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Muyil
Muyil (also known as Chunyaxché) was one of the earliest and longest inhabited ancient Maya sites on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. It is located approximately 15 km south of the coastal site of Tulum, in the Municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Artifacts found... |
List of monarchs of Prussia
The monarchs of Prussia were members of the House of Hohenzollern who were the hereditary rulers of the former German state of Prussia from its founding in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia. The Duchy had evolved out of the Teutonic Order, a Roman Catholic crusader state and theocracy located alo... |
Flores Airport
Flores Airport (IATA: FLW, ICAO: LPFL) (Portuguese: "Aeroporto das Flores" ) is a regional airport on the island of Flores in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is located along the eastern coast, bisecting the regional capital of Santa Cruz das Flores into two-halves: from the Porto of São Ped... |
Paavo Nurmi Marathon (Turku)
The Paavo Nurmi Marathon is an annual marathon road running race held during summer in Turku, Finland, the birth city of Paavo Nurmi. Although various marathons have been held in Turku since 1910, the Paavo Nurmi Marathon was established in 1992. It is arranged along with Paavo Nurmi Games,... |
Kiss Me Goodbye (film)
Kiss Me Goodbye is a 1982 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Sally Field, James Caan and Jeff Bridges. It is a remake of "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands" ("Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos" in Portuguese), a 1976 Brazilian film starring Sonia Braga based on the bo... |
Jim: The James Foley Story
Jim: The James Foley Story is a 2016 American documentary film about the life of journalist and war correspondent James "Jim" Foley directed by Brian Oakes. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2016 and on HBO on February 6, 2016. |
James Foley (director)
James Foley (born December 28, 1953) is an American film director. His 1986 film "At Close Range" was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Other films he has directed include "Glengarry Glen Ross", based on the both Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play of the same name ... |
The Rat Race
The Rat Race is a 1960 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds as struggling young entertainment professionals in New York City. Filming took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sam Butera and Gerry Mulligan have minor roles as saxophonists. |
The Great Impostor
The Great Impostor is a 1961 movie based on the true story of an impostor named Ferdinand Waldo Demara. The film is loosely based on Robert Crichton's 1959 biography of the same name, it stars Tony Curtis in the title role, and was directed by Robert Mulligan. The film only loosely follows Demara's r... |
Robert Surtees (cinematographer)
Robert L. Surtees, A.S.C. (August 9, 1906 – January 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer who won three Academy Awards for the films "King Solomon's Mines", "The Bad and the Beautiful" and the 1959 version of "Ben Hur". Surtees has worked at various studios, including Universal, UFA,... |
The Nickel Ride
The Nickel Ride is a 1974 American crime film directed by Robert Mulligan. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. On December 13, 2011 Shout! Factory released the film on DVD as part of a double feature with "99 and 44/100% Dead". |
The Pursuit of Happiness (1971 film)
The Pursuit of Happiness is a 1971 American drama film about a student who goes on the run to avoid serving his full prison sentence for vehicular manslaughter. The film was directed by Robert Mulligan. The producer was David Susskind and the associate producer, Alan Shayne. The scr... |
Robert Mulligan
Robert Patrick Mulligan (August 23, 1925 – December 20, 2008) was an American film and television director best known as the director of humanistic American dramas, including "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962), "Summer of '42" (1971), "The Other" (1972), "Same Time, Next Year" (1978) and "The Man in the Moo... |
Richard Mulligan
Richard Mulligan (November 13, 1932 – September 26, 2000) was an American television, film and character actor known for his role as Burt Campbell, the loving, preventive husband of Cathryn Damon's character, in the sitcom "Soap" (1977–81) and later for his starring role as Dr. Harry Weston in "Empty N... |
Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix ( ; c. 138 BC – 78 BC), known commonly as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He had the distinction of holding the office of consul twice, as well as reviving the dictatorship. Sulla was a skillful general, achieving numerous successes in wars against different opponents, both ... |
Lex specialis
Lex specialis, in legal theory and practice, is a doctrine relating to the interpretation of laws and can apply in both domestic and international law contexts. The doctrine states that if two laws govern the same factual situation, a law governing a specific subject matter ("lex specialis") overrides a l... |
Iullus Antonius
Iullus Antonius (45 BC – 2 BC), also known as Iulus, Julus or Jullus, was a personage in Ancient Rome. He was the second son of Roman general Mark Antony and Antony's third wife Fulvia. He is best known for being the famous lover of Julia the Elder. He was the full brother of Marcus Antonius Antyllus, h... |
Lex Junia Norbana
In Roman Law, Lex Iunia Norbana of 19 AD classified all freedmen into two classes according to their mode of enfranchisement: enfranchised citizens, (freedmen who enjoyed Roman citizenship) and enfranchised Latini (freedmen who had only Latin rights). Braund, D., Augustus to Nero (Routledge Revivals):... |
Joe Laws
Joe Roy Laws (June 16, 1911 – August 22, 1979) was an American football player. He played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers, winning three World Championships, and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1972. Prior to joining the Packers, Laws attended the University of Iowa where h... |
Lex Irnitana
The lex Irnitana is a collection of six bronze tablets containing fragments of Roman municipal laws found in 1981 near El Saucejo, Spain. Together with the "Lex Salpensana" and the "Lex Malacitana" they provide the most complete version of the "lex Flavia municipalis", Flavian municipal law. and have allow... |
Lex Antonia de Termessibus
The Lex Antonia de Termessibus was a Roman law passed in 71 or 68 BC, at the initiative of the tribune Gaius Antonius. |
Aghbugha I Jaqeli
Aghbugha I Jaqeli (Georgian: აღბუღა I ჯაყელი ) (died 1395) was a Georgian prince ("mtavari") and Atabeg of Samtskhe from 1389 to 1395. Aghbugha was a Son of Prince Shalva. After his father's death Aghbugha was appointed as co-ruler (he ruled with his uncle Beka I) of Meskheti by Georgian king Bagrat V... |
Lex Antonia
Lex Antonia (Latin for "Antonine law", sometimes presented plurally as the leges Antoniae, "Antonine laws") was a law established in ancient Rome in April 44 BC. It was proposed by Mark Antony and passed by the Roman Senate, following the assassination of Julius Caesar. It formally abolished the Dictatorshi... |
Lex Burgundionum
The Lex Burgundionum (Latin for Burgundian Laws, also "Lex Gundobada") refers to the law code of the Burgundians, probably issued by king Gundobad. It is influenced by Roman law and deals with domestic laws concerning marriage and inheritance as well as regulating weregild and other penalties. Interact... |
Terry Shea
Terence William Shea (born June 12, 1946) is an American football coach and former player. Currently, Shea does quarterback consulting work for future NFL draft prospects. Most recently he worked with Robert Griffin III "RG3" (2nd overall pick 2012), Blaine Gabbert (10th overall pick 2011), Sam Bradford (1st... |
Eli Manning
Elisha Nelson Manning (born January 3, 1981) is an American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Mississippi. He was drafted as the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers and was immedi... |
Philip Rivers
Philip Michael Rivers (born December 8, 1981) is an American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina State University, and was drafted in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft with the fourth overall pick by the ... |
Shane Bannon
Shane Bannon (born April 20, 1989) is a former American football fullback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chiefs out of Yale University in the seventh round (223rd pick overall) in the 2011 NFL Draft. Bannon is the first Yale Football player to be drafted by an NFL team since the Tam... |
Billy Sims
Billy Ray Sims (born September 18, 1955) is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons during the 1980s. Sims played college football for the University of Oklahoma, where he was a two-time consensus All-American, a... |
Cam Newton
Cameron Jerrell Newton (born May 11, 1989) is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Auburn and was drafted as the first overall pick by the Panthers in the 2011 NFL Draft. Newton is the only player in the modern era to ... |
J. Fred Manning
J. Fred Manning (September 17, 1875 – December 6, 1955) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 39th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. The Manning Bowl, Lynn's football stadium from 1938 to 2004 was named for Manning. Manning Field, Lynn's current football stadium was named for Manning. |
List of Green Bay Packers first-round draft picks
The Green Bay Packers joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1921, two years after their original founding by Curly Lambeau. They participated in the first ever NFL draft in 1936 and selected Russ Letlow, a guard from the University of San Francisco. The team's mo... |
Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium
Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It is home to the Nicholls State University Colonels football team of the Southland Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision. The stadium is named in honor of former... |
Johann von Geyso
Johann von Geyso (1593 – 1661) was a German nobleman and General-Lieutenant, who fought during the course of the Thirty Years' War. After studying in a Dutch military academy, Geyso fought as a mercenary in the armies of Sweden, Bohemia, Denmark and the German Protestant Union. In 1628, having gained s... |
Wallenstein (novel)
Wallenstein is a 1920 historical novel by German author Alfred Döblin. Set in Central Europe during the Thirty Years War, the novel's plot is organized around the polar figures of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, on the one hand, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, on the other. Döblin's approach to narr... |
Hovrätt
Hovrätt (Finnish: Hovioikeus ) (literally "Royal Court") was the highest judicial body in Sweden until King Gustav III founded the Supreme Court of Sweden in 1789. The first hovrätt, Svea hovrätt, was founded 1614 in Stockholm. In Finland, then a part of Sweden, the court in Åbo was founded in 1623 by Gustavus ... |
Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
The Swedish invasion of the Holy Roman Empire, or the Swedish Intervention in the Thirty Years' War is a historically accepted division of the Thirty Years' War. It was a military conflict that took place between 1630 and 1635, during the course of the Thirty Years' War. It... |
The Last Valley (novel)
The Last Valley (1959), by J. B. Pick, is an historical novel about the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). The story occurs from September 1637 to March 1638, and centres on two men – a mercenary soldier and an intellectual – who are fleeing the destruction and starvation wrought by religious war. I... |
John Ruthven (general)
John Ruthven was a military officer who served in Denmark and Sweden during the Thirty Years' War before returning for brief service in the British Civil Wars. He served first as a captain in Danish service from 1627. As King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway made peace with the Habsburg Emperor in ... |
Military history of Iran
With thousands of years of recorded history, and due to an unchanging geographic (and subsequently geopolitical) condition, Iran (previously known as Persia in the West until 1935) has had a long, varied, and checkered military culture and history, ranging from triumphant and unchallenged ancie... |
Hakkapeliittain Marssi
Hakkapeliittain marssi ("March of the Hakkapeliittas") or Finska Rytteriets Marsch "in Swedish" ("March of the Finnish Cavalry"), also known as Suomalaisen ratsuväen marssi 30-vuotisessa sodassa or Finska rytteriets marsch i trettioåriga kriget ("March of the Finnish cavalry in 30 years war") is ... |
Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Charles X Gustav, also Carl Gustav (Swedish: "Karl X Gustav" ; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden. After his father's death he also succeeded him as P... |
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf (9 December 1594 – 6 November 1632, O.S.), widely known in English by his Latinised name Gustavus Adolphus or as Gustav II Adolph, was the King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632 and is credited as the founder of Sweden as a Great Power (Swedish: "Stormaktstiden" ). He led Sweden to... |
Musgrave railway station
Musgrave railway station was a railway station situated on the Eden Valley Railway and located between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen East, England. |
Cliburn railway station
Cliburn railway station was a station situated on the Eden Valley Railway in Cumbria, England. It served the village of Cliburn to the south. The station opened to passenger traffic on 9 June 1862, and closed on 17 September 1956. |
Kirkby Thore railway station
Kirkby Thore railway station was a railway station situated on the Eden Valley Railway between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the village of Kirkby Thore. The station opened to passenger traffic on 9 June 1862, and closed on 7 December 1953. The track has been dismantled and the... |
Stainmore Railway Company
Stainmore Railway Company is a volunteer run non-profit preservation company formed in 2000 with the aim of restoring Kirkby Stephen East railway station in Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England. In 1997 a company called Stainmore Properties Ltd. was formed, with the intention to convert KSE into a... |
Kirkby Stephen East railway station
Kirkby Stephen East railway station [KSE] was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Barnard Castle and Tebay. It served the town of Kirkby Stephen in England and was a junction station for the Eden Valley Railway. The station opened to passenger traffic on 8... |
Eden Valley Railway
The Eden Valley Railway (EVR) was a railway in Cumbria, England. It ran between Clifton Junction near Penrith and Kirkby Stephen via Appleby-in-Westmorland. |
Hotwells railway station
Hotwells railway station, was a railway station situated in the suburb of Hotwells in Bristol, England. It was the original southern terminus of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier which ran to a station and pier at Avonmouth. The station opened in 1865, originally named Clifton station, and was ... |
Clifton Moor railway station
Clifton Moor railway station was situated in England on the Eden Valley Railway between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the village of Clifton. The station opened to passenger traffic on 1 August 1863, and was originally named 'Clifton'. The 'Moor' suffix was added on 1 September... |
Appleby East railway station
Appleby East railway station was situated on the Eden Valley Railway between Kirkby Stephen East and Penrith in Cumbria, England. The station served the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. Railway services to Appleby now use Appleby railway station. |
Dixon Fold railway station
Dixon Fold railway station was built on the Manchester and Bolton Railway, between Clifton Junction railway station (Manchester to Preston Line) and Kearsley railway station, in Clifton near Pendlebury. It opened in 1841. Maps of the area from 1848 give it the name "Clifton Station", which sh... |
Glenwood Canyon
Glenwood Canyon is a rugged scenic 12.5 mi canyon on the Colorado River in western Colorado in the United States. Its walls climb as high as 1300 ft above the Colorado River. It is the largest such canyon on the Upper Colorado. The canyon, which has historically provided the routes of railroads and high... |
Jun (drink)
“Jun” (] ) or “Xun” is an effervescent fermented health tonic roughly similar to kombucha but feeding on green tea and raw honey rather than black tea and concentrated sugar. So little credible information exists about Jun that even its most basic characteristics are in dispute: some claim its true definiti... |
Ghouta
Ghouta (Arabic: غوطة دمشق / ALA-LC: "Ghūṭat Dimashq") originally described the oasis formed by the Barada river around the site where Damascus, Syria, was founded. Starting in ancient times, canals dug by the inhabitants of Damascus irrigated land on either side of the Barada, increasing the size of the Ghout... |
American wild ale
American wild ale generally refers to beers brewed in America using yeast or bacteria in addition to "Saccharomyces cerevisiae" for fermentation. Such beers may be similar to traditional beers such as Lambic and Oud bruin, and are typically fermented using a strain of "brettanomyces" for part or all o... |
Pajottenland
The Pajottenland (in English occasionally Payottenland) is a distinct region within the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium. The region is located west-southwest of Brussels. The Pajottenland is predominantly farmland, with occasional gently rolling hills, and lies mostly between the rivers Dender and Zenn... |
Rugbrød
Rugbrød (] ) (Danish style rye bread) is a very common bread in Denmark. "Rugbrød" usually resembles a long brown extruded rectangle, no more than 12 cm high, and 30–35 cm wide, dependent upon the bread pan in which it is baked. The ingredients typically include rye flour, cracked or chopped rye kernels and see... |
Lambic
Lambic is a type of beer brewed in the Pajottenland region of Belgium southwest of Brussels and in Brussels itself at the Cantillon Brewery. Lambic beers include gueuze and kriek lambic. Lambic differs from most other beers in that it is fermented through exposure to wild yeasts and bacteria native to the Zenne ... |
Communicourt
Communicourt is a legal services company, based in Halesowen in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. It is one of the two companies providing Non-Registered Intermediaries for defendants in the United Kingdom. The company provides legal intermediaries outside the schemes run by the Ministry of Justice scheme... |
Microbial food cultures
Microbial food cultures are live bacteria, yeasts or moulds used in food production. Microbial food cultures carry out the fermentation process in foodstuffs. Used by humans since the Neolithic period (around 10 000 years BC) fermentation helps to preserve perishable foods and to improve their n... |
Mess kit
A mess kit is a collection of silverware and cookware used during camping and backpacking, as well as extended military campaigns. There are many varieties of mess kits available to consumers, and militaries commonly provide and have historically provided them to their troops. |
APB (band)
APB was a Scottish post-punk band, formed in 1979, that blended funk rock, punk rock and new wave music. The group had only modest success during its brief run, yet their influence can be heard in the sound of such current bands as Franz Ferdinand, The Rapture, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. |
Sleeper Either Class
A Sleeper Either class (SLE) and Sleeper Either class with Pantry (SLEP) are a type of railway sleeping car used in Great Britain. Some units were later modified for better wheelchair access as Sleeper Either class Disabled (SLED). A smaller number reused in Denmark were classified as WLABr. |
British Rail Class 87
The British Rail Class 87 is a type of electric locomotive built in 1973–75 by British Rail Engineering Limited. Thirty-six of these locomotives were built to work passenger services over the West Coast Main Line (WCML). They were the flagships of British Rail's electric locomotive fleet until the... |
Sleeper (band)
Sleeper are an English Britpop band, fronted by Louise Wener and formed in London. The group had eight UK Top 40 hit singles and three UK Top 10 albums during the 1990s Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of the pop cultural hit movie "Trainspotting". The band split up in 1998 but reunited in... |
British Rail Mark 5 (CAF)
The British Rail Mark 5 and Mark 5A is the designation given to new locomotive hauled rail carriages being built for operation by two train operating companies in Great Britain, Caledonian Sleeper and TransPennine Express |
British Royal Train
In the United Kingdom, the Royal Train is used to convey senior members of the British Royal Family and associated staff of the Royal Household around the railway network of Great Britain. It is formed from a dedicated set of claret liveried sleeper, dining and lounge carriages. The current stock da... |
Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia
Henry Raspe (German: "Heinrich Raspe" ) (1204 – 16 February 1247) succeeded his nephew Hermann II as Landgrave of Thuringia in central Germany in 1241; he later was elected anti-king in 1246–1247 in opposition to Conrad IV of Germany. |
Conradin
Conrad (25 March 1252 – 29 October 1268), called "the Younger" or "the Boy", but usually known by the diminutive Conradin (German: "Konradin" , Italian: "Corradino" ), was the Duke of Swabia (1254–1268, as Conrad IV), King of Jerusalem (1254–1268, as Conrad III), and King of Sicily (1254–1258, "de jure" until ... |
Conrad IV of Germany
Conrad (25 April 1228 – 21 May 1254), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was the only son of Emperor Frederick II from his second marriage with Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem. He inherited the title of a King of Jerusalem (as Conrad II) upon the death of his mother in childbed. Appointed Duke of... |
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
Elisabeth of Bavaria ( 1227 – 9 October 1273), a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Queen consort of Germany from 1246 to 1254 by her marriage to King Conrad IV of Germany. |
Glossary of French expressions in English
Around 45% of English vocabulary is of French origin, most coming from the Anglo-Norman spoken by the upper classes in England for several hundred years after the Norman Conquest, before the language settled into what became Modern English. Thoroughly English words of French or... |
Capetian-Plantagenet rivalry
The conflict between the dynasties of the Capetians and Plantagenets covers a period of 100 years (1159-1259), during which the Kingdom of France fought against the Angevin Empire. This conflict is also called by some historians, the "First Hundred Years War." The conflict is primarily Fren... |
Conrad V, Count of Rietberg
Count Conrad V of Rietberg (died 31 October 1472) was Count of Rietberg from 1428 until his death. His father was Count Conrad IV of Rietberg. |
List of English words of French origin
A great number of words of French origin have entered the English language to the extent that many Latin words have come to the English language. According to different sources, 45% of all English words have a French origin. This suggests that 80,000 words should appear in this li... |
Isabella II of Jerusalem
Isabella II (121225 April 1228) also known as Yolande of Brienne, was a princess of French origin who became monarch of Jerusalem. |
Conrad IV of Bussnang
Conrad IV of Bussnang or of Bußlingen (died 12 March 1471, Rufach) was a 15th-century Roman Catholic clergyman. He was prince-bishop of Strasbourg from 1439, under emperor Albert II of Germany, pope Eugene IV and his metropolitan bishop Dietrich Schenk von Erbach, bishop of Mainz. |
Museum of Jurassic Technology
The Museum of Jurassic Technology is a museum located at 9341 Venice Boulevard in the Palms district of Los Angeles, California. It was founded by David Hildebrand Wilson and Diana Drake Wilson (husband and wife) in 1988. |
John G. Wilson
John Guy Wilson (1842–1892) was a Manchester, UK patent agent and the founder of Wilson Gunn, one of the oldest firms of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys in the UK. John G. Wilson built up the business until his death in the 1890s. As a side line he acted as agent to the Alliance Insurance Company. There ... |
William Scott Wilson
William Scott Wilson (born 1944 in Nashville, Tennessee) is known for translating several works of Japanese literature, mostly those relating to the martial tradition of that country. He is recognized by The American Literary Translator's Association (ALTA) as "today’s foremost translator of classi... |
H. Donald Wilson
Henry Donald Wilson (Nov. 21, 1923 - November 12, 2006), generally referred to as H. Donald Wilson was a database pioneer and entrepreneur. He was also the first president and one of the principal creators of the Lexis legal information system, and Nexis. An attorney by training who became an informati... |
The Impeccable Mr. Wilson
The Impeccable Mr. Wilson is an album by American jazz pianist Teddy Wilson featuring performances recorded in 1956 for the Norgran label. |
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology is a book by Lawrence Weschler primarily about the Museum of Jurassic Technology and, more broadly, the history and role of museums. |
Richard F. Wilson
Richard F. Wilson was selected to be Illinois Wesleyan University's 18th President on April 6, 2004 and took office on July 1, 2004. He was inaugurated on April 9, 2005. He had spent the previous 26 years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, leaving as associate chancellor for developmen... |
David Hildebrand Wilson
David Hildebrand Wilson is the co-founder, along with his wife, Diana Wilson, of the enigmatic Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California. After high school, Wilson enrolled at Kalamazoo College where he majored in urban entomology with a minor in art. He received an MFA in Experim... |
The Untouchables of Elliot Mouse
The Untouchables of Elliot Mouse is a 26 half-hour television animated series loosely inspired by the real life Eliot Ness, and his group of agents colloquially known as The Untouchables, and their investigation into the real life gangster Al Capone, although (as with past adaptations) ... |
Hagop Sandaldjian
Hagop Sandaldjian (1931–1990) was an Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor, best known for his tiny art pieces displayed at the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California. Sandaldjian's creations included a carving of Mount Ararat on a grain of rice; a cruc... |
Tori Amos: Live from New York
Tori Amos: Live from New York is a benefit concert performed by American singer and songwriter Tori Amos on January 23, 1997. The concert was performed at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York to launch "Unlock the Silence", a year-long promotional and fund-raising campaign sponsor... |
Tim Armstrong
Timothy Ross “Tim” Armstrong (born on November 25, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known as the singer/guitarist for the punk rock band Rancid and hip hop/punk rock supergroup the Transplants. Prior to forming Rancid, Armstrong was in the influential ska ... |
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2009, she had sold over 30 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is "Surfacing", for which she won two Grammy Awards (... |
Welcome to England
"Welcome to England" is a song by American singer and songwriter Tori Amos, appearing on the album "Abnormally Attracted to Sin" (2009). It was released as the lead digital single from the studio album on April 14, 2009 by Universal Motown Republic Group, which also marks as her first single released... |
Tales of a Librarian
Tales of a Librarian (complete title: "A Tori Amos Collection: Tales of a Librarian") is the first retrospective compilation album by singer/songwriter Tori Amos. Given the option to be involved in the project, Amos elected to take a central role in the production of the collection, released in 200... |
Tori Amos discography
Tori Amos is an American pianist and singer-songwriter whose musical career began in 1980, at the age of seventeen, when she and her brother co-wrote the song "Baltimore". The song was selected as the winning song in a contest for the Baltimore Orioles and was recorded and pressed locally as a 7" ... |
Datura (song)
"Dātura" or "Datura" is a song written and recorded by American singer Tori Amos. It is the ninth song of Amos's fifth record "To Venus and Back", which was released in September 1999. It is included in the first disc of the double album subtitled "Orbiting" that contains eleven original studio recordings... |
Putting the Damage On
"Putting The Damage On" is a ballad by American singer and songwriter Tori Amos, and is featured as the 17th track on her 1996 album, "Boys For Pele". The song may have been initially considered as a single for the album, because copies of the album were accompanied by a sticker listing this song,... |
Tori Amos
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos, August 22, 1963 ) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and composer. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. |
From the Choirgirl Hotel
From the Choirgirl Hotel is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Tori Amos, released on May 5, 1998. A departure from her previous albums, it was more a heavily produced project featuring a full rock band sound (instead of Amos's usual minimalist piano sound). The album deb... |
Greg Douglas (Holby City)
Greg Douglas is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama "Holby City", played by actor Edward MacLiam. He first appeared in the series ten episode "Together Alone", broadcast on 17 February 2010. Greg was introduced as a new Cardiothoracic surgical registrar working at the hospital's D... |
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