id stringlengths 16 29 | text stringlengths 86 3.49k | source stringlengths 14 112 |
|---|---|---|
wikipedia_2018-3400 | In 1803 , British scientist Smithson Tennant ( 1761 – 1815 ) analyzed the insoluble residue and concluded that it must contain a new metal . Vauquelin treated the powder alternately with alkali and acids and obtained a volatile new oxide , which he believed to be of this new metal — which he named <unk> , from the Gree... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3401 | During the conflict over the Toledo Strip , the Erie Canal was built , linking New York City and the Eastern seaboard to the Great Lakes at Buffalo . The canal , finished in 1825 , immediately became a major route for trade and migration . Corn and other farm products ( from the Midwest ) were able to be shipped to eas... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3402 | In the 1960s , The Crab with the Golden Claws , along with King Ottokar 's Sceptre , became the first Tintin adventures published in the United States , in Little Golden Books . However , Casterman , working with the American publisher Western Publishing , made a number of changes : Jumbo , the sailor who Tintin leaves... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3403 | One black motorist observed in the early 1940s that while black travelers felt free in the mornings , by the early afternoon a " small cloud " had appeared . By the late afternoon , " it casts a shadow of apprehension on our hearts and sours us a little . ' Where , ' it asks us , ' will you stay tonight ? ' " . They of... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3404 | Keats 's use of the odal hymn in his six odes , along with his use of the odal hymn with a <unk> voice in " Ode to a Grecian Urn " and " Ode to a Nightingale " , created , according to Walter Jackson Bate , " a new tone for the English lyric . " Bate , when speaking about the 1819 odes , wrote : " The productivity of t... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3405 | By 2008 , her continued drug problems threatened her career . Even as Nick Gatfield , the president of Island Records , toyed with the idea of releasing Winehouse " to deal with her problems , " he remarked on her talent , saying , " It 's a reflection of her status [ in the U.S. ] that when you flick through the TV co... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3406 | Several lines of evidence point to ongoing volcanic activity on Venus . During the Soviet Venera program , the Venera 9 orbiter obtained spectroscopic evidence of lightning on Venus , and the Venera 12 descent probe obtained additional evidence of lightning and thunder . The European Space Agency 's Venus Express in 20... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3407 | Riding horses were used by a variety of people during the Middle Ages , and so varied greatly in quality , size and breeding . Knights and nobles kept riding horses in their war @-@ trains , saving their warhorses for the battle . The names of horses referred to a type of horse , rather than a breed . Many horses were ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3408 | For his album , Wainwright was also recognized by the Grammy Awards , earning a 2009 nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album . While the tribute concerts were popular and the album was well received by critics , album sales were limited . Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall managed to chart in three nations , peak... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3409 | With Miranda imprisoned in Spain , Bolívar emerged as the new leader of the Venezuelan independence movement . He resolved that they would have to take some time to prepare before returning to the mainland . Growing bored in Curaçao , MacGregor decided to offer his services to General Antonio Nariño 's republican armie... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3410 | A church dedicated to All Saints was established at Shuart some time between 679 and the 10th century . Although the status of the church at Reculver as mother church for the area dates from the 7th century , and may have led to the establishment of a church at Shuart then , this chapel might equally have been a develo... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3411 | The surname Spencer has gained in popularity over time . In the 19th century it also become popular as a given name — especially in the more anglicised areas of the United States . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3412 | On the night of 11 / 12 August , the Italian 7th and 3rd Cruiser divisions and 17 destroyers , sailed from Cagliari , Messina and Naples to engage the British convoy . The RAF at the Malta Operations Room sent orders in plain language to a Wellington bomber that dropped flares and sent messages in clear , supposedly gu... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3413 | On the morning of 13 September , Wolfe 's army formed a line first with their backs to the river , then spread out across the Plains with its right anchored by the bluff along the St. Lawrence and its left by a bluff and thick wood above the St. Charles River . While the regular French forces were approaching from Beau... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3414 | Music for Star Wars : Dark Forces was mostly original works composed by Clint Bajakian , though they are based on cues from John Williams ' original Star Wars works through the utilization of the iMUSE system to create interactive music . The game also features full speech and sound effects in stereo . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3415 | Killer7 takes place in an alternate version of Earth in the early 21st century . After a treaty ends all international conflict , the world powers destroy all nuclear weapons by firing them into the upper atmosphere and intercepting them with other missiles . This event becomes known as " Fireworks " and symbolizes wor... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3416 | Lynn is intended to be the terminus of a future extension of the MBTA Blue Line , which would bring the line 4 @.@ 5 additional miles from Wonderland in Revere to Lynn . This extension has been proposed in various forms for over 80 years . The 1926 Report on Improved Transportation Facilities and 1945 – 47 Coolidge Com... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3417 | The Northrop / McDonnell Douglas YF @-@ 23 was an American single @-@ seat , twin @-@ engine stealth fighter aircraft technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force ( USAF ) . The design was a finalist in the USAF 's Advanced Tactical Fighter ( ATF ) competition , battling the Lockheed YF @-@ 22 for a... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3418 | Sometime after recovering from the circumcision , Lat trespasses on a tin mine with his friends . They teach him how to gather the mud left in the wake of the mining dredges and pan for valuable ore . The activity is illegal but often overlooked by the miners . Lat brings the result of his labour back to his father , e... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3419 | The Comilla Model ( 1959 ) was Khan 's initiative in response to the failure of a Village Agricultural and Industrial Development ( V @-@ AID ) programme that was launched in 1953 in East and West Pakistan with technical assistance from the US government . V @-@ AID remained a government @-@ level attempt to promote ci... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3420 | AllMusic 's Jose F. Promis , wrote that " the song finds Madonna giving an understated and inspired performance [ ... ] One hopes that this overlooked gem might find its way onto future [ Madonna ] hits collections , because it is truly a wonderful song " . Author Thomas S. Hischak called it " plaintive " . Billboard '... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3421 | Many of the acts featured animals , such as Eugene Weidmann 's mixed group of tigers and bears , Thorson <unk> and his Farmyard Friends , Willi Mullen 's Caucasian Cavalry & Ponies , Miss Wendy 's Performing Pigeons and Harry Belli 's Horse Riding Tiger – to say nothing of the Dog ! As well as the animal acts there was... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3422 | At age 15 , Lennon formed the skiffle group , the Quarrymen . Named after Quarry Bank High School , the group was established by him in September 1956 . By the summer of 1957 , the Quarrymen played a " spirited set of songs " made up of half skiffle and half rock and roll . Lennon first met Paul McCartney at the Quarry... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3423 | Late on August 14 , more than two days before Diane made landfall , the United States Weather Bureau issued a hurricane alert from Georgia through North Carolina . On August 15 , the agency issued a hurricane warning from Brunswick , Georgia to Wilmington , North Carolina , although the warning was later extended to th... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3424 | Having found his substitute for the chorales , Tippett wrote off to America for a collection of spirituals . When this arrived , " I saw that there was one for every key situation in the oratorio " . He chose five : " Steal Away " ; " Nobody Knows the Trouble I See , Lord " ; " Go Down , Moses " ; " O , By and By " ; a... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3425 | Although music and sound effects were kept from the original recording sessions , original master recordings have been used to update the soundtrack at much higher quality ; the original recording size was 16 MB , while in the remaster it is over 250 MB . Developers also decided to retain the free aim mode because they... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3426 | In the second round Liverpool were drawn against Scottish champions Aberdeen , managed by Alex Ferguson . The first leg was at Aberdeen 's home ground , Pittodrie , a McDermott goal in the fifth minute ensured a 1 – 0 victory for Liverpool . The second leg at Anfield was won 4 – 0 by Liverpool , thus they won the tie 5... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3427 | Oribe began her singing career in 2005 during her first year in high school when she formed the indie rock band Chucky , which mainly covered songs by other artists . During her second year , the band received advice from their peers that they should start making their own songs ; eventually the band 's reputation grew... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3428 | Critics questioned its purpose as a feature @-@ length advertisement for Care Bears merchandise ; among them were Charles Solomon , Paul Attanasio , The Morning Call of Pennsylvania , and Bill Cosford of The Miami Herald . The Boca Raton News ' Skip Sheffield commented , " I couldn 't help being bothered by the blatant... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3429 | " Better Off This Way " was one of the first written for the album , and re @-@ written " at least 3 different times " . The song was the final one finished for the album . The title for " All Signs Point to Lauderdale " came from an occasion when McKinnon and bassist Joshua Woodard were in a rough neighborhood in West... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3430 | Accidentally , same labels were given to different centers detected by EPR and optical techniques ( e.g. , N3 EPR center and N3 optical center have no relation ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3431 | Despite reproducing readily in captivity and being the most populous lemur in zoos worldwide , numbering more than 2 @,@ 000 individuals , the ring @-@ tailed lemur is listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List due to habitat destruction and hunting for bush meat and the exotic pet trade . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3432 | In his final year as an amateur athlete , he spent much of early 2008 battling a hamstring injury . However , he returned in April to win his third 200 m NCAA outdoor title , while placing fourth in the 100 m . Although his personal bests rivalled those of top professional athletes , Dix decided to finish his degree in... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3433 | The album debuted and peaked at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200 , and sold a total of 163 @,@ 000 copies . Internationally , the album charted in the United Kingdom , France and Switzerland . The album 's only single , " Say I " , featuring rapper Jeezy , saw peak positions of number four in the UK , and number 21 ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3434 | In 1933 Floyd A. Firestone proposed a new analogy , the mobility analogy , in which force is analogous to current instead of voltage . Firestone introduced the concept of across and through variables in this paper and presented a structure for extending the analogy into other energy domains . A variation of the force @... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3435 | Muhammad established his military headquarters at the hillock of Sala ' and the army was arrayed there ; this position would give the Muslims an advantage if the enemy crossed the trench . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3436 | Earlier in the day , at about 2 : 30 pm , South Vietnamese Colonel Trinh <unk> , Chief of the ARVN 2nd Brigade in II Corps , discovered that the North Vietnamese 316th Infantry Division had moved into positions south of Ban Me Thuot from their base in Laos . To stop them from advancing any further , Phu ordered his sol... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3437 | Chris Mincher of The A.V. Club was disappointed with the album , finding it stripped of its songwriting and control in lead singer Nathan Willett 's voice from their debut album . Blake Solomon of AbsolutePunk found the album lacking in terms of instrumentals and songwriting saying , " It 's easy to see the great ideas... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3438 | Throughout his career , James ' playmaking ability has been praised ; in one article , Grantland 's Zach Lowe called him " one of the greatest passers ever " . Using his size , vision , and the attention he garners from opposing defenses to his advantage , James is able to create easy points for his teammates with accu... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3439 | " Black Coffee " has received universal acclaim from critics . Sean O 'Brien of The Sunday People gave the song a rating of eight out of ten , opining that it was poised for great commercial success . David <unk> of The Jerusalem Post called the track " wistful " and " radio @-@ friendly " . Tim de Lisle of The Mail on... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3440 | Lad : A Dog is a 1962 American dramatic film based on the 1919 novel Lad : A Dog written by Albert Payson Terhune . Starring Peter Breck , Peggy McCay , Carroll O 'Connor , and Angela Cartwright , the film blends several of the short stories featured in the novel , with the heroic Lad winning a rigged dog show , saving... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3441 | " There is a lot of history between Ziva and Orli , " Glasberg hinted before the episode aired . He added that the characters ' relationship would be tense and complex ; their background and the reasoning behind Ziva 's animosity towards the new Mossad director would be explained in the final scenes . Sirtis described ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3442 | In 1945 , when he was back in Montgomery , Williams started to perform again for radio station WSFA . He wrote songs weekly to perform during the shows . As a result of the new variety of his repertoire , Williams published his first song book , Original Songs of Hank Williams . The book only listed lyrics , since its ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3443 | Alice in Chains is also noted for the unique vocal harmonies of Staley ( or DuVall ) and Cantrell , which included overlapping passages , dual lead vocals , and trademark harmonies typically separated by a major third . Alyssa Burrows said the band 's distinctive sound " came from Staley 's vocal style and his lyrics d... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3444 | During a trial which carried the death sentence as a maximum , the prosecution called 64 separate witnesses . Aubame claimed he had formed his provisional government in a constitutional manner ; at the request of members of the " putschists " . He argued that the French intervention was effectively an illegal act of in... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3445 | The defense of Walker Carpenter and William Thweatt was the game 's highlight . Tech made 16 first downs and Davidson 13 . Neither Pup Phillips nor Ham Dowling played in this game , with Bill Fincher replacing Phillips at center . The umpire was F. F. Wood , and Boozer Pitts was the head linesman . Davidson captain Geo... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3446 | ProServ had an inside track with North Carolina after they successfully represented a number of N.C. basketball alumni , including Tom <unk> , Phil Ford , Dudley Bradley , and James Worthy . In 1984 , the same year Michael Jordan entered the NBA Draft , Frank <unk> and Lee Fentress , two of Dell 's ProServ partners , l... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3447 | This rockfowl is protected in some of the areas in which it lives by national parks . Additionally , there seems to be little habitat destruction in Gabon and on Bioko as the locations in these places in which the rockfowl lives is believed to be too inaccessible for future human development . Recent surveys have also ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3448 | Some 95 % of the adult horn shark 's diet consists of hard @-@ shelled mollusks ( e.g. bivalves and gastropods ) , echinoderms ( e.g. sea urchins ) and crustaceans ( e.g. crabs , shrimp , and isopods ) . To crack their shells , the horn shark generates the highest known bite force relative to its size of any shark , we... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3449 | The dramatic attack on the Japanese prisoner of war camp carried out by P @-@ 51 Mustangs is accompanied by Jim 's whoops of " ... the Cadillac of the skies ! " , a phrase believed to be first used in Ballard 's text as " Cadillac of air combat " and in the screenplay that has now entered urban mythology as being attri... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3450 | Cumulus clouds can form in lines stretching over 480 kilometres ( 300 mi ) long called cloud streets . These cloud streets cover vast areas and may be broken or continuous . They form when wind shear causes horizontal circulation in the atmosphere , producing the long , tubular cloud streets . They generally form durin... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3451 | Thomas Hardy lived and worked in Weymouth in 1869 , and in 1871 @-@ 2 lodging at 1 West Parade , now Park Street , returning to the <unk> cottage to complete Under the Greenwood Tree . Diggory Venn in Hardy 's The Return of the Native describes the excitement of Weymouth , where " out of every ten folk you meet nine of... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3452 | In 1969 , Asian Survey ( then Asian Review ) - an Asian studies academic journal of University of California , Berkeley - produced a report on The Doon School as a part of their project which documented Indian history after the entry of East India Company . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3453 | Another tournament victory was achieved in the Tal Memorial in Moscow 16 – 25 November as a round robin with ten players . Carlsen won two games , against Gelfand and Nakamura , and drew the rest . Although he finished equal on points with Aronian , he placed ahead since the tiebreak was determined by the number of bla... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3454 | In December 2010 , the college temporarily suspended a home health nursing program after two of its nursing students were accosted at gunpoint in Chattanooga . The school is considering a safer , more controlled environment for the program . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3455 | Colonel Pedro del Valle ( 1893 – 1978 ) was the Commanding Officer of the 11th Marine Regiment ( artillery ) . Upon the outbreak of World War II , del Valle led his regiment during the seizure and defense of Guadalcanal , providing artillery support for the 1st Marine Division . In the Battle of the Tenaru , the firepo... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3456 | * * * The study includes higher @-@ speed rail up to 110 mph and high @-@ speed rail of 150 + mph options . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3457 | In 2006 , a healthy Hamels started again at Clearwater , and after a brief stint in Reading , he was promoted to the Scranton / Wilkes @-@ Barre Red Barons of the Class AAA International League . In three games at Scranton , he struck out 36 batters while giving up only one walk and one run . His minor league statistic... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3458 | Newfoundland had been the site of much conflict during King William 's War ( 1689 – 1697 ) . The most ambitious expedition had been conducted by French and Indian forces led by Pierre Le Moyne d 'Iberville in 1696 . His raiding expedition was highly destructive : it completely destroyed almost all of the English settle... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3459 | US losses during the battle were extremely light ; unusual for fighting at a time in which other UN offensive forces were paying a heavy price when making similar pushes against the North Korean troops . The US infantry forces suffered only five killed and 54 wounded in the 27th Infantry , plus three killed and 16 woun... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3460 | Throughout the 1930s tensions built between Nazi Germany and the United Kingdom as well as its allies . During late 1937 and throughout 1938 , German demands for the annexation of Czechoslovakia 's Sudetenland led to an international crisis . In an attempt to avoid war , British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met w... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3461 | Although he left the direction of the battle to subordinates , General Gates received a great deal of credit as the commanding general for the greatest American victory of the war to date . He may have conspired with others to replace George Washington as the commander @-@ in @-@ chief . Instead he received the command... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3462 | Flournoy married Sarah Katharine Cotton in Charleston in 1913 . He and Katharine had two children , one son and one daughter : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3463 | The football team played a handful of challenge matches — one team inviting another to play — as an amateur squad against university and city teams every year throughout the 1870s , with one dormant year in 1879 , likely due to injuries . In 1883 the Toronto Football Club , other city teams from Ontario and university ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3464 | When Burnside bequeathed the money for the fountain , she asked that it be designed for use as a drinking trough for horses and also for dogs . The commission was originally intended for Daniel Chester French , but , according to a paper by <unk> W. Coombs , French turned down the commission due to " pressure of other ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3465 | The governor went on to <unk> the French press for their criticism of colonial policy , claiming that they boosted the morale of anti @-@ colonial activists . The prosecutor thought that because Long 's movement was affiliated with the Việt Nam Quang <unk> Hội ( VNQPH ) , an exiled monarchist organisation led by the le... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3466 | " Turtles All the Way Down " is the thirteenth and final episode of the American television police procedural fantasy drama Awake . It premiered on May 23 , 2012 in Canada on Global , and on May 24 , 2012 in the United States on NBC . " Turtles All the Way Down " was scheduled to air on May 17 , 2012 , as part two of a... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3467 | Fantasy is one of the most common LARP genres internationally and is the genre that the largest events use . Fantasy LARPs are set in pseudo @-@ historical worlds inspired by fantasy literature and fantasy role @-@ playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons . These settings typically have magic , fantasy races , and limi... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3468 | Pyrrhus ' invasion of the Peloponnese in 272 BC was an invasion of south Greece by Pyrrhus , King of Epirus . He was opposed by Macedon and a coalition of Greek city @-@ states ( poleis ) , most notably Sparta . The war ended in a joint victory by Macedonia and Sparta . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3469 | Today Omaha 's transportation system is growing with the city , and trails for bicycles and pedestrians , as well as public transportation , highways and parkways , and other innovations are being developed . The city has a section of the Lincoln Highway listed on the National Register of Historic Places , and there ar... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3470 | Before the 2006 season began , Nathan participated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic as one of the 30 players selected for the Team USA roster . He played the first game , a 2 – 0 win against Mexico , striking out the side while allowing one hit . He also pitched the 4 – 3 victory against Japan , again throwing a shut... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3471 | Dorian Holley is an African American musician , backing singer and vocal coach . Holley began his professional career as an on @-@ stage backing vocalist for American entertainer Michael Jackson during his Bad World Tour in 1987 . The series of concerts had him perform to millions of people throughout the world , inclu... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3472 | The Viking occupation of the islands and coastal regions of modern Scotland brought a return to pagan worship in those areas . Norse paganism had some of the same gods as had been worshipped by the Anglo @-@ Saxons before their conversion and is thought to have been focused around a series of cults , involving gods , a... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3473 | Meanwhile , the forces stationed in the Middle East provinces of Judaea and Syria had acclaimed Vespasian as emperor and the Danubian armies of the provinces of Raetia and Moesia also acclaimed Vespasian as emperor . Vespasian 's and Vitellius ' armies met in the Second Battle of Bedriacum , after which the Vitellian t... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3474 | The application of derivative governmental immunity depends on a construction of the particular statute ( particularly the object and purpose of the statute ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3475 | According to the June 1861 regulations , and later the 1862 and 1863 regulations , enlisted men were to wear a frock coat with the same button pattern as the Company and Field Grade officers . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3476 | The result was increased water flow in Kitchen Creek , which has been cutting the falls in the glens since . The gradient or slope of Kitchen Creek was fairly stable for its flow when it had a much smaller drainage basin , as Phillips Creek still does . The increased basin size means that Kitchen Creek in the glens is ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3477 | Bute 's commissions formed the major corpus of Burges 's work from the 1860s until his death . However , he continued to accept other appointments . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3478 | López made the Red Sox ' Opening Day roster in 2007 , but after four scoreless outings he was optioned to Pawtucket on April 9 to make room for Mike Timlin , who had started the season on the disabled list . He was recalled on May 11 when <unk> <unk> was sent down . On this stint , he posted a 3 @.@ 18 ERA in 40 appear... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3479 | Bloom says that some of the characters have not stood the test of time , writing that modern readers are uncomfortable with the anti @-@ semitic treatment of Cohn 's character and the romanticization of a bullfighter . Moreover , Brett and Mike belong uniquely to the Jazz Age and do not translate to the modern era . Bl... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3480 | Lady Mary Tudor ( 1673 – 1726 ) , married Edward Radclyffe , 2nd Earl of Derwentwater ; after Edward 's death , she married Henry Graham , and upon his death she married James Rooke . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3481 | Bell played tailback for Michigan teams that had a combined record of 28 @-@ 3 @-@ 3 from 1973 – 1975 . As a junior in 1974 , Bell was a part @-@ time player who started only three of Michigan 's eleven games , but he still managed to become only the third player in school history to rush for 1 @,@ 000 yards in a seaso... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3482 | In a 2013 list , Den of Geek ranked " Worlds Apart " as the seventh best episode of the entire series , explaining that it " perhaps [ is ] a little rushed , but overall this is a satisfying conclusion to a number of major plot threads . Airing directly after " Letters of Transit " , the closing off of a number of dang... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3483 | Owen sneaks out to spend the night at Abby 's . The next morning , the detective forces his way into Abby 's apartment and finds her asleep . He begins to uncover a window but is distracted by Owen . Abby wakes and attacks the detective to feed on his blood . The dying detective appeals to Owen for help , but Owen does... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3484 | On 12 September 2012 archaeologists announced the discovery of a battle @-@ damaged skeleton suspected to be Richard 's in the remains of his burial church in Leicester . On 4 February 2013 , it was announced that DNA testing had conclusively identified ( " beyond reasonable doubt " ) the remains as those of Richard . ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3485 | When Peter realizes that he should bully Randy Fulcher , he compares this to Dick Cheney being a Wal @-@ Mart greeter . He greets each costumer with " Go fuck yourself " , a reference to a 2004 incident where he said those words to Senator Patrick Leahy , after he asked the vice president about Halliburton 's alleged w... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3486 | Born in Detroit , Michigan , Hill grew up in Fullerton , California . She is the fifth of seven children ; her mother was a dental hygienist and her father an aerospace engineer . She was an active child who climbed everything from trees to street lights . Starting at age eight , she learned gymnastics but disliked the... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3487 | Metroid Prime 2 : Echoes is a first @-@ person action @-@ adventure game that takes place in an open @-@ ended world with interconnected regions . Gameplay revolves around solving puzzles to uncover secrets , platform jumping , and shooting enemies . Echoes features two parallel dimensions , Light Aether and Dark Aethe... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3488 | Literary historian George Călinescu saw Mitică as a main representative of Balkan subjects in Ion Luca Caragiale 's prose , and listed among the character 's other traits his pessimism in respect to historical developments , as well as his interest in rallying people off the street and imposing his ideas on them . He d... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3489 | The city 's former mayor , Darwin Hindman , is largely in favor of a non @-@ motorized transportation system , and can often be seen riding his bicycle around the city . Columbia is also known for its MKT Trail , a spur of the Katy Trail State Park , which allows foot and bike traffic across the city , and , conceivabl... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3490 | The Hopewell tradition is an Aboriginal culture that flourished along American rivers from 300 BCE – 500 CE . At its greatest extent , the Hopewell Exchange System networked cultures and societies with the peoples on the Canadian shores of Lake Ontario . Canadian expression of the <unk> peoples encompasses the Point Pe... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3491 | In 1908 , the New York State Legislature established Route 30 , an unsigned legislative route extending from Niagara Falls , Niagara County in the southwest to Rouses Point , Clinton County , in the northeast . From Rochester to Red Creek , Route 30 was assigned to Ridge Road . Between Red Creek and the hamlet of Union... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3492 | He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to drama and to the community in Northern Ireland . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3493 | Several local news outlets provide in @-@ depth coverage of the Trail Blazers . Chief among them is The Oregonian , the largest paper in the state of Oregon . Other newspapers providing detailed coverage of the team ( including the assignment of beat writers to cover the team ) include the Portland Tribune , a weekly P... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3494 | Property in the County of Tripoli , granted to the Knights Templar in the 1140s , included the Castle of the Kurds , the towns of <unk> and <unk> , and the <unk> 'ah plain separating Homs and Tripoli . Homs was never under Crusader control , so the region around the Castle of the Kurds was vulnerable to expeditions fro... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3495 | In 1972 , Dylan signed to Sam Peckinpah 's film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid , providing songs and backing music for the movie , and playing " Alias " , a member of Billy 's gang with some historical basis . Despite the film 's failure at the box office , the song " Knockin ' on Heaven 's Door " became one of Dylan 's... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3496 | Peter Sarsgaard played John Lotter , Lana 's former boyfriend , who raped and murdered Teena . Sarsgaard was one of the first choices for the role . He later said he wanted his character to be " likable , sympathetic even " , because he wanted the audience " to understand why they would hang out with me . If my charact... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3497 | Lawrencium was first synthesized by the Albert Ghiorso and his team on February 14 , 1961 , at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory ( now called the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ) at the University of California in Berkeley , California , United States . The first atoms of lawrencium were produced by bombarding a... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3498 | There are several types of equipment used to help divers carry out decompression . Some are used to plan and monitor the decompression and some mark the underwater position of the diver and act as a buoyancy control aid and position reference in low visibility or currents . Decompression may be shortened ( or accelerat... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3499 | The hopes of the abolitionists notwithstanding , slavery did not wither with the end of the slave trade in the British Empire , nor did the living conditions of the enslaved improve . The trade continued , with few countries following suit by abolishing the trade , and with some British ships disregarding the legislati... | wikipedia-2018 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.