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Antonio Molinari (runner) | Biography | Antonio Molinari (runner) Biography With 12 participation in the World championships h is the second Italian after Marco De Gasperi with 15. He also won five national championships at individual senior level. |
Anti-ballistic missile | 1940s and 1950s | might be used to ward off ICBMs. It conducted several test explosions of low-yield nuclear weapons — 1.7kt boosted fission W25 warheads — launched from ships to very high altitudes over the southern Atlantic Ocean. Such an explosion releases a burst of X-rays in the Earth's atmosphere, causing secondary showers of char... |
Āma | Jain account | him as the new king. The Prabhavaka Charita and Prabandha Kosha suggest that Āma ascended the throne during 749-753 CE (807-811 VS).
According to Prabhavaka-Charita, Āma once caught a cobra (naga) with a radiant jewel on its head. Because of this, the Jain monk Bappabhatti gave him the title "Nagavaloka".
Āma subdued t... |
American automobile industry in the 1950s | Enduring models | through the 1971 model year. It was not until 1979 that Chrysler began using the "300" name again, as a rebadged Cordoba for the latter half the model year. It would be 20 more years before they again used the name, this time for the Chrysler 300M, which was produced for the 1998 through 2004 model years. Finally in ... |
Anna Karenina (2012 film) | Critical reception | only two stars out of five, commenting that "the third time isn't such a charm for director Joe Wright and muse Keira Knightley". Although she found the actress "luminous in the role" she criticised Wright for "outshining" his star and affecting the narrative momentum by "favouring a glossy look over probing insights i... |
Alicia Svigals | Life and career | of the Yiddish theater song "Belz", arranged by Marvin Hamlisch. Other recording, performing and composing collaborators include Diane Birch, Gary Lucas, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, John Cale, Ben Folds, John Zorn, Debbie Friedman.
Alicia Svigals also has a wedding and bat/bar mitzvah band that plays every genre of m... |
1774–1775 papal conclave | Conclave & Election of Pius VI | the ratification of the suppression of the Jesuits, his friendship to the House of Bourbon and to the House of Habsburg, and agreed to be guided by the allies in the distribution of State offices. Election of Pius VI On February 15, 1775, after 134 days of deliberation, on the 265th ballot, Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Bra... |
AUSCANNZUKUS | Structure & History | AUSCANNZUKUS AUSCANNZUKUS is an abbreviation for the naval Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) interoperability organization involving the Anglosphere nations of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It is also used as security caveat in the UKUSA Community, where it... |
Ansar al-Din Front | Harakat Sham al-Islam & Harakat Fajr ash-Sham al-Islamiya | came to notice because of the role it played in the 2013 Latakia offensive. The following year the group was one of the three primary factions, alongside Al-Nusra Front and Ansar al-Sham, that took part in the 2014 Latakia offensive. Harakat Sham al-Islam also has a presence in Aleppo, being involved in battles for Kin... |
Amelia Earhart | Nearing Howland Island | transmission from Itasca on 7500 kHz, but she was unable to determine a minimum, so she could not determine a direction to Itasca. Earhart was also unable to determine a minimum during an RDF test at Lae. One likely theory is that Earhart's RDF equipment did not work at 7500 kHz; most RDF equipment at the time was not ... |
Alicia Keys | 1994–1997: Career beginnings | She's a very accomplished musician, songwriter and vocalist and a rare and unique talent.
Robinson and Edge helped Keys assemble some demos of songs she had written and set up a showcases for label executives. Keys performed on the piano for executives of various labels, and a bidding war ensued. Edge was keen to sign ... |
Aalto University Executive Education | MBA and DBA programs & Open enrollment programs and customized solutions[buzzword] & Rankings | Aalto University Executive Education MBA and DBA programs Aalto University Executive Education organizes Aalto University's MBA programs: Aalto MBA Program and Aalto Executive MBA Program. Aalto EE also organizes Aalto Executive Doctor of Business Administration program (Aalto Executive DBA). Open enrollment programs a... |
Alun Cairns | European Union | European Union Cairns supported remaining in the European Union in the 2016 UK European Union membership referendum. In the campaign period leading up to the referendum, in a government pamphlet sent to all homes across Wales, he stated: "One thing I think we can all agree on is that Europe needs reform. The Prime Mini... |
30th European Film Awards | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Hairstyling The winner was announced on 14 November 2017. |
Anatoma regia | Distribution | Anatoma regia Distribution This marine species occurs off New Zealand. |
Amagertorv | History | Amagertorv History Amagertorv dates back to the Middle Ages when Copenhagen was a small fishing village called Havn, the site was the main corridor between the village and the beach. In 1449 it is referred to as the Fishmonger's Market and in 1472 the name Amagertorv first appears. The name derives from the Amager far... |
Apracaraja Indravarman's Silver Reliquary | Kharayosta or Kharaosta king vs Apraca dynasty | as contrasted to Yuva-raja of the Mathura Lion Capital Inscriptions or the Kshatrapa of the coins. First part Yagu- of the title Yagu-raja used by Kharaosta (Kamuio) is a form of Yauvuga or Yauga or Yaüvasa—a Kushana title, which is identified with popular Turkic title Yabgu (i.e. tribal chief). Since this reference pe... |
1991 Tour de France | Race overview | the race leader. Later that day, the team time trial (stage 2) was run, won by Sørensen's team, and Sørensen became the new leader of the general classification.
Sørensen kept the lead for a few stages, but in the fifth stage he fell (crashing into a traffic island) and broke his clavicle. He managed to finish the sta... |
Amelia Earhart | Move from New York to California & Planning | Flying School, which Mantz controlled and operated through his aviation company, United Air Services. The company was located at the Burbank Airport, about five miles (8 km) from Earhart's Toluca Lake home. Putnam handled publicity for the school that primarily taught instrument flying using Link Trainers. Planning In ... |
Afia Nathaniel | Education & Early career | was awarded the prestigious Mangat Rai Gold Medal in 1994 in recognition of her outstanding academic record and extracurricular achievements.
In August 1994, Afia joined Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) to pursue a BSc in Computer Science. She graduated from LUMS in 1997.
In 2001, Columbia University off... |
Alliance 90/The Greens | 2005–present: Greens back in opposition | June 2010, in the first state election following the victory of the CDU/CSU and FDP in the 2009 federal election, the "black-yellow" CDU-FDP coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia under Jürgen Rüttgers lost its majority. The Greens and the SPD came one seat short of a governing majority, but after multiple negotiations ab... |
Apracaraja Indravarman's Silver Reliquary | Form and function & Apracarajas' relations with yuvaraja Kharaosta | and culture. It reflects the arrival and assimilation, by whatever geographic route or routes, of this ancient Central Asian/Iranian motif into the Gandharan world in Pre-Christian times. And lastly, the fluting in the surfaces of the silver reliquary is also an Iranian motif. Thus the Ibex motif combined with wine dri... |
AUSCANNZUKUS | History & Related organizations | the navies of the five nations in order to increase operational effectiveness. Related organizations AUSCANNZUKUS liaises closely with Washington based management groups of the
Combined Communications Electronics Board (CCEB),
Multinational Interoperability Council (MIC), American, British, Canadian, Australian and New... |
Adam Podgórecki | null | typology, derived from Petrazycki, of intuitive and official law”.
To honour the significant contribution made by Adam Podgórecki to the development of sociology of law and to shape the history of the Research Committee on Sociology of Law, its board decided in 2004 to establish the annual Adam Podgórecki Prize. It is ... |
All I Want Is You (album) | Release and promotion | can't really blame them for [that], because that's what they know. But that's not what my lifestyle was." Four singles were released from the album: the title track "All I Want Is You", "Sure Thing", "Quickie", and "Girls Like You". As the title track gradually received radio airplay, Miguel began touring as a supporti... |
Angus Deaton | Scholarship | Case and Deaton received funding from the National Institute on Aging through the National Bureau of Economic Research to release a larger study that was published in 2017 entitled Mortality and Morbidity in the 21st Century. In extending their research, they found that the mortality rates for educated white non-Hispan... |
Yolanda Cuomo | Early career | of Music. Cuomo’s mentor, Marvin Israel, died in May 1984 while working on Richard Avedon’s exhibition of In the American West in Dallas.
In 1985 the Village Voice hired Cuomo as the Art Director for VUE (called View for the first issue), their new fashion magazine. During VUE’s short life of six issues, Cuomo hired ph... |
Amelia Earhart | Contemporary search efforts & Speculation on disappearance | in absentia" seven-year waiting period waived so that he could manage Earhart's finances. As a result, Earhart was declared legally dead on January 5, 1939. Speculation on disappearance There has been considerable speculation on what happened to Earhart and Noonan. Most historians hold to the simple "crash and sink" th... |
Wendy Maruyama | Artist & WildLife Project | Diego, CA; and the Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA.
Maruyama had held a studio space in the Glashaus in Barrio Logan in San Diego for many years, until 2017 when the building was sold and renovated.
Maruyama has served as a member of the advisory of the Furniture Society. In 2009, she was inducted into the American ... |
André Hornez | Personal life | Hornez married the dancer Gisèle Fréry (1929-2013), whom he met on the operetta Baratin in 1949. His best man was Bruno Coquatrix. The couple had no children. |
Ambarvale, New South Wales | European settlement & Commercial area & Transport | farms were sold for housing and the new suburb was officially opened in 1976. Commercial area Ambarvale has an ALDI shopping centre on Woodhouse Drive. This was completed early in 2010, with the old shopping centre being demolished. Beside ALDI, is the Ambarvale Tavern, which has a bistro and gambling facilities. Just... |
Alliance 90/The Greens | 1980s: Parliamentary representation on the federal level | study commissioned by the Greens determined that 15 to 20 members intimately cooperated with the Stasi and another 450 to 500 had been informants.
Until 1987, the Greens included a faction involved in pedophile activism, the SchwuP short for Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Schwule, Päderasten und Transsexuelle" (approx. working g... |
2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | Qualification event & Results | 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification event Two teams outside of the top seven finishers qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2010 in Lohja, Finland. Results All times local (Central European Time) |
American College of Employee Benefit Counsel | null | American College of Employee Benefit Counsel The mission of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel is to increase the public's understanding of employee benefits law and to raise its standards. It encourages the study, development and sponsors continuing legal education of employee benefits laws. |
WJTI | History | WJTI History The 1460 kHz frequency signed on the air in 1950 with the WRAC call sign. The owner of the station purchased another Racine station, WRJN-FM in 1969, changing it to WRAC-FM. A year later, the FM station flipped to a rock-leaning top 40 format as WRKR, and WRAC later adopted that call sign, simulcasting the... |
Arab–Khazar wars | Final phase of the war: Marwan's invasion of Khazaria | the real size of Marwan's army, it was a huge force and certainly the largest ever sent against the Khazars. Marwan first secured his rear by subduing the Armenian factions who were hostile to the Arabs and their client Ashot. He then pushed into Caucasian Iberia, driving its Chosroid ruler to seek refuge in the fortre... |
2013 Philippine general election | Gun ban & Liquor ban | By April 19, the number of violations to the gun ban was at 2,053. Liquor ban The commission also issued an "expanded" liquor ban: instead of banning intoxicating substances on election day and election eve, the commission included the four days preceding the election. Foreigners and certain hotels and similar establis... |
Andrea Sgorlon | null | Andrea Sgorlon Andrea Sgorlon (born 20 January 1968 in San Donà di Piave) is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as flanker.
Sgorlon's first team was San Donà, moving afterwards to Benetton Treviso, where he would stay until 2002/03, when he finished his player career. He won 5 Italian Ch... |
Albert Collins | Career | November 1991 Collins performed with Robert Cray, Steve Cropper and Dave Edmunds at the Guitar Legends event in Seville, a series of five concerts to promote the upcoming Seville Expo '92. On 28 October 1991 Collins was filmed in concert for the television program Austin City Limits; the concert was broadcast on 21 Feb... |
Anon Pairot | Business management | Design Studio. His business model considers "how to increase the value of a piece of wood from 10 baht to 1,000 baht." Anon thus views sustainability in his business as a strategic offense: "Sustainability is not about giving someone a school of fish, but it is about teaching him how to catch more fish."
Pairot sees th... |
Areolate grouper | Description | Areolate grouper Description The areolate grouper is a large fish (up to 47 cm long, 1.4 kg) that lives near coral reefs. Its coloration is whitish to gray with rounded brownish spots; it is particularly identifiable by a narrow, white, straight margin on its truncate tail. It has 11 dorsal spines, 15-17 dorsal soft r... |
Alviso, San Jose | Bayside Canning Company | founded about 1890 by Sai Yin Chew. Officials and the board of directors were all of Chinese ancestry. After the San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906, the Precita Canning Company moved to Alviso, and reorganized under the name of the Bay Side Canning Company.
The company rented the Alviso Watch Factory building an... |
Angelo Sabino | As poet | to good standing in the papal court.
When Onofrio had traveled back to Rome from the Low Countries, he brought along the young Matthaeus Herbenus of Maastricht, a future historian, grammarian, and musician. Herbenus became a student of Niccolò Perotti, a friend of Sabino with whose name he was to become most closely as... |
Andromache (play) | Plot synopsis | hidden the son she bore him (whose name is Molossos) for fear that Menelaus will try to kill him as well as her.
A Maid arrives to warn her that Menelaus knows the location of her son and is on his way to capture him. Andromache persuades her to risk seeking the help of the king, Peleus (husband of Thetis, Achilles' fa... |
Ahmed AlKuwaiti | Medical & dental education in Saudi Arabia & Quality management | the PROMED TV channel, which helps students in gaining medical education. Quality management In July 2007, AlKuwaiti established a unit in IAU for quality management, establishing a strategic plan and collaborating with Monash University in enhancing Quality improvement projects in 2009. As of 2010, the unit is the Dea... |
Zhuo Commandery | Han dynasty | Zhuo Commandery Zhuo Commandery (Chinese: 涿郡) or Fanyang Commandery (Chinese: 范陽郡) was a commandery in imperial China from Han dynasty to Tang dynasty, located in modern Hebei and Beijing. Han dynasty Zhuo Commandery was established during Emperor Gao of Han's reign from the Qin-era Guangyang, Julu and Hengshan command... |
2013 Philippine general election | Registration of voters and candidates | 2013 Philippine general election Registration of voters and candidates The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) ended the year-long registration of new voters and voters transferring residences nationwide, apart from the general registration of voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on October 31, 2012.... |
1974 Formula One season | Race 1: Argentina & Race 2: Brazil | ran out of fuel on the last lap. Race 2: Brazil Fittipaldi took a popular home pole in Brazil, beating Reutemann and Lauda. Reutemann, eager to make up after his bad luck in Argentina, took the lead at the start, with Peterson up to second. Reutemann led early on, but was passed by both Peterson and Fittipaldi on lap 4... |
American automobile industry in the 1950s | null | American automobile industry in the 1950s The 1950s were pivotal for the American automobile industry. The post-World War II era brought a wide range of new technologies to the automobile consumer, and a host of problems for the independent automobile manufacturers. The industry was maturing in an era of rapid technolo... |
Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics | The nineties | bang for the Tide as Alabama was crowned the 1990 SEC Champions. The team won its second national title in 1991 before a home crowd in Tuscaloosa. A rivalry between Alabama and Georgia, which endures to this day, began around this time. Patterson and Georgia coach Suzanne Yoculan hosted frequent dual meets between thei... |
Zeng Xueming | Biography & Research and reaction | North Vietnamese consul in Guangzhou to look up Zeng in 1967, but without success. Ho died in September 1969. Zeng retired as a midwife in 1977 and died 14 November 1991 at the age of 86. Research and reaction The claim that Ho had a Chinese wife first appeared in a book by Chinese author Huang Zheng published in 1987.... |
Anti-ballistic missile | Tactical ABMs deployed in 1990s | was tested during the early to mid-1990s and by the end of 1998 the majority of US Marine Corps Hawk systems were modified to support basic theater anti-ballistic missile capabilities. MIM-23 Hawk missile is not operational in the U.S. service since 2002, but is used by many other countries.
Soon after the Gulf war, th... |
Arab–Khazar wars | First Arab–Khazar War and aftermath & Second Arab–Khazar War | a raid into Albania in 661/662, they were defeated by the local prince, but in 683 or 685 (also a time of civil war in the Muslim world), a large-scale raid across Transcaucasia was more successful, capturing much booty and many prisoners. The presiding princes of Iberia (Adarnase II) and Armenia (Grigor I Mamikonian) ... |
APOPO | Organization & Detecting landmines | profit organization in 2015 which enables public and corporation donations to be tax deductible. In 2014 APOPO set up a TB Scientific Advisory Committee to provide credibility. APOPO also has a research & development centre.
As of June 2016, APOPO employed over 190 staff in the local operations and 14 international sta... |
Allen Kaeja | Work | Allen Kaeja Work Kaeja's dance film Of the Heart (2008) was co-directed with Douglas Rosenberg. Allen and Karen Kaeja teach master classes in Kaeja Partnering and Dance Film. Allen teaches at the School of the Toronto Dance Theatre and Ryerson University.
In 2011, Kaeja co-created the Porch View Dances series with Kare... |
Alviso, San Jose | Bayside Canning Company | primitive canning methods and equipment, of which most was hand-made. Steam was supplied by old, donkey-type boilers; open vats were used in processing fruits and vegetables. Hand seamers and hand soldering were used in canning the processed food.
Thomas Foon Chew, son of Sai Yin Chew, began working for his father in 1... |
2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game | 2007 Game | to a big halftime lead and never looked back, as they dominated the game from start to finish. |
2011 FIA GT1 San Luis round | Qualifying Race | 2011 FIA GT1 San Luis round The 2011 FIA GT1 San Luis round was an auto racing event held at the Potrero de los Funes Circuit, San Luis, Argentina on 4–6 November, and was the final round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It was the FIA GT1 World Championship's second race held in Argentina, a week after t... |
Alvera Mukabaramba | Other considerations | of the "Rwanda Forum for Political Parties" (FFFP), an organization that brings together all the political parties in the country, to foster national unity. |
Anatoly Brandys | World War II & Postwar | Königsberg. Despite being in combat for less than two years and entering the regiment as a regular pilot, Brandys quickly rose through the ranks to the position of squadron commander with the rank of captain. Postwar Brandys remained in the 75th Regiment until February 1946, and then by then the unit began using the Il... |
Abul Kalam Azad (politician) | Early life & Social activism | Abul Kalam Azad (politician) Early life Abul Kalam Azad was born on 5 March 1947 to an impoverished farmer, Abdus Salam Mia and his wife of Barakhardia village, under Saltha Police Station of Faridpur District. After attending a qawmi madrasa, he was a student at Rajendra College in Faridpur. Social activism In the 198... |
Anti-ballistic missile | 1940s and 1950s & Canada | key data about a related effect, the Nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NEMP). Canada Other countries were also involved in early ABM research. A more advanced project was at CARDE in Canada, which researched the main problems of ABM systems. A key problem with any radar system is that the signal is in the form of a cone, ... |
Žydrūnas Urbonas | Coaching career & National team career | the 2017-2018 season, but became head coach by October, after Petrauskas resigned due to poor results. National team career Urbonas won a gold medal with the Lithuanian under-18 national team in 1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. |
Arkansas Razorbacks football | Early history (1894–1957) | Arkansas Razorbacks football Early history (1894–1957) The first University of Arkansas football team was formed in 1894 and coached by John Futrall, who was a Latin professor at the University. That team played three games: two against Fort Smith High School and one against Texas. Before the 1909 season, the teams wer... |
Abebe Aregai | Life as an Arbegna | at Morit on 21 April 1937, Abebe and Fitawrari Zawdu Abba Koran took control of Morat and Geru, then on 25 July the three joined with Blatta Tekle Walde-Hawaryat and Major Masfon Selassie for an attack on Addis Alem; however they encountered the enemy far to the east of their intended target, and increasing enemy force... |
Alviso, San Jose | Bayside Canning Company & The Laine Store | catsup, tomato sauce, hot sauce, tomato puree, fish sauce, fruits for salad, vegetables for salad, and fruit cocktail.
The Isleton Plant in Sacramento County was built in 1919 for canning spinach and asparagus, and in 1921, Bay Side began canning green, rather than white, asparagus. The Mayfield Plant in Santa Clara Co... |
Alex Hirsch | Career | number of projects including Phineas and Ferb, Rick and Morty, and as the announcer for the Chelsea Peretti special, One of the Greats. In August 2016, it was announced that Hirsch was in negotiations to co-write the live-action Pokémon movie, Detective Pikachu, alongside Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel writ... |
Anthony Miller (murderer) | The murder | Anthony Miller (murderer) The murder The murder of John Cremin was a robbery that went wrong. Miller and Denovan were in the habit of working together as a team, robbing gay men who would not report the crimes as homosexuality was illegal at the time. They would use Denovan (a 16-year-old boy) as bait to attract victim... |
American automobile industry in the 1950s | Steering power assistance & Brakes | II, but it took more than decades before the system was commercialized in passenger automobiles.
Chrysler introduced the first commercially available passenger car power-steering system on the 1951 Chrysler Imperial, marketed under the name of Hydraguide. The option was available for less than $200. General Motors fol... |
Argonnerwaldlied | Lyrics | Argonnerwaldlied Lyrics 1. Argonnerwald, um Mitternacht,
Ein Pionier steht auf der Wacht.
|: Ein Sternlein hoch am Himmel stand,;
Bringt ihm 'nen Gruß aus fernem Heimatland.:|
2. Und mit dem Spaten in der Hand
Er vorne in der Sappe stand.
|: Mit Sehnsucht denkt er an sein Lieb:
Ob er sie wohl noch einmal wiedersi... |
Arab–Khazar wars | Escalation of the conflict | year's census. The next year, Barjik launched a major invasion of Albania and Adharbayjan. The Khazars even laid siege to Warthan, during which they employed mangonels. The use of such advanced siege machines shows, according to Blankinship, that the Khazars were "a militarily sophisticated nation, not a mere disorgani... |
Amelia Earhart | Early flying experiences | the day was a flying exhibition put on by a World War I ace. The pilot overhead spotted Earhart and her friend, who were watching from an isolated clearing, and dived at them. "I am sure he said to himself, 'Watch me make them scamper,'" she said. Earhart stood her ground as the aircraft came close. "I did not understa... |
Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum | Life | Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum (Greek: Ἀριστόδημος Κυδαθηναιεύς Aristódēmos Kudathēnaieύs; fl. c. 5th century BCE) was an ancient Athenian follower of the philosopher Socrates. He is best remembered as a character and narrative source in Plato's Symposium, and is also preserved in Xenophon's M... |
Arabesque (rapper) | Career | Beatchild. Hang Your Heroes included the songs "Pablo Picasso" (produced by Chunksahoy) and "Marlboro Man". An animation/live action video was made by David Fradkin for "Anna Conda".
During September 2008, Yokohama-Cities Yanase Records signed Arabesque. The Japanese label released his Last Life in the Universe. |
Aironi | 2010–11 Debut Season | year's final. Their first Celtic League win came at home against Connacht on 26 March, which they won 25–13. They finished bottom of the league in 12th. |
Anna Leonowens | Anna Leonowens in fiction and film | Sirikit, went to see the Broadway musical at the invitation of Yul Brynner. The then ambassador of Thailand to the US gave another reason for Thailand's disapproval of The King and I: its ethno-centric attitude and its barely hidden insult on the whole Siamese nation as childish and inferior to the Westerners.
In 1972,... |
Andriy Atanasovych Melnyk | Life | engineer and as the director of forests on the huge estates of the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Andrey Sheptytsky. More friendly to the Church than any of his associates (the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists was generally anti-clerical), Melnyk even became the chairman of Orlo, the Galicia... |
1774–1775 papal conclave | Divisions in the Sacred College | faction were Giovanni Battista Rezzonico, his relative Carlo Rezzonico, who occupied the important office of the camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Gian Francesco Albani, dean of the College of Cardinals, and Alessandro Albani, archdeacon of the College. The Rezzonichi represented the radical wing of this faction, wh... |
Alicia Keys | 1994–1997: Career beginnings | Keys to Arista's then-president, Clive Davis, in 1998. Davis recalled:
My only familiarity with [Keys] was that I had asked for any visuals and material on her, so, of course, I was blown away. I saw a panel show she had done on TV. I had heard some cuts she had been recording, and I honestly couldn't believe she coul... |
Anna Karenina (2012 film) | Plot | at a party and tells her of his intention to take a promotion in Tashkent, but she persuades him to stay. The next day they meet at a hotel and make love.
Stiva informs Levin that Kitty and Vronsky are no longer to be married. Levin focuses on living an authentic country life, contemplating taking one of his workers' d... |
Ain Beni Mathar Integrated Thermo Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant | Specifications | water consumption of 850,000 m3/year.
The Combined Cycle component has a 93% availability factor and the Solar Field has a 95% availability factor.
Specific consumption of the GT13E gas turbine is 10080 kJ/kW·h.
Solar field input temperature is 292 °C (558 °F), output temperature is 392 °C (738 °F).
One collector is 1... |
APB (1987 video game) | Gameplay | A.P.B. Also, demerits come from the player's car exploding, from getting hit by trains or dynamite, high-speed collisions with obstacles, and attempting to jump construction pits at too low a speed. Finally, failing to make quota at the day's end earns one demerit per unmet quota.
The game cabinet is generally a standa... |
7th BRICS summit | Agenda & Legacy | open up membership to non-BRICS countries in the coming months. Legacy Though other sectoral ministers have met, as a result of this meeting, the Russian proposal for an ICT minister's meeting took place in October. Russia's Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov hosted a Ministers of Communication... |
Agnone | Medieval sights & Pontificia Fonderia Marinelli | the vault is painted by Gambora.
The Church of San Nicola has a peculiar bell tower coated with yellow and green ceramic tiles. It is due to Agnone’s craftsmen and medieval architecture that the town adopted the nickname Città d'Arte (City of Art) which the town uses on a promotional basis. Pontificia Fonderia Marinell... |
Abdirashid Shermarke | Early years & Political career | year.
While still a civil servant, Sharmarke completed his secondary education in 1953. He earned a scholarship to study at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he obtained a BA in Political Science. In 1960, his son, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, who would later become Prime Minister of the Somali Transitional Fede... |
American Dream (LCD Soundsystem album) | Background | Heart", acting as their first piece of new material since their cover of Franz Ferdinand's "Live Alone", released in 2011. Consequence of Sound and Pitchfork both reported again, after the release of the Christmas single, that multiple sources could confirm a reunion in 2016.
On January 4, 2016, it was announced that L... |
Arab–Khazar wars | The Caucasus as a frontier between the steppe and the settled world & Opposing armies: the Arabs and the Khazars | with Peroz I (r. 457–484), the shahs of the Sassanid Empire built a line of stone fortifications to protect the vulnerable frontier along the Caspian shore; when completed under Khosrau I (r. 531–579), this stretched over 45 kilometres (28 mi) from the eastern foothills of the Caucasus to the Caspian Sea. The fortress ... |
Alfa Romeo in motorsport | Indycars & Rally | last. The team switched to a Lola chassis, and Danny Sullivan took over the drive, finishing 11th in the points, with a best finish of 4th. In the end, Alfa Romeo would finish its Champ Car project without scoring a single podium, pole position or race win. Rally Alfa Romeo cars have also been used in rallying, mostly... |
Annibale Ruccello | Career | dramatic work, and the second in 1986 for the best staging, with the stage design by Franco Autiero and played by Isa Danieli, its inspiring muse and the perfect interpreter according to the author. Ferdinando was performed in French in Paris in 2000 (Théatre du Rond-Point, put on by Marcello Scuderi, with, as inter... |
American Dream (LCD Soundsystem album) | Commercial | chart and their second in the top ten, following This Is Happening (2010). A promotion involving concert tickets that gave out copies of the album with a ticket purchase helped increase sales numbers. It also became the band's first number-one album in Canada and Portugal. The album also debuted at number 3 in Ireland,... |
Arabesque (rapper) | Career | the year, he toured with Aceyalone from Los Angeles. Besque has opened for Raekwon, Little Brother, Zion I, Dilated Peoples and Method Man in shows and festivals.
In November 2007, Arabesque joined Rah Digga, on his EP Hang Your Heroes, a melodic album that strikes a good balance between gritty vocals and beats that ra... |
Abu Ratib | Career & Awards & Personal life | rights for the occupied Palestinian people. Awards In 2006, Masfaka was awarded the World Youth Prize for Islamic Work in the field of Inshad (religious singing). Personal life Masfaka is married to Batoul Qaweqji and has five daughters, Ayah, Nour, Sana, Hiba, and Sama Masfaka. |
Wireline QA/QC | Introduction | operations are quality assurance and quality control procedures. Quality control is the “process that defines how well the solution for a specific problem is known”. Well log quality control is a “set of methods that identifies and analyses data deviations from established standards and allows the design of a remedy”.
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Ardeşen | Geography | Sesi.
The income from tea growing has brought better amenities to Ardeşen but the traditional rural lifestyle persists; many of the people in the countryside are ethnic Laz and the older generations in particular continue to speak the Laz language although their traditional clothing has disappeared with the ban on grow... |
Amazarashi | 2013–2014: From Nee Mama Anata no Iutoori to Yuuhi Shinkou Higashizumu & 2015–2016: Sekai Shuusoku Ni Ichi Ichi Roku | (百万石音楽祭2014 〜ミリオンロックフェスティバル〜; "A Million Stones Music Festival ~Million Rock Festival~").
On September 9, they held an acoustic concert titled "Amazarashi Premium Live - Senbun no Ichiya Monogatari: Starlight" (あまざらし プレミアムライブ 千分の一夜物語『スターライト』; "Amazarashi Premium Live - The Story of a Thousandth of a Night: Starlight").... |
Althea Wynne | Work | the centre of a restaurant on RMS Queen Elizabeth II, which shows four horses riding the waves, "Europa and the Bull", a full-size bronze figure, and the three huge obelisks rising through the Bluewater shopping centre at Greenhithe in Kent. She held solo exhibitions in Salisbury in 1988 and 1991, at Broadgate in 1993,... |
30th European Film Awards | Best Director & Best Actress & Best Actor & Best Composer & Best Cinematographer & Best Editor & Best Production Designer & Best Costume Designer & Best Sound Designer & Best Makeup and Hairstyling | 30th European Film Awards Best Director The nominees were announced on 4 November 2017 Best Actress The nominees were announced on 4 November 2017 Best Actor The nominees were announced on 4 November 2017. Best Composer The winners were announced on 14 November 2017. Best Cinematographer The winner was announced on 14 ... |
Amelia Earhart | Competitive flying | of the runway and flipped over, forcing her out of the race. At Cleveland, Earhart was placed third in the heavy division.
In 1930, Earhart became an official of the National Aeronautic Association where she actively promoted the establishment of separate women's records and was instrumental in the Fédération Aéronauti... |
Aria (comics) | Aria: The Soul Market (2001) & Aria: Summer's Spell (2002) & Aria: The Uses of Enchantment (2003) | A Midsummer Night's Dream, who is involved in an underground market where human souls are traded. Aria: Summer's Spell (2002) In this two issue mini-series, Kildare encounters a lost love, True Thomas, in 1960s London. Aria: The Uses of Enchantment (2003) In this four issue mini-series, Kildare investigates the Kingdom... |
António Fonseca | Club career | António Fonseca Club career Born in Lisbon, Fonseca played youth football for five clubs, finishing his grooming at local S.L. Benfica. From 1983 to 1987 he competed in the Segunda Liga, after which the former bought him from F.C. Tirsense.
During his three-year tenure with Benfica, Fonseca was first-choice in the 1988... |
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