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| Blair Moody Arthur Edson Blair Moody (February 13, 1902–July 20, 1954), known as Blair Moody, was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Moody was born in New Haven, Connecticut and attended the public schools in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in economics in 1922. He was an instructor in history at the Moses Brown Preparatory School in Providence 1922-1923. Blair_Moody | |
| Ely Cathedral Ely Cathedral (in full, The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely) is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Ely. It is known locally as "the ship of the Fens", because of its prominent shape that towers above the surrounding flat and watery landscape. Ely_Cathedral | |
| John G. Schmitz John George Schmitz (August 12, 1930 Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Orange County, California, prominent member of the John Birch Society, and the American Independent Party candidate for President of the United States in 1972.Schmitz was notable for his far right-wing sympathies. By one measure, he was found to be the third most conservative member of Congress since World War II, and was expelled from the John Birch Society for "extremism". John_G._Schmitz | |
| Richmond – San Rafael Bridge The Richmond – San Rafael Bridge (officially, the John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge) is the northernmost of the east–west crossings of the San Francisco Bay in California, USA, connecting Richmond on the east to San Rafael on the west end. It is commonly known as the Richmond Bridge, though in Richmond it is called the San Rafael Bridge. It opened in 1956 replacing ferry service by the Richmond – San Rafael Ferry Company. Richmond_–_San_Rafael_Bridge | |
| War in the Vendée The War in Vendée (1793 to 1796) was a civil war and counterrevolution in Vendée between Royalists and Republicans during the French Revolution. Some scholars consider the killing of the hundreds of thousands of Catholic Vendeans by the anticlerical French state at the end of the war to be the first modern genocide. Vendée is a coastal region, immediately south of the Loire River in west central France. War_in_the_Vendée | |
| Alfred Döblin Alfred Döblin (10 August 1878 German expressionist novelist, best known for Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929). Alfred_Döblin | |
| List of reservoirs and dams in California Reservoirs and dams in California in the United States, in alphabetical order of the reservoir's name. List_of_reservoirs_and_dams_in_California | |
| Bat Ye'or Talk:Bat_Ye'or | |
| Human height Human height is dependent on both environmental and hereditary factors. The particular human genome that an individual inherits is a large part of the first variable (nature) and a combination of health and environmental factors present before adulthood (when growth stops) are a major part of the second determinant ("nurture"). Human_height | |
| Great Books of the Western World Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition and contains 60 volumes. The list of Great Books is maintained by the Great Books Foundation, and is part of the Great Books curriculum. Great_Books_of_the_Western_World | |
| Rose Bird Rose Elizabeth Bird (November 2, 1936–December 4, 1999) served for 10 years as the 25th Chief Justice (and first female Justice & only female Chief Justice) of the California Supreme Court until removed from that office by the voters. Rose_Bird | |
| Committee for the Free World The Committee for the Free World (CFW), according to the August 1998 update by Group Watch, was founded in 1981 by Midge Decter who was the organization's executive director.Group Watch wrote that the CFW had "tax-exempt status under 501(c)(3) and began with funding of $125,000 from individuals and conservative foundations. Among the original funders were three of the major right-wing foundations"Scaife Foundations, John M. Olin Foundation, and the Smith Richardson Foundation. Committee_for_the_Free_World | |
| Nur Muhammad Taraki Nur Muhammad Taraki (July 15, 1913 – September 14, 1979) was an ethnic Pashtun politician from Afghanistan. His party, the PDPA, was eventually successful in overthrowing the Afghan monarchy and, after the prior president and his family were murdered in a coup, assumed authority as the next President of Afghanistan from 1978 until he was overthrown (and thereafter murdered) by Hafizullah Amin, his rival in the PDPA in 1979. Nur_Muhammad_Taraki | |
| List of epidemics list of major epidemics. List_of_epidemics | |
| John Conness John Conness (September 22, 1821 January 10, 1909) was a first-generation Irish-American businessman who served as a U.S. Senator from California. Coming to the United States in 1833, Conness arrived in California among the 1849ers. Serving in the State Assembly in the 1853-54 and 1860-61 sessions, he was the Anti-Lecompton Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1859 and the Union Democrat candidate for Governor in the 1861 election. John_Conness | |
| Bernard Maybeck Bernard Ralph Maybeck (February 7, 1862–October 3, 1957) was a prominent architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century. Bernard_Maybeck | |
| Saitō Musashibō Benkei Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk (sōhei) who served Minamoto no Yoshitsune. He is commonly depicted as a man of great strength and loyalty, and a popular subject of Japanese folklore. His life has been embellished and distorted by kabuki and Noh drama, so that truth cannot be distinguished from legend. Saitō_Musashibō_Benkei | |
| Carla Anderson Hills Carla_Anderson_Hills | |
| Bedbug The bedbug (or bed bug) is an insect of the family Cimicidae that lives by hematophagy - feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts. Its name comes from its preferred habitat:bedbugs are mainly active at night. Bedbug | |
| W. T. Grant W. T. Grant or Grants was a chain of United States-based mass-merchandise stores founded by William Thomas Grant. The stores were generally of the dime store format located in downtowns.In 1906 the first "W. T. Grant Co. 25 Cent Store" opened in Lynn, Massachusetts. W._T._Grant | |
| Commonwealth Club of California Commonwealth Club of California is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization based in Northern California. Founded in 1903, it is the oldest and largest public affairs forum in the United States. Membership is open to everyone. Commonwealth_Club_of_California | |
| Alaska Commercial Company Alaska Commercial Company (ACC) was a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company (NCC). In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the ownership of The North West Company. It is Alaska's largest rural retailer. Alaska_Commercial_Company | |
| California State Route 123 California_State_Route_123 | |
| Jevons paradox economics, the Jevons Paradox (sometimes called the Jevons effect) is the proposition that technological progress that increases the efficiency with which a resource is used, tends to increase (rather than decrease) the rate of consumption of that resource. Jevons_paradox | |
| Supernumerary nipple A supernumerary nipple (also known as a trip nip, third nipple, triple nipple, thripple, accessory nipple, polythelia or the related conditionpolymastia) is an additional nipple occurring in mammals, including humans. Often mistaken for moles, supernumerary nipples are diagnosed at a rate of 1 in 18 humans. Supernumerary_nipple | |
| Genocides in history Genocide is the mass killing of a group of people. It is defined in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such Because of the insistence of Joseph Stalin, this definition of genocide under international law does not include political or economic groups. Genocides_in_history | |
| Garrett Eckbo Talk:Garrett_Eckbo | |
| Afro Talk:Afro | |
| Boobam boobam is a percussion instrument of the membranophone family consisting of an array of tubes with membranes stretched on one end, the other end open. The tuning depends partly on the tension on the membrane but mostly on the length of the tube.The boobams are probably an ancestor of the modern octoban.The tubes were originally made from lengths of giant bamboo although pipes of wood, plastic, metal, and cardboard also have been used. The membranes were originally goat or calfskin but most are now plastic. Boobam | |
| Hill station Hill station is a term used for a town usually at somewhat higher elevations. The term was used in colonial Asia (particularly India, but rarely in Africa), where towns have been founded by European colonial rulers up where temperatures are cooler, as refuges from the summer heat. In the Indian context most hill stations are at an altitude of approximately between 1,000 and 2,500 metres (3,500 to 7,500 feet); very few are outside this range. Hill_station | |
| Michel Loève Michel Loève (January 22 1907 in Jaffa, Palestine – February 17 1979 in Berkeley, California) was a probabilist and a mathematical statistician. His name is known to probabilists and statisticians because of the Karhunen-Loève theorem and Karhunen-Loève transform.Loève received his primary and secondary education in French schools in Egypt. He studied mathematics at the Université de Paris under Paul Lévy, and received his Docteur ès Sciences (Mathématiques) in 1941. Michel_Loève | |
| Anti-Catholicism Anti-Catholicism is a generic term for discrimination, hostility or prejudice directed at the Catholic Church, its clergy or its members. The term also applies to the religious persecution of Catholics or to a "religious orientation opposed to Catholicism." Early Modern period, the Catholic Church struggled to maintain its traditional religious and political role in the face of rising secular powers in Europe. Anti-Catholicism | |
| Dermatomyositis Dermatomyositis (DM) is a connective-tissue disease related to Polymyositis (PM) that is characterized by inflammation of the muscles and the skin. Dermatomyositis | |
| Soviet art Soviet art refers to visual art produced in the former Soviet Union. Soviet_art | |
| Helena Modjeska Helena Modjeska (October 12, 1840-April 8, 1909) (also known as Helena Modrzejewska, pronounced "Mod-zhe-yef-ska"), was a renowned Polish, European and American actress who specialized in Shakespearean and tragic roles.Modjeska was the mother of bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski. Helena_Modjeska | |
| Inmos Inmos Limited was a British semiconductor company, founded by Iann Barron, based in Bristol and incorporated in November 1978. Inmos | |
| Khowa Khoa redirects here. For the foodstuff, see Khoa (food)The Khowa, also known as Bugun in their native tongue, is a tribal group in India. They live mainly in the subtropical Tenga circle in the sub-dividsions of Wanghoo, Kaspi, Singchung and Tenga within the Bichum and Tenga circles of West Kameng district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. According to the native legend, they believed that they are the descendants of the Achinphumphulua tribe. Khowa | |
| Street children Street children is a term used to refer to children who live on the streets of a city. They are deprived of family care and protection. Most children on the streets are between the ages of about 5 and 17 years old, and their population between different cities is varied.Street children live in abandoned buildings, cardboard boxes, parks or on the street itself. Street_children | |
| Dissent (magazine) Dissent_(magazine) | |
| Black-figure pottery black-figure pottery (Greek, ') technique is a style of ancient Greek pottery painting in which the decoration appears as black silhouettes on a red background. Originating in Corinth during the early 7th century BC, it was introduced into Attica about a generation later. Other notable black-figure potteries existed at Sparta, Athens, and in eastern Greece. The technique flourished until being practically replaced by the more advanced red-figure pottery technique in 530 BC, although later examples do exist. Black-figure_pottery | |
| Zopiclone Zopiclone, sold as Imovane, Zimovane Zopinox in Europe and Canada and Amoban in Japan, and as the eszopiclone analogue Lunesta in the United States, is a novel hypnotic agent used in the treatment of insomnia. Zopiclone is a controlled substance in the United States, Canada, Japan and some European countries, and may be illegal to possess without a prescription.Zopiclone is known colloquially as a "Z-drug". Zopiclone | |
| Nitrazepam Nitrazepam is a type of benzodiazepine drug and is marketed in English-speaking countries under the following brand names - Alodorm, Arem, Insoma, Mogadon, Nitrados, Nitrazadon, Ormodon, Paxadorm, Remnos and Somnite. It is a hypnotic drug with sedative and motor impairing properties, anxiolytic, amnestic, anticonvulsant and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. Australia, Israel and the United Kingdom it is only available in 5mg tablets. Nitrazepam | |
| Distribution of wealth Distribution of wealth is a comparison of the wealth of various members or groups in a society. It differs from the distribution of income in a manner analogous to the difference between position and speed. Distribution_of_wealth | |
| List of Freemasons This is a list of notable Freemasons. Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation which exists in a number of forms worldwide. Throughout history some members of the fraternity have made no secret of their involvement, while others have not made their membership public. List_of_Freemasons | |
| George H. Kerr George H. Kerr (November 7, 1911–August 27, 1992), also known in Taiwan as 葛超智 (or 柯喬治), was a United States diplomat during World War II, and in later years he was an author and an academic. In addition to his published works, his archived papers at the Hoover Institution provide information about economic and political affairs in Taiwan in the 1930s and 1940s, Taiwan's transition from Japanese rule before and during World War II to postwar Chinese rule, Taiwanese rebellion against Chinese rule in 1947, and U.S. George_H._Kerr | |
| Hans Jenny (pedologist) For the wave phenomena scientist, see Hans Jenny (cymatics). Hans Jenny (7 February 1899 9 January 1992) was a soil scientist and expert on pedology (the study of soil in its natural environment), particularly the processes of soil formation. Hans_Jenny_(pedologist) | |
| James Tod Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod (1782-1835), a British officer, historian of Rajasthan and numismatist, was born on March 20 1782. He went to India as a cadet in the Bengal army of the British East India Company in 1799. He commanded the escort attached to the resident with Sindhia from 1812 to 1817. James_Tod | |
| John Conolly John Conolly (May 27, 1794 - March 5, 1866), English physician, was born at Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, of an Irish family.He graduated with an MD degree at University of Edinburgh in 1821. After practising at Lewes, Chichester and Stratford-on-Avon successively, he was appointed professor of the practice of medicine at University College, London, in 1828. In 1830 he published a work on the Indications of Insanity, and soon afterwards settled at Warwick. John_Conolly | |
| Norman Clyde Norman Clyde (April 8,1885–December 23,1972) was a famous mountaineer, nature photographer, and self trained naturalist. He is well-known for achieving over 100 first ascents, many in California's Sierra Nevada and Montana. He also set a speed climbing record on Mount Shasta in 1923. Norman_Clyde | |
| Same-sex marriage in California In mid-2008, California became the second U.S. state, after Massachusetts, to make marriage licenses available to same-sex couples. The status of same-sex marriage in California has been a contentious political issue since at least the late 1970s, and the controversy escalated with the passage of Proposition 22 in 2000, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's 2004 decision to issue same-sex marriage licenses, a 2008 California Supreme Court ruling regarding same-sex marriage, and the passage of Proposition 8 later in 2008. Same-sex_marriage_in_California |
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