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Battle of Antietam | "Burnside's Bridge" | to the creek and was exposed to enemy fire. The bridge was dominated by a 100-foot (30 m) high wooded bluff on the west bank, strewn with boulders from an old quarry, making infantry and sharpshooter fire from good covered positions a dangerous impediment to crossing.
Antietam Creek in this sector was seldom more than ... |
Boletaceae | Edibility & Lookalikes | much less common than the ceps. In northern Europe, two of the commonest and most frequently collected edible boletes are the bay bolete (Boletus badius), whose pores bruise blue-green, and the orange birch bolete, which is a Leccinum with an orange cap and which bruises a bluish grey.
Several guidebooks recommend avo... |
Biriyani (soundtrack) | Reception | Chennai 28, Saroja, Goa, Mankatha & Biriyani follows the tradition too. ’Biriyani’ hyped as Yuvan’s 100th album doesn’t disappoint the fans. It has Yuvan at his experimental best & would certainly be an added pillar to the movie" and rated it 8/10 further adding that its a "Uber-cool album after a very long time!". way... |
Battle of Long Tan | Opposing forces & Preliminary operations | and heavy lift helicopters. The largest Australian force deployed since the Second World War, it had been rapidly assembled. Although many of 1 ATF's officers and non-commissioned personnel had extensive operational experience, it included many untried National Servicemen. Few had direct experience of counter-insurgenc... |
Birth of the Cool | Davis's nonet | the Thornhill band, Siegelstein to be later replaced by Junior Collins. Trombonist J. J. Johnson was the first choice for the band, but due to engagements with the Illinois Jacquet band could not originally play with the nonet, though he was able to record with the group on the final two sessions. Both bassist Al McK... |
Boris Kamkov | Collaboration with the Bolsheviks | time, feeling that "the Left should not isolate itself from the moderate democratic forces." However, efforts to bring about such an all-socialist coalition quickly foundered on the opposition of both Lenin and the SR/Menshevik leaders. The Left SRs were the only party to enter a coalition with the Bolsheviks. Along wi... |
Billy Pierce | Offensive support & Yankees rivalry | five or more; from September 1951 through May 1958, he was 71–6 when they scored at least four runs and 55–1 when they scored at least five. Yankees rivalry Pierce played a major role in keeping the White Sox competitive with the powerhouse Yankees through most of the 1950s, and after a rough period from June 1951 to J... |
Battle of Long Tan | D Company reinforced & Clearing the battlefield, 19–21 August 1966 | C Company and a section of mortars the following morning, while D Company, 5 RAR would also be placed under his command for the operation. However, with a company from 5 RAR still in Bình Ba, the bulk of 1 ATF's remaining combat power would be deployed as part of the clearance, leaving just two infantry companies from ... |
Borja Angoitia | Career | Borja Angoitia Career Angoitia played four years of college soccer at Quinnipiac University between 2011 and 2014, where he made a total of 68 appearances. While at Quinnipiac, he also appeared for USL PDL side Ocean City Nor'easters in 2014.
Out of college, Angoitia signed with clubs in Spain and the United States, ap... |
Ashoknagar | Culture | and is a famous historical & tourist palace. The main occupation of the people of Chanderi is handicraft. Chanderi sarees are famous all over the world. These are made by cotton and silk by hand through Khatka. Khatka is a self made machine for preparing sarees. Another famous place in Ashoknagar district is Sri Anandp... |
American automobile industry in the 1950s | War & Cultural changes | in October 1953. Cultural changes The decade saw a shift in American culture due in part to suburbanization, the Interstate system, and the baby boom. The 1950s were centered in the post-war baby boom, with an average of about 4 million births annually throughout the decade. From 1946 to 1964, a total of about 77 mill... |
Battle of Goose Green | Argentinian defences | armed with rockets and napalm, provided close air support. Total forces under Piaggi's command numbered 1,083 men.
Piaggi's orders required him to provide a reserve battle group (Task Force Mercedes) in support of other forces deployed to the west of Stanley; to occupy and defend the Darwin isthmus; and to defend Milit... |
Billy Pierce | End of peak | on a two-run double in the ninth inning by Jim Landis off Senators starter Camilo Pascual. Pierce had the longest outing of his career on August 6 in a road game against the Orioles, pitching 16 innings in a contest that ended in a 1–1 tie after 18 frames; it proved to be the last time in his career that he pitched int... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | June 3 | knew he required to succeed. His men paid heavily for the poorly coordinated assault. Estimates of casualties that morning are from 3,000 to 7,000 on the Union side, no more than 1,500 on the Confederate. Grant commented after the war:
I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made. I might ... |
Ben Pease | Ben Pease & Bully Hayes | was that Pease had sold him the ship and had retired to China – an explanation that many doubted, but would not or could not challenge.
Hayes renamed the ship the Leonora, and it later was wrecked in a storm while in Lelu Harbor, in what is now the Utwe-Walong Marine Park on Kosrae. |
Arvelia Myers | Early life & Tennis career | were often seen in the Harlem community perfecting their game.
Myers enrolled at Columbia University and earned a B.A. degree in English literature. Tennis career In those days, because of the Jim Crow laws, Blacks were not permitted to play with the United States Tennis Association, so they played on the American Te... |
Battle of Long Tan | Assessment & Lessons learned and subsequent operations | until the present. Yet although there remains divided opinion about whether the VC had intended to attack the base at Nui Dat or to ambush an Australian element, according to Coulthard-Clark what is certain was that the force that clashed with D Company, 6 RAR "had been preparing a decisive action against 1 ATF". The o... |
Avenida Corrientes | History | "La costurerita que dio aquel mal paso "The Seamstress who Took the Wrong Turn") to the valijero ('peeping tom') lone salesmen or office workers on lunch breaks (thus named for their briefcases or valijas), who sneaked to watch X-rated European movies when they appeared in the '60s and '70s (although more visible on ne... |
Black Lives Matter | Direct action & Media | Lives Matter protests are more likely to occur in localities where more Black people have previously been killed by police." Media Songs such as Michael Jackson's They Don't Care About Us, and Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" have been widely used as a rallying call at demonstrations.
The short documentary film Bars4justice ... |
Batyrkhan Shukenov | null | buried in his native Kazakhstan.
On 29 April 2015 in Moscow the ceremony of farewell to Shukenov was attended by hundreds of people. In Almaty at that time, thousands of fans gathered in the square in front of the Palace and the evening singing his songs. |
Birmingham Bulldogs | History | final, won the Brennan Trophy in most dramatic fashion, had their first ever win in the National Cup and then hosted the Yorkshire Cup holders Queens, from Leeds.
The Southern Conference was launched in 1997 and was aimed at areas relatively new to the game. Birmingham played in the very first fixture in this new compe... |
Blue Murder at St Trinian's | Critical reception | that Mr. Sim had to languish in jail." while more recently, David McGillivray noted in Time Out, "Inventive situations utilising a classic British blend of comedy and crime make it the best (if you like this sort of thing) in the series which followed The Belles of St Trinian's." |
Birth of the Cool | Recording & Music and style | studio again until March 9, 1950. Davis did not call the band for any rehearsals or live performances between the second and third recording dates. The March 1950 date featured Mulligan's "Darn That Dream", "Rocker", and "Deception", and Evans's arrangement of Chummy MacGregor's "Moon Dreams", which had been released i... |
Billy Pierce | End of peak & Offensive support | suggestions that Lopez' decision had other, undisclosed motivations; noting his surprise that Lopez chose to use Pierce out of the bullpen, outfielder Al Smith recalled, "We all knew why Al López didn't pitch him, but we never told anyone and I won't say now. I will say that I thought he should have pitched. He'd been ... |
Ateneo Art Gallery | Collection | Saguil, among others.
The Gallery is renowned for having the country's most comprehensive collection of works by the social realists of the 1970s and 80s. It also has an active acquisition program to represent key examples of today's postmodern hybrid tendencies in the permanent collection. Contemporary artists represe... |
Border area | null | border).
For Schengen States, a regulation for local border traffic at external borders define a border area which may extend to a maximum of 50 kilometres (31 mi) on either side of the border. An exception is made for Kaliningrad Oblast, see "Poland–Russia border" article for details.
In the Soviet Union of the Inter... |
Bookcraft | Deseret Book merger | Bookcraft brand name continued as an imprint for inspirational, self-help, youth and fiction titles, while doctrinal, historical and biographical works would be under the Deseret Book brand. Shadow Mountain was also created as a new imprint for "values-oriented" books in the national market, and Eagle Gate Press was c... |
Battle of Long Tan | Initial contact | it. At 15:40, just as the forward sections entered the tree line on the other side, but before platoon headquarters could follow, a group of six to eight VC approached their right flank along the track from the south. Unaware of their presence, the VC squad continued into the middle of the platoon. One was hit in a bri... |
Billy Felton | Sheffield Wednesday | only two games as Wednesday again finished in a mid-table position. Success eventually came in 1925–26 when Felton formed a full-back pairing with Ernie Blenkinsop, which helped Wednesday claim the Second Division title by three points over Derby County.
His only international appearance came against France on 21 May 1... |
Belgrade Cooperative | Reconstruction | became floor, windows and doors in the ground floor were walled up and shop doors become windows of offices. Merlon was removed from the central dome as well as the clock from the main façade. The Counter-hall inside the block remained on the ground floor and it was lit through light well.
Belgrade Cooperative is one o... |
Billy Pierce | Chicago White Sox (1949–1961) & Development of style | Lou Boudreau singled to give Cleveland a 2–1 win; Pierce had himself scored Chicago's only run after singling in the eighth inning. And on June 15, 1950 against the World Series champion Yankees, Pierce got his first career shutout – a 5–0 one-hitter, interrupted by rain delays in the second, fourth and fifth innings t... |
Bill Davis (musician) | Other projects | Bill Davis (musician) Other projects Davis contributed guitar work and backing vocals on six songs on Glenn Tilbrook's (lead singer and guitarist of the British band Squeeze) solo album titled Transatlantic Ping Pong. His guitar work is also featured on Mojo Nixon's Root Hog or Die, and on the country punk supergroup ... |
Bantamwork | European Process | still today. |
Battlegroup 107 | Composition and equipment & Exercises | soldiers. The Netherlands provided an infantry company, a medical taskforce, a logistics battalion, headquarters personnel and an intelligence unit. Germany provided many infantry troops, Finland provided armoured vehicles for camp security. Besides armoured vehicles, anti-tank weapons and light machine guns, the battl... |
Battle of Goose Green | Attack on the airfield | that afternoon.
Lieutenant James Barry's No. 12 Platoon, D company, saw some fierce action at the airfield. They were ambushed by
Sub-Lieutenant Juan José Gómez-Centurión's 2nd Romeo Rifle Platoon of the 25th Regiment' C Company but Private Geordie Knight shot dead two of the attackers (Privates José Luis Allende and ... |
Bob Miller (sportscaster) | Los Angeles Kings | prevented local television announcers to call playoff games beyond the first round, Miller and broadcast partner Jim Fox were not allowed to call the Kings' Stanley Cup Finals games on television. But due to their overwhelming popularity among fans, Kings management had Miller and Fox record their call of the potential... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | Military situation | would certainly fall after the loss of its principal defensive army. Grant ordered Meade, "Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also." Although he hoped for a quick, decisive battle, Grant was prepared to fight a war of attrition. Both Union and Confederate casualties could be high, but the Union had greater resources ... |
Battle of Port Midi | Insurgency | killed or injured, according to a statement issued by the Yemeni army’s Fifth Brigade. Six army personnel had also been killed during fighting in Harad and Midi areas.
On 13 February 2017, at least 8 people from both sides were killed during clashes in Hodeida, a hospital source confirmed.
On 6 March 2017, a Saudi coal... |
Andrea Sgorlon | null | in two games but did not score. The highest point of his international career was at the 1995-1997 FIRA Trophy final, at 22 March 1997, when Italy beat France by 40-32, winning the tournament for the first time.
After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He was in charge of Crociati Rugby Parma (2003-2005), ... |
Boeing KC-767 | Italian Air Force & Japan Self-Defense Forces | second in March 2011. These aircraft officially entered service on 17 May 2011 with the 14º Stormo. After entering service, the two KC-767s have supported NATO operations in Afghanistan and Libya. The final two tankers were delivered in late 2011. Japan Self-Defense Forces In 2001, Japan selected the KC-767 over the ... |
Ashoknagar | Kadwaya & TUMEN & Employment | birthplace of pandit late ramvali sharma who served till death for the socio, political and economic development of the village.Besides this KADWAYA GADI(buried fort) is the site of world heritage.
it is also famous for mata BIJASEN TEMPLE. it is said that one cures there defected eyes, by her blessings.
total populati... |
Battle of Goose Green | Darwin Parks | hail of enemy fire. During this action Estévez directed Argentine 105 mm artillery and 120 mm mortar fire that posthumously earned him the Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat Cross (CHVC). Private Carrascul was posthumously decorated for his bravery with the Medal of Valour in Combat.
Private Guillermo Huir... |
B.J. Annis | Early life & Bodybuilding & Stampede Wrestling | B.J. Annis Early life Annis was born in Boston in 1947.
He earned a degree in marine engineering at the Kings Point military academy. He has also served a tour in Vietnam, he was a pilot. Bodybuilding Annis started bodybuilding at the age of 15. He competed mostly in Hawaii, which was also where he opened his first gym... |
Battle of Long Tan | A Company and 3 Troop fight through | Medal (DCM).
The potential presence of a second RCL team sited in mutual support forced the cavalry to halt, once again. Concerned about the danger of bypassing an anti-armour weapon only to be engaged from the rear, Roberts ordered the troop to scan the area. Frustrated by the delay, Mollison demanded Roberts continue... |
Bohuslän | Geography & Geology | (389 ft). The fjord is home to unique marine life.
Bohuslän's coastline was ranked 7th among the world's last great wilderness areas by CNN Travel.
Unlike other parts of Sweden, there are relatively few lakes or streams in Bohuslän: out of a total land area of 4,500 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi) only 177 square kilom... |
Bevilo tutto | Versions | ha un bicchier in mano
al suo compagno il presta
e mentre che ei berà
noi farem bom, ba, ba, ba
bom ba ba ba bom ba ba ba ba.
E l'ha beuto tutto
e non gì' ha fatto male
chi lo beve allo boccale
bevilo tutto, bevilo tutto
che buon prò ti possa fare.
Different versions of the song and different associated... |
Argonnerwaldlied | Büxensteinlied & SA Marschiertlied | der Kommunist?
Damit ihr's alle, alle wißt:
Er kämpft für Freiheit und für Recht,
Nicht länger sei der Arbeitsmann ein Knecht!
7. Und alle Menschen, arm und reich,
Sie sollen werden alle gleich;
Daß niemand leidet ferner Not,
Und jeder hat genügend täglich Brot.
8. Darum nur kämpft, der Kommunist?
Damit ihr's al... |
Birmingham Bulldogs | History & Juniors | the Bulldogs lost narrowly to the eventual winners and missed out on the play-offs. The Bulldogs second team topped the Midlands Rugby League after the regular season. The club had its revenge against Coventry Bears in the semi-final to set up a final against North Derbyshire Chargers. Following an early deficit they f... |
Bella Gaia | Concept & Awards | Bella Gaia Bella Gaia is a live music art and show produced by Kenji Williams and other New York artists. Concept The show layers full-dome projections of hyperspectral supercomputer-enhanced NASA satellite imagery and views of the Earth from space. These elements are fused together with time lapse nature photography, ... |
Black Lives Matter | Movement for Black Lives statement about Israel & Criticism by Rudy Giuliani | has declared war against the nation state of the Jewish people." He noted that Black Lives Matter is not monolithic and "is a movement comprising numerous groups. ... But the platform is the closest thing to a formal declaration of principles by Black Lives Matter." Dershowitz called on "all decent supporters of Black ... |
Amazarashi | 2013–2014: From Nee Mama Anata no Iutoori to Yuuhi Shinkou Higashizumu | since changing their name.
On August 28 Mika Nakashima's single "Boku ga Shinou to Omotta no wa" (僕が死のうと思ったのは; "The Reason Why I Thought I'd Die"), composed and written by Hiromu Akita was released. Akita received the proposal from Nakashima herself, and accepted it.
On September 30 the band performed at LIQUIDROOM ebi... |
Bill MacIlwraith | null | Bill MacIlwraith William Pirie "Bill" MacIlwraith (13 April 1928 – 9 May 2016) was a British dramatist and screenwriter.
Born in London, to Scottish parents, he trained as an actor at RADA and worked in repertory during the 1950s, performing around the country. With Tyrone Power in a production of George Bernard Shaw's... |
Big Three (Atlanta Braves) | Pre-Big 3 | Big Three (Atlanta Braves) Pre-Big 3 Tom Glavine made his Major League debut on August 17, 1987 while John Smoltz made his Major League debut on July 23, 1988. At that time, Greg Maddux was playing with the Chicago Cubs. Both Smoltz and Glavine quickly established themselves as viable starting pitchers for the Braves b... |
Bornean treepie | Description & Ecology | dark brown head with a white nape and a thinner bill.
The Bornean treepie is a noisy bird with a variety of loud, explosive calls including a bell-like whistle and various grunting and chattering calls. It is able to mimic the calls of other birds. Ecology It is fairly common in most mountain ranges in the northern and... |
Bookcraft | Infobases acquisition | 1997, an electronic 25-book collection. To counter Deseret Book's GospeLink CD-ROM and website, Bookcraft released an expanded Infobases Collectors Library in 1998 on CD-ROM and on the new LDSWorld.com. Bookcraft then created online stores for its network of resellers, to counter Deseret Book's web sales.
By 1999, Bo... |
Bob Bailey (politician) | Background & Politics | Bob Bailey (politician) Background Bailey was born in Petrolia, Ontario in the township of Enniskillen. He worked as a contract coordinator for Nova Chemicals in Sarnia. Politics Prior to entering provincial politics, Bailey served as a councillor for Eniskillen Township. In 2007 he ran in the 2007 provincial election ... |
Battle of Rossbach | Terrain and maneuver | their noisy exchange, holding the Duke's attention, Frederick sent scouts to find a decent crossing of the Saale, since the one at Weissenfels was not usable. There was little he could do at the burned bridge; to cross the river under Saxe-Hildburghausen's nose, in the face of fire, would have been foolish. Across the... |
Barbara Bush | Activism | importance of reading aloud to children. Her children Jeb Bush and Dorothy Bush Koch serve as co-chairs of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. During her lifetime Mrs. Bush remained active in the foundation and served as honorary chair.
Mrs. Bush also spoke about her support for abortion access, LGBT right... |
Billy Pierce | Youth baseball | He attended Highland Park Community High School where his teammates included future major league pitcher Ted Gray, and pitched six shutouts as a junior in 1944, earning the nickname "Mr. Zero". He was the starting and winning pitcher in an East-West All-American Boys' Game sponsored by Esquire magazine, held on August ... |
Beach tag | Pricing & Tag polemics | maintenance and staffing costs associated with running a beach, such as funding lifeguards, restrooms, and trash removal. Pricing Daily, weekly, and seasonal tags are usually available at beaches, and each municipality sets its own rates and policies. Beaches typically do not charge for children under the age of twelve... |
Big Three (Atlanta Braves) | Post-"Big 3" | and pitch two innings of only allowing one run, including pitching a perfect 9th inning, to lead the Braves to a 5-3 win in Game 2. After allowing two runs in the first inning of Game 3, Greg Maddux pitched five scoreless innings, but that was not enough for the Braves as they fell to the Cubs 3-1 in Game 3. John Smolt... |
Boa imperator | Captivity | of color and pattern choices. Captive common boas often tolerate being handled for extended periods. Captive Boa imperator are generally fed pre-killed mice in an attempt to reduce damage to the specimen from the prey.
This snake species has been a common species in the global pet trade since the 1980s, with 115,131 in... |
Black Lives Matter | Republicans & General election | March 2016, Black Lives Matter helped organize the 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest that forced Trump to cancel the event. Four individuals were arrested and charged in the incident. Two were "charged with felony aggravated battery to a police officer and resisting arrest", one was "charged with two misdemeanor ... |
Anti-ballistic missile | 1940s and 1950s | missile capable of intercepting the V-2.
But defences against Soviet long-range bombers took priority until 1957, when the Soviet Union demonstrated its advances in ICBM technology with the launch of Sputnik, the Earth's first artificial satellite. The US Army accelerated development of their LIM-49 Nike Zeus system in... |
Bay Hill Club and Lodge | Arnold Palmer Invitational | Bay Hill Club and Lodge Arnold Palmer Invitational Bay Hill Club & Lodge is widely known as the site of the PGA Tournament, the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, held annually each March. It has hosted the Arnold Palmer Invitational on the PGA Tour since 1979. Bay Hill is considered one of the more ex... |
Bo Le | Horse physiognomy | physiognomy Techniques from the Chinese pseudoscience of xiangshu 相術 "human physiognomy; judgment of character from facial appearance" were extended to xiangma 相馬 "horse physiognomy; evaluating a horse by its appearance". (Sōma 相馬 is a common Japanese name.) Bole was specifically a xiangmashi 相馬師 "horse physiognomist",... |
Bhatter College | Accreditation | Bhatter College Accreditation Recently, Bhatter College has been awarded "A" grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The college is also recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). |
Birth defects of diethylstilbestrol | First generation | Birth defects of diethylstilbestrol Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen which was previously used clinically to support pregnancy, has been linked to a variety of long-term adverse effects in women who were treated with it during pregnancy and in their offspring. First generation An estimated 3 ... |
Bello, Antioquia | History | their farms with chapels to signify prestige and noble origin and so it can be inferred that in Bello the colony was not given a foundation that "involve a regular pattern of squares and streets. Hatoviejo was not a village as it was in the beginning the town of Candelaria." The chapels that were constructed were Our L... |
Battle of Fort Anne | Battle & Aftermath | end to the battle. Aftermath Back at the fort the Americans held a brief council. From a woman that the British had freed, they heard that 2,000 or more British troops under the command of General Phillips were rapidly advancing. Long's men, as they were nearly out of ammunition, withdrew toward Fort Edward, burning th... |
Badnjak (Serbian) | Public celebration & Interpretation | The celebration ends with parishioners gathered around the fire, served with cooked rakia, wine, or tea, and the food allowed during the Nativity Fast. Parishioners may pick a twig from the badnjak and take it home to place in front of their icon, or at another appropriate location.
Although Serbian public religious ce... |
Battle of Long Tan | Background | Battle of Long Tan Background Following the establishment of 1ATF's Nui Dat base in Operation Hardihood, standing patrols were established outside the base in the evening and clearing patrols sent out every morning and evening along the 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) perimeter. Daily platoon patrols and ambushes were initially ... |
Angus Silver | Research and career | frequency signalling. He has quantified the functional properties of electrical synapses and established how neurons can perform certain arithmetic operations.
Using theoretical approaches, he has provided insights into the structure and function of neural circuits, showing that synaptic connectivity within the cerebel... |
Boulder Gardens | null | a small visitor cabin as well. |
Black Lives Matter | General election & "Blue Lives Matter" | racial justice is strong". He articulated that voting alone is not the only way to bring about "transformational change". He said that "I voted my entire life, and I was still tear-gassed in the streets of St. Louis and Baltimore. I voted my entire life, and those votes did not convict the killers of Sandra Bland, Fred... |
Battle of Long Tan | Patrolling east of Nui Dat, 18 August 1966 | 12 Platoon on the right. Each platoon moved in open formation, with two sections forward in arrowhead and one back, on a frontage of approximately 160 metres (170 yd). Moving deeper into the plantation, the older trees and patchy undergrowth gave way to straight rows of clean rubber which afforded long views in one dir... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | June 4–12 | more large-scale attacks, casualty figures for the entire battle were twice as large as from the June 3 assault alone.
The trenches were hot, dusty, and miserable, but conditions were worse between the lines, where thousands of wounded Federal soldiers suffered horribly without food, water, or medical assistance. Grant... |
Black Lives Matter | 2016 | across the country with the goal of "reclaim[ing] the radical legacy of Martin Luther King Jr."
In February, Abdullahi Omar Mohamed, a 17-year-old Somali refugee, was shot and injured by Salt Lake City, Utah, police after allegedly being involved in a confrontation with another person. The shooting led to BLM protests.... |
Aussie Malcolm | Immigration | discretion to stop dawn raid deportations when children or other exceptional circumstances were involved, laying the foundation for many Pacifica families now well settled in New Zealand. His response to the Indo-Chinese refugee crisis was the foundation for New Zealand refugee policies that persist to the present and ... |
Archibald Robertson (bishop) | Early life and education & Career | Oxford): a deacon on Trinity Sunday (16 June) 1878 in Cuddesdon Parish Church; and a priest on St Thomas's day (21 December) 1882 in Christ Church. Career From 1883 to 1897 he was Master of Hatfield Hall in Durham. He went on to serve as Principal of King's College London from 1897 to 1903, during which he was elected ... |
Arab–Khazar wars | Connection with the Arab–Byzantine conflict | along the eastern fringes of Anatolia, a theatre of war which adjoined the Caucasus. The Byzantine emperors pursued close relations with the Khazars, which amounted to a virtual alliance for most of the period in question, including such exceptional acts as the marriage of emperor Justinian II (r. 685–695, 705–711) to ... |
Bevier House | Property | Bevier House Property The house is located on a 42.6-acre (17.2 ha) farmstead on the south side of Bevier Road a short distance from Albany Post Road (Ulster County Route 9), just across from the Shawangunk Kill near where it drains into the Wallkill River. The farmstead property is mostly open, with outbuildings to th... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | Military situation | 9 miles north of Richmond. There, his men would be well-positioned behind a stream known as Totopotomoy Creek to defend against Grant if he moved against the railroads or Richmond. Lee was not certain of Grant's specific plans, however; if Grant was not intending to cross the Pamunkey in force at Hanovertown, the Union... |
2009 International Bowl | Connecticut | Connecticut opened Big East conference play in their next game against Louisville. The game was not decided until UConn linebacker Lawrence Wilson returned an interception for a touchdown with 2:45 left in the fourth quarter, giving the Huskies a 26–21 lead they would not relinquish. This was the second straight season... |
Battle of Long Tan | Clearing the battlefield, 19–21 August 1966 | had killed wounded "civilians". An official investigation determined the allegations were exaggerated and based on hearsay, with the soldier claimed as the source found not to have been present during the fighting and those killed confirmed to have been armed. Similar accusations were made in 1986 by Terry Burstall, a ... |
Boundedness (linguistics) | Boundedness in nouns | are not possible of bounded nouns.
Note that boundedness in nouns should not be thought of as synonymous with countability. Rather, boundedness is an underlying semantic distinction that motivates countability. |
Blue Murder at St Trinian's | Synopsis | hockey and water polo matches against school teams. Of course, St Trinian's is the last possible candidate for the tour. Harry returns with the news of the Prince's offer, but is at a loss how to get the girls to Rome before their term ends in July. The UNESCO tour provides the solution, when the girls, led by sixth fo... |
Battle of Antietam | Cornfield | under heavy fire from the West Woods and withdrew from the Dunker Church.
In an effort to turn the Confederate left flank and relieve the pressure on Mansfield's men, Sumner's II Corps was ordered at 7:20 a.m. to send two divisions into battle. Sedgwick's division of 5,400 men was the first to ford the Antietam, and th... |
Battle of Goose Green | Attack on the airfield | and that the defenders suddenly opened fire without warning, killing Barry and wounding Sullivan, with one Argentine crawling forward to Sullivan and shooting him at point blank range:
I saw the white flag incident; I was in 11 Platoon. We were going up the hill and the flag went up. The officer [Barry] called the ser... |
Bohuslän | History | (c. 1700–500 BCE), including rock art such as the examples found throughout Bohuslän. During the Migration Period (300–700 CE) and the Viking Age (700–1000 CE), the area was part of Viken, and was actually known as two entities: Rånrike in the north and Elfsyssel in the south. It has been claimed that King Harald Fairh... |
Billy Beane | Playing career | Twins.
The Twins traded Beane to the Detroit Tigers for Balvino Gálvez during spring training in 1988. He made the Tigers' opening-day roster that season as an injury fill-in, and was optioned in late April to Toledo, now serving as Detroit's Class-AAA affiliate, where he spent most of the season. During this time, he ... |
Billy Beane | Early life | Billy Beane Early life Beane grew up in Mayport, Florida, and San Diego, California, the child of a career military family. His father, a naval officer, taught him how to pitch.
Beane attended Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego, where he excelled at baseball, football, and basketball. The high school coach added Beane... |
Battle of Rossbach | Assessment | similar in structure and function. Later developments refined the training and usage.
Furthermore, the battle was one instance in which Moller's and Seydlitz's awareness of Frederick's operational objectives led to battlefield success. For example, not content with the single attack and recall, the coup de main, Seydl... |
Bo Le | Early textual references & Lüshi Chunqiu | met their [Bole]". Lüshi Chunqiu The (c. 239 BCE) encyclopedic Lüshi Chunqiu contrasts Bole with other legendarily-skilled exemplars: the Spring and Autumn period (771-476 BCE) archer Yang Youji 養由基 and swordsmith Ouye, and the charioteer Zaofu who served King Mu of Zhou (r. 976-922 BCE).
When Yang Youji shot at a rhin... |
Basil Mesardonites | null | papal territory. Basil held the Greek catapanate in peace until his death in 1016, or, according to Lupus Protospatharius, 1017. He was replaced by the aforementioned strategos of Cephalonia, Leo.
Modern scholars such as Guilou and Vannier identify Basil Mesardonites with Basil, a member of the Argyros family and a br... |
Biriyani (soundtrack) | Production | Thaman, Vijay Antony and D. Imman, were roped in to sing the number "Thirumbi Vaa", which was termed as a "motivational song" by the director. Venkat Prabhu later disclosed that composer A. R. Rahman was also supposed to sing the song along with the four others, but that he could not be signed owing to a contract that ... |
Anna Leonowens | Early life and family | given name (Emma).
Leonowens' maternal grandfather, William Vawdrey (or Vaudrey) Glascott, was an English-born commissioned officer of the 4th Regiment, Bombay Native Infantry, in the Bombay Army. Glascott arrived in India in 1810, and was apparently married in 1815, although his wife's name is not known. According to ... |
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal | The IAA & The creation of the AIT | the Immigration Appeal Tribunal (IAT).
Immigration Adjudicators considered appeals against decisions made by Immigration Officers, entry clearance officers and the Home Secretary, with permanent centres in Islington in inner London, Hatton Cross, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow.
The IAT dealt with application... |
Belgrade Cooperative | The building | the unique style expression. Frontal facade is dominated by the large glass surface above which is a dome with merlon flanked by sculptural group consisting of a female figure, the personification of Serbia and four children's figures that embody the Industry. In the niches on the side projections of the main façade ar... |
Atacama Cosmology Telescope | Science goals & Results | of 100 such clusters. Together with follow-up measurements in visible and X-ray light, this would provide a picture of the evolution of structure in the universe since the Big Bang. Among other things, this would improve our understanding of the nature of the mysterious Dark Energy which seems to be a dominant componen... |
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