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Alexander Fraser McIntyre | null | defeated by John Goodall Snetsinger in the by-election which followed. He ran unsuccessfully for the City of Ottawa seat in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal in 1882 and again in 1887.
In 1877, he married Helen Macdonald.
McIntyre died in Cornwall in 1914. |
2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season | French Open | Hanfmann and Yannick Maden, both of whom he defeated in straight sets. In the 3rd round, he defeated David Goffin in 4 sets, and in the 4th round Juan Ignacio Londero in straight sets. In the QF, he defeated Kei Nishikori in straight sets to set up a meeting with 3rd seed and long time rival Roger Federer. The pair hav... |
101st Grenadiers | 20th century | deployed to the British territory of Aden (now part of the Yemen), also having its name changed to the 1st Grenadier Bombay Infantry. In 1903 the Regiment was renumbered to become the 101st Grenadiers. Elements of the Regiment saw service during operations in 1902–05 to quell an uprising by Dervishes, led by Mohammed A... |
Aimez-vous Brahms? | Summary | Aimez-vous Brahms? Aimez-vous Brahms (Do you like Brahms?) is a novel by Françoise Sagan, first published in 1959. It was published in English in 1960, and was made into a film under the title Goodbye Again in 1961 starring Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Perkins. It was also adapted (probably unofficially) as a Hindi film ... |
2010 Team HTC–Columbia season | Tour de France | with a sizeable lead over Petacchi and Tyler Farrar. The stage was notable for events which took place during that sprint. Farrar's leadout man Julian Dean and Cavendish's leadout man Renshaw clashed for position at the head of the peloton in the stage's final meters. As Dean led Farrar up the middle of the road with R... |
Alain Resnais | 1959–1968 | contemporary political issue also formed the background for La guerre est finie (The War Is Over, 1966), this time the clandestine activities of left-wing opponents of the Franco régime in Spain. Resnais's scriptwriter on this film was the Spanish author Jorge Semprun, himself an ex-member of the Spanish Communist Part... |
Amanda Dowe | College & Europe & Australia | Amanda Dowe College Dowe played college basketball at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina for the 49ers in Conference USA of NCAA Division I. Europe Dowe began her professional career with Uni Girona CB in Liga Femenina de Baloncesto for the 2013–14 season. After just 11 games in ... |
Alan Wilkie | Career | Palace's Richard Shaw four minutes into the second half of the game. Wilkie at the time had no idea what had gone on, as he was talking to United's Andy Cole at the time: "It was only in the dressing room that one of the assistants told me what he (Cantona) had done."
At the end of that season, on 6 May 1995, Wilkie fo... |
Alexander Rudin | Biography and career | Alexander Rudin Alexander Israilevich Rudin (born 1960) is a Russian classical cellist and conductor. Biography and career Rudin was born in 1960, in Moscow, and he studied piano and cello at the Gnessin Institute before later studying conducting at the Moscow Conservatory with Dmitri Kitayenko. He has won prizes in ma... |
1993–94 Leicester City F.C. season | Season summary & Results | 1993–94 Leicester City F.C. season Season summary In the 1993–1994 season, it was third time lucky for Leicester as they beat East Midlands rivals Derby County 2–1 in the final to secure promotion to the Premiership after seven years outside the top division. Striker David Speedie was suspended in the final, having bee... |
Alison Seabeck | Political career | election with a majority of 8,103, replacing David Jamieson. She served as a Government Whip attached to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform from 2007 to 2008. She chaired the South West Regional Select Committee between 2009-2010 and sat on the Local Government Select Committee and the Regula... |
Amelia Earhart | Early flying experiences | $1,000 "stake" against her "better judgement".
Earhart's commitment to flying required her to accept the frequent hard work and rudimentary conditions that accompanied early aviation training. She chose a leather jacket, but aware that other aviators would be judging her, she slept in it for three nights to give the ja... |
1917 South Monmouthshire by-election | Candidates & The campaign | ex-President of the Newport Chamber of Commerce, a shipowner and shipbroker put himself forward as an Independent Democrat. The campaign In the atmosphere of wartime Britain, the by-election was swiftly called and progressed. The nominations were in by 6 July and the date of the election set for just a week later. Cll... |
Yvonne DeLaRosa | Personal life & Career | Yvonne DeLaRosa Personal life Born to a Colombian mother and Native American father, DeLaRosa began studying theater at the age of five. After graduating from the Performing Arts School at Hollywood High, she studied film at UCLA while continuing to flourish under legendary acting coach Jeff Corey. Yvonne dedicates her... |
Alicia Keys | 1981–1993: Early life | took some time off with her and encouraged her to keep focusing on piano. Keys would continue studying classical music until the age of 18. Keys regards her education in classical piano and dedication to classical music as vital for her stability in her youth and her development as a musician and songwriter. Keys later... |
Alfred Gessow | Honors | the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1974,
the citation for which read "for significant contributions to helicopter development, and for effective and innovative planning and management of aerodynamic research activities that have contributed significantly to NASA's stature in aeronautics."
Prof. Gessow was awarded ... |
Alps Electric | Business divisions | and energy markets.
Alps touchpad hardware is developed and manufactured by the Cirque Corporation, which they acquired in 2003; however, the parent company continues to write their own drivers. Their drivers are Windows certified. They are mostly found in Sony, Toshiba and Dell notebooks, as well as the OLPC XO-1. Th... |
A Thousand and One Nights (1969 film) | Plot | value of freedom and peace. |
Amelia Earhart | Nearing Howland Island & Radio signals | cut off their long-wire antenna, due to the annoyance of having to crank it back into the aircraft after each use. Radio signals During Earhart and Noonan's approach to Howland Island, the Itasca received strong and clear voice transmissions from Earhart identifying as KHAQQ but she apparently was unable to hear voice ... |
Altona railway station | History | Altona railway station History The railway to Altona was constructed by the Altona Bay Estate Company, a private land developer, and opened on 9 November 1888 to a station named Altona Beach, which was about a kilometre to the east of the current station. As a result of the collapse of the 1880s Land Boom, regular serv... |
Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics | The early years | Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics The early years With the passage of the 1972 Title 9 Amendment which provided for the inclusion of women in sports, The University of Alabama Gymnastics team existed as a club sport. With the first team acting as a club sport In 1972, The University of Alabama Gymnastics Team exi... |
A Star Is Born (Jay-Z song) | Release and live performances | Release and live performances "A Star Is Born" impacted urban contemporary radio in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2010, and it was added to the playlist of urban radio station BBC Radio 1Xtra the same date. On July 21, the song was added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist. While not officially released as a single in the Uni... |
Alicia Keys | Impact and legacy | of female empowerment and her authentic songwriting process have made her an inspiration for women and aspiring creatives worldwide.
In 2018, The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) honored Keys with the Songwriter Icon award for her "credits as a music creator" and her "role as an inspirational figure to mill... |
Amaury IV of Évreux | null | Amaury IV of Évreux Amaury IV (died c.1213) was the Count of Évreux in France from about 1191 until 1200 and then Earl of Gloucester in England from 1200 until his death. Although he was the fourth Count of Évreux named Amaury, he is sometimes numbered Amaury VI de Montfort, as the sixth of his lineage in the House of ... |
Abdirashid Shermarke | Political career & Assassination | elections, Sharmarke beat out Daar to become the second President of Somalia. He was sworn into office on July 6, 1967. Assassination In 1968, Sharmarke narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. A grenade exploded near the car that was transporting him back from the airport, but failed to kill him.
On October 15, 1969... |
Alexey M. Reznikovich | Career & Philanthropy and other activities | activities in the consumer goods, retail and telecom sectors.
Reznikovich was a director of PJSC VimpelCom from 2002 to 2010, and a member of the supervisory board of Veon (formerly VimpelCom Ltd) from 2010 to 2017, and the chairman from 2012 to 2017.
Reznikovich was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Altimo LLC fr... |
1996–97 Romanian Hockey League season | null | 1996–97 Romanian Hockey League season The 1996–97 Romanian Hockey League season was the 67th season of the Romanian Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and SC Miercurea Ciuc won the championship. |
Wembley Wizards | Aftermath | age of 82, four months after the death of goalkeeper Jack Harkness at the age of 78. |
Allahverdi Khan | Service under Shah Abbas I | the powerful minister (vakil) and kingmaker Morshed-Kholi Khan Ostaglu, who was secretly condemned to death by shah Abbas I. As a result, he was made sultan and a governor of Jorpadagan near Isfahan, the Safavid capital. He then rapidly rose to higher offices and was appointed commander of the gholam army (qollar-aghas... |
Amelia Earhart | Celebrity image | products including luggage, Lucky Strike cigarettes (this caused image problems for her, with McCall's magazine retracting an offer) and women's clothing and sportswear. The money that she made with "Lucky Strike" had been earmarked for a $1,500 donation to Commander Richard Byrd's imminent South Pole expedition.
The m... |
Amaury IV of Évreux | null | the honour of Gravenchon. In 1193–94, Évreux was briefly occupied by royal French troops. Amaury's mother died in 1198 and her portion of the earldom of Gloucester and a claim to the title passed to him. As of 29 September 1198, Amaury was still a minor. During his minority, Évreux may have been governed by officials o... |
A Dog Named Gucci | Plot | A Dog Named Gucci Plot Spring Hill College Professor Doug James rescues an abused puppy and sets out on a mission to change the laws in Alabama on domestic animal abuse. Teaming with local legislators, it took James six years to see the "Gucci Bill" finally passed into law.
Three other canine abuse cases feature: a ro... |
12th Armoured Regiment (Australia) | History | 12th Armoured Regiment (Australia) History The 12th Armoured Regiment was formed from the 18th Motor Regiment and was transferred from the Australian Light Horse to the Australian Armoured Corps on 8 May 1942. The regiment, along with the 13th and 14th Armoured Regiments, 9th Motor Regiment and 3rd Reconnaissance Squad... |
Alexander of Bergamo | Legend | Alexander of Bergamo Legend Prior to the commencement of the Diocletianic Persecution in 303, both Galerius and Maximian in the West inaugurated, on their own responsibility, a crusade against Christianity and sought particularly to remove all Christians from the armies. St. Alexander was one of the victims of this per... |
8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment | History | police and provost duties until it was mustered out of service December 12, 1865, serving a longer term than all but two other Connecticut regiments. |
Wolf Racing Cars | History | the end of the year, Wolf Racing Cars announced a sporting programme in the United Sports Car Racing for season 2014. The car was pushed by a BMW engine.
Season 2015 has been quite important for the Italian company, that, after winning the Belgian Belcar and Endurance Champions Cup with its challengers, won also the 6 ... |
Albert Fredrik Eggen | null | (1884–1965), a daughter of mayor Lorents Mørkved. Their daughter Marit Odlaug Eggen (1915–2008) married physicist Otto Øgrim, and had the son Tron Øgrim. Eggen died in 1966, and was buried in Stod. |
Agnes Sillars Hamilton | Life | Agnes Sillars Hamilton Life She was born in about 1794 and her parents were Jane (born MacDougall) and Archibald Sillars. In 1819 she was married to Edward Hamilton and they had a son, Archibald Sillars Hamilton.
She comes to notice in 1832 when was known as a lecturer on politics. She moved to the subject of women's e... |
Alicia Keys | 2009–2011: The Element of Freedom, marriage and motherhood & 2012–2015: Girl on Fire | as Five, a short film that marks the debut of Keys as a director. It is a documentary of five episodes that tell stories of five women who were victims of breast cancer and how it affected their lives. The production also has co-direction of the actresses Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and film director Patty Jenkins. In... |
Alicia Keys | 2006–2008: Film debut and As I Am | 1, through February 16, 2008, the last week "Like You'll Never See Me Again" was at No. 1, the Keys was on top of the chart for 17 weeks, more consecutive weeks than any other artist on the Hot R&B/Hip/Hop Songs chart. The album's third single, "Teenage Love Affair", which peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 a... |
Where Sinners Meet | Plot | lover Nicholas. |
Alice Chalifoux | Career & Personal life | music of Carlos Salzedo, she also had strengths in helping solve fingering problems, and identifying and correcting physical problems in playing. Her editing of orchestra parts was invaluable to her profession. Chalifoux was the primary instructor at the Salzedo Summer Harp Colony, in Camden, Maine, after the death of ... |
Alix Klineman | Career & Beach Volleyball | Alix Klineman Career She graduated from Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California in 2007. She was named the 2005 and 2006 California Gatorade State Player of the Year for Volleyball and the 2006 Gatorade National Player of the Year. She led Mira Costa to three consecutive California State Championships and... |
Amelia Earhart | Additional solo flights | not to taxi into the throng.
Earhart again participated in long-distance air racing, placing fifth in the 1935 Bendix Trophy Race, the best result she could manage, due to the stock Lockheed Vega, topping out at 195 mph (314 km/h), was outclassed by purpose-built air racers that reached more than 300 mph (480 km/h). Th... |
ACUPARI | Tandem Programme & Accommodation in host families | students to find their Tandem. From then on the Tandem couple is free to choose where and when they want to meet. Apart from practicing each other’s languages, the meetings also serve to better understand Peruvian and German culture. Accommodation in host families A good way to get to know Peruvian daily life is to sta... |
2009 International Bowl | Connecticut offense | the game with 1,822 yards. He had already tied the school single-season rushing touchdown record with 17 scores. His dominant performance led to him being named the Big East offensive player of the year as well as an All-American by multiple organizations. Somewhat surprisingly, he was not a finalist for the Doak Walke... |
Aktia Bank | History | Savings Bank Oy) in 1994. In 1996, Aktia acquired the retail banking operations of SKOP Bank (fi), which went bust in the early-1990s Finnish banking crisis and the recession that followed. |
A Study in Frustration | Content | and 1936 that had not been included in the original set. |
Topsham Historic District | Description and history | George's War and the French and Indian War, hampering growth until the 1760s. Sawmills and gristmills were built on the river, beginning significant growth in both Topsham and Brunswick. A bridge was built across the river in 1796.
The historic section of Topsham Village is roughly centered on the junction of Elm, Plea... |
Alicia Keys | Philanthropy and activism | "Prelude to a Kiss", retitled "Send Me an Angel", from her 2007 album As I Am for the "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" telethon in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
In September 2012, she was featured in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression ... |
Aironi | History | the 2010–11 season. The clubs would also be guaranteed places annually into the Heineken Cup that had previously been awarded to the two top teams in the National Championship of Excellence.
Italy had failed to make an impact in the Six Nations Championship tournament since joining 10 years earlier. This was largely bl... |
2 bore | History and background | Bond Street, and I could highly recommend it for the Goliath of Gath, but not for the men of A.D. 1866.
— Sir Samuel White Baker |
Amelia Earhart | Radio signals | there sweating blood because I couldn't do a darn thing about it." A similar call asking for a bearing was received at 6:45 am, when Earhart estimated they were 100 miles (160 km) out.
An Itasca radio log (position 1) at 7:30–7:40 am states:
EARHART ON NW SEZ RUNNING OUT OF GAS ONLY 1/2 HOUR LEFT CANT HR US AT ALL / WE... |
2016 Philippine House of Representatives election (party-list) | Raffle & Nominees & Aftermath | voter. Only the order in which the parties would be listed was determined; the respective numbers would be determined after petitions for disqualification of certain parties were dealt with. Nominees The COMELEC released the list of nominees of every party that appears on the ballot. Aftermath The proclamation of the w... |
2017 Fresno shootings | Downtown shootings | was the heaviest and oldest, into the parking lot of a Catholic Charities USA building. There, he fired six shots: two that killed the man, two that struck parked vehicles, one that struck a nearby building, and a sixth that has yet to be recovered. Witnesses said that the gunman cursed as he fired.
Officers responding... |
2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metres | Heats | 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metres Heats Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified. |
Ultramarine (novel) | Plot & Background and development | back home, Janet; his dedication to her is another challenge to him during shore leave, when his crew mates visit bars and brothels. Background and development The novel was written from Lowry's own experience; he had sailed at age 18, starting as a deck hand, on a tramp steamer, and like Hilliot he had gotten permissi... |
A. L. Narayan | Career | procured from the University Grants Commission, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and other Indian institutions. He has consolidated the functioning of the University in the academic and administrative aspects. He finally retired as Vice-Chancellor in 1966, after serving the University for five years.
H... |
2003 Afro-Asian Games | Pressure on Organizing Committee | Organizing Committee There was a lot of pressure upon the Secretariat for the smooth performance of these Games, as the IOA would keenly observe the Afro-Asian Games, in preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Delhi, India. Also, officials from Beijing, China - the venue of 2008 Summer Olympics - and Doha, Qatar... |
Alicia Keys | Impact and legacy | "Her musicianship raises her above her peers. She doesn't have to sample music's past like a DJ scratching his way through a record collection; she has the chops to examine it, take it apart and create something new and personal with what she has found" in 2005. In 2017, Kerry Washington also wrote "Songs in A Minor i... |
Adama Dieng | Life and career | the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He has worked as a consultant for many international organizations including UNITAR, the Organisation of African Unity, the Ford Foundation, UNESCO, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross. He... |
Adrian Yeggs | null | their final season, they were named the Adrian Fencevilles. They were the last team to ever play in Adrian, Michigan. |
A2 milk | Australia and New Zealand | million the year before, but revenues had approximately doubled. In that year it warned shareholders not to expect profit for another three years.
Publication of a book, Devil in the Milk by Keith Woodford, about A1 beta-casein and its perceived dangers to health, boosted sales of milk with predominantly A2 protein in ... |
Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics | The 2010s | entered the Super Six that year as the No. 1 seed and defeated defending champions UCLA with a winning score of 197.650, their highest Super Six score since 1996. The Tide defeated the overwhelming favorite Florida to win a second consecutive title in 2012 with a score of 197.850.
Alabama entered the 2013 postseason pr... |
Alliance 90/The Greens | Former names and variants in the states & 1980s: Parliamentary representation on the federal level | was founded as Alternative Liste, or precisely, Alternative Liste für Demokratie und Umweltschutz (AL; alternative list for democracy and environmental protection) in 1978 and became the official West Berlin branch of The Greens in 1980. In 1993 it renamed to Alliance 90/The Greens Berlin after the merger with East Ber... |
Aerobic gymnastics | FIG aerobics & FISAF aerobics | FIG recognised sport aerobics as a new competitive gymnastics discipline, organised judges and coaches courses and launched the 1st Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships in Paris (34 countries). In 1997, the IWGA (International World Games Association) included Aerobic Gymnastics in its programme of the 5th World Gam... |
Alicia Keys | 2009–2011: The Element of Freedom, marriage and motherhood | called "Speechless", dedicated to her son.
In June 2011, Songs in A Minor was re-released as deluxe and collector's editions in commemoration of its 10th anniversary. To support the release, Keys embarked on a four-city promotional tour, titled Piano & I: A One Night Only Event With Alicia Keys, featuring only her pian... |
Ahmed AlKuwaiti | Quality management & Accreditation | accredited certification in healthcare quality administered by the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ). Accreditation As the Supervisor General of DQAA, AlKuwaiti has guided IAU and KFHU to achieve a number of national and international accreditations. |
Zoo Bar (Halifax, West Yorkshire) | Background & Effects | has happened there before." Effects After it was closed, the Halifax Zoo Bar incident became an international lightning rod in Europe, as one paper cited it as a "notorious kiddie boozer" where "legless" youths could do whatever they wanted. The nightclub was identified in an American study regarding youths and alcohol... |
Amelia Earhart | Competitive flying | was a born flier, with a delicate touch on the stick."
Earhart subsequently made her first attempt at competitive air racing in 1929 during the first Santa Monica-to-Cleveland Women's Air Derby (nicknamed the "Powder Puff Derby" by Will Rogers), which left Santa Monica on August 18 and arrived at Cleveland on August 26... |
Ambarvale, New South Wales | Transport & Schools & Housing | Trains network. NSW TrainLink also services Macarthur providing connections to the Southern Highlands, Canberra, Griffith and Melbourne. Bus services are provided by Busways and Interline Buses, leaving from Kellicar Road (under the bridge). The routes are 870-4, 886-89, 890-98 to and from Campbelltown. Schools The sub... |
Transorma | Post-war sales | in Silver Spring, Maryland. At the time it was launched with great fanfare, described at the time "as history-making as the Pony Express, the train, and the plane in speeding up mail handling." However, the U.S. Post Office by this time had seen the Canadian Route Reference Computer prototype and was in the process of ... |
Adams chromatic valence color space | null | Adams chromatic valence color space Adams chromatic valence color spaces are a class of color spaces suggested by Elliot Quincy Adams. Two important Adams chromatic valence spaces are CIELUV and Hunter Lab.
Chromatic value/valence spaces are notable for incorporating the opponent process model, and the empirically-dete... |
1774–1775 papal conclave | Conclave | of votes in these initial ballots, but certainly had no chances to secure the required majority of two thirds. Some other candidates were also put forward by the Zelanti, but they were all rejected by crown-cardinals as too pro-Jesuit. Against the candidature of Giovanni Carlo Boschi the Bourbon courts even pronounced ... |
Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association | Location | campus which has a plant coverage of over 1,000 trees. This has made it a popular spot for morning walks and jogging among local residents. |
Air Warrior | History | had simple black and white wireframe graphics, and cost over $10 per hour to play. Over time, Kesmai produced improved versions of the game, starting with SVGA Air Warrior in 1993, and continuing with Air Warrior for Windows in 1996, Air Warrior II in early 1997, Air Warrior III later in 1997, and finally Air Warrior I... |
Ada Rowley Moody | Background & Political career | Ada Rowley Moody Ada Rowley Moody JP, née Shufflebotham, was a British Liberal Party politician in Hanley, Staffordshire. Background Ada Shufflebotham was born the daughter of John and Emily E. Shufflebotham, of Newcastle-under-Lyme. She was educated at Orme Girls' School, Newcastle-under-Lyme. In 1914 she married Dr. ... |
Amelia Earhart | Nearing Howland Island | Gurr at the Lockheed factory, and the topic had not come up. A card displaying the band settings of the antenna was mounted so it was not visible. Gurr explained that higher frequency bands would offer better accuracy and longer range.
Motion picture evidence from Lae suggests that an antenna mounted underneath the fus... |
Amarjit Singh Kiyam | International | Cup which was hosted in India. He was the captain of the Indian team in U-17 World Cup.
Amarjit represented Indian national team in the Kings Cup 2019 on June 5 in the opening match against Curacao as he came as a substitute for Pronay Halder. He became the first player to born after 2000 to play in the senior team. He... |
Alain Resnais | 1946–1958: short films | Biennale in 1948, and also won an Oscar for Best 2-reel Short in 1949. (Braunberger went on to act as producer for several of Resnais's films in the following decade.) Resnais continued to address artistic subjects in Gauguin (1950) and Guernica (1950), which examined the Picasso painting based on the 1937 bombing of t... |
1980s in video gaming | Rise of home computing and PC gaming & Rejuvenation | aggressive advertising strategies to compete with gaming consoles and to promote their educational appeal to parents as well. Home computers also allowed motivated users to develop their own games, and many notable titles were created this way, such as Jordan Mechner's Karateka, which he wrote on an Apple II while in c... |
The Secret Policeman's Ball | Lasting impact | have all attributed their involvement in humanitarian issues to their exposure to the Secret Policeman's Ball shows: Geldof, Sting and Clapton as participants with Bono as an audience member.
Bono told Rolling Stone magazine in 1986: "I saw 'The Secret Policeman's Ball' and it became a part of me. It sowed a seed..." I... |
Allochares azureus | Description & Distribution | Allochares azureus Description Allochares azureus is a distinctive species of spider wasp, especially in the shape of the head which is convex in the front and concave in its rear, this is especially marked in the males. It also has a characteristic excavated propodeum which has conical teeth pointing towards the wasp'... |
Amelia Earhart | Transatlantic solo flight in 1932 & Additional solo flights | and passions, especially women's causes. After flying with Earhart, Roosevelt obtained a student permit but did not further pursue her plans to learn to fly. The two friends communicated frequently throughout their lives. Another flyer, Jacqueline Cochran, who was said to be Earhart's rival also became her confidante d... |
A Princess of Kensington | Background | A Princess of Kensington Background Following the successes of their earlier comic operas, The Emerald Isle and Merrie England, Basil Hood and Edward German collaborated once more. Despite a good reception from critics and Savoy opera devotees, the opera achieved a run of only 115 performances, owing partly to its dens... |
Alexei Volkoff | Personality | automated player into a trap, paralleling the way he has manipulated Team Bartowski throughout the episode. When his daughter leaves him to die for lying to her, however, Volkoff appears to have genuinely changed.
It is first revealed in "Chuck Versus Agent X" that Alexei Volkoff is actually a constructed identity. As ... |
AP Spanish Language and Culture | The course | of linguistic competencies at a very high level of proficiency.
Despite the best attempts by the College Board the AP Spanish Language curriculum is very fluid. Individual teachers can choose to present as much or as little information as possible. Because teachers inherently have different methods of pedagogy, issues ... |
Alicia Keys | 2003–2005: The Diary of Alicia Keys and Unplugged | for an MTV Unplugged album since Nirvana's 1994 MTV Unplugged in New York and the first Unplugged by a female artist to debut at number one. The album's first single, "Unbreakable", peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It remained at number one on the Billboard Hot ... |
Althea Wynne | Work | harmony of which I try to emulate. The Greeks also had an understanding of animals from which I draw some of my inspiration, and my equestrian subjects owe much to my love of riding. |
All That Glitters (film) | Premise | All That Glitters (film) Premise A bank manager who has successfully bought into a lucrative gold mine manages to foil the plot of some confidence tricksters who plan to swindle him out of his investment. |
2003 Afro-Asian Games | Legacy | games, as hotels and guest houses received large booking orders from people who were coming to see the Games - media-persons, delegates, officials, visitors, sports-persons, etc. Tourism also benefited from the Games, and the State Tourism Department showed many foreign journalists key tourism spots in the city. Many f... |
Alicia Keys | 1981–1993: Early life | Keys' father left when she was two and she was subsequently raised by her mother during her formative years in Hell's Kitchen. Keys said her parents never had a relationship, and her father was not in her life. Although she did not like to speak about her father in order to not feed stereotypes, Keys remarked in 2001: ... |
2009 International Bowl | Second quarter | catch, and the ball bounced into the end zone, where it was recovered by Buffalo's Ray Anthony Long for a Bull touchdown. The special-teams miscue by Howard allowed Buffalo to tie the game at 10–10 with 11:36 remaining in the second quarter.
UConn's turnover woes continued on their next possession when, on their second... |
Abdolreza Jamilian | Innovative treatment | airway of a growing child.
In the method invented by Jamilian, maxillary deficiency is corrected with the help of self-drilling titanium alloy miniscrews and class III elastics. Miniscrews are much smaller than bulky facemasks and this may increase patient's compliance.
The method is not researched in vitro or in vivo,... |
Alicia Keys | Personal life | artist-producer Swizz Beatz. Keys and Beatz, who have known each other since they were teenagers, announced they were engaged and expecting their first child in May 2010. They held a Zulu ceremony to bless their unborn child in the Illovo suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. They were m... |
Alexis Candelario Santana | Massacre & Arrest and trial | as many who were lined up in front of a vending cart to buy food just outside La Tombola, as well as a nine-year-old girl who was at an unspecified spot outside the bar and three members of a girl music group named Bomba Swing, who had come as paid entertainment to the inauguration.
Nine people died during the violent ... |
2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season | Madrid Open & Italian Open | sets. Nadal then advanced to the quarterfinals, by defeating Frances Tiafoe. He beat Stan Wawrinka in the quarterfinal comfortably. But he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal in three sets. After the loss Nadal claimed that he was not worried about his form. Italian Open As the defending champion, Nadal came in... |
Alekseyev I-21 | Development | either side of the rear fuselage. Alekseyev initially planned to arm the aircraft with three 37-millimeter (1.5 in) Nudelman N-37 autocannon, each with 30 rounds, but later decided upon a pair of 23 mm (0.91 in) Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 autocannon with 75 rounds per gun.
Design work on the I-210 (I-21 version 0) was conc... |
2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship | Driver changes | who remained with the team for a third year. ART Grand Prix promoted reigning GP3 Series champion George Russell to the category, partnering him with Jack Aitken, who also drove for the team in GP3. Nobuharu Matsushita, who drove for the team in 2017, left the series and returned to Japan to race in the Super Formula C... |
Alicia Keys | Philanthropy and activism | programs that raised money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. In July 2007, Keys and Keith Urban performed The Rolling Stones' 1969 song "Gimme Shelter" at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey at the American leg of the Live Earth concerts.
She participated in the Nobel Peace Prize Concert which took pla... |
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