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418091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstra%20University | Hofstra University | Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead, New York. It is the largest private university on Long Island.
Hofstra originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University under the name Nassau College – Hofstra Memorial of New York University. It became independent Hofstra College in 1939 and gained uni... |
418094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Rawlings | Jerry Rawlings | Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of Ghana.
Rawlings came to power i... |
418101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary%20biology | Evolutionary biology | Evolutionary biology is the subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes (natural selection, common descent, speciation) that produced the diversity of life on Earth. It is also defined as the study of the history of life forms on Earth. Evolution holds that all species are related and gradually change o... |
418106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Army%20Rangers | United States Army Rangers | United States Army Rangers are U.S. Army personnel who have served in any unit which has held the official designation of "Ranger". The term is commonly used to include graduates of the Ranger School, even if they have never served in a "Ranger" unit; the vast majority of Ranger school graduates never serve in Ranger u... |
418109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix%20Houphou%C3%ABt-Boigny | Félix Houphouët-Boigny | Félix Houphouët-Boigny (; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast, serving from 1960 until his death in 1993. A tribal chief, he worked as a medical aide, union leader, ... |
418146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita%20Repulsa | Rita Repulsa | Rita Repulsa is a fictional character from the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and the principal nemesis and archenemy of the main superhero protagonists in the show's first season. She is portrayed in the first season by Machiko Soga (via Zyuranger footage as Witch Bandora) and by Carla Perez in the re... |
418156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second%20quantization | Second quantization | Second quantization, also referred to as occupation number representation, is a formalism used to describe and analyze quantum many-body systems. In quantum field theory, it is known as canonical quantization, in which the fields (typically as the wave functions of matter) are thought of as field operators, in a manner... |
418159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlus | Atlus | is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, arcade manufacturer and distribution company based in Tokyo. A subsidiary of Sega, the company is known for video game series such as Megami Tensei, Persona, Etrian Odyssey, and Trauma Center, as well as Print Club (Purikura) arcade machines. Its corporate mascot is Jack F... |
418188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firecracker | Firecracker | A firecracker (cracker, noise maker, banger) is a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a large amount of noise, especially in the form of a loud bang, usually for celebration or entertainment; any visual effect is incidental to this goal. They have fuses, and are wrapped in a heavy paper casing to conta... |
418189 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle%20%28submersible%29 | Turtle (submersible) | Turtle (also called American Turtle) was the world's first submersible vessel with a documented record of use in combat. It was built in 1775 by American David Bushnell as a means of attaching explosive charges to ships in a harbor, for use against the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War. Connecticut Gover... |
418241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank%20One%20Corporation | Bank One Corporation | Bank One Corporation was an American bank founded in 1968 and at its peak the sixth-largest bank in the United States. It traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol ONE. The company merged with JPMorgan Chase & Co. on July 1, 2004, with its CEO Jamie Dimon taking the lead at the combined company. The ... |
418257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria%20bidwillii | Araucaria bidwillii | Araucaria bidwillii, commonly known as the bunya pine (, ), bunya-bunya, or sometimes the monkey puzzle tree, is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae which is endemic to Australia. Its natural range is southeast Queensland with two very small, disjunct populations in northeast Queensland's Worl... |
418266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakley%2C%20Buckinghamshire | Oakley, Buckinghamshire | Oakley is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It has an area of and includes about 400 households. The 2011 Census recorded the population as 1,007.
At one time it was thought Oakley held a rare (and possibly unique) double distinction, in that a Victoria Cross recipient, Edward Brooks, and a Meda... |
418271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20California%20Proposition%20187 | 1994 California Proposition 187 | California Proposition 187 (also known as the Save Our State (SOS) initiative) was a 1994 ballot initiative to establish a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibit illegal immigrants from using non-emergency health care, public education, and other services in the State of California. Voters passed the propo... |
418292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strain%20gauge | Strain gauge | A strain gauge (also spelled strain gage) is a device used to measure strain on an object. Invented by Edward E. Simmons and Arthur C. Ruge in 1938, the most common type of strain gauge consists of an insulating flexible backing which supports a metallic foil pattern. The gauge is attached to the object by a suitable a... |
418334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema%20of%20the%20United%20States | Cinema of the United States | The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 19... |
418338 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamization | Vietnamization | Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops". Brought on by the Vi... |
418355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbling | Babbling | Babbling is a stage in child development and a state in language acquisition during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering articulate sounds, but does not yet produce any recognizable words. Babbling begins shortly after birth and progresses through several stages as the infant's repertoire of sounds... |
418359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki%20Matsui | Hideki Matsui | , nicknamed "Godzilla", is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played baseball in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Matsui played the first ten seasons of his career in Japan for NPB's Yomiuri Giant... |
418418 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWI%20Tavor | IWI Tavor | The IWI Tavor, previously designated as the Tavor TAR-21 (Tavor Assault Rifle – 21st century), is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO calibre, designed and produced by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). It is part of the Tavor family of rifles, which have spawned many derivatives of the original d... |
418434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian%20alphabet | Romanian alphabet | The Romanian alphabet is a variant of the Latin alphabet used for writing the Romanian language. It is a modification of the classical Latin alphabet and consists of 31 letters, five of which (Ă, Â, Î, Ș, and Ț) have been modified from their Latin originals for the phonetic requirements of the language:
The letters Q ... |
418436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic%20anthropology | Economic anthropology | Economic anthropology is a field that attempts to explain human economic behavior in its widest historic, geographic and cultural scope. It is an amalgamation of economics and anthropology. It is practiced by anthropologists and has a complex relationship with the discipline of economics, of which it is highly critical... |
418462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal%20record | Criminal record | A criminal record (not to be confused with a police record or arrest record) is a record of a person's criminal convictions history. The information included in a criminal record and the existence of a criminal record varies between countries and even between jurisdictions within a country. In most cases it lists all n... |
418467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Dinklage | Peter Dinklage | Peter Hayden Dinklage (; born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. He received international recognition for portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. He also rec... |
418488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston%20Nutt | Houston Nutt | Houston Dale Nutt Jr. (born October 14, 1957) is a former American football player and coach. He formerly worked for CBS Sports as a college football studio analyst. Previously, he served as the head football coach at Murray State University (1993–1996), Boise State University (1997), the University of Arkansas (1998–2... |
418532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Eastern%20Caribbean%20people | List of Eastern Caribbean people | Listed below are prominent people from the Eastern Caribbean, the Guianas. Because of the close proximity of these countries, some people are listed under more than one heading. The following are not included: Bahamians, Belizeans, Cubans, Dominicans (from the Dominican Republic), Haitians, Jamaicans, or Puerto Ricans.... |
418537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relic%20%28novel%29 | Relic (novel) | Relic is a 1995 novel by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, and the first in the Special Agent Pendergast series. As a horror novel and techno-thriller, it comments on the possibilities inherent in genetic manipulation, and is critical of museums and their role both in society and in the scientific co... |
418550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Antwerp%20%281914%29 | Siege of Antwerp (1914) | The siege of Antwerp (, , ) was an engagement between the German and the Belgian, British and French armies around the fortified city of Antwerp during World War I. German troops besieged a garrison of Belgian fortress troops, the Belgian field army and the British Royal Naval Division in the Antwerp area, after the Ge... |
418568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Godfrey | Arthur Godfrey | Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer who was sometimes introduced by his nickname The Old Redhead. At the peak of his success, in the early to mid 1950s, Godfrey was heard on radio and seen on television up to six days a week, sometime... |
418594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20Crystal%20Chronicles%20%28video%20game%29 | Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (video game) | is an action role-playing video game developed by The Game Designers Studio and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It was released in 2003 in Japan and 2004 in North America, Europe and Australia. A remastered version for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, and iOS was released in August 2020. A spin-off of t... |
418600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece%E2%80%93Turkey%20relations | Greece–Turkey relations | Relations between Greece and Turkey began in the 1830s following Greece's formation after its declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire. Modern relations began when Turkey declared its formation in 1923 following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I.
Greece and Turkey have a rivalry with a history... |
418611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gannett | Gannett | Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. It is wholly owned by the Japanese multinational company SoftBank Group.
It owns the national ... |
418634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy%20Sainte-Marie | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and social activist. While working in these areas, her work has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Since the early1960s, Sainte-Marie has claimed to have Indigenous Canadian ancest... |
418644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KARE%20%28TV%29 | KARE (TV) | KARE (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Twin Cities area. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on Olson Memorial Highway (MN 55) in Golden Valley and a transmitter at the Telefarm site in Shoreview, Minnesota.
Histo... |
418646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B%20visa | H-1B visa | The H-1B is a visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H), that allows U.S. employers to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. A specialty occupation requires the application of specialized knowledge and a bachelor's degree or the equivalent of work experience. ... |
418690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Brunswick%20Liberal%20Association | New Brunswick Liberal Association | The New Brunswick Liberal Association (), more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major provincial political parties in New Brunswick, Canada. The party descended from both the Confederation Party and the Anti-Confederation Party whose members split i... |
418713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%20cuisine | Polish cuisine | Polish cuisine () is a style of food preparation originating in and widely popular in Poland. Due to Poland's history, Polish cuisine has evolved over the centuries to be very eclectic, and shares many similarities with other national cuisines. Polish cooking in other cultures is often referred to as à la polonaise, it... |
418718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea%20World%20%28Australia%29 | Sea World (Australia) | Sea World is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, and theme park located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It offers attractions such as rides and animal exhibits and promotes conservation through education and the rescue and rehabilitation of sick, injured or orphaned wildlife. The park is commercially linked to... |
418732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaWorld | SeaWorld | SeaWorld is an American theme park chain with headquarters in Orlando, Florida. It is a proprietor of marine mammal parks, oceanariums, animal theme parks, and rehabilitation centers owned by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment (one park will be owned and operated by Miral under a license). The parks feature orcas, sea lion... |
418740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda%20Stronach | Belinda Stronach | Belinda Caroline Stronach (born May 2, 1966) is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2008. Originally elected as a Conservative, she later crossed the floor to join the Liberals. From May 17, 2005, to February 6, 2006, Stronach ... |
418746 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hawkwood | John Hawkwood | Sir John Hawkwood ( 1323 – 17 March 1394) was an English soldier who served as a mercenary leader or condottiero in Italy. As his name was difficult to pronounce for non-English-speaking contemporaries, there are many variations of it in the historical record. He often referred to himself as Haukevvod and in Italy, he ... |
418775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial%20digital%20interface | Serial digital interface | Serial digital interface (SDI) is a family of digital video interfaces first standardized by SMPTE (The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) in 1989. For example, ITU-R BT.656 and SMPTE 259M define digital video interfaces used for broadcast-grade video. A related standard, known as high-definition seri... |
418780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlamp | Headlamp | A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to illuminate the road ahead. Headlamps are also often called headlights, but in the most precise usage, headlamp is the term for the device itself and headlight is the term for the beam of light produced and distributed by the device.
Headlamp performance has st... |
418801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Progressive%20Party%20%28Puerto%20Rico%29 | New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) | The New Progressive Party (, PNP) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates statehood. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds both the seat of the governor and of the resident commissioner.
The party is primarily contrasted by two other p... |
418807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracked%20%28magazine%29 | Cracked (magazine) | Cracked was an American humor magazine. Founded in 1958, Cracked proved to be the most durable of the many publications to be launched in the wake of Mad magazine.
In print, Cracked conspicuously copied Mads layouts and style, and even featured a simpleminded, wide-cheeked mascot, a janitor named Sylvester P. Smythe o... |
418820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical%20Turk | Mechanical Turk | The Mechanical Turk, also known as the Automaton Chess Player (, ; ), or simply The Turk, was a fraudulent chess-playing machine constructed in 1770, which appeared to be able to play a strong game of chess against a human opponent. For 84 years, it was exhibited on tours by various owners as an automaton. The machine ... |
418836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Missouri | List of people from Missouri | The following are people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Art and literature
Helen Andelin (1920–2009), author of Fascinating Womanhood
Maya Angelou (1928–2014), author and poet
Thomas P. Barnett (1870–1929), architect and impressionist pai... |
418853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20Cambodia-related%20articles | Index of Cambodia-related articles | Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Cambodia and Cambodian culture include:
0-9
25th Tokyo International Film Festival
2003 Phnom Penh riots, anti-Thai riots over Angkor Wat
2008 Cambodian-Thai border dispute
2012 Cambodian Senate election
2013–2014 Cambodian protests
2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
... |
418880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol%20Sleng%20Genocide%20Museum | Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum | The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum () or simply Tuol Sleng (, ; lit. "Hill of the Poisonous Trees" or "Strychnine Hill") is a museum chronicling the Cambodian genocide. Located in Phnom Penh, the site is a former secondary school which was used as Security Prison 21 (S-21; ) by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its f... |
418884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto%20Rican%20Socialist%20Party | Puerto Rican Socialist Party | The Puerto Rican Socialist Party (, PSP) was a Marxist and pro-independence political party in Puerto Rico seeking the end of United States of America control on the Hispanic and Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. It proposed a "democratic workers' republic".
History
The PSP originated as the Movimiento Pro-Independen... |
418889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20New%20Jersey | List of people from New Jersey | The following is a list of notable people born, raised, or closely associated with the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Born and raised in New Jersey
A–F
Brenden Aaronson (born 2000), professional soccer playing for Leeds United and the United States men's national soccer team (Medford)
Bud Abbott (1895–1974), actor and ... |
418891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Iowa | List of people from Iowa | This is a list of notable people who were born in or closely associated with the American state of Iowa. People not born in Iowa are marked with §.
A
Dudley W. Adams, horticulturalist
John T. Adams, former Republican committee head
Julie Adams, actress
Trev Alberts, football player
Bess Streeter Aldrich, author
... |
418892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20South%20Carolina | List of people from South Carolina | The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of South Carolina, lived in South Carolina, or for whom South Carolina is a significant part of their identity.
A–B
John Abraham (born 1978), born in Timmonsville; NFL defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals
Rick Adair (born 1958), born in ... |
418894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate%20Atlantis | Stargate Atlantis | Stargate Atlantis (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated SGA) is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassne... |
418902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Svolder | Battle of Svolder | The Battle of Svolder (Svold or Swold) was a large naval battle during the Viking age, fought in September 999 or 1000 in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf of Norway and an alliance of the Kings of Denmark and Sweden and Olaf's enemies in Norway. The backdrop of the battle was the unification of Norway into a si... |
418918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben%20Studdard | Ruben Studdard | Ruben Studdard (born September 12, 1978) is an American singer and actor. He rose to fame as the winner of the second season of American Idol and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his recording of "Superstar". In the years following Idol, Studdard has released seven stud... |
418924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Ryan | George Ryan | George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934) is an American former politician and convicted felon who served as the 39th governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Secretary of State of Illinois from 1991 to 1999 and as lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1991. He was l... |
418925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod%20Blagojevich | Rod Blagojevich | Rod Blagojevich ( , born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is a Serbian-American politician, political commentator, and convicted felon who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. He was impeached, removed from office, convicted, and incarcerated for eight years on federa... |
418931 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Peter%20Altgeld | John Peter Altgeld | John Peter Altgeld (December 30, 1847 – March 12, 1902) was an American politician and the 20th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democrat to govern that state since the 1850s. A leading figure of the Progressive movement, Altgeld signed workplace safety and child labor laws, pardoned... |
418934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wiz | The Wiz | The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) in the context of contemporary African-American culture. It opened on October 2... |
418944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Beck | Glenn Beck | Glenn Lee Beck (born February 10, 1964) is an American conservative political commentator, radio host, entrepreneur, and television producer. He is the CEO, founder, and owner of Mercury Radio Arts, the parent company of his television and radio network TheBlaze. He hosts the Glenn Beck Radio Program, a talk-radio show... |
418945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone%2C%20Staffordshire | Stone, Staffordshire | Stone is a market town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of the county town of Stafford, 7 miles (11 km) south of Stoke-on-Trent, and 15 miles (24 km) north of Rugeley. As a notable canal town, Stone is recognised for its rich history, originating from the early Br... |
418947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin%20Newsom | Gavin Newsom | Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who has been the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Newsom g... |
418974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoroscopy | Fluoroscopy | Fluoroscopy () is an imaging technique that uses X-rays to obtain real-time moving images of the interior of an object. In its primary application of medical imaging, a fluoroscope () allows a surgeon to see the internal structure and function of a patient, so that the pumping action of the heart or the motion of swall... |
418979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Greenbrier | The Greenbrier | The Greenbrier is a luxury resort located in the Allegheny Mountains near White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in the United States.
Since 1778, visitors have traveled to this part of the state to "take the waters" of the area. Today, The Greenbrier is situated on of land with 710 guest rooms, 2... |
419016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ventures | The Ventures | The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in Tacoma, Washington, in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. The band, which was a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularize the electric guitar across the world during the 1960s. While their popularity in the United States waned in the 1970s, the... |
419026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayview%E2%80%93Hunters%20Point%2C%20San%20Francisco | Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco | Bayview–Hunters Point (sometimes spelled Bay View or Bayview) is the San Francisco, California, neighborhood combining the Bayview and Hunters Point neighborhoods in the southeastern corner of the city. The decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is located within its boundaries and Candlestick Park, which was demo... |
419037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilford%20Woodruff | Wilford Woodruff | Wilford Woodruff Sr. (March 1, 1807September 2, 1898) was an American religious leader who served as the fourth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1889 until his death. He ended the public practice of plural marriage among members of the LDS Church in 1890.
Woodruff joined t... |
419038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon | Lolicon | In Japanese popular culture, is a genre of fictional media in which young (or young-looking) girl characters appear in romantic or sexual contexts. The term, a portmanteau of the English words "Lolita" and "complex", also refers to desire and affection for such characters (, "loli"), and fans of such characters and wo... |
419049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil%20Bredesen | Phil Bredesen | Philip Norman Bredesen Jr. (; born November 21, 1943) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 2002 with 50.6% of the vote and re-elected in 2006 with 68.6%. He is the most recent Democrat elected to a s... |
419056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EA%20Sports | EA Sports | EA Sports is a division of Electronic Arts that develops and publishes sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to imitate real-life sports networks by calling themselves the "EA Sports Network" (EASN) with pictures or endorsements with real commentators such as John Madd... |
419084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20ibn%20Hanbal | Ahmad ibn Hanbal | Saahibul Hadith Imam Ul Adham Ahmad ibn Hanbal al-Dhuhli (; November 780 – 2 August 855 CE/164–241 AH), was a Muslim jurist, theologian, ascetic, hadith traditionist, and founder of the Hanbali school of Sunni jurisprudence — one of the four major orthodox legal schools of Sunni Islam.
The most highly influential and a... |
419094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipose%20tissue | Adipose tissue | Adipose tissue (also known as body fat, or simply fat) is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes. In addition to adipocytes, adipose tissue contains the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) of cells including preadipocytes, fibroblasts, vascular endothelial cells and a variety of immune cells such as adipos... |
419135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Purpose%20Cultural%20Cat%20Girl%20Nuku%20Nuku | All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku | is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. It was serialized in Weekly Manga Action for only three issues in 1991, with the three published stories later compiled in a single volume collection in December 1997. The story begins when genius inventor Kyusaku Natsume transplants the brain of a cat found b... |
419136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent%20Cooperation%20Treaty | Patent Cooperation Treaty | The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application, or PCT application.
A si... |
419161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Lugg | River Lugg | The River Lugg () rises near Llangynllo in Radnorshire, Wales. It flows through the border town of Presteigne and then through Herefordshire, England, where it meets its main tributary, the River Arrow, to the south of Leominster. It flows into the River Wye downstream of Hereford at Mordiford, around from its source.... |
419167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creek%20War | Creek War | The Creek War (also the Red Stick War; the Creek Civil War), was a regional conflict between opposing Native American factions, European powers, and the United States during the early 19th century. The Creek War began as a conflict within the tribes of the Muscogee, but the United States quickly became involved. Britis... |
419211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%20Beirut%20barracks%20bombings | 1983 Beirut barracks bombings | Early on a Sunday morning, October 23, 1983, two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people: 241 U.S. and 58 French military person... |
419222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20E.%20Park | Robert E. Park | Robert Ezra Park (February 14, 1864 – February 7, 1944) was an American urban sociologist who is considered to be one of the most influential figures in early U.S. sociology. Park was a pioneer in the field of sociology, changing it from a passive philosophical discipline to an active discipline rooted in the study of ... |
419242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Trudell | John Trudell | John Trudell (February 15, 1946December 8, 2015) was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the Am... |
419247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey%20Allison | Davey Allison | David Carl Allison (February 25, 1961 – July 13, 1993) was an American NASCAR driver. He was best known for driving the No. 28 Texaco-Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the oldest of four children born to Bobby and Judy Allison. The family moved to Hueytow... |
419259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival%20analysis | Survival analysis | Survival analysis is a branch of statistics for analyzing the expected duration of time until one event occurs, such as death in biological organisms and failure in mechanical systems. This topic is called reliability theory or reliability analysis in engineering, duration analysis or duration modelling in economics, a... |
419266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Allison | Bobby Allison | Robert Arthur Allison (born December 3, 1937) is a former American professional stock car racing driver and owner. Allison was the founder of the Alabama Gang, a group of drivers based in Hueytown, Alabama, where there were abundant short tracks with high purses. Allison raced competitively in the NASCAR Cup Series fro... |
419271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20XI | Final Fantasy XI | also known as Final Fantasy XI Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), originally developed and published by Squaresoft and then published by Square Enix as the eleventh main installment of the Final Fantasy series. Designed and produced by Hiromichi Tanaka, it was released in Japan on May... |
419280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Thomas%20Anderson | Paul Thomas Anderson | Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. His films are often psychological dramas, characterized by depictions of flawed and desperate characters, explorations of dysfunctional families, alienation, loneliness and redemption, and a bold visual style that uses ... |
419331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20African%20Breweries | South African Breweries | South African Breweries (officially The South African Breweries Limited, informally SAB) is a major brewery headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and was a wholly owned subsidiary of SABMiller until its interests were sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev on 10 October 2016. South African Breweries is now a direct subsidi... |
419332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%20Knight | Gabriel Knight | Gabriel Knight is a series of point-and-click adventure games released by Sierra On-Line in the 1990s created by Jane Jensen. The titular character is an author and book store owner in New Orleans who is investigating a strange series of murders when he learns he is descended from a long line of Schattenjäger ("Shadow ... |
419340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Museum%20of%20Nature | Canadian Museum of Nature | The Canadian Museum of Nature (; CMN) is a national natural history museum based in Canada's National Capital Region. The museum's exhibitions and public programs are housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum Building, a in Ottawa, Ontario. The museum's administrative offices and scientific centres are housed at a separa... |
419342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Cameron | David Cameron | David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2005 to 2010, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016.... |
419369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk | Monk | A monk (, from , monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by living a monastic lifestyle, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedicate their life to serving other people and serving God, or to be an ascetic who voluntaril... |
419373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk%20%28TV%20series%29 | Monk (TV series) | Monk is an American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a police procedural series but also exhibits comic and dramatic tones in its exploration of the main characters' personal lives. The series ... |
419387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20philosophy%20articles%20%28D%E2%80%93H%29 | Index of philosophy articles (D–H) | Below is a list of philosophy articles from D-H.
D
D. F. M. Strauss
D. H. Mellor
D. Hugh Mellor
D. T. Suzuki
D. V. Gundappa
D.H. Mellor
Dada
Daemon (classical mythology)
Dag Prawitz
Dagfinn Follesdal
Dagfinn Føllesdal
Dagobert D. Runes
Dagpo Tashi Namgyal
Dai Zhen
Daimonic
Dale Beyerstein
Dallas Wil... |
419390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20philosophy%20articles%20%28I%E2%80%93Q%29 | Index of philosophy articles (I–Q) |
I
I'm entitled to my opinion
I-Ching
I Am a Strange Loop
I and Thou
I Ching
I Heart Huckabees
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
I know it when I see it
I know that I know nothing
I problemi della guerra e le vie della pace
I. A. Richards
Iain Hamilton Grant
Iamblichus
Iamblichus (philosopher)
Ian Bone
Ian ... |
419391 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian%20Monk | Adrian Monk | Adrian Monk, portrayed by Tony Shalhoub, is the title character and protagonist of the USA Network television series Monk. He is a renowned former homicide detective for the San Francisco Police Department. Monk has obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and multiple phobias, all of which intensified after the murder of h... |
419396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke%20Poges | Stoke Poges | Stoke Poges () is a village and civil parish in south-east Buckinghamshire, England. It is centred north-north-east of Slough, its post town, and southeast of Farnham Common.
Etymology
In the name Stoke Poges, stoke means "stockaded (place)" that is staked with more than just boundary-marking stakes. In the 1086 Dom... |
419402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20philosophy%20articles%20%28R%E2%80%93Z%29 | Index of philosophy articles (R–Z) |
R
R. B. Braithwaite
R. De Staningtona
R. Edward Freeman
R. G. Collingwood
R. James Long
R. Jay Wallace
R. M. Hare
R. R. Rockingham Gill
Rabbinic law
Rabia al-Adawiyya
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabirius (Epicurean)
Race (classification of human beings)
Race to the bottom
Rachel Elior
Rachida Triki
Raciali... |
419467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion%20in%20the%20Philippines | Religion in the Philippines | Christianity is the predominant religion in the Philippines, with Roman Catholicism being its largest denomination. Sizeable minorities adhering to Islam, Indian religions, and indigenous Philippine folk religions (Anito or Anitism) are also present.
The country is secular and its constitution guarantees freedom of re... |
419478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky%20Packages | Wacky Packages | Wacky Packages are a series of humorous trading cards featuring parodies of consumer products. The cards were produced by Topps beginning in 1967, first in die-cut, then in peel-and-stick sticker format. There were 16 series produced between 1973 and 1977, with some reprints and several new series released up to the pr... |
419482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Electric%20Light%20Association | National Electric Light Association | The National Electric Light Association (NELA) was a national United States trade association that included the operators of electric central power generation stations, electrical supply companies, electrical engineers, scientists, educational institutions and interested individuals. Founded in 1885 by George S. Bowen... |
419485 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin%20Baylor | Elgin Baylor | Elgin Gay Baylor ( ; September 16, 1934 – March 22, 2021) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor was a gifted shooter, a strong rebounder, and an accomplished pass... |
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