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Ya Basta Association | null | the "white overall" tactic, the Tute Bianche was a broader tactic involving, at the time of Genoa 2001, many participants unconnected with the Italian Association. |
Alain Resnais | 1946–1958: short films | Queneau who wrote the narration for the film in rhyming couplets.
In his decade of making documentary short films, Resnais established his interest in and talent for collaboration with leading figures in other branches of the arts: with the painters who were the subjects of his early works; with writers (Eluard in Guer... |
To Live and Die in L.A. (film) | Critical response | cracker-jack thriller, tense and exciting and unpredictable, and more grimy fun than any moralist will want it to be". Time criticized its "brutal, bloated car-chase sequence pilfered from Friedkin's nifty The French Connection", and called it "a fetid movie hybrid: Miami Vile".
Almost two decades later, a review in Th... |
Alicia Keys | 1994–1997: Career beginnings | of writing with the people Columbia brought in. "I remember driving to the studio one day with dread in my chest", she recalled. Keys said the producers would also sexually proposition her. "It's all over the place. And it's crazy. And it's very difficult to understand and handle", she said. Keys had already built a "p... |
APB (1987 video game) | Gameplay | APB (1987 video game) Gameplay The object of the game is to meet (or exceed) the daily quota of citing or arresting various types of law-breakers within a time limit for the day. The player is given an overhead view of Officer Bob's patrol car, number 54. The player controls the car with a gas pedal and a steering whee... |
Alicia Keys | 2006–2008: Film debut and As I Am | won two. The album's lead single, "No One", peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for ten consecutive weeks, became her first number-one single on the Hot 100 since 2004's "My Boo" and becoming Keys' third and fifth number-one single on each chart, respective... |
21st Guards Motor Rifle Division (Russia) | Cold War & Post-Cold War | Army. In 1972, the chemical defence company was upgraded to the 158th Separate Chemical Defence Battalion.
On 16 May 1977 31st Guards Motor Rifle Division became 21st Guards Tank Division. The 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment became the 111th Guards Tank Regiment and the 94th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment became the 125t... |
Alexander Plisetski | Death & Awards and honours | in the staging of Serenade for Strings, which premiered in Moscow in November 1984.
Plisetski died on 29 October 1985 in Moscow during heart surgery. Awards and honours Diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Council |
2019 Tennessee Titans season | Coaching changes | 2019 Tennessee Titans season Coaching changes On January 8, 2019, Titans offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur was hired as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers. On January 21, 2019, Titans tight ends coach Arthur Smith was promoted to the role of offensive coordinator. |
Albert Elijah Dunning | null | (1894); and The Making of the Bible (1911). |
Alexei Volkoff | Series | part of an early Intersect version implanted into Winterbottom shortly before Chuck was born, but the implant malfunctioned and apparently permanently overwrote Winterbottom's own personality with that of his cover identity. Casey recognizes the danger of what they have learned, and he hides Winterbottom's spy will and... |
1954 NSWRFL season | Post-season | in a squad of eighteen to represent Australia in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup in France. |
A. J. Arkell | Personal life | Dorothy Davidson, with whom he had two children, and second to Joan Margaret Andrews. Arkell retired in 1963 and was ordained a minister. He had always wished to enter the church at the end of his life and so follow his father who, together with his mother, he spoke of with great respect. He died in Chelmsford on 26 Fe... |
Aircraft warning lights | Aircraft warning paint & Environmental impact | may include high powered strobe lights or LED lights in either red, white, or both colors in an alternating pattern. In such a case red is employed at night, while a white strobe is usually used during daylight hours. Environmental impact Warning lights on ground-based towers and buildings contribute to both light poll... |
WWF Hasbro action figures | Unreleased prototypes | figures. To date, the only concept art that has surfaced form this line is of Randy Savage.
There were plans for another mail away series in 1994. The figures planned were Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon. It believed that they wouldn't have been new molds but re-releases with possibly different colored outfits.
There we... |
1774–1775 papal conclave | Divisions in the Sacred College & Conclave | of Austria and her son Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor were under the care of Migazzi and Corsini. Also very influential was Cardinal Giraud, former nuncio in France. Several cardinals were not counted among the members of these factions.
There was no main favourite of the conclave. About thirty cardinals were considered... |
Alberto Machimbarrena | Biography | prematurely in 1923 in Guadarrama (Madrid), because of tuberculosis.
In 1925, a statue of Machimbarrena and Sotero Aranguren (player of Real Madrid, who also died prematurely), was erected at the entrance of the team's dressing room at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. |
Alex Hirsch | Career | graphic novel, through a series of puzzle pieces that he would release throughout the day. Put together the puzzle pieces revealed the cover of the graphic novel Gravity Falls: Lost Legends; 4 All-New Adventures which was written by Hirsch and is expected to be released on July 24, 2018.
On August 27, 2018, Hirsch sign... |
2009 International Bowl | Second quarter & Third quarter | end zone from 13 yards out. Neither team scored for the remainder of the first half, making the score 20–17 Buffalo going into halftime. Third quarter Connecticut received the ball to start the third quarter and drove down the field on rushing plays by Donald Brown, Jordan Todman and Tyler Lorenzen, before the drive st... |
Allahverdi Khan | Legacy | stately house near Nahavand for Abbas I. Allahverdi Khan also initiated the construction of a large theological college, Madrasa Khan, in Shiraz as a teaching base for the Islamic scholar Mulla Sadra. The project would be completed by his son Imam-Quli Khan. |
Ōkuninushi | Love to Suseri-Hime | storm god Susanoo and his daughter Suseri-hime, with whom he shortly fell in love. Of course, Susanoo was aghast. In response, he sent Ōkuninushi to sleep in a room full of snakes. However, Suseri-hime had given him a scarf, which protected him. When Susanoo sent him to sleep in a room with centipedes and wasps the nex... |
Airey Neave | Political career & Death | his diary: "No one will believe for a moment that Airey Neave would have done such a thing." The magazine printed the story on 20 February 1981, naming the agent as Lee Tracey. Tracey said he had met Neave, who asked him to join a team of intelligence and security specialists which would "make sure Benn was stopped". A... |
Agog! Smashing Stories | Background | Agog! Smashing Stories Background Agog! Smashing Stories was first published in Australia in 2004 by Agog! Press in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for best collected work at the 2005 Ditmar Awards but lost to Black Juice by Margo Lanagan. Agog! Smashing Stories features 20 stories by 20 authors. Tw... |
Alaska Airlines Flight 779 | Accident | and 59 minutes for the flight to arrive at Anchorage from Travis. The aircraft was at Anchorage Airport for an hour and 8 minutes. The time from takeoff in Anchorage to the crash was 6 hours and 30 minutes. In Anchorage, the crew was given weather information for the route to Shemya but were not notified of the appr... |
Alice Chalifoux | Career | direction of such legendary conductors as Erich Leinsdorf, Artur Rodziński, George Szell, Pierre Boulez, and Lorin Maazel, Chalifoux quickly became recognized as a specialist in orchestral technique. Her recording of the Debussy Danses sacrée et profane with the Cleveland Orchestra received a Grammy Award in 1996. Chal... |
Đàn nguyệt | null | tones which are so important to the proper interpretation of Vietnamese traditional music. Such bending tones are produced by pressing the string toward the neck rather than bending to the side. The strings are generally plucked with a small plectrum; often a plastic guitar pick is used.
The instrument's standard Vie... |
Airey Neave | Death | the Palace of Westminster car park. He lost both legs in the explosion and died of his wounds at Westminster Hospital an hour after being rescued from the wrecked car. He died at age 63.
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) afterwards claimed responsibility for the assassination. Neave had been pressing within Con... |
A2 milk | Australia and New Zealand | develop the New Zealand market, and turned its focus to developing overseas markets.
As A2 Corporation grew its business, opposition to A2 Corporation's claims played out in the media. Dairy Australia, the national association of the Australian dairy industry, and market competitors like Parmalat have consistently sai... |
2 bore | History and background | as a terrestrial and shoulder fired firearm The equivalent calibre size equates to various punt guns used for harvesting large number of waterfowls usually mounted in 'punts' or flat bottomed boats for commercial purposes. A common misconception is the hunter Sir Samuel White Baker being attributed to its use, however... |
Whale watching | Southwest Pacific – New Zealand and Australia | developed in the world. The town went into recession after the collapse of whaling in New Zealand. Its recent development has been used to advocate the benefits of watching whales instead of hunting them.
The Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay (where the whales stay and rest before migrating) in Queensland, Australia offer ... |
Alpharetta High School | Layout & Work Ethic | Alpharetta High School Layout Most of the campus at Alpharetta High School is occupied by a main building that contains three floors and three hallways (identified as the 2000, 3000, and 4000 hallways). The bottom (first) floor contains the cafeteria, media center, and access to the buses and portables outside. The sec... |
Alliance 90/The Greens | 1980s: Parliamentary representation on the federal level | enlist the cooperation of members who were willing to align the party with the agenda of the German Democratic Republic. The party ranks included several politicians who were later discovered to have been Stasi agents, including Bundestag representative Dirk Schneider, European Parliament representative Brigitte Heinri... |
Adekan | Plot | of The Group’s inhabitants. He is also the "elixir of life" for The Group and his absence has resulted in people dying younger than normal. Shiro attempts to continue protecting his new friends and way of life but after a few close calls decides to leave town, believing his friends will be safe if he's gone, and settle... |
Alfa Romeo in motorsport | Grand Prix racing | Spa and the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, and hence incorporated the laurel wreath in their logo.
For 1932 Jano produced the sensational P3 which won its first race driven by Tazio Nuvolari at the Italian Grand Prix, 5 more Grands Prix that year were shared by Nuvolari and Rudolf Caracciola.
Alfa Corse closed for 1933 a... |
Althea Wynne | Early life | Althea Wynne Early life Born at Biggleswade, Wynne was the daughter of Group Captain Frederick Robert Wynne by his marriage in 1926 to Kathleen Anne Pole Stuart, and had an older brother and sister. Her grandparents were Dr and Mrs F. E. Wynne, of Sheffield, and Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Reginald Pole Stuart, of Folke... |
Air Kufra | Training center & History | the main Training center opened in Al Jawf, but later closed and after a while opened the current training center in Qasr bin Ghashir. History The British Aerospace Jetstream 32, tail number 5A-DGR, Serial Number 945, was delivered to Buraq Air on August 19th, 2004. The plane was used by 2 prior airlines, Dong-Ah Group... |
Alicia Keys | 2012–2015: Girl on Fire | it was noted as significantly different from the album's lead single. Prior, two songs from Girl on Fire were released as promotion. The first was a song titled "New Day". The song was later revealed to be the solo version of 50 Cent's lead single featuring Dr. Dre and Keys. Another song, "Not Even the King" was upload... |
Alfa Romeo in motorsport | Formula Three & Formula Alfa Boxer | it continued the success. In all Alfa Romeo took five European titles, five European Cups and about twenty national championships in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia.
Alfa Romeo delivers engines to new Formula 3 WSK F3 Regional EM series, F3 Asian Championship and W Series starting in 2019. Italian b... |
Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov | Career | Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov Career Born to a noble family in the Moscow gubernia, Markov enlisted as a private in the Permsk Infantry Regiment on 16 December 1770, and was made ensign on 29 November 1772. On 29 June 1788 he was promoted to second major, and participated in the Russo-Turkish War, serving under Alexander Su... |
Alliance 90/The Greens | Electorate | deposits. The cities of Bonn, Cologne, Stuttgart, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich have among the highest percentages of Green voters in the country. The smaller towns of Freiburg im Breisgau, Tübingen, Konstanz and Darmstadt even have Green mayors. The party has a lower level of support in the states of the forme... |
Yeşilköy Feneri | History | not elevated enough from the sea level, the 16 m (52 ft) tower was constructed on a platform, enabling a focal height of 23 m (75 ft). The structure is painted entirely white. A two-story outbuilding is annexed, that was used as the keeper's living quarters and for administrative purposes. A gallery encircles the tower... |
Alicia Keys | 2003–2005: The Diary of Alicia Keys and Unplugged & 2006–2008: Film debut and As I Am | co-owns with her production and songwriting partner Kerry "Krucial" Brothers. The studio was designed by renowned studio architect John Storyk of WSDG, designer of Jimi Hendrix' Electric Lady Studios. Keys and Brothers are the co-founders of KrucialKeys Enterprises, a production and songwriting team who have assisted K... |
Alexander Slobodyanik | null | Alexander Slobodyanik Alexander Slobodyanik (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Слободя́ник, Oleksandr Slobodyanyk; 5 September 1941 – 10 August 2008) was a classical pianist from Ukraine. He enjoyed a prodigious international career spanning over five decades. He made his debut tour to the United States in 1968 which included a re... |
Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi | Biography | Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi Biography Ahmad ibn al-Qadi was born in 18 December 1552 in the Ibn al-qadi family. These latter belonged to the Zenata Berber tribal confederation, many of whose descendants were established in Fez and Meknes. The ibn al-qadi family gave birth to distinguished people, who, during the previous centuri... |
Agnone | Medieval sights | a Romanesque portal and a 17th-century bell tower, and on the vault inside a giant fresco by Francesco Palumbo. Sant'Emidio has a 12th-century portal and rich works of art including wooden painted statues that are taken out on Good Thursday and Friday for a re-enactment of the Last Supper. The church of Corso Garibaldi... |
Altona railway station | History | with all shuttle services withdrawn, and only two morning and evening trains being run to and from Melbourne. However, a change of state government in 1982 saw the restitution of many services in July that year. The line was subsequently extended to Westona on 21 January 1985, and to Laverton, on 14 April 1985. |
Airey Neave | Death | for and not let the people who got him triumph.
Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan said: "No effort will be spared to bring the murderers to justice and to rid the United Kingdom of the scourge of terrorism."
The INLA issued a statement regarding the murder in the August 1979 edition of The Starry Plough:
In March, ... |
2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship | Calendar changes & Team changes | it will run in support of the Russian Grand Prix. The stand-alone event that was held at the Circuito de Jerez in 2017 was discontinued. Team changes Twenty entries spread across ten teams were entered into the championship. Carlin returned to Formula 2 in 2018 after a one-year absence, while former World Series Formul... |
Yoko Nagae Ceschina | null | wife. Their marriage lasted until his death in 1982. Countess Ceschina ceased playing the harp after her husband's death. A nephew of Count Ceschina challenged the will in court, alleging that Countess Ceschina had forged her husband's signature. After 10 years, the case was settled in favour of Countess Ceschina, ... |
Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi | Biography & Works | east, but his ship was captured by Christians. Ibn al-Qadi spent eleven months in captivity and was released thanks to sultan Ahmad al-Mansur who paid as ransom the equivalent of 20 thousand ounces of gold. Works A number of Ibn al-Qadi's works survive to this day. His primary panegyric work is entitled Al-Muntaqa al-m... |
APB (1987 video game) | Ports | Treasures 2 and to PCs as part of Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition. It was released again as part of the compilation Midway Arcade Origins in 2012. |
Abu Bakker Qassim | Transcript | to the writ of habeas corpus Hassan Anvar v. George W. Bush contained a December 30, 2004 memo which provided one-paragraph information of 22 Uyghur detainees, all the detainees faced allegations from Joint Task Force Guantanamo intelligence officials of having received training at an "ETIM training camp".
The informat... |
1980 Fiesta Bowl | Game summary & Aftermath | touchdown run that gave them the lead, and a few minutes later Booker Moore piled on with a 37-yard touchdown run as the two teams played to a standstill from then on as Penn State won 31-19. Aftermath The Nittany Lions would go to two more Fiesta Bowls before the decade ended, winning one of their two titles at Tempe.... |
Alan Wilkie | Career | old Football League Third Division on 27 August 1988, the game between Mansfield Town and Northampton Town, which finished 1-1.†
In September 1987 he had been given duties as linesman for a UEFA Cup match in Dundee, and in 1991 was selected to run the line for Keith Hackett in the European Cup semi-final first leg at t... |
Alicia Svigals | Life and career | television series The L Word. She was awarded the Foundation for Jewish Culture's 2013 New Jewish Culture Network commission for her original score to the 1918 silent Pola Negri film The Yellow Ticket. In 2014 she was an NEA MacDowell Fellow in composition, and a fellow at LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture.
She is... |
Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association | Establishment & Membership and funding | Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association Establishment The idea of ATIRA was conceived by Vikram Sarabhai, Kasturbhai Lalbhai and Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar. The foundation stone for the ATIRA complex was laid by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 1 November 1950 which was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of Indi... |
1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21 | null | 1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21 The 1992 Vuelta a España was the 47th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Jerez de la Frontera, with an individual time trial on 27 April, and Stage 11 occurred on 7 May with a stage from Sabiñánigo. The race finished in Madrid on ... |
1969 York race riot | Escalating racial tension and the murder of Henry Schaad | that afternoon. Eleven others were hurt when people in six blocks of the city reverted to rock-throwing, barricading and shooting from behind bushes and poles.
Fighting lasted through the night and into the next day. Nine more people were injured, including Officer Henry C. Schaad. Schaad, a twenty-two-year-old rookie ... |
Alexander of Bergamo | Legend | Fidelis and Bishop Saint Maternus. Fidelis managed to organize Alexander's escape. Alexander fled to Como but was captured again.
Brought back to Milan, he was once more condemned to death by decapitation, but during the execution the executioner's arms went stiff. He was imprisoned again, but Alexander once again mana... |
Air France Flight 178 | Accident | Air France Flight 178 Accident The Constellation had left Orly at 22:00 and was due at Nice at 23:55. At 23:25 the aircraft requested permission to descend from 13,600 ft (4 145 m) to 11,500 ft (3 505 m) and reported violent local storms. Around 23:30 villagers at Fours-St. Laurent saw the aircraft crash into the side ... |
2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season | Canadian Open | a 5th overall title at the tournament. After receiving a bye in the first round, he defeated Dan Evans and Guido Pella in the second and third rounds to reach the QF. His QF matchup was against Fabio Fognini. Fognini took the first set, but Nadal took the next two easily to win the match in three sets to make his 7th S... |
Alain Resnais | 1959–1968 | acknowledged the impossibility of speaking about Hiroshima; one could only speak about the impossibility of speaking about Hiroshima. In the film, the themes of memory and forgetting are explored via new narrative techniques which balance images with narrated text and ignore conventional notions of plot and story devel... |
Alexis Candelario Santana | Massacre | Alexis Candelario Santana Alexis Candelario Santana (born 1972) is a Puerto Rican convicted criminal and former leader of a drug cartel. In March 2013, he was sentenced for the 2009 deaths of nine persons, including an unborn girl, and the attempted murders of 19 others during the 2009 Sabana Seca massacre. The Court o... |
United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa | Origins | IX ASC moved to Erlangen). On 7 October 1946, IX ASC was redesignated European Air Materiel Command. This command administered USAFE's supply and maintenance depots. EAMC was headquartered at Erlangen Air Depot. At Erding Air Depot, it had Detachment B, 4th Air Vehicle Repair Squadron, and the 43d Air Depot. The 10th A... |
Alliance 90/The Greens | 2002–2005: Greens as governing party, second term | the parties which had taken a stand against participation in this war. Despite losses for the SPD, the Red-Green coalition government commanded a very slight majority in the Bundestag and was renewed, with Joschka Fischer as foreign minister, Renate Künast as minister for consumer protection, nutrition and agriculture,... |
2014 Scottish Rally Championship | Jim Clark Reivers Rally | 2014 Scottish Rally Championship Jim Clark Reivers Rally The fourth round of the season, the Jim Clark Reivers Rally was cancelled due to an accident during the preceding day's competition, the Jim Clark Rally, a round of the British Rally Championship. The incident involved a competing car, which left the road, result... |
Alicia Banit | Biography | Alicia Banit Biography Banit first acting appearance was in the Australian film Dead Letter Office, playing a younger version of the main character Alice. In 2006, she had a two episode minor role in the Network Ten soap opera Neighbours as Madison Sullivan, then in 2008 she returned to the soap for another two episode... |
V12 engine | Characteristics | While one can increase the size of an engine by simply increasing the bore and/or stroke of the cylinder, a too-large bore hurts efficient combustion, and makes for a heavy reciprocating piston mass, which limits maximum engine speed and thus power output. In a similar vein, increasing the stroke means the piston speed... |
A Thousand and One Nights (1969 film) | Plot | he still does so, and he is shocked when the queen and the sirens transform into snakes. The snakes chase him, but Aldin flees from the island to escape and is rescued by sailors, and they travel to a mysterious island, which is inhabited by a man-eating giant who eats most of the crew while Aldin survives. From the i... |
Wheelchair | Mobility scooters & Single-arm drive wheelchairs | are frequently four-wheeled, with a much more substantial seat.
Opinions are often polarized as to whether mobility scooters should be considered wheelchairs or not, and negative stereotyping of scooter users is worse than for manual or powerchair users. Some commercial organisations draw a distinction between powercha... |
Alexei Volkoff | Series | original identity as Hartley, who has no recollection of the past thirty years. Nonetheless, he tries to help Chuck by preparing an antidote but it is not strong enough for Sarah. Learning from Mary that Volkoff was developing an improved version of the antidote, he and Chuck went to Volkoff Industries, only for Hartle... |
Albert Collins | Early life | an open F-minor chord (FCFAbCF), with a capo at the 5th, 6th or 7th fret. At the age of twelve, he decided to concentrate on learning the guitar after hearing "Boogie Chillen'" by John Lee Hooker. At eighteen Collins started his own group, the Rhythm Rockers, in which he honed his craft. During this time he was employe... |
Alvera Mukabaramba | Background and education & Career | Alvera Mukabaramba Background and education She was born in Rwanda on 1 March 1960. She studied at the First Pavlov State Medical University, in St.Petersburg, Russia, graduating with a medical degree. She specialized in pediatrics, and the university awarded her a Doctor of Philosophy in the subject. Career Alvera Muk... |
3DiTeams | Training | 3DiTeams Training The training is based on the United States Department of Defense Patient Safety Program and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's TeamSTEPPS curriculum. The player starts the training in an "independent leaning phase" where they are introduced to the teamwork and communication skills and apply ... |
Alfred Gessow | Legacy | Society celebrated its 50th year of publication in 2006, and reprinted its first issue to commemorate the occasion, and has continued publication to this day.
Every year, the American Helicopter Society International, the world's only international technical society for engineers, scientists and others working on verti... |
Alliance 90/The Greens | 2002–2005: Greens as governing party, second term | Ströbele, was directly elected to the Bundestag as a district representative for the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East constituency in Berlin, becoming the first Green to ever gain a first-past-the-post seat in Germany. The Greens benefited from increased inroads among traditionally left-wing demographics... |
1995 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | Tournament Format & Tournament Awards | 1995 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Tournament Format One eastern and one western team were invited to play a modified best-of-three tournament. In the first two games the teams would be awarded points (2 points for a win, one point for a tie) and whichever team had the most points would be the champion. ... |
Alicia Keys | 2012–2015: Girl on Fire | with Reebok for her own sneakers collection. In October 2012, Keys announced her partnership with Bento Box Entertainment's Bento Box Interactive to create an education mobile application titled "The Journals of Mama Mae and LeeLee" for iOS devices about the relationship between a young New York City girl and her wise ... |
Women's music | Record labels, distributors, and publications | of independent record labels and increasing demand for women's music, an organized system for distribution and promotion became necessary. Goldenrod Music was formed in 1975 to distribute for Olivia Records, and later expanded distribution to include other labels. Ladyslipper, a non-profit organization formed in 1976 ... |
Alex Stein | Legal career | live in Israel, he was sworn in on 9 August 2018 upon the retirement of Justice Uri Shoham.
Stein's appointment was marred by controversy. A petition against his candidacy for the Supreme Court on grounds of his long-term residency in the United States was summarily thrown out. Reportedly, he was also questioned by the... |
Alexandru Grigore | Career | Alexandru Grigore Career Alexandru Grigore played most of his career for Steaua București and has been part of the team since 2005. |
Air France Flight 178 | Aircraft | flown in 1951 in the United States and had been delivered to Air France on 18 July 1951. |
William Kemmler | Murder, trial, and appeals | A lawyer filed an appeal claiming the electric chair violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.
On January 1, 1888, New York had instituted death by electrocution, the first such law ever. After Kemmler's conviction, it was determined that his sentence was to be carried out at New York... |
William Richards (Hawaii) | Diplomat | one of the most powerful positions in the kingdom.
The envoys left on July 18, 1842, arriving in Washington D.C. December 5. Richards looked up his former congressman Caleb Cushing. After a week waiting to see Daniel Webster who was the U.S. Secretary of State, they had their appointment on December 7. Webster had not ... |
Adela Noriega | Stardom | the first time in this genre. This teen classic had a great impact in Mexico and other countries worldwide. In 2008, it was included on the Associated Press' "10 Most Influential Telenovelas of Latin America" list, "because it represented a precedent in this genre and has had an influence on the collective imaginary."
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William Richards (Hawaii) | Diplomat | and embarrassed the British government.
The British agreed to restore the flag, but continued to negotiate the terms. Meanwhile, Admiral Richard Darton Thomas had already sailed to Honolulu and held a ceremony on July 31 turning the country back to Kamehameha III. Finally on November 13, 1843 Lord Aberdeen and the Fren... |
Yukiko Shinozaki | Education & Collaboration with Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods | Yukiko Shinozaki Education Yukiko Shinozaki studied classical ballet in Tokyo, and modern dance at Portland State University (Oregon), where she also obtained a B.A. In psychology. In 1992 she moved to New York, where she worked as a freelance dancer and showed her own solo work. Collaboration with Meg Stuart / Damaged... |
Alicia Keys | 2012–2015: Girl on Fire | 2013, Keyes said she was hacked when her Twitter account tweeted tweets from an iPhone. In January 2014, BlackBerry said it will part ways with Keys at the end of that month.
In March 2013, VH1 placed Keys at number 10 on their 100 Sexiest Artist list. In June 2013, Keys' VH1 Storytellers special was released on CD and... |
2008 California wildfires | Summer Fires | day, the Telegraph Fire had gone from 1,000 acres (400 ha) to 16,000 acres (6,500 ha), and within days had destroyed 21 homes in the community of Midpines. Residents were evacuated from approximately 300 homes that were immediately threatened, with an additional 4,000 homes placed on standby for evacuation in Midpines,... |
Alpharetta High School | Orchestra & Chorus & Extracurricular | directed by Mr. Sheldon Fisher, who retired in 2016. The orchestra's Symphony ensemble frequently collaborate with the band in order to perform and compete as a full symphony orchestra. Chorus The Alpharetta High School Chorus is directed by Michelle Levesque. The chorus performs in several concerts and is divided in s... |
A5 pod | Naming | A5 pod Naming When studies first began, it was assumed all orcas traveling together were part of the same pod. Initially, males were also thought to lead harems of females and their young. Some pods were therefore named after a distinctive male while others were named after other distinctive individuals.
The A5 Pod its... |
10 Years (2011 film) | Plot | named Elise (Kate Mara)
arrives at the reunion alone. She tries to welcome the guest only to be ignored by the party planners,
Anna (Lynn Collins) and Julie (Kelly Noonan).
The night proceeds as each couple is faced with both their past selves and present. Some have changed while others stayed the same; Cully attempt... |
The Secret Policeman's Ball | Lasting impact & Introduction to an American audience | of which generated considerable international awareness of the original shows, together with a growing grassroots awareness of Amnesty International and the human rights issue. Amnesty states that public awareness of Amnesty increased by 700 % between the first and third shows. Membership of the organisation increased ... |
Almenêches Abbey | Episcopal visit & Closure | encountered. Instead, Eudes ordered their bishop to instruct their abbess on the proper life for the nuns. Closure The abbey suffered three fires, with the last one occurring after 1308. In 1736, the community was transferred to Argentan Abbey. |
Alfa Romeo in motorsport | Formula Alfa Boxer & Indycars | from 33 and the Sprint. Amato Ferrari won the debut championship in 1987, followed by Mirko Savoldi in 1988 and by Alessandro Zampedri in 1989.
In 1990 this engine was replaced by more powerful Quadrifoglio Verde engine. In 1992 was launched European Championship (Formula Boxer Europe) and the choice of chassis was lib... |
Western Australian Development Corporation | Origin of concept | to financial and social upheaval still resonating a quarter of a century later.
— Tony Barrass (2009), Business and Labor at the birth of WA Inc, The Australian
The WADC's powers and accountability were heavily amended by succeeding governments which finally wound up its operations and repealed its enabling Act on 30 J... |
United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa | Rotation of strategic bombers through Europe | of "show the flag" operations. In May 1947, SAC began additional "training deployments" that stationed a number of B-29s in Germany at Giebelstadt and Fürstenfeldbruck. These B-29 squadrons were constantly rotated back to the United States. being replaced with new squadrons in rotation. SAC also deployed B-29s to the U... |
1996–97 Crystal Palace F.C. season | Season summary & Notable Games in First Division & First Division Play Offs | 1996–97 Crystal Palace F.C. season Season summary Crystal Palace finished 6th place in the First Division and gained promotion to the Premier League after a 1-0 win in the play-off finals over Sheffield United at Wembley, David Hopkin scoring the winner in the 89th minute. Notable Games in First Division 6-1 vs Reading... |
Akudim | "Lights" and "Vessels" in the world of Akudim & Expressions of Akudim in human beings | within one vessel, hence then name "Akudim" (meaning "binding"). The lights, unable to "settle" well into the one vessel, enter into a "dynamic" referred to as מטי ולא מטי mati v'lo mati, literally "reaching and not reaching." The lights descend from the "mouth" of Adam Kadmon to enter the vessel of Akudim and then "ab... |
Willem II (football club) | History | first round by an aggregate score of 7–2. In 1998–99, Willem once again competed in the Cup Winners' Cup and after beating Dinamo Tbilisi of Georgia 6–0 in both legs, Willem then lost to Spanish side Real Betis in the second round, 4–1 on aggregate. A second place in the Eredivisie of 1999 guaranteed the club a UEFA Ch... |
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