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Althea Wynne
Life and career
daughters. For some years she spent most of her time bringing up her children, before returning to work as a teacher of art and the history of art. In 1982 she married secondly Antony Barrington Brown, a photographer, and at about the same time became active as a sculptor again. Wynne settled at Upton Lovell in Wiltshi...
Alexander Winton
Racing career & Family & Legacy
Barney Oldfield drove it to a near-record 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) at Daytona. Winton retired from racing, but built a Bullet No. 3 which Oldfield raced around the United States in his famous career. Family He married Jeanie Muir McGlashan (died 1903) in 1883; they had six children: Helen, James, Agnes, Jeanie, Ca...
Angus T. Jones
Early life and acting career & Two and a Half Men
Angus T. Jones Early life and acting career Jones was born in Austin, Texas, the older of two sons. Jones's first film role was as a five-year-old in the 1999 film Simpatico. From 2001 to 2003, he had supporting roles in films including See Spot Run, The Rookie, Bringing Down the House, George of the Jungle 2, and The ...
Aironi
Member clubs & History
Parma 10%, Noceto 5%, Reggio Emilia 2%, Modena 2% and Mantova 2%. Gran Parma, Rugby Viadana and Colorno have merged as a result of the formation of Aironi to form GranDucato Rugby Parma. Rugby Parma and Noceto have merged to form Crociati (Crusaders) Rugby Parma. These mergers were essential as the Super 10 (now Top12)...
Ann Peoples (Antarctic manager)
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employment as an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management. She was the first women in the Antarctic to have a job title as manager when she became the Berg Field Center Manager from 1986 to 1989. The facility provided outdoor equipment and survival training at McMurdo Station. In 1991, she became the first woma...
Alicia Keys
2009–2011: The Element of Freedom, marriage and motherhood
song became the album's most successful single; Keys eighth number one on the chart; and Key's first number one song in five years. The album's sixth and final single, "Wait Til You See My Smile", was released in December 2010 in the United Kingdom. In May 2010, a representative for Keys and Swizz Beatz confirmed that ...
An Anna Blume
Publication of The Artist's Book & Die Kathedrale
Two / Seven Seven Seven Seven Seven......) The same year, Schwitters also published Memoiren Anna Blumes in Bleie, a book that chronicled and parodied reactions to the original book. Die Kathedrale In 1920 Schwitters published a second book in the same format, called Die Kathedrale (The Cathedral). Again published by P...
147th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Detailed service
Gap or Mill Creek May 8. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mo...
1979 European Competition for Women's Football
First round
1979 European Competition for Women's Football First round The top team in each group advanced to the semi-finals.
All I Want Is You (album)
Release and promotion
three weeks, it re-entered and climbed the chart for 22 weeks, before peaking at number 37 on May 14, 2011. The album became a sleeper hit, and by September 2012, it had sold 404,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Ac...
2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season
Australian Open
Alex de Minaur. In the fourth round, Nadal faced former World No.4 Tomáš Berdych, who although was injured for the latter half of the 2018 season had a strong start to 2019. Nadal, however, comfortably defeated Berdych in straight sets as well. In the QF, Nadal faced American Frances Tiafoe, who was making his first QF...
Alix Klineman
Beach Volleyball & Controversy
Best Blocker and Most Improved Player awards at the AVP Award Banquet that November. In mid-October 2018, Klineman and Ross won their second FIVB tournament event, earning the gold medal over Brazil at the Yangzhou Open. In 2019, Klineman's success with Ross continued as they won the Huntington Beach and New York City ...
Alicia Keys
2006–2008: Film debut and As I Am
second film, The Nanny Diaries, based on the 2002 novel of the same name, where she co-starred alongside Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans. The Nanny Diaries had a hit moderate performance at the box office, earning only $44,638,886 worldwide during its theatrical run. She also guest starred as herself in the "One Man...
Amelia Earhart
Gardner Island hypothesis
sextant with serial number 3500 would have been made around the time of World War I. A few news articles have considered TIGHAR's theory, and generally consider it the most plausible of the "Earhart survived" theories, although not proven over crash-and-sink. Other news articles have criticized TIGHAR as seizing on unl...
Alviso, San Jose
History & Demographics
video recorder company TiVo and Polycom have their corporate headquarters in Alviso. Many salt evaporation ponds formerly owned by Cargill in the neighborhood are being converted to wetlands as part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Demographics The Bureau of the Census provides demographic...
Alvin O. Austin
Career
college to one of the leading Christian universities in the USA. During his tenure, LeTourneau grew dramatically in enrollment, endowment, campus facilities, programs, and scope. Austin's career focused on providing a high quality and personal educational environment with an uncompromising dedication to committed Chri...
Alicia Keys
Philanthropy and activism
activism with her art. Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International, stated: Both Alicia Keys and the Indigenous rights movement of Canada have in their own ways made inspirational and meaningful contributions to advancing human rights and towards ensuring brighter possibilities for future generations. Cruc...
Anna Eriksson
New style and film career (2010-)
Eriksson released her latest studio album, Mana, which she composed, wrote and produced herself. In 2013, Eriksson was awarded the Teosto Prize (one of the biggest art prizes in the Nordic countries). The Mana album was a "bold break" from Eriksson's previous productions. Mana broke the gold barrier in 2012 with 14,000...
2013 Philippine general election
Lack of source code review & Vote-rigging speculation
Under the law, the technical committee must have documented certification that the all hardware and software components were operating properly at least three months before the elections. Vote-rigging speculation Speculations of election fraud turned up following the elections, as the vote canvassing revealed a "60-30-...
Alan Paton
Family
Alan Paton Family Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in the Colony of Natal (now South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province), the son of a civil servant. After attending Maritzburg College, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Natal in his hometown, followed by a diploma in education. After graduation...
Amelia Earhart
Contemporary search efforts
They also found that Gardner's shape and size as recorded on charts were wholly inaccurate. Other Navy search efforts were again directed north, west and southwest of Howland Island, based on a possibility the Electra had ditched in the ocean, was afloat, or that the aviators were in an emergency raft. The official sea...
Zhuo-Hua Pan
Education and career & Optogenetics
to 1997 he was an instructor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital. In 1998, he became an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital. He moved to Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1999, and was promoted to associate professor in 2003 and pr...
Winged Assassin
Reception
sci-fi-online.com and as a series highlight by Mike Fillis of Cult Times and Ultimate DVD magazines. Fillis praises special effects director Derek Meddings for producing "miniature magic" with the DT19 scale model. Ian Fryer, author of The Worlds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, considers "Winged Assassin" to be the serie...
American automobile industry in the 1950s
Influential events & War
of critical events changed the manufacturing environment during the decade, including two wars, cultural changes and economic difficulties, creating opportunity and challenges for the automobile industry. War World War II ended in September 1945, which allowed for the conversion of the economy to a peacetime economy, w...
Amelia Earhart
Transatlantic flight in 1928
sack of potatoes." She added, "... maybe someday I'll try it alone." Earhart reportedly received a rousing welcome on June 19, 1928, when she landed at Woolston in Southampton, England. She flew the Avro Avian 594 Avian III, SN: R3/AV/101 owned by Lady Mary Heath and later purchased the aircraft and had it shipped back...
Alicia Svigals
Life and career
O'Donnell's Kids are Punny, Good Morning America, MTV News, Nickelodeon, and NPR's New Sound and Weekend Edition. As a composer for the group, she provided music for the play A Dybbuk by Tony Kushner, and collaborations with poet Allen Ginsberg and Israeli singer Chava Alberstein. They also performed with Itzhak Perl...
Amy Jacobson
After WMAQ-TV & Personal
Big John Howell on WIND (AM) on March 24, 2010. The season 18 episode of Law & Order entitled "Submission," which aired on March 12, 2008, creatively borrowed from events pertaining to the Jacobson story. Personal Jacobson and her husband, Jaime Anglada, married in 2002. They have two children. Her husband filed for d...
Alicia Keys
1981–1993: Early life
that then unlocked the ability to write my own music, put my own chords and things I heard in my own head to different lyrics that I maybe felt, and I never, ever had to wait for anybody to write something for me. Keys enrolled in the Professional Performing Arts School at the age of 12, where she took music, dance, an...
Alexander de Turre
Biography
of Makarska, and the principal co-consecrator of Leonardo Tritonio, Bishop of Poreč (1609).
APB (1987 video game)
Atari Lynx & Ports
original game" and that "The gameplay is fair, and is enhanced by some very appropriate and entertaining sound and graphics." Giving a rating of 8.5 out of 10. Raze Magazine also reviewed the game in their September 1991 issue. Julian Boardman liked the colourful cartoony graphics, sounds and found the game funny, but ...
Amelia Earhart
Gardner Island hypothesis
October 1937, Eric Bevington and Henry E. Maude visited Gardner with some potential settlers. A group walked all the way around the island, but did not find a plane or other evidence. During this visit, Bevington took a picture of the SS Norwich City wreck. In 2010, Jeff Glickman claimed that a small portion of Glickma...
Alpharetta High School
Arts
school's symphony orchestra, composed of nearly 90 select band and orchestra students, was chosen to perform at Chicago's 2012 and 2018 Midwest Clinic. Of thousands of schools that auditioned all over the world, Alpharetta was one of only a few that were chosen.
Anatole Vakhnianyn
Family Background
Anatole Vakhnianyn Anatole Vakhnianyn (Ukrainian: Анатоль Вахнянин (September 19, 1841, in Sieniawa – February 11, 1908), was a Ukrainian political and cultural figure, composer, teacher and journalist. Family Background Vakhnianyn was born in Sieniawa, Przeworsk County, today a part of Poland but at that time a part o...
Abdirashid Shermarke
Early years
Abdirashid Shermarke Early years Sharmarke was born in 1919 in the town of Harardhere in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. His father hailed from the Majeerteen Osman Mohamoud clan and his mother from the Habar Gidir (Sacad Siciid) clan. Raised in Mogadishu by his mother, Sharmarke attended Qur'anic schools an...
Ahed Tamimi
Early life & Activism
parents relocated her to a relative's home in Ramallah so she did not have to pass through Israeli checkpoints to continue her secondary education. By Bassem's estimate, the family home, which had been slated for demolition in 2010 just prior to the village's adoption of its weekly protests, has been subjected to 150 m...
Aircraft warning lights
On aircraft & Use and positioning
lights. The wingtip navigation lights are required to consist of a red light on the left wingtip and a green light on the right wingtip. Landing lights are used during the descent and approach to landing, and at other times if deemed necessary by the flight crew or operator. Use and positioning These lights can general...
Ébrié Lagoon
Geography
an east/west axis and consists of several linked lagoons. At the eastern end it is linked by a channel to the Aghien and Potou Lagoons, into which the Mé River flows. The other major rivers flowing into the lagoon are the Komoé River in the east, the Agnéby River in the centre, and the Ira River in the west. At the wes...
Anna Lehr
Death
1974, predeceasing her daughter, Ann Dvorak, by only five years.
Anna-Lisa Thomson
Biography
the year in his summer cottage in Grundsund on the west coast to paint. Her work was naive, nature-inspired and colorful. She suffered from cancer and died at 46 years of age. The Swedish book of poetry "Eko av dagens ljusa klang" includes Anna-Lisa Thomson illustrations and was published posthumously in 1953. A founda...
Annuit cœptis
On the Great Seal
1782, Sam Adams appointed a design artist, William Barton of Philadelphia, to bring a proposal for the national seal. For the reverse, Barton suggested a thirteen-layered pyramid underneath the Eye of Providence. The mottos which Barton chose to accompany the design were Deo Favente ("with God's favor", or more literal...
Anna Leonowens
Teacher at the Siamese court
as language secretary for the king. Although her position carried great respect and even a degree of political influence, she did not find the terms and conditions of her employment to her satisfaction. And despite her position at the king's court she was never invited into the social circle of the British merchants an...
18th Tony Awards
The ceremony
18th Tony Awards The ceremony Presenters: George Abbott, Lauren Bacall, Anne Bancroft, Harry Belafonte, Constance Bennett, Georgia Brown, David Burns, Richard Burton, Mindy Carson, Peggy Cass, Barbara Cook, Sammy Davis Jr., Paul Ford, Robert Goulet, Arthur Hill, Robert Horton, Shirley Knight, Carol Lawrence, Hal March,...
Andrae Patterson
College career & Professional career
Andrae Patterson College career Patterson played college basketball at Indiana University under head coach Bobby Knight. Professional career The Minnesota Timberwolves drafted him in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft with the 46th overall pick. He played in 40 career regular season games with Minnesota, through t...
Alliance 90/The Greens
1998–2002: Greens as governing party, first term
with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Joschka Fischer became Vice-Chancellor of Germany and foreign minister in the new government, which had two other Green ministers (Andrea Fischer, later Renate Künast, and Jürgen Trittin). Almost immediately the party was plunged into a crisis by the question of German...
Yuri Chinen
Career
Hey! Say! JUMP, was also there during that time. On April 3, 2007, he began activities with the temporary group, Hey! Say! 7 starting with a public performance at a KAT-TUN concert. On September 21, 2007, he made his debut as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He was in a 2008 drama, One-Pound Gospel, as "Yoshihiko" in Episod...
American automobile industry in the 1950s
Notable failures
built. The failure was due in part to the price tag of $9695, an extraordinary amount of money for the time. The Continental thereafter became a successful car model under Ford's Lincoln brand. Kaiser, Allstate, Frazer and the economy/compact Henry J product lines all ceased production before the end of the 1955 model ...
Ambika Charan Guha
Early life
Ambika Charan Guha Early life Ambika Charan came from a family of wrestlers. His grandfather, Shiv Charan Guha, patronized Pehlwani and is credited with popularizing the sport in Bengal. Ambika Charan was born to Abhay Charan Guha in 1843 in Hogolkuria in Kolkata. The locality is near the Masjidbari Street near Hatibag...
Adekan
Plot
to return to the shop to teach Shiro about cooking and dressing properly. As the story progresses Shiro continues to assist Kojiro and the police force with solving various cases. He slowly opens up to Kojiro who continues to show up at his shop, introduce people to him, and invite him to different activities. People f...
Angelo Baroni
Biography
Angelo Baroni Biography Angelo Baroni was born in Venice, Italy and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 11 February 1604, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Kotor. On 22 February 1604, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, with Agostino...
Anna Eriksson
Kiitorata and three albums (1995-1999)
Anna Eriksson Kiitorata and three albums (1995-1999) Anna Eriksson came to public attention after participating in the Kiitorata song competition on MTV3 in 1995. Her debut album Anna Eriksson was released in 1997. More than 81,000 copies have been sold, or double platinum. The album produced successful singles Juliet ...
Alicia Keys
2009–2011: The Element of Freedom, marriage and motherhood
was preceded by the release of its lead single "Doesn't Mean Anything" which peaked at sixty on the Hot 100, and fourteen on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Keys was ranked as the top R&B recording artist of the 2000–2009 decade by Billboard magazine and ranked at number five as artist of the decade, while "No One" ...
Amberley, Ohio
2010 census
1,024.3 inhabitants per square mile (395.5/km²). There were 1,466 housing units at an average density of 418.9 per square mile (161.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 85.7% White, 9.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 3.0% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latin...
American automobile industry in the 1950s
Overhead Valve V8 engine
an impressive 180 hp at 4000 rpm While the name "Firepower" is no longer used, the name "Hemi" is still synonymous with Chrysler as a trademarked name for its engines, although they no longer use hemispherical combustion. The engines were larger and heavier than competing designs from GM and Ford owing to the larger cy...
Anjouan scops owl
Voice & Distribution and habitat & Habits & Conservation and status
distinctive drawn-out whistle, which is repeated often with by short interludes, which has been likened to the "pee-oo" call of the grey plover. Distribution and habitat The Anjouan scops owl is found only on the island of Anjouan, Ndzuani in the local language, where it occurs in the remaining fragments of native upla...
Amelia Earhart
First attempt
from Luke Field with Earhart, Noonan and Manning on board. The next destination was Howland Island, a small island in the Pacific. Manning, the only skilled radio operator, had made arrangements to use radio direction finding to home in to the island. The flight never left Luke Field. During the takeoff run, there was ...
2009 Belizean municipal elections
Belize City & Belmopan & Towns
2009 Belizean municipal elections Belize City Mayor of Belize City Zenaida Moya will seek reelection after fighting off a challenge by Councillor Anthony Michael. She will be challenged by retired public officer Dr. Cecil Reneau. Belmopan Simeon Lopez, sitting mayor, won a local convention on August 17, defeating young...
Alexander of Roes
Legacy
prophecy from Maxwell's work, was concerned in Monarchy or No Monarchy (1651) to argue that it did not apply to "Charles II of Scotland".
Alain Resnais
Personal life
1998. Alain Resnais died in Paris on 1 March 2014; he was buried in Montparnasse cemetery.
American Dream (LCD Soundsystem album)
Packaging
was revealed, it attracted criticism from users on Twitter. One user jokingly stated that they considered cancelling their vinyl pre-order of the album due to their dislike of the cover art. Other users compared it, quality-wise, to a preset for a slide on Microsoft PowerPoint as well as the cover art for Kasabian's 20...
American automobile industry in the 1950s
Overhead Valve V8 engine
inblock-valve design shared by all flathead engines. The Chevrolet small block 265 cubic inch engine was released in the 1955 model year and still the basis for the V8 engines in use by General Motors today. The original 265 cubic inch engine with a two-barrel carburetor produced 162 hp, while the four-barrel version ...
Ahed Tamimi
Early life
Ahed Tamimi Early life Ahed Tamimi was born on 31 January 2001 in Nabi Salih, a small village located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Ramallah in the West Bank in the Palestinian territories. Her father, Bassem Tamimi, was born in 1967, the year the occupation began. In January 2018 Harriet Sherwood wrote tha...
Amelia Earhart
Gardner Island hypothesis
near the bones on Nikumaroro and alleged to belong to Fred Noonan had two apparent serial numbers on it: 3500 and 1542. In October 2018, documents discovered at the National Archives and Records Administration showed USS Bushnell had a Brandis and Sons sextant with USNO serial number 1542 in 1938–1939, well after Earha...
Amy Jacobson
Early life and education & Professional career & Stebic controversy
Iowa with a bachelor's degree in broadcasting and film in 1991. She was the Sigma Chi sweetheart in 1989. Professional career Prior to joining WMAQ-TV, Jacobson worked at WJBK-TV in Detroit, KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, KOLD-TV in Tucson, Arizona, and, starting in 1992, KSAX-TV in Alexandria, Minnesota. She started out w...
Anthony Miller (murderer)
Execution
execution in Scotland was that of Henry John Burnett, which took place in Aberdeen on 15 August 1963.
Anna Leonowens
Early life and family
one, and she later accused him of putting pressure on her, like her sister, to marry a much older man. In 1847, Donohoe was seconded as assistant supervisor of public works in Aden. Whether the rest of the family went with him or stayed in India is unsure. On 24 April 1845, Anna's 15-year-old sister, Eliza Julia Edward...
Ansar al-Din Front
Harakat Sham al-Islam
Ansar al-Din Front Harakat Sham al-Islam Harakat Sham al-Islam (Arabic: حركة شام الإسلام‎, meaning "Islamic Movement of the Levant") is a jihadist group composed of primarily Moroccans that has been active during the Syrian Civil War. The group announced on 25 July 2014 that it became part of the Jabhat Ansar al-Din. I...
Anne Nafstad Lyftingsmo
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Anne Nafstad Lyftingsmo Anne Nafstad Lyftingsmo (born 24 March 1968 in Oslo) is a Norwegian civil servant, who serves as the Secretary to the Government (Cabinet Secretary), the most senior civil servant in the government. She has studied business administration and worked as a consultant at ECON Analyse and at Statist...
American automobile industry in the 1950s
War
D. Eisenhower launched the Interstate Highway System by signing the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 into law. Eisenhower gained an appreciation of the German Autobahn network as a necessary component of a national defense system while he was serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War I...
Vladimír Šmicer
Early career & Liverpool
ground. He played in the UEFA Champions League and played a pivotal role in the side's successes in this tournament. He left Lens to move to Liverpool in June 1999. Liverpool Šmicer joined Liverpool for a fee of £4.2 million, recruited to fill the void left by the departure of Steve McManaman to Real Madrid. Upon arriv...
American automobile industry in the 1950s
Recession of 1958 & Labor union activity
and early 1958. It had been a record year for sales in 1955 with the industry selling almost 8 million automobiles, but this extraordinary surge in sales served to reduce demand in the following few years. Sales had declined to 6.1 million in 1957 and just 4.3 million by 1958, making 1958 the worst year for auto sale...
Aalaap (film)
Development & Casting
Aalaap (film) Development Aalaap is a Bollywood film produced under the banner of Shri Shankaracharya Arts Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai. The film which is based on youth and music has the potential to spread youth awareness across all corners of the nation. It has been jointly produced by renowned educationalists of Chhattisgarh ...
Yuenü
Life and legacy
But the bamboo was rotten at one end. The end fell to the ground and the young woman immediately snatched it up. The old man wielded the top end of the staff and thrust towards the young woman, but [she] parried straight back, thrust three times, and finally raised her end of bamboo and drove home her attack against Ol...
Ann Pellegrini
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and Oxford University. She then earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.
2012 United States elections
Rape and pregnancy controversies and the "War on Women" & Benghazi attack
a larger national effect. Benghazi attack The major foreign policy controversy during the final weeks of the campaign was the September attack on the American diplomatic mission at Benghazi, Libya by a heavily armed group. Four people were killed, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, and ten others were in...
Āma
Historicity & Other identifications
Rashtrakutas. As a result, he had to move to Gwalior, where he probably ruled as a vassal. Other identifications In the first half of the 9th century CE, Kannauj was ruled by a family of rulers whose name ended in -ayudha. S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar theorized that Vajrayudha and Indrayudha were alternative names of Āma. ...
Alun Cairns
Secretary of State for Wales
for Work and Pensions, and was appointed to the Privy Council on 22 March. Cairns supported a Remain vote in the 2016 EU membership referendum. He was once more re-elected to his Vale of Glamorgan seat in the 2017 general election, and increased his vote share for the third consecutive occasion. After re-election, in J...
Anthony Pratt (businessman)
Personal life
fulfilled his pledge five years early. In 2009, Pratt was honored by the New York-based Foreign Policy Association with its Corporate Social Responsibility Award. Since taking over the company, Pratt has taken a strong interest in sustainable agriculture, food security, and water issues, stating that his motivation is ...
Alfred Gessow
Educator & University of Virginia (1945-1956) & A Lecturer in Helicopter Theory
and conducting flight experiments. University of Virginia (1945-1956) Prof. Gessow began his formal career as an educator while assigned to the NASA Langley Research Center, where he also served as Chairman of the Committee on Graduate Studies and as Chairman of the Faculty at University of Virginia's Hampton Roads Gr...
Amy Jacobson
Stebic controversy & After WMAQ-TV
after the court ruled Jacobson failed to show CBS fabricated unfavorable content about her, the judge finding that the critical comments and other material in the CBS piece were "constitutionally protected expressions of opinion," or based on facts. Jacobson's attorney indicated that she will appeal the dismissal of th...
2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship
Team changes & Driver changes
second tier of Formula One's feeder championships since the 2003 International Formula 3000 season. Racing Engineering were included on the initial entry list but later withdrew from the championship to focus on their European Le Mans Series entry. Fortec Motorsports were due to make their Formula 2 début, replacing th...
Alliance 90/The Greens
2005–present: Greens back in opposition & Welfare, health, family and education
narrowly ahead of the CDU/CSU. This was the first time the Greens had ever been in first place in a national poll, and the first time in the history of the BRD that any party other than the CDU/CSU or SPD had placed first in a national poll. They continued this trend with subsequent polls from INSA, Emnid, Infratest di...
An Riabhachan
Geography & Ascents
1997. With the demise of the NE Top, An Riabhachan has been left with just two subsidiary Tops. The West Top with a height of 1040 metres stands at the western end of the summit ridge, before descending to the Bealach Bholla and reascending to the adjoining Munro of An Socach. The South West Top lies 700m SE of the Wes...
1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
Summary
1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final Summary J. Murphy opened the scoring with a goal for Tipperary and Matt Gargan replied with a Kilkenny goal. Kilkenny's vital second goal was scored by Sim Walton. It was Kilkenny's third All-Ireland title in-a-row and a remarkable seventh All-Ireland title in ten cham...
Agrochemical
Ecology & History
including improper storage resulting in spillage. On farms, proper storage facilities and labeling, emergency clean-up equipment and procedures, and safety equipment and procedures for handling, application and disposal are often subject to mandatory standards and regulations. Usually, the regulations are carried out t...
Amelia Earhart
Promoting aviation & Competitive flying
become Northeast Airlines. Competitive flying Although Earhart had gained fame for her transatlantic flight, she endeavored to set an "untarnished" record of her own. Shortly after her return, piloting Avian 7083, she set off on her first long solo flight that occurred just as her name was coming into the national spot...
Young Joshua
Conversion & Music career
aim it at Christians and non-Christians who had not yet experience the word on God Music career Young Joshua started his career as an independent artist, but in 2010 he signed with Cross Movement Records. To date, Young Joshua has been featured on 50 different Christian albums and has released one studio album.
Anna Leonowens
Anna Leonowens in fiction and film
to Baddeck in 1887 to take part in a campaign to promote women's suffrage during a by-election.
Agaricus campestris
Description & Similar species
are initially pink, then red-brown and finally a dark brown, as is the spore print. The 3 to 10 centimetres (1.2 to 3.9 in) tall stipe is predominantly white and bears a single thin ring. The taste is mild. The white flesh bruises a dingy reddish brown, as opposed to yellow in the inedible (and somewhat toxic) Agaricus...
Ana Teresa Diego
Disappearance
Ana Teresa Diego Disappearance Ana Teresa was born in 1954, and was kidnapped and summarily killed by the Military Junta of Argentina in the area of El Bosque de La Plata for her membership in the Communist Youth Federation (Argentina). While Teresa was leaving the Communist Youth Federation facility in the El Bosque a...
Wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones
Wedding ceremony
funeral of King George VI. Edward's two brothers, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, both served as his supporters (the royal equivalent of the "best man"). Children of the couple's friends served as Sophie's attendants: Camilla Hadden, Olivia Taylor, Felix Sowerbutts, and Harry Warburton. The three royal brothe...
American automobile industry in the 1950s
Notable failures & Influential events
to the General Tire and Rubber Company, which liquidated the assets and ended production of all Crosley automobiles. Muntz Car Company produced cars from 1950 through 1954 in Chicago. Muntz was assisted by Frank Kurtis, who had earlier attempted to produce a sports car under the Kurtis Kraft marque (the Kurtis Kraft Sp...
Anthony Pratt (businessman)
Personal life
greater support for farmers and food companies, and to eventually feed 200 million people. The conference attracted leading political, agribusiness, food-industry, and academic figures. In October 2016, Pratt was the founding sponsor of The Wall Street Journal's inaugural U.S.-based Global Food Forum. In his opening re...
Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association
Membership and funding & Administration
Process Houses and Composite Textile Units and 53 are manufacturers of fibres, dyes, chemicals, instruments, equipment and machinery. ATIRA is financed by four sources – Annual Subscription from member units, income from the services it has rendered, sponsored research from the Industry, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry ...
Amelia Earhart
Myths, legends, and claims & Spies for FDR
last flight. Several unsupported theories have become known in popular culture. Spies for FDR The World War II-era movie Flight for Freedom (1943) is a story of a fictional female aviator (obviously inspired by Earhart) who engages in a spying mission in the Pacific. The movie helped further a myth that Earhart was sp...
7th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Central Committee composition & Platform and economic plan
incumbents, while 2 out of 6 representatives from the social welfare ministries were incumbents. Platform and economic plan The party's platform, the "Political Program for National Construction in the Period of Transition to Socialism", and the long-term economic plan, "Strategy for Socio-economic Stabilization and De...
Angus T. Jones
Two and a Half Men
uncle (played by Charlie Sheen). The show was the most popular sitcom in the United States for most of its run, with an average audience of around 15 million people. In 2010, Jones became the highest paid child star in television at the age of 17 when his new contract with Two and a Half Men guaranteed him US$7.8 milli...
Ambarvale, New South Wales
Housing
The majority of dwellings in Ambarvale were constructed in the 1970s and 1980 decades.
Annibale Ruccello
Biography & Career
Annibale Ruccello Biography Annibale Ruccello was born in Castellammare di Stabia, in the outskirts of Naples, Italy,. His father was Ermanno Ruccello and his mother, Giuseppina de Nonno. In 1977 he graduated in philosophy from the University of Naples "Federico II", with a thesis on Andrea Perruci's Cantata dei Pasto...
Angus Deaton
Biography & Scholarship
the face of the political aspects of his research area and the "tortuous details" involved in his work, adding: "No one accuses him of having an agenda on these questions, and there are a lot of people in this field who do have an agenda". According to Brown University president Christina Paxson, Deaton "is fearless ab...
Amazarashi
2010–2011: From 0.6 to Sennen Koufukuron & 2012: Love Song
Ikiteiru" (amazarashi 1st live この街で生きている; "amazarashi 1st live: I'm Living in this City"), held at Shibuya WWW. According to Akita, in order to transmit the message of the songs properly, they performed behind a screen which images and the song lyrics were projected on to. This was done such in a way such that the crow...