, launched in 1975 and produced until 198... |
375066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin%20Stanton | Edwin Stanton | Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. Stanton's management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory. ... |
375081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Cameron | Simon Cameron | Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War.
A native of Maytown, Pennsylvania, Cameron made a fortune i... |
375091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy | Policy | Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an organization. Policies can assist in both subjective and objective decision making.... |
375094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvern%2C%20Worcestershire | Malvern, Worcestershire | Malvern (, locally also: ) is a spa town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The centre of Malvern, Great Malvern, is a historic conservation area, which grew dramatically in Victorian times due to the natural mineral wa... |
375103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Arroyo | Carlos Arroyo | Carlos Alberto Arroyo Bermúdez (born July 30, 1979) is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association with the Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, and Boston Celtics.
In the 2008–09 season, he played for Maccabi... |
375120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ValuJet%20Flight%20592 | ValuJet Flight 592 | ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami to Atlanta. On May 11, 1996, the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the route crashed into the Everglades about 10 minutes after taking off from Miami as a result of a fire in the cargo compartment possibly caused by mislabeled and i... |
375133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20historic%20houses%20in%20Massachusetts | List of historic houses in Massachusetts | This is a list of historic houses in Massachusetts.
Western Massachusetts
Berkshire County
Lenox
The Mount (Lenox) – author Edith Wharton's estate; 1902
Ventfort Hall (Lenox) – Jacobean style mansion, built 1893 – George & Sarah Morgan (sister of J.P. Morgan)
Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio – home of Americ... |
375170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20Finland | Education in Finland | The educational system in Finland consists of daycare programmes (for babies and toddlers), a one-year "preschool" (age six), and an 11-year compulsory basic comprehensive school (age seven to age eighteen). Nowadays secondary general academic and vocational education, higher education and adult education are compulsor... |
375195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Collins | Susan Collins | Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator for Maine. A member of the Republican Party, she has held her seat since 1997 and is Maine's longest-serving senator.
Born in Caribou, Maine, Collins is a graduate of St. Lawrence University in Canton, ... |
375197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Cohen | William Cohen | William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine. A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (1979–1997), and as Secretary of Defense (1997–2001) under Democratic President Bill... |
375199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20and%20Rockets%20%28comics%29 | Love and Rockets (comics) | Love and Rockets (often abbreviated L&R) is a comic book series by the Hernandez brothers: Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario. It was one of the first comic books in the alternative comics movement of the 1980s.
The Hernandez brothers produce stories in the series independently of each other. Gilbert and Jaime produce the maj... |
375207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Woodring | Jim Woodring | James William Woodring (born October 11, 1952) is an American cartoonist, fine artist, writer and toy designer. He is best known for the dream-based comics he published in his magazine Jim, and as the creator of the anthropomorphic cartoon character Frank, who has appeared in a number of short comics and graphic novel... |
375211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal | Medal | A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be intended to be worn, suspended from clothing or jewellery in some way, although t... |
375224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titoism | Titoism | Titoism is a socialist political philosophy most closely associated with Josip Broz Tito during the Cold War. It is characterized by a broad Yugoslav identity, socialist workers' self-management, a political separation from the Soviet Union, and leadership in the Non-Aligned Movement.
Tito led the Communist Yugoslav P... |
375231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Shelby | Richard Shelby | Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 1987 to 2023. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2018 to 2021. ... |
375234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Sessions | Jeff Sessions | Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as United States senator from Alabama from 1997 to 2017 before resigning that position to serv... |
375238 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Cone | Southern Cone | The Southern Cone (, ) is a geographical and cultural subregion composed of the southernmost areas of South America, mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Traditionally, it covers Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. In terms of social, econom... |
375259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Maryland%2C%20Baltimore%20County | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Catonsville, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, and 29 graduate certificate programs) and the first university research park in Mary... |
375263 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Grassley | Chuck Grassley | Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the senior United States senator from Iowa, having held the seat since 1981. In 2022, he was reelected to his eighth Senate term, having first been elected in 1980. ... |
375268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Harkin | Tom Harkin | Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa's 5th congressional district from 1975 to 1985. He is the longest-serving s... |
375290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Ivory%20Coast | Operation Ivory Coast | Operation Ivory Coast was a mission conducted by United States Special Operations Forces and other American military elements to rescue U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. It was also the first joint military operation in United States history conducted under the direct control of the Chairman of the Joint Ch... |
375302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condominium%20%28international%20law%29 | Condominium (international law) | A condominium (plural either condominia, as in Latin, or condominiums) in international law is a political territory (state or border area) in or over which multiple sovereign powers formally agree to share equal dominium (in the sense of sovereignty) and exercise their rights jointly, without dividing it into "nationa... |
375303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condominium | Condominium | A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual owners. These individual units are surrounded by common areas that are jointly... |
375310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penobscot | Penobscot | The Penobscot (Abenaki: Pαnawάhpskewi) are an Indigenous people in North America from the Northeastern Woodlands region. They are organized as a federally recognized tribe in Maine and as a First Nations band government in the Atlantic provinces and Quebec.
The Penobscot Nation, formerly known as the Penobscot Tribe o... |
375316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groton%20School | Groton School | Groton School is a private college-preparatory day and boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts. It is affiliated with the Episcopalian tradition.
Groton enrolls about 380 boys and girls from the eighth through twelfth grades, dubbed Forms II-VI in the British fashion. Its $475 million endowment enables the s... |
375320 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20%28TV%20series%29 | Ed (TV series) | Ed is an American comedy-drama television series that was co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions and Viacom Productions that aired on NBC from October 8, 2000, to February 6, 2004. The hour-long comedy drama starred Tom Cavanagh as Ed Stevens, Julie Bowen as his love interest Car... |
375332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladysmith%20Black%20Mambazo | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They became known internationally after singing with Paul Simon on his 1986 album Graceland, and have won multiple awards, including five Grammy Awards, dedicating their fifth Grammy to the late for... |
375358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20dictator | Roman dictator | A Roman dictator was an extraordinary magistrate in the Roman Republic endowed with full authority to resolve some specific problem to which he had been assigned. He received the full powers of the state, subordinating the other magistrates, consuls included, for the specific purpose of resolving that issue, and that i... |
375364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Standard | Battle of the Standard | The Battle of the Standard, sometimes called the Battle of Northallerton, took place on 22 August 1138 on Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire, England. English forces under William of Aumale repelled a Scottish army led by King David I of Scotland.
King Stephen of England, fighting rebel barons in the south, h... |
375366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leclerc%20tank | Leclerc tank | The Leclerc is a third-generation French main battle tank developed and manufactured by Nexter Systems. It was named in honour of Marshal Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, a commander of the Free French Forces, who led the 2nd Armoured Division in World War II.
The Leclerc is in service with the French Army, Jordanian... |
375375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Richardson | Bill Richardson | William Blaine Richardson III (November 15, 1947 – September 1, 2023) was an American politician, author, and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, a U.S. congressman, chair of t... |
375380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereology | Mereology | In logic, philosophy and related fields, mereology ( (root: , mere-, 'part') and the suffix -logy, 'study, discussion, science') is the study of parts and the wholes they form. Whereas set theory is founded on the membership relation between a set and its elements, mereology emphasizes the meronomic relation between e... |
375416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20simulation | Computer simulation | Computer simulation is the process of mathematical modelling, performed on a computer, which is designed to predict the behaviour of, or the outcome of, a real-world or physical system. The reliability of some mathematical models can be determined by comparing their results to the real-world outcomes they aim to predic... |
375445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism%20in%20New%20Zealand | Socialism in New Zealand | Socialism in New Zealand had little traction in early colonial New Zealand but developed as a political movement around the beginning of the 20th century. Much of socialism's early growth was found in the labour movement.
The extent to which socialism plays a part in modern New Zealand politics depends on which defini... |
375464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia%20Elizabeth%20Landon | Letitia Elizabeth Landon | Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L.
The writings of Landon are transitional between Romanticism and the Victorian Age. Her first major breakthrough came with The Improvisatrice and thence she developed the metrical romance to... |
375466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singtel | Singtel | Singapore Telecommunications Limited, commonly known as Singtel, is a Singaporean telecommunications conglomerate and one of the four major telcos operating in the country.
Overview
The company is the largest mobile network operator in Singapore with 4.1 million subscribers and through subsidiaries, has a combined mo... |
375482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oka%20Crisis | Oka Crisis | The Oka Crisis (), also known as the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (), was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, which began on July 11, 1990, and lasted 78 days until September 26, 1990, with two fatalities. The dispute was the first well-publicized violent conflict between Fir... |
375499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario%20Provincial%20Police | Ontario Provincial Police | The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the provincial police service of Ontario, Canada. Under its provincial mandate, the OPP patrols provincial highways and waterways, protects provincial government buildings and officials, patrols unincorporated areas, and provides support to other agencies. The OPP also has a numbe... |
375502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Lazenby | George Lazenby | George Robert Lazenby (; born 5 September 1939) is an Australian actor. He was the second actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Having appeared in only one film, Lazenby's tenure as Bond is the shor... |
375540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Migration%20%28African%20American%29 | Great Migration (African American) | The Great Migration, sometimes known as the Great Northward Migration or the Black Migration, was the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970. It was caused primarily by the poor economic conditions for African Ame... |
375565 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish%20religious%20movements | Jewish religious movements | Jewish religious movements, sometimes called "denominations", include diverse groups within Judaism which have developed among Jews from ancient times. Today in the west, the most prominent divisions are between traditionalist Orthodox movements (including ultratraditionalist and Modern Orthodox branches) and modernis... |
375567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei%20Gromyko | Andrei Gromyko | Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (; ; – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988). Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1... |
375568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress%20Poland | Congress Poland | Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It was established when the French ceded a part of Polish territory to the Russian... |
375623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%20public%20broadcasting%20system | Dutch public broadcasting system | The Dutch public broadcasting system () is a group of organizations that are responsible for public service television and radio broadcasting in the Netherlands. It is composed of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) foundation, which acts as its governing body, and a number of public broadcasters. The Dutch Media Act... |
375645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Burdon | Eric Burdon | Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously lead vocalist of R&B and rock band The Animals and funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. Burdon is also known for his intense stage per... |
375646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Country%20Living%20Museum | Black Country Living Museum | The Black Country Living Museum (formerly the Black Country Museum) is an open-air museum of rebuilt historic buildings in Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is located in the centre of the Black Country, 10 miles west of Birmingham. The museum occupies of former industrial land partly reclaimed from a former railway ... |
375661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice%20Cliff | Clarice Cliff | Clarice Cliff (20 January 1899 – 23 October 1972) was an English ceramic artist and designer. Active from 1922 to 1963, Cliff became the head of the factory creative department.
Early life
Cliff's ancestors moved from the Eccleshall area to Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, around 1725. Cliff was born on the terrace of a m... |
375667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlife | Westlife | Westlife are an Irish pop group formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1998. The group consists of members Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne. Brian McFadden was a member before leaving in 2004. The group disbanded in 2012 after 14 years and later reunited in 2018.
In Ireland, the group has 11 number-one al... |
375669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont%20Park | Piedmont Park | Piedmont Park is an urban park in Atlanta, Georgia, located about northeast of Downtown, between the Midtown and Virginia Highland neighborhoods. Originally the land was owned by Dr. Benjamin Walker, who used it as his out-of-town gentleman's farm and residence. He sold the land in 1887 to the Gentlemen's Driving Club... |
375670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Linney | Laura Linney | Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and five Tony Awards.
Linney made her Broadway debut in 1990 before receiving Tony Award nominat... |
375698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20Germany | Education in Germany | Education in Germany is primarily the responsibility of individual German states (), with the federal government playing a minor role. Optional kindergarten (nursery school) education is provided for pre-school children, after which school attendance is compulsory.
The schooling system varies throughout Germany becaus... |
375707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Germantown | Battle of Germantown | The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown, Pennsylvania, between the British Army led by Sir William Howe, and the American Continental Army under George Washington.
After defeating the Continental Arm... |
375708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Museum%20of%20History | Canadian Museum of History | The Canadian Museum of History () is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of Canada, as well as support related research. The museum is based in a designed by Douglas Cardinal.
The museum ... |
375732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warminster | Warminster | Warminster () is a historic market town and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of 18,173 in 2021.
The name Warminster occurs first in the early 10th century and the Minster Church of St Denys was begun in the 11th century. The High Street ... |
375734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20climbing | Ice climbing | Ice climbing is a climbing discipline which involves ascending routes that consist only of frozen water. To ascend the route, the ice climber uses specialist equipment, particularly double ice axes (or the more modern ice tools) and rigid crampons. To protect the route, the ice climber uses steel ice screws that requ... |
375743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20protection | Environmental protection | Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, groups and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where it is possible, to repair damage and reverse trends.
Due to the pressures of overconsumption, populatio... |
375765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20rifle | Long rifle | The long rifle, also known as the longrifle, Kentucky rifle, Pennsylvania rifle, or American longrifle, is a muzzle-loading firearm used for hunting and warfare. It was one of the first commonly-used rifles. The American rifle was characterized by a very long barrel of relatively small caliber, uncommon in European ri... |
375781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Seventh%20Fleet | United States Seventh Fleet | The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. It is headquartered at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the United States Pacific Fleet. At present, it is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with 50 to 70 ships, 150 aircraft and 27,000 ... |
375807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian%20Mole | Adrian Mole | Adrian Albert Mole is the fictional protagonist in a series of books by English author Sue Townsend. The character first appeared (as "Nigel") as part of a comic diary featured in a short-lived arts magazine (called simply magazine) published in Leicester in 1980, and shortly afterward in a BBC Radio 4 play in 1982. Th... |
375905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent%20State%20of%20Croatia | Independent State of Croatia | The Independent State of Croatia (, NDH; ; ) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It was established in parts of occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, after the invasion by the Axis powers. Its territory consisted of most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as som... |
375954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHL | DHL | DHL is an American-founded German logistics company providing courier, package delivery and express mail service, delivering over 1.8 billion parcels per year. A subsidiary of the German logistics firm DHL Group, its express mail service DHL Express is one of the market leaders for parcel services in Europe and Germany... |
375958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Stones%20River | Battle of Stones River | The Battle of Stones River, also known as the Second Battle of Murfreesboro, was a battle fought from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863, in Middle Tennessee, as the culmination of the Stones River Campaign in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Of the major battles of the war, Stones River had the highes... |
375983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Rosecrans | William Rosecrans | William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819March 11, 1898) was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War. He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles, but his military career was ... |
375998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%20Hoban | Russell Hoban | Russell Conwell Hoban (February 4, 1925 – December 13, 2011) was an American expatriate writer. His works span many genres, including fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magical realism, poetry, and children's books.
He lived in London from 1969 until his death.
Biography
Hoban was born in Lansdale, Pennsylv... |
376050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Canadian%20artists | List of Canadian artists | The following is a list of Canadian artists working in visual or plastic media (including 20th-century artists working in video art, performance art, or other types of new media). See other articles for information on Canadian literature, music, cinema and culture. For more specific information on the arts in Canada, s... |
376083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification%20crisis | Nullification crisis | The nullification crisis was a sectional political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government. It ensued after South Carolina declared the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitu... |
376115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Africa%20national%20rugby%20union%20team | South Africa national rugby union team | The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabhokobhoko), is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jerseys with white shorts. Their emblem is a native antelope, the Springbok, which... |
376118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango%20music | Tango music | Tango is a style of music in or time that originated among European and African immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay (collectively, the "Rioplatenses"). It is traditionally played on a solo guitar, guitar duo, or an ensemble, known as the orquesta típica, which includes at least two violins, flute, piano, d... |
376171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doukhobors | Doukhobors | The Doukhobors or Dukhobors (; ) are a Spiritual Christian ethnoreligious group of Russian origin. They are known for their pacifism and tradition of oral history, hymn-singing, and verse. They reject the Russian Orthodox priesthood and associated rituals, believing that personal revelation is more important than the B... |
376174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars%20in%20New%20Orleans | Streetcars in New Orleans | Streetcars in New Orleans have been an integral part of the city's public transportation network since the first half of the 19th century. The longest of New Orleans' streetcar lines, the St. Charles Avenue line, is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world. Today, the streetcars are operated... |
376179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wiggles | The Wiggles | The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. The group are currently composed of Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins, as well as supporting members Evie Ferris, John Pearce, Caterina Mete and Lucia Field. The Wiggles were founded in 1991 by Field, Murray Co... |
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