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404797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges%20Picquart%27s%20investigations%20of%20the%20Dreyfus%20affair | Georges Picquart's investigations of the Dreyfus affair | While Alfred Dreyfus was serving his sentence on Devil's Island, in France a number of people began to question his guilt. The most notable of these was Major Georges Picquart.
Colonel Picquart
Not long after the condemnation of Alfred Dreyfus, the military counter-intelligence section at the French War Ministry had ... |
404801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other%20investigations%20of%20the%20Dreyfus%20affair | Other investigations of the Dreyfus affair | After Major Georges Picquart's exile to Tunisia others took up the cause of the Alfred Dreyfus.
Henry's forgeries
Major Henry, though under the nominal direction of Gonse, had become the real head of the Intelligence Office, where he quietly prepared a whole series of forgeries, designed, when the opportunity presente... |
404812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Times | Radio Times | Radio Times (currently styled as RadioTimes) is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by John Reith, then general manager of the British Broadcasting Company (from 1 January 19... |
404829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20in%20the%20United%20States | Islam in the United States | Islam is the third largest religion in the United States (1%), behind Christianity and Judaism, equaling Buddhism and Hinduism percentage wise. A 2017 study estimated that 3.45 million Muslims were living in the United States, about 1.1 percent of the total U.S. population. In 2017, 20 states which were mostly in the S... |
404834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour%20Party%20%28Malta%29 | Labour Party (Malta) | The Labour Party (, PL), formerly known as the Malta Labour Party (, MLP), is one of the two major political parties in Malta, along with the Nationalist Party. It sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
The party was founded in 1921 as the Chamber of Labour by a small group of trade unionists. Ideologicall... |
404841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20Democratic%20Party%20%28Portugal%29 | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) | The Social Democratic Party (, ; PSD) is a liberal-conservative political party in Portugal. Commonly known by its colloquial initials PSD, on ballot papers its initials appear as its official form PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, the Democratic People's Party (, PPD). A part... |
404861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awami%20League | Awami League | The Bangladesh Awami League (), often simply called the Awami League or AL, is one of the major political parties in Bangladesh, being the ruling party of Bangladesh since 2009.
The All Pakistan Awami Muslim League was founded in Dhaka, the capital of the Pakistani province of East Bengal, in 1949 by Bengali nationali... |
404877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20Bangladesh | President of Bangladesh | The President of Bangladesh ( — ) officially the president of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( —) is the head of state of Bangladesh and commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.
The role of the president has changed three times since Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971. Presidents had been given ex... |
404899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8re%20Goriot | Père Goriot | Le Père Goriot (, "Old Goriot" or "Father Goriot") is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the intertwined lives of three characters: the elderly doting Gor... |
404902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond%20Malone | Edmond Malone | Edmond Malone (4 October 174125 May 1812) was an Irish Shakespearean scholar and editor of the works of William Shakespeare.
Assured of an income after the death of his father in 1774, Malone was able to give up his law practice for at first political and then more congenial literary pursuits. He went to London, where... |
404924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitty%20Gritty%20Dirt%20Band | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country rock band formed in 1966. The group has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California. Between 1976 and 1981, the band performed and recorded as the Dirt Band.
Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Ji... |
404939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal%20international%20order | Liberal international order | In international relations, the liberal international order (LIO), also known as the rules-based international order (RBIO), or the rules-based order (RBO), describes a set of global, rule-based, structured relationships based on political liberalism, economic liberalism and liberal internationalism since the late 1940... |
404964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic%20Rocket%20Forces | Strategic Rocket Forces | The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; , lit. 'Strategic Purpose Rocketry Troops of the Russian Federation') is a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (I... |
404971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Tunny%20%28SS-282%29 | USS Tunny (SS-282) | USS Tunny (SS/SSG/APSS/LPSS-282) was a which saw service in World War II and in the Vietnam War. Tunny received nine battle stars and two Presidential Unit Citations for her World War II service and five battle stars for her operations during the Vietnam War. Tunny was the first ship of the United States Navy to be na... |
404991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich%20Eckart | Dietrich Eckart | Dietrich Eckart (; 23 March 1868 – 26 December 1923) was a German völkisch poet, playwright, journalist, publicist, and political activist who was one of the founders of the German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party. Eckart was a key influence on Adolf Hitler in the early years of the Party, the original p... |
404992 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20McDermott | Jim McDermott | James Adelbert McDermott (born December 28, 1936) is an American politician and psychiatrist who was the U.S. representative for from 1989 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle, Vashon Island, Tukwila, Burien, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terra... |
404994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumjaagiin%20Tsedenbal | Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal | Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal (; 17 September 1916 – 20 April 1991) was a Mongolian politician who served as the leader of the Mongolian People's Republic from 1952 to 1984. He served as general secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (the ruling party) from 1940 to 1954 and again from 1958 to 1984, chairman of ... |
405035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20film%20awards | List of film awards | This is a list of groups, organizations, and festivals that recognize achievements in cinema, usually by awarding various prizes. The awards sometimes also have popular unofficial names (such as the "Oscar" for Hollywood's Academy Awards), which are mentioned if applicable. Many awards are simply identified by the name... |
405039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20754 | IEEE 754 | The IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) is a technical standard for floating-point arithmetic established in 1985 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The standard addressed many problems found in the diverse floating-point implementations that made them difficult to use ... |
405049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril%20Smith | Cyril Smith | Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale from 1972 to 1992. After his death, allegations of child sexual abuse were made against him, leading authorities to conclude that he was a prolific sex offender.
Smith ... |
405063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh%C3%B6n%20Mountains | Rhön Mountains | The Rhön Mountains () are a group of low mountains (or Mittelgebirge) in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end of the East Hesse Highlands (Osthessisches Bergland), are partly a result of an... |
405130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9rotin | Pérotin | Pérotin () was a composer associated with the Notre Dame school of polyphony in Paris and the broader musical style of high medieval music. He is credited with developing the polyphonic practices of his predecessor Léonin, with the introduction of three and four-part harmonies.
Other than a brief mention by music the... |
405170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20Airlines%20Flight%20814 | Indian Airlines Flight 814 | Indian Airlines Flight 814, commonly known as IC 814, was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 en route from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India, on Friday, 24 December 1999, when it was hijacked and flown to several locations before landing in Kandahar,... |
405183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organum | Organum | Organum () is, in general, a plainchant melody with at least one added voice to enhance the harmony, developed in the Middle Ages. Depending on the mode and form of the chant, a supporting bass line (or bourdon) may be sung on the same text, the melody may be followed in parallel motion (parallel organum), or a combina... |
405184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy%20Piper | Roddy Piper | Roderick George Toombs (April 17, 1954 – July 31, 2015), better known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and actor.
In professional wrestling, Piper was best known to international audiences for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Champions... |
405195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay | Mandalay | Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census).
Mandalay was founded in 1857 by King Mindon, replacing Amarapura as the new royal capital of... |
405284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus%20Europa | Lotus Europa | The Lotus Europa name is used on two distinct mid-engine GT cars built by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars. The original Europa and its variants comprise the Lotus Types 46, 47, 54, 65 and 74, and were produced between 1966 and 1975.
The name was later revived in the Type 121 Europa S, a sports car based on ... |
405293 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%20World%20Series | 1993 World Series | The 1993 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) season. The 90th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the defending World Series champion and American League (AL) champion Toronto Blue Jays and the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phill... |
405303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusading%20movement | Crusading movement | The crusading movement was a framework of ideologies and institutions that described, regulated, and promoted the Crusades. Members of the Church defined the movement in legal and theological terms based on the concepts of holy war and pilgrimage. Theologically, the movement merged ideas of Old Testament wars that were... |
405360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20McNaughton | Andrew McNaughton | General Andrew George Latta McNaughton (25 February 1887 – 11 July 1966) was a Canadian electrical engineer, scientist, army officer, cabinet minister, and diplomat.
Early life
McNaughton was born in Moosomin, District of Assiniboia, North-West Territories (now part of Saskatchewan), on 25 February 1887. Both of McN... |
405370 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%20Pictures | Republic Pictures | Republic Pictures Corporation (currently held under Melange Pictures, LLC) was an American film studio corporation which originally operated from 1935 to 1967, based in Los Angeles, California. It had production and distribution facilities in Studio City, as well as a movie ranch in Encino. Republic was best known for ... |
405374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali | Ali | ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (; 600 – 661 CE) was the last Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, the successor state to the Islamic prophet Muhammad's political dominions. A senior companion of Muhammad, he is considered by Shia Muslims to be the first Imam, the rightful religious and political successor to Muhammad. The issue of s... |
405405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty%20and%20the%20Beast%20%281987%20TV%20series%29 | Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series) | Beauty and the Beast is an American fantasy-drama television series that first aired on CBS from September 25, 1987 to August 4, 1990. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent (Ron Perlman), a mythic, noble man-beast, and Catherine (Linda Hamilton), a s... |
405411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval%20Battle%20of%20Guadalcanal | Naval Battle of Guadalcanal | The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, The Battle of Friday the 13th, The Night of the Big Guns, or, in Japanese sources, the , took place from 12 to 15 November 1942 and was the decisive engagement in a series of naval battles ... |
405419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20antisemitism | History of antisemitism | The history of antisemitism, defined as hostile actions or discrimination against Jews as a religious or ethnic group, goes back many centuries, with antisemitism being called "the longest hatred". Jerome Chanes identifies six stages in the historical development of antisemitism:
Pre-Christian anti-Judaism in Ancient... |
405421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel%20%28moon%29 | Ariel (moon) | Ariel is the fourth-largest of the 27 known moons of Uranus. Ariel orbits and rotates in the equatorial plane of Uranus, which is almost perpendicular to the orbit of Uranus and so has an extreme seasonal cycle.
It was discovered in October 1851 by William Lassell and named for a character in two different pieces of l... |
405424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%20%28title%29 | Caesar (title) | Caesar ( English Caesars; Latin Caesares; in Greek: Kaîsar) is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar. The change from being a surname to a title used by the Roman emperors can be traced to AD 68, following the fall of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. When used on ... |
405426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argosy%20%28magazine%29 | Argosy (magazine) | Argosy was an American magazine. It was founded in 1882 as The Golden Argosy, a children's weekly, edited by Frank Munsey and published by E. G. Rideout. Munsey took over as publisher when Rideout went bankrupt in 1883, and after many struggles made the magazine profitable. He shortened the title to The Argosy in 18... |
405428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Magazine%20of%20Fantasy%20%26%20Science%20Fiction | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (usually referred to as F&SF) is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas had approached Spivak in the mid-1940s about creating a fanta... |
405429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray%20cod | Murray cod | The Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) is a large Australian predatory freshwater fish of the genus Maccullochella in the family Percichthyidae. Although the species is called a cod in the vernacular, it is not related to the Northern Hemisphere marine cod (Gadus) species. The Murray cod is an important part of Austral... |
405453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish%20diaspora | Jewish diaspora | The Jewish diaspora () or exile (Hebrew: ; Yiddish: ) is the biblical dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancient ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe.
In terms of the Hebrew Bible, the term "Exile" denotes the fate of the Israelites who were ta... |
405480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Dundee | University of Dundee | The University of Dundee is a public research university based in Dundee, Scotland. It was founded as a university college in 1881 with a donation from the prominent Baxter family of textile manufacturers. The institution was, for most of its early existence, a constituent college of the University of St Andrews alongs... |
405494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%20Commission%20Report | Rogers Commission Report | The Rogers Commission Report was written by a Presidential Commission charged with investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during its 10th mission, STS-51-L. The report, released and submitted to President Ronald Reagan on June 9, 1986, both determined the cause of the disaster that took place 73 seconds af... |
405504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Trials%20of%20Life | The Trials of Life | The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Behaviour is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 3 October 1990.
A study in animal behaviour, it was the third in a trilogy of major series (beginning with Life on Earth) that took a broad ove... |
405508 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Life%20of%20Birds | The Life of Birds | The Life of Birds is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 21 October 1998.
A study of the evolution and habits of birds, it was the third of Attenborough's specialised surveys following his major trilogy that began with Life on Earth.... |
405548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecilian | Caecilian | () are a group of limbless, vermiform (worm-shaped) or serpentine (snake-shaped) amphibians with small or sometimes nonexistent eyes. They mostly live hidden in soil or in streambeds, and this cryptic lifestyle renders caecilians among the least familiar amphibians. Modern caecilians live in the tropics of South and Ce... |
405559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PASOK | PASOK | The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012 it was one of the two major parties in the country, along with New Democracy, its main political rival.
Following the collapse of the Greek military dictatorship of 1967–1974,... |
405564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh%20Mela | Kumbh Mela | Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela () is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years, to celebrate every revolution Brihaspati (Jupiter) completes, at four river-bank pilgrimage sites: Prayagraj (Ganges-Yamuna-Sarasvati rivers confluence), Haridwar (Ganges), Nashik (Godavar... |
405568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuration%20theory | Structuration theory | The theory of structuration is a social theory of the creation and reproduction of social systems that is based on the analysis of both structure and agents (see structure and agency), without giving primacy to either. Furthermore, in structuration theory, neither micro- nor macro-focused analysis alone is sufficient. ... |
405661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A8ilidh | Cèilidh | A ( , ) or () is a traditional Scottish and Irish social gathering. In its most basic form, it simply means a social visit. In contemporary usage, it usually involves dancing and playing Gaelic folk music, either at a home or a larger concert at a social hall or other community gathering place.
(plural of ) and (p... |
405663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmarnock%20F.C. | Kilmarnock F.C. | Kilmarnock Football Club, commonly known as Killie, is a Scottish professional football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. The team is currently managed by Derek McInnes, who was appointed in January 2022. The club has achieved several honours since its formation in 1869, most recently the 2011–12 Sco... |
405670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20National%20People%27s%20Party | German National People's Party | The German National People's Party (, DNVP) was a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Germany during the Weimar Republic. Before the rise of the Nazi Party, it was the major conservative and nationalist party in Weimar Germany. It was an alliance of German conservative, German nationalist, ... |
405704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Martin | Chris Martin | Christopher Anthony John Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and philanthropist. He is best known as the lead vocalist, pianist, rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. Born in Exeter, Devon, he went to University College London, where he formed the band with classma... |
405729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Stanfield | Robert Stanfield | Robert Lorne Stanfield (April 11, 1914 – December 16, 2003) was a Canadian politician who served as the 17th premier of Nova Scotia from 1956 to 1967 and the leader of the Official Opposition and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1967 to 1976.
Born into an affluent Nova Scotia clothi... |
405744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Ware | Chris Ware | Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American cartoonist known for his Acme Novelty Library series (begun 1994) and the graphic novels Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (2000), Building Stories (2012) and Rusty Brown (2019). His works explore themes of social isolation, emotional tor... |
405835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20C.%20Slater | John C. Slater | John Clarke Slater (December 22, 1900 – July 25, 1976) was an American physicist who advanced the theory of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules and solids. He also made major contributions to microwave electronics. He received a B.S. in physics from the University of Rochester in 1920 and a Ph.D. in physics fr... |
405841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula | Hula | Hula () is a Hawaiian dance form expressing chant (oli) or song (mele). It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Native Hawaiians who settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form.
There are many sub-styles of hula, with the two main categories being Hula ʻAu... |
405856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selwyn%20Lloyd | Selwyn Lloyd | John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn-Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd, (28 July 1904 – 18 May 1978) was a British politician. Born and raised in Cheshire, he was an active Liberal as a young man in the 1920s. In the following decade, he practised as a barrister and served on Hoylake Urban District Council, by which time he had become a... |
405860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Player | Gary Player | Gary James Player DMS, OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tour and nine major championships on the Champions Tour. At the age of 29, Player... |
405875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackland%20Air%20Force%20Base | Lackland Air Force Base | Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and an enclave of the city of San Antonio. It is the only site for USAF and United States Space Force enliste... |
405880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.%20O%27Conor%20Sloane | T. O'Conor Sloane | Thomas O'Conor Sloane (November 24, 1851 – August 7, 1940) was an American scientist, inventor, author, editor, educator, and linguist, perhaps best known for writing The Standard Electrical Dictionary and as the editor of Scientific American, from 1886 to 1896 and the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, f... |
405908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUNCINPEC | FUNCINPEC | The National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia, commonly referred to as FUNCINPEC, is a royalist political party in Cambodia. Founded in 1981 by Norodom Sihanouk, it began as a resistance movement against the People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) government. In 1982, it formed a... |
405910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist%20Party%20of%20Chile | Socialist Party of Chile | The Socialist Party of Chile (, or PS) is a centre-left political party founded in 1933. Its historic leader was President of Chile Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a coup d'état by General Augusto Pinochet in 1973. The military junta immediately banned socialist, Marxist and other leftist political parties. Member... |
405911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided%20dispatch | Computer-aided dispatch | Computer-aided dispatch (CAD), also called computer-assisted dispatch, is a method of dispatching taxicabs, couriers, field service technicians, mass transit vehicles or emergency services assisted by computer. It can either be used to send messages to the dispatchee via a mobile data terminal (MDT) and/or used to stor... |
405944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20complexity | Time complexity | In theoretical computer science, the time complexity is the computational complexity that describes the amount of computer time it takes to run an algorithm. Time complexity is commonly estimated by counting the number of elementary operations performed by the algorithm, supposing that each elementary operation takes a... |
406051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant%27s%20Tomb | Grant's Tomb | Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, and of his wife Julia. It is a classical domed mausoleum in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. The struct... |
406083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20Dutch | Middle Dutch | Middle Dutch is a collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects whose ancestor was Old Dutch. It was spoken and written between 1150 and 1500. Until the advent of Modern Dutch after 1500 or , there was no overarching standard language, but all dialects were mutually intelligible. During that pe... |
406108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers%20of%20the%20Plaza%20de%20Mayo | Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo | The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an Argentine human rights association formed in response to the National Reorganization Process, the military dictatorship by Jorge Rafael Videla, with the goal of finding the desaparecidos, initially, and then determining the culprits of crimes against humanity to promote their tria... |
406119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri%20Cartier-Bresson | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Henri Cartier-Bresson (; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French artist and humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment.
Cartier-Bresson was one of the founding ... |
406154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave%20Whitehead | Gustave Whitehead | Gustave Albin Whitehead (born Gustav Albin Weisskopf; 1 January 1874 – 10 October 1927) was an aviation pioneer who emigrated from Germany to the United States where he designed and built gliders, flying machines, and engines between 1897 and 1915. Controversy surrounds published accounts and Whitehead's own claims tha... |
406159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Pratt%2C%201st%20Earl%20Camden | Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden | Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, PC (baptised 21 March 1714 – 18 April 1794) was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl Camden. As a lawyer and judge he was a leading proponent of civil liberties, championing the rights of the jury, and limiting the powers of the State in le... |
406192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Greenleaf%20Whittier | John Greenleaf Whittier | John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writing... |
406210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20Ryan | Leo Ryan | Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination during the Jonestown massacre in 1978. Before that, he served in the Califo... |
406239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Tripoli | Treaty of Tripoli | The Treaty of Tripoli (Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary) was signed in 1796. It was the first treaty between the United States and Tripoli (now Libya) to secure commercial shipping rights and protect American ships in the Mediterranean Se... |
406245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov%20An-225%20Mriya | Antonov An-225 Mriya | The Antonov An-225 Mriya (; NATO reporting name: Cossack) was a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed and produced by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.
It was originally developed during the 1980s as an enlarged derivative of the Antonov An-124 airlifter for the express purpose of transporting Buran-c... |
406260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20remediation | Environmental remediation | Environmental remediation is the cleanup of hazardous substances dealing with the removal, treatment and containment of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment. Remediation may be required by regulations before development of land revitalization projects. Developers who ag... |
406264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu | Menu | In a restaurant, the menu is a list of food and beverages offered to customers and the prices. A menu may be à la carte – which presents a list of options from which customers choose – or table d'hôte, in which case a pre-established sequence of courses is offered. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to the d... |
406273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi | Changi | Changi () is a planning area located in the geographical region of Tanah Merah in the East Region of Singapore. Sharing borders with Pasir Ris and Tampines to the west, Changi Bay to the southeast, the South China Sea to the east and the Serangoon Harbour to the north. Changi, excluding the two water catchments and isl... |
406277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20%28given%20name%29 | John (given name) | John (; ) is a common male given name in the English language ultimately of Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English Ion, Ihon, Jon, Jan (mid-12c.), itself from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), from Medieval Latin Johannes, altered form of Late Latin Ioannes, or the Middle English persona... |
406287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary%20Waters%20Canoe%20Area%20Wilderness | Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness | The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW or BWCA) comprises within the Superior National Forest in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The wilderness area is under the administration of the United States Forest Service. A mixture of forests, glacial lakes, and streams, the BWCAW's preservatio... |
406305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20Low%20German | Middle Low German | Middle Low German (Low German: Middelsassisk/Middelsassisch/Middelnedderdüüsch/Middelneaderdüütsk, , ) is a developmental stage of Low German. It developed from the Old Saxon language in the Middle Ages and has been documented in writing since about 1225/34 (Sachsenspiegel). During the Hanseatic period (from about 1300... |
406306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet%20Caprice | Chevrolet Caprice | The Chevrolet Caprice is a full-size car produced by Chevrolet in North America for the 1965 to 1996 model years. Full-size Chevrolet sales peaked in 1965 with over a million sold. It was the most popular car in the U.S. in the 1960s and early 1970s, which, during its lifetime, included the Biscayne, Bel Air, and Impal... |
406314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20I%2C%20King%20of%20Armenia | Leo I, King of Armenia | Leo II (; 1150 – 2 May 1219) was the tenth lord of Armenian Cilicia, ruling from 1187 to 1219, and the first king to be crowned, in 1198/9 (sometimes known as Levon I the Magnificent). During his reign, Leo succeeded in establishing Cilician Armenia as a powerful and unified Christian state with a pre-eminence in polit... |
406324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline%20deregulation | Airline deregulation | Airline deregulation is the process of removing government-imposed entry and price restrictions on airlines affecting, in particular, the carriers permitted to serve specific routes. In the United States, the term usually applies to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. A new form of regulation has been developed to so... |
406327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgios%20Papadopoulos | Georgios Papadopoulos | Geórgios Papadopoulos (; ; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greek military officer and dictator who led a coup d'etat in Greece in 1967 and became the country's Prime Minister from 1967 to 1973. He also was the President of Greece under the junta in 1973, following a referendum. However, after the effective suppressio... |
406330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Tory | Red Tory | A Red Tory is an adherent of a centre-right or paternalistic-conservative political philosophy derived from the Tory tradition; it is most predominant in Canada, but also has a presence in the United Kingdom. This philosophy tends to favour communitarian social policies, while maintaining a degree of fiscal discipline ... |
406339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Crow%20%281994%20film%29 | The Crow (1994 film) | The Crow is a 1994 American supernatural superhero film directed by Alex Proyas from a screenplay by David J. Schow and John Shirley, based on the 1989 limited comic book series of the same name by James O'Barr. The film stars Brandon Lee, in his final film appearance, as Eric Draven, a musician who is resurrected from... |
406363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian%20cuisine | Indonesian cuisine | Indonesian cuisine is a collection of various regional culinary traditions that formed the archipelagic nation of Indonesia. There are a wide variety of recipes and cuisines in part because Indonesia is composed of approximately 6,000 populated islands of the total 17,508 in the world's largest archipelago, with more t... |
406372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobble%20Hill%2C%20Brooklyn | Cobble Hill, Brooklyn | Cobble Hill is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. A small neighborhood comprising 40 blocks, Cobble Hill sits adjacent to Brooklyn Heights to the north, Boerum Hill to the east, Carroll Gardens to the south, and the Columbia Street Waterfront District to the west. It is... |
406405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle%2C%20Lake%20Shore%20and%20Eastern%20Railway | Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway | The Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (SLS&E) was a railroad founded in Seattle, Washington, on April 28, 1885, with three tiers of purposes: Build and run the initial line to the town of Ballard, bring immediate results and returns to investors; exploit resources east in the valleys, foothills, Cascade Range, an... |
406474 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide%3A%20Life%20on%20the%20Street | Homicide: Life on the Street | Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons (122 episodes) on NBC from January 31, 1993, to May 21, 1999, and was succeeded by Homicide: The Movie (2000), which served ... |
406484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec%20literature | Quebec literature | This is an article about literature in Quebec.
16th and 17th centuries
During this period, the society of New France was being built with great difficulty. The French merchants contracted to transport colonists did not respect their end of the bargain, and the French and their Indian allies were at war with the Iroq... |
406500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ante%20Gotovina | Ante Gotovina | Ante Gotovina (born 12 October 1955) is a Croatian retired lieutenant general and former French senior corporal who served in the Croatian War for Independence. He is noted for his primary role in the 1995 Operation Storm. In 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted him on war... |
406512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashhad | Mashhad | Mashhad ( ), also spelled Mashad, was the capital of Persia during the Afsharid dynasty by Nader Afshar and now is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. Falling in the Central District of Mashhad County, it serves as the capital of Razavi K... |
406529 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20of%20Finland | Tom of Finland | Touko Valio Laaksonen (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), known by the pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized highly masculinized homoerotic art, and influenced late 20th-century gay culture. He has been called the "most influential creator of gay pornographic images" by cultural historian Joseph ... |
406539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal%20Tjader | Cal Tjader | Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. ( ; July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, especially small group modern jazz, even as he continued to perform music of Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America.
Tjader... |
406541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Nek | Battle of the Nek | The Battle of the Nek () was a minor battle that took place on 7 August 1915, during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. "The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The name derives from the Afrikaans word for a "mountain pass" but the terrain itself was a perfect bottleneck and easy to defen... |
406544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaichung%20Bhutia | Bhaichung Bhutia | Bhaichung Bhutia (born 15 December 1976), also spelled as Baichung Bhutia, is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Bhutia is considered as the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football. Th... |
406573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscosmos | Roscosmos | The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
Originating from the Soviet space program founded in the 1950s, Roscosmos emerged following the dissolution o... |
406597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography%20of%20the%20French%20Revolution | Historiography of the French Revolution | The historiography of the French Revolution stretches back over two hundred years. Contemporary and 19th-century writings on the Revolution were mainly divided along ideological lines, with conservative historians condemning the Revolution, liberals praising the Revolution of 1789, and radicals defending the democratic... |
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