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| Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell, CC (born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. In the mid-1960s she left for New York City and its rich folk music scene, recording her debut album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides Now", "Woodstock") and then as a singer in her own right. Joni_Mitchell | |
| John Walker Lindh John Phillip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. An American citizen, he is now serving a 20-year prison sentence in connection with his participation in Afghanistan's Taliban army. He was captured during the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, a violent Taliban prison uprising where American CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann was killed. John_Walker_Lindh | |
| Strategic Defense Initiative Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a proposal by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983 to use ground and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. The initiative focused on strategic defense rather than the prior strategic offense doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD).Though it was never completely developed or deployed, the research and technologies of SDI paved the way for some anti-ballistic missile systems of today. Strategic_Defense_Initiative | |
| Six-Day War Six-Day_War | |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. The story is a precursor to the "disguised superhero" tales such as Zorro, Superman and Batman.The play was produced and adapted by Julia Neilson and Fred Terry. The_Scarlet_Pimpernel | |
| Shinkansen Talk:Shinkansen | |
| Pat Buchanan Patrick Joseph "Pat" Buchanan (born November 2, 1938) is an American political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster. Buchanan was a senior advisor to American presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, and was an original host on CNN's Crossfire. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996. He ran on the Reform Party ticket in the 2000 presidential election. Pat_Buchanan | |
| Judith Martin Judith Martin (née Perlman, born September 13, 1938), better known by the pen name Miss Manners, is an American journalist, author, and etiquette authority. Martin's uncle was the distinguished economist and labor historian Selig Perlman. Judith_Martin | |
| Norman Mailer Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and film director. Along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Hunter S. Thompson, John McPhee, and Tom Wolfe, Mailer is considered an innovator of narrative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism, but which covers the essay to the nonfiction novel. Norman_Mailer | |
| California electricity crisis California electricity crisis (also known as the Western U.S. Energy Crisis) of 2000 and 2001 was a situation where California had a shortage of electricity. Although California's population increased by 13% during the 1990s, the state did not build any new major power plants during that time. California_electricity_crisis | |
| Sam Nunn Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American lawyer and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972 until 1997) as a member of the Democratic Party. Sam_Nunn | |
| Wallace Stegner Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers". He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1972. Wallace_Stegner | |
| Matt Gonzalez Matthew Edward Gonzalez (born June 4, 1965) is a U.S. politician, lawyer, and activist prominent in San Francisco politics. Gonzalez was a member and president of San Francisco County's Board of Supervisors. He was also one of the first Green Party candidates elected to public office in the Bay Area. Matt_Gonzalez | |
| September 11 attacks Talk:September_11_attacks | |
| Anthony Bourdain Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain (born June 25, 1956) is an American author and chef. He is well known for his 2000 book, Kitchen Confidential, and is the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. A 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a 28-year veteran of professional kitchens, Bourdain is currently a "Chef-at-Large" whose home base is Brasserie Les Halles, where he was executive chef for many years. Anthony_Bourdain | |
| Janis Karpinski Janis Leigh Karpinski (born May 25, 1953, Rahway, New Jersey) is a central figure in the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal.Karpinski retired as a United States Army Colonel in the 800th Military Police Brigade. She was demoted from Brigadier General in the aftermath of the scandal, for dereliction of duty, making a material misrepresentation to investigators, and failure to obey a lawful order. Janis_Karpinski | |
| Charles Murray (author) This article is about the political scientist. For other people with the same name, see Charles Murray (disambiguation).Charles Alan Murray (born 1943) is an American libertarian political scientist, author, and columnist working as a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, DC. Charles_Murray_(author) | |
| 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 | |
| Gene Sperling Gene B. Sperling is an American economist and political expert, currently serving as a Counselor to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. He is also on the staff of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he serves as Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center on Universal Education, and is economic advisor for Hillary Clinton. Gene_Sperling | |
| Commonwealth Club Commonwealth Club may refer to Commonwealth Club, a private members' club of the Royal Commonwealth Society. It is located in central London at 25 Northumberland Avenue near Trafalgar Square Commonwealth Club of California, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, is America's oldest public affairs forum, which are often broadcast on National Public Radio Commonwealth Club of Canberra, located in the national capital of Australia is a private members' club in the Yarralumla diplomatic district close to the residence of the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia The Commonwealth Club of Virginia, is located in downtown Richmond Commonwealth Club, located in Montclair, New Jersey, founded in 1904, is the oldest men's social club in the state Commonwealth_Club |
