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| Provisional Irish Republican Army The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that considers itself a direct continuation of the Irish Republican Army (the army of the Irish Republic — 1919–1921) that fought in the Irish War of Independence. Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army | |
| Phosphorus Phosphorus () is the chemical element that has the symbol P and atomic number 15. The name comes from the (meaning "light") and (meaning "bearer"). A multivalent nonmetal of the nitrogen group, phosphorus is commonly found in inorganic phosphate rocks.Due to its high reactivity, phosphorus is never found as a free element in nature on Earth. Phosphorus | |
| Polonium Polonium () is a chemical element with the symbol Po and atomic number 84, discovered in 1898 by Marie and Pierre Curie. A rare and highly radioactive metalloid, polonium is chemically similar to bismuth and tellurium, and it occurs in uranium ores. Polonium has been studied for possible use in heating spacecraft. It is unstable; all isotopes of polonium are radioactive. Polonium is very volatile; it will almost completely vaporize at room temperatures. Polonium | |
| Plea bargain A plea bargain (also plea agreement, plea deal or copping a plea) is an agreement in a criminal case where by the prosecutor offers the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty, usually to a lesser charge or to the original criminal charge with a recommendation of a lighter than the maximum sentence. Plea_bargain | |
| Protest song protest song is a song which is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events). It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre. Among social movements that have an associated body of songs are the abolition movement, women's suffrage, the labor movement, civil rights, the anti-war movement, the feminist movement, and Environmentalism. Protest_song | |
| Plymouth Plymouth | |
| Peter Singer Peter Albert David Singer (born July 6, 1946) is an Australian philosopher. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and laureate professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), University of Melbourne. Peter_Singer | |
| Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (, , ), born ; (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death almost 27 years later. His was the second-longest pontificate. Only Pope Pius IX served longer. Pope_John_Paul_II | |
| Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII (), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – OctoberPope, head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City, from March 2, 1939 until his death in 1958. Pope_Pius_XII | |
| Public transport Talk:Public_transport | |
| Patrick White Patrick_White | |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom This is a descriptive article. For a list, see List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom.The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom and the Head of His/Her Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government department heads) are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party, and ultimately to the electorate. Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom | |
| Profanity The original meaning of the adjective profane (Latin Profanity | |
| Pervez Musharraf General (ret) Pervez Musharraf () (born 11 August 1943), NI(M), TBt, rcds, afwc, psc, gsc is a former President of Pakistan and a former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army,.He took power on 12 October 1999, after the army ousted Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister, by effecting a military coup d'état. Pervez_Musharraf | |
| Paul Whitehouse Paul Whitehouse (born 17 May 1958) is a Welsh actor, writer and comedian. He became known for his work with Harry Enfield and as one of the stars of the popular BBC sketch show, The Fast Show. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was in the top 50 comedy acts voted for by comedians and comedy insiders. Paul_Whitehouse | |
| Porsche Porsche SE or Porsche () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury high performance automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Piëch and Porsche families. Porsche SE holds two chief assets, the first of which is Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (which stands for Doktor Ingenieur honoris causa Ferdinand Porsche Aktiengesellschaft), often shortened to Porsche AG, manufacturer of the Porsche automobile line. Porsche | |
| Pain Pain, in the sense of physical pain, is a typical sensory experience that may be described as the unpleasant awareness of a noxious stimulus or bodily harm. Individuals experience pain by various daily hurts and aches, and sometimes through more serious injuries or illnesses. Pain | |
| Polygamy In botany, "polygamous" means bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. See plant sexuality The term polygamy (a Greek word meaning "the practice of multiple marriage") is used in related ways in social anthropology, sociobiology, and sociology. Polygamy | |
| Pete Best Pete Best (b. 24 November 1941, in Madras, British India) is a British musician, best known as the original drummer for The Beatles.After moving from India to Liverpool in 1945, Best's mother, Mona Best (1924-1988) started The Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the Best's house in Liverpool, which became very popularThe Quarrymen) played some of their first concerts. Pete_Best | |
| Prophet In religion, a prophet is a person who has claimed to have been encountered by the supernatural or the divine, often one who serves as an intermediary with humanity. Prophet | |
| PlayStation 3 PlayStation_3 | |
| Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is a Brooklyn-based author known for works blending absurdism and crime fiction, such as The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989) and The Brooklyn Follies (2005). Paul_Auster | |
| Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an independent filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines and aestheticization of violence. Quentin_Tarantino | |
| Quango Quango or qango is an acronym (variously spelt out as quasi non-governmental organisation, quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation, and quasi-autonomous national government organisation) used notably in the United Kingdom but also in Australia, the Republic of Ireland and elsewhere to label colloquially an organisation to which government has devolved power. Quango | |
| Recession In economics, a recession is a general slowdown in economic activity over a sustained period of time, or a business cycle contraction. During recessions, many macroeconomic indicators vary in a similar way. Production as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment, investment spending, capacity utilization, household incomes and business profits all fall during recessions. Recession | |
| Russia Russia | |
| Rugby union Rugby_union | |
| Rapping Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting (bars), or just rhyming) is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry. Rapping is a primary ingredient in hip hop music, but the phenomenon predates hip hop culture by centuries. Rapping can be delivered over a beat or without accompaniment. Rapping | |
| Deaths in 2003 The following is a list of notable deaths in 2003. Names are listed by date of death, not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name. A typical entry appears in the following sequence Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference. Deaths_in_2003 | |
| Rock music Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz, and classical music.The sound of rock often revolves around the electric guitar or acoustic guitar, and it uses a strong back beat laid down by a rhythm section of electric bass guitar, drums, and keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, or, since the 1970s, synthesizers. Rock_music | |
| Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981Governor of California (1967Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s. He began a career in filmmaking and later television, making 52 films and gaining enough success to make him a household name. Ronald_Reagan | |
| Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear) is a British Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe, Emmy Award and BAFTA Award winning film director and producer known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail. His films include Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven, American Gangster and Body of Lies. His younger brother is a fellow film director Tony Scott. Ridley_Scott | |
| Race (classification of human beings) The term race or racial group usually refers to the categorization of humans into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of heritable characteristics. The most widely used human racial categories are based on salient traits (especially skin color, cranial or facial features and hair texture), and self-identification. Race_(classification_of_human_beings) | |
| Robert Falcon Scott Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regionsDiscovery Expedition, 1901Terra Nova Expedition, 1910South Pole on 17 January 1912, to find that they had been preceded by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian party in an unsought "race for the Pole". On their return journey Scott and his four comrades all perished because of a combination of exhaustion, hunger and extreme cold. Robert_Falcon_Scott | |
| Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam () is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048–1123), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A Persian ruba'i is a two line stanza with two parts (or hemistechs) per line, hence the word "Rubaiyat", (derived from the Arabic root word for 4), meaning "quatrains". Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam | |
| Economy of Russia '' Russia is the worlds seventh biggest in purchasing power parity. Although far more open than in Soviet times, the state retains control over much of the economy, either through outright ownership or via legal structures protecting connected oligarchs. Economy_of_Russia | |
| Foreign relations of Russia This article covers the foreign relations of Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Foreign_relations_of_Russia | |
| Roger Casement Roger David Casement (; 1 September 1864 Sir Roger Casement CMG between 1911 and his execution for treason in August 1916, when he was stripped of his British honours), was an Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary and nationalist. He was a British consul by profession, famous for his reports and activities against human rights abuses in the Congo and Peru, but better known for his dealings with Germany before Ireland's Easter Rising in 1916. Roger_Casement | |
| Republic of China Republic_of_China | |
| Rugby league Rugby league is a full-contact team sport, played with a prolate spheroid ball by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. Rugby league is one of the two codes of rugby football (the other being rugby union) and is arguably the most physically punishing of any team sport. Rugby_league | |
| Russian Revolution (1917) The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. In the first revolution in February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar) the Czar was deposed and replaced with the Provisional government, and in the second revolution in October the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government. Russian_Revolution_(1917) | |
| Robot Talk:Robot | |
| Ringo Starr Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, and best known as the drummer for The Beatles, is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. When The Beatles formed in 1960, Starr belonged to another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Ringo_Starr | |
| Richard Dawkins Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science author. He was formerly Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford and was a fellow of New College, Oxford.Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the term meme. Richard_Dawkins | |
| Rudy Giuliani Rudy_Giuliani | |
| Royal Navy The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service). From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s. Royal_Navy | |
| Ringwood Brewery Ringwood Brewery, is a small brewery situated on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England near the Dorset border. It produces cask ales.The emblem for the brewery is a somewhat malignant looking boar. Ringwood_Brewery | |
| Robert Jordan Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (October 17, 1948 The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the names Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly. Robert_Jordan | |
| Ramones Ramones | |
| Robert Moog Dr. Robert Arthur Moog ( to rhyme with "vogue") (May 23, 1934 August 21, 2005) was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. Robert_Moog |
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