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4400 | "Luke Daley"
on trial with League Two side Plymouth Argyle. He signed for Plymouth Argyle on a permanent basis on 19 July 2011. On 6 August 2011, Daley made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Shrewsbury Town. On 30 August 2011, Daley scored his first goal in senior football with a long-range effort against Ex... |
4401 | "Luke Daley"
Town on trial on 3 August 2012 and appeared in the club's final pre-season friendly against Stalybridge Celtic. He joined Lincoln City on a non-contract basis on 10 August, and made his debut the next day in a 1–0 win against Kidderminster Harriers. In August 2015, Daley joined National League South side C... |
4402 | "Jakob Mathiasen"
Jakob Mathiasen Jakob Mathiasen is a Paralympian athlete from Denmark competing mainly in category P42 javelin throw events. He competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. There he won a silver medal in the men's Javelin throw - F42 event, a bronze medal in the men's Pentathlon ... |
4403 | "Matthew 7:10"
verse, as with the previous one is that a human father would not refuse a basic desire from his son, so God too would not refuse a basic need of one of his followers. Second to bread fish would have been the main food source for the communities around the Sea of Galilee where Jesus was preaching, and fis... |
4404 | "Matthew 7:10"
the eel-like ""Clarias lazera"", a type of catfish, which looks very much like a snake. Unlike rocks, which were of little use but inoffensive, snakes were considered a dangerous and evil creature. A snake is the form of the tempter in Genesis, and other negative snake metaphors appear in the New Testame... |
4405 | "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)"
M.A.D. (Veronica Mars) ""M.A.D."" is the twentieth episode of the first season of the American mystery television series ""Veronica Mars"". Written by Phil Klemmer and John Enbom and directed by John Kretchmer, the episode premiered on April 26, 2005 on UPN. The series depicts the adventures of... |
4406 | "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)"
slowly becomes public, and Veronica receives some important information regarding her sexual assault case. A girl named Carmen breaks up with her long-term boyfriend, Tad (Jeff D'Agostino). However, before he leaves, Tad shows her a phone which has some embarrassing video of her that she doesn'... |
4407 | "Libya–Serbia relations"
diplomatic with Serbia after Yugoslavia broke up in 1991-1995. Public opinion in Serbia has been cited to be supportive of the Muammar Gaddafi regime. On August 25, 2011, Serbia officially recognized the National Transitional Council as the ruling government in Libya. However, the relations wit... |
4408 | "Ontario Highway 21"
shoreline of Lake Huron. Once over longer than it is today, the highway now begins at Highway 402 near the community of Warwick, where it progresses north through the towns of Forest, Grand Bend, Goderich, Point Clark, Kincardine, Tiverton, Port Elgin, and Southampton. At Southampton, the highway v... |
4409 | "Diana Danielle"
Diana Danielle Datin Diana Danielle Danny Beeson (born 22 November 1991), better known by her stage name Diana Danielle, is a Malaysian actress. Diana Danielle is one of Malaysia's leading media darlings and is usually referred to as the girl of mixed parentage. Diana Danielle was born in Houston, Texa... |
4410 | "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)"
takes pictures. Keith gets a lead on Duncan's stolen car, which is in Tijuana, Mexico, but Duncan does not have it. Veronica talks to Mac (Tina Majorino) and asks her to create a ""sexually explicit website"" involving Tad. Veronica and Carmen talk to Tad, who show him the recently created webs... |
4411 | "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)"
likes her. Veronica notices an add in the newspaper, which says that they are seeking Lianne Mars (Corinne Bohrer), who has just been put under a notice of legal proceedings in the classified section. Veronica looks up how soon the situation with her mother is happening (which is in under an ho... |
4412 | "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)"
Veronica suggests sending the incriminating email in retaliation, but Carmen refuses to oblige with her request. Veronica takes a look at a screenshot from the video and notices the same lanterns as Shelly Pomroy's house, where she was drugged and raped a year earlier. Mac talks to Veronica abo... |
4413 | "Horst Beyer (Paralympian)"
Horst Beyer (Paralympian) Horst Beyer is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category P42 pentathlon events. He competed for West Germany in the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he finished sixth in the men's Discus throw - A2A9 event, finished fifth in... |
4414 | "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)"
of ""M.A.D."" This episode features the first appearance of character Cassidy ""Beaver"" Casablancas, portrayed by Kyle Gallner, who was later promoted to starring status in the show's second season along with his brother, Dick Casablancas (Ryan Hansen), who also appears in the episode. The cha... |
4415 | "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)"
destruction, a military doctrine that two sides who have stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction will be hesitant to attack each other in fear of a Nuclear holocaust. The character of Duncan (Teddy Dunn) does not appear in this episode despite being in the opening credits. The episode was co-... |
4416 | "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)"
Destruction"".) Among the episode's many guest stars are several of the important recurring characters of the season, including Mac (Tina Majorino), Clarence Wiedman (Christopher B. Duncan), Alicia Fennel (Erica Gimpel), and Aaron Echolls (Harry Hamlin). In its original broadcast, ""M.A.D."" re... |
4417 | "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)"
storyline. ""Veronica is a few steps ahead of everyone in the main investigation. Going into the show, I figured that Veronica would be fairly active as a character—you'd have to be to investigate mysteries—but I am a bit surprised by how much she is the driving force of the main plot."" Howeve... |
4418 | "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)"
of ""TV.com"" gave a negative review, criticizing the episode's treatment of homosexuality. ""Are you effing kidding me with this homophobic B.C.? I realize this was 2005 which is definitely OLDEN TIME, but to have our heroine use homosexuality as a weapon against someone? […] Honestly, this wa... |
4419 | "Paul Dana (journalist)"
Paul Dana (journalist) Paul Dana (August 20, 1852 – April 7, 1930) was an American journalist and editor of the New York ""Sun"". Dana born in New York City on August 20, 1852. He was the son of Charles Anderson Dana (1819–1897) and Eunice (née MacDaniel) Dana (1824–1903). His sister, Ruth (née... |
4420 | "Paul Dana (journalist)"
York ""Sun"" and in 1897 succeeded his father as editor. He retired in 1903. His office was at 170 Nassau Street. During World War I, he was stationed at Namur from May to June, 1915 as a member of the Committee for Relief in Belgium. In 1890, he was appointed a commissioner of the New York Cit... |
4421 | "Paul Dana (journalist)"
Hundred"", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in ""The New York Times"". Dana was a member of the University Club, the Racquet and Tennis Club, the Harvard Club, and the Rockaway Hunt Club. For many years, he had a home on Dosoris Island, near Glen Cove, which his f... |
4422 | "Paul Dana (journalist)"
Duncan II, a New York City banker. After the death of his wife in 1922, he lived at the University Club in New York. Dana died at Doctors Hospital on April 7, 1930 in New York City. After a service at Grace Church in Manhattan, he was buried at St. Paul's Cemetery in Glen Cove on Long Island. H... |
4423 | "Ed Christie"
Ed Christie Ed Christie (born May 20, 1956) is an art director and puppet designer. Christie started out as an intern with Henson Associates in 1978. He graduated from UMass Amherst with a BFA/Education in 1979. After years of learning Muppet design techniques, and building many of the classic Muppet char... |
4424 | "Ed Christie"
was contracted by Sesame Workshop where he is currently designing characters for the domestic version of ""Sesame Street"" and Sesame Street International. He has designed the Muppet characters for Sesame India, Bangladesh, Russia, Israel, South Africa, Egypt, China, Poland, France, Mexico, Canada, Japan ... |
4425 | "G-Man (slang)"
G-Man (slang) G-Man (short for ""Government Man"") is an American slang term for special agents of the United States Government. It is specifically used as a term for a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. ""G-Man"" is also a term used for members of G Division, essentially a British anti-rebel ... |
4426 | "G-Man (slang)"
Dictionary"", its first known use in America was in 1928. The earliest citation in the ""Oxford English Dictionary"" for the American usage is 1930 from a book on Al Capone by FD Pasley. In FBI mythology, the nickname is held to have originated during the arrest of gangster George ""Machine Gun"" Kelly ... |
4427 | "G-Man (slang)"
""J. Edgar"". The encounter with Kelly is similarly dramatized in the 1973 film ""Dillinger"". In the video game franchise ""Half-Life"", one of the main characters is a ""sinister interdimensional bureaucrat"" called the G-Man, who speaks in a cryptic manner and places the main character Gordon Freeman... |
4428 | "G-Man (slang)"
the Movie of the same name. G-Man (slang) G-Man (short for ""Government Man"") is an American slang term for special agents of the United States Government. It is specifically used as a term for a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. ""G-Man"" is also a term used for members of G Division, essen... |
4429 | Extrawurst
red or green peppers added to it. Another type of Extrawurst called Gurkerlextra containing small chunks of pickled cucumber is also available. Extrawurst is also a frequently used German expression of disapproval relating to someone wanting or receiving special treatment. One would say """"er will immer ein... |
4430 | "Matthew 7:11"
to prayer. If a flawed human father looks out for his own child, then there is no reason to doubt that the perfectly good God will not have the best interest of his followers in heart. According to this verse, Jesus calls his hearers , ""poneroi"", ""evil"". Jesus was here speaking to his disciples, and ... |
4431 | "Matthew 7:11"
""as compared with God, are morally evil"". and Harold Fowler also suggests that Jesus might simply mean that all humans are evil when compared to the perfection of God. Jesus here presents no arguments for man's evil nature: he appears to take it as a ""given"". This is true throughout the New Testament... |
4432 | "Matthew 7:11"
parallel text has God giving the Holy Spirit to those who ask, but David Hill suggests that Matthew's wording is likely to have been closer to the original. The reference to ""good"" things might be linked to the idea that God will only give good gifts, that if you ask for something that will end up harm... |
4433 | Stelarc
Stelarc Stelarc (born Στέλιος Αρκαδίου ""Stelios Arcadiou"" in Limassol in 1946, but legally changed his name in 1972) is a Cyprus-born performance artist raised in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, whose works focus heavily on extending the capabilities of the human body. As such, most of his pieces are center... |
4434 | Stelarc
robotics or other relatively modern technology integrated with his body. In 26 different performances he has suspended himself in flesh hook suspension, often with one of his robotic inventions integrated. His last suspension performance was held in Melbourne in March 2012. In another performance he allowed his... |
4435 | Stelarc
a cell-cultivated ear surgically attached to his left arm. His longtime collaborator, fellow Australian artist Nina Sellars, photographed this body modification for her piece ""Oblique: Images from Stelarc's Extra Ear Surgery"". Pieces by both artists were included in a group exhibition that received an exhibit... |
4436 | "Closter Public Schools"
Closter Public Schools The Closter Public Schools are a community public school district that educates students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Closter in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of... |
4437 | "Closter Public Schools"
local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest, together with students from Demarest and Haworth. The high school is part... |
4438 | "Closter Public Schools"
school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,218 students and 94.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1. Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Core members of the district's adm... |
4439 | "Horserace (drinking game)"
Horserace (drinking game) Horserace is a drinking game using playing cards that is inspired by horse racing. Participants bet amounts of alcohol on one of four aces, much like bettors would bet money on horses at a racing track. The game requires a standard deck of playing cards. The horsera... |
4440 | "Horserace (drinking game)"
lays out a variable number of cards face-down (these form the ""links"" of the race) in a straight line perpendicular to the row of aces. The cards thus appear to form an ""L"" or the two legs of a right triangle. The field is now set. Before the game begins, each player makes bets based on ... |
4441 | "Horserace (drinking game)"
drinks for the first-place horse, 15 for second place, and 10 for third place. Placing a small bet on the ""first horse out of the gates"" is a popular bet that excites the crowd early. Penalties may be applied to bettors who bet on an ace that never leaves the starting gates. Safeguards are... |
4442 | "Horserace (drinking game)"
the end. Variations exist including: Once all bets are in, the announcer begins the race. He flips over the top card of the remaining deck. Only the suit of this card matters; the ace of that suit moves forward to the first link. The announcer narrates the ebb and flow of the game as the bet... |
4443 | "Horserace (drinking game)"
(and only the first time), the announcer flips over the card on the side of that link. The suit shown on this sideboard card must move back one space (falter). Thus in an eight-link horserace, there are eight instances of faltering that can totally change the outcome of the game. As a rule, ... |
4444 | "Mark Tapio Kines"
Mark Tapio Kines Mark Tapio Kines (born 1970 in Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American film director, writer, producer and owner of Los Angeles-based Cassava Films. Kines is perhaps best known for being the first filmmaker to employ crowdfunding to partially finance a film. Kines grew up in Cup... |
4445 | "Mark Tapio Kines"
Pictures in Hollywood where he worked as art director for the official ""Star Trek"" and ""Entertainment Tonight"" websites. In 1996 Kines began writing what would become his first feature film, ""Foreign Correspondents"". The film went into production in 1997, was released in 1999, and received dist... |
4446 | "Mark Tapio Kines"
have the money to finish the film. Kines then designed a website for the film, which raised over $125,000 in investments and donations during 1998. Kines was thus the first filmmaker in history to utilize crowdfunding to help finance a feature. ""Foreign Correspondents"" was shown at several film fes... |
4447 | "Mark Tapio Kines"
the classic zombie film ""Night of the Living Dead"") also appeared in a small, non-speaking role. The film was distributed in North America in 2004 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment, who changed the title to ""Serial Slayer"". In late 2005, Kines entered a pitch in a one-minute film competition sponso... |
4448 | "Mark Tapio Kines"
film, and when the competition was open to the public for final voting, ""The Closest Thing to Time Travel"" won Kines the Grand Prize of $10,000 and trips to New York City, Chicago, and Bozeman, Montana, where Kines was a speaker at HATCHfest. Since 2005, Kines has been working as a freelance copywr... |
4449 | "Mark Tapio Kines"
Lady"" (2008), ""Party Pooper"" (2008), and ""Ron and Nancy"" (2010). In 2013, Kines authored and hosted an online screenwriting course on Lynda.com. In 2015, Kines crowdfunded a short film called ""20 Matches"". It was screened at several major film festivals in 2016, including Seattle International... |
4450 | KPXJ
KPXJ KPXJ, virtual and UHF digital channel 21, is a CW-affiliated television station serving Shreveport, Louisiana and Texarkana, Texas, United States that is licensed to Minden, Louisiana. The station is owned by locally-based KTBS, LLC (owned by the Wray Properties Trust, which is managed by Betty Wray Anderson,... |
4451 | KPXJ
rural northern Caddo Parish. On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity channels 10 (standard definition) and 1010 (high definition) in Shreveport; Suddenlink channel 7 (SD and HD) in Bossier City; NewWave Communications channels 6 (SD) and 205 (HD) in Blanchard, Vivian, Springhill and Mansfield; and Ca... |
4452 | KPXJ
third commercial UHF allocation to be assigned to the Shreveport–Texarkana market (assigned to the Shreveport suburb of Minden, Louisiana). Among the prospective applicants were John E. Powley (who applied for the license on January 16, 1996), Tucson, Arizona-based Northwest Television Inc. (owned by company presi... |
4453 | KPXJ
television station owner George S. Flinn Jr.), Washington, D.C.-based WinStar Broadcasting Corp. (owned by Stuart B. Rekant), Wichita, Kansas-based entrepreneur Marcia T. Turner, Columbia, South Carolina-based Universal Media (majority owned by company president Murray Michaels) and Shreveport-based Word of Life M... |
4454 | KPXJ
applicants to acquire the construction permit to operate UHF channel 21, among seven it settled to acquire for an average cost of $4.95 million. On April 14, 1998, The FCC approved the purchase of the channel 21 permit to Paxson and dismissed the applications of the seven competing applicants. The station first si... |
4455 | KPXJ
January 8, 1999, the station changed its call letters to KPXJ; at that time, KTBS, LLC, the Shreveport-based owner of local ABC affiliate KTBS-TV (channel 3), began to operate the station under a joint sales agreement (JSA) with Paxson. (The WPXO-TV call letters were subsequently transferred to a sister station in... |
4456 | KPXJ
KPXJ to KTBS, LLC for $10 million; the FCC rejected the application as agency ownership rules prohibited common ownership of two television stations in a single market if there are fewer than eight independent full-power station owners. As such, Paxson reached an agreement to sell the KPXJ license to Minden Televi... |
4457 | KPXJ
which been affiliated with UPN since August 28, 1995 (originally as a primary affiliation until September 2001, before shifting to secondary status to the station's WB affiliation); as a result, KSHV became an exclusive affiliate of The WB. After affiliating with UPN, KPXJ – which, accordingly, changed its brandin... |
4458 | KPXJ
Pax TV programming on a secondary basis until April 2004; it also continued to air programming from The Worship Network (originally via the Pax TV network feed, then via the direct network feed from 2007 onward) during the overnight hours until early 2010, when Pax successor Ion Television ceased carrying the netw... |
4459 | KPXJ
Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner, announced that they would dissolve the two networks to create The CW Television Network, a joint venture between the two media companies that initially featured programs from its two predecessor networks as well as new series specifically produced for The CW. Subsequent... |
4460 | KPXJ
to the outlet that The CW ultimately chose as its charter outlets, giving these stations another option besides converting to a general entertainment independent format. On March 7, 2006, in a press release announcement by the network, KPXJ was confirmed as The CW's Shreveport charter affiliate. Since the network ... |
4461 | KPXJ
having had a four-year headstart on KPXJ operation-wise. Eight days later on March 15, News Corporation announced that it had signed an agreement with White Knight Broadcasting, in which KSHV would become the market's MyNetworkTV affiliate, as part of a deal that also saw Fox-affiliated sister station WNTZ-TV in A... |
4462 | KPXJ
it officially remained a UPN affiliate until September 17, 2006, before affiliating with The CW when that network debuted on September 18. KSHV-TV, meanwhile, joined MyNetworkTV upon that network's launch on September 5; unlike in other markets where The WB and UPN both had over-the-air affiliates — where the WB-t... |
4463 | "SS Yorktown (1894)"
SS Yorktown (1894) S.S. ""Yorktown was launched 10 February 1894 by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania for the Old Dominion Steamship Company for the company's overnight New York City/Norfolk, Virginia service. The United States Navy purchased ""Yorktown"" on ... |
4464 | KPXJ
included in its license transfer request a ""failing station waiver,"" indicating that KPXJ was in an economically non-viable position—noting that the station had lost revenue for the previous three years, and had averaged only a 1 audience share point for all but two sweeps ratings books while never reaching over... |
4465 | "SS Yorktown (1894)"
and finally burned and sank in Hoboken. ""Yorktown"", an iron-hulled passenger ship, was launched on 10 February 1894 by Delaware River Shipbuilding and Engine Works at Chester, Pennsylvania for the Old Dominion Steamship Company. ""Yorktown"" was the last ship on order and when completed the compa... |
4466 | "SS Yorktown (1894)"
and passenger service between New York, pier 26, North River, and Norfolk (Old Point Comfort) with routes extending to Richmond, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Service by ""Yorktown"" and sister ship ""Jamestown"" was planned to begin 10 April 1894. On 19 March 1898 ""Yorktown"" was advertised by th... |
4467 | KPXJ
Texarkana. KPXJ launched a third digital subchannel on virtual channel 21.3 on November 19, 2013, to serve as an affiliate of Movies!, through an affiliation agreement between Weigel Broadcasting (co-owner and managing partner of the movie-focused network) and KTBS, LLC. KPXJ-DT4 is the Antenna TV-affiliated fourt... |
4468 | KPXJ
21.4 on November 19, 2013, as an affiliate of Antenna TV through an agreement between KTBS, LLC and the classic television network's parent company, Tribune Broadcasting. Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not rec... |
4469 | KPXJ
digital broadcasts or subscribed to cable television. Three months later in December 2005, DirecTV added KPXJ to the local stations it made available to the satellite provider's subscribers in the Shreveport–Texarkana market, followed by Dish Network in April 2007. In addition to the CW network schedule, syndicate... |
4470 | KPXJ
coverage. Channel 21 also broadcasts college basketball and football games from the Southland Conference, Conference USA (via Stadium), and the Atlantic Coast Conference (via the ACC Network). , KTBS-TV produces 17 hours of locally produced newscasts each week for KPXJ (with three hours each on weekdays, and one h... |
4471 | KPXJ
that a tornado warning is issued for any county in its Ark-La-Tex viewing area. In September 2000, in conjunction with the joint sales agreement that Paxson had signed with KTBS-TV, KPXJ began airing tape delayed rebroadcasts of that station's 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. newscasts Monday through Fridays at 5:30 and 10:30 ... |
4472 | KPXJ
TV and local broadcast stations during the early 2000s involved an NBC affiliate, by way of that network holding a minority ownership interest in Pax. The rebroadcasts were discontinued on September 1, 2003, coinciding with the station's assumption of the UPN affiliation and the transfer of KPXJ to the Wray family... |
4473 | "Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966"
Rick Douglass, a reporter for radio station WREN (1250 AM, now KYYS), attempted to take shelter under an overpass, while trying to do a second live report on the storm. Douglass was carried by the tornado, becoming airborne for a few seconds, and was dropped over one block away.... |
4474 | "Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966"
over Douglas's face – believing he had perished; in an interview with The History Channel's ""Wrath of God"", Douglass stated that he then pulled off the cover, resulting in the attending nurse wincing in reaction; Douglass found shards of debris in his skin for several years af... |
4475 | "Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966"
as well, according to eyewitnesses. Washburn University took a direct hit from the tornado, and many of the large stone buildings on campus were badly damaged or destroyed. A 300-pound section of stone wall was torn from one building and thrown two miles away. One vehicle on cam... |
4476 | "Sydney Water"
sewerage, thereby transferring the property, powers and obligations from the Municipal Council to the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage. The forebears of Sydney Water include: Sydney Water's management received extensive criticism following the 1998 Sydney water crisis regarding what was believed to be ... |
4477 | "Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966"
office (located at Philip Billard Municipal Airport) had to take shelter as well, as the tornado tracked through the airport, flipping over several airplanes. At 7:29 p.m., 34 minutes after it touched down, the tornado dissipated after ripping through the airport; by this point,... |
4478 | "Sydney Water"
been located in the Sydney central business district at the corner of Pitt and Bathurst Streets, directly above Sydney's Town Hall railway station. The central location of Sydney Water in Sydney reflected the organisation's strategic significance as the lead organisation in planning Sydney's growth and f... |
4479 | "Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966"
it one of the costliest tornadoes in U.S. history. Even to this day, with inflation factored in, the Topeka tornado stands as the seventh costliest tornado on record. 820 homes were destroyed and 3,000 others were damaged. 250 businesses were destroyed and 2,390 were damaged inc... |
4480 | "Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966"
it is believed that had the tornado hit during school and work hours or during the night, that as many as 5,000 people would have been killed. Bill Kurtis was credited for saving many lives with his urgent message to take cover. Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966 The Tornado... |
4481 | "John Macy"
John Macy John Williams Macy Jr. (April 6, 1917 – December 22, 1986) was a United States Government administrator and civil servant. Born in Chicago, he received a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1938. In 1938 Macy moved to Washington, D.C. where he began his government service and studied at American Univ... |
4482 | "John Macy"
became the assistant director of civilian personnel. He enlisted during World War II, served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, and attained the rank of captain fighting in the China theater. In 1944, he married Joyce Hagen. After the war, he returned to the War Department as director of civilian personnel... |
4483 | "John Macy"
Eisenhower as President of the United States Civil Service Commission (CSC). He held this post until 1958. He left government service in 1958 to act as the executive vice-president of his alma mater, Wesleyan University. President John F. Kennedy asked Macy to return to the Civil Service Commission in 1961,... |
4484 | "John Macy"
on homosexual employment by the federal government. He wrote The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. ( 2/25/66): ""Pertinent considerations here are the revulsion of other (federal) employees by homosexual conduct and the consequent disruption of service efficiency , the apprehension caused other employe... |
4485 | "John Macy"
as president for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1969–1972). His work landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. Later, he ran the Council of Better Business Bureaus (1972–1979). In 1979, President Jimmy Carter nominated Macy to become the first Senate-confirmed director of the Fed... |
4486 | "Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie"
Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie, is a young adult urban fantasy novel by Holly Black. It was published in 2005 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, who recommended it for ages ""14 up"". ""Valiant"" is a sequel to Black's debut novel """", and... |
4487 | "Fitzwilliam Sonatas"
292)"". The third movement was used in the Violin Sonata, Op. 1, No. 3 ""(HWV 361)"". Modern scholars agree that the B major sonata must have been written for the recorder, despite there being no mention of this on the autograph. One of the reasons for this is that, ""when Handel used the third mo... |
4488 | "Innovators Under 35"
have a dramatic impact on the world as we know it."" The award was started in 1999 as the TR100, with 100 winners, but was changed to 35 winners starting in 2005. The awards are presented to the winners at the annual Emtech conference on emerging technologies, held in the fall at MIT, where there ... |
4489 | "Fitzwilliam Sonatas"
earlier version of movement 6 of the same work, concluding with an unrelated minuet by Handel, together with a ""double"" (variation) composed by Dart. It has since been published in its original form. This D-minor Sonata was later arranged by an unknown hand as a flute Sonata in B minor (HWV 367b... |
4490 | "Shed Seven"
Shed Seven Shed Seven are an English alternative rock band, formed in York in 1990. One of the groups which contributed to the Britpop music scene of the 1990s, they never attained the degree of mainstream success achieved by the likes of Oasis and Blur. They originally comprised singer Rick Witter, guitar... |
4491 | ".500 Black Powder Express"
Black powder version. The two cartridges offer almost identical ballistic performance to each other, and are very similar to the .50-140 Sharps. The 3-inch and 3¼-inch cartridges were later loaded with smokeless cordite to create the .500 Nitro Express, with the 3-inch version becoming the m... |
4492 | "Shed Seven"
and Banks had also previously played together in a band named ENAM, performing to German exchange students in Banks's front room. Prior to signing a six-album deal with Polydor Records in October 1993, guitarist Joe Johnson left the line-up and was replaced by Paul Banks. The band twice entered the local F... |
4493 | "Thomas Bourgeois"
Thomas Bourgeois Thomas Bourgeois is a Paralympic athlete from America competing mainly in category P44 pentathlon events. He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain in the men's Pentathlon - PS4 event. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States, he won a s... |
4494 | "Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie"
with the glass sword belonging to Ravus, and after a moment's decision to never use Never again, she fights Mabry on talent alone, stabbing Mabry in the throat. She and Luis rush back to Ravus, and after placing his heart back into his chest, he instantly heals. Ravus gives Luis the t... |
4495 | "Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie"
can see him. The two kiss, and Val is happy her life is back to normal, with the exception of having a faerie for a boyfriend and never being able to introduce him to her mother. ""Valiant"" introduces all of these main characters; none are from ""Tithe"". Roiben and Kaye from ""Tithe... |
4496 | "Richmond Centre (mall)"
Richmond Centre (mall) Richmond Centre (corporately styled as CF Richmond Centre and formerly known as Richmond Square) is a shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Its street address is on No. 3 Road but it stretches as far west as Minoru Boulevard, and as far north as Westminster... |
4497 | "Shed Seven"
part-time keyboardist Fraser Smith was also added to the permanent line-up. The band signed a new contract with Artful Records, and in 2001 went on to release their fourth studio album, ""Truth Be Told"", which spawned two further singles in ""Cry For Help"" and ""Step Inside Your Love"". Despite finding t... |
4498 | "Richmond Centre (mall)"
means most of the shopping centre can be reached without the need of escalators or elevators. The only exception is Hudson's Bay, which has a second level, and the ""Dining Terrace"" food court. The mall is laid out in a large rectangle. A galleria runs down the middle of the mall, splitting it... |
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the label, as the band lost patience with Taste's refusal to release their fully recorded would-be fifth studio LP, slated for release in September 2003. With Taste demanding another big hit before they were willing to release a new Shed Seven album, the ready and complete LP was held back indefinitely. As... |
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