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392547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel%20oil | Fuel oil | Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil). Such oils include distillates (the lighter fractions) and residues (the heavier fractions). Fuel oils include heavy fuel oil (bunker fuel), marine fuel oil (MFO), furnace oil (FO), gas oil (gasoil), heating oils (such as home ... |
392554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Nichols | Terry Nichols | Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is an American domestic terrorist who was convicted for his participation in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Prior to his incarceration, he held a variety of short-term jobs, working as a farmer, grain elevator manager, real estate salesman, and ranch hand. He met his future co-c... |
392566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Zhirinovsky | Vladimir Zhirinovsky | Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian right-wing populist politician and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) from its creation in 1992 until his death. He had been a member of the State Duma since 1993 and leader of the LDPR group in the State Duma from 1993... |
392585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarco%20El%C3%ADas%20Calles | Plutarco Elías Calles | Plutarco Elías Calles (born Francisco Plutarco Elías Campuzano; 25 September 1877 – 19 October 1945) was a Mexican soldier and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Álvaro Obregón, Elías Calles founded the Institutional Revolutionary Party and held unofficial power a... |
392658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd%20Haynes | Todd Haynes | Todd Haynes (; born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender roles.
Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short... |
392690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console%20game | Console game | A console game is a type of video game consisting of images and often sounds generated by a video game console, which are displayed on a television or similar audio-video system, and that can be manipulated by a player. This manipulation usually takes place using a handheld device connected to the console, called a con... |
392704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League%20of%20Women%20Voters | League of Women Voters | The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan political organization in the United States. Founded in 1920, its ongoing major activities include registering voters, providing voter information, and advocating for voting rights. In addition, the LWV works with partners that share its positions and support... |
392708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20Argentina | Education in Argentina | Education in state institutions is at the initial, primary, secondary and tertiary levels and in the undergraduate university level (not for graduate programs). Private education is paid, although in some cases (especially in primary and secondary schools) state subsidies support its costs. According to studies by UNE... |
392709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Civic%20League | National Civic League | The National Civic League is an American nonpartisan, non-profit organization founded in 1894 as the "National Municipal League," it adopted its new name in 1937 . Its mission is to advance civic engagement to create equitable, thriving communities. To upgrade quality and efficiency of government in cities it
enlists ... |
392734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent%E2%80%93teacher%20association | Parent–teacher association | A parent–teacher association/organization (PTA/PTO), parent-teacher-friend association (PTFA), or parent–teacher–student association (PTSA) is a formal organization composed of parents, teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a school.
Australia and New Zealand
In Australia, the fun... |
392754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-H | 4-H | 4-H is a U.S.-based network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development". Its name is a reference to the occurrence of the initial letter H four times in the organization's original motto head, heart, hands, and health, which wa... |
392782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Farm%20Bureau%20Federation | American Farm Bureau Federation | The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), more informally called the American Farm Bureau (AFB) or simply the Farm Bureau, is a United States-based 501(c)(5) tax-exempt agricultural organization and lobbying group. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Farm Bureau has affiliates in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eac... |
392792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%20Girl | Tank Girl | Tank Girl is a British comic book character created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett, and first appeared in print in 1988 in the British comics magazine Deadline. After a period of intense popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Tank Girl inspired a 1995 feature film. After a long hiatus, the character returned t... |
392799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Gonz%C3%A1lez%20%28baseball%29 | Juan González (baseball) | Juan Alberto González Vázquez (born October 20, 1969) is a Puerto Rican former baseball outfielder. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams, but is most identified with the Texas Rangers (1989–1999, 2002–2003). One of the premier run producers and most feared hitters of the 1990s and early 20... |
392807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20of%20Enoch | Book of Enoch | The Book of Enoch (also 1 Enoch; Hebrew: סֵפֶר חֲנוֹךְ, Sēfer Ḥănōḵ; , ) is an ancient Hebrew apocalyptic religious text, ascribed by tradition to the patriarch Enoch who was the father of Methuselah and the great-grandfather of Noah. The Book of Enoch contains unique material on the origins of demons and Nephilim, why... |
392811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American%20music | African-American music | African-American music is an broad term covering a diverse range of music and musical genres largely developed by African Americans and their culture. Its origins are in musical forms that developed as a result of the enslavement of African Americans prior to the American Civil War. It has been said that "every genre t... |
392816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Romania | Greater Romania | The term Greater Romania () usually refers to the borders of the Kingdom of Romania in the interwar period, achieved after the Great Union. It also refers to a pan-nationalist idea.
As a concept, its main goal is the creation of a nation-state which would incorporate all Romanian speakers. In 1920, after the incorpora... |
392828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance%20of%20the%20chemical%20elements | Abundance of the chemical elements | The abundance of the chemical elements is a measure of the occurrence of the chemical elements relative to all other elements in a given environment. Abundance is measured in one of three ways: by mass fraction (in commercial contexts often called weight fraction), by mole fraction (fraction of atoms by numerical count... |
392845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Island | West Island | The West Island () is the unofficial name given to the city, towns and boroughs at the western end of the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. It is generally considered to consist of the Lakeshore municipalities of Dorval, Pointe-Claire, and Beaconsfield, the municipalities of Kirkland, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Baie-D'U... |
392863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Bowdoin | James Bowdoin | James Bowdoin II (; August 7, 1726 – November 6, 1790) was an American political and intellectual leader from Boston, Massachusetts, during the American Revolution and the following decade. He initially gained fame and influence as a wealthy merchant. He served in both branches of the Massachusetts General Court from t... |
392871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal%20Dow | Neal Dow | Neal Dow (March 20, 1804 – October 2, 1897) was an American Prohibition advocate and politician. Nicknamed the "Napoleon of Temperance" and the "Father of Prohibition", Dow was born to a Quaker family in Portland, Maine. From a young age, he believed alcohol to be the cause of many of society's problems and wanted to b... |
392902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furman%20University | Furman University | Furman University is a private liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1826 and named after Baptist pastor Richard Furman, Furman University is the oldest private institution of higher learning in South Carolina. It became a secular university in 1992, while keeping Christo et Doctrinae (For C... |
392912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Clayton%20Powell%20Jr. | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He was the first African American to be elected to Congress from New York, as well as the... |
392913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Wasp%20%28CV-18%29 | USS Wasp (CV-18) | USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, was originally named Oriskany, but was renamed while under construction in honor of the previous , which was sunk 15 September 1942. Wasp was commissioned in November 1943, a... |
392957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachman%E2%80%93Turner%20Overdrive | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | Bachman–Turner Overdrive, often abbreviated BTO, are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, founded by three brothers: Randy Bachman, Robbie Bachman, Tim Bachman; and Fred Turner in 1973. Their 1970s catalogue included seven top-40 albums (five in the USA) and 11 top-40 singles in Canada (six in the USA). In Can... |
392979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Matejko | Jan Matejko | Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works include large scale oil paintings such as Rejtan (1866), the Union of Lublin (1869), the Astronomer... |
392994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%20Dusapin | Pascal Dusapin | Pascal Georges Dusapin (born 29 May 1955) is a French composer. His music is marked by its microtonality, tension, and energy.
A pupil of Iannis Xenakis and Franco Donatoni and an admirer of Varèse, Dusapin studied at the University of Paris I and Paris VIII during the 1970s. His music is full of "romantic constraint"... |
393008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo%20S60 | Volvo S60 | The Volvo S60 series is a compact executive car manufactured and marketed by Volvo since 2000.
The first generation (2000–2009) was launched in autumn of 2000 in order to replace the S70 and was based on the P2 platform. It had a similar designed estate version called Volvo V70 and a high performance engine and sports... |
393012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interurban | Interurban | The interurban (or radial railway in Europe and Canada) is a type of electric railway, with tram-like electric self-propelled rail cars which run within and between cities or towns. The term "interurban" is usually used in North America, with other terms used outside it. They were very prevalent in North America betwee... |
393029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood%20swing | Mood swing | A mood swing is an extreme or sudden change of mood. Such changes can play a positive part in promoting problem solving and in producing flexible forward planning, or be disruptive. When mood swings are severe, they may be categorized as part of a mental illness, such as bipolar disorder, where erratic and disruptive m... |
393084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiacs | Cardiacs | Cardiacs are an English rock band formed in Kingston upon Thames by Tim Smith (guitar and lead vocals) and his brother Jim (bass, backing vocals) in 1977 under the name Cardiac Arrest. The band's sound fused circus, baroque pop and medieval music with progressive rock and post-punk, adding other elements like nursery r... |
393090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Paiute%20people | Northern Paiute people | The Northern Paiute people are a Numic tribe that has traditionally lived in the Great Basin region of the United States in what is now eastern California, western Nevada, and southeast Oregon. The Northern Paiutes' pre-contact lifestyle was well adapted to the harsh desert environment in which they lived. Each tribe o... |
393093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modoc%20War | Modoc War | The Modoc War, or the Modoc Campaign (also known as the Lava Beds War), was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc people and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon from 1872 to 1873. Eadweard Muybridge photographed the early part of the US Army's campaign.
Kintpuash, al... |
393111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairn | Nairn | Nairn (; ) is a town and royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the traditional county town of Nairnshire.
At the 2011 census, Nairn had a population of 9,773, making... |
393139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20turbulence | Quantum turbulence | Quantum turbulence is the name given to the turbulent flow – the chaotic motion of a fluid at high flow rates – of quantum fluids, such as superfluids. The idea that a form of turbulence might be possible in a superfluid via the quantized vortex lines was first suggested by Richard Feynman. The dynamics of quantum flui... |
393141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossiemouth | Lossiemouth | Lossiemouth () is a town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, it became an important fishing town. Although there has been over 1,000 years of settlement in the area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separate communities that eventually merged into one.... |
393169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown%20of%20the%20Kingdom%20of%20Poland | Crown of the Kingdom of Poland | The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (; ) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state. According to this concept, the state ceased to be the patrimonial property of the monarch or dynasty, but became a common good of the political community of the ... |
393186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amble | Amble | Amble is a town on the North Sea coast of Northumberland, England, at the mouth of the River Coquet; Coquet Island is visible from its beaches and harbour. In 2011, it had a population of 6,025.
Etymology
There are two suggested origins of the place-name Amble. One theory suggests a Goidelic origin from Am Béal, mean... |
393255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning%20dove | Mourning dove | The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove, the rain dove, colloquially as the turtle dove, and it was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American... |
393272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20of%20Hong%20Kong | Culture of Hong Kong | The culture of Hong Kong is primarily a mix of Chinese and Western influences, stemming from Lingnan Cantonese roots and later fusing with British culture due to British colonialism (Jyutping: ; Traditional Chinese: 粵英薈萃). As an international financial center dubbed "Asia's World City", contemporary Hong Kong has also ... |
393289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20Three | BBC Three | BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, current affairs, and drama series. The television channel closed down in 2016 and ... |
393295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBeebies | CBeebies | CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel, CBBC, is aimed at older children ages 6–12. It broadcasts every day from 6:00am to 7:00pm, timesharing wi... |
393302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsos%20Mission | Alsos Mission | The Alsos Mission was an organized effort by a team of British and United States military, scientific, and intelligence personnel to discover enemy scientific developments during World War II. Its chief focus was on the German nuclear energy project, but it also investigated chemical and biological weapons and the mean... |
393323 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Kong%20Disneyland | Hong Kong Disneyland | Hong Kong Disneyland () (abbreviated HKDL; also known as HK Disneyland) is a theme park located on reclaimed land in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is the first Disneyland in China. The Hong Kong Disneyland is located inside the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and it is owned and managed by Hong Kong Internation... |
393329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20Parliament | BBC Parliament | BBC Parliament is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel from the BBC, which showcases parliamentary content from across the UK. It broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the House of Commons, House of Lords and Select Committees of the British Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the London Assemb... |
393363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia%20Augusta | Historia Augusta | The Historia Augusta (English: Augustan History) is a late Roman collection of biographies, written in Latin, of the Roman emperors, their junior colleagues, designated heirs and usurpers from 117 to 284. Supposedly modeled on the similar work of Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, it presents itself as a compilation of wor... |
393397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icod%20de%20los%20Vinos | Icod de los Vinos | Icod de los Vinos is a municipality in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands (Spain), located in the northwestern part of the island. Inhabitants of Icod are known in Spanish as "icodenses".
Icod has an area of , is situated at an altitude of above sea level, and had ... |
393404 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estates%20of%20the%20realm | Estates of the realm | The estates of the realm, or three estates, were the broad orders of social hierarchy used in Christendom (Christian Europe) from the Middle Ages to early modern Europe. Different systems for dividing society members into estates developed and evolved over time.
The best known system is the French Ancien Régime (Old R... |
393420 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle%20registration%20plates%20of%20the%20Republic%20of%20Ireland | Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland | In the Republic of Ireland, commonly referred to as Ireland, vehicle registration plates (commonly known as "number plates" or "reg plates") are the visual indications of motor vehicle registration – officially termed "index marks" – which it has been mandatory since 1903 to display on most motor vehicles used on publi... |
393437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang%20the%20Conqueror | Kang the Conqueror | Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Avengers #8 (September 1964). Kang the Conqueror is most frequently depicted as an opponent of the Avengers and the Fantastic Fo... |
393452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975%20World%20Series | 1975 World Series | The 1975 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1975 season. The 72nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds won the series, four games ... |
393465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Festiva | Ford Festiva | The Ford Festiva is a subcompact car that was designed and manufactured by Mazda for Ford between 1986 and 2002. Festiva was sold in Japan, the Americas, and Australia. The name "Festiva" is derived from the Spanish word for "festive". It was not related to the similarly sized and named Ford Fiesta, and was not replace... |
393487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra%20Taft%20Benson | Ezra Taft Benson | Ezra Taft Benson (August 4, 1899 – May 30, 1994) was an American farmer, government official, and religious leader who served as the 15th United States secretary of agriculture during both presidential terms of Dwight D. Eisenhower and as the 13th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church... |
393488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentangle%20%28band%29 | Pentangle (band) | Pentangle are a British folk band, formed in London in 1967. The original band was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and a later version has been active since the early 1980s. The original line-up, which was unchanged throughout the band's first incarnation (1967–1973), was Jacqui McShee (vocals); John Renbourn... |
393522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Leigh | Mike Leigh | Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director with a career spanning film, theatre and television. He has received numerous accolades, including prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, the Venice International Film Festival, three BAFTA Awards, and nominations for sev... |
393536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Ravalomanana | Marc Ravalomanana | Marc Ravalomanana (; born 12 December 1949) is a Malagasy politician who served as the sixth President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009. Born into a farming Merina family in Imerinkasinina, near the capital city of Antananarivo, Ravalomanana first rose to prominence as the founder and CEO of the vast dairy conglomerate... |
393546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Buckland | William Buckland | William Buckland DD, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologist.
Buckland wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus. His work proved that Kirkdale Cave in North Yorkshire had been a preh... |
393562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing%20Joke | Killing Joke | Killing Joke are an English rock band from Cheltenham, England, formed in 1978 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (bass).
Their first album, Killing Joke, was released in 1980. After the release of Revelations in 1982, bassist Youth was replaced by Paul Raven. ... |
393569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaboos%20bin%20Said | Qaboos bin Said | Qaboos bin Said Al Said (, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said, he was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world at the time of his death, having ruled for almost h... |
393585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf%20course | Golf course | A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". The cup holds a flagstick, known as a "pin". A standard round of golf consists o... |
393593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Kagame | Paul Kagame | Paul Kagame (; born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who is the fourth and current president of Rwanda since 2000. He previously served as a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel armed force which invaded Rwanda in 1990. The RPF was one of the parties of the conflic... |
393612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird%20%28John%20Proudstar%29 | Thunderbird (John Proudstar) | Thunderbird (John Proudstar) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, the character first appears in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). Thunderbird was a short-lived member of the Second Genesis group of X-Men gathered togeth... |
393617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20Tejan%20Kabbah | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (February 16, 1932 – March 13, 2014) was a Sierra Leonean politician who served twice as the 3rd President of Sierra Leone, from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007. An economist and attorney by profession, Kabbah spent many years working for the United Nations Development Programme. He r... |
393625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20al-Bashir | Omar al-Bashir | Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (, pronounced ; born 1 January 1944) is a Sudanese former military officer and politician who served as Sudan's head of state under various titles from 1989 until 2019, when he was deposed in a coup d'état. He was subsequently incarcerated, tried and convicted on multiple corruption charges.... |
393639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayed%20bin%20Sultan%20Al%20Nahyan | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati royal, politician, philanthropist and the founder of the United Arab Emirates. Zayed served as the governor of Eastern Region from 1946 until he succeeded Sheikh Shakhbut as the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966, and then as the first president ... |
393671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicature | Implicature | In pragmatics, a subdiscipline of linguistics, an implicature is something the speaker suggests or implies with an utterance, even though it is not literally expressed. Implicatures can aid in communicating more efficiently than by explicitly saying everything we want to communicate. The philosopher H. P. Grice coined ... |
393674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anything%20Goes | Anything Goes | Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a ... |
393722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%20grammar | Dutch grammar | This article outlines the grammar of the Dutch language, which shares strong similarities with German grammar and also, to a lesser degree, with English grammar.
Preliminary considerations
Vowel length is indicated in Dutch spelling using a combination of double vowels and double consonants. Changes from single to do... |
393736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive%20reasoning | Inductive reasoning | Inductive reasoning is a method of reasoning in which a general principle is derived from a body of observations. It consists of making broad generalizations based on specific observations. Inductive reasoning is distinct from deductive reasoning, where the conclusion of a deductive argument is certain given the premis... |
393741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From%20Time%20Immemorial | From Time Immemorial | From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab–Jewish Conflict over Palestine is a 1984 book by Joan Peters, published by Harper & Row, about the demographics of the Arab population of Palestine and of the Jewish population of the Arab world before and after the formation of the State of Israel.
It was initially positi... |
393756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Johnstone%20F.C. | St Johnstone F.C. | St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland, which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun (or Saint Johnstoun) – an old name of Perth, and the team is nicknamed the "Saints".
The club was officially f... |
393763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaleda%20Zia | Khaleda Zia | Khaleda Zia (; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world, after Benazir ... |
393779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hun%20Sen | Hun Sen | Samdech Hun Sen (; , UNGEGN: ; born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician and former military commander who served as the prime minister of Cambodia from 1985 to 2023. He is the longest-serving head of government in Cambodia's history. He is the president of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which has governed Cam... |
393795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivica%20Ra%C4%8Dan | Ivica Račan | Ivica Račan (; 24 February 1944 – 29 April 2007) was a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2000 to 2003, heading two centre-left coalition governments.
Račan became the first prime minister of Croatia not to be a member of the Croatian Democratic Union, namely the opposition coalition head... |
393805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor%20Yanukovych | Viktor Yanukovych | Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former Ukrainian politician, who was the fourth President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He also served as Prime Minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 to 2010. A member of the pro-Russian Party o... |
393817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meles%20Zenawi | Meles Zenawi | Meles Zenawi Asres (Tigrinya and ; , born Legesse Zenawi Asres; 9 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian soldier and politician who served as President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and then Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 until his death in 2012.
Born in Adwa to an Ethiopian father and an Eritrean mother, ... |
393865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude%20Juncker | Jean-Claude Juncker | Jean-Claude Juncker (; born 9 December 1954) is a Luxembourgish politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Luxembourg from 1995 to 2013 and 12th president of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019. He also served as Finance Minister from 1989 to 2009 and President of the Eurogroup from 2005 to 2013.
By the... |
393887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havok%20%28comics%29 | Havok (comics) | Havok (Alexander Summers) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. He first appears in The X-Men #54 (March 1969), and was created by writer Arnold Drake and penciller Don Heck. Havok generates powerful "plasma blasts", an ability he ... |
393899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris%20%28Marvel%20Comics%29 | Polaris (Marvel Comics) | Polaris (Lorna Dane) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Jim Steranko, the character first appeared in The X-Men #49 (October 1968). Polaris belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. She ... |
393920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Sydney | Kevin Sydney | Kevin Sydney is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Werner Roth, the character first appeared in The X-Men #35 (Aug. 1967).
Sydney first appeared as Changeling, a mutant shapeshifter. He was a short-lived adversary for the X-Men wh... |
393935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic%20%28comics%29 | Mimic (comics) | Mimic (Calvin Montgomery Rankin) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was briefly a member of the X-Men in the 1960s, and was the first character to be added to the team after the original line-up and the first X-Man who was not a mutant.
An alternate reality versio... |
393945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese%20conquest%20of%20Ceuta | Portuguese conquest of Ceuta | The Portuguese conquest of Ceuta took place on 21 August 1415, involving the forces under the command of King John I of Portugal and the Marinid sultanate of Morocco. The city fell under Portuguese control after a carefully prepared attack, and the successful capture of the city marked the beginning of the Portuguese E... |
394052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification%20%28theology%29 | Justification (theology) | In Christian theology, justification is the event or process by which sinners are made or declared to be righteous in the sight of God.
The means of justification is an area of significant difference amongst the diverse theories of atonement defended within Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Prote... |
394055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty%20Pryde | Kitty Pryde | Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. The character first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980) and was co-created by writer-artist John Byrne and writer Chris Claremont. A mutant, Pryde possesses a "... |
394056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimpong | Kalimpong | Kalimpong is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located at an average elevation of . The town is the headquarters of the Kalimpong district. The region comes under Gorkhaland Territorial Administration which is an autonomous governing body within the state of ... |
394063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM%20Act%20of%202003 | CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 | The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of 2003 is a law passed in 2003 establishing the United States' first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail. The law requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce its provisions. Introduced by Republican Con... |
394081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seussical | Seussical | Seussical is a musical comedy by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, based on the many children's stories of Dr. Seuss, with most of its plot being based on Horton Hears a Who!, Gertrude McFuzz, and Horton Hatches the Egg while incorporating many other stories. The musical's name is a portmanteau of "Seuss" and the word ... |
394097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Final%20Problem | The Final Problem | "The Final Problem" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom, and McClure's in the United States, under the title "The Adventure of the Final Problem" in December 1893. It appears in book form as par... |
394117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida%20B.%20Wells | Ida B. Wells | Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Wells dedicated her career to combating prejudice and violence... |
394194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Lewis%20%28Canadian%20politician%29 | David Lewis (Canadian politician) | David Lewis (born David Losz; June 23 or October 1909 – May 23, 1981) was a Canadian labour lawyer and social democratic politician. He was national secretary of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1936 to 1950 and one of the key architects of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1961. In 1962, he was ele... |
394237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Walker | Larry Walker | Larry Kenneth Robert Walker (born December 1, 1966) is a Canadian former professional baseball right fielder. During his 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he played with the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals. In 1997, he became the only player in major league history to register both a... |
394249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew%20Pearson%20%28journalist%29 | Drew Pearson (journalist) | Andrew Russell Pearson (December 13, 1897 – September 1, 1969) was an American columnist, noted for his syndicated newspaper column "Washington Merry-Go-Round". He also had a program on NBC Radio titled Drew Pearson Comments. He was known for his approach towards high level politicians, such as senators, cabinet member... |
394272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Lewis%20%28philosopher%29 | David Lewis (philosopher) | David Kellogg Lewis (September 28, 1941 – October 14, 2001) was an American philosopher who is widely regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton University from 1970 until his death. He is closely associated with Australia, whose philosophi... |
394280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azcapotzalco | Azcapotzalco | Azcapotzalco ( , , from āzcapōtzalli “anthill” + -co “place”; literally, “In the place of the anthills”) is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City. Azcapotzalco is in the northwestern part of Mexico City.
The town began in the pre-Hispanic era and was the seat of the Tepanec dominion until the Aztec Triple... |
394289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito%20Ju%C3%A1rez%2C%20Mexico%20City | Benito Juárez, Mexico City | Benito Juárez (), is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City. It is a largely residential area, located to the south of historic center of Mexico City, although there are pressures for areas to convert to commercial use. It was named after Benito Juárez, president in the 19th century.
The borough has the h... |
394295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuajimalpa | Cuajimalpa | Cuajimalpa de Morelos (; more commonly known simply as Cuajimalpa) is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City. It is located on the west side of the city in the Sierra de las Cruces mountains which separate Mexico City from the State of Mexico. The borough is named after the former rural town of Cuajimalpa,... |
394299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuauht%C3%A9moc%2C%20Mexico%20City | Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City | Cuauhtémoc (), named after the former Aztec leader, is a borough (demarcación territorial) of Mexico City. It contains the oldest parts of the entity, extending over what was the entire urban core in the 1920s.
Cuauhtémoc is the historic and cultural center of the entity, although it is not the geographical center. Wh... |
394310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquee%20Moon | Marquee Moon | Marquee Moon is the debut album by American rock band Television. It was released on February 8, 1977, by Elektra Records. In the years leading up to the album, Television had become a prominent act on the New York music scene and generated interest from a number of record labels, eventually signing a record deal with ... |
394354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnox | Magnox | Magnox is a type of nuclear power / production reactor that was designed to run on natural uranium with graphite as the moderator and carbon dioxide gas as the heat exchange coolant. It belongs to the wider class of gas-cooled reactors. The name comes from the magnesium-aluminium alloy (called Magnesium non-oxidising),... |
394384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalu%20Prasad%20Yadav | Lalu Prasad Yadav | Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parliament (MP) of the Lok Sabha.
He entered politics at Patna University as a studen... |
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