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400897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben%20Fine | Reuben Fine | Reuben C. Fine (October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology. He was one of the strongest chess players in the world from the mid-1930s until his retirement from chess in 1951. He was granted the title of Inter... |
400991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Fraser | Peter Fraser | Peter Fraser (; 28 August 1884 – 12 December 1950) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 24th prime minister of New Zealand from 27 March 1940 until 13 December 1949. Considered a major figure in the history of the New Zealand Labour Party, he was in office longer than any other Labour prime minister, and is ... |
400993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastitis | Mastitis | Mastitis is inflammation of the breast or udder, usually associated with breastfeeding. Symptoms typically include local pain and redness. There is often an associated fever and general soreness. Onset is typically fairly rapid and usually occurs within the first few months of delivery. Complications can include absces... |
401000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sialkot | Sialkot | Sialkot (Punjabi, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of the Sialkot District and is the 13th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined with Jammu (the winter capital of Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir) in the north east, the districts of Narowal in the southeast,... |
401012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Yam%C3%A9ogo | Maurice Yaméogo | Maurice Nawalagmba Yaméogo (31 December 1921 – 15 September 1993) was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso, from 1959 until 1966.
"Monsieur Maurice" embodied the Voltaic state at the moment of independence. However, his political ascension did not occur without difficulties. As a... |
401013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed%20F-94%20Starfire | Lockheed F-94 Starfire | The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was a first-generation jet powered all-weather day/night interceptor aircraft designed and produced by Lockheed Corporation. It was the first operational United States Air Force (USAF) fighter equipped with an afterburner as well as being the first jet-powered all-weather fighter to enter com... |
401017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbaland | Timbaland | Timothy Zachery Mosley (born March 10, 1972), known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer. He has received widespread acclaim for his innovative production work and distinctive "stuttering" rhythmic style. In 2007, Entertainment Weekly stated that "just about every current pop trend can be traced ... |
401021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Cone | David Cone | David Brian Cone (born January 2, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and WPIX as well as for ESPN on Sunday Night Baseball. A third round draft pick of the Kansas City Royals in 1981 MLB Draft, he made his MLB debut ... |
401032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%20F-84%20Thunderjet | Republic F-84 Thunderjet | The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 first flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 U.S.... |
401045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%20F-105%20Thunderchief | Republic F-105 Thunderchief | The Republic F-105 Thunderchief is an American fighter-bomber that served with the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1984. Capable of Mach 2, it conducted the majority of strike bombing missions during the early years of the Vietnam War; it was the only American aircraft to have been removed from combat due to high ... |
401079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiyuan | Taiyuan | Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base focusing on energy and heavy chemicals. Throughout ... |
401088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drizzt%20Do%27Urden | Drizzt Do'Urden | Drizzt Do'Urden () is a fictional character appearing in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Drizzt was created by author R. A. Salvatore as a supporting character in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. Salvatore created him on a whim when his publisher needed him to replac... |
401102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulfikar%20Ali%20Bhutto | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979) was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973, and later as the ninth prime minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977. He was the founder of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and served as its chairma... |
401133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston%20Sturges | Preston Sturges | Preston Sturges (; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic and mature, despite the farcical sit... |
401150 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoreceptor%20cell | Photoreceptor cell | A photoreceptor cell is a specialized type of neuroepithelial cell found in the retina that is capable of visual phototransduction. The great biological importance of photoreceptors is that they convert light (visible electromagnetic radiation) into signals that can stimulate biological processes. To be more specific,... |
401190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan%20Octavian%20Hume | Allan Octavian Hume | Allan Octavian Hume, CB ICS (4 June 1829 – 31 July 1912) was a British political reformer, ornithologist, civil servant and botanist who worked in British India. He supported the idea of self-governance by Indians and founded the Indian National Congress. A notable ornithologist, Hume has been called "the Father of Ind... |
401192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halesowen | Halesowen | Halesowen ( ) is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the county of West Midlands, England.
Historically an exclave of Shropshire and, from 1844, in Worcestershire, the town is around from Birmingham city centre, and from Dudley town centre. The population of the town, as measured by the United Ki... |
401204 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle%20of%20Wight%20Festival%201970 | Isle of Wight Festival 1970 | The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 was a music festival held between 26 and 31 August 1970 at Afton Down, an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight in England. It was the last of three consecutive music festivals to take place on the island between 1968 and 1970 and often acknowledged as the largest musical event o... |
401209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Pokryshkin | Alexander Pokryshkin | Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin (; – 13 November 1985) was a Soviet fighter pilot in World War II, and later a Marshal of Aviation. He was one of the highest-scoring Soviet aces, and the highest-scoring pilot ever to fly an American aircraft, having achieved the great majority of his kills in the Lend-Lease Bell P-39 A... |
401225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20City%20on%20the%20Edge%20of%20Forever | The City on the Edge of Forever | "The City on the Edge of Forever" is the twenty-eighth and penultimate episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. It was written by Harlan Ellison; contributors to and/or editors of the script included Steven W. Carabatsos, D. C. Fontana and Gene L. Coon. Gene Roddenberry m... |
401278 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Trouble%20with%20Tribbles | The Trouble with Tribbles | "The Trouble with Tribbles" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by David Gerrold and directed by Joseph Pevney, it was first broadcast on December 29, 1967. In this comic episode, the starship Enterprise visits a space station that soon beco... |
401280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus%20University | Aarhus University | Aarhus University (, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Utrecht Network of European universities and is a member of the European Uni... |
401291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounter%20at%20Farpoint | Encounter at Farpoint | "Encounter at Farpoint" is the pilot episode and series premiere of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, which premiered in syndication on September 28, 1987. It was written by D. C. Fontana and Gene Roddenberry and directed by Corey Allen. Roddenberry was the creator of Star T... |
401302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honours%20of%20Scotland | Honours of Scotland | The Honours of Scotland (, ), informally known as the Scottish Crown Jewels, are the regalia that were worn by Scottish monarchs at their coronation. Kept in the Crown Room in Edinburgh Castle, they date from the 15th and 16th centuries, and are the oldest surviving set of crown jewels in the British Isles.
The Honour... |
401320 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caretaker%20%28Star%20Trek%3A%20Voyager%29 | Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager) | "Caretaker" is the series premiere of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. It was first broadcast as a double-length episode on January 16, 1995, as the first telecast of the fledgling UPN network. It was later split into two parts for syndication, but released in its original one-episode ... |
401342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20South | Deep South | The Deep South or the Lower South is a cultural and geographic subregion of the Southern United States. The term was first used to describe the states which were most economically dependent on plantations and slavery. After the American Civil War ended in 1865, the region suffered economic hardship and was a major site... |
401407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%20Conrad%20von%20H%C3%B6tzendorf | Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf | Franz Xaver Josef Conrad von Hötzendorf (after 1919 Franz Conrad; 11 November 1852 – 25 August 1925), sometimes anglicised as Hoetzendorf, was an Austrian general who played a central role in World War I. He served as K.u.k. Feldmarschall (field marshal) and Chief of the General Staff of the military of the Austro-Hun... |
401425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsui%20O.S.K.%20Lines | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (; abbreviated MOL) is a Japanese transport company headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the largest shipping companies in the world.
MOL fleet includes dry cargo ships (bulk carriers), liquefied natural gas carriers, Ro-Ro Car Carrier ships, oil tankers, container ships (... |
401473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Pownall | Thomas Pownall | Thomas Pownall (bapt. 4 September 1722 N.S. – 25 February 1805) was a British colonial official and politician. He was governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1757 to 1760, and afterwards sat in the House of Commons from 1767 to 1780. He travelled widely in the North American colonies prior to the American ... |
401486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20bond | War bond | War bonds (sometimes referred to as Victory bonds, particularly in propaganda) are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war without raising taxes to an unpopular level. They are also a means to control inflation by removing money from circulation in a s... |
401544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Antonio%20Primo%20de%20Rivera | José Antonio Primo de Rivera | José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquess of Estella GE (24 April 1903 – 20 November 1936), often referred to simply as José Antonio, was a Spanish fascist politician who founded the Falange Española ("Spanish Phalanx"), later Falange Española de las JONS.
The eldest so... |
401548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Lawrence%20%28Indian%20Army%20officer%29 | Henry Lawrence (Indian Army officer) | Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence KCB (28 June 18064 July 1857) was a British military officer, surveyor, administrator and statesman in British India. He is best known for leading a group of administrators in the Punjab affectionately known as Henry Lawrence's "Young Men", as the founder of the Lawrence ... |
401551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Space%20Centre | National Space Centre | The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester. It is located on the north side of the city in Belgrave, Leicester, England, next to the River Soar. Many of the exhib... |
401592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou%20Saban | Lou Saban | Louis Henry Saban (October 13, 1921 – March 29, 2009) was an American football player and coach. He played for Indiana University in college and as a professional for the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) between 1946 and 1949. Saban then began a long coaching career. After numerous jobs at... |
401600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20Armenia-related%20articles | Index of Armenia-related articles | Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Armenia include:
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1in.am ·
1268 Cilicia earthquake ·
1896 Ottoman Bank Takeover ·
1965 Yerevan demonstrations ·
1995 Armenian constitutional referendum ·
2005 Armenian constitutional referendum ·
1988 Armenian earthquake ·
1991 Armenian independence referendum ·
1992 in A... |
401606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20Azerbaijan-related%20articles | Index of Azerbaijan-related articles | Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to the Azerbaijan Republic include:
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26 Baku Commissars -
26 Commissars Memorial -
1993-2016 military reforms in Azerbaijan -
1994 Baku Metro bombings -
1995 Baku Metro fire -
2000 Baku earthquake -
2007 Baku terrorist plot
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.az -
Abbasgulu Bakikhanov -
Abdulla Shaig -
A... |
401610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static%20Shock | Static Shock | Static Shock is an American superhero animated television series based on the Milestone Media/DC Comics superhero Static. It premiered on September 23, 2000, on the WB Television Network's Kids' WB programming block. Static Shock ran for four seasons, with 52 half-hour episodes in total. The show revolves around Virgil... |
401625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture%20of%20Saddam%20Hussein | Capture of Saddam Hussein | Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, was captured by the United States military forces in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq on 13 December 2003. Codenamed Operation Red Dawn, this military operation was named after the 1984 American film Red Dawn.
The mission was executed by joint operations Task Force 121—an elite ... |
401660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%E2%80%93Georgia%20football%20rivalry | Florida–Georgia football rivalry | The Florida–Georgia football rivalry is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the University of Florida Gators and the University of Georgia Bulldogs, both members of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. The programs first met in 1904 or 1915 (the status of the first game is disp... |
401663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier%27s | Collier's | Collier's was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as Collier's Once a Week, then renamed in 1895 as Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal, shortened in 1905 to Collier's: The National Weekly and eventually to simply Collier's. The magazine ceased publicatio... |
401704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective%20verb | Defective verb | In linguistics, a defective verb is a verb that either lacks a conjugated form or entails incomplete conjugation, and thus cannot be conjugated for certain grammatical tenses, aspects, persons, genders, or moods that the majority of verbs or a "normal" or regular verb in a particular language can be conjugated for. Tha... |
401729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Tamil%20people | List of Tamil people | This is a list of notable Tamils.
Ancient Kings and Rulers
Tamil dynasties
Chola dynasty
Pandya dynasty
Chera dynasty
Pallava dynasty
Ay dynasty
Velir dynasty
Aryacakravarti dynasty
Vanni dynasty
Rajahnate of Cebu
Other royal families
Rulers of Ramnad
Ramanatha Sethupathi (?–1979), last Raja of Ramnad... |
401737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Uttar%20Pradesh | List of people from Uttar Pradesh | This is a list of notable people from Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those who were born in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that part of the former United Provinces that now is part of the modern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Deities and avatars
Rishabhanatha or Aadinath(birthplace: Ayod... |
401739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20West%20Bengal | List of people from West Bengal | This is a list of notable people from West Bengal, India. This list does not include the significant number of prominent East Bengali refugees from East Bengal who settled in West Bengal after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947.
Literature
Major figures
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Manik Bandopadhya... |
401753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20by%20sawing | Death by sawing | Death by sawing is the act of sawing or cutting a living person in half, either sagittally (usually midsagittally), or transversely.
Methods
Different methods of death by sawing have been recorded. In cases related to the Roman Emperor Caligula, the sawing is said to be through the middle (transversely). This method i... |
401763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedism | Encyclopedism | Encyclopedism is an outlook that aims to include a wide range of knowledge in a single work. The term covers both encyclopedias themselves and related genres in which comprehensiveness is a notable feature. The word encyclopedia is a Latinization of the Greek enkýklios paideía, which means all-around education. The enc... |
401767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-ratio | Cross-ratio | In geometry, the cross-ratio, also called the double ratio and anharmonic ratio, is a number associated with a list of four collinear points, particularly points on a projective line. Given four points , , , on a line, their cross ratio is defined as
where an orientation of the line determines the sign of each dis... |
401784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesbury | Cholesbury | Cholesbury (recorded as Chelwardisbyry in the 13th century) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cholesbury-cum-St. Leonards, in Buckinghamshire, England, on the border with Hertfordshire. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, about east of Wendover, north of Chesham and from Berkhamsted.
Chol... |
401834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20boxing%20families | List of boxing families | This is a list of boxing families with two or more notable boxers. Many families have had multiple members become famous in the sport of boxing, with some having held multiple world titles. While this does not have extensive details, their highest career achievements are listed.
Argentina
Matthysse siblings
Walter Ma... |
401835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji%20Doihara | Kenji Doihara | was a Japanese army officer. As a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, he was instrumental in the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
As a leading intelligence officer, he played a key role to the Japanese machinations that led to the occupation of large parts of China, the destabilization of the cou... |
401840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessey | Plessey | The Plessey Company plc was a British electronics, defence and telecommunications company. It originated in 1917, growing and diversifying into electronics. It expanded after World War II by acquisition of companies and formed overseas companies.
It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the ... |
401855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20World%20Series | 1992 World Series | The 1992 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1992 season. The 89th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Toronto Blue Jays and the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves. Toronto defeated Atlanta four game... |
401875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare%20reform | Welfare reform | Welfare reform is the process of proposing and adopting changes to a welfare system in order to improve the efficiency and administration of government assistance programs with the goal of enhancing equity and fairness for both welfare recipients and taxpayers. Reform programs have various aims: empowering individuals ... |
401877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boca%20Juniors | Boca Juniors | Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the Argentine Primera División. The team has won 74 official titles, the most by an... |
401880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisalabad | Faisalabad | Faisalabad (; Punjabi, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur(Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), is the second largest city and industrial centre of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the third largest and populous city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2023. It is situated in the north-east of the cou... |
401897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20Star | Energy Star | Energy Star (trademarked ENERGY STAR) is a program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that promotes energy efficiency. The program provides information on the energy consumption of products and devices using different standardized methods. The Energy Star label i... |
401902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu | Erhu | The erhu (; ) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a Southern Fiddle, and is sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle.
It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orc... |
401909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Romani | Battle of Romani | The Battle of Romani was the last ground attack of the Central Powers on the Suez Canal at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine campaign during the First World War. The battle was fought between 3 and 5 August 1916 near the Egyptian town of Romani and the site of ancient Pelusium on the Sinai Peninsula, east of th... |
401931 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State%20tornado%20outbreak | Tri-State tornado outbreak | On March 18, 1925, one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recorded history generated at least twelve significant tornadoes and spanned a large portion of the midwestern and southern United States. In all, at least 751 people were killed and more than 2,298 were injured, making the outbreak the deadliest tornado outb... |
401936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20Frank | Leo Frank | Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884August 17, 1915) was an American factory superintendent and lynching victim. He is primarily notable for his conviction in 1913 of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia, although the general consensus among modern historians is that he was wrongfully convict... |
401950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson%20College | Emerson College | Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. It also maintains campuses in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," the college offers more than three dozen degree and prof... |
401971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Massachusetts%20Dartmouth | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth or UMassD) is a public research university in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. It is the southernmost campus of the University of Massachusetts system. Formerly Southeastern Massachusetts University (known locally as SMU), it was merged into the University of Massach... |
401983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid%20of%20Saudi%20Arabia | Khalid of Saudi Arabia | Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; 13 February 1913 13 June 1982) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and politician who served as King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 25 March 1975 to his death in 1982. Prior to his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 29 March 1965 to 25 March 1975. He was the fifth son... |
402018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multistage%20rocket | Multistage rocket | A multistage rocket or step rocket is a launch vehicle that uses two or more rocket stages, each of which contains its own engines and propellant. A tandem or serial stage is mounted on top of another stage; a parallel stage is attached alongside another stage. The result is effectively two or more rockets stacked on t... |
402020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot | Cagot | The Cagots () were a persecuted minority who lived in the west of France and northern Spain: the Navarrese Pyrenees, Basque provinces, Béarn, Aragón, Gascony and Brittany. Evidence of the group exists as far back as 1000 CE.
Name
Etymology
The origins of both the term (and , , , etc.) and the Cagots themselves are ... |
402027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Kingdom%20labour%20law | United Kingdom labour law | United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK can rely upon a minimum set of employment rights, which are found in Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equity. This includes the right to a minimum wage of £10.42 for over-23-year-olds f... |
402032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho%20State%20University | Idaho State University | Idaho State University (ISU) is a public research university in Pocatello, Idaho. Founded in 1901 as the Academy of Idaho, Idaho State offers more than 250 programs at its main campus in Pocatello and locations in Meridian, Idaho Falls, and Twin Falls. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research a... |
402049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20convenience | Flag of convenience | Flag of convenience (FOC) is a business practice whereby a ship's owners register a merchant ship in a ship register of a country other than that of the ship's owners, and the ship flies the civil ensign of that country, called the flag state. The term is often used pejoratively, and although common, the practice is so... |
402052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Vincent%20%28musician%29 | St. Vincent (musician) | Anne Erin Clark (born September 28, 1982), known professionally as St. Vincent, is an American musician and singer. Her music is noted for its complex arrangements utilizing a wide array of instruments. St. Vincent is the recipient of various accolades, including three Grammy Awards. Her guitar playing has been praised... |
402055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual%20retirement%20account | Individual retirement account | An individual retirement account (IRA) in the United States is a form of pension provided by many financial institutions that provides tax advantages for retirement savings. It is a trust that holds investment assets purchased with a taxpayer's earned income for the taxpayer's eventual benefit in old age. An individual... |
402072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARP | AARP | AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is an interest group in the United States focusing on issues affecting those over the age of fifty. The organization, which is headquartered in Washington, D.C., said it had more than 38 million members as of 2018. The magazine and bulletin it sends to its mem... |
402087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenepa%20War | Cenepa War | The Cenepa War (26 January – 28 February 1995), also known as the Alto Cenepa War, was a brief and localized military conflict between Ecuador and Peru, fought over control of an area in Peruvian territory (i.e. in the eastern side of the Cordillera del Cóndor, Province of Condorcanqui, Región Amazonas, Republic of Per... |
402115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20electric%20companies | List of United States electric companies | The following page lists electric utilities in the United States.
Largest utilities by revenue (2022)
Reference:
List of US electric companies by state
Alabama
Choosemypower
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority
Albertville Municipal Utilities Board
Arab Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Alabama Power, a part of the... |
402119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game%20studies | Game studies | Game studies, also known as ludology (from ludus, "game", and -logia, "study", "research"), is the study of games, the act of playing them, and the players and cultures surrounding them. It is a field of cultural studies that deals with all types of games throughout history. This field of research utilizes the tactics ... |
402120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation%20of%20the%20British%20monarch | Coronation of the British monarch | The coronation of the monarch of the United Kingdom is an initiation ceremony in which they are formally invested with regalia and crowned at Westminster Abbey. It corresponds to the coronations that formerly took place in other European monarchies, which have all abandoned coronations in favour of inauguration or enth... |
402124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Light%20Horse | Australian Light Horse | Australian Light Horse were mounted troops with characteristics of both cavalry and mounted infantry, who served in the Second Boer War and World War I. During the inter-war years, a number of regiments were raised as part of Australia's part-time military force. These units were gradually mechanised either before or d... |
402126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20water%20companies | List of United States water companies | This is a list of water companies in the United States. For more information see water supply and sanitation in the United States.
Alabama
Asbury Water Authority
Autauga County Water Authority
Autaugaville Water Authority
Bakerhill Water Authority
Bear Creek Water Works Board
Beauregard Water Authority
Bellwood... |
402136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20English%20words%20of%20Russian%20origin | List of English words of Russian origin | This page transcribes Russian (written in Cyrillic script) using the IPA. For a quick overview of Russian pronunciation, see Help:IPA/Russian.
Many languages, including English, contain words (Russianisms) most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are of purely Russian or origin. Some of th... |
402190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolex | Rolex | Rolex SA () is a Swiss watch designer and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in London, the company registered Rolex as the brand name of its watches in 1908 and became Rolex Watch Co. Ltd. in 1915. After World War I, the company moved its ... |
402215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Ranger%20%28CV-61%29 | USS Ranger (CV-61) | The seventh USS Ranger (CV/CVA-61) was the third of four supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Although all four ships of the class were completed with angled decks, Ranger had the distinction of being the first US carrier built from the beginning as an angled-deck ship.
Commissioned in 1957, s... |
402261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roth%20IRA | Roth IRA | A Roth IRA is an individual retirement account (IRA) under United States law that is generally not taxed upon distribution, provided certain conditions are met. The principal difference between Roth IRAs and most other tax-advantaged retirement plans is that rather than granting a tax reduction for contributions to the... |
402282 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Valley%20Forge%20%28CV-45%29 | USS Valley Forge (CV-45) | USS Valley Forge (CV/CVA/CVS-45, LPH-8) was one of 24 s built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the first US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named after Valley Forge, the 1777–1778 winter encampment of General George Washington's Continental Army. Valley Forge was commis... |
402289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Philippine%20Sea%20%28CV-47%29 | USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) | USS Philippine Sea (CV/CVA/CVS-47, AVT-11) was one of 24 s of the United States Navy, and the first ship to be named for the Battle of the Philippine Sea. She was launched on 5 September 1945, after the end of World War II, and sponsored by the wife of the Governor of Kentucky.
During her career, Philippine Sea served... |
402326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iztacalco | Iztacalco | Iztacalco () is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City. It is located in the central-eastern area and it is the smallest of the city's boroughs. The area's history began in 1309 when the island of Iztacalco, in what was Lake Texcoco, was settled in 1309 by the Mexica who would later found Tenochtitlan, acco... |
402333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Hidalgo%2C%20Mexico%20City | Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City | Miguel Hidalgo is a borough (alcaldía) in western Mexico City, it encompasses the historic areas of Tacuba, Chapultepec and Tacubaya along with a number of notable neighborhoods such as Polanco and Lomas de Chapultepec. With landmarks such as Chapultepec Park and the Museo Nacional de Antropología, it is the second mos... |
402343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi%20Department%20of%20Corrections | Mississippi Department of Corrections | The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) is a state agency of Mississippi that operates prisons. It has its headquarters in Jackson. Burl Cain is the commissioner.
History
In 1843 a penitentiary in four city squares in central Jackson was developed as Mississippi's first state prison.
The prison in Jackson ... |
402344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia%20%28Eastern%20Europe%29 | Galicia (Eastern Europe) | Galicia ( ; , ; , ; ) is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It covers much of the other historic regions of Red Ruthenia (centered on Lviv) and Lesser Poland (centered on Kraków).
The name of the region deriv... |
402345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Baptiste%20Charbonneau | Jean Baptiste Charbonneau | Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (February 11, 1805 – May 16, 1866) was a Native American-French Canadian explorer, guide, fur trapper, trader, military scout during the Mexican–American War, alcalde (mayor) of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia and a gold digger and hotel operator in Northern California. His mother was Sacagawe... |
402384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Bataan%20%28CVL-29%29 | USS Bataan (CVL-29) | USS Bataan (CVL-29/AVT-4), originally planned as USS Buffalo (CL-99) and also classified as CV-29, was an 11,000 ton light aircraft carrier which was commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II on 17 November 1943. Serving in the Pacific Theatre for the entire war, taking part in operations around New G... |
402386 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Midway%20%28CV-41%29 | USS Midway (CV-41) | USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal. She operated for 47 ... |
402389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Coral%20Sea%20%28CV-43%29 | USS Coral Sea (CV-43) | USS Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43), a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea. She earned the affectionate nickname "Ageless Warrior" through her long career. Initially classified as an aircraft carrier with hull classification symbol CV-43, the contract to build the ship w... |
402402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema%20of%20India | Cinema of India | The cinema of India, consisting of motion pictures which has had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Indian cinema is made up of various film industries, including Bollywood, which makes motion pictures in the Hindi language is one of the biggest film industries in the country. Major centers of ... |
402433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20H%C3%A9bert | Jacques Hébert | Jacques René Hébert (; 15 November 1757 – 24 March 1794) was a French journalist and the founder and editor of the extreme radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne during the French Revolution.
Hébert was a leader of the French Revolution and had thousands of followers as the Hébertists (French Hébertistes); he himself was ... |
402492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston%20Doumergue | Gaston Doumergue | Pierre Paul Henri Gaston Doumergue (; 1 August 1863 in Aigues-Vives, Gard18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He served as President of France from 1924 to 1931, succeeding Alexandre Millerand, who had resigned.
Tasked with important ministerial portfolios, he was first appointe... |
402498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore%20Steeg | Théodore Steeg | Théodore Steeg () (19 December 1868 – 19 December 1950) was a lawyer and professor of philosophy who became Prime Minister of France.
Steeg entered French politics in 1904 as a radical socialist, although his views were generally moderate. He was a Deputy of the Seine from 1904 to 1914 and Senator from 1914 to 1944. A... |
402506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20%26%20White%20%28video%20game%29 | Black & White (video game) | Black & White is a god video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows in 2001 and by Feral Interactive in 2002 for Mac OS. Black & White combines elements of artificial life and strategy. The player acts as a god whose goal is to defeat Nemesis, another god who wants to... |
402519 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Independence%20%28CV-62%29 | USS Independence (CV-62) | The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was the fourth and final member of the of conventionally powered supercarriers. She entered service in 1959, with much of her early years spent in the Mediterranean Fleet.
Independence was decommissioned in 1998 after 39 yea... |
402544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeconiah | Jeconiah | Jeconiah ( Yəḵonəyā , meaning "Yah has established"; ; ), also known as Coniah and as Jehoiachin ( Yəhōyāḵīn ; ), was the nineteenth and penultimate king of Judah who was dethroned by the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar II in the 6th century BCE and was taken into captivity. He was the son and successor of King Jehoiak... |
402553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saud%20of%20Saudi%20Arabia | Saud of Saudi Arabia | Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; 15 January 1902 – 23 February 1969) was King of Saudi Arabia from 9 November 1953 until his abdication on 2 November 1964. During his reign, he served as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1954 and from 1960 to 1962. Prior to his accession, Saud was the country's crown prince from... |
402558 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Saud | House of Saud | The House of Saud ( ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), and his brothers, though the ruling faction of the family is primarily led by the descendants of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Ra... |
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