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Kim F. Coates (born February 21, 1958) is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Festival. He is best known for his ro... | {"Caption": "Coates in 2012", "Birth date": "1958 2 21", "Birth place": "Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1986-present", "Spouse(s)": "Diana Chappell 1984", "Children": "2", "Citizenship": "Canadian\n American"} |
Punjab National Bank (abbreviated as PNB) is an Indian public sector bank based in New Delhi. The bank was founded in May 1894 and is the second largest public sector bank in India in terms of its business volumes and second largest in terms of its network. The bank has over 180 million customers, 12,248 branches, and ... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Banking, Financial services", "Founded": "y 1894 05 19http://profit.ndtv.com/stock/punjab-national-bank_pnb/reports History of PNB NDTV.com 18 February 2014", "Headquarters": "Dwarka, Delhi, India", "Products": "Credit cards, consumer banking, corporate banking, finance and insurance,... |
Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other.... | {"Written by": "Noël Coward", "Genre": "Romantic comedy", "Setting": "A hotel in Deauville, France, and a flat in Paris in the 1930s", "Subject": "A divorced couple unexpectedly honeymoon at the same place with their new spouses", "Date premiered": "18 August 1930", "Place premiered": "King's Theatre, Edinburgh", "Orig... |
The , known as the for sponsorship reasons,The logo used in Japan is labeled 「明治安田生命 J1 LEAGUE」. is the top level of the system. Founded in 1992, it is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football. Contested by 18 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the J2 League. Until the 20... | {"Confederation": "AFC", "Founded": "1992", "Number of teams": "18 (20 from 2024)", "Relegation": "J2 League", "Domestic cup(s)": "Emperor's CupFujifilm Super Cup", "League cup(s)": "YBC Levain Cup", "International cup(s)": "AFC Champions League", "Most championships": "Kashima Antlers (8 titles)\n<!-- Preview warning:... |
Queen: The Story of an American Family is a 1993 partly factual historical novel by Alex Haley and David Stevens.
It brought back to the consciousness of many white Americans the plight of the children of the plantation: the offspring of black slave women and their white masters, who were legally the property of their... | {"Country": "United States", "Publisher": "William Morrow", "Published": "1993", "Media type": "Print"} |
Pascal Salin (born May 16, 1939) is a French economist, professor emeritus at the Université Paris-Dauphine and a specialist in public finance and monetary economics. He is a former president of the Mont Pelerin Society (1994 to 1996).
Biography
After undergraduate studies in law at the University of Bordeaux, Salin... | {"School ortradition": "Austrian School, Chicago SchoolIsrael Karl-Friedrich February 23, 2023 On the Complementarity of the Austrian and Monetarist Traditions https://qjae.scholasticahq.com/article/72055-on-the-complementarity-of-the-austrian-and-monetarist-traditions Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 25 3... |
Mehli Mehta (25 September 1908 - 19 October 2002) was an Indian conductor and violinist.
Early life
Mehta was born in Bombay, India to a Parsi family. His involvement in music stemmed from his birth. As a young violinist his main musical influence and inspiration was Jascha Heifetz. A pioneering figure in the Indian m... | {"Name": "Mehli Mehta", "Birth date": "yes 1908 9 25", "Birth place": "Bombay, British India", "Death date": "yes 2002 10 19 1908 9 25", "Death place": "Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, California", "Education": "University of BombayTrinity College of Music in London (licentiate, 1929)", "Occupation": ... |
South Lakeland was a local government district in Cumbria, England, from 1974 to 2023. In April 2023, Cumbria was reorganised into two unitary authorities. South Lakeland District Council was abolished and its functions were transferred to the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority. The population of the non-metrop... | {"Type": "South Lakeland District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000031", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "southlakeland.gov.uk"} |
The Borough of Copeland was a local government district with borough status in western Cumbria, England. Its council was based in Whitehaven. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Whitehaven, Ennerdale Rural District and Millom Rural District. The population of the Non-Metropolitan district wa... | {"Type": "Non-metropolitan district", "Body": "Copeland Borough Council", "Rank": "E07000029", "Density": "E07000029", "DST": "+1", "Website": "copeland.gov.uk"} |
Allerdale was a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council was based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 96,422 at the 2011 Census.
The Borough of Allerdale was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1... | {"Type": "Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000026", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "https://www.allerdale.gov.uk/"} |
Eden was a local government district in Cumbria, England, based at Penrith Town Hall in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden, which flows north through the district toward Carlisle. Its population of 49,777 at the 2001 census, increased to 52,564 at the 2011 Census. A 2019 estimate was 53,253.City Population. Retr... | {"Type": "Eden District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000030", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "https://www.eden.gov.uk/"} |
Oberon-2 is an extension of the original Oberon programming language that adds limited reflection and object-oriented programming facilities, open arrays as pointer base types, read-only field export, and reintroduces the FOR loop from Modula-2.
It was developed in 1991 at ETH Zurich by Niklaus Wirth and Hanspeter Mös... | {"Name": "Oberon-2", "Family": "Wirth Oberon", "Designer": "Niklaus WirthHanspeter Mössenböck", "Developer": "ETH Zurich", "Initial release date": "1991", "Typing discipline": "Strong, hybrid (static and dynamic)", "Scope": "Lexical", "Platform": "Ceres (NS32032), IA-32, x86-64", "Operating system": "Windows, Linux, So... |
The Maxim restaurant bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on October 4, 2003 in the beachfront "Maxim" restaurant in Haifa, Israel. Twenty-one people were killed in the attack and 60 were injured. Among the victims were two families and four children, including a two-month-old baby.
The restaurant, which is lo... | {"Title": "Maxim restaurant bombing", "Part of": "the Second Intifada militancy campaign", "Image": "PikiWiki Israel 438 maxim restaurant haifa מסעדת מקסים בחיפה.JPG", "Caption": "The Maxim restaurant in 2009", "Map": "250px\n\n7pxThe attack site", "Location": "Haifa, Israel", "Coordinates": "32 48 46 N 34 57 20 E inli... |
Baron FitzWalter is an ancient title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 24 June 1295 for Robert FitzWalter. The title was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines.
History
right|thumb|220px|Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex and 12th Baron FitzWalter
thumb|Goodnes... | {"Creation date": "1295 6 24 y", "Created by": "Edward I", "Peerage": "Peerage of England", "First holder": "Robert FitzWalter", "Heir apparent": "Hon. Edward Brook Plumptre", "Seat(s)": "Goodnestone Park", "Motto": "Je Garderai (\"I will guard\")Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage"} |
Haddon Hubbard "Sunny" Sundblom (June 22, 1899 – March 10, 1976) was an American artist of Swedish and Finnish descent and best known for the images of Santa Claus he created for The Coca-Cola Company. Sundblom's friend Lou Prentice was the original model for the illustrator's Santa.
Background
Sundblom was born in M... | {"Name": "Haddon Sundblom", "Birth name": "Haddon Hubbard Sundblom", "Birth date": "June 22, 1899", "Birth place": "Muskegon, Michigan, United States", "Death date": "1976 3 10 1899 6 22", "Death place": "Chicago, United States", "Occupation": "Artist"} |
Dacorum is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England. The council is based in Hemel Hempstead. The borough also includes the towns of Berkhamsted and Tring and surrounding villages. The borough had a population of 155,081 in 2021. Dacorum was created in 1974 and is named after the ancien... | {"Type": "Non-metropolitan district", "Body": "Dacorum Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000096", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1"} |
(also stylized as OutRun) is an arcade driving video game released by Sega in September 1986. It is known for its pioneering hardware and graphics, nonlinear gameplay, a selectable soundtrack with music composed by Hiroshi Kawaguchi, and the hydraulic motion simulator deluxe arcade cabinet. The goal is to avoid traffic... | {"Title": "Out Run", "Caption": "Arcade flyer", "Developer": "Sega", "Publisher": "WW Sega (arcade) EU U.S. Gold (computers)", "Designer": "Yu Suzuki", "Composer": "Hiroshi Kawaguchi", "Series": "Out Run", "Platforms": "Arcade Master System Mega Drive/Genesis NEC PC-8801 Atari ST Amiga Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 Game Gea... |
West Lancashire is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The council is based in Ormskirk, and the largest town is Skelmersdale. The borough also contains the town of Burscough and surrounding rural areas.
The neighbouring districts are Fylde, South Ribble, Chorley, Wigan, St Helens, ... | {"Type": "West Lancashire Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000127", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1"} |
South Ribble is a borough in the county of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Leyland. The population, at the 2011 Census, was 109,057. Notable towns and villages include Walton le Dale, Bamber Bridge, Leyland and Penwortham. It is wedged geographically between the towns of Blackburn, Lytham St Annes and Chor... | {"Type": "South Ribble Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000126", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1"} |
The Borough of Fylde is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. It covers part of the Fylde plain, after which it is named. The council's headquarters are in St Annes.FBC Website Some council departments, including Planning and an office of the Registrar, were previously located in Wesh... | {"Type": "Fylde Borough Council", "Rank": "E07000119", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "https://new.fylde.gov.uk/"} |
Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell (12 June 1901 - 8 June 1979) was a leading British fashion designer, best known for his work for the ladies of the royal family. Hartnell gained the Royal Warrant as Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) in 1940, and Royal Warrant as Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II in 1957.... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Norman Hartnell", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% KCVO", "Caption": "Hartnell in 1972, by Allan Warren", "Birth name": "Norman Bishop Hartnell", "Birth date": "12 June 1901", "Birth place": "Streatham, London, England", "Death date": "y 1979 6 8 1901 6 12", "Death place": "Windsor, Berks... |
Wyre is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 census was 107,749. The district borders the unitary authority area of Blackpool as well as the districts of Lancaster, Ribble Valley, Fylde and Preston. The council is based in Po... | {"Type": "Wyre Borough Council", "Rank": "E07000128", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "wyre.gov.uk"} |
Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The total population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 Census was 57,132. Its council is based in Clitheroe. Other places include Whalley, Longridge and Ribchester. The area is named a... | {"Type": "Ribble Valley Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000124", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "ribblevalley.gov.uk"} |
Rossendale () is a district with borough status in Lancashire, England, located along the River Irwell and spanning a large valley. It is located south of Burnley and east of Blackburn. The borough borders Greater Manchester to the south and borders the boroughs of Bolton, Bury and Rochdale.
In the 2001 census the pop... | {"Type": "Rossendale Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000125", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "rossendale.gov.uk"} |
Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Accrington and covers the outlying towns of Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton. The borough was created in 1974 and takes its name from the River Hyndburn. It had a population of 80,734 a... | {"Type": "Hyndburn Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000120", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "hyndburnbc.gov.uk"} |
South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the Horizon Building at Broadland Business Park near Norwich, in the Broadland district area, following a move in early 2023 from the previous headquarters in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,0... | {"Type": "South Norfolk District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000149", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "south-norfolk.gov.uk"} |
Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield is also one of the original twenty... | {"Full name": "Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "The GiantsFartownThe Claret and GoldsCowbell Army", "Short name": "Huddersfield Giants", "Founded": "yes 1895", "Colours": "Claret and Gold", "Website": "https://www.giantsrl.com/ giantsrl.com", "Ground(s)": "24,500", "Chairman": "Keith Hel... |
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North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer. The population at the 2011 Census was 101,149.
thumb|Fakenham, best known for Fakenham Racecourse and is the third-largest settlement
History
The district was fo... | {"Type": "North Norfolk District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000147", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "north-norfolk.gov.uk"} |
South Northamptonshire was a local government district in Northamptonshire, England, from 1974 to 2021. Its council was based in the town of Towcester, first established as a settlement in Roman Britain. The population of the Local Authority District Council in 2011 was 85,189.
The largest town in the district was Bra... | {"Type": "South Northamptonshire District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000155", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "southnorthants.gov.uk"} |
Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in West Bridgford. The borough also includes the towns of Bingham and Cotgrave as well as numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Some of the built-up areas in the north-west of the borough, including ... | {"Type": "Rushcliffe Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000176", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1"} |
Gedling is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. The council is based in Arnold. The borough also includes Carlton along with villages and rural areas to the north-east of Nottingham. The main built-up part of the borough around Arnold and Carlton forms part of the Nottingham Urba... | {"Type": "Gedling Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000173", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "https://www.gedling.gov.uk/"} |
John Arthur Cunliffe (16 June 1933 - 20 September 2018) was an English children's book author and television presenter who created the characters of Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim.
Biography
Cunliffe was born in Colne, Lancashire, the only child of Nelly and Arthur Cunliffe. His father left the family when John was a b... | {"Born": "1933 6 16 yhttp://catalogue.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/amlibweb/webquery.dll?v1=pbMarc&v4=8709&v5=3X&v8=8710&v9=0&v10=N&v11=97739&v13=4H&v20=4&v23=0&v25=Cunliffe,%20John,%201933-&v27=42582&v35=%7B%5D0%5B%7D%7B%5D0%5B%7D%7B%5D0%5B%7D%7B%5D0%5B%7D&v46=8710 My favourite Postman Pat stories / written by John/Cunliffe... |
Bärbel Bohley (24 May 1945 - 11 September 2010) was an East German opposition figure and artist.
Biography
As an artist, Bohley won prizes from the authorities, including a trip to the Soviet Union. Her opposition to the government did not start until the 1980s. In 1983 she was expelled from the GDR artists fed... | {"Caption": "Bärbel Bohley in September 1990", "Birth date": "1945 05 24 y", "Death date": "2010 09 11 1945 05 24 y", "Occupation": "Actress, human rights activist", "Years active": "1980 — 2010"} |
Spelthorne is a local government district and borough in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Staines-upon-Thames; other settlements in the area include Ashford, Sunbury-on-Thames, Shepperton, Stanwell and Laleham.
Spelthorne borders the London Boroughs of Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames to the north... | {"Type": "Non-metropolitan district council", "Body": "Spelthorne Borough Council", "Rank": "E07000213 (of )", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "www.spelthorne.gov.uk"} |
MindVox was an early Internet service provider in New York City. The service was referred to as "the Hells Angels of Cyberspace"Hells Angels of Cyberspace, Vox Chapter — it was founded in 1991 by Bruce Fancher (Dead Lord) and Patrick Kroupa (Lord Digital), two former members of the Legion of Doom hacker group.MindVox: ... | {"Type of business": "Private", "Founded": "1991 12 y", "Founder(s)": "Bruce Fancher Patrick K. Kroupa", "Headquarters": "United States", "Area served": "Worldwide", "Industry": "Internet", "URL": "http://www.mindvox.com/", "Available in": "Multilingual", "Registration": "Required", "Launched": "December 1991", "Curre... |
Randy Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans and the San Francisco 49ers. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wide ... | {"Born:": "Rand, West Virginia, U.S.Bieler Des November 12, 2014 What we learned from ESPN's '30 for 30' on Randy Moss https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2014/11/12/the-30-for-30-on-randy-moss-what-we-learned/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20160328115409/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early... |
3 Hits from Hell (stylized as 3 hits from HeLL) is the sixth release by American horror punk band Misfits. The 7" EP was released in April 1981 via Plan 9 Records. While there was no actual insert, some of the first pressing included a Misfits Fiend Club ad.
All three songs were recorded on 2" 16-track tape at Master ... | {"Released": "April 1981Greene 2013 125", "Recorded": "August 1980", "Studio": "Master Sound Productions, Franklin Square, New YorkGreene 2013 125", "Genre": "Punk rock horror punk", "Label": "Plan 9", "Producer": "Rob Alter"} |
"Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" is a Christian hymn by Charles Wesley on Christian perfection.This is the rubric for the hymn in the 1935 (U.S.) Methodist hymn book. Judging by general repute, it is among Wesley's finest: "justly famous and beloved, better known than almost any other hymn of Charles Wesley."An Annot... | {"Genre": "Hymn", "Text": "Charles Wesley", "Written": "1747", "Based on": "Bible King James 1 John 4 16", "Meter": "8.7.8.7 D", "Melody": "“Love Divine” by John Stainer\n \"Beecher\" by John Zundel\n \"Hyfrydol\" by Rowland Prichard\n \"Blaenwern\" by William Penfro Rowlands"} |
Tom Singh (born August 1949) is the founder of the New Look, a chain of high street fashion stores in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Singh was born into a Punjabi Sikh family, who emigrated from the Punjab to England in the late 1940s when he was a baby. He was educated at Wellington School. He earned a degree in in... | {"Name": "Tom Singh", "Birth date": "1949 08", "Birth place": "Punjab, India", "Nationality": "British", "Education": "Wellington School", "Alma mater": "University of Wales, Aberystwyth", "Occupation": "Businessman", "Known For": "Founder of New Look", "Spouse(s)": "Kuljit Singh", "Children": "2", "Relatives": "Simon ... |
"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (originally written in the German language with the title ) is one of the best known hymns by the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnwriter. Luther wrote the words and composed the hymn tune between 1527 and 1529.Julian, John, ed., A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting forth t... | {"Key": "C Major/D Major", "Catalogue": "Zahn 7377", "Native name": "de", "Text": "by Martin Luther", "Language": "German", "Written": "yes 1529", "Based on": "Psalm 46", "Meter": "8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7", "Melody": "by Martin Luther", "Published": "yes 1531 (extant)"} |
| position = Centre to centre-right
| colours = Dark blue (customary) Orange (official)
| european = Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (CDC)
| europarl = ALDE Group (CDC)EPP Group (UDC)
| international = Liberal International (CDC)Centrist Democrat International (UDC)
| ... | {"Abbreviation": "CiU", "Preceded by": "Democratic Pact for CataloniaDemocracy and Catalonia", "Succeeded by": "Junts pel Sí", "Headquarters": "C/ Còrsega, 331-33308037, Barcelona", "Ideology": "\"Dowling\">Andrew Dowling Convergència i Unió, Catalonia and the new Catalanism The Politics of Contemporary Spain Rotle... |
Suraiya Jamal Sheikh (15 June 1929 - 31 January 2004), mononymously known as Suraiya, was an Indian actress and playback singer who worked in Hindi films. In a career spanning from 1936 to 1963, Suraiya acted in over 67 films and sang 338 songs. Regarded among the finest and greatest actresses in the history of Indian ... | {"Name": "Suraiya", "Caption": "Suraiya in 1952", "Birth name": "Suraiya Jamal Sheikh", "Native name pronunciation": "Su-rai-yaa", "Birth date": "y 1929 06 15", "Birth place": "Lahore, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)", "Death date": "yes 2004 01 31 1929 06 15", "Death place": "Mumbai, Maharashtra, ... |
The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (; , CDC), frequently shortened as Convergence (; ) was a Catalan nationalist, liberal political party in Catalonia (Spain), currently still existing without any political activity.
The party was originally created around the figure of Jordi Pujol in 1974, but it was not legally... | {"Abbreviation": "CDC", "Founded": "yes 1974 11 17", "Registered": "yes 1977 02 23", "Succeeded by": "Catalan European Democratic Party", "Headquarters": "Historical:C/ Còrsega, 331-33308037, BarcelonaCurrent:C/ Consell de Cent, 113-115, bjs.08015, Barcelona", "Ideology": "\"Dowling\">Andrew Dowling Convergència i Un... |
Cross of Iron (German: Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz, lit. "Steiner - The Iron Cross") is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and David Warner. Set on the Eastern Front in World War II during the Soviets' Caucasus operations against the German Kuban bridgehead... | {"Directed by": "Sam Peckinpah", "Produced by": "Alex Winitsky\n Arlene Sellers\n Wolf C. Hartwig", "Screenplay by": "Julius Epstein\n James Hamilton\n Walter Kelley", "Based on": "The Willing Flesh Willi Heinrich", "Starring": "James Coburn\n Maximilian Schell\n James Mason\n David Warner\n Senta Berger", "Music by": ... |
David Wilshire (born 16 September 1943) is a British former politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Spelthorne in Surrey from 1987 to 2010. Wilshire was considered to be to the right of the party's mainstream.
Wilshire introduced Section 28 legislation in 1988. In 2009 ... | {"Name": "David Wilshire", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1943 09 16", "Birth place": "Bristol, England", "Alma mater": "Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge"} |
William Ernest Rammell (born 10 October 1959) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harlow from 1997 until 2010, and served as a Minister of State in several departments from 2002. From August 2012 to December 2019 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire. He wa... | {"Name": "Bill Rammell", "Image caption": "Rammell in 2008", "Term start": "August 2012", "Term end": "December 2019", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs", "Predecessor 2": "Kim Howells", "Successor 2": "Ivan Lewis", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Birth date": "yes 1959 10 10", "B... |
Alexander John Randall, Baron Randall of Uxbridge, (born 5 August 1955) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge from 1997 to 2010 and for Uxbridge and South Ruislip until 2015, before being awarded a life peerage in 2018. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Governm... | {"Name": "The Lord Randall of Uxbridge", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "11 May 2010", "Term end": "6 October 2013", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South RuislipUxbridge (1997-2010)", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Michael Shersby", "Successor 2": "Boris Johnson", "Birth date": "1... |
Sydney Norman John Rapson (born 17 April 1942) is a British former Labour politician who served as the MP for Portsmouth North from 1997 to 2005.
Early life
Rapson moved with his family to the Paulsgrove area of Portsmouth as a young child, where he attended Paulsgrove Modern (now King Richard School). After leaving... | {"Name": "Syd Rapson", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1942 4 17 yes", "Birth place": "Isle of Wight, England", "Birth name": "Sydney Norman John Rapson", "Nationality": "English"} |
Andrew John Reed (born 17 September 1964) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament for the key marginal Constituency of Loughborough from 1997 to 2010.
Reed was awarded the OBE in June 2012 for service to the community and sport in Leicestershire.
He is a notable sports enthusiast... | {"Name": "Andy Reed", "Image caption": "Reed in 2010", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1964 09 17 yes", "Birth place": "Kettering, Northamptonshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "De Montfort University"} |
Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan, (born 17 July 1951) is a British Conservative politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire (previously Blaby) in Leicestershire as well as a government minister.
In September 2014 Robathan announced he would stand down at the 2015 general ... | {"Name": "The Lord Robathan", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "7 October 2013", "Term end": "14 July 2014", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare and Veterans", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Kevan Jones", "Successor 2": "Mark Francois", "Birth... |
The Democratic Union of Catalonia (; , UDC), frequently shortened as Union (; ), was a regionalist, Christian-democratic political party in the Catalonia region of Spain existing between 1931 and 2017. Together with Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC), they formed the Convergence and Union (CiU) alliance and fede... | {"Abbreviation": "UDC, unio.cat", "Founded": "yes 1931 11 07", "Registered": "yes 1977 03 03", "Succeeded by": "United to Advance", "Headquarters": "C/ Nàpols, 35-3908018, Barcelona", "Ideology": "Regionalism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism", "Political position": "Centre-right", "National affiliation": "Union of t... |
Sir Hugh Michael Robertson , (born 9 October 1962) is the Chairman of the British Olympic Association and Chairman of Camelot, the operator of The National Lottery. He was formerly a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Faversham and Mid Kent from 2001 to 2015. He was the Mini... | {"Name": "Sir Hugh Robertson", "Image caption": "Robertson in 2010", "Term start": "24 November 2016", "Office 2": "Minister for Sport", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Gerry Sutcliffe", "Successor 2": "Helen Grant", "Birth date": "1962 10 9 yes", "Birth place": "Canterbury, Kent, England", "Nati... |
Laurence Anthony Robertson (born 29 March 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Tewkesbury since 1997 and served as Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee for seven years, from 2010 to 2017.
Early life
Robertson was born in Bolton, Lancashire. His father w... | {"Name": "Laurence Robertson", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "9 June 2010", "Term end": "12 July 2017", "Birth date": "1958 03 29 y", "Birth place": "Bolton, Lancashire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Susan Lees 1989 2005 divorcedAnnie Adams 2015", "Partner(s)": "Annie Ada... |
Zakir Husain Khan (8 February 1897 - 3 May 1969) was an Indian educationist and politician who served as the third president of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969.
Born in Hyderabad in a Afridi Pashtuns family, Husain completed his schooling in Etawah and went on to study at the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie... | {"Name": "Zakir Husain", "Image caption": "Husain on a 1998 post stamp of India", "Vice president": "Varahagiri Venkata Giri", "Term start": "13 May 1967", "Term end": "3 May 1969", "Order 2": "2nd", "Office 2": "Vice President of India", "Prime minister 2": "Jawaharlal Nehru Gulzarilal Nanda (interim) Lal Bahadur Shas... |
Taishi Ci () (166-206), courtesy name Ziyi, was a Chinese military general who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He had served as a minor Han official, before eventually coming to serve warlords Liu Yao, Sun Ce, and Sun Ce's successor Sun Quan.
A native of Donglai Commandery, he started his career as... | {"Name": "Taishi Ci", "Native name": "太史慈", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Taishi Ci", "Term start": "?", "Term end": "206", "Office 2": "Administrator of Danyang (丹楊太守)(self-appointed)", "Birth date": "166birth and death years", "Birth place": "Longkou, Shandong", "Death date":... |
Carnmoney () is the name of a townland (of 456 acres), electoral ward and a civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Carnmoney is within the urban area of Newtownabbey, in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It lies from Belfast city centre in the historic barony of Belfast Lower.
Carnmoney is k... | {"Population": "(2001 Census)", "District": "Antrim and Newtownabbey", "Sovereign state": "Northern Ireland", "Postcode district": "BT36", "Dialling code": "028", "UK Parliament": "East Antrim", "NI Assembly": "East Antrim", "County": "County Antrim"} |
Provinces are constituent political entities of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe currently has ten provinces, two of which are cities with provincial status. Zimbabwe is a unitary state, and its provinces exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate. Provinces are divided into districts, which are divided... | {"Category": "Unitary state", "Location": "Republic of Zimbabwe", "Number": "10 Provinces", "Populations": "1,200,337 (Bulawayo) - 2,123,132 (Harare Province)", "Areas": "659 sqmi km2 flip on (Bulawayo) - 75025 sqkm flip on (Matabeleland North)", "Government": "Provincial government, National government", "Subdivisions... |
The Empire Builder is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and either Seattle or Portland via two sections west of Spokane. Introduced in 1929, it was the flagship passenger train of the Great Northern Railway and was retained by Amtrak when it took over intercity rail service in 197... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail", "Locale": "Midwestern and Northwestern United States", "First service": "1929 06 10", "Annual ridership": "Empire Builder", "Termini": "Seattle, Washington or Portland, Oregon", "Stops": "38 (Seattle-Chicago)37 (Portland-Chicago)", "Distance travelled": "2206 mi out (Seattle-Chicago)... |
Barbara Maureen Roche (; born 13 April 1954) is a British Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey and Wood Green from 1992 until 2005, when she lost her seat to the Liberal Democrats, despite having enjoyed a majority of over 10,000 in the prior, 2001, general election.
Early life and educ... | {"Name": "Barbara Roche", "Office 2": "Financial Secretary to the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Dawn Primarolo", "Successor 2": "Stephen Timms", "Birth date": "yes 1954 4 13", "Birth place": "Bethnal Green, London, England", "Birth name": "Barbara Maureen Margolis", "Spouse(s)": "Patric... |
Botswana is divided into 10 administrative districts, two cities, five towns and 11 sub districts. These are administered by 16 local authorities (district councils, city councils or town councils).
District CapitalPopulation 2022 Population 2011 Area (km2) Density 2011 (/km2) Gaborone City Gaborone246,325 Francis... | {"Category": "Unitary State", "Location": "Republic of Botswana", "Number": "17 Districts", "Populations": "2,914 (Sowa) - 652,085 (Central District)", "Areas": "17 km2 sqmi on (Orapa) - 142076 km2 sqmi on (Central District)", "Government": "District government", "Subdivisions": "Sub-district"} |
Dame Marion Audrey Roe DBE (born 15 July 1936 in London) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and former MP.
Early life and career
She went to the independent Bromley High School for Girls in Bickley, then the independent Croydon High School. She studied at the English School of Languages in Vevey... | {"Name": "Marion Roe", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1936 07 15 yes", "Birth place": "London", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "James Kenneth Roe 1958"} |
Mozambique is divided into 10 provinces (províncias) and 1 capital city (cidade) with provincial status:
+ Map KeyProvinceCapitalArea (km2) Mozambique at GeoHive Population (2007 census)Population (2017 census)Region1Cabo DelgadoPemba86,6251,606,5682,333,278North2GazaXai-Xai75,7091,228,5141,446,654South3InhambaneInh... | {"Category": "Unitary state", "Location": "Mozambique", "Number": "11 Provinces", "Populations": "1,446,654 (Gaza) - 6,102,867 (Nampula)", "Areas": "347 km2 sqmi on (Maputo City) - 129056 km2 sqmi on (Niassa)", "Government": "Provincial government", "Subdivisions": "District"} |
Terence Henry Rooney (born 11 November 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford North from 1990 to 2010.
He chaired the Work and Pensions Select Committee from 2005 to 2010, and was the first member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints elected to... | {"Name": "Terry Rooney", "Term start": "18 July 2005", "Term end": "6 May 2010", "Office 2": "Member of Bradford Councilfor University", "Predecessor 2": "Gary Armitage", "Successor 2": "A. Ahmed", "Birth name": "Terence Henry Rooney", "Birth date": "yes 1950 11 11", "Birth place": "Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, ... |
Ernest Ross (27 July 1942 - 17 October 2021) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee West from 1979 to 2005. He was a member of the Labour Party.
Early life
Ross was born in Dundee, Scotland, on 27 July 1942. Both his parents were employed by National Cash Register. He complete... | {"Image caption": "Ross as an MP", "Term start": "3 May 1979", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth name": "Ernest Ross", "Birth date": "1942 07 27 yes", "Birth place": "Dundee, Scotland", "Death date": "2021 10 17 1942 7 27 yes", "Death place": "Dundee, Scotland", "Spouse(s)": "Jane Moad 1964"} |
Francis Roy (born 29 August 1958) is a former British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Motherwell and Wishaw from 1997 to 2015. He was a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury from 2006 to 2010, after having served as an Assistant Whip from 2005.
Early life
Roy was edu... | {"Name": "Frank Roy", "Term start": "5 May 2006", "Term end": "6 May 2010", "Birth date": "1958 08 29 yes", "Birth place": "Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Ellen Roy", "Official website": "frankroy.org.uk"} |
Christopher Shaun Ruane (born 18 July 1958) is a Welsh Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Clwyd from 1997 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019.
Early life
Ruane attended Ysgol Mair Roman Catholic primary school in Rhyl. He then attended the Blessed Edward Jones Catholic High School on Ce... | {"Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Name": "Chris Ruane", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "James Davies", "Birth date": "1958 07 18 yes", "Birth place": "Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Gill Roberts", "Alma mater": "University College Wales, Aberys... |
David Laurie Ruffley (born 18 April 1962, Bolton) is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, which encompasses Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, having first taken his seat at the 1997 general election.
A soli... | {"Name": "David Ruffley", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "1962 04 18 yes", "Birth place": "Bolton, Greater Manchester, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Queens' College, Cambridge", "Official website": "davidruffleymp.com"} |
Namibia uses regions as its first-level subnational administrative divisions. Since 2013, it has 14 regions which in turn are subdivided into 121 constituencies.
Upon Namibian independence, the pre-existing subdivisions from the South African administration were taken over. Since then, demarcations and numbers of regi... | {"Category": "Unitary state", "Location": "Republic of Namibia", "Number": "14", "Populations": "71,233 (Omaheke) - 342,141 (Khomas)", "Areas": "3339 sqmi km2 on flip (Oshana) - 62361 sqmi km2 on flip (ǁKaras Region)", "Government": "Region Government, National government", "Subdivisions": "Constituencies"} |
Christine Margaret Russell (née Carr, born 25 March 1945) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Chester from 1997 to 2010. She lost her seat to the Conservative Stephen Mosley at the 2010 general election.
Early life
Russell was born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire, a fa... | {"Name": "Christine Russell", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1945 03 25 yes", "Birth place": "Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England", "Nationality": "British"} |
is a weekly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, Weekly Shōnen Sunday issues are released on Wednesdays. Weekly Shōnen Sunday has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, making it the fourth best selling manga magazine, only behind Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Sh... | {"Former editors": "Takenori Ichihara", "Categories": "Shōnen mangaManga: The Complete Guide Thompson Jason Jason Thompson (writer) Del Rey Books 978-0-345-48590-8 2007 xxiii-xxivhttp://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14._cd=34 https://web.archive.org/web/20161103235410/h... |
Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. (, al-Qaṭariya), operating as Qatar Airways, is the flag carrier of Qatar. Headquartered in the Qatar Airways Tower in Doha, the airline operates a hub-and-spoke network, flying to over 150 international destinations across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania from its base at ... | {"Airline name": "Qatar Airwaysar الخطوط الجوية القطريةal-Khuṭūṭ al-Jawwiyya al-Qaṭariya", "IATA Designator": "QR", "ICAO Designator": "QTR", "Callsign": "QATARI", "Founded": "1993 11 22 yes", "Commenced operations": "1994 01 20 yes", "Frequent Flyer Program": "Qatar Airways Privilege Club (Avios; formerly Qmiles)https... |
Sir Robert Edward Russell (born 31 March 1946) is a former Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament for Colchester from 1997 to 2015. He was first elected at the 1997 United Kingdom general election and won subsequent re-election in 2001, 2005 and 2010; he was defeated in 2015 ... | {"Name": "Bob Russell", "Term start": "30 June 2015", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Colchester", "Majority 2": "6,982 (15.1%)", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency created", "Successor 2": "Will Quince", "Birth date": "yes 1946 3 31", "Birth place": "London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Other political part... |
Initiative for Catalonia Greens (, ICV; ) was an eco-socialist political party in Catalonia. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia. IC later developed into a polit... | {"President": "Dolors Camats and Joan Herrera (national coordinators)", "Founded": "yes 1987 02 23", "Ideology": "nowrap \"PEE\">Nordsieck Wolfram 2017 http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.html Catalonia/Spain Parties and Elections in Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20210125184713/http://www.parties-a... |
Joan Marie Ryan (born 8 September 1955) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield North from 1997 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2019. She was first elected as a Labour Party MP but later defected to join Change UK.
Ryan studied sociology and worked as a teacher, before becoming a Labour co... | {"Name": "Joan Ryan", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "5 May 2006", "Term end": "29 June 2007", "Birth name": "Joan Marie Ryan", "Birth date": "1955 9 8 y", "Birth place": "Warrington, Lancashire, England", "Other political party": "Change UK (2019)Labour (until 2019)", "Spouse(s)": "Martin He... |
Dame Joan Mary Ruddock, (née Anthony; born 28 December 1943) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham Deptford from 1987 to 2015. Ruddock was Minister of State for Energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change until 11 May 2010. She stood down at the 2015 ge... | {"Name": "Joan Ruddock", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2007", "Term start": "8 June 2009", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change, Biodiversity & Waste", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2": "Dan Norris", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Br... |
Porthcawl () is a town and community in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales. It is on the south coast of Wales, west of Cardiff and southeast of Swansea.
Historically part of Glamorgan and situated on a low limestone headland on the South Wales coast, overlooking the Bristol Channel, Porthcawl developed as a coal p... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Bridgend", "Principal area": "Bridgend", "Preserved county": "Mid Glamorgan", "UK Parliament": "Bridgend", "Postcode district": "CF", "Dialling code": "01656", "OS grid reference": "SS825775", "Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.u... |
Alex Haley's Queen (also known as Queen) is a 1993 American television miniseries that aired in three installments on February 14, 16, and 18 on CBS. The miniseries is an adaptation of the 1993 novel Queen: The Story of an American Family, by Alex Haley and David Stevens. The novel is based on the life of Queen Jackso... | {"Genre": "Period", "Written by": "Alex Haley (novel)David Stevens (teleplay)", "Directed by": "John Erman", "Starring": "Halle BerryDanny GloverTucker StoneJasmine GuyTim DalyMartin SheenPaul WinfieldRaven-SymonéAnn-Margret", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "282 minutes", "Original network": "CBS... |
Walter Robert "Wally" Szczerbiak Jr. ( ; born March 5, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player and current color analyst for the New York Knicks on MSG Network. He played 10 seasons for four teams in the National Basketball Association. Szczerbiak played college basketball for Miami (of Ohio) Univers... | {"Listed height": "7", "Listed weight": "244", "Born": "Madrid, Spain", "Nationality": "American", "High school": "Cold Spring Harbor(Cold Spring Harbor, New York)", "College": "Miami (Ohio) (1995-1999)"} |
Walter Hadye Lin̄i (1942 - 21 February 1999) was a Raga Anglican priest and politician who was the first Prime Minister of Vanuatu, from independence in 1980 to 1991. He was born at Agatoa village, Pentecost Island. On his mother's side, he was a descendant of the high chief Virasangvulu, while on his father's side, he... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Reverend", "Name": "Walter Lin̄i", "Birth date": "1942", "Birth place": "Agatoa village, Pentecost Island, New Hebrides", "Death date": "21 February 1999 1942", "Death place": "Port Vila, Vanuatu", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Lini", "Nationality": "Ni-Vanuatu"} |
Rahmon Nabiyevich Nabiyev, also spelled Rakhmon Nabiev (; ; 5 October 1930 - 11 April 1993), was a Tajik politician who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1982 to 1985 and twice as the 2nd President of Tajikistan from 23 September 1991 to 6 October 1991 and from 2 December 1991 to 7... | {"Name": "Rahmon Nabiyev tg Раҳмон Набиев ru Рахмон Набиевич Набиев", "Nationality": "Tajik", "Term start": "2 December 1991", "Term end": "7 September 1992", "Vice president": "Narzullo Dustov", "Predecessor 2": "Qadriddin Aslonov (Acting)", "Successor 2": "Akbarsho Iskandrov (Acting)", "Birth date": "1930 10 5 y", "... |
Licence to Kill is a 1989 action-thriller film, the sixteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the MI6 agent James Bond. It sees Bond suspended from MI6 as he pursues the drug lord Franz Sanchez, who has ordered an attack against Bond's CIA fr... | {"Directed by": "John Glen", "Written by": "Michael G. Wilson\n Richard Maibaum", "Based on": "James Bond Ian Fleming", "Produced by": "Albert R. Broccoli\n Michael G. Wilson", "Starring": "Timothy Dalton\n Carey Lowell\n Robert Davi\n Talisa Soto\n Anthony Zerbe", "Cinematography": "Alec Mills", "Edited by": "John Gro... |
The Independent Democrats (ID) was a South African political party, formed by former Pan Africanist Congress member Patricia de Lille in 2003 via floor crossing legislation. The party's platform was premised on opposition to corruption, with a mixture of liberal principles and strategies for improving equity. The party... | {"President": "Patricia de Lille", "Slogan": "Be a Part of the Solution", "Founded": "2003 06 21 y", "Merged into": "Democratic Alliance", "Headquarters": "Cape Town, Western Cape", "Ideology": "Social liberalismPopulism", "Political position": "Centre"} |
Quintus Fabius Pictor (born BC, BC) was the earliest known Roman historian. His history, written in Greek and now mostly lost besides some surviving fragments, was highly influential on ancient writers and certainly participated in introducing Greek historiographical methods to the Roman world. However, the work was hi... | {"Name": "Quintus Fabius Pictor", "Birth date": "c. 270 BC", "Death date": "c. 200 BC", "Nationality": "Roman", "Occupation": "Historian", "Notable works": "Annales Graeci", "Father": "Gaius Fabius Pictor", "Family": "gens Fabia"} |
Shirdi (; also known as Sainagar) is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the Rahata taluka of Ahmednagar District. It is accessible via the Ahmednagar-Malegaon State Highway No.10, approximately from Ahmednagar and from Kopargaon. It is located east of the Western Seashore line (the Ahmednaga... | {"Type": "Municipal Council", "Body": "Shirdi Municipal Council", "Density": "auto", "Website": "www.maharashtra.gov.in"} |
The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus; , VF Plus) is a right-wing political party in South Africa that was formed (as the Freedom Front) in 1994. It is led by Pieter Groenewald. Its current stated policy positions include abolishing affirmative action, replacing it with merit based appointments, and being firmly against the ... | {"Leader": "af Pieter Groenewald no", "Slogan": "af Daar is hoop! yes(There is hope!)", "Ideology": "Afrikaner interests\n Cape independencehttps://www.vfplus.org.za/media-releases/self-determination-is-indeed-a-political-option-for-the-western-cape Selfbeskikking is 'n politieke opsie vir die Wes-Kaap 9 November 20... |
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is a centre-left, social-democratic, South African political party, formed by a prominent former National Party leader, Roelf Meyer (who has since resigned from the UDM), a former African National Congress and Transkei homeland leader, General Bantu Holomisa, and a former ANC Execut... | {"Abbreviation": "UDM", "President": "Bantu Holomisa", "Founded": "1997 09 27 y", "Headquarters": "Ground FloorCPA House101 Du Toit StreetPretoriaGauteng", "Ideology": "Social democracy", "Political position": "Centre-left"} |
Andrew Maxwell Haden (26 September 195029 July 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player and All Black captain. He played at lock for Auckland and New Zealand from 1972 until 1985. He also played club rugby in the United Kingdom and Italy.
Life and career
Haden was born in Wanganui on 26 September 1950. He attended W... | {"Name": "Andy Haden", "Full birth name": "Andrew Maxwell Haden", "Birth date": "yes 1950 09 26", "Birth place": "Wanganui, New Zealand", "Death date": "2020 07 29 1950 10 26 yes", "Death place": "Auckland, New Zealand", "School": "Wanganui Boys' College", "Height": "1.99 m ftin on", "Weight": "112 kg lb on", "All blac... |
The Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) is a political action organization dedicated to promoting the ideals of individual liberty, limited government and free market economics within the Republican Party in the United States. It is part of the libertarian wing of the Republican Party. It also operates a political action c... | {"Secretary": "Jessico Bowman (FL)", "Founded": "1991", "National affiliation": "Republican Party", "Ideology": "Classical liberalismRight-libertarianism", "Headquarters": "Washington, D.C."} |
Guy Drut (born 6 December 1950) is an Olympic champion and politician who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the 110 m hurdles. In 1996, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Biography
Sports career
Born in Oignies, Pas-de-Calais, France, Drut captured the silver medal in th... | {"Name": "Guy Drut", "Image caption": "Guy Drut c. 1973", "Nationality": "French", "Sport": "Athletics", "Event": "110 metres hurdles", "Birth date": "yes 1950 12 6", "Place of birth": "Oignies, Pas-de-Calais, France", "Height": "1.88", "Weight": "74 kg lb on", "Personal best(s)": "110 mH - 13.0 & 13.28 (both 1975)http... |
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (formerly the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school provides an array of comprehensive coursework in the fields of international development, foreign policy, science a... | {"Type": "Private", "Dean": "Amaney Jamal", "Students": "Approximately 300 undergraduate students and approximately 190 graduate students", "Affiliation": "APSIA", "Website": "spia.princeton.edu"} |
Majd ad-Dīn Usāma ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Munqidh al-Kināni al-KalbīMajd ad-Din is an honorific title meaning "glory of the faith". His given name, Usama, means "lion". Murshid was his father, Ali his grandfather, and Munqidh his great-grandfather. The Munqidh family belonged to Kinanah from Kalb from the Qudhaa. Paul... | {"Name": "Usama ibn Munqidh", "Birth date": "4 July 1095", "Birth place": "Shaizar", "Death date": "1188 11 17 1095 07 04 y", "Death place": "Damascus", "Resting place": "Mount Qasiyun", "Occupation": "Poet, courtier, soldier", "Children": "Murhaf ibn Munqidh", "Parent(s)": "Murshid ibn Munqidh", "Relatives": "Sultan i... |
Gospel Oak is an inner urban area of north west London in the London Borough of Camden at the very south of Hampstead Heath. The neighbourhood is positioned between Hampstead to the north-west, Dartmouth Park to the north-east, Kentish Town to the south-east, and Belsize Park to the south-west. Gospel Oak lies across t... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "London Assembly": "Camden", "Postcode district": "NW", "Dialling code": "020", "OS grid reference": "TQ285855", "UK Parliament": "Holborn and St Pancras"} |
United and Alternative Left (, EUiA) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. EUiA has 4000 members, and it is the Catalan correspondent of the Spain-wide United Left (IU).
thumb|300px|right|Annual EUiA dinner party, 2007
It was formed in 1998 as a schism from Iniciativa per Catalunya (IpC). It comprises an alliance ... | {"General Secretary": "Joan Josep Nuet", "Founded": "1998", "Ideology": "\"PEE\">Nordsieck Wolfram 2017 http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.html Catalonia/Spain Parties and Elections in Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20210125184713/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.html 25 January 2021 d... |
Michelle Susan Martin (born 29 April 1967) is an Australian former professional squash player who was one of the game's leading players in the 1990s. She was ranked number one in the world from 1993 to 1996 and again in 1998 and 1999, and won three World Open titles and six British Open titles.
Early life
Martin was ... | {"Full name": "Michelle Susan Martin", "Country": "Australia", "Residence": "Sydney", "Born": "Sydney", "Height": "1.75", "Retired": "1999", "Plays": "Right-handed", "Highest ranking": "March 1993", "World Open": "W (1993, 1994, 1995)"} |
The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation. The M113 was sent to United States Army Europe in 1961 to replace the mechanized infantry's M59 APCs. The M113 was first used in combat in April 1962 after the United States provided the South Vietnamese ... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Armored personnel carrier", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1960-present", "Used by": "See Operators", "Wars": "Vietnam War\n Cambodian Civil War\n Cambodian-Vietnamese War\n Sino-Vietnamese War\n Six-Day War\n Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\n Civil conflict in the Phil... |
The Socialists' Party of Catalonia (, PSC-PSOE official acronym) is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain, resulting from the merger of three parties: the Socialist Party of Catalonia-Regrouping, led by Josep Pallach i Carolà, the Socialist Party of Catalonia-Congress, and the Catalan Federation of th... | {"Founded": "yes 1978 07 16", "Merger of": "Socialist Party of Catalonia-Congress Socialist Party of Catalonia-Regrouping Catalan Federation of the PSOE", "Headquarters": "c/ Nicaragua, 75-7708029 Barcelona", "Newspaper": "Endavant Digital", "Ideology": "Social democracyhttp://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.htm... |
Fota Wildlife Park is a wildlife park located on Fota Island, near Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland. Opened in 1983, it is an independently funded, not-for-profit charity that is one of the leading tourism, wildlife and conservation attractions in Ireland. The park had an attendance of 455,559 visitors in 2017, mak... | {"Zoo name": "Fota Wildlife Park", "Annual visitors": "455,559 (2017) https://www.thejournal.ie/failte-ireland-top-attractions-4057417-Jun2018/ TheJournal.ie 7 June 2018 Ireland's top 20 attractions, both fee paying and free, revealed", "Date opened": "y 1983 6", "Location": "Fota Island, County Cork, Ireland", "... |
is a 2003 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Tadanobu Asano, Joe Odagiri and Tatsuya Fuji. It was entered into the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Yuji Nimura (Joe Odagiri) and Mamoru Arita (Tadanobu Asano) are two factory workers, who are constantly irritated by their boss, Fujiw... | {"Directed by": "Kiyoshi Kurosawa", "Produced by": "Takashi Asai", "Written by": "Kiyoshi Kurosawa", "Starring": "Joe OdagiriTadanobu AsanoTatsuya Fuji", "Music by": "Pacific 231 (Shigeomi Hasumi, Takemasa Miyake)", "Cinematography": "Takahide Shibanushi", "Edited by": "Kiyoshi Kurosawa", "Distributed by": "Uplink Comp... |
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Charlestown (, meaning great cove) is a village and port on the south coast of Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of St Austell Bay. It is situated approximately south east of St Austell town centre.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay &... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Cornwall", "Ceremonial county": "Cornwall", "UK Parliament": "St Austell and Newquay", "Postcode district": "PL", "Dialling code": "01726", "OS grid reference": "SX037516"} |
The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of the conflict. The gun was universally known as the Acht-acht ("eight-eight") by the Germans and the "e... | {"Place of origin": "Nazi Germany", "Type": "Anti-aircraft gun", "Sights": "ZF.20", "In service": "1936-1945 (Nazi Germany)", "Used by": "\"auto\">https://www.historynet.com/13703647.htm The Rise of North Vietnam's Air Defenses Schuster Carl O. 2016-07-27 HistoryNet en-US 2020-01-06", "Wars": "\"auto\"/>", "Desi... |
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