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| Fragging In the U.S. military, fragging refers to the act of attacking a superior officer with a fragmentation grenade. The term originated in the Vietnam War and was most commonly used to mean assassination of an unpopular officer of one's own fighting unit, often by means of a fragmentation grenade, hence the term. Although the term is derived from the grenade, the act was more commonly committed with firearms during combat in Vietnam. Fragging | |
| Have I Got News for You Talk:Have_I_Got_News_for_You | |
| Vanilla Ice Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper. Born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Van Winkle released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 through Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, which released a reformatted version of the album under the title To the Extreme. Vanilla_Ice | |
| Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist, who holds both Irish and American citizenship. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years. Pierce_Brosnan | |
| Beachy Head Beachy Head is a chalk headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex, immediately east of the Seven Sisters. The cliff there is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162Dungeness to the east, to Selsey Bill in the west. Its height has also made it a notorious suicide spot. Beachy_Head | |
| Television in the United Kingdom British television broadcasting started in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are up to 600 channels for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most viewing. There are 27,000 hours of domestic content produced a year at a cost of £2.6 billion. Analogue terrestrial transmissions are currently being switched off and this is due to be completed in 2012. Television_in_the_United_Kingdom | |
| Euston railway station Euston station (official name London Euston), is a major railway station to the north of central London in the London Borough of Camden and is the sixth busiest rail terminal in London (by entries and exits). It is one of 18 British railway stations managed by Network Rail, and is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line. Euston is the main rail gateway from London to the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and Scotland. Euston_railway_station | |
| Kathleen Turner Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954), better known as Mary Kathleen Turner, is an American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Serial Mom, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor. Kathleen_Turner | |
| Cyprus dispute The Cyprus dispute is a territorial conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots over Cyprus, an island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Since the arrival of the British on the island of Cyprus, the "Cyprus Dispute" was identified as the conflict between the peoples of Cyprus and Great Britain as a colonial ruler. Cyprus_dispute | |
| Chiltern Railways Chiltern Railways is a train operating company in England. It was formed by the privatisation of British Rail in 1996, and operates mainline passenger trains from Marylebone station in London to Aylesbury and Birmingham Snow Hill. In 2002, the company began a new franchise of up to twenty years, promising significant investment in the route — the 20-year term is conditional on various investments and improvements over the life of the franchise. Chiltern_Railways | |
| Ted Kennedy Ted_Kennedy | |
| Steve Winwood Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In addition to his solo career, he was a member of the bands the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith, and Go. As a relatively unknown teenager singing with the Spencer Davis Group, his distinctive high tenor singing voice drew comparisons to Ray Charles. Steve_Winwood | |
| Stadium stadium (plural stadiums or stadia) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Stadium | |
| John Prescott John Leslie Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British Labour Party politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Secretary of State and current Member of Parliament for the constituency of Hull East. He was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party after coming second in the Labour leadership election in 1994, and was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour's victory in the 1997 General Election. John_Prescott | |
| Black Legend Talk:Black_Legend | |
| List of dogs List of dogs is an annotated list of real dogs. See also the list of fictional dogs and List of dog breeds. List_of_dogs | |
| List of cats list of specific natural cats. For fictional cats refer to "List of fictional cats". For cat breeds, see List of cat breeds. List_of_cats | |
| TVR TVR was an independent British manufacturer of sports cars based in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. The company manufactured lightweight sports cars with powerful engines and was the third-largest specialised sports car manufacturer in the world, offering a diverse range of coupés and convertibles. Most vehicles used an in-house straight-6 cylinder engine design; others an in-house V8. TVR sports cars are composed of tubular steel frames, cloaked in aggressive fibreglass body designs. TVR | |
| Dido (singer) Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971 in London, England) professionally known as Dido ( ) is an English singer-songwriter. Dido_(singer) | |
| Natalie Imbruglia Natalie Jane Imbruglia () (born February 4, 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan Willis in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the program, Natalie launched a singing career with the international hit, "Torn". Natalie_Imbruglia | |
| Anglophobia Anglophobia (from Latin Anglus "English" + Greek φόβος -phobos, "fear") means hatred or fear of England or the English people.The term is also sometimes used to mean Anti-British sentiment in general. Anglophobia | |
| The Men Behind the Wire The Men Behind The Wire" is a song written and composed by Paddy McGuigan of the Barleycorn folk group in the aftermath of internment The_Men_Behind_the_Wire | |
| Paul Wolfowitz Paul_Wolfowitz | |
| Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA; ) is the organisation of UK Government responsible for maintaining a database of drivers and a database of vehicles in Great Britain; its counterpart in Northern Ireland is the Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA). The agency issues driving licences, organises collection of vehicle excise duty (also known as road tax and road fund licence) and sells "cherished marks" (private number plates). Driver_and_Vehicle_Licensing_Agency | |
| Clare Short Clare Short (born 15 February 1946) is a British politician and a member of the British Labour Party. She is currently the Independent Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood, having been elected as a Labour Party MP in 1983, and was Secretary of State for International Development in the UK Labour government from 3 May 1997 until her resignation on 12 May 2003. She plans to stand down as a Member of Parliament at the next general election. Clare_Short | |
| Marc Bolan Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977), was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hit singles, fashion sensibilities and stage presence with T.Rex in the early 1970s helped cultivate the glam rock era, though he preferred to call his music Cosmic Rock, and made him one of the most recognisable stars in British music. Marc_Bolan | |
| Screwdriver The screwdriver is a device specifically designed for the insertion and tightening of screws. The screwdriver is made up of a head or tip, which engages with a screw, a mechanism to apply torque by rotating the tip, and some way to position and support the screwdriver. Screwdriver | |
| Noel Gallagher Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967 in Manchester, England) is the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and occasional vocalist of British rock band Oasis. Raised with younger brother Liam Gallagher in Burnage, Manchester, Gallagher began to get guitar lessons from Dayle Robertson at the age of thirteen during a period of probation. Noel_Gallagher | |
| Artificial organ artificial organ is a man-made device that is implanted into, or integrated onto, a human to replace a natural organ, for the purpose of restoring a specific function or a group of related functions so the patient may return to as normal a life as possible. Artificial_organ | |
| Barbara Gowdy Barbara Gowdy, CM (born 25 June 1950) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Born in Windsor, Ontario, she is the long-time partner of poet Christopher Dewdney and resides in Toronto. Barbara_Gowdy | |
| Wayne Rooney Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.Rooney began his career with Everton, joining their youth team at age ten and rising through the ranks. Wayne_Rooney | |
| Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is a British television sitcom, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003. Only_Fools_and_Horses | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor "The World Is My Oyster" redirects here. For the song by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, see here.The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. It has been adapted for the opera on occasions. The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor | |
| Mia Farrow Mia Farrow (born February 9, 1945) is an American actress, singer and former fashion model. Farrow has appeared in more than forty films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe award (and seven additional Golden Globe nominations), three BAFTA Film Award nominations, and a win for best actress at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Mia_Farrow | |
| Marie Stopes Marie Carmichael Stopes, D.Sc., Ph.D. (October 15, 1880 – October 2, 1958) was a Scottish author, palaeobotanist, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer in the field of family planning. Stopes edited the journal Birth Control News which gave anatomically explicit advice, and in addition to her enthusiasm for protests at places of worship this provoked protest from both the Church of England and the Catholic Church. Marie_Stopes | |
| List of bicycle manufacturing companies This page lists bicycle manufacturing companies past and present. For bicycle parts, see List of bicycle part manufacturing companies. List_of_bicycle_manufacturing_companies | |
| Michael Owen Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English football forward who is currently playing for Newcastle United. His contract with the club is set to expire on 30 June 2009. He is currently the fourth-highest scorer for the England national team with 40 goals. Michael_Owen | |
| Colorectal cancer Colorectal_cancer | |
| Page Three Page Three (or Page 3) is a feature found in the British tabloid newspaper The Sun, consisting of a topless or even nude photograph of a female glamour model published on the newspaper's third page. Women who model regularly for the feature are known as Page Three girls. Similar features are found in other British tabloids, and in other newspapers around the world, although "Page Three" and "Page 3" are registered trademarks of News International Ltd, the parent company of The Sun. Page_Three | |
| Rhodri Morgan Hywel Rhodri Morgan AM (born 29 September 1939) is a Welsh politician; the Labour National Assembly for Wales Member for the constituency of Cardiff West; and the second and current First Minister for Wales. Rhodri_Morgan | |
| Simon Le Bon Simon John Charles Le Bon (born 27 October 1958) is the lead singer and lyricist of the new wave band Duran Duran and its offshoot, Arcadia. Simon_Le_Bon | |
| Gary Oldman Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is a British actor, writer, director, producer, voice-over artist and occasional musician who found fame in roles such as Sid Vicious in 1986 biopic Sid & Nancy and the title character of the 1992 blockbuster Dracula. He has garnered critical acclaim for his diverse performances and portrayals of real-life historical figures Hollywood celebrity scene, Gary_Oldman | |
| Heather Mills Heather Anne Mills (born 12 January 1968) is an English charity campaigner and former model and the former wife of musician Paul McCartney; during the marriage she was called Heather Mills McCartney. Mills has an older brother, Shane, a younger sister, Fiona, and a half-sister, Claire.Mills started her own model agency, in 1986, and married Alfie Karmal, on 6 May 1989, but divorced in 1991. Heather_Mills | |
| Mary J. Blige Mary Jane Blige (surname ) (born January 11, 1971), more commonly known as Mary J. Blige, is an American recording artist, record producer and actress. She has sold more than forty eight million albums worldwide. She has received over twenty-six Grammy Award nominations for her work, winning nine, and has been awarded the World Music Legends Award for combining hip hop and soul together. Mary_J._Blige | |
| Unit 731 was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II. It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese personnel. Unit_731 | |
| Ronnie Wood Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (born 1 June 1947 in Hillingdon, London) is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a member of The Rolling Stones and Faces. Ronnie_Wood | |
| Rivers of Blood speech The Rivers of Blood speech was a speech about immigration and anti-discrimination legislation in the United Kingdom made on April 20, 1968 by Enoch Powell (1912-1998), the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West.Powell made the speech at the Midland Hotel in Birmingham to a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre at 2 ATV saw an advance copy of the speech the morning it was delivered, and its news editor ordered a television crew to go to the venue, where they filmed sections of the speech. Rivers_of_Blood_speech | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club are a professional football club representing the city of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands region of England, currently playing in the Premier League. Commonly referred to by their nickname Wolves, the club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 have played at Molineux Stadium. Historically, Wolves have been highly influential, most notably as founder members of the Football League, as well as having played an instrumental role in the establishment of the European Cup. Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. | |
| Waxing Waxing is a method of semi-permanent hair removal which removes the hair from the root. New hairs will not grow back in the previously waxed area for two to eight weeks. Almost any area of the body can be waxed, including eyebrows, face, bikini area, legs, arms, back, abdomen and feet. There are many types of waxing suitable for removing unwanted hair. If waxing is done regularly for several years, permanent hair reduction may be achieved. Waxing | |
| Thierry Henry Thierry Daniel Henry (; born 17 August 1977) is a French footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Barcelona and the French national team as a striker.Henry was born and brought up in the tough neighbourhood of Les Ulis, Essonne—a suburb of Paris—where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. Thierry_Henry |
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