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Peter Charles Stephen Bradley (born 12 April 1953) is an English Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for The Wrekin between 1997 and 2005.
Early life
Bradley was born in Erdington, Birmingham, on 12 April 1953 to Fred Bradley (1915-2004), born Fritz Brandes,Report by Mark Andrews. and his wife Tru... | {"Name": "Peter Bradley", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Office 2": "Westminster City Councillor for Millbank Ward", "Predecessor 2": "A.L. Cotcher (Con)", "Successor 2": "Mair Eluned Garside (Lab)", "Birth date": "yes 1953 04 12", "Birth place": "Erdington, Birmingham"... |
Sir Graham Stuart Brady (born 20 May 1967) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Chairman of the 1922 Committee since 2010, except for a brief period in 2019.
Brady served as a Shadow Minister under four... | {"Name": "Graham Brady", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "20 January 2020Acting: 3 September 2019 - 20 January 2020", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West", "Majority 2": "6,139 (11.2%)", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Birth name": "Graham Stuart Brady... |
Thomas Anthony Brake (born 6 May 1962) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington in London from 1997 to 2019.
He was appointed Director of the cross party pressure group Unlock Democracy in October 2020.
Early life
Brake was born in Melton Mowbray and... | {"Name": "Tom Brake", "Term start": "4 November 2014", "Term end": "8 May 2015", "Office 2": "Liberal Democrat Spokesman for the Duchy of Lancaster", "Leader 2": "Jo SwinsonDavey · Brinton", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Office abolished", "Birth name": "Thomas Anthony Brake", "Birth date": "19... |
Sir Julian William Hendy Brazier (born 24 July 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury from 1987 to 2017.
Early life and career
Born into a military family, his father being a lieutenant colonel, Brazier was educated at two independent schools: the Dragon ... | {"Name": "Sir Julian Brazier", "Image caption": "Brazier in 2005", "Term start": "14 July 2014", "Term end": "16 July 2016", "Birth date": "1953 07 24 yes", "Birth place": "Dartford, Kent, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Katharine Elizabeth Blagden", "Alma mater": "Brasenose College, Oxford", "Officia... |
Light Years is the seventh studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Mushroom Records released it on 22 September 2000 in Australia; Parlophone released it on 25 September 2000 in the United Kingdom. Following the commercial failure of Impossible Princess (1997), Minogue left Deconstruction Records and took a hi... | {"Released": "yes 2000 9 22", "Recorded": "1999-2000", "Studio": "Metropolis (London)\n Angel (London)\n Blah St. (Hampshire)\n Studio 2 (Dublin)\n Olympic (London)\n Real World (Box)\n Therapy (London)\n Master Rock (London)\n Sarm Hook End (London)", "Genre": "Dance-pop\n disco\n Europop", "Label": "Parlophone\n Mush... |
Colin Edward Breed (born 4 May 1947 in Surrey) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Cornwall from 1997 until he stood down at the 2010 general election. He was also member of the parliamentary party's Treasury team.
Early life
He was born in north-east Surrey, ... | {"Name": "Colin Breed", "Image caption": "Breed in 2009", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1947 5 04 y", "Birth place": "Surrey", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Janet Courtiour"} |
Meyer Schapiro (23 September 1904 - 3 March 1996) was a Lithuanian-born American art historian known for developing new art historical methodologies that incorporated an interdisciplinary approach to the study of works of art. An expert on early Christian, Medieval, and Modern art, Schapiro explored art historical peri... | {"Name": "Meyer Schapiro", "Caption": "Meyer Schapiro in 1981", "Birth date": "1904 09 23", "Birth place": "Šiauliai, Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania)", "Death date": "1996 03 03 1904 09 23", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "Columbia University", "Other names": "M. Mo... |
Kevin Brennan (born May 2, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster and writer. He is the host of the Misery Loves Company podcast, and is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live Weekend Update in 1999 and 2000.
Brennan was voted "Best Comedian" at the 2005 Aspen Comedy Festival and his half-hour stand... | {"Name": "Kevin Brennan", "Caption": "Brennan at The Stand Comedy Club in 2019", "Birth date": "1960 05 02", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Years active": "1980s-present", "Website": "https://www.kevinbrennan.com/", "Relatives": "Neal Brennan (brother)", "Module": "yes\n ComedyTelevisionPodcast\n Observat... |
Helen Rosemary Clark (née Dyche; born 23 December 1954) is an English politician.Dod's parliamentary companion She was the Labour Member of Parliament for the Peterborough constituency from 1997 until the 2005 general election, when she lost her seat to Conservative Stewart Jackson. She was elected to Parliament under ... | {"Name": "Helen Clark", "Birth date": "1954 12 23 y", "Birth place": "Derby, England", "Birth name": "Helen Rosemary Dyche", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Other political party": "Independent (2005 to 2010)", "Spouse(s)": "Ian Brinton (divorced 1999) Alan Clark (2001-)", "Residence": "Eastf... |
Dame Annette Lesley Brooke, DBE (née Kelly; born 7 June 1947) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Dorset and North Poole from the 2001 general election to 2015.
At the time she left office, Brooke was the longest serving female MP in the history of the Liberal Demo... | {"Name": "Dame Annette Brooke", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "1947 06 07 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Michael Brooke", "Alma mater": "London School of EconomicsHughes Hall, Cambridge"} |
thumb|250px|The ford at Brockenhurst, following heavy rain.
Brockenhurst is the largest village by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The nearest city is Southampton some to the north-east, while Bournemouth is also nearby, south-west. Surrounding towns and villages include Beaulieu, Lymington, ... | {"Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121254&c=Brockenhurst&d=16&e=62&g=6430938&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1481458371416&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 11 December 2016 Office for National Statistics Neighbourhood Statistics https:... |
Russell Leslie Brown (born 17 September 1951) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire (1997-2005) and Dumfries and Galloway (2005-2015). He lost his seat at the 2015 general election to Richard Arkless of the Scottish National Party.
Early years
Russell Brown... | {"Name": "Russell Brown", "Term start": "7 October 2013", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries (1997-2005)", "Predecessor 2": "Hector Monro", "Successor 2": "Richard Arkless", "Birth date": "1951 09 17 yes", "Birth place": "Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland", "... |
The Official Journal of the European Union (the OJEU) is the official gazette of record for the European Union (EU). It is published every working day in all of the official languages of the member states of the EU. Only legal acts published in the Official Journal are binding.
History
It was first published on 30 D... | {"Type": "Daily official journal", "Publisher": "European Union", "Language": "Official languages of the EU member states", "Headquarters": "European Union", "Website": "Official website"} |
Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, and sole continuous member of the rock band Stone Sour.[ allmusic ((( Corey Taylor >... | {"Name": "Corey Taylor", "Caption": "Taylor performing with Stone Sour in 2018", "Birth name": "Corey Todd TaylorLoudwire Corey Taylor - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? (Part 1) July 22, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek922pOajRQ February 19, 2018", "Other names": "\"ForF\" />\n The Boogie Knight\n Neck", "Birth date... |
Eur-Lex (stylized EUR-Lex) is an official website of European Union law and other public documents of the European Union (EU), published in 24 official languages of the EU. The Official Journal (OJ) of the European Union is also published on EUR-Lex. Users can access EUR-Lex free of charge and also register for a free ... | {"URL": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/", "Commercial": "No", "Registration": "Not required", "Available in": "Official languages of the EU", "Created by": "Publications Office of the EU", "Launched": "2001"} |
Desmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton, (born 22 March 1952) is a Scottish politician who served in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as Secretary of State for Defence 2006 to 2008 and Secretary of State for Scotland from 2007 to 2008. A member of the Labour Party, he was Membe... | {"Name": "The Lord Browne of Ladyton", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2022", "Term start": "28 June 2007", "Term end": "3 October 2008", "Office 2": "Chief Secretary to the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Paul Boateng", "Successor 2": "Stephen Timms\nJunior ministerial offices\n bo... |
Angela Frances Browning, Baroness Browning (; born 4 December 1946) is a British Conservative Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tiverton and Honiton from 1997 to 2010, having previously been MP for Tiverton from 1992 to 1997.
Early life
Angela Frances Pearson was born in Reading, Berkshire. H... | {"Name": "The Baroness Browning", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "1 May 2011", "Term end": "16 September 2011", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Tiverton and HonitonTiverton (1992-1997)", "Predecessor 2": "Robin Maxwell-Hyslop", "Successor 2": "Neil Parish", "Birth name": "Angela Pearson"... |
Malcolm Gray Bruce, Baron Bruce of Bennachie, (born 17 November 1944) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.
He was the Member of Parliament for Gordon from 1983 to 2015 and was the chairman of the International Development Select Committee from 2005 to 2015.
He was deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats from 28 ... | {"Name": "The Lord Bruce of Bennachie", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "28 January 2014", "Term end": "8 May 2015", "Office 2": "Chair of the Liberal Democrats", "Leader 2": "Charles Kennedy", "Predecessor 2": "Alan Beith", "Successor 2": "Mark Oaten", "Birth date": "1944 11 17 y", "Birth pla... |
Karen Patricia Buck (born 30 August 1958) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Westminster North, previously Regent's Park and Kensington North, since 1997. A member of the Labour Party, she was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport from 2005 to 2006 and has served as Shadow M... | {"Office 2": "Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition", "Leader 2": "Ed Miliband", "Predecessor 2": "John Denham", "Successor 2": "Steve Rotheram", "Birth date": "1958 08 30 yes", "Birth place": "Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Barrie Taylor"... |
John Palliser (29 January 1817 – 18 August 1887) was an Irish-born geographer and explorer. Following his service in the Waterford Militia and hunting excursions to the North American prairies, he led the British North American Exploring Expedition which investigated the geography, climate and ecology of what would l... | {"Name": "John Palliser", "Birth date": "yes 1817 1 29", "Birth place": "Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom", "Death date": "yes 1887 8 18 1817 1 29", "Death place": "Waterford, Ireland, United Kingdom", "Occupation": "geographer"} |
Richard Haines Burden (born 1 September 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield from 1992 to 2019. He served as a Shadow Transport Minister from 2013 to 2016 and again from 2016 to 2017. After the 2017 general election, he returned to the backbenches an... | {"Name": "Richard Burden", "Leader 2": "Ed MilibandHarriet Harman (acting)Jeremy Corbyn", "Predecessor 2": "Jim Fitzpatrick", "Successor 2": "Himself", "Birth date": "yes 1954 09 1", "Birth place": "Liverpool, Lancashire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of York, University of Warwick", "Of... |
Colin Burgon (born 22 April 1948) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Elmet from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
thumb|left|Foxwood School in Seacroft where Burgon was employed
Colin Burgon was born in Leeds to Catholic, Labour-supporting parents. His mother, Winnie, was a school se... | {"Name": "Colin Burgon", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1948 04 22 yes", "Birth place": "Leeds, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Huddersfield PolytechnicCarnegie College, Leeds"} |
John Patrick Aubone Burnett, Baron Burnett (born 19 September 1945) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom, a member of the House of Lords, and was a Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon between 1997 and 2005 general elections.
Personal life
John Burnett is the son of Lieutenant Colonel Aub... | {"Name": "The Lord Burnett", "Term start": "31 May 2006Life Peerage", "Birth name": "John Patrick Aubone Burnett", "Birth date": "1945 9 19 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
Andrew Murray Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. He served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2007 to 2008, Culture Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Health Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party... | {"Name": "Andy Burnham", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2009", "Term start": "8 May 2017", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Predecessor 2": "James Purnell", "Successor 2": "Ben Bradshaw", "Birth name": "Andrew Murray Burnham", "Birth date": "1970 ... |
Sir Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns (born 6 September 1952) is a British politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since being elected at the 1987 general election until the 2017 general election.
Burns resigned from being Minister of State for Transport in October 2013 to stand in the First Deputy ... | {"Name": "Sir Simon Burns", "Term start": "4 September 2012", "Term end": "4 October 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24396224 BBC News Rail minister Simon Burns stands down in deputy speaker bid 4 October 2013 20 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20190402172644/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-2439... |
Tung-Yen Lin (; November 14, 1912 - November 15, 2003) was a Chinese-American structural engineer who was the pioneer of standardizing the use of prestressed concrete.
Biography
Born in Fuzhou, Republic of China (ROC), as the fourth of eleven children, he was raised in Beijing where his father was a justice of the ROC... | {"Name": "Tung-Yen Lin", "Native name": "林同棪", "Caption": "The Memorial Statue of Tung-Yen Lin in the Xipu Campus of Southwest Jiaotong University", "Birth date": "1912 11 14", "Birth place": "Fuzhou, China", "Death date": "2003 11 15 1912 11 14", "Death place": "El Cerrito, California", "Occupation": "Structural engin... |
David Wilson Boyd Burnside (born 24 August 1951) is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim from 2001 to 2005.
Burnside was also a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim from 2003 to 2009.
In the 1970s Burnside served as Press Officer f... | {"Name": "David Burnside", "Image caption": "Northern Ireland politician", "Term start": "26 November 2003", "Term end": "1 June 2009", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor South Antrim", "Majority 2": "1,011 (2.3%)", "Predecessor 2": "William McCrea", "Successor 2": "William McCrea", "Birth name": "David Wilson Boyd B... |
Paul Kenneth Burstow (born 13 May 1962) is a British former politician who served as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam for 18 years, from 1997 to 2015, when he was defeated by Paul Scully.
He was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Health in May 2010, and served in that positi... | {"Name": "Paul Burstow", "Image": "200px|Paul Burtsow Official", "Term start": "11 May 2010", "Term end": "4 September 2012", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam", "Predecessor 2": "Olga Maitland", "Successor 2": "Paul Scully", "Birth date": "1962 5 13 y", "Birth place": "Carshalton, England", "Spou... |
The Chipettes are a group of three female anthropomorphic chipmunk singers: Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor, alongside their new adoptive human mother, Beatrice Miller; they first appeared in the cartoon series Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1983. In this and related materials, Brittany and the Chipettes served as female f... | {"Origin": "Australia", "Genres": "Pop\nshow tunes\nmusical", "Labels": "Chipmunk\nLiberty\nSony\nRhino\nColumbia", "Spinoff of": "Alvin and the Chipmunks", "Members": "Brittany MillerJeanette MillerEleanor MillerBeatrice Miller"} |
Alistair James Hendrie Burt (born 25 May 1955) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Bedfordshire from 2001 until 2019. He was previously MP for his native Bury North in Greater Manchester from 1983 until 1997. Burt was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State then Minister of Sta... | {"Name": "Alistair Burt", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "13 June 2017", "Term end": "25 March 2019", "Office 2": "Minister of State for International Development", "Prime minister 2": "Theresa May", "Predecessor 2": "James Wharton", "Successor 2": "Andrew Murrison", "Birth name": "Alistair J... |
Sir John Valentine Butterfill (14 February 1941 - 7 November 2021) was a British Conservative politician and businessman who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West from 1983 until he stood down at the 2010 general election.
Early life and career
Born in Surrey, Butterfill was educated at Caterham... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Honorific suffix": "GBR 100% FRICS", "Image caption": "Butterfill as an MP", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth name": "John Valentine Butterfill", "Birth date": "1941 02 14 yes", "Birth place": "Kingston upon Thames, England", "Death date": "2021 11 7 1941 2 1... |
Kelly Brianne (born April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, author and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA Records. Her debut single, "A Moment Like This", topped the... | {"Other names": "Kelly Brianne", "Birth name": "Kelly Brianne Clarkson", "Alt": "Picture of Kelly Clarkson arriving at the 57th Presidential Inauguration", "Name": "Kelly Clarkson", "Caption": "Clarkson in 2018", "Birth date": "1982 4 24", "Birth place": "Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer\n songwriter\n a... |
Joseph Ritner (March 25, 1780 - October 16, 1869) was the eighth governor of Pennsylvania,"The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Union, Pennsylvania: The Mount Union Times, January 27, 1911, p. 1 (subscription required). and was a member of the Anti-Masonic Party."Governor Joseph Ritner" (biography). Harrisburg, Pennsy... | {"Name": "Joseph Ritner", "Image": "Joseph Ritner-Governor of Pennsylvania.JPG", "Office 2": "17th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives", "Term 2": "1826-1869", "Predecessor 2": "Joel Barlow Sutherland", "Successor 2": "Ner Middleswarth", "Birth date": "1780 03 25", "Birth place": "Reading, Pennsylvania... |
Elijah Harper (March 3, 1949 - May 17, 2013) was a Canadian Oji-Cree politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (MLA) from 1981 to 1992 and a member of Parliament (MP) from 1993 to 1997. Harper was elected chief of the Red Sucker Lake Indian Band in 1978, serving for four years and worke... | {"Name": "Elijah Harper", "Image caption": "Elijah Harper with Menno Wiebe, 1990", "Birth date": "1949 3 3 y", "Birth place": "Red Sucker Lake, Manitoba", "Death date": "2013 5 17 1949 3 3 y", "Death place": "Ottawa, Ontario", "Office 2": "Manitoba Minister of Northern Affairs", "Premier 2": "Howard Pawley", "Predecess... |
Robert Treat (February 23, 1624July 12, 1710) was a New England Puritan colonial leader, militia officer and governor of the Connecticut Colony between 1683 and 1698. In 1666 he helped found Newark, New Jersey.
Biography
Treat was born in Pitminster, Somerset, England, and emigrated to Massachusetts with his family i... | {"Name": "Robert Treat", "Image caption": "Robert Treat depicted by Adolph Treidler for the 250th anniversary of Newark", "Term start": "1689", "Term end": "1698", "Birth date": "1624 2 23", "Birth place": "Pitminster, Somerset, England", "Death date": "1710 7 12 1624 2 23", "Death place": "Milford, Connecticut Colony"... |
Meech Lake () is located within Gatineau Park in the Municipality of Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. It is located about 20 km northwest of Gatineau. The lake was named after Reverend Asa Meech, an early settler in the area.
Near the lake, on Meech Creek, are the ruins of a fertilizer plant built by Thomas "Carbide" Willson ... | {"Name": "Meech Lake", "Image": "MeechLake-OBrienBeech.JPG", "Image caption": "View from O'Brien Beach at the south-east end of the lake in early spring", "Location": "Chelsea, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, Quebec", "Coordinates": "45 32 06 N 75 53 21 W region:CA-QC_type:waterbody_scale:5000... |
Mad TV (stylized as MADtv) is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Salzman, Fax Bahr, and Adam Small. Loosely based on the humor magazine Mad, Mad TV'''s pre-taped satirical sketches were primarily parodies of popular culture and occasionally politics. Many of its sketches featured the show's ca... | {"Created by": "David Salzman\n Fax Bahr\n Adam Small", "Genre": "Sketch comedyParodySatire", "Starring": "see List of Mad TV cast members", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "Fox", "Original release": "2009 05 16"} |
Jamie Charles Cann (28 June 1946 - 15 October 2001) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Leader of Ipswich Borough Council from 1979 to 1991, before being elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich at the 1992 general election, a seat he held until his death in 2001.
Early and family life
He was... | {"Name": "Jamie Cann", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "15 October 2001", "Birth date": "1946 06 28 yes", "Birth place": "Barton-upon-Humber, England", "Death date": "2001 10 15 1946 06 28 yes", "Death place": "Cambridge, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Rosemary Lovitt 1970"} |
America's Funniest Home Videos, also called America's Funniest Videos (abbreviated as AFV), is an American video clip television series on ABC, based on the Japanese variety show Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan (1986-1992). The show features humorous homemade videos that are submitted by viewers. The most common vid... | {"Genre": "Clip show\n Comedy", "Created by": "Vin Di Bona", "Directed by": "Vin Di Bona\n Other directors:\nRon de Moraes Steve Hirsen Rob Katz E. C. Pauling Averill Perry Russ Reinsel", "Presented by": "Bob Saget John Fugelsang Daisy Fuentes Richard Kind D. L. Hughley Mike Kasem Kerri Kasem Stuart Scott Steve Carell ... |
Entertainment! is the debut album by English post-punk band Gang of Four. It was released in September 1979 through EMI Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in North America. Stylistically, it draws heavily on punk rock but also incorporates the influence of funk, dance music, reggae and dub. Its lyrics and... | {"Released": "25 September 1979", "Recorded": "1979", "Studio": "The Workhouse, Old Kent Road, London", "Genre": "Post-punk\n dance-punk\n art punk", "Label": "EMI\n Warner Bros.", "Producer": "Andy Gill\n Jon King\n Rob Warr"} |
Menzoberranzan, the "City of Spiders", is a fictional city-state in the world of the Forgotten Realms, a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. The city is located in the Upper Northdark, about two miles below the Surbrin Vale, between the Moonwood and the Frost Hills (north of the Evermoors and under the River SurbinEd ... | {"Other name(s)": "City of Spiders", "First appearance": "The Crystal Shard (1988)", "Last appearance": "Glacier's Edge (2022)", "Created by": "R. A. Salvatore", "Genre": "Dungeons & Dragons", "Type": "City-state", "Location": "Upper Northdark", "Race(s)": "Drow, goblins, kobolds, duergar", "Characters": "Drizzt Do'Urd... |
Fever is the eighth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released on 1 October 2001 internationally by Parlophone and later launched in the United States on 26 February 2002 by Capitol Records. Minogue worked with writers and producers such as Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagh... | {"Released": "2001 10 1 y", "Recorded": "January-August 2001", "Studio": "Biffco Studios (Dublin)\n Big Studios\n BJG Studios\n Olympic Studios (London)", "Genre": "Dance-pop\n nu-disco", "Label": "Parlophone", "Producer": "Steve Anderson\n Rob Davis\n Cathy Dennis\n Greg Fitzgerald\n Pascal Gabriel\n Julian Gallagher\... |
Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 May 1943) is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham from 1997 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019. He also served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2010 to 2015.
... | {"Name": "Vince Cable", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "20 July 2017", "Term end": "22 July 2019", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and SkillsPresident of the Board of Trade", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Mandelson", "Successor 2": "S... |
Sir Sydney Brookes Chapman (17 October 1935 - 9 October 2014) was a British Conservative politician and architect who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Handsworth and Chipping Barnet.
Life
Chapman was educated at Rugby School and Manchester University, where he studied architecture, gaining his Diplom... | {"Name": "Sydney Chapman", "Term start": "15 April 1992", "Term end": "7 July 1995", "Predecessor 2": "Reginald Maudling", "Successor 2": "Theresa Villiers", "Birth name": "Sydney Brookes Chapman", "Birth date": "1935 10 17 yes", "Birth place": "Macclesfield, England", "Death date": "2014 10 09 1935 10 17 yes", "Death ... |
Patrick Thomas Cormack, Baron Cormack, (born 18 May 1939) is a British politician, historian, journalist and author. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 40 years, from 1970 to 2010. Cormack is a member of the Conservative Party and is seen as a one-nation conservative.
Before entering Parliament, Cormack was... | {"Name": "The Lord Cormack", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "2005", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Office 2": "Shadow Minister for Constitutional Affairs", "Leader 2": "William Hague", "Birth date": "1939 05 18 yes", "Birth place": "Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England", "Spouse(s)": "Kathleen Mary ... |
Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham, (born 4 July 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2010 to 2015. He also served in several posts while the Conservatives were in opposition, notably as Shadow Chancellor of the Exch... | {"Name": "The Lord Maude of Horsham", "Image caption": "Maude in 2011", "Term start": "11 May 2015", "Term end": "10 February 2016", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Conservative Party", "Leader 2": "Michael Howard David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Liam Fox The Lord Saatchi", "Successor 2": "Caroline Spelman\nyes Shadow Ca... |
is a Japanese food manufacturer. Its main products and services include soy sauce, food seasoning and flavoring, mirin, , and sake, juice and other beverages, pharmaceuticals, and restaurant management services.
Kikkoman has production plants and offices in Japan, the U.S., the Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan, China an... | {"Type": "Public (K.K)", "Founded": "1603 (oldest establishment)Shurtleff William Aoyagi Akiko 2012-05-31 History of Soy Sauce (160 CE to 2012) https://www.soyinfocenter.com/pdf/153/Sauc.pdf Soyinfo Center PDF1917 12 7 (incorporated)", "Headquarters": "Japan", "Parent": "The Master Trust Bank of Japan (10.04%) ... |
William Michael Hardy Spicer, Baron Spicer, (22 January 1943 - 29 May 2019) was a British politician and life peer who was a Conservative member of the House of Lords from 2010 until 2019. He served as Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire from 1974 to 2010 and was a minister from 1984 to 1990. He later served ... | {"Name": "The Lord Spicer", "Term start": "20 June 2001", "Term end": "25 May 2010", "Office 2": "Member of the House of Lords", "Birth name": "William Michael Hardy Spicer", "Birth date": "1943 01 22 yes", "Birth place": "Bath, Somerset, England", "Death date": "2019 5 29 1943 1 22 yes", "Death place": "London, Englan... |
Sir Robert Hill Smith, 3rd Baronet of Crowmallie (born 15 April 1958) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who was the Member of Parliament for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine from 1997 to 2015.
Early life
Educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London and the University of Aberdeen (MA), he was a member of t... | {"Name": "Sir Robert Smith", "Image caption": "Smith in 2002", "Term start": "11 June", "Term end": "26 November 2013", "Birth date": "1958 4 15 y", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Aberdeen"} |
Anne of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford () (30 September 1404 - 13 November 1432) was a daughter of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (1371-1419), and his wife Margaret of Bavaria (1363-1423).
Duchess of Bedford
In June 1423 at Troyes, Anne married John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, son of Henry IV of England, a m... | {"Father": "John the Fearless", "Mother": "Margaret of Bavaria", "Born": "30 September 1404", "Died": "Hôtel de Bourgogne, Paris", "Burial": "Church of the Celestines, ParisChartreuse de Champnol, Dijon", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism"} |
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RileyInformation extracted from Notice issued in compliance with the Regulations of the Committee of The Stock Exchange, London (with regard to the issue of 150,000 Preference Shares of £1 each on 17 January 1934).
The Company was incorporated in England on ... | {"Fate": "Acquired by William Morris in 1938 The Motor Men: Pioneers of the British Car Industry Peter King 1989 Quiller 1-870948-23-8 thereafter with Morris Motors Limited", "Founded": "1896 as The Riley Cycle Company", "Headquarters": "Coventry, England", "Industry": "Automotive"} |
Kaman Corporation is an American aerospace company, with headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut. It was founded in 1945 by Charles Kaman. During the first ten years the company operated exclusively as a designer and manufacturer of several helicopters that set world records and achieved many aviation firsts.
In 1956... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Aerospace industry, medical industry, defense industry", "Founded": "December 1945", "Headquarters": "United States", "Revenue": "US$1.59 billion (FY 2012)", "Divisions": "Bal Seal Engineering\nEXTEX Engineered Products\nGRW\nKaman Aerospace Jacksonville\nKaman Air Vehicles\nKaman Compos... |
Fort Wool is a decommissioned island fortification located in the mouth of Hampton Roads, adjacent to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT). Officially known as Rip Raps Island, the fort has an elevation of 7 feet and sits near Old Point Comfort, Old Point Comfort Light, Willoughby Beach and Willoughby Spit, approxima... | {"Type": "Sea fort", "Built": "1818-1861", "Built by": "United States Army Corps of Engineers", "Materials": "Stone", "In use": "1861-present", "Owner": "U.S. Government (1818-1953)\nCommonwealth of Virginia (1953-present)", "Open tothe public": "No\n Fort Wool\n yes\n \n Virginia Landmarks Register\n November 5, 19... |
Bugs and Thugs is a 1954 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on March 13, 1954, and stars Bugs Bunny, with Rocky and Mugsy. The film is a semi-remake of the 1946 cartoon Racketeer Rabbit. It is also the first Warner Bros short to feature Milt Franklyn as a musical director... | {"Directed by": "I. Freleng", "Story by": "Warren Foster", "Animation by": "Manuel PerezKen ChampinVirgil RossArthur Davis", "Layouts by": "Hawley Pratt", "Backgrounds by": "Irv Wyner", "Starring": "Mel Blanc", "Music by": "Milt Franklyn", "Produced by": "Edward Selzer", "Distributed by": "Warner Bros.The Vitaphone Cor... |
Richard Alan Younger-Ross (born Richard Alan Ross, 29 January 1953) is a politician in England. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Teignbridge from 2001 to 2010, having contested the seat in 1992 and 1997, finally winning in the 2001 election. He was defeated in the redefined Newton Abbot constit... | {"Name": "Richard Younger-Ross", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1953 1 29 yes", "Birth place": "Surrey", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Susan Younger (married 1982)", "Alma mater": "Oxford Brookes University"} |
The Green Party (, PV) is a political party in Brazil. It was constituted after the military dictatorship period and, like other green parties around the world, is committed to establishing a set of policies on ensuring social equity and sustainable development. One of the party's founding members was the journalist an... | {"Abbreviation": "PV", "President": "José Luiz Penna", "Founded": "January 1986", "Headquarters": "SDS Edifício Miguel Badya, 216Brasília", "Ideology": "Green politicsGreen liberalismhttps://www.pvsaopaulo.org.br/liberalismo-verde Arte: Liberalismo Verde, por Jair Lorenzetti Filho 2022-08-04", "Political position": "Ce... |
The Agathyrsi were a people belonging to the Scythian cultures who lived in the Transylvanian Plateau, in the region that later became Dacia.
Name
The name is the Latinisation of the Ancient Greek name (), which was itself the Hellenized form of a Scythian name whose original form is not attested.
The linguist Al... | {"Name": "Agathyrsi", "Native name": "xsc Haxāϑrauša no", "Image caption": "The Agathyrsi lived in Transylvania when they first appeared in historical records", "Languages": "ScythianGetic", "Religions": "Scythian religionThracian religion", "Related ethnic groups": "Cimmerians, Dacians, Getae, Massagetae, Saka, Sarmat... |
Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin, (born 26 November 1944) is a British Labour Party politician. She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Gateshead East and Washington West and for its predecessor Gateshead East from 1987 to 2005.
Early life and career
Quin was educated at Whitley Bay Grammar School and Newcas... | {"Name": "The Baroness Quin", "Term start": "28 July 1998", "Term end": "28 July 1999", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth date": "1944 11 26 y", "Spouse(s)": "Francis Guy MacMullen", "Alma mater": "Newcastle UniversityLondon School of Economics", "Image caption": "Quin in 2019"} |
Lawrence William Quinn (born 25 December 1956) is a British Labour Party politician, railway engineer and from 1997 to 2005 he was the Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby.
Early life and education
Quinn was born in Harraby, a suburb of Carlisle, then in Cumberland. He attended Pennine Way Primary School an... | {"Name": "Lawrie Quinn", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1956 12 25 yes", "Birth place": "Carlisle, Cumberland", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Ann Christine Eames", "Alma mater": "University of Hertfordshire"} |
Archibald John Norman (born 1 May 1954) is a British businessman and politician. He is the only person to have been chairman of an FTSE 100 company and a Member of the House of Commons (MP) at the same time. From January 2010 to January 2016, Norman was the chairman of ITV plc. He succeeded Robert Swannell as chairman ... | {"Name": "Archie Norman", "Term start": "2 February 2000", "Term end": "18 September 2001", "Birth date": "1954 5 1 y", "Birth place": "Dover, England", "Spouse(s)": "Vanessa Norman (m. 1982)", "Alma mater": "University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesEmmanuel College, CambridgeHarvard Business School"} |
I Dream of Jeannie is an American fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon that starred Barbara Eden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman, as an astronaut with whom she falls in love and eventually marries. Produced by Screen Gems, the show originally aired for 139 episodes over five se... | {"Genre": "SitcomFantasy", "Created by": "Sidney Sheldon", "Directed by": "Gene Nelson\n Hal Cooper\n Claudio Guzmán\n Larry Hagman\n Michael Ansara", "Starring": "Barbara Eden\n Larry Hagman\n Bill Daily\n Hayden Rorke\n Emmaline Henry", "Opening theme": "\"Jeannie\"", "Country of origin": "United States", "Cinematogr... |
Dan Norris (born 28 January 1960) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Mayor of the West of England since May 2021. He previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wansdyke from 1997 to 2010.
Norris served in government as the Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Enviro... | {"Name": "Dan Norris", "Image caption": "Norris in 2021", "Term start": "10 May 2021", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Wansdyke", "Predecessor 2": "Jack Aspinwall", "Successor 2": "Constituency abolished", "Birth date": "1960 01 28 yes", "Birth place": "London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Residence": "P... |
John Douglas Naysmith (1 April 1941 - 2 July 2023) was a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol North West from 1997 until standing down at the 2010 general election.
Early life
Doug Naysmith was born in Musselburgh, Scotland, and attended the local Burgh School before... | {"Name": "Doug Naysmith", "Image": "Doug Naysmith.JPG", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth name": "John Douglas Naysmith", "Birth date": "y 1941 04 01", "Birth place": "Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland", "Death date": "y 2023 07 02 1941 04 01", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Un... |
Eric Evlyn Illsley (born 9 April 1955) is a former British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central from 1987 until 2011. He was a Labour Party representative until suspended from the party after being charged with false accounting as part of the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses... | {"Name": "Eric Illsley", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "8 February 2011", "Birth name": "Eric Evlyn Illsley", "Birth date": "yes 1955 04 9", "Birth place": "Kendray, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Dawn Illsleyhttps://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/1101... |
Bugsy and Mugsy is a 1957 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.
The short was released on August 31, 1957, and stars Bugs Bunny, with Rocky and Mugsy. Bugs discovers that two robbers are hiding out on the floor above him, and plays them off against each other.
Plot
Bugs has relocated his home ... | {"Directed by": "Friz Freleng", "Story by": "Warren Foster", "Animation by": "Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis", "Layouts by": "Hawley Pratt", "Backgrounds by": "Boris Gorelick", "Starring": "Mel Blanc(all voices)", "Music by": "Carl StallingMilt Franklyn", "Edited by": "Treg Brown", "Produced by": "Edward SelzerJo... |
Brian Iddon (born 5 July 1940) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton South East from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
Born in Tarleton, Lancashire and attended the village's Church of England Primary School, Christ Church Boys' School, Southport and the Southport Technical Coll... | {"Name": "Brian Iddon", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1940 07 5 yes", "Birth place": "Tarleton, Lancashire, UK", "Alma mater": "University of Hull", "Nationality": "English", "Spouse(s)": "Merrilyn Muncaster, Eileen Harrison"} |
Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (née Gschaider; born 26 November 1955) is a British-German politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 to 2017. A former member of the Labour Party, she now sits as a crossbencher in the House of Lords.
Born and raise... | {"Name": "The Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "29 July 1999", "Term end": "8 June 2001", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Birmingham Edgbaston", "Predecessor 2": "Jill Knight", "Successor 2": "Preet Gill", "Birth name": "Gisela Gschaider", "Birth date": "195... |
Joachim Clemens Fest (8 December 1926 - 11 September 2006) was a German historian, journalist, critic and editor who was best known for his writings and public commentary on Nazi Germany, including a biography of Adolf Hitler and books about Albert Speer and German resistance to Nazism. He was a leading figure in the d... | {"Name": "Joachim Fest", "Caption": "(2004)", "Birth name": "Joachim Clemens Fest", "Birth place": "Berlin, Germany", "Birth date": "1926 12 8 y", "Death date": "2006 9 11 1926 12 8 y", "Death place": "Kronberg im Taunus, Germany", "Occupation": "Historian", "Known For": "Writings and commentary on Adolf Hitler and Naz... |
Constance Ann Cryer JP (née Place; born 14 December 1939) is a British former politician who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley from the 1997 general election up until she stood down at the 2010 general election.
Early life
Born Constance Ann Place in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, she comes fro... | {"Name": "Ann Cryer", "Birth name": "Constance Ann Place", "Birth date": "1939 12 14 yes", "Birth place": "Lytham St Annes, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Bob Cryer (m. 1963; wid. 1994)John Hammersley (m. 2003; wid. 2004)", "Alma mater": "Bolton Institute of Technology"} |
The National Mobilization Party (, PMN) is a political party in Brazil founded by politicians from the state of Minas Gerais on April 21, 1984, advocating for agrarian reform, termination of debt payments, ending of relations with the International Monetary Fund and formation of a trade bloc with other South American n... | {"President": "Antonio Carlos Bosco Massarollo", "Founded": "1984 4 21", "Headquarters": "Brasília (national)São Paulo (administrative)", "Ideology": "Social democracyDemocratic socialismhttp://www.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-tematico/partido-da-mobilizacao-nacional-pmn PARTIDO DA MOBILIZACAO NACIONAL (PMN)... |
Body Language is the ninth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released on 10 November 2003 by Parlophone. Following the commercial success of her eighth studio album Fever (2001), Minogue enlisted a diverse group of writers and producers to aid in creating a new album, including Cathy Dennis, Dan C... | {"Released": "2003 11 10 yes", "Recorded": "March-August 2003", "Studio": "The Toy Factory (London)\n El Cortijo (Marbella)\n Biffco (Dublin)\n Angel (London)\n Britannia Row (London)\n Eden (London)", "Genre": "Pop\n dance-pop", "Label": "Parlophone", "Producer": "Baby Ash\n Chris Braide\n Cathy Dennis\n Johnny Dougla... |
Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British politician serving as Shadow Home Secretary since 2021, and previously from 2011 to 2015. She served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2008 to 2009 and Work and Pensions Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she has bee... | {"Name": "Yvette Cooper", "Term start": "29 November 2021", "Office 2": "Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Tim Loughton (acting)", "Successor 2": "Tim Loughton (acting)", "Birth date": "y 1969 3 20", "Birth place": "Inverness, Scotland", "Spouse(s)": "Ed Balls 10 January 1998", "Education":... |
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. Corbyn sit... | {"Name": "Jeremy Corbyn", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "12 September 2015", "Term end": "4 April 2020", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Islington North", "Predecessor 2": "Michael O'Halloran", "Majority 2": "26,188 (48.7%)", "Birth name": "Jeremy Bernard Corbyn", "Birth date": "1949 0... |
The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (including its previous names) is the Grammy Awards awarded to songs written for films, television, video games or other visual media.
Recipients
right|upright|thumb|Two-time winner James Horner was the first recipient of the award alongside Barry Mann and Cynthi... | {"Awarded for": "Quality film/television songs", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1988 (\"Somewhere Out There\" from An American Tail)", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media is an honor presented to a composer (or composers) for an original score created for a film, TV show or series, or other visual media at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several c... | {"Awarded for": "Quality instrumental score soundtrack albums", "Presented by": "The Recording Academy", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1959", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (including its previous names) has been awarded since 1960. The award is presented to the composer of an original piece of music (not an adaptation), first released during the eligibility year. In theory, any style of music is eligible for this category, but winning co... | {"Awarded for": "quality instrumental compositions", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1960", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices was awarded from 1977 to 1986. From 1977 to 1981 it was called the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement for Voices. The award is presented to the arranger of the music.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released... | {"Awarded for": "Musical arrangement for voice", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1977", "Last awarded": "1986", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals (including its previous names) has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger of the music, not to the performer, except if the performer is also the arranger.
There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:
From 1963 ... | {"Awarded for": "quality arrangements of instrumentals with vocals", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1963", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement (and its subsequent name changes) has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger(s) of the music. Only songs or tracks are eligible, no longer works (e.g. albums). The performing artist does not receive a Grammy, except if he/she is also the arran... | {"Awarded for": "Quality arrangements of instrumental or a cappella compositions", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1963", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
Betty Marion White (January 17, 1922December 31, 2021) was an American actress, comedian and producer. A pioneer of early television with a career spanning eight decades, she was noted for her vast television appearances acting in sitcoms, sketch comedy, and game shows. She produced and starred in the series Life with ... | {"Name": "Betty White", "Caption": "White at the 1988 Emmy Awards", "Alt": "Photograph of a senior white woman smiling", "Other names": "Betty Marion White Ludden", "Birth date": "1922 01 17", "Birth place": "Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2021 12 31 1922 01 17", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.... |
Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, (born 22 February 1960), known informally as Tom Strathclyde, is a British Conservative politician. Lord Strathclyde served in the political role of Leader of the House of Lords from the 2010 general election until January 2013 and as Chancello... | {"Name": "The Lord Strathclyde", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "Term start": "12 May 2010", "Term end": "7 January 2013", "Office 2": "Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Lords", "Leader 2": "John MajorWilliam Hague", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Graham of Edmonton", "Successor 2": "The Lord Henley", "Bir... |
The Unmentionables is a 1963 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on September 7, 1963, and stars Bugs Bunny. It features Bugs with Rocky and Mugsy (in their final appearance), and spoofs The Untouchables, a popular television crime drama (complete with an impression of ... | {"Directed by": "Friz Freleng", "Story by": "John Dunn", "Animation by": "Gerry ChiniquyVirgil RossBob MatzArt LeonardiLee Halpern", "Layouts by": "Hawley Pratt", "Backgrounds by": "Tom O'Loughlin", "Edited by": "Treg Brown", "Starring": "Mel Blanc, Ralph James", "Music by": "Bill Lava", "Produced by": "David H. DePati... |
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The first generation of the BMW 1 Series consists of the BMW E81 (3-door hatchback), BMW E82 (coupe), BMW E87 (5-door hatchback) and BMW E88 (convertible) compact cars. The E81/E82/E87/E88 generation was produced from 2004 until 2013 and is sometimes collectively referred to as the E8x. The E8x re... | {"Manufacturer": "BMW", "Production": "2004-2013", "Assembly": "Germany: Leipzig; Regensburg; Osnabruck", "Class": "Subcompact executive car (C)", "Body style": "2-door coupe (E82)2-door convertible (E88)3-door hatchback (E81)5-door hatchback (E87)", "Layout": "Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive", "Related": "BMW Z4 (E89)B... |
The Socialist Campaign Group is a grouping of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The group also includes some MPs who formerly represented Labour in Parliament, but have had the whip withdrawn or been expelled from the party.
The group was formed in 1982 following the... | {"President": "Dennis Skinner", "Secretary": "Richard Burgon", "Founded": "1982", "Split from": "Tribune Group of MPs", "Ideology": "nowrap Democratic socialism", "Political position": "Left-wing", "National affiliation": "Labour Party"} |
David Linsay Willetts, Baron Willetts, (born 9 March 1956) is a British politician and life peer. From 1992 to 2015, he was the Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Havant in Hampshire. He served as Minister of State for Universities and Science from 2010 until July 2014 and became a member of the Hou... | {"Name": "The Lord Willetts", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "11 May 2010", "Term end": "14 July 2014", "Office 2": "Lord Commissioner of the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "Andrew Mitchell", "Successor 2": "Liam Fox\nShadow Cabinet positions", "Birth name": "Da... |
The Shropshire Union Canal, nicknamed the "Shroppie", is a navigable canal in England. The Llangollen and Montgomery canals are the modern names of branches of the Shropshire Union (SU) system and lie partially in Wales.
The canal lies in the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire in the north-west Engli... | {"Date completed": "9 March 1835 Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000205/18350313/006/0003 Leicester Journal England 13 March 1835 29 June 2022 British Newspaper Archive subscription", "Branch(es)": "Middlewich Branch (open)Shrewsbury and Newport Cana... |
The River Dee (, ) is a river in the United Kingdom. It has a total length of and is largely located in Wales. The stretch between Aldford and Chester is within England, and two other sections form the border between the two countries.
The river rises on Dduallt in Snowdonia and flows east through Bala Lake, Corwen, ... | {"Native name": "cy Afon Dyfrdwy", "Mouth": "0 m on", "Coordinates": "53.3539 -3.2258 type:river_region: inline", "Basin size": "1816.8 km2 on", "Left": "Tryweryn, Alwen, Clywedog, Alyn", "Right": "Ceiriog, Wych Brook"} |
Kylie Minogue is the fifth studio album recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Deconstruction released it in the United Kingdom on 19 September 1994, while a release was issued through Mushroom Records in Australia on the same date. After leaving Pete Waterman Entertainment, Minogue wanted to establish her credib... | {"Released": "yes 1994 9 19", "Recorded": "1993-1994", "Studio": "Sarm West (London)\n Axis (New York)\n Power Station (New York)\n Whorga Musica (New York)", "Genre": "Dance-pop", "Label": "Deconstruction\n Mushroom", "Producer": "Steve Anderson\nDave Seaman\nM People\nPete Heller\nTerry Farley\nJimmy Harry"} |
Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 children's fantasy adventure film written and directed by Britt Allcroft and produced by Allcroft and Phil Fehrle. It is the only theatrical live-action/animated Thomas & Friends film in the franchise. The film stars Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Didi C... | {"Directed by": "Britt Allcroft", "Produced by": "Britt Allcroft\n Phil Fehrle", "Written by": "Britt Allcroft", "Based on": "The Railway Series Reverend W. Awdry", "Starring": "Peter Fonda\n Mara Wilson\n Alec Baldwin\n Didi Conn\n Russell Means\n Cody McMains\n Michael E. Rodgers", "Music by": "Hummie Mann", "Cinemat... |
The Chester Canal was an English canal linking the south Cheshire town of Nantwich with the River Dee at Chester. It was intended to link Chester to Middlewich, with a branch to Nantwich, but the Trent and Mersey Canal were unco-operative about a junction at Middlewich, and so the route to Nantwich was opened in 1779. ... | {"Original owner": "Chester Canal Company", "Date of act": "1772", "Date of first use": "1779", "Boat length": "0", "Boat beam": "9", "Start point": "Nantwich", "End point": "Chester", "Branch of": "Now part of Shropshire Union", "Original number of locks": "14", "Status": "Navigable", "Navigation authority": "Canal & ... |
John James Held Jr. (January 10, 1889 – March 2, 1958) was an American cartoonist, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, and author. One of the best-known magazine illustrators of the 1920s, his most popular works were his uniquely styled cartoons which depicted people dancing, driving, playing sports, and engaging in oth... | {"Caption": "Portrait by Pirie MacDonald (1923)", "Birth date": "1889 01 10", "Birth place": "Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.", "Death place": "Belmar, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1958 03 02 1889 1 10"} |
James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Gabriel WrayAaron Goldstein "Jimmy Wray, R.I.P." , The American Spectator, 25 May 2013. (28 April 1935 - 25 May 2013)"Jimmy Wray, former Labour MP, dies at 78", telegraph.co.uk, 25 May 2013 was a Scottish politician and Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston and Glasgow Provan... | {"Name": "Jimmy Wray", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1935 04 28 yes", "Birth place": "Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK", "Death date": "2013 5 25 1935 4 28 yes", "Death place": "Mearnskirk Home Hospital, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK", "Birth name": "James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Ga... |
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) is a college athletic conference in the Midwestern United States that participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The current CCHA began play in the 2021-22 season; a previous incarnation, which the current CCHA recognizes as part of its history, e... | {"Logo size": "300", "Founded": "1971", "Association": "NCAA", "Division": "Division I", "Teams": "9", "Sports fielded": "no", "Region": "Midwestern United States", "Headquarters": "Deephaven, Minnesota", "Commissioner": "2020", "Official website": "https://ccha.com"} |
Magic Adventures of Mumfie is a British animated children's television series and movie, inspired by the works of Katharine Tozer (1907-1943) with an original music score containing more than 22 songs. The series was created by Britt Allcroft, the creator of Thomas & Friends and its US debut, Shining Time Station, prod... | {"Created by": "Britt Allcroft", "Narrated by": "Patrick Breen", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "10 minutes", "Original network": "ITV (Children's ITV)", "Original release": "1998 10 6 y"} |
Michael Roy Wood (born 3 March 1946) is a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen from 1997 to 2015. He was a member of the left-wing Socialist Campaign Group.
Early life
Wood is the son of Rowland Wood, a foundry worker, and his wife Laura. He has two siblings.
He was educated at N... | {"Name": "Mike Wood", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "yes 1946 03 3", "Birth place": "Crewe, Cheshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Leeds Polytechnic"} |
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college ice hockey conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a women's-only conference.
From 1951 to 1999, it operated as a men-only league, adding women's competition in the 1999-2000 season. It operated... | {"Logo size": "250", "Founded": "1951", "Association": "NCAA", "Division": "Division I", "Teams": "8", "Sports fielded": "yes", "Region": "Midwestern United States", "Former": "Midwest Collegiate Hockey League (1951-53)Western Intercollegiate Hockey League (1953-58)", "Headquarters": "Bloomington, Minnesota", "Commissi... |
Robert Nelson Wareing (20 August 1930 - 1 May 2015) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby from 1983 to 2010. Until 2007, he was a Labour MP but resigned the party whip following his deselection as the party's candidate for his constituency.
Early life
Wareing was bor... | {"Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth name": "Robert Nelson Wareing", "Birth date": "yes 1930 8 20", "Birth place": "Liverpool, England", "Death date": "yes 2015 5 1 1930 8 20", "Death place": "London, England", "Other political party": "Labour (before 2007)", "Spouse(s)": "Betty Coward 1962... |
Billie Paul Piper (born Leian Paul Piper; 22 September 1982) is an English actress and former singer. She initially gained recognition as a singer after releasing her debut single "Because We Want To" at age 15, which made her the youngest female singer to enter the UK Singles Chart at number one; her follow-up single ... | {"Name": "Billie Piper", "Birth name": "Leian Paul Piper", "Caption": "Piper at the 2019 Brussels Comic Con", "Birth date": "yes 1982 9 22", "Birth place": "Swindon, Wiltshire, England", "Awards": "Full list", "Website": "billiepiperofficial.com", "Occupation": "Actress singer", "Years active": "1998-present", "Notable... |
The Hockey East Association, also known as Hockey East, is a college ice hockey conference which operates entirely in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference.
Hockey East came into existence in 1984 for men's hockey when most of its current members split from what is today kno... | {"Founded": "1984", "Association": "NCAA", "Division": "Division I", "Teams": "12", "Sports fielded": "10 teams", "Region": "New England", "Headquarters": "Amesbury, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Commissioner": "Steve Metcalf", "Official website": "http://www.hockeyeastonline.com", "Map size": "250"} |
Llewellyn Thomas Smith (16 April 1944 - 26 May 2021) was a British Labour Party politician.
Early life and education
According to Smith, his father was born in England and moved to Wales as a child. He began working at the local colliery (Newbridge) at the age of thirteen, and his brother died in a tragic accident whi... | {"Name": "Llew Smith", "Office 2": "Member of the European Parliament for South Wales East", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "Glenys Kinnock", "Birth name": "Llewellyn Thomas SmithFull list of Gwent candidates https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/4620948.full-list-of-gwent-candidates/ 4... |
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