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The Naked Sun is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, the second in his Robot series. Like its predecessor, The Caves of Steel, this is a whodunit story. It was first published in book form in 1957 after being serialized in Astounding Science Fiction between October and December 1956.
Plot
The sto... | {"Cover artist": "Ruth Ray Publication: The Naked Sun http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?215721 www.isfdb.org 2016-02-20", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Robot series", "Publisher": "Doubleday", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "187", "Preceded by": "The Caves of... |
Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 7 November 2003. As expected, incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was easily re-elected against weak opposition. The opposition alleged election fraud, and Ould Taya's main challenger, former military ruler Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (the man who Ould Taya... | {"Name": "2003 Mauritanian presidential election", "Country": "Mauritania", "Type": "presidential", "Flag year": "1959", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1997 Mauritanian presidential election", "Previous year": "1997", "Next election": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election", "Next year": "2007", "Election dat... |
General elections were held in Grenada on 27 November 2003.Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p307 The New National Party government of Prime Minister Keith Mitchell won a third consecutive term with a reduced majority. Voter turnout was 57.7%.Nohlen, p311
Results
References
Cate... | {"Country": "Grenada", "Type": "parliamentary", "Previous election": "1999 Grenadian general election", "Previous year": "1999", "Election date": "27 November 2003", "Next election": "2008 Grenadian general election", "Next year": "2008", "Seats for election": "All 15 seats in the House of Representatives", "Majority s... |
Racketeer Rabbit is a 1946 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on September 14, 1946, and features Bugs Bunny.
In the cartoon, Bugs duels with a pair of racketeers or gangsters, Rocky and Hugo, forerunners of Rocky and Mugsy who resemble Edward G. Robinson (Rocky, not to ... | {"Directed by": "I. Freleng", "Story by": "Michael Maltese", "Animation by": "Gerry ChiniquyManuel PerezVirgil RossKen Champin", "Starring": "Mel Blanc", "Music by": "Carl Stalling", "Layouts by": "Hawley Pratt", "Backgrounds by": "Paul Julian", "Distributed by": "Warner Bros.The Vitaphone Corporation", "Color process"... |
Tooth decay, also known as cavities or caries, is the breakdown of teeth due to acids produced by bacteria. The cavities may be a number of different colors from yellow to black. Symptoms may include pain and difficulty with eating. Complications may include inflammation of the tissue around the tooth, tooth loss and i... | {"Other names": "Dental cavities, dental caries, cavities, caries", "Pronunciation": "Caries ˈ k ɛər iː z", "Symptoms": "Pain, tooth loss, difficulty eating", "Complications": "Inflammation around the tooth, tooth loss, infection or abscess formation", "Duration": "Long term", "Causes": "Bacteria producing acid from fo... |
Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 15 October 2003. As expected, Ilham Aliyev, son of the outgoing president, Heydar Aliyev, was officially elected with an overwhelming majority in an election which international observers held not to be free or fair.
Conduct
Human Rights Watch stated that the "election... | {"Country": "Azerbaijan", "Type": "presidential", "Previous election": "1998 Azerbaijani presidential election", "Previous year": "1998", "Next election": "2008 Azerbaijani presidential election", "Next year": "2008", "Election date": "15 October 2003", "Nominee 1": "Ilham Aliyev", "Party 1": "New Azerbaijan Party", "P... |
is a free-roaming scrolling shooter computer game released by Technosoft in 1983. It is the first game in the Thunder Force series. It was initially released for the X1 computer, and later appeared on the Sharp MZ-1500, PC-6001 mkII, and in 1985 on the PC-8801 mkII. In 1984, it was released for the FM-7 and PC-9801 com... | {"Title": "Thunder Force", "Caption": "X1 cover art", "Developer": "Technosoft", "Publisher": "Technosoft", "Platforms": "X1, PC-8801 mkII, FM-7, Sharp MZ-1500, PC-6001 mkII, PC-9801", "Released": "X1JP December 1983Sharp MZ-1500JP 1983PC-8801JP January 1984 (V1)JP March 1985 (V2)FM-7JP February 1984PC-9801JP October 1... |
thumb|A 40 ft APL container.
APL, formerly called American President Lines Ltd., is an American container shipping company that is a subsidiary of French shipping company CMA CGM. It operates an all-container ship fleet, including nine U.S. flagged container vessels.
In 1938, the U.S. government took over the manageme... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Container shipping", "Founded": "1848 in New York City, United States", "Headquarters": "Arlington, Virginia, United States", "Services": "Container Shipping Terminals", "Revenue": "US$ 4.6 billion (FY 2016)", "Parent": "CMA CGM", "Website": "apl.com"} |
Golden Yeggs is a 1950 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng. The cartoon was released on August 5, 1950, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. A forerunner of the Rocky and Mugsy characters appear, with Rocky already in his present-day form.
The story was written by Tedd Pierce and animated by Art... | {"Directed by": "I. Freleng", "Story by": "Tedd Pierce", "Animation by": "Arthur DavisGerry ChiniquyKen ChampinVirgil RossEmery Hawkins", "Layouts by": "Hawley Pratt", "Backgrounds by": "Paul Julian", "Starring": "Mel Blanc", "Music by": "Carl Stalling", "Produced by": "Edward Selzer (uncredited)", "Distributed by": "W... |
Catty Cornered is a 1953 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on October 31, 1953, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. It features a forerunner of the Rocky and Mugsy duo.
Plot
Tweety, who is a rare and valuable bird, has been captured and held for ransom by a duo of crimin... | {"Directed by": "I. Freleng", "Story by": "Warren FosterBeck Jerry I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety 1991 Henry Holt and Co New York 0-8050-1644-9 117", "Animation by": "Arthur Davis Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross", "Layouts by": "Hawley Pratt", "Backgrounds by": "Irv Wyner", "S... |
Vincente Minnelli (born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 - July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director. He directed the classic movie musicals Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris (1951), The Band Wagon (1953), and Gigi (1958). An American in Paris and Gigi both won the Academ... | {"Name": "Vincente Minnelli", "Caption": "Vincente Minnelli, circa 1950s", "Birth name": "Lester Anthony Minnelli", "Birth date": "1903 02 28", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "1986 07 25 1903 02 28", "Death place": "Beverly Hills, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn Memorial Park, ... |
UTA Flight 141 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Guinean regional airline Union des Transports Africains de Guinée, flying from Conakry to Dubai with stopovers in Benin, Libya and Lebanon. On 25 December 2003, the Boeing 727-223 operating the flight struck a building and crashed into the Bight ... | {"Date": "25 December 2003", "Summary": "Failure to take off due to aircraft overload as a result of poor management", "Site": "6 20 48.9 N 2 22 16.9 E source:kolossus-plwiki inline,title", "Total fatalities": "141According to the final report, a total of 138 people on board and 3 people on the ground were killed. The ... |
Elizabeth of Hungary (, , ; 7 July 1207 - 17 November 1231), also known as Elisabeth of Thuringia, was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia in Germany.
Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. After her husband's death, she regained her dowry, using the money to build... | {"Born": "Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (modern-day Bratislava, Slovakia)", "Died": "Marburg, Landgraviate of Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Hesse, Germany)", "Feast": "17 November19 November (General Roman Calendar of 1960)Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1969), p. 108", "Canonized": "Pope Grego... |
Searchlight Pictures (previously known as Fox Searchlight Pictures) is an American film production and distribution arm of Walt Disney Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company's Disney Entertainment division. Founded in 1994 as Fox Searchlight Pictures for 20th Century Fox (later 20th Century Studios), the stud... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Film", "Formerly": "Fox Searchlight Pictures (1994-2020)", "Founded": "1994 4 20", "Headquarters": "United Stateshttps://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22728079 Company Overview of Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. Bloomberg News", "Products": "Motion p... |
Francisc Vaștag (; born 26 November 1969) is a retired Romanian amateur boxer, who won three world amateur titles between 1989 and 1995, in the welterweight and light middleweight categories. He competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics reaching quarterfinals in 1992. After retiring from competitions he coached the ... | {"Image caption": "Vaștag in 1995", "Birth date": "1969 11 26 yes", "Place of birth": "Reșița, RomaniaFrancisc Vaștag https://web.archive.org/web/20091221231427/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/francisc-vastag-1.html 21 December 2009 . sports-reference.com", "Height": "176 cm", "Sport": "Boxing", "... |
Anne Meagher Northup (born January 22, 1948) is an American Republican politician and educator from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1997 to 2007, she represented the Louisville-centered 3rd congressional district of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives, where she served on the powerful House Appro... | {"Name": "Anne Northup", "Birth name": "Anne Meagher", "Birth date": "1948 1 22", "Birth place": "Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.", "Term start": "August 7, 2009", "Term end": "July 23, 2013", "State house 2": "Kentucky", "District 2": "32nd", "Preceded 2": "Fred Cowan", "Succeeded 2": "Susan Johns", "Spouse(s)": "Woody Nor... |
CUPS (formerly an acronym for Common UNIX Printing System) is a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems which allows a computer to act as a print server. A computer running CUPS is a host that can accept print jobs from client computers, process them, and send them to the appropriate printer.
... | {"Original author(s)": "Michael Sweet (Easy Software Products)", "Developer(s)": "Apple Inc.", "Initial release": "1999 06 09", "Written in": "C", "Type": "Print server", "License": "Apache License 2.0https://github.com/apple/cups/blob/master/LICENSE CUPS Software License Agreement GitHub License Exceptions November 8... |
Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 - October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists at Capitol Records, including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Pegg... | {"Born": "Oradell, New Jersey, U.S.", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Traditional pop music, jazz, big band", "Labels": "Capitol, Liberty, Solid State, United Artists, Alshire, MPS, Capilano, Daybreak"} |
Richard Michael Bacon (born 3 December 1962) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Norfolk since 2001. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Early life
Bacon was educated at The King's School, Worcester and at the London School of Economics and Political Science, gaining... | {"Name": "Richard Bacon", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Birth date": "yes 1962 12 3", "Birth place": "Solihull, Warwickshire, England", "Alma mater": "London School of Economics", "Official website": "richardbacon.org.uk"} |
Adrian Edward Bailey (born 11 December 1945) is a retired British Labour and Co-operative politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich West from 2000, when he won the seat at a by-election in November 2000 until he stood down at the general election in 2019. He was the Chairman of the Business, In... | {"Name": "Adrian Bailey", "Term start": "10 June 2010", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor West Bromwich West", "Predecessor 2": "Betty Boothroyd", "Successor 2": "Shaun Bailey", "Birth date": "yes 1945 12 11", "Birth place": "Salisbury, Wiltshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spo... |
Dame Vera Baird ( Thomas; born 13 February 1950) is a British barrister and politician who has held roles as a government minister, police and crime commissioner, and Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales.
A Labour Party Member of Parliament for Redcar from 2001 to 2010, Baird was a government minister from 200... | {"Name": "Vera Baird", "Image caption": "Baird in 2013", "Term start": "15 June 2019", "Term end": "30 September 2022", "Office 2": "Solicitor General for England and Wales", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Predecessor 2": "Mike O'Brien", "Successor 2": "Edward Garnier", "Birth name": "Vera Thomas", "Birth date": ... |
Norman John Baker (born 26 July 1957) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewes in East Sussex from the 1997 general election until his defeat in 2015.
In May 2010 he was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport. On... | {"Name": "Norman Baker", "Image caption": "Baker in 2010", "Term start": "7 October 2013", "Term end": "3 November 2014", "Birth date": "1957 7 26 y", "Birth place": "Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Royal Holloway, University of London"} |
Sir Antony Brian Baldry, (born 10 July 1950) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury from 1983 to 2015.
Early life
Born in 1950, Baldry was educated at Leighton Park School, a Quaker school, and the University of Sussex where he read Law. During his university year... | {"Name": "Tony Baldry", "Image caption": "Baldry in 2010", "Term start": "21 June 2010", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "1950 7 10 y", "Birth place": "Uxbridge, Middlesex, England", "Spouse(s)": "Pippa, Lady Baldry", "Alma mater": "University of SussexInns of Court", "Official website": "Official website", ... |
Kenneth Ray Lucas (born August 22, 1933) is an American politician. Lucas, a Democrat, was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 4th congressional district from 1999 until 2005.
Lucas did not run for reelection in 2004, honoring a promise to serve only three terms. However, he made a bid for his old congressional seat... | {"Birth name": "Kenneth Ray Lucas", "Birth date": "1933 8 22", "Birth place": "Kenton County, Kentucky, U.S.", "Term start": "January 3, 1999", "Term end": "January 3, 2005", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Lucas"} |
Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford (8 April 1942Oxford Dictionary of National Biography profile - 8 January 2006) was a British politician who served as Minister for Sport from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party, he was a member of Parliament from 1983 to 2005 and subsequently as a member of the House of Lord... | {"Name": "The Lord Stratford", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2005", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "20 October 1999", "Prior term 2": "Newham North West (1983-1997)", "Predecessor 2": "Arthur Lewis", "Successor 2": "Lyn Brown", "Birth name": "Anthony Louis Banks", "Birth date": "yes 1942 4 8", "Birth pl... |
Gregory Leonard George Barker, Baron Barker of Battle, (born 8 March 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician and life peer. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, a role in which he served until 2014. At the following year's general election he stood down as MP for Bexhi... | {"Name": "The Lord Barker of Battle", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2011", "Term start": "12 May 2010", "Term end": "14 July 2014", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle", "Predecessor 2": "Charles Wardle", "Successor 2": "Huw Merriman", "Birth date": "1966 3 8 y", "Birth place": "Shoreham-by... |
Harold Barnes (born 22 July 1936) is an English politician who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire from 1987 to 2005.
Life and career
Born in Easington, County Durham, Barnes was educated at Ruskin College in Oxford and the University of Hull. He was elected to Parliament in the 1987 e... | {"Name": "Harry Barnes", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1936 7 22 yes", "Birth place": "Easington, County Durham, England", "Residence": "United Kingdom", "Alma mater": "Ruskin CollegeUniversity of Hull\"Candidate: Harry Barnes\", Vote 2001, BBC News", "Official website": "htt... |
Harold Dallas Rogers (born December 31, 1937) is an American lawyer and politician serving his 22nd term as the U.S. representative for , having served since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party. Upon Don Young's death in 2022, Rogers became the dean of the House of Representatives.
Early life and education
R... | {"Name": "Hal Rogers", "Image": "Hal Rogers Official Photo 2010.JPG", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2010", "Term start": "March 18, 2022", "District 2": "KY 5 5th", "Predecessor 2": "Tim Lee Carter", "Birth name": "Harold Dallas Rogers", "Birth date": "1937 12 31", "Birth place": "Barrier, Kentucky, U.S.", "Spou... |
John Charles Baron (born 21 June 1959) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon and Billericay, previously Billericay, since 2001. A member of the Conservative Party, he has rebelled against his party relatively frequently, specifically in his calling for a referendum on the... | {"Name": "John Baron", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Birth date": "1959 06 21 yes", "Birth place": "Redhill, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Jesus College, Cambridge", "Battles fought": "Northern IrelandCyprusGermany", "Official website": "http://www.johnba... |
Christopher Nigel Beard (10 October 1936 - 31 July 2017) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexleyheath and Crayford in London from 1997 to 2005.
He previously contested several parliamentary constituencies: Woking at the 1979 general election, Portsmouth North at the 1983 gene... | {"Image caption": "Beard as an MP", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth name": "Christopher Nigel Beard", "Birth date": "y 1936 10 10", "Birth place": "Leeds,https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=pwqVEi09xcqm1BPHJcagqA&scan=1 Index entry 16 April 2023 FreeBMD ONS England", "Deat... |
is a video game franchise originally developed by Hudson Soft and currently owned by Konami. The original game, also known as Bakudan Otoko (爆弾男), was released in Japan in July 1983 and has since spawned multiple sequels and spin-offs released on numerous platforms, as well as several anime and manga adaptations.
As ... | {"Title": "Bomberman", "Caption": "The franchise's logo since 2017", "Developer": "Hudson SoftRacjinKonamiBackbone EntertainmentHexaDrivePi StudiosRocket Studio", "Publisher": "Hudson SoftKonamiActivisionAtlusMajesco EntertainmentNintendoSegaSony Computer EntertainmentRising Star GamesElectro BrainUbisoftVirgin Interac... |
Sir Peter James Bottomley (born 30 July 1944) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1975 when elected for Woolwich West, serving until it was abolished before the 1983 general election. He has represented the Worthing West constituency since its establishment in ... | {"Name": "Peter Bottomley", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "13 December 2019", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport", "Prime minister 2": "Margaret Thatcher", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Spicer", "Successor 2": "Patrick McLoughlin", "Birth date": "1944 07 30 yes", "... |
David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist who represented Louisiana in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Vitter served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 1999 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 ... | {"Name": "David Vitter", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2005", "Term start": "January 3, 2005", "Term end": "January 3, 2017", "District 2": "LA 1 1st", "Predecessor 2": "Bob Livingston", "Successor 2": "Bobby Jindal", "Birth name": "David Bruce Vitter", "Birth date": "1961 5 3", "Birth place": "New Orleans, Loui... |
William Jennings Jefferson (born March 14, 1947) is an American former politician from Louisiana whose career ended after his corruption scandal and conviction. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms from 1991 to 2009 as a member of the Democratic Party. He represented , which include... | {"Name": "William Jefferson", "Term start": "January 3, 1991", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Birth name": "William Jennings Jefferson", "Birth date": "1947 3 14", "Birth place": "Lake Providence, Louisiana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Andrea Jefferson", "Education": "Southern University, Baton Rouge (BA)Harvard University (... |
Oona Tamsyn King, Baroness King of Bow (born 22 October 1967) is a business executive and former British Labour Party politician. She was a Labour Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow from 1997 until 2005.
Early life
Oona King was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to Preston King, an African-American acade... | {"Name": "The Baroness King of Bow", "Image caption": "King in 2010", "Term start": "26 January 2011Life Peerage", "Birth name": "Oona Tamsyn King", "Birth date": "1967 10 22 y", "Birth place": "Sheffield, Yorkshire, England", "Alma mater": "University of York University of California, Berkeley"} |
Helen Lawrie Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke PC ( Reilly; born 6 December 1950) is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2003 and British High Commissioner to Australia from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ai... | {"Name": "The Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "1 September 2005", "Term end": "1 October 2009", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Trade and Industry", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "John Battle", "Successor 2": "Peter Hain", "Birth date": "1... |
Wilbert Joseph Tauzin II (; born June 14, 1943) is an American lobbyist and politician. He served as the President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), a pharmaceutical company lobby group. Tauzin was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1980 to 2005, ... | {"Name": "Billy Tauzin", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1990s", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Term end": "February 4, 2004", "Office 2": "Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives", "Birth name": "Wilbert Joseph Tauzin II", "Birth date": "1943 06 14", "Birth place": "Chackbay, Louisiana, U.S.", "Spouse... |
Alun Edward Michael (born 22 August 1943) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician serving as South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012. He served as Secretary of State for Wales from 1998 to 1999 and then as the first First Secretary of Wales (later known as First Minister) and Leader of Welsh Labour ... | {"Name": "Alun Michael", "Image": "Alun Michael election infobox.jpeg", "Image caption": "Michael in 2009", "Term start": "22 November 2012", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Rural Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Nick Raynsford", "Successor 2": "Jim Knight", "Birth date": "1943 8 22 y", ... |
Lembit Öpik (, ; born 2 March 1965) is a former British politician. A former member of the Liberal Democrats, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Montgomeryshire in Wales from 1997 until he lost his seat at the 2010 general election.Members of the House of Commons. Lembit Öpik. — The Parl... | {"Name": "Lembit Öpik", "Image caption": "Öpik in 2006", "Term start": "20 December 2007", "Term end": "24 September 2008", "Office 2": "Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform", "Leader 2": "Menzies Campbell", "Predecessor 2": "Susan Kramer", "Successor 2": "Sarah Teather", "Birth dat... |
George Samuel Knatchbull Young, Baron Young of Cookham, (born 16 July 1941), known as Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, from 1960 to 2015, is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015, having represented Ealing Acton from 1974 to 1997 and North West Hampshire from... | {"Name": "The Lord Young of Cookham", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "25 July 2016", "Term end": "29 August 2019", "Office 2": "Leader of the House of CommonsLord Keeper of the Privy Seal", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Harriet Harman", "Successor 2": "Andrew Lansley"... |
James Otis McCrery III (born September 18, 1949) is an American lawyer, politician and lobbyist who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1988 to 2009. He represented the 4th District of Louisiana, based in the north-western quadrant of the state.
McCrery was a ranking member... | {"Name": "Jim McCrery", "Term start": "January 3, 2007", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Birth name": "James Otis McCrery III", "Birth date": "1949 9 18", "Birth place": "Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Johnette Hawkins (Divorced)", "Education": "Louisiana Tech University, Ruston (BA)Louisiana State Un... |
Alan John Williams (14 October 1930 - 21 December 2014) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West for over 45 years, from 1964 to 2010. He was the longest serving MP for a Welsh constituency since David Lloyd George and built a reputation for his detailed scrutiny of the w... | {"Term start": "5 May 2005", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Predecessor 2": "Hugh Rees", "Successor 2": "Geraint Davies", "Birth name": "Alan John Williams", "Birth date": "yes 1930 10 14", "Birth place": "Caerphilly, Wales", "Death date": "yes 2014 12 21 1930 10 14", "Death place": "London, England", "Spouse(s)": "(Mar... |
Rodney McKinnie Alexander (born December 5, 1946) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs from September 30, 2013, until June 3, 2014. Previously he was the U.S. representative for from 2003 to 2013. First elected as a Dem... | {"Name": "Rodney Alexander", "Term start": "September 30, 2013", "Term end": "June 3, 2014", "State house 2": "Louisiana", "District 2": "13th", "Predecessor 2": "Mike Tinnerello", "Successor 2": "James R. Fannin", "Birth date": "1946 12 5", "Birth place": "Bienville, Louisiana, U.S.", "Other political party": "Democra... |
Sir Edward MacMillan Taylor (18 April 1937 - 20 September 2017), known as Teddy Taylor, was a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for forty years, from 1964 to 1979 for Glasgow Cathcart and from 1980 to 2005 for Southend East.
He was a lifelong Eurosceptic and leading member and v... | {"Name": "Teddy Taylor", "Image caption": "Teddy Taylor in 2009", "Term start": "9 December 1976", "Term end": "4 May 1979", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend EastSouthend East (1980-1997)", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Stephen McAdden", "Successor 2": "James Duddridge", "Birth date": "yes 1937 04 1... |
The University of Alabama System is a public university system in Alabama that coordinates and oversees three research universities: University of Alabama (UA), University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Alabama in Huntsville. These universities enroll more than 70,000 students. The system employs more than... | {"Endowment": "$1.96 billion (2021)As of June 30, 2021. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20... |
Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, (born 2 July 1947) is a British politician and life peer who served in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton West from 1974 to 1983, and Dewsbury from 1987 to 2005.
Early life and ... | {"Name": "The Baroness Taylor of Bolton", "Image caption": "Parliamentary portrait, 2019", "Term start": "27 July 1998", "Term end": "8 June 2001", "Birth name": "Winifred Ann Taylor", "Birth date": "1947 7 2 y", "Birth place": "London, United Kingdom", "Alma mater": "University of Bradford (BSc)"} |
Richard Hugh Baker (born May 22, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2008,Baker departs public office representing the 6th District of Louisiana as a Republican.
Early life and career
The son of a Methodist minister, Baker was b... | {"Name": "Richard Baker", "Birth date": "1948 05 22", "Birth place": "New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.", "Term start": "January 3, 1987", "Term end": "February 2, 2008", "Office 2": "Louisiana State Representative for East Baton Rouge Parish", "Preceded 2": "Seven-member delegation: Irving R. Boudreaux Richard E. Cheek ... |
Gavin Steel Strang (born 10 July 1943) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh East from 1970 until 2010 (including two terms for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh). He served as a minister in the 1974-79 Labour government under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Ca... | {"Name": "Gavin Strang", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "18 June 1998", "Birth name": "Gavin Steel Strang", "Birth date": "yes 1943 7 10", "Birth place": "Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland", "Alma mater": "University of EdinburghChurchill College, Cambridge", "Image caption": "Strang in 1997"} |
Sir John Paul Stanley (born 19 January 1942) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tonbridge and Malling from 1974 to 2015.
Education
thumb|left|Repton School
Stanley was educated at two independent schools: at Copthorne Preparatory School near Crawley in West Sussex and ... | {"Name": "John Stanley", "Term start": "13 June 1987", "Term end": "25 July 1988", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Tonbridge and Malling", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency Created", "Successor 2": "Tom Tugendhat", "Birth date": "yes 1942 1 19", "Birth place": "Marylebone, London, England", "Nationality": "British"... |
Christopher Charles John (born January 5, 1960) is an American politician and lobbyist who from 1997 to 2005 served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 7th congressional district, since disbanded and merged into the 3rd district.
Early life
Chris John was born in Crowl... | {"Name": "Chris John", "Term start": "January 3, 1997", "Term end": "January 3, 2005", "Birth name": "Christopher Charles John", "Birth date": "1960 1 5", "Birth place": "Crowley, Louisiana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Payton Smith", "Education": "Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (BA)"} |
David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra, (born 16 May 1953) is a Conservative Party life peer. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 1983 to 2010.
Early and later life
Born in Scotland, Maclean was educated at Fortrose Academy, Fortrose, and at the University of Aberdeen.
Parliamentary ca... | {"Name": "The Lord Blencathra", "Term start": "18 September 2001", "Term end": "7 December 2005", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Environment and Countryside", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "David Trippier", "Successor 2": "Tim Yeo", "Birth date": "1953 5 16 y", "Birth place": "Cromarty, Scotlan... |
Andrew James MacKay (born 27 August 1949) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Stechford from 1977 to 1979, East Berkshire from 1983 to 1997 and for Bracknell in Berkshire from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
MacKay attended Solihull School, an independent scho... | {"Name": "Andrew MacKay", "Term start": "23 June 1997", "Term end": "14 September 2001", "Office 2": "Vice-Chamberlain of the Household", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Preceded 2": "Timothy Kirkhope", "Succeeded 2": "Derek Conway", "Birth date": "1949 08 27 yes", "Birth place": "Birmingham, Warwickshire, England",... |
Michael Nicholson Lord, Baron Framlingham (born 17 October 1938) is a British politician, and was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich between 1997 and 2010. He was first elected for the predecessor seat of Central Suffolk in 1983.
He was the Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Mean... | {"Name": "The Lord Framlingham", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "14 May 1997", "Term end": "8 June 2010", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament Central Suffolk and North IpswichSuffolk Central (1983-1997)", "Predecessor 2": "new constituency", "Successor 2": "Dan Poulter", "Birth name": "Michael ... |
Sir Gregory Knight (born 4 April 1949) is a British politician, author and musician. He has served as the Conservative MP for East Yorkshire since 2001, having previously served as the MP for Derby North from 1983 to 1997. He served as a minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher, John Major and David Cameron.
... | {"Name": "Greg Knight", "Term start": "4 September 2012", "Term end": "7 October 2013", "Office 2": "Government Deputy Chief Whipin the House of CommonsTreasurer of the Household", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "David Heathcoat-Amory", "Successor 2": "Andrew MacKay", "Birth date": "1949 4 4 yes", "... |
Thomas Hodge Allen (born April 16, 1945) is an American author and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing , and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins (61.5% to 38.5%).
Al... | {"Name": "Tom Allen", "Image": "Tom Allen 110th Congressional portrait.JPG", "Term start": "January 3, 1997", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Office 2": "Member of the Portland City Council", "Birth name": "Thomas Hodge Allen", "Birth date": "1945 4 16", "Birth place": "Portland, Maine, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Diana Allen... |
Adam Paterson Ingram (born 1 February 1947) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow from 1987 to 2010.
Early life
Ingram attended Cranhill Senior Secondary School in Cranhill, Glasgow a year below Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhop... | {"Name": "Adam Ingram", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Northern Ireland", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Ancram", "Successor 2": "Jane Kennedy", "Birth date": "yes 1947 02 1", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Alma mater": "Open University"} |
250px|thumb|right|Rep. Gilchrest (second from left) and others join President George W. Bush for the signing of the North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act.
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest (born April 15, 1946) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representat... | {"Name": "Wayne Gilchrest", "Term start": "January 3, 1991", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Birth name": "Wayne Thomas Gilchrest", "Birth date": "1946 4 15", "Birth place": "Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Barbara Gilchrest", "Education": "Wesley College (AA)Delaware State University (BA)Loyola University Mar... |
Charles Albert "Dutch" Ruppersberger III ( ; born January 31, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as an assistant state attorney of Maryland from 1972 to 1980, a Baltimore County councilman from 1985 to 1994, and Balt... | {"Name": "Dutch Ruppersberger", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Office 2": "10th Baltimore County Executive", "Predecessor 2": "Roger B. Hayden", "Successor 2": "James T. Smith Jr.", "Birth name": "Charles Albert Ruppersberger III", "Birth date": "1946 1 31", "Birth place": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "... |
Benjamin Louis Cardin (born October 5, 1943) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served as a member of the Maryland House ... | {"Name": "Ben Cardin", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2015", "Term start": "January 3, 2007", "Office 2": "Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Jeanne Shaheen", "Successor 2": "Rand Paul", "Birth name": "Benjamin Louis Cardin", "Birth date": "1943 10 5", "Birth place": "Baltim... |
Albert Russell Wynn (born September 10, 1951) is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 4th district of Maryland from 1993 to 2008. On February 13, 2008, Wynn was defeated in the Democratic primary by Donna Edwards, and resigned ... | {"Birth name": "Albert Russell Wynn", "Birth date": "1951 09 10", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "May 31, 2008", "Office 2": "Member of the Maryland State Senate from the 25th district", "Spouse(s)": "Jessie Wynn (divorced) Gaines Clore Wynn (deceased)",... |
Dave Dudley (born David Darwin Pedruska; May 3, 1928 - December 22, 2003) was an American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred bass. His signature song was "Six Days on the Road", and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues", "Truck Drivin' S... | {"Born": "Spencer, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Died": "Danbury, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Genres": "Country music", "Labels": "National Recording Corporation, Golden Wing Records, Mercury Records"} |
James Henry Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, KBE, PC (27 August 1920 - 9 March 2015) was a Northern Irish unionist politician who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1979 to 1995, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim from 1970 to 1983, and later Lagan Valley from 1983 to 1997... | {"Name": "The Lord Molyneaux of Killead", "Image": "The Lord Molyneaux of Killead KBE, PC.gif", "Term start": "7 September 1979", "Term end": "8 September 1995", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency created", "Successor 2": "Jeffrey Donaldson", "Birth name": "James Henry ... |
Steny Hamilton Hoyer ( ; born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the U.S. representative for since 1981. He was also a House Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. Hoyer first attained office through a special election on 19 May 1981. As of 2023, he is in hi... | {"Name": "Steny Hoyer", "Term start": "January 3, 2019", "Term end": "January 3, 2023", "Office 2": "House Minority Whip", "Leader 2": "Nancy Pelosi", "Predecessor 2": "Eric Cantor", "Successor 2": "Steve Scalise", "Birth name": "Steny Hamilton Hoyer", "Birth date": "1939 6 14", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "S... |
Robert Norman Waddell (born 7 January 1975) is a New Zealand Olympic Gold Medalist and double World Champion Single sculler rower, and America's Cup yachtsman. He is a triple New Zealand Supreme 'Halberg Awards' Sportsperson of the year winner, 1998 to 2000. He holds the third fastest 2000 metre indoor rowing machine ... | {"Name": "Rob Waddell", "Honorific suffix": "NZL ONZM 100%", "Image caption": "Waddell in 2020", "Birth date": "1975 1 7 y", "Place of birth": "Te Kuiti, New Zealand", "Spouse(s)": "Sonia Waddell 1998", "Medal templates": "Sport Men's rowing\nCountry New Zealand\nCompetition Olympic Games\nGold 2000 Sydney Single scu... |
Nicholas Benton Alexander III (June 27, 1911 - July 5, 1969) was an American motion picture actor, who started out as a child actor in 1916. He is best remembered for his role as Officer Frank Smith in the Dragnet franchise.
Life and career
thumbnail|Ben Alexander as a child actor
After a number of silent films, he r... | {"Name": "Ben Alexander", "Image": "Ben Alexander 1959.JPG", "Birth name": "Nicholas Benton Alexander III", "Caption": "Alexander in 1959", "Birth date": "1911 6 27", "Birth place": "Goldfield, Nevada, U.S.", "Death date": "1969 7 5 1911 6 27", "Death place": "Westchester, California, U.S.", "Years active": "1916-1969"... |
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett Jr. (born June 3, 1926) is an American politician who was U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and was a member of the Tea Party Caucus. At the end of his tenure in Congress, Bartlett was the second-oldest serving member of the House of Rep... | {"Name": "Roscoe Bartlett", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "Birth name": "Roscoe Gardner Bartlett Jr.", "Birth date": "1926 06 3", "Birth place": "Moorland, Kentucky, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Ellen Louise Bartlett", "Alma mater": "Washington Adventist University (BS)University of Maryland, ... |
Nick Adams (born Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock; July 10, 1931 - February 7, 1968) was an American film and television actor and screenwriter. He was noted for his roles in several Hollywood films during the 1950s and 1960s including Rebel Without a Cause and Giant along with his starring role in the ABC television series... | {"Name": "Nick Adams", "Image": "Nick Adams The Rebel 1959.JPG", "Caption": "Adams promo for The Rebel (1959)", "Birth name": "Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock", "Birth date": "1931 07 10", "Birth place": "Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1968 02 07 1931 07 10", "Death place": "Beverly Hills, California, U.S."... |
New Milton is a market town in southwest Hampshire, England. To the north is in the New Forest and to the south the coast at Barton-on-Sea. The town is equidistant between Lymington and Christchurch, away.
History
New Milton dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, and encompasses Old Milton, Barton on Sea, Ashley, Bashley, ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "SZ244948", "Population": "as to civil parish (incorporates Barton-on-Sea and Bashley), 19,969 as to its built-up area (2011 census)https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=1119883943 Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics www.nomisweb.c... |
Elijah Eugene Cummings (January 18, 1951October 17, 2019) was an American politician and civil rights advocate who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1996 until his death in 2019, when he was succeeded by his predecessor Kweisi Mfume. The district he represented included over half of the cit... | {"Name": "Elijah E. Cummings", "Term start": "January 3, 2019", "Term end": "October 17, 2019", "State delegate2": "Maryland", "District 2": "39th", "Predecessor 2": "Lena King Lee", "Successor 2": "Sterling Page", "Birth name": "Elijah Eugene Cummings", "Birth date": "1951 01 18", "Birth place": "Baltimore, Maryland, ... |
Christopher Van Hollen Jr. ( ; born January 10, 1959) is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maryland since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Van Hollen served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017.
In 2007, Van Ho... | {"Name": "Chris Van Hollen", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "January 3, 2017", "Office 2": "House Democratic Assistant to the Leader", "Leader 2": "Nancy Pelosi", "Predecessor 2": "Xavier Becerra", "Successor 2": "Jim Clyburn (Assistant Democratic Leader)", "Birth date": "Christopher Van Holl... |
Mary Catherine Bateson (December 8, 1939 - January 2, 2021) was an American writer and cultural anthropologist.
The daughter of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, Bateson was a noted author in her field with many published monographs. Among her books was With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bat... | {"Name": "Mary Catherine Bateson", "Caption": "Bateson in 2004", "Birth date": "1939 12 08", "Birth place": "New York City, US", "Death date": "2021 01 02 1939 12 08", "Death place": "New Hampshire, US", "Education": "Radcliffe College (BA) Harvard University (PhD)", "Occupation": "Cultural anthropologist", "Spouse(s)"... |
thumb|right|250px|Billingsgate and Bridge Wards in 1720
Billingsgate is one of the 25 Wards of the City of London. This small City Ward is situated on the north bank of the River Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge in the south-east of the Square Mile.
The modern Ward extends south to the Thames, west to Lov... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "London Assembly": "City of London", "OS grid reference": "TQ332806", "Postcode district": "EC3", "Dialling code": "020", "UK Parliament": "Cities of London and Westminster"} |
Jonathan Christopher "Jon" Porter (born May 16, 1955) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, the first representative elected from the 3rd Congressional District of Nevada.
He won re-election in the 2006 midterm election against Tessa Hafen by a 48%-4... | {"Name": "Jon Porter", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "State senate2": "Nevada", "District 2": "1st", "Preceded 2": "Hal Smithhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=225476 Our Campaigns - NV State Senate - Clark 01 Race - Nov 08, 1994", "Succeeded 2": "Christine Milburn", ... |
Erich Julius Eberhard von dem Bach-Zelewski (born Erich Julius Eberhard von Zelewski; 1 March 1899 - 8 March 1972) was a high-ranking SS commander of Nazi Germany. During World War II, he was in charge of the Nazi security warfare against those designated by the regime as ideological enemies and any other persons deeme... | {"Name": "Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski", "Term start": "1932", "Term end": "1944", "Birth name": "Erich Julius Eberhard von Zelewski", "Birth date": "yes 1899 03 01", "Birth place": "Lauenburg, Province of Pomerania, German Empire", "Death date": "yes 1972 03 08 1899 03 01", "Death place": "Harlaching Hospital, Munich, ... |
The Border Conference, officially known as the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, was an NCAA-affiliated college athletic conference founded in 1931 that disbanded following the 1961-62 school year. Centered in the southwestern United States, the conference included nine member institutions located in the st... | {"Logo size": "150", "Founded": "1931", "Folded": "1962", "Association": "NCAA", "Division": "Division I", "Teams": "6 (final) 9 (total)", "Region": "Southwestern United States", "Map size": "250"} |
Yahoo Widgets is a discontinued free application platform for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, specifically Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The software was previously called Konfabulator, but after being acquired by computer services company Yahoo on July 25, 2005, it was rebranded. The name Konfabulator was subsequen... | {"Developer(s)": "Yahoo Widgets Team", "Initial release": "2003 2 10 (as Konfabulator)2005 7 25 (as Yahoo! Widgets)http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/timeline.cfm Yahoo! Inc. - Company Timeline Wayback Machine 2008-07-13 2017-02-13 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20080713214826/http://yhoo.client.s... |
John Andrew Barrett (born 11 February 1954) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West.
Background and early career
Born in Hobart, Tasmania,
John Barrett was educated at the Forrester High School in Edinburgh, Telford College and Napier Polytechnic (Now Napi... | {"Name": "John Barrett", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1954 2 11", "Birth place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Spouse(s)": "Carol", "Alma mater": "Napier Polytechnic"} |
Sir Kevin John Barron (born 26 October 1946) is a British Labour Party politician and former coal industry worker. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rother Valley from 1983 until 2019.
Early life
Kevin John Barron, the son of Richard and Edna Barron, was born on 26 October 1946 at Hazlewood Castle, Tadcaster, Y... | {"Name": "Sir Kevin Barron", "Term start": "6 July 2010", "Term end": "15 October 2018", "Birth date": "yes 1946 10 26", "Birth place": "Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Carol McGrath 1969 2008 died; 3 childrenAndree Deane 2012; 3 stepchildren", "Alma mater": "Ruskin College", "Of... |
Sir John Dominic Battle, (born 26 April 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West from 1987 to 2010.
Early life
Battle was born in Bradford and educated at St. Paulinus' School, a primary school in Dewsbury; St Michael's College, Underley Hall 1962-1967 (a junior... | {"Name": "John Battle", "Image caption": "Battle in 2005", "Term start": "28 July 1999", "Term end": "11 June 2001", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Leeds West", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Meadowcroft", "Successor 2": "Rachel Reeves", "Birth date": "1951 4 26 y", "Birth place": "Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, ... |
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Sir Hugh Nigel Edward Bayley (born 9 January 1952) is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for York Central, previously York and City of York, from 1992 to 2015.
Early life
Bayley was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, and was educated at H... | {"Name": "Hugh Bayley", "Image caption": "Bayley in 2010", "Term start": "1 November 2012", "Term end": "30 November 2014", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Joan Ruddock", "Successor 2": "Malcolm Wicks", "Birth name": "Hugh Nig... |
Dame Margaret Anne Begg DBE (born 6 December 1955) is a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she was Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee from 2010 to 2015.
Upon her election to Parliament, Begg became the first perma... | {"Image": "Anne Addresses May Day Rally in 2008 (cropped).JPG", "Image size": "250px", "Name": "Anne Begg", "Term start": "10 June 2010", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth name": "Margaret Anne Begg", "Birth date": "1955 12 6 y", "Birth place": "Brechin, Angus, Scotland", "Alma mater": "University of Aberdeen", "Imag... |
Spätzle (), or nokedli in Hungarian, are a type of Central European egg noodles typically served as a side for meat dishes with sauce. Commonly associated with Swabia, it is also found in the cuisines of southern Germany and Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Vojvodina, Slovenia, Alsace, Moselle and South Tyrol.
Etymology... | {"Name of food": "Spätzle", "Name language": "de", "Italicize name": "true", "Image caption": "A bowl of spatzle without meat or sauce", "Type of dish": "Egg noodles", "Place of origin": "Germany, Central Europe", "Main ingredient": "Flour, eggs, salt, water"} |
John Robert Beggs (born 20 February 1936), commonly known as Roy Beggs, is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician.
Beggs was educated at Ballyclare High School, followed by Stranmillis College, to study teacher training. After his training Beggs became a teacher at Larne High School and had risen to be deputy princ... | {"Name": "Roy Beggs", "Predecessor 2": "New constituency", "Successor 2": "Sammy Wilson", "Birth date": "1936 02 20 yes", "Birth place": "Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Wilma Beggs", "Residence": "Larne", "Alma mater": "Stranmillis University College", "Official we... |
Anachronox is a 2001 role-playing video game produced by Tom Hall and the Dallas Ion Storm games studio. The game is centered on Sylvester "Sly Boots" Bucelli, a down-and-out private investigator who looks for work in the slums of Anachronox, a once-abandoned planet near the galaxy's jumpgate hub. He travels to other p... | {"Title": "Anachronox", "Caption": "North American box art", "Director": "Tom Hall", "Developer": "Ion Storm", "Publisher": "Eidos Interactive", "Producer": "Jake Strider Hughes", "Programmer": "Brian Eiserloh", "Artist": "Don Martinez Lee Perry III Ben Herrera", "Writer": "Richard Zangrande Gaubert", "Composer": "Will... |
Henry Campbell Bellingham, Baron Bellingham (born 29 March 1955) is a British Conservative politician who sits in the House of Lords and former barrister. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Norfolk in 1983. He lost his seat in 1997, but regained it in 2001 and retained it until standin... | {"Name": "The Lord Bellingham", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "11 May 2010", "Term end": "5 September 2012", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth date": "1955 03 29 yes", "Birth place": "Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": ... |
Andrew Francis Bennett (born 9 March 1939) is a retired British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) Stockport North 1974 from 1983, and then for Denton and Reddish from 1983 to 2005.
Early life
Bennett was born in Barton-upon-Irwell. He attended the William Hulme's Grammar School in Whalley ... | {"Name": "Andrew Bennett", "Office 2": "Shadow Spokesperson for Education", "Term start 2": "1 January 1983", "Term end 2": "1 January 1988", "Birth date": "1939 03 9 yes", "Birth place": "Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Gillian Lawley", "Alma mater": "University of Bir... |
Joseph Edward Benton (born 28 September 1933) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle from 1990 to 2015.
Early life
Benton was born in Bootle, Merseyside and was educated at the St Monica's Roman Catholic Primary School on Aintree Road and Secondary School in Bootle and th... | {"Name": "Joe Benton", "Image caption": "Joe Benton, 2012", "Term start": "8 November 1990", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "yes 1933 9 28", "Birth place": "Bootle, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Doris Wynne"} |
Melvin Luther Watt (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician who served as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency from 2014 to 2019. He was appointed by President Barack Obama. He is a former United States Representative for , from 1993 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
A lawyer from Char... | {"Name": "Mel Watt", "Term start": "January 6, 2014", "Term end": "January 6, 2019", "State senate2": "North Carolina", "District 2": "33rd", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "Jim Richardson", "Birth name": "Melvin Luther Watt", "Birth date": "1945 8 26", "Birth place": "Steele Creek, North C... |
John Simon Bercow (; born 19 January 1963) is a British former politician who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019. A member of the Conservative Party prior to becoming Speaker, he was the first MP since Selwyn Lloyd in 1971 to be elec... | {"Name": "John Bercow", "Image caption": "Bercow in 2018", "Term start": "22 June 2009", "Term end": "4 November 2019", "Leader 2": "Iain Duncan Smith", "Office 2": "Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury", "Predecessor 2": "Oliver Letwin", "Successor 2": "Howard Flight", "Birth name": "John Simon Bercow", "Birth date"... |
Sir Alexander Paul Beresford (born 6 April 1946) is a British-New Zealander dentist and politician who has served as the British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Mole Valley in Surrey since the 1997 general election. He was first elected as the MP for Croydon Central in the 1992 general election.
Early... | {"Name": "Paul Beresford", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary Department of Environment", "Birth name": "Alexander Paul Beresford", "Birth date": "yes 1946 04 06", "Birth place": "Levin, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand", "Nationality": "BritishNew Zealander", "Spouse(s)": "Julie Ber... |
Roger Leslie Berry (born 4 July 1948) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswood from the 1992 general election ending at the 2010 general election.
Early life
Roger Berry was born in 1948 in Huddersfield and educated at the Dalton County Primary School on Mayfield Avenue... | {"Name": "Roger Berry", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1948 7 4 y", "Birth place": "Huddersfield", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Alison Delyth", "Alma mater": "University of BristolUniversity of Sussex"} |
Harold Best (18 December 1937 - 24 August 2020) was a British Labour politician, electrician and trade unionist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North West from the 1997 general election until he retired at the 2005 election.
Early life
During his childhood, Best lived in Leeds, where he was born on... | {"Image caption": "Best as an MP", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1937 12 18 yes", "Birth place": "Leeds, England", "Death date": "2020 8 24 1937 12 18 y", "Death place": "North Yorkshire, England", "Spouse(s)": "Glyn 1960", "Education": "Meanwood County School\n Leeds College ... |
Orion's Arm (also called the Orion's Arm Universe Project, OAUP, or simply OA and formerly known as the Orion's Arm Worldbuilding Group) is a multi-authored online science fiction world-building project, first established in 2000 by M. Alan Kazlev, Donna Malcolm Hirsekorn, Bernd Helfert and Anders Sandberg and further ... | {"Created by": "M. Alan KazlevDonna Malcolm HirsekornBernd HelfertAnders Sandberg", "Launched": "2000", "URL": "https://www.orionsarm.com", "Available in": "English"} |
Clive James Charles Betts (born 13 January 1950) is a British Labour Party politician and former economist. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield South East since 2010 having previously represented the constituency of Sheffield Attercliffe from 1992 to 2010.
Early life
Betts was born on 13 Jan... | {"Name": "Clive Betts", "Term start": "10 June 2010", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Sheffield South East (2010-present) Sheffield Attercliffe (1992-2010)", "Majority 2": "4,289 (10.2%)", "Predecessor 2": "Patrick Duffy", "Birth name": "Clive James Charles Betts", "Birth date": "1950 1 13 yes", "Birth place": "... |
Elizabeth Marion Blackman (born 26 September 1949) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erewash from 1997 to 2010. She served as a Government Whip from 2007 to 2008.
Early life
Blackman was born in 1949 in Penrith, England. She was educated at the Carlisle and County School ... | {"Name": "Liz Blackman", "Image": "Liz_BlackmanMP.JPG", "Term start": "28 June 2007", "Term end": "5 October 2008", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Erewash", "Predecessor 2": "Angela Knight", "Successor 2": "Jessica Lee", "Birth date": "1949 9 26 y", "Birth place": "Penrith, Cumberland, England", "Nationality": "B... |
The Jaguar XK is a two-door 2+2 grand tourer manufactured and marketed by British automobile manufacturer Jaguar Cars from 1996–2014 in hatchback coupé and convertible body styles, across two generations. The XK was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1996 and was discontinued in July 2014.
The first generati... | {"Manufacturer": "Jaguar Cars (1996-2012) Jaguar Land Rover (2013-2014)", "Also called": "Jaguar XKR/XK8", "Production": "1996-2014", "Assembly": "Castle Bromwich Assembly, Birmingham, England", "Predecessor": "Jaguar XJS", "Successor": "Jaguar F-Type", "Class": "Grand tourer (S)", "Body style": "2-door coupé (X100)\n... |
Hazel Anne Blears (born 14 May 1956) is a former British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford and Eccles, previously Salford, from 1997 to 2015.
One of 101 female Labour MPs elected at the 1997 general election, Blears served in the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio and ... | {"Name": "Hazel Blears", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2007", "Term start": "28 June 2007", "Term end": "5 June 2009", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Labour Party", "Leader 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Ian McCartney", "Successor 2": "Harriet Harman\nyes Junior ministerial offices\n border:1px dashed lightg... |
Robert John Blizzard (31 May 1950 - 5 May 2022) was a British Labour politician who served as member of Parliament (MP) for the Suffolk constituency of Waveney from 1997 until 2010.
Early life
Bob Blizzard was born on 31 May 1950 in Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, and was educated at Culford School in Bury St Edmunds a... | {"Birth name": "Robert John Blizzard", "Image caption": "Blizzard as an MP", "Term start": "6 October 2008", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Predecessor 2": "David Porter", "Successor 2": "Peter Aldous", "Birth date": "1950 05 31 yes", "Birth place": "Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, England", "Death date": "2022 05 05 1950 ... |
David Stanley Borrow (born 2 August 1952) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Ribble from 1997 to 2010. He is currently a Labour Party councillor on Preston City Council and was appointed Mayor of Preston on 15 May 2019.
Education
Born in Huddersfield, David Borrow wa... | {"Name": "David Borrow", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1952 8 2", "Birth place": "Huddersfield, England", "Nationality": "English", "Partner(s)": "John Garland", "Alma mater": "Coventry University"} |
Timothy Eric Boswell, Baron Boswell of Aynho (born 2 December 1942) is a British politician who was the Conservative MP for Daventry from 1987 until he stood down at the 2010 general election, after which he was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer.
Personal life
The son of a farmer, Tim Boswell was educat... | {"Name": "The Lord Boswell of Aynho", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "5 July 1995", "Term end": "1 May 1997", "Office 2": "Lord Commissioner of the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "Sydney Chapman", "Successor 2": "Timothy Kirkhope", "Birth date": "1942 12 2 yes",... |
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