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| Sino-Indian War Sino-Indian_War | |
| Stasi For the regular police in East Germany, see Volkspolizei.The Ministry for State Security, (GermanMinisterium für Staatssicherheit, commonly known as the Stasi secret police of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered in East Berlin, with an extensive complex in Berlin-Lichtenberg and several smaller facilities throughout the city. Stasi | |
| Saeed al-Ghamdi Saeed al-Ghamdi (; November 21, 1979 – September 11, 2001) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11 attacks. The FBI listed his other aliases as Abdul Rahman Saed Alghamdi; Ali S Alghamdi; Al- Gamdi; Saad M.S. Al Ghamdi; Sadda Al Ghamdi; Saheed Al-Ghamdi; and Seed Al Ghamdi. Saeed_al-Ghamdi | |
| The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by philologist J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit (1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it during World War II. The_Lord_of_the_Rings | |
| The Beatles The Beatles were a rock and pop band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). The_Beatles | |
| The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society and television, and many aspects of the human condition. The_Simpsons | |
| Tea Tea refers to the agricultural products of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods. "Tea" also refers to the aromatic beverage prepared from the cured leaves by combination with hot or boiling water, and is the colloquial name for the Camellia sinensis plant itself.After water, tea is the most widely-consumed beverage in the world. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, astringent flavour. Tea | |
| Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948), more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Terry_Pratchett | |
| Tim Berners-Lee Tim_Berners-Lee | |
| Tonga Tonga | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI, ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of sub-tropical islands in the West Indies, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and Caicos Islands are situated about southeast of Miami in the United States, and southeast of Mayaguana in the Bahamas, and have a total land area of . The islands are geographically contiguous to the Bahamas, but are politically a separate entity. Turks_and_Caicos_Islands | |
| The Hobbit The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a fantasy novel and children's book by J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in a time "Between the Dawn of Færie and the Dominion of Men", The Hobbit follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins to win a share of the treasure guarded by the dragon, Smaug. The_Hobbit | |
| Taekwondo Taekwondo () is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. It is the world's most popular martial art in terms of the number of practitioners. Gyeorugi (), a type of sparring, has been an Olympic event since 2000.In Korean, tae (Hangul:hanja:kwon (Hanguldo (Hangul Taekwondo | |
| Tollund Man Tollund Man is the naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 4th century BC, during the time period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was found in 1950 buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, which preserved his body. Such a find is known as a bog body. Tollund Man, and in particular the head and face, was so well-preserved that at the time of discovery he was mistaken for a recently deceased murder victim. Tollund_Man | |
| Taliban The Taliban ( 'Taleban, is a pro-Wahhabi Sunni Islamist, predominantly Pashtun fundamentalist religious and political movement that governed Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when its leaders were removed from power by Northern Alliance and NATO forces. insurgency movement fighting a guerrilla war against the current government of Afghanistan, Pakistan, allied NATO forces participating in Operation Enduring Freedom, and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Taliban | |
| Tree of life science, religion, philosophy, mythology and other areas. A tree of life is variously, a) a mystical concept alluding to the interconnectedness of all life on our planet, b) a metaphor for common descent in the evolutionary sense, and c) a motif in various world theologies, mythologies and philosophies. Tree_of_life | |
| Thomas Pynchon Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist based in New York City, noted for his dense and complex works of fiction. Hailing from Long Island, Pynchon spent two years in the United States Navy and earned an English degree from Cornell University. Thomas_Pynchon | |
| Tolstoy Tolstoy, or Tolstoi () is a prominent family of Russian nobility, descending from one Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy (i.e., "the Fat") who served under Vasily II of Moscow. The "wild Tolstoys" (as they were known in the high society of Imperial Russia) have left a lasting legacy in Russian politics, military history, literature, and fine arts. Tolstoy | |
| Tom Daschle Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947) is a former U.S. Senator from South Dakota and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party. A South Dakota native, Daschle obtained his university degree there, and served in the United States Air Force. Tom_Daschle | |
| The Sun The Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland (where it is known as The Irish Sun) with the highest circulation of any daily English-language newspaper in the world and the biggest circulation within the UK, standing at an average of 3,121,000 copies a day between January and June 2008 and with a daily readership of approximately 7,900,000, of which 56 percent are male and 44 percent female. The_Sun | |
| Tsunami Tsunami | |
| Truth drug A truth drug (or truth serum) is a psychoactive drug used to attempt to obtain information from an unwilling subject, often by a police, intelligence, or military organization. The use of truth drugs is classified as a form of torture according to international law. It has been reported that "truth drugs" have been used by Russian secret services, successors of the KGB. Truth_drug | |
| German Type II submarine German_Type_II_submarine | |
| Thabo Mbeki Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who served almost two terms as the second democratically elected President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. On 20 September 2008, he announced his resignation after being recalled by the African National Congress's National Executive Committee, Thabo_Mbeki | |
| T. H. White Terence Hanbury White (29 May 1906–17 January 1964) was an English author best known for his sequence of Arthurian novels, The Once and Future King, first published together in 1958. T._H._White | |
| Tom Cruise Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (; born July 3, 1962), better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. Tom_Cruise | |
| Tim Burton Timothy Walter "Tim" Burton (born August 25, 1958) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American film director, producer, writer and artist. He is famed for his dark and quirky films, such as Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas, which he co-wrote and produced. Tim_Burton | |
| Tibet Tibet | |
| Timothy McVeigh Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968United States Army veteran and security guard who was convicted of bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, the second anniversary of the Waco Siege, as revenge or to inspire revolt against what he considered a tyrannical federal government. Timothy_McVeigh | |
| Time travel Time travel is the concept of moving between different moments in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space, either sending objects (or in some cases just information) backwards in time to a moment before the present, or sending objects forward from the present to the future without the need to experience the intervening period (at least not at the normal rate). Time_travel | |
| United Kingdom United_Kingdom | |
| Politics of the United Kingdom The politics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland takes place in the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the Monarch is head of state and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the UK government, the devolved governments of Scotland and Wales, and the Executive of Northern Ireland. Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom | |
| Economy of the United Kingdom Economy_of_the_United_Kingdom | |
| British Armed Forces The armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or His/Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, encompasses a navy, an army, and an air force. The British Armed Forces are a purely professional and volunteer force with a reported personnel strength of 425,500 in 2006 (191,900 regular force, 191,300 regular reserve, and 42,300 volunteer reserve), the British Armed Forces constitutes one of the largest militaries in Europe, though only the 26th largest in the world by number of troops. British_Armed_Forces | |
| United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achieving world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue.There are currently 192 member states, including nearly every recognized independent state in the world. United_Nations | |
| University of Cambridge University_of_Cambridge | |
| University of Oxford University_of_Oxford | |
| United Airlines Flight 93 United Airlines Flight 93 was a scheduled United States domestic passenger flight from Newark International Airport, in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport, in San Francisco, California that was hijacked by four Islamic terrorists as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001. United_Airlines_Flight_93 | |
| USS Cole bombing The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack against the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on 12 October 2000 while it was harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden. Seventeen American sailors were killed. USS_Cole_bombing | |
| Transportation in the United States Transportation in the United States is facilitated by road, air, rail, and water networks. The vast majority of passenger travel occurs by automobile for shorter distances, and airplane for longer distances. In descending order, most cargoes travel by railroad, truck, pipeline, or boat; air shipping is typically used only for perishables and premium express shipments. Transportation_in_the_United_States | |
| University of Sussex University_of_Sussex | |
| University of Utah University_of_Utah | |
| Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form during the early 19th century, it has historically been the principal party of the right, though in the modern day the party and its voters are more associated with the centre-right. Conservative_Party_(UK) | |
| Durham University Durham_University | |
| German submarine U-20 (1936) German_submarine_U-20_(1936) | |
| Vint Cerf Vint_Cerf | |
| Economy of Vanuatu Vanuatu's economy is primarily agricultural; 80% of the population is engaged in agricultural activities that range from subsistence farming to smallholder farming of coconuts and other cash crops. Copra is by far the most important cash crop (making up more than 35% of the country's exports), followed by timber, beef, and cocoa. Economy_of_Vanuatu | |
| Economy of Venezuela The economy of Venezuela is based in large part on petroleum. The petroleum sector dominates the economy, accounting for roughly a third of GDP, around 80% of export earnings, and more than half of government operating revenues. Venezuela is the fifth biggest member of OPEC by production. Economy_of_Venezuela | |
| Vangelis Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (born March 29, 1943) (Greekcomposer of electronic, progressive, ambient and neoclassical music, under the artist name Vangelis (a diminutive of Evangelos; in English). He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, and scores for the films Blade Runner and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.Vangelis began his professional musical career working with several popular bands of the 1960s such as The Formynx and Aphrodite's Child, with the latter's album, 666, going on to be recognized as a psychedelic "classic". Vangelis | |
| Sildenafil Sildenafil citrate, sold as Viagra, Revatio and under various other trade names, is a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). It was developed and is being marketed by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. It acts by inhibiting cGMP specific phosphodiesterase type 5, an enzyme that regulates blood flow in the penis. Sildenafil |
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