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| Déjà vu Déjà vu (pronounced ; French "already seen"; also called paramnesia, from Greek παρα "para," "near" + μνήμη "mnēmē," "memory") or promnesia, is the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously (an individual feels as though an event has already happened or has happened in the near past), although the exact circumstances of the previous encounter are uncertain. Déjà_vu | |
| Derek Walcott Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a Caribbean poet, playwright, writer and visual artist. Born in Castries, St. Lucia, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992. His work, which developed independently of the schools of magic realism emerging in both South America and Europe at around the time of his birth, is intensely related to the symbolism of myth and its relationship to culture. Derek_Walcott | |
| Davros Davros is a character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Davros is an archenemy of the Doctor and is responsible for the creation of the Doctor's deadliest enemies, the Daleks. Davros was created by screenwriter Terry Nation.Davros is a scientist from the planet Skaro whose people, the Kaleds, were engaged in a bitter thousand-year war of attrition with their enemies, the Thals. Davros | |
| Ernst W. Mayr Ernst Walter Mayr (July 5, 1904, Kempten, Germany February 3, 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts U.S.), was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists. He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science, and naturalist. His work contributed to the conceptual revolution that led to the modern evolutionary synthesis of Mendelian genetics, systematics, and Darwinian evolution, and to the development of the biological species concept. Ernst_W._Mayr | |
| Enigma machine An Enigma machine is any of a family of related electro-mechanical rotor machines used for the encryption and decryption of secret messages. The first Enigma was invented by German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I. This model and its variants were used commercially from the early 1920s, and adopted by military and government services of several countries Nazi Germany before and during World War II. Enigma_machine | |
| Elephant Elephants are large land mammals of the order Proboscidea and the family Elephantidae. There are three living species:African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant). Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, the Mammoths, dwarf forms of which may have survived as late as 2,000 BC, being the best-known of these. They were once classified along with other thick skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata. Elephant | |
| England England | |
| European Union European_Union | |
| Easter Easter (, Pascha) is the most important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day from his crucifixion. Christians celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday), two days after Good Friday and three days after Maundy Thursday. Easter | |
| Equatorial Guinea Equatorial_Guinea | |
| Enya Enya (born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin on 17 May 1961 in Gaoth Dobhair, also known as Gweedore, County Donegal) is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and composer. Her name is sometimes presented in the media as Enya Brennan, while Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish, in Donegal dialect, more commonly and officially known as Ulster Irish. Enya | |
| Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopædia_Britannica | |
| Eugenics Eugenics is "the study of, or belief in, the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)." Eugenics | |
| European People's Party–European Democrats European_People's_Party–European_Democrats | |
| ETA or ETA (Basque for "Basque Homeland and Freedom"; ), is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. Founded in 1959, it evolved from a group advocating traditional cultural ways to a paramilitary group with the goal of Basque independence. Its ideology is Marxist-Leninist. Most formulations of ETA's goals have centred on sovereignty and self-determination for the Basque Country from a Marxist-Leninist interpretation. ETA | |
| Eurostar Eurostar is a high-speed railway passenger train service in Western Europe connecting London with Paris and Brussels. All Eurostar services cross under the English Channel via the Channel Tunnel, which is owned and operated seperately by Eurotunnel.In the United Kingdom, calling points are St Pancras railway station, then Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International within Kent. Eurostar | |
| Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma | |
| Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world. It is a football variant played on a rectangular grass or artificial turf field, with a goal in the centre of each of the short ends. Association_football | |
| Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (; 3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was one of the major fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Bohemia (presently the Czech Republic), Austria–Hungary. His unique body of writingincomplete and which was mainly published posthumouslyWestern literature.His stories include The Metamorphosis (1912) and In the Penal Colony (1914), while his novels are The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927). Franz_Kafka | |
| Ferdinand de Saussure Ferdinand de Saussure () (26 November 1857 Swiss linguist whose ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in linguistics in the 20th century. Saussure is widely considered to be one of the fathers of 20th-century linguistics, and his ideas have had a monumental impact on literary and cultural theory and interpretation. Ferdinand_de_Saussure | |
| FIDE The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition. It is usually referred to as FIDE ( "fee day"), its French acronym.FIDE was founded in Paris, France on July 20, 1924 . FIDE | |
| Francis Fukuyama Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (born 27 October 1952) is an American philosopher, political economist, and author. Francis_Fukuyama | |
| Press coverage 2004 Wikipedia:Press_coverage_2004 | |
| Premier League The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. Premier_League | |
| Foster's Lager Foster's Lager is an internationally distributed Australian brand of 4.9% abv pale lager. It is a product of Foster's Group brewed under licence in several countries, including the United States, and Russia. The European rights to the beer are owned by Heineken International, who brew and distribute Foster's in most European countries includingUnited Kingdom, Greece, France, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Finland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the Republic of Ireland. Foster's_Lager | |
| Friends Friends | |
| Fiorello H. La Guardia LaGuardia redirects here. For the airport, see LaGuardia Airport.Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia; December 11, 1882 September 20, 1947) was Mayor of New York for three terms from 1934 to 1945. He was popularly known as "the Little Flower," the translation of his Italian first name, Fiorello, and, most likely, a reference to his short stature. Fiorello_H._La_Guardia | |
| Ford Madox Brown Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821 English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Ford_Madox_Brown | |
| Francis Crick Francis_Crick | |
| Falklands War The Falklands War (), also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom (UK) over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The Falkland Islands consist of two large and many small islands in the South Atlantic Ocean east of Argentina; their name and sovereignty over them have long been disputed. Falklands_War | |
| Fundamentalism Fundamentalism refers to a belief in, and strict adherence to a set of basic principles (often religious in nature), sometimes as a reaction to perceived doctrinal compromises with modern social and political life.The term fundamentalism was originally coined to describe a narrowly defined set of beliefs that developed into a movement within the Protestant community of the United States in the early part of the 20th century, and that had its roots in the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy of that time. Fundamentalism | |
| Fawlty Towers Fawlty_Towers | |
| George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903pen name George Orwell, was an English author. His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism.Considered "perhaps the 20th century's best chronicler of English culture," he wrote works in many different genres including novels, essays, polemic journalism, literary reviews, and poetry. George_Orwell | |
| Galileo Galilei Galileo_Galilei | |
| Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip ( , Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Egypt on the south-west and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12Palestinian territories. Actual control of the area is in the hands of Hamas, an organization which won civil parliamentary Palestinian Authority elections in 2006 and took over the de facto government in the Gaza Strip from the Palestinian Authority by way of its own armed militia in July 2007, whilst violently removing the Palestinian Authority's security forces and civil servants from the Gaza Strip. Gaza_Strip | |
| Golden Gate Bridge Golden_Gate_Bridge | |
| Gordon Banks Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December 1937) is a retired English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century - after Lev Yashin (1st) and before Dino Zoff (3rd).Banks was a member of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup. Banks was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. Gordon_Banks | |
| Gladiator Gladiator (, "swordsman", from , "sword") was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their legal and social standing and their lives by appearing in the arena. Gladiator | |
| George Harrison George Harrison MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time". Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", George_Harrison | |
| Gary Gygax Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008), last name pronounced American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D) with Dave Arneson. Gygax is generally acknowledged as one of the fathers of the tabletop role-playing game.In the 1960s, Gygax created an organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con gaming convention. Gary_Gygax | |
| George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 Irish playwright. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. George_Bernard_Shaw | |
| Girl group A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonize together. Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production values and backing by top studio musicians. In later eras the girl group template would be applied to disco, R&B, and country- based formats as well as pop music. Girl_group | |
| LGBT social movements Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender social movements share related goals of social acceptance of homosexuality, bisexuality and transgenderism. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have a long history of campaigning for what is generally called LGBT rights (or gay rights or gay and lesbian rights). LGBT_social_movements | |
| Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown MP (born 20 February 1951) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party. Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming Leader of the governing Labour Party. Gordon_Brown | |
| Gunpowder Plot The Gunpowder Conspiracy of 1605 (also known as Powder Treason or The Gunpowder Plot), as it was then known, was a failed assassination attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics against King James I of England and VI of Scotland. The plot intended to kill the king, his family and most of the Protestant aristocracy quite literally in a single blow, by blowing up the Houses of Parliament during the State Opening on 5 November 1605. Gunpowder_Plot | |
| Historical revisionism For the denial and distortion of well-established historical facts see Historical revisionism (negationism).Within historiography, that is the academic field of history, historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of orthodox views on evidence, motivations and decision-making processes surrounding an historical event. The assumption of the revisionist is that the interpretation of a historical event or period as it is accepted by the majority of scholars needs a significant change. Historical_revisionism | |
| Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( in Danish), also known as simply H. C. Andersen ); (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories are "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "Thumbelina", "The Little Match Girl", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Red Shoes". Hans_Christian_Andersen | |
| London Heathrow Airport London_Heathrow_Airport | |
| Howard Carter (archaeologist) Howard Carter (9 May 18742 March 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun.In 1891, at the age of 17, Carter, a talented young artist, was sent out to Egypt by the Egypt Exploration Fund to assist Percy E. Howard_Carter_(archaeologist) | |
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