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Garlat
Garlat is a village and union council (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in Balakot tehsil and lies in an area that was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
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Mizraab
Mizraab (Urdu: مضراب, literal English translation: "a plectrum made by hand from a continuous strand of iron used to strike the strings of the sitar") is a progressive rock and metal band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 1997. Founded by vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter, Faraz Anwar, the band's initial l...
14502
Suetonius Grant Heatly
Suetonius Grant Heatly (sometimes spelled as "Heatley") (1751–1793) was a judge employed by the British East India Company and, with John Sumner, established what is considered to be the first coal mine in India.
14503
Quit India Movement
The Quit India Movement or the India August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All - India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India. The Cripps Mission had failed, and on 8 August 1942, Gandhi made a call to Do or D...
14504
Kaimana Regency
Kaimana Regency is a regency in the south of West Papua province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 16,241.84 sq. km, and had a population of 46,249 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate (as at January 2014) is 53,366. The administrative centre is the town of Kaimana.
14505
Inierie
Inierie is a stratovolcano located in the south-central part of the island of Flores, Indonesia, overlooking the Savu Sea. It is the highest volcano on the island.
14506
Bashir Rafiq
Rafiq is the author of 12 books on Islam and Contemporary Religion written both in English and Urdu. He was editor of 2 English magazines, "The Review of Religions" and "The Muslim Herald". He was also on the Editorial Board of the Islamic Magazine "Al Furqan", published from Pakistan.
14507
Dubbi
Dubbi is a village located in Khairpur District, Sindh, Pakistan. It borders on the Thar Desert, adjacent to Mirwah Taluka and Nara Taluka.
14508
Corporate Corridor
Corporate Corridor is a weekly business program on Dawn News that discusses business issues with top executives representing the private, public and government enterprises of Pakistan.
14509
ICICI Bank
ICICI Bank, stands for Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, is an Indian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, with its registered office in Vadodara. In 2017, it is the third largest bank in India in terms of assets and third in term of mark...
14510
Blagar language
Blagar is a Papuan language of Pantar island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. The Tereweng lect spoken on Tereweng island off the southeast coast of Pantar is sometimes considered a separate language.
14511
Solor
Solor is a volcanic island located off the eastern tip of Flores island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, in the Solor Archipelago. The island supports a small population that has been whaling for hundreds of years. They speak the languages of Adonara and Lamaholot. There are at least five volcanoes on this isl...
14512
Ankahi
Ankahi was an Urdu drama serial broadcast by Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) in 1982. The drama was written by Haseena Moin and directed by Shoaib Mansoor and Mohsin Ali. The drama serial featured an ensemble star cast including Shehnaz Sheikh, Shakeel, Javed Sheikh, Saleem Nasir, Jamshed Ansari, Behroze Sabzwari...
14513
Barawal (union council)
Barawal is an administrative unit known as “Union Council” of Upper Dir District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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Attabad
Attabad (), also spelt Atabad, is a town in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. It is located at 36°19'0N 74°48'0E with an altitude of 2559 metres (8398 feet), and is famous as home of the Attabad Lake.
14515
Chennai Super Kings
In September 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the establishment of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition to be started in 2008. In January 2008, the BCCI unveiled the owners of eight city - based franchises. The Chennai franchise was sold to the India Cements for $91 million,...
14516
John Kerry
During their investigation of Noriega, Kerry's staff found reason to believe that the Pakistan-based Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) had facilitated Noriega's drug trafficking and money laundering. This led to a separate inquiry into BCCI, and as a result, banking regulators shut down BCCI in 1991. In ...
14517
2009 Indian Premier League
As the second season of the IPL coincided with multi-phase 2009 Indian general elections, in the aftermath of the 3 March 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team the Government of India refused to commit security by Indian paramilitary forces. As a result, the BCCI decided to host the second season of the le...
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Bedari
Bedari, a Pakistani Urdu black and white film, was a classic melodious film of 1956.This film had an identical plot and the songs like Indian film Jagriti (1954), with replacement of some words, and music were taken directly from Jagriti as well. Rattan Kumar (Syed Nazir Ali), who had moved to Pakistan with his family,...
14519
Achh
Achh is a village and union council of Gujrat District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Kharian Tehsil and is located at 32°52'0N 74°8'0E with an altitude of 311 metres.
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Punial
The valley of Punial (Urdu: ڀو نيا ل) is situated in Ghizer District in the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, where hundreds of thousands of tourists visit annually. Punial is a mountainous valley situated at an elevation of about 5000–9000 feet. It has pleasant weather and a hospitable populace. The territory of Punial has ...
14521
Kot Haibat
Kot Haibat is a town and union council of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°6'0N 70°37'0E and has an altitude of 124 metres (410 feet).
14522
Crazy Horse (band)
Crazy Horse is an American rock band best known for their association with Neil Young. Beginning in 1969 and continuing to the present day, they have been co-credited on a number of Young's albums, with 11 studio albums and numerous live albums being billed as by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. They have also released six ...
14523
Russkaya Station
For the shore of Antarctica, the winds are considered to be rather strong. The average number of days per year with wind speeds of over in the area around the station is 264, and on 136 of those the wind speed is over . The average temperature in the coldest months of July–August is ; in the warmest months of December–...
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Warner Records
Warner Bros. Records Parent company Warner Music Group Founded March 19, 1958; 60 years ago (1958 - 03 - 19) Founder James Conkling Distributor (s) Self - distributed (In the US) WEA International (Outside the US) Rhino Entertainment Company (Re-issues) Genre Various Country of origin United States Location Burbank, Ca...
14525
Nicolette (album)
Nicolette by Nicolette Larson was released by Warner Bros. Records in 1978. It reached #15 on the US pop charts and #1 in Canada and was certified Gold in both markets.
14526
Candy Line
"Candy Line" is Hitomi Takahashi's 6th single under the Sony Records (gr8! records) label, and was released on March 7, 2007, four months after her previous single "Ko·mo·re·bi."
14527
Four Strong Winds
Neil Young recorded the song for his 1978 album Comes a Time, with harmony vocals from Nicolette Larson, and on The Band's The Last Waltz. It has received significant airplay over album oriented rock and classic rock radio stations and has become part of Young's concert repertoire, including featured performances durin...
14528
Cortez the Killer
"Cortez the Killer" is a song by Neil Young from his 1975 album, "Zuma". It was recorded with the band Crazy Horse. It has since been ranked #39 on "Guitar World's" 100 Greatest Guitar Solos and #329 on "Rolling Stone's" list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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Old Ways
Old Ways is the 14th studio album by Canadian musician and singer-songwriter Neil Young, released on August 12, 1985 on Geffen Records.
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Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)
``Ohio ''is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was released as a single, backed with Stephen Stills's`` Find the Cost of Freedom'', peaking at number 14 on the US Billboard ...
14531
Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom
Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom is a "best of" recording by Jana Hunter in 2005. It is the first release on Devendra Banhart's Gnomonsong record label. The album was recorded on two- and four-track recorders, and computers. Most of the recording was done by Jana herself in Texas.
14927
Al Bell
Al Bell (born Alvertis Isbell, March 15, 1940) is an American record producer, songwriter, and record executive. He is best known as having been an executive and co-owner of Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee, during the latter half of the label's 19-year existence.
14533
Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983
Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1983 for the Italian Black Saint label.
14927
Tittsworth
Jesse Tittsworth (born 26 February 1979), better known under his stage name Tittsworth, is an American DJ, producer, night club owner, and record label owner. He has worked with the likes of Q-Tip, Theophilus London, Pitbull, Kid Sister and more. He has been featured on MTV, VIBE, Pitchfork, XLR8R, and countless other ...
14535
The Beauty of Hindsight
The Beauty of Hindsight is the thirteenth studio album by the British singer Judie Tzuke. Released in 2003, it is the first covers album of Tzuke's career and features songs previously recorded by The Beatles, Crowded House, Smokey Robinson, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, and Elton John (who had signed Tzuke to his record...
14536
'Til I Gain Control Again
``'Til I Gain Control Again ''is a country song written by Rodney Crowell and originally recorded by Emmylou Harris in 1975. The song was included on her 1975 studio album Elite Hotel and was performed by Alison Krauss in 2016 as part of a tribute album to Harris titled: The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris. The song was...
14537
Arctic Moon
Arctic Moon later became synonymous with labels such as Armada Music and Aly & Fila’s Future Sound of Egypt Recordings internet radio show. He released singles "True Romance" and "Adelaide" on the latter label. The tracks peaked on download charts and gained large support from other DJs.
14538
That's All There Is
That's All There Is a punk rock album by Eerie Von. Von wrote, performed, recorded and produced the album by himself. It was released in 2006 by the label Ghastly Records. "That's All There Is" was Von's fourth album since he left the metal band Danzig. The album was recorded in Eerie Von's home studio and marked a div...
14539
Steve Loeb
Steve Loeb is an American composer, music producer and the owner of Greene Street Recording which Loeb opened in 1976 at 112 Greene Street in New York's Soho. The forerunner of synthesizing the genres of heavy metal and hip-hop, Loeb produced chart records for 13 albums for heavy metal icons Riot and the Top 10 pop sin...
14885
Ain't Living Long Like This
Ain't Living Long Like This is the debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell, released in 1978 by Warner Bros. Records. It failed to enter the Top Country Albums chart. The songs, "Elvira", "Baby Better Start Turnin' 'Em Down" and "(Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such as I" were relea...
17737
Blues in Time
Gerry Mulligan - Paul Desmond Quartet (later retitled Blues in Time) is a jazz album by Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan released in 1957 on the Verve label. The idea for this album was born in 1954, then postponed till summer of 1957 when Desmond suggested to record some pieces together. Producer Norman Granz managed t...
14542
Satyavrata Siddhantalankar
Prof. Satyavrata Siddhantalankar (1898–1992) was an Indian educationist and parliamentarian. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya and wrote a number of books on education & social science. He was nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha in 1964 and served till 1968.
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Hux Records
Hux Records is a British record label based in England, which was launched in 1998. They specialise in releasing old material, especially in unreleased BBC recordings such as John Peel Sessions and BBC Radio 1 concerts. Hux has gained a reputation as an excellent independent record label, offering an eclectic selection...
14544
Arrival (Rosie Gaines album)
Arrival is the 5th album by Rosie Gaines, released in February 1997. It was the debut album on her label, Dredlix Records, and was an internet-only release.
14871
Filmworks VIII: 1997
Filmworks VIII: 1997 features two scores for film by John Zorn released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 1998. It features the music that Zorn wrote and recorded for "The Port of Last Resort" (1998), a documentary directed by Joan Grossman and Paul Rosdy examining the experiences of Jewish refugees in Shanghai a...
14546
Planet E Communications
Planet E Communications is an independent electronic music recording label that started in 1991 in Detroit, Michigan. The label is the brainchild of DJ/Producer Carl Craig. Evolving from Craig’s desire to have creative independence from the major label industry, Planet E would manage, in a short time, to become one of ...
14547
Guild Guitar Company
The Guild Guitar Company is a United States-based guitar manufacturer founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge, a guitarist and music-store owner, and George Mann, a former executive with the Epiphone Guitar Company. The brand name currently exists as a brand under Córdoba Music Group.
14548
House music
Club play from pioneering Chicago DJs such as Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops such as Importes, State Street Records, Loop Records, Gramaphone Records and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago. Later, visiting DJs & producers from Detroit fell ...
14849
Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans
Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans is an album by the John McLaughlin Trio. It was recorded in March 1993 and released on the Verve label in 1993. The album reached number 10 in the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
14550
L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns are an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983. As of 2017, the lineup consists of Phil Lewis (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Tracii Guns (guitar), Michael Grant (guitar), Johnny Martin (bass, backing vocals) and Shane Fitzgibbon (drums). The first incarnation of the group was forme...
14551
Guitar Moods
Guitar Moods is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe featuring tracks recorded in 1956 for the Riverside label.
14552
Dirt Road Anthem
``Dirt Road Anthem ''Single by Jason Aldean from the album My Kinda Party Released April 4, 2011 Format Digital download Recorded Genre Country rap Length 3: 50 Label Broken Bow Songwriter (s) Brantley Gilbert Colt Ford Producer (s) Michael Knox Jason Aldean singles chronology`` Do n't You Wanna Stay'' (2010) ``Dirt Ro...
14553
Top Gun Anthem
``Top Gun Anthem ''is an instrumental rock composition and the theme for the 1986 film Top Gun. Harold Faltermeyer wrote the music. Steve Stevens played guitar on the recording. In the film, the full song is heard in the film's ending scene.
14554
The End of It All
The End of It All is the 37th release by avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek, released by his own Corwood Industries label (#0775). It was his second of four released in 2004. Jandek returns to electric guitar on the album, though his playing style and guitar tone sound like an electrified version of the acoustic...
14555
The Reaper (Grave Digger album)
The Reaper is the fifth studio album by the German Power metal and speed metal band Grave Digger. It was released on 2 November 1993 for the label GUN Records. This was the band's return after a long , released seven years after their previous album "Stronger Than Ever".
14873
Atomic Playboys
Atomic Playboys is the first studio album by guitarist Steve Stevens, released in 1989 through Warner Bros. Records; a remastered edition containing two bonus tracks was reissued on August 5, 2013 through Rock Candy Records. The album reached No. 119 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart. The cover art was done by surreali...
14557
Mikko Raita
Mikko Raita is a Helsinki, Finland based music mixing and recording engineer as well as a producer, guitar player and co-owner of Studio Kekkonen. Clients include Apocalyptica, Sunrise Avenue, Tuomo, Deep Insight, Bleak, Ana Johnsson and Stratovarius.
14558
Anla Courtis
Alan Courtis was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 22, 1972. He studied classical guitar, piano, theory and composition. He holds a degree in Communication Science from the University of Buenos Aires, where he currently runs an annual music workshop. He played electric guitar in diverse bands and in 1993 he c...
14878
Hellos and Goodbyes
Hellos & Goodbyes by Buck-O-Nine was released in 2000 on Offramp Records, and consists of fifteen tracks recorded at a live performance in Japan in 1999, plus five previously unreleased studio tracks. This album features drummer Jeff Hawthorne, who became the band's permanent drummer in 1998, and bassist John Bell, who...
14861
I'm Lovin' It (song)
``I'm Lovin 'It ''Single by Justin Timberlake from the album Live From London B - side`` Last Night'' Released November 20, 2003 (2003 - 11 - 20) Format Digital download maxi single Recorded 2003 Length 3: 42 Label Jive Songwriter (s) Pusha T Pharrell Williams Stars Hollow Andreas Forberger Franco Tortora Producer (s) ...
14861
Just Got Started Lovin' You
"Just Got Started Lovin' You" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist James Otto. It was released in July 2007 as the first single from his album "Sunset Man". On the Hot Country Songs chart dated for May 17, 2008, the song has also become Otto's first (and to date, his only) number-one hit. ...
14562
My Toot Toot
``My Toot Toot ''also popularly known as`` Do n't Mess with My Toot Toot'' or ``(Do n't Mess with) My Toot Toot ''is a song written by Sidney Simien and performed by him under his stage name Rockin 'Sidney. Simien wrote the song and released it on the Maison de Soul Records label in Ville Platte, Louisiana. In October ...
14891
Sunset Man
Sunset Man is the second studio album from American country music singer James Otto, released April 8, 2008 on Warner Bros. Records. The lead-off single, "Just Got Started Lovin' You", reached Number One on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts in May 2008. Following it were "For You" and "These Are the Good Ole Day...
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Happiness Is You
Happiness Is You is the 24th album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1966 (see 1966 in music). It contains, among others, "Guess Things Happen That Way", a re-recording of one of Cash's earliest Sun songs. The record reached No. 10 on the Country charts. The LP was originally to be titled "...
14565
RPG Metanoia
RPG Metanoia is a 2010 Philippine 3D computer-animated adventure film produced by Ambient Media, Thaumatrope Animation and Star Cinema. It is the first full length Philippine animated movie presented in 3D. It was an official entry at the 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival. It won the title for 3rd Best Picture, Best Soun...
15394
That's All Right
Elvis Presley's version was recorded in July 1954. Its catalogue number was Sun 209. The label reads ``That's All Right ''(omitting`` Mama'' from the original title), and names the performers as Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill. Arthur Crudup was credited as the composer on the label of Presley's single, but even after l...
14567
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
``Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ''is a song performed and co-written by American singer - songwriter Christopher Cross, which was the main theme for the 1981 film Arthur starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli. The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1982. In the US, it reached number one on the Billbo...
14879
Back of My Mind
Back of My Mind is the fourth studio album by singer Christopher Cross, released in 1988 through Warner Bros. Records. After both the album and its singles failed to chart in the United States (although "I Will (Take You Forever)" did chart in several other countries) and due in large part to the general decline in sal...
14569
The Movie Song Album
The Movie Song Album is a 1966 studio album by Tony Bennett. The album consists of songs from films, opening with the theme from "The Oscar", in which Bennett had recently appeared. With this project of such high quality of song material and collaborators, he was to describe the album in his autobiography as his "all t...
14570
Music Is My Life
Music Is My Life is the seventh studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1972. The album contains Preston's first number 1 single, "Will It Go Round in Circles", and a cover of the Beatles' song "Blackbird". It is also the first of his albums to feature his future A&M Records label-mates the Brothers Johnson. Another...
14571
Twilight of a Nation
Twilight of a Nation is a Hong Kong television series based on the events of the Taiping Rebellion and the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during the late Qing dynasty. The 45 episodes long series was produced by Siu Sang and was first aired on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in November 1988. It was broadcast agai...
18541
Burning Heart Records
Burning Heart Records is an independent record label formed in 1993 in Fagersta, Sweden and currently based in Örebro. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America. It also started a German office in Berlin in the end of 2003...
14573
Just Got Started Lovin' You
``Just Got Started Lovin 'You ''is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist James Otto. It was released in July 2007 as the first single from his album Sunset Man. On the Hot Country Songs chart dated for May 17, 2008, the song has also become Otto's first (and to date, his only) number - one hit...
14574
Humble and Kind
``Humble and Kind ''Single by Tim McGraw from the album Damn Country Music Released January 20, 2016 (2016 - 01 - 20) Format Digital download Genre Country Length 4: 20 Label Big Machine Songwriter (s) Lori McKenna Producer (s) Byron Gallimore Tim McGraw Tim McGraw singles chronology`` Lovin 'Lately'' (2016) ``Humble a...
14861
More Protein
More Protein is a record label started by Boy George and Jeremy Healy in 1989. It was created after finding a label to release the Jeremy Healy produced E-Zee Possee song Everything Starts With an 'E', which attained notoriety through its explicit discussion of drugs, proved impossible.
14576
Eddie Harris Sings the Blues
Eddie Harris Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label.
14624
Philadelphia
According to the Census Bureau, the median household income in 2013 was $36,836, down 7.9 percent from 2008 when the median household income was $40,008 (in 2013 dollars). For comparison, the median household income among metropolitan areas was $60,482, down 8.2 percent in the same period, and the national median house...
14600
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan ( February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and ...
14624
Old Age Security
The Old Age Security pension (or OAS or OAS - GIS) is a taxable monthly social security payment available to most Canadians 65 years of age or older with individual income less than $122,843. As of January 2018, the basic amount is C $586.66 per month. At tax time, recipients with a 2017 income of over $74,788 must pay...
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Arbor Creek, Saskatoon
Arbor Creek is a primarily residential neighbourhood located in northeast Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is mostly made up of low-density single detached dwellings. As of 2006, the area is home to 4,654 residents. The neighbourhood is considered a high-income area, with an average family income of $99,631, an aver...
14607
Anne Fulda
Anne Fulda (born 10 May 1963 in Paris) is a French journalist working for "Le Figaro" in the politics department since 1982. She is a specialist of French politics and in particular of French right-wing politics. She wrote a book about Jacques Chirac in 1997. She was allegedly the mistress of the former French Presiden...
14650
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
PYM is one of the oldest Yearly Meetings in the Religious Society of Friends. In 1827, it divided into two Meetings in the Hicksite/Orthodox schism, each Meeting claiming the title of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. In this period the two Meetings were known by the location of their respective meetinghouses (Race Street a...
14650
History of taxation in the United States
Congress enacted an income tax in October 1913 as part of the Revenue Act of 1913, levying a 1% tax on net personal incomes above $3,000, with a 6% surtax on incomes above $500,000. By 1918, the top rate of the income tax was increased to 77% (on income over $1,000,000, equivalent of 15,300,000 in 2012 dollars) to fina...
14603
Uncanny Alliance
Uncanny Alliance was an American house music duo. They consisted of the producer, Brinsley Evans, and the female vocalist E.V. Mystique, who were both from New York.
14650
Annual training
Annual training refers to the yearly training period conducted by all National Guard and Reserve components of the United States military pursuant to law and military service directives.
14650
Household income in the United States
Another common measurement of personal income is the mean household income. Unlike the median household income, which divides all households in two halves, the mean income is the average income earned by American households. In the case of mean income, the income of all households is divided by the number of all househ...
14603
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique is a book written by Betty Friedan which is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second - wave feminism in the United States. It was published on February 19, 1963 by W.W. Norton.
14609
Erik Neutsch
After 1960 Neutsch worked both as a journalist and as a writer of books. In 1963 he became a member of the SED regional leadership team and in 1970/71 he spent a year as a volunteer Political commissar with the National People's Army.
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Cacharel
Cacharel designs are characteristic for their youthful style, femininity, lightness, refinement and use of bright colours. The presentation of the first blouse collection in Paris brought attention for its cheerfulness and the modern vision of women that it represented. The introduction of the seersucker blouse and a f...
14608
Nightcrawler (comics)
After hinting for many years that Mystique was indeed Nightcrawler's biological mother, it was confirmed by writer Scott Lobdell in X-Men Unlimited # 4. In 2003, it was revealed that although Mystique was married to a wealthy German, Herr Wagner, Nightcrawler's father was Azazel, a member of a race of demonic - looking...
14591
Philippe Flajolet
A former student of École Polytechnique, Philippe Flajolet received his Ph.D. in computer science from University Paris Diderot in 1973 and state doctorate from Paris-Sud 11 University in 1979. Most of Philippe Flajolet's research work was dedicated towards general methods for analyzing the computational complexity of ...
14592
Louis F. Burns
Louis Francis Burns (January 2, 1920 – May 20, 2012) (Osage) was an American historian, author, and teacher, a leading expert on the history, mythology and culture of the Osage Nation. Burns wrote more than a dozen books and scholarly works on the Osage people. In 2002 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall ...
14593
Jacques Duchaussoy
Jacques Duchaussoy is a French author of books on religion and literature. Among his works are "Bacon, Shakespeare ou Saint-Germain" (1962), a non-fiction book that discussed the possibility of Francis Bacon ghost writing for Shakespeare and Cervantes; "Le Bestiaire divin ou la Symbolique des animaux" (1993, ); and "La...
14594
Thoma Çami
Thoma Çami was a Cham Albanian leader and one of the main contributors to the revival of Albanian culture during the National Renaissance of Albania. He was a founder and the first chairman of the organization "Bashkimi", the best-known cultural club of the Albanian National Awakening. He also wrote the first scholarly...
14595
Ten Silver Coins
Ten Silver Coins: The Drylings of Acchora is a young adult novel written by Andrew Kooman. It is a fantasy novel and its protagonist is Jill Strong. "Ten Silver Coins" was Kooman's debut novel. Kooman wrote the majority of the book in 2004 while working in Asia. It is the first novel in a three-novel series.
14596
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
She wrote many books, beginning with We Are Going (1964), the first book to be published by an Aboriginal woman. The title poem concludes:
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Household income in the United States
One key measure is the real median level, meaning half of households have income above that level and half below, adjusted for inflation. According to the Census, this measure was $59,039 in 2016, a record high. This was the largest two year percentage increase on record.
14598
Jane Stafford
Jane Stafford (1899–1991) was an American medical writer and chemist. She wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column called "Your Health - Here's How" and worked for Science Service. She wrote about cancer, polio, heart disease, influenza, sexually transmitted disease, and vitamins.
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The Last Savage
The Last Savage is an opera in three acts by composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Menotti wrote his own libretto, originally in the Italian language ("L'ultimo selvaggio"). The opera was translated into French ("Le dernier sauvage") by Jean-Pierre Marty for the work's first (private) performance at the Opéra-Comique in Paris o...