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| War on Terror/Archive 1 Talk:War_on_Terror/Archive_1 | |
| Hello Kitty fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio. Designed by Ikuko Shimizu, the first product, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in Japan in 1974, and in the United States in 1976.The Hello Kitty line has since developed licensing arrangements worth more than $1 billion a year in sales. Hello_Kitty | |
| Samuel L. Jackson Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actor. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then, films. He had several small roles, before meeting his mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee. Samuel_L._Jackson | |
| Cockfight cockfight is a blood sport between two roosters, held in a ring called a cockpit. Cockfighting is now illegal throughout the United States and in most of Europe.The combatants, known as gamecocks, are specially bred birds, conditioned for increased stamina and strength. Cockfight | |
| Deforestation Talk:Deforestation | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, born Stevenson, (29 September 1810 Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Elizabeth_Gaskell | |
| Labour Party (UK) Talk:Labour_Party_(UK) | |
| Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire ( or ; abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury and the largest town in ceremonial Buckinghamshire is Milton Keynes.The area under the control of Buckinghamshire County Council, or shire county, is divided into four districts - Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe. Buckinghamshire | |
| Belgrade Belgrade ( ) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on two international waterways, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where Central Europe's Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Likewise, the city is placed along the pan-European corridors X and VII. With a population of 1,630,000 (official estimate 2007) Belgrade | |
| Stanley Fish Stanley Eugene Fish (born 1938) is an American literary theorist and legal scholar. He was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He is considered by his admirers to be among the most important critics of the English poet John Milton in the 20th century . Stanley_Fish | |
| Dirty bomb dirty bomb is primarily used to refer to a radiological dispersal device (RDD), a speculative radiological weapon which combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. Though an RDD would be designed to disperse radioactive material over a large area, a bomb that uses conventional explosives would likely have more immediate lethal effect than the radioactive material. Dirty_bomb | |
| Tommy Cooper Tommy Cooper (19 March 1921 Anglo-Welsh prop comedian and magician. He was known for making an art of getting magic tricks wrong, although he was actually an accomplished magician. His brilliant delivery and timing of "one-liners" is legendary. He has been the subject of efforts by people in Caerphilly to publicise the town as his birthplace.Despite his purported inability to perform conjuring tricks, Cooper was a member of The Magic Circle. Tommy_Cooper | |
| Public school The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite) meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and Canada:school funded from tax revenue and most commonly administered to some degree by government or local government agencies. Public_school | |
| Technical (fighting vehicle) A technical is a type of improvised fighting vehicle, typically a civilian or military non-combat vehicle, modified to provide an offensive capability. It is usually an open-backed civilian pickup truck or four-wheel drive vehicle mounting a machine gun, light anti-aircraft gun, recoilless rifle, or other support weapon.The term technical describing such a vehicle appears to have originated in Somalia. Technical_(fighting_vehicle) | |
| Necromancy Necromancy (; Greek νεκρομαντία nekromantía) is a form of divination in which the practitioner seeks to summon "operative spirits" or "spirits of divination", for multiple reasons, from spiritual protection to wisdom. The word necromancy derives from the Greek νεκρός (nekrós), "dead", and μαντεία (manteía), "divination".However, since the Renaissance, necromancy (or nigromancy) has come to be associated more broadly with black magic and demon-summoning in general, sometimes losing its earlier, more specialized meaning. Necromancy | |
| Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull ( or ), almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 25miles (40km) from the North Sea on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary. Kingston_upon_Hull | |
| Roberto Calvi Roberto Calvi (13 April 1920 – 17 June 1982) was an Italian banker dubbed "God's Banker" by the press due to his close association with the Vatican. A native of Milan, Calvi was the chairman of Banco Ambrosiano which collapsed in one of modern Italy's biggest political scandals, and his death in London in June 1982 has been the source of enduring controversy. Roberto_Calvi | |
| Propaganda Due Propaganda Due []P2 was a Masonic lodge operating under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of Italy from 1945 to 1976 (when its charter was withdrawn), and a pseudo-Masonic or "black" or "covert" lodge operating illegally (in contravention of Italian constitutional laws banning secret lodges, and membership of government officials in secret membership organizations) from 1976 to 1981. Propaganda_Due | |
| Tin foil hat Talk:Tin_foil_hat | |
| Go Fly Go Fly was the name of an award-winning British airline, trading as "Go", which was purchased by EasyJet in May 2002 for the equivalent of $545 million. Go_Fly | |
| Casablanca (film) Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in the words of one character, love and virtue. Casablanca_(film) | |
| Carl Orff Carl Orff ( German composer, most famous for his composition Carmina Burana (1937). He has also become very influential in the field of music education for his pedagogic methods, which survive through Orff Schulwerk. Carl_Orff | |
| Agoraphobia Agoraphobia (from Greek aγορά, "marketplace"; and φόβος/φοβία, -phobia) is an anxiety disorder, often precipitated by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape. As a result, sufferers of agoraphobia may avoid public and/or unfamiliar places. In severe cases, the sufferer may become confined to his or her home, experiencing difficulty traveling from this "safe place." Agoraphobia | |
| Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies, The Toon) is an English football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays in the Coca-Cola Championship, The club was founded in 1892 after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End. Newcastle_United_F.C. | |
| Fifth Beatle The Fifth Beatle is an informal title that various commentators in the press and entertainment industry have applied to persons who were at one point a member of The Beatles, or who had a strong association with the "Fab Four" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr) during the group's existence. The "Fifth Beatle" claims appeared in the press immediately upon the band's sensational rise to global fame in 1963-1964 as the most famous quartet in pop culture. Fifth_Beatle | |
| Good Friday Good Friday, also called Holy Friday, Black Friday, or Great Friday, is a holiday observed primarily by adherents to Christianity commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and often coincides with the Jewish observance of Passover.Based on the scriptural details of the Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus, the Crucifixion of Jesus was most probably on a Friday. Good_Friday | |
| Stuckism Stuckism is an international art movement that was founded in 1999 in Britain by Billy Childish (who left in 2001) and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art. The Stuckists formed as an alternative to the Charles Saatchi-patronised Young British Artists (also known as Brit Art or YBAs). The original group of thirteen artists has since expanded, as of April 2009, to 193 groups in 45 countries. Stuckism | |
| Opera Australia Opera Australia is the principal opera company in Australia. Based in Sydney, its performance season at the Sydney Opera House runs for approximately eight months of the year, with the remainder of its time spent in the The Arts Centre in Melbourne. In 2004, the company gave 226 performances in its subscription seasons in Sydney and Melbourne, attended by more than 294,000 people. Opera_Australia | |
| Alan Shearer Alan Shearer, OBE (born 13 August 1970) is an English retired footballer.He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team. He is both Newcastle's and the Premier League's record goalscorer and having scored 422pundit for the BBC. Alan_Shearer | |
| Evening Standard London Evening Standard is an English tabloid regional/Local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England. It is dominant as a local evening paper for London, with a strong City (i.e. financial) emphasis as well as carrying national and international news. Evening_Standard | |
| Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational petroleum company of Dutch and British origins. It is the second largest private sector energy corporation in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies). The company's headquarters are in The Hague, Netherlands, with its registered office in London (Shell Centre). Royal_Dutch_Shell | |
| Hillsborough Disaster The Hillsborough Disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April, 1989, at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people, all fans of Liverpool F.C. It remains the deadliest stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the worst in international football. It was the second of two stadium-related disasters to feature Liverpool supporters, the other being the Heysel Stadium Disaster in 1985. Hillsborough_Disaster | |
| Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American recording artist, musician and actress. She was raised in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York by her single mother, where Keys made a television appearance on The Cosby Show at the age of four. Alicia_Keys | |
| Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She has won twelve Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records. Alanis_Morissette | |
| Mostly Harmless For the catch phrase, see Notable phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyMostly Harmless is a novel by Douglas Adams and the fifth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. It is described on the cover of the first editions as "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers Trilogy". Mostly_Harmless | |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an animal rights organization. Based in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, and with two million members and supporters, the organization claims to be the largest animal rights group in the world. Ingrid Newkirk is the group's international president.Founded in 1980, the organization is a nonprofit, tax exempt, 501(c)(3) corporation with 187 employees, funded almost entirely by its members. People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals | |
| University of Bristol University_of_Bristol | |
| MacGuffin A MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is "a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot of a work of fiction."Sometimes, the specific nature of the MacGuffin is not important to the plot such that anything that serves as a motivation serves its purpose. The MacGuffin can sometimes be ambiguous, completely undefined, generic or left open to interpretation. MacGuffin | |
| Ethnic cleansing Ethnic cleansing is a euphemism referring to the persecution through imprisonment, expulsion, or killing of members of an ethnic minority by a local majority to achieve ethnic homogeneity in majority-controlled territory. The term entered English and international media usage in the early 1990s to describe war events in the former Yugoslavia. Synonyms include ethnic purification . Ethnic_cleansing | |
| University of Warwick The University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England and is regarded as one of the country's leading universities. It was established in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand access to higher education, and in 2000 Warwick Medical School was opened as part of an initiative to train more doctors in Britain. University_of_Warwick | |
| Imperial College London Imperial_College_London | |
| Rod Steiger Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor known for his performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Waterloo, On the Waterfront, and Doctor Zhivago. Rod_Steiger | |
| Greater London Council The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. Greater_London_Council | |
| Victoria Wood Victoria Wood CBE (born 19 May 1953 in Prestwich, Lancashire) is a BAFTA award winning English comedienne, actor, singer and writer, educated at Bury Grammar Girls' School. Wood has written and starred in sketches, plays, films and sitcoms, and her live stand-up comedy act is interspersed with her own compositions, which she accompanies on piano. Victoria_Wood | |
| Climate change and agriculture Climate change and agriculture are interrelated processes, both of which take place on a global scale. Global warming is projected to have significant impacts on conditions affecting agriculture, including temperature, precipitation and glacial run-off. These conditions determine the carrying capacity of the biosphere to produce enough food for the human population and domesticated animals. Climate_change_and_agriculture | |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show | |
| Gore Vidal Gore Vidal ( or ) (born October 3, 1925) is an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer, actor and politician. Early in his career he wrote the ground-breaking The City and the Pillar (1948), which outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality. Gore_Vidal | |
| Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi (b. John Francis Bongiovi, March 2, 1962, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA), Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres. Bon_Jovi | |
| Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, writer, comedian, author, television presenter and film director. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and the duo also played the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster. Stephen_Fry | |
| Defenestration Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year of 1618. The word comes from the Latin de (from; out of) and fenestra (window or opening). Defenestration |
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