anniversary of her birth. It shows her presenting the new flag to George Washington, Robert Morris, and George Ross. The design was taken from a painting by Charles H.


1825), generally known as Parson Weems, was an American printer and author. He is best known as the source of some of the apocryphal stories about George Washington, including the famous

1st president of the United States (1732−1799)


Arabia, to New York City during his official visit to the United States. Later that month, she sailed to Washington, D.C., to participate in ceremonies honoring the birthday of George Washington.

painting by Rembrandt Peale (NGA, 1947.17.16)


families are composed of herbaceous plants, commonly found in aquatic environments. The flowers are usually arranged in inflorescences, and the mature seeds lack endosperm. The biggest departure from earlier

sexual reproductive structure found on flowering plants


by leaves in opposite pairs (rarely whorled or alternate), and regular, bisexual flowers with 4 (rarely 5-12) petals. The fruit is a capsule or berry containing several seeds,


long and 7-15 cm wide and are ovate to heart-shaped. The Dove tree is best known for its flowers. These form a tight cluster about 1-2 cm across, reddish in


plants, such as Amaranthus caudatus (love-lies-bleeding), a native of India and a vigorous, hardy annual with dark purplish flowers crowded in handsome drooping spikes. Another Indian annual, A.


are borne in a dense spiral arrangement at the apex of the stems. The leaf margins are white and serrate. The flowers are produced in spring from


1.5–3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. Spearmint produces flowers in slender spikes, each flower pink or white, 2.5–3 mm long and broad. Hybrids involving spearmint include Mentha × piperita


Leaves are deeply divided and grey-green. It flowers in summer, with striking black-eyed flowers with black stamens. The plant grows in full sunlight, and is considered "semi" hard. This plant


grows to 120-150 cm tall, with slender branched stems. The leaves are lanceolate, 2-8 cm long and 2-10 mm broad, glossy green, with an entire margin. The flowers are produced in small capitulae 2-4 mm


with a short spine tip. The flowers are white, occasionally pink, 8-15 mm (rarely up to 25 mm) diameter, with five petals. This species is often confused with the closely


near Enna, where she was playing with some nymphs and collecting flowers, when Pluto came out from the volcano Etna with four black horses named Orphnaeus, Aethon, Nycteus and


rarely, dioecious. The small and insignificant flowers are arranged in inflorescences of loose cymes, but also in rather dense heads or corymbs at the top of the stem or at its


family Plantaginaceae. The genus is native to southern Europe. It is closely related to the genera Linaria and Antirrhinum, differing in having creeping growth and flowers borne singly


with an entire margin. The flowers are produced in umbels of 2-5 together, each flower in diameter, with five pink or red petals. The fruit is bright red, diameter, containing 2-3


strains in the laboratory (other plants, including important genetic models such as Maize require transfer of pollen from one flower to another). For most animals, the usual procedure is mating of


10–30 cm long, pinnate, with 3-11 leaflets, each leaflet 5–15 cm wide and 3-10 cm broad, with an entire margin. The flowers are small, 2.5–5 mm, apetalous, discoidal, and borne in


1-2 m high. It has long, bent thorns. It bears dark or light pink flowers in June and July. The hips are oval and quite soft. It may be


Campsis is a genus of flowering plants in the bignonia family, Bignoniaceae. It consists of two species, both of which are vines with large flower


into a shoot. The flowers are radially symmetrical. There are 5 (sometimes 4) separate sepals and 5 (sometimes 4 or none) separate petals. The petals may be


cheiri usually grown for its long-lasting and brightly coloured flowers. It is closely related to Cheiranthus. This plant has been given an RHS Award of Garden Merit. Normal height


to the flame. Other sources with different spike patterns, eg. hurricane lamps, are less powerful attractants. Night-blooming flowers usually depend on moths (or bats) for pollination, and artificial lighting


desiccated leaves that remain on the tree through winter; these dry persistent leaves are called marcescent leaves and are dropped in the spring as new growth begins. Many deciduous plants flower


from evil. In modern days other traditional decorations are more popular, including birch or sometimes oak branches and flowers as well as leaves, especially ferns. People wear wreaths

album by American pop singer Jody Watley


and are almost invariably strongly attracted to light. Many are also attracted to sugar and nectar-rich flowers. Some of the family are preyed upon by bats. However, many Noctuidae


flowers, in varying shades of blue colors with white flowering forms occurring. The species have been hybridized to produce additional colors in plants under cultivation. The flowers are


Especially in certain succulent species, the leaves may also be thick and fleshy. The flowers have a tubular corolla with five petals most often fused at the tips, forming


phallic symbols, such as swords, towers, and cars, and the sexual connotation of dewy petaled flowers contributes to the sense of urgent sexuality, repressed and otherwise, in the


was born at Boldekow in Pomerania. His uncle, Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750-1816), is remembered for his studies in the fertilization of flowers by insects - a subject


branching. The leaves are evergreen, opposite, simple, lanceolate, from 5-9 cm long and 1 cm broad. The flowers are produced in dense clusters of 3-15 together; each flower


bottom. The flowers are small and inconspicuous, with the male and female flowers on the same plant. In ponds it forms thick buds in the autumn that sink to


evergreen mat forming shrubs, with small, light green needle-like leaves 3-10 mm long. The flowers are small and plain looking. The fruit is a fairly dry black berry, smaller than the


useful for interior leaves which depend on capturing reflected light scattered in random directions from the outer canopy. The flowers are produced in early to mid spring;


very numerous flowers are white with six tepals bearing a central brown streak. The fruits are small round capsules. In Mythology. The asphodel was the flower said to


itch vine," is a large and vigorous woody vine of the family Bignoniaceae, notable for its showy trumpet-shaped flowers. It is native to woodlands of the southeastern United States, but is

plant grown for showy or decorative flowers


autumn colour, often falling dull green. The flowers open before the leaves, the female flowers being somewhat longer than the male flowers; they are dark purple, and without petals, and

character from Disney's animated movie Bambi


obscurely toothed margin. The flowers are 5-10 mm diameter, white to creamy colored, fragrant, produced in dense panicles 3-8 cm broad. The fruit is a dry capsule containing several seeds. References.


sex develops fully and is fertile in the flowers of an individual plant, the structures of the other sex remaining undeveloped. The small flowers, 4–8 mm across,

song by the American rock band Soundgarden


chief commercial producer. This hyacinth has a single dense spike of fragrant flowers in shades of red, blue, white, orange, pink, violet, or yellow. A form of


Aralia species have large bipinnate leaves clustered at the ends of branches, sometimes covered with bristles. The flowers are whitish or greenish occurring in terminal panicles, and the spherical dark purple


bays, dunes, dry pastures, fields and roadsides. The green leaves of this plant are alternate, consisting of three to five untoothed lobes. The large, white flowers have five petals. Male and

unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States


The runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus, Fabaceae) is often called the scarlet runner bean since most varieties have red flowers and multicolored seeds,

song by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair


system placed the order in the superorder Alismatanae in the subclass Liliidae [= monocotyledons] in the class Magnoliopsida [= angiosperms]; it used this circumscription: order Alismatales. family Alismataceae. family Aponogetonaceae. family

clade of flowering plants (in APG I-III)


Hamamelidae [sic], in class Magnoliopsida [=dicotyledons]. The Dahlgren system made the same choice at the rank of family and order, but placed this order in superorder Rosanae in subclass


that the affiant personally appeared before the authenticating authority. United States. In American jurisprudence, under the rules for hearsay, admission of an unsupported affidavit as evidence is unusual (especially

theoretical study of law, by philosophers and social scientists


are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries. The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin. Rank. The title is


is and what is not an insult. The concept of fighting words as a form of prohibited speech has developed in the jurisprudence of U.S. constitutional law concerning


1825 he was converted to Christianity, and the following year was appointed extraordinary, and in 1828 ordinary, professor in the Berlin faculty of law. At this period the historical school of jurisprudence


jurisprudence. The other three schools of thought are Shafi, Hanafi, and Hanbali. The basis for the School of the City of Light, Medina Munnawara. The Maliki school derives


Chancellor of Germany with a non-noble background. Biography. Michaelis, born in Haynau in the Prussian Province of Silesia, grew up in Frankfurt (Oder). He studied jurisprudence at the University of Breslau,


Journal of Jurisprudence, Vol. 51, pp. 65–105 (2006). Lawrence B. Solum, Metaphilosophy, Volume 34 Issue 1-2 Page 178 - January 2003. See also. Aquinas. Aristotle. Judicial activism. Jurisprudence. Natural


Numerius Negidius is a name used in jurisprudence in ancient Rome based on a play on words:


or deponent, and witnessed as to the authenticity of the affiant's signature by a taker of oaths, such as a notary public or commissioner of oaths. The

handwritten mark made as a proof of identity and intent


signature of the corresponding quadratic form. This result was sought by the Italian school of algebraic geometry, but was proved by the topological methods of Lefschetz. The Theory and Applications of Harmonic


term "animation" in katakana as アニメーション (animēshon, pronounced), and the term anime (アニメ) emerged in the 1970s as an abbreviation, though some state that the word derives from the French phrase

Japanese syllabary, mainly used for loan words and scientific terms


which the players are required to say a word which begins with the final kana of the previous word. No distinction is made between hiragana, katakana and kanji. "Shiritori" literally means


Japanese were heavily influenced by Shinto beliefs. Among other things, Emperor worship was stressed after Shinto was established as a state religion during the Meiji Restoration. As time


is the Shinto god of


boy. Uchide's Mallet (labeled as "Lucky Mallet") also appears in the game, although it is used to shrink the protagonist, a wolf avatar of the Shinto sun god


as well as online. Both hand-drawn and computer-animated anime exist. It is used in television series, films, video, video games, commercials, and internet-based releases, and represents most, if not all, genre

category of creative works based on stylistic, thematic or technical criteria


& Touching Bass, Bulletproof, Up All Night, which have all crossed many genres and has become her trademark. Since Learning Curve, Saverio has focused more on DJ


known as the Dutch Golden Age) will fall into one of four categories, a painter of portraits, landscapes, still-lifes, or genre. Dutch painting was highly specialized and rarely could

1996 Live-action/animated short film directed by Don Hertzfeldt


a sub-genre of science fiction that exploits the genre's conventions for comic effect. Comic science fiction often mocks or satirizes standard SF conventions like alien invasion of earth, interstellar


Music of Nepal refers to the various musical genres of Nepal. With more than fifty ethnic diversities, the music of this country is a highly dispersed phenomenon.

category that identifies pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions


abide by the conventions of an established serious genre, but gently pokes fun at some aspects of that genre, while still relying on its conventions. Examples of


and other medieval Islamic libraries, where books were organized into specific genres and categories. The activities of the library was supported by a large number of stationary shops.


the case and number suffixes (or clitics) of the (Macro-)Altaic languages (taken from Blažek, 2006): /V/ symbolizes an uncertain vowel. Suffixes reconstructed for Proto-Turkic, Proto-Mongolic, Proto-Korean, or Proto-Japonic, but

naming tradition, follows a person's full name and provides additional information about the person


one dozen species in four genera, but these enigmatic fishes are in need of taxonomic revision. . The scientific name means "Ateleopus-shaped", from Ateleopus (the type genus) + the standard fish order suffix


Mayan. In Proto-Mayan, absolutives could be marked either by a prefix or a suffix, depending on the presence of a tense/aspect marker. This feature was retained in


where something ends (i. e. answers "Until what point in space or time?"). Usage in Estonian. In the Estonian language, the terminative case is indicated by the '-ni' suffix: jõeni: "to


et al. 2003:224). 18 Compare Goguryeo /tok/ "10" (Blažek 2006). 19 Manchu "a very big number". 20 Orok "a bundle of 10 squirrels", Nanai "collection, gathering". 21 "Hundred" in names of


but nevertheless Starostin et al. (2003) reconstruct them as follows: 1 Manchu /soni/ "single, odd". 2 Old Bulgarian /tvi-rem/ "second". 3 Kitan has "2" (Blažek 2006). 4 is probably a contraction

language originated from Northeast China


followed by Chifeng. The province covered an area of 114,000 square kilometers. History. Once the seat of the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty, Rehe was conquered by the Manchu in the

members of an indigenous people of Manchuria


young Panchen Lama fled to Lhasa and the Manchu Qianlong Emperor sent troops to Lhasa, upon which the Nepalese withdrew agreeing to pay a large annual sum. In 1791 the


nun ן, pe ף, and tsadi ץ. Some languages that use final form characters are: Arabic. Hebrew. Manchu. Greek.


China, and then Empress Dowager after 1861. Born the Lady Niuhuru, she was the daughter of Muyangga, an official from a powerful Manchu family, the Niuhuru clan. Her


1840s, and became a concubine of the crown prince, the future Xianfeng Emperor. At the time, the principal wife of the crown prince was the Lady Sakda, of the Manchu Sakda


(Manchu: ;) (died 1582) was the grandfather of Nurhaci, the man who was to unify the Jurchen peoples and begin building what later became the Manchu state. Both


Giocangga (Manchu

members of an indigenous people of Manchuria


himself. Characters. Alex: The novel's anti-hero and leader among his droogs. He often refers to himself as "Your Humble Narrator". (Having seduced two girls in a music shop, Alex

fictional character in A Clockwork Orange


name of the main character in A Clockwork Orange is also Alex. The scene with a flying Lenin statue recalls a similar scene with flying Jesus in

Brazilian association football player (born 1976)


decides to commit suicide, yet is unable to because the technique prevents him from committing any act of violence, including against himself. In the public library, Alex is quickly

intentional act of causing one's own death


Massacre: in the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide. 1989 – Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz


You?". Plot. The film begins with the public suicide of Ken Park at a local skateboarding park. The film features four friends: Shawn, Tate, Peaches, and Claude.


Yi, Zhao destroyed the Meng brothers by issuing a false decree of Huhai, now the Second Emperor. He forced Meng Tian to commit suicide and also had


of The Temptations during their most successful years in the 1960s, later dubbed the "Classic Five" period. Personal problems and failing health forced Williams to retire in 1971. He committed suicide


was in this hunting lodge that, on January 30, 1889, he was found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera, apparently as a result of suicide. Exactly what happened is


three-partite scale of the costs of bearing a child, with one value level per social class. Moll's boy is born when the banker's wife commits suicide following the divorce, and


to commit suicide. The Empress hanged herself. Princess Chang Ping refused. In a fit of rage Chongzhen had her left arm cut off. He then fled to nearby


March, The Dwarves, Suicide, The Gun Club, Inger Lorre and Motel Shootout, Man or Astro-man?, and Redd Kross. The name references The Rolling Stones' song "Sympathy for


when it was clear that this would have spared them the death penalty. In one case Moshe Barazani, a Lehi man, and Meir Feinstein, an Irgun member, committed suicide in prison


(thoughts of suicide). photosensitivity (increased risk of sunburn) (use protective clothing, such as long sleeves and hats, and sunscreen to decrease the risk of sunburn.). Many side effects disappear after


1974 to 1978. He also appeared in several Fassbinder films in this period. After Fassbinder broke up with him, Meier committed suicide on Fassbinder’s birthday. He was


counseling. Senior citizen programs. Suicide prevention. Telephone reassurance, care for the elderly. Volunteer opportunities. Youth programs. Where available, 2-1-1 is operated by a private non-profit community-service organization, local


voluntarily embraced the death prepared for them, an action that runs perilously close to suicide, some thought. Augustine of Hippo touches on this question in the first


reaper" in the "External Influence" division, responsible for reaping souls of people who die in accidents (many of which are of Rube Goldberg-style and complexity), suicides and homicides. Through the first


fire of Rome, 64. Great Jewish Revolt against Roman occupation begins (66–73). The suicide of Roman Emperor Nero leaves the throne vacant. Several candidates for the throne

book by Émile Durkheim published in 1897


suicide hours before the death of his teacher. Crucifixion of Jesus—Friday, April 3 (Good Friday). Resurrection of Jesus—Sunday, April 5 (Easter). Ascension of Jesus—Thursday, May 14 (Ascension Day).


this show so you new people could see what it was like when we were around. You're not going to see it again". Crash committed suicide on December 7,


victor captures Alexandria. Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra commit suicide, and their young children are raised as Romans, but her son with Julius Caesar, co-ruler Ptolemy XV Caesarion, is executed. Egypt is


take place owing to Reeves' suicide the day before. The story originated with the detective investigating the TV star's death and was picked up by the wire services. Moore, who was


his teens. His father was a jeweler; his mother was an artist who committed suicide when Farrell was three, an event later noted in the Jane's Addiction song "Then She Did".


where Lon was managing the Kolb and Dill show, and attempted suicide by swallowing mercury bichloride. The suicide attempt failed and ruined her singing career; the ensuing scandal and divorce


Wollstonecraft allegedly planned to commit suicide by jumping from the bridge because she returned from a trip to Sweden to discover that her lover was involved with an


up a business in Dublin which offered media and journalism training to the public. In March 1999, he committed suicide in New Ross while awaiting trial for


and legacy. He committed suicide at the age of 46. His work has been extensively circulated on the Internet, and originals of his pictures are now collectors'


hostilities. Discouraged at the destruction of his work building the Hamburg-America fleet, and perhaps fearing the loss of his ships, Ballin committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping


substance abuse by children, domestic violence and suicide. Davis Inlet, Labrador. In 1999 Survival International published a study of the Innu communities of Labrador and the impact of the


but I'm Gary Busey." (This is a paraphrase of a line in the movie: "I like Elvis fine, but I'm Buddy Holly.). Screenwriter Robert Gittler committed suicide the day


due to illness, suicide, accident, or other cause. When this happens, a memorial page may be set aside to eulogize the deceased. The page will usually include


been proposed to increase exponentially instead of linearly. This characteristic makes depressants a common choice for deliberate overdoses in the case of suicide. The use of alcohol or benzodiazepines along with


originality. Because of this portrayal, communities may be less willing to consult the salaryman for his emotional problems, which often leads to clinical depression or even suicide. Corporations are often


- leaving him and his mother on their own (he later admits that he lied, and that his father committed suicide). Frank introduces Karl to his mother


Scacchi. In creating the play, Rattigan was inspired by the suicide of a young (male) actor with whom he had some time previously had a relationship. This has

Preventing occupational disease and injury, second edition. Levy BS, Wagner GR, Rest KM, Weeks JL, eds. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2005 Jan; :473-475


and reported suicide of Shamash-shum-ukin. Cyrus is mentioned again in 639 BC. At that year Ashurbanibal managed to defeat Elam and became overlord to several of its former allies.


a daughter named Hazel, apparently committed suicide some time before the novel's action begins (her body was never located). Shade lives in the college town of New Wye, amidst


and Georgie make clear their dissatisfaction with Alex's domination of the gang. At home in his dreary flat, Alex plays classical music thunderously while bringing himself to climax with fantasies of


of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and along with the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles the most expensive concert hall ever built. Another important venue for classical music


Mishawaka has a wide variety of local radio broadcast available in the area. Stations' programming content contains a wide variety including public radio, classical music, religious, country, and urban contemporary


of electronic music, ambient music, classical music, and jazz. Recording and relation to Kid A. Both Amnesiac and Radiohead's album Kid A, which was released eight months earlier in


eight he started taking classical music lessons. Early influences were Cliff Richard & The Shadows (featuring guitarist Hank Marvin) and American rockers Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, and then the Ventures, Jimi


classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word  is also often used. A piece performed by


Pittsburgh, and attended Westinghouse High School, later attended by Erroll Garner and Ahmad Jamal. In Pittsburgh, he began his musical career, studying classical music for a time at the Pittsburgh Music Institute,


and Classical music exist, a huge number of such genres are yet to be cataloged. Many musical bands exist in Nepal, with a huge number in Kathmandu -


lessons teach their children concentration and self-discipline, and open a door into the world of classical music. Notes. References. Loesser, Arthur (1954, reissued by Dover Publications). Men, Women, and Pianos.


their fate. Sound. Fields of Aplomb combined a number of influences (punk music, ethereal, even Classical music and dub) to create a gloomy, but very passionate sound which appealed to


Menderes River as well as some interior high plains in Anatolia, mainly around Tuz Gölü (Salt Lake) and Konya Ovası (Konya Basin). Turkey is divided into seven census-defined geographical regions: Black


Among the masters of the form is Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet who lived in Konya, in present-day Turkey. Acrostic. An acrostic (from the late Greek akróstichon, from ákros,


a large Turkmen population, mainly consisting of the Baraks. Urfa is regarded in Turkish popular sentiment as being, second only to Konya, the most devout in Turkey and it


Kurdish People. Lazs. Lycia. Lydia. Ottoman Empire. Pamphylia. Phrygia. Pontus. Saint Anatolia, Roman Catholic Saint. Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. Troy. Turkey. Turkish Kurdistan. Turkish Riviera. Zaza people. References.

region in the eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey


from Amaseia in Pontus (modern Amasya Turkey), which had recently become part of the Roman Empire.. He studied under various geographers and philosophers; first in Nysa, later in Rome.


claimant to the throne of Pergamon, and their forces were annihilated (130 BC). The imbroglio which followed his death ultimately led to interference by the rising power of Pontus and


died at her family's estate in Pontus, which with the help of her younger brother Peter she had turned into a monastery and convent. Gregory of Nyssa


are destroyed: for instance, Feorlì, rebuilt by the praetor Livius Clodius afterwards. Greece. Mithridates VI of Pontus invades Greece. Births. Deaths. Publius Sulpicius Rufus, Roman tribune (b. c.


By place. Rome. Battle of Cabira—Lucius Lucullus defeats Mithridates, overruns Pontus. Mithridates fled to Armenia, rules by his son-in-law Tigranes, who refuses to turn his father-in-law in to


Arabic addition to the treatise. Mithradates VI Eupator of Pontus had a water mill at his palace at Cabira before 71 BC. In the 1st century BC, the Greek epigrammatist


diptychs. His excuse for the bishops of Pontus, Asia, and the East is composed in very beautiful language. The answers of Hormisdas are given in the Acts of the Council


Nevada and West Virginia joined as new states of the Union. Tennessee and Louisiana were returned to Union military control early in the war. The territories of Colorado, Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada,


in Seattle, Washington. It has operations in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Founded on April 24, 1917 as Ballard Savings and Loan, it kept the name


cultures of the Basque peoples of Spanish, French and Mexican nationalities arrived to Nevada since the late 19th century. California is a major concentration of Basques in the United States, most

town in Vernon County, Missouri, United States


locations ranging from Kansas to Washington DC and Nevada. Sonnenfeld decided to change the location to New York City, because the director felt New Yorkers would be


locations than other bluebirds. Females usually build the nests themselves. It is the state bird of Idaho and Nevada. References. Database entry includes justification for why this


the extreme western end of the Panhandle, unofficially observes Mountain Time. Texas - the two westernmost counties (Hudspeth, El Paso) and a portion of Culberson County. Nevada


of territory to the United States; Mexico's size was halved, while that of the United States increased by a third. California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and

city in Collin County, Texas, United States


Fallon Station is a census-designated place (CDP) in Churchill County, Nevada, United States.


DEF CON (also written as DEFCON or Defcon) is the world's largest annual hacker convention, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in


hometown of Key West would itself be part of another micronation; see Conch Republic.). The Republic of Minerva was set up in 1972 as a libertarian new-country project by Nevada businessman


by Apple Computer CEO John Sculley at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, referring to the Apple Newton. In 1996 Nokia introduced the first mobile


is a particularly high concentration of manufacturing activity in Japan, China, and South Korea. The latest consumer electronics are previewed yearly at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada,


easily-recognizable code, in the North American Numbering Plan, is any area code that ends in double digits, such as 800, 877, 900 and 700. The state of Nevada requested


C. c. cerastes), sidewinder rattler. Geographic range. In the southwestern United States this species is found in the desert region of eastern California, southern Nevada, extreme southwestern Utah


the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts of western North America, including portions of California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and western Texas in the United States, and northern Chihuahua in


Gabriel Mountains in the south. Throughout the ages, their traditional ancestral territory has spanned three states: Arizona, California and Nevada. They are most closely identifed as among the Great Basin


Mexico, and the Netherlands. It is also a hub for flights to smaller cities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and Nevada. The airport is a major hub for Alaska


successful in parts of Washington, Oregon, California, Oklahoma and Texas. A few are in Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Maine. The east


voted to ratify the ERA on February 7, 1975, with a tally of 82 to 75. Nevada, whose Assembly voted to ratify the ERA on February 17, 1975, with a tally


place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. It lies in the south side of the Carson City metropolitan area. The population was 4,837 at the 2000


in the US are primarily offered by casinos (and then only in the state of Nevada), and by Native American bingo halls, which are often housed in


pieces, half dimes, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and gold dollars, Quarter Eagles, half eagles, eagles, and double eagles). A new branch facility was opened in Carson City, Nevada in


State of Nevada due to the perceived similarity between their physical shapes; the Arkansas county's shape roughly follows the same outline as the state's boundary when inverted.


Claim Jumper is a restaurant chain headquartered in Irvine, California with 45 locations in Arizona, California, Illinois, Colorado, Nevada, Washington, Wisconsin and Oregon. Founder Craig


Fairfield. State Highway 51 heads south-southwest towards Bruneau and on to Nevada. State Highway 67 heads west-southwest toward the base and on to Grand View. Demographics. As


County, Nevada, United States. The population was 2,003 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pershing County. Lovelock, located in western Nevada, lies along


The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (HTNF) is the principal U.S. National Forest located in the U.S. state of Nevada. With an


Sun Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, USA. The population was 19,461 at the


is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The population was 281 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography. Sutcliffe is

town in Story County, Iowa, United States


to Interstate 80 at Winnemucca, Nevada. US 95 crosses into the Mountain Time Zone approximately 35 miles (56 km) north of Nevada. Idaho. US 95 is an undivided two lane highway during


their experiences there, she began to lecture on the plight of her people across California and Nevada. During the winter of 1879 and 1880, she and her father visited


Roswell Keyes Colcord (April 25, 1839 – October 30, 1939) served as Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada


at-will employment. These 11 states are: Alabama. Alaska. Arizona. California. Delaware. Idaho. Massachusetts. Montana. Nevada. Utah. Wyoming. This exception for a covenant of good faith and fair dealing


Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. It also has operations in Canada and Europe. See also. Jerry A.


for gold embedded in quartz rather than pan for placer gold. His attention shifted to Nevada, where he operated a mill on the Washoe River and landed various mine superintendent


Bible, wife of U.S. Senator Alan Bible of Nevada and commissioned on 9 November 1963, Captain Charles D. Allen, Jr., in command. 1960s. Goldsborough joined the U.S. Pacific


featuring Ice Oscillator also known as Ice-T (keyboards, drums, vocals), Keith Korg also known as Kool Keith (bass, strings, vocals), Mark Moog also known as Marc Live (drums,

American rapper, actor, songwriter, and producer


included Whoopi Goldberg, Dave Chappelle, Lily Tomlin, George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Ice-T, and Paul Mooney. The show tracked down the two cops who rescued Pryor from his "freebasing incident",


to Allah Himself". The word is used for the oath of allegiance to an emir. It is also used for the initiation ceremony specific to many Sufi orders.

title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world.


monarchy, and in so doing changed his status from emir to king. He also pardoned all political prisoners and detainees, including those who had been arrested for their unsubstantiated participation in


sympathetic transcription of life at the Emir's court has clearly suggested the conventional presentation of the picturesque, chivalrous Moor in the pages of Mlle de Scudéry, Mme de Lafayette,


class, especially of a member (usually styled emir) of the royal family, as in Saudi Arabian governorates. List of independent Emirates. Kuwait. Qatar. United Arab Emirates. List of former and


and Joscelin was gravely injured. Shortly thereafter, he received word that emir Ghazi II Danishmend was marching against the fortress town of Kaysun. When Joscelin's own son,


while az-Zahir, the emir of Aleppo detained Leo, Bohemond of Tripoli entered Antioch, summoned the commune, and persuaded it to renounce in his favor its oath to


Salman II al-Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain, KCMG. 1979-1984: His Highness Sheikh Sir Isa II bin Salman II al-Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain, GCMG. 1984-1999: His Highness Sheikh Sir


also used for the initiation ceremony specific to many Sufi orders. See also. Pledge of Allegiance. Treason. Enterprise Feedback Management. References. See also Salmond on "Citizenship and Allegiance," in the Law Quarterly Review

expression of loyalty to the Flag of the United States and the republic of the United States of America


in the Qur'an by Surah 48:10: "Verily, those who give thee their allegiance, they give it but to Allah Himself". The word is used for the oath of allegiance to


also a notary public who is authorized to administer oaths to witnesses, and who certifies that her or his transcript of the proceedings is a verbatim account


by Gustavus Trolle in the Storkyrkan Church in Stockholm, and took the usual oath to rule the kingdom through native-born Swedes only. A banquet was held for


A pauper's oath is a sworn statement or oath by a person that he or she is completely destitute or a pauper, i.e. without any money or property. A


of a monarch, to make a formal proclamation of the accession of his or her successor to the throne, and to receive a religious oath from the new monarch. However, the


The Twisted Men (1964). Rogue Ship (1965). The Winged Man (1966). The Changeling (1967) novel publication of story first published in 1942 and 1944 in Astounding Stories. The Silkie


totalitarian police states that emerged after World War II. He wrote a mainstream novel that was set in Communist China, The Violent Man (1962); he said that to research

1939–1945 global war between the Allied and Axis Powers


rum). Several trademark disputes went to court during this time regarding uses of the Bacardi name on rum produced outside of Cuba. During the World War II years the company was


Rebellion, he patiently worked to its eventual termination. Since World War II, Ethiopia has played an active role in world and African affairs. Ethiopia was a charter member of the


commercially produced plastic flying disc, marketed under the name Flyin-Saucer. Morrison had just returned to the US after World War II, where he had been a prisoner of war. His


French biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976). 1911 – William Darby, American World War II Army officer (d. 1945). 1914 – Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. 1984). 1914 – Bill Veeck,


451 were honored with the Prometheus Award for their contributions to dystopian literature. Coming Up for Air, his last novel before World War II is the most English of his


World War II began, however, new internment camps, which were not formally classified as concentration camps, were established, over which Himmler and the SS did not exercise control. In 1943, following


1944 – World War II: During Anzio campaign 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy. 1945 –


by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm. 1943 – World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka – German and


islands; Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range.


logo. To celebrate its 100th anniversary in 1966, "Socony" was dropped from the corporate name. From 1936 to 1968, Mobil sponsored an economy run each year (except during World War II) in


production of 76,000 356s still survive. History. Prior to World War II Porsche designed and built three Type 64 cars for a 1939 Berlin to Rome race that was


hall for the Borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin. It was constructed between 1911–1914 for Schöneberg, at that time an independent city () not yet incorporated into Berlin. After World War II


of World War II, Australia joined the Empire Air Training Scheme, under which flight crews received basic training in Australia before travelling to Canada for advanced training. A total of


imported to England. English Salukis (chiefly descendents of Sarona Kelb) were exported to many countries, but by the mid-1930s, interest slackened, and with the outbreak of World War II, breeding and show


them. Contact with Nazi authorities. In 1940, Lehi proposed intervening in World War II on the side of Nazi Germany. It offered assistance in "transferring" the Jews of Europe, in


The Tatra T600, named the Tatraplan, was a large car from the Czech manufacturer Tatra. After World War II, Tatra


literary language among Zionists. On the eve of World War II, there were 11 to 13 million Yiddish speakers (). The Holocaust, however, led to a dramatic, sudden decline in


are indicted for the videotaped March 3 beating of motorist Rodney King during an arrest. March 15 – Germany formally regains complete independence after the 4 post-World War II


which led him to become obese. Before his death in 1989, Leone was part way through planning a film on the Siege of Leningrad during World War II. In his


actions of World War II, and served on the cruiser USS Atlanta (CL-51) during the naval battle of Guadalcanal. His ship was lost during that action; with other survivors he


what he described as the failings of the United States government. Perot asserted that the United States "had grown arrogant and complacent after the War (World War II)" and was


twelve attended Huyton College, near Liverpool. After studying English at St Hilda's College, Oxford, she served in the Women's Royal Naval Service during World War II. Her literary career is noteworthy


observation aircraft designed by the Taylorcraft Aircraft Corporation of America. 1,604 high-wing Taylorcraft Auster monoplanes were built during World War II for the armed forces of the UK and Canada.


blimp, US training blimps built by Goodyear during World War II. K class blimp and M class blimp, US anti-submarine blimps operated during World War II. N class blimp (the "Nan


World War II. References. Giglio, Gary, C., et al. Environmental Impact Report for the General Plan Amendment, Rezoning and Development of a Portion of FMC Corporation's Coleman Avenue Facility, Earth


feature length tribute shown to the armed forces and civilians during World War II.". Supporting allies during WWII. Hecht was among a number of signors of a formal statement, issued


was a World War II veteran who died in a parade float accident in 1979. He did, however, grow up in Springfield and was among the same class and age group as


extensively abroad—in London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, New York City and Cincinnati, Ohio. During the German occupation of France in World War II, Derain lived primarily in Paris and was much courted by


Russians 11.4%, Poles 3.9%, Ukrainians 2.4%, Jews 0.3%, Armenians 0.1%, Lipka Tatars 0.1%, Ruska Roma 0.1%, Lithuanians 0.1%, Azeris 0.1%, others 0.3% (1999 census). Prior to World War II,


World War I. , launched in 1937, a 1936 Tribal-class destroyer that served in World War II. , launched in 1962, a Tribal class frigate.


Poland Uprising, Bromberg was assigned to Poland in 1919. In 1938 it was made part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. From 1939-45 during World War II, Bydgoszcz was retaken by Nazi Germany, in the


of Germany. The aftermath of World War II deeply marked his childhood and the life of his family. Fassbinder himself, in compliance with his mother's wishes, later altered the date


I. This offensive led to the armistice which ended the war. During World War II, on 18 February 1944, Nazi-occupied Amiens was the site of Operation Jericho, a British operation


region. However, the extent to which the prehistory of the Aegean world is reflected in literary accounts of legendary peoples is subject to repeated revision. Before World War II, archaeologists sometimes


to the Drancy deportation camp during World War II. They were subsequently jointly fined 64,000 euros, but the judgement was appealed. Previous similar attempts by others in the civil courts


called Mayennais. This demonym is not the source of the word mayonnaise. Video games. The town is featured as a level in the World War II video game Call of


was used again during World War II. In 1950 the camp was designated Fort Lee and additional buildings were constructed to house the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps Center and School. With


Germany occupied the Netherlands in World War II. He later joined the Dutch national socialist NSB party and the SS. In 1948, Osendarp was convicted for acts he committed during


reflections of this impassioned concern; the former was his first true protest work. During World War II he was in the dangerous position of opposing the Nazis; though he tried to go about


land and 0.5 square miles (1.2 km²) of it (6.34%) is water. History. In 1947, after World War II, United States government allowed settling of land on parts of the Kenai Peninsula under the Homestead


Scheveningen being used as a shibboleth during World War II to identify German spies: They would pronounce the initial "Sch" differently from Dutch native speakers. In chess, the Scheveningen is a variation


horseback. After World War II the city was a White American blue collar town with steel and automobile plants in the area. By the late 1970s, the factories and the White American residents


the United States Army from 1943 until 1945 during World War II. After the Army and graduate school at Harvard University, Wilbur taught at Wesleyan University for two decades and at


household pets after World War II. Although he was born in Detroit, Dennis Archer grew up in Cassopolis. Among his accomplishments, Archer went on to become an attorney, Michigan Supreme Court Justice, two-term


through the end of World War II. Unlike many other Dutch towns, Elburg had refused to use city funds to build a railroad station in 1863. Because the land owners were


biggest Nazi raids to be held in the Netherlands during World War II took place in Putten. On 1 October and 2 October 1944, 661 men and boys, the


30, 1948. Construction of the project started in May 1940 and was completed by March 1942. However, World War II intervened and work stopped on the project which was not fully completed until


the same time, Asbury Park launched a first-class education and athletic program with the construction of a state-of-the-art high school overlooking Deal Lake. Later years. Neither the Great Depression nor World War II


Station to commemorate the site of this event. Some industry began to come to the area after World War II, and the town continues to grow at a modest pace.


power of this community. Famous citizens. A list of San Benito's most notable people includes: Lt. Wilma Roland (Dolly) Vinsant Shea, World War II flight nurse. General Tom Marchbanks, United States Air


of interest. Located between Duffield and Pattonsville, Va, on Federal Route 421, is the gravesite of Ross Carter, a paratrooper from World War II, who wrote Those Devils in


own to accommodate workers constructing their new dams; the most prominent being Norris, Tennessee. During World War II, the Manhattan Project built several planned communities to provide accommodations for scientists, engineers, industrial workers


architects Henry Flitcroft and Henry Holland for the 4th Duke. Anna Maria, the wife of the 7th Duke, originated the afternoon tea ritual in 19th-century England. 1945 to 1970s. Following World War II,


just over a year after his parents' marriage; two daughters, Michèle and Brigitte, followed. Unlike most French children, Yves and his sisters were not directly affected by World War II, as their father


World War II. The military would not guarantee him that position, so he declared as a conscientious objector, and reported to a CPS camp. Having such a well-known public figure


of the famous composer Robert Schumann, and Ernst Georg August Baumgarten, one of the original inventors of the airship. Colditz Castle as Oflag IV-C. After the outbreak of World War II


the original site. Hickory White, formerly known as Hickory Manufacturing Company, was built in 1902 and has been in continuous operation ever since. During World War II, the factory made ammunition boxes for


World War II. Early in 1917, General Sarrail ordered the royal Greek army to move from Thessaly to the south of the country. He also ordered the Greek fleet to


land south of Pasig River down to Alabang was declared a U.S. Military Reservation. During the World War II era, it was where USAFFE had its headquarters for the Philippine


The 60th Coast Artillery (AA) (60th CA), during the World War II era, was part of USAFFE's Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, under the Philippine Coast Artillery Command. This


including the discovery and development of systemic herbicides and pyrethroid insecticides, as well as pioneering contributions to the fields of virology, nematology, soil science and pesticide resistance. During World War II, aiming


power to enter the race of global colonization. Severely hampered by its still-developing industries, Japan started a war against the United States during World War II with less than one-tenth of the


United States Air Force pilots, during World War II. It was replaced after World War Two by nylon versions of the jacket, though it continued to be worn operationally


work on Allied effort to develop the first atomic bombs during World War II (the Manhattan Project), gave a detailed description of the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb, and of processes for


In the early 1950s she was pursued by a World War II veteran, Samuel Golden, who claimed that the two were destined to be married and would give her 2/3 of his


be used to power cars with ordinary internal combustion engines if a wood gasifier is attached. This was quite popular during World War II in several European and Asian countries


taken back up after the end of the World War II. In the following decades German spelling was essentially decided de facto by the editors of the Duden dictionaries.


of World War I trench warfare meant about 10% of the fighting soldiers were killed. This compared to 5% killed during the Second Boer War and 4.5% killed during World War II.


and also Rowntree (Nestlé). Jelly Babies were launched by Bassett's in 1919 in Sheffield as "Peace Babies" to mark the end of World War I. Production was suspended during World War II


two tractors supplied by the United States in World War II under Lend-Lease and a Ferguson-Brown tractor. The museum is open on bank holiday Sundays and Mondays from 2 to 5 p.m., and


jet aeroplane. Following World War II, one of the prototypes was shipped to the United Kingdom for study at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. Operators. Survivors. Prototype taken to UK


EDVAC and the UNIVAC I. Genesis in radar. The basic concept of the delay line originated with World War II radar research, as a system to reduce clutter from reflections from


was heavily damaged during World War II, but was rebuilt from 1951 to 1952. International relations. Twin towns — Sister cities. Dinslaken's twin towns include: Agen, France. Arad, Israel. References. External links.


World War II. After the war, his commercial airliners, such as the Ilyushin Il-18 and Ilyushin Il-62, saw extensive use. On his passing in 1977, he was interred in Novodevichy Cemetery in


37) was an infantry support gun, used by Germany, during World War II. The guns were originally designated 7.5 cm PaK 37. The IG 37s were manufactured, beginning in late 1944, from


secretary of, the American Theatre Wing, which operated the Stage Door Canteens during World War II, providing entertainment to servicemen in several American cities. After her death, her friends and colleagues


World War II Heinola has been economically an industrial town, mainly due to its wood processing industry. Industry remained the largest source of employment until 1970s, when the trade and


first ouster of the pro-Axis government of Rashid Ali al-Kaylani during World War II. When Abdul-Illah fled the country, fearing an assassination attempt, Hashimi resigned, and the government reverted


of World War II. The advent of the proximity fuze contributed massively to the Allied victory in WW2. There are different sensing principles: radio frequency sensing. optical sensing. acoustic sensing.


Length: Barrel Length: Weight: Mark II (Canadian). During World War II a version of the Sten gun was produced at the Long Branch Arsenal in Long Branch, Ontario now part


career because of its "personal meaning" to him, and that he would have "given [his] life" to fight in World War II, noting that both of his grandfathers fought in the war.


station. A military cemetery was added to Brookwood in 1917 and contains some of the dead from World War I and World War II. A military memorial was built


was located in Laurens County, Georgia, around the time of the Great Depression and World War II. It was situated between Rentz and Dexter, Georgia on what is now Mark Wood Road,


London during World War II. He later published a memoir, My War (1997) about his war reporting. In addition to recounting firsthand several notable historical events and people (like the


Force), was lost. Appleyard was aboard the plane carrying 'Pink' team as drop supervisor. After the drop was made the plane failed to return to base. See also. World War II. Operation


publications, puppy mills originated in the post-World War II era. Midwestern farmers looking for an alternative crop reacted to a growing demand for puppies, resulting in the development of


Meiji Restoration and the Satsuma Rebellion, the museum focuses primarily on the events surrounding World War II. The museum has been criticized as presenting a revisionist interpretation of World War II.


Jean Moulin (1899-1943), a hero of the French Resistance in World War II. Edgar Faure (1908-1988), French statesman. Alexandra Rosenfeld, Miss France 2006, Miss Europe 2006. Julien Rodriguez, Olympique de


total population. Much of the city was destroyed during World War II and for several years during the following reconstruction the Soviet authorities prohibited the return of any of Narva's pre-war


need for wires. It is a sub-type of the more general wireless energy transfer methods. History. Following World War II, which saw the development of high-power microwave emitters known as


R.A.F Cranwell during World War II used to come into the village to try and buy alcohol. The members only club was introduced as a deterrent to them, being only temporary residents in


World War II, Pljevlja become a part of Montenegro. Demographics. Pljevlja is the administrative center of Pljevlja municipality, which has a population of 35,806. The town of Pljevlja itself has 21,337 citizens,


In 1919 both were merged into the Volksstaat Reuß, which then became part of Thuringia in 1920. A subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp was located at Berga/Elster during World War II


in the early 1980s hosted the broadcast of six World War II films for WBNS-TV in Columbus. (WBNS also has produced the Ohio State Football Coaches Shows since Hayes was OSU's head coach


when winds are heavy out of the north. History. During World War II, Charleston's airport at that time, Wertz Field, closed when the airport's approaches were blocked once the federal government


banned (the Korean public was not informed of their Japanese origin). Return of Korean remains. During the Japanese period of Korea (notably during World War II), Japan mobilised hundreds of


work in military brothels during the World War II for Japanese soldiers. As the few surviving comfort women continue to struggle for acknowledgment and an apology, Japanese court system has rejected such


Kapleau had spent 13 years (1952-1965) and over 20 sesshin before being allowed to come back and open his own center. During his time in Japan after World War II,


World War II. Development. During a meeting at the Kremlin in February 1945, Stalin summoned the chief designers of all the fighter teams and complained about poor performance in the USSR's


active in the Sino-Japanese War theatre of World War II and in the Chinese Civil War from 1945 to 1949. A trusted protégé of Chiang Kai-shek, Du was a


island. All this was taken from them in 1941, at the start of World War II, along with Mr. Tanaka's and Mr. Kasho's salteries, when the Japanese-Canadians were sent to


21, 1914 – July 14, 1998) worked in the Office of Strategic Services where he trained allied special forces in close-quarter combat during World War II. In 1943 he wrote


Cozumel and finally exported abroad. After World War II the gum production failed so in the 1960’s they started with the commercial activities. The first hotel was founded in 1974. In


was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II. History. The SU-76 was based on a lengthened and widened version of the T-70 tank chassis. Its simple construction made


The supposed memories of World War II are presented in a fractured manner and using simple language from the point of view of the narrator, an overwhelmed, very young


military service by the French army in both World Wars, and then later used by the German occupation in World War II and finally by the Allied liberators. During the war years the


Western forms. The widespread urban planning and reconstruction necessitated by the devastation of World War II produced such major architects as Maekawa Kunio and Kenzo Tange. Maekawa, a student of


newly formed Sub-Tatra county (Podtatranská župa) and Košice county (Коšická župa). In 1928-1939 and 1945-1948 it was part of the newly created Slovak Land (Slovenská krajina). During World War II


(1975-1998). During World War II, Pruszcz Gdański was the location of Nazi Germany's Praust concentration camp, a female subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp. Polskie Koleje Państwowe has a railway


Konjic are notable for battles which took place there during World War II and there is a large museum in Jablanica dedicated to these battles. The Neretva river runs


Hence the S-Tank must be considered a strictly defensive vehicle. This is not the first time such a system had been used: it was common among World War II-era tank destroyers and assault


times". Primarily, his personal photography is neo-romantic. His early work included many series of light falling in the interior of St. Vitus cathederal. During and after World War II Sudek created haunting


named the 2007 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Biography. Gunn served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, after which he attended the


with planar wings with simple dihedral (or anhedral). Some pre-World War II aircraft had gull wings bent near the root. Modern polyhedral wing designs generally cant upwards near the wingtips,


of Shokichi Iyanaga. Chevalley was awarded a Ph.D. in 1933 from the University of Paris for a thesis on class field theory. When World War II broke out, Chevalley


period of European colonialism. The early post World War II period. The 1970s, when Southern governments banded together to pose alternative rules and institutions and when popular resistance to different


broad square leading from the station to Shichijo Avenue. Before and during World War II, the square was often used by imperial motorcades when Emperor Showa traveled between Kyoto


Vestal served between 1909 and 1946 in both World Wars I and II and received two battle stars for her World War II service. Commissioning. The history of USS Vestal (AR-4) began when Erie


Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Wałbrzych Voivodeship). The town is situated close to Książ Castle, which during World War II, together with the underground cave


led to the fall of Capua. The Volturno also gave its name to the Volturno Line, a German defensive position in Italy during World War II. See also. SS Volturno. Sources.


dominance in government. Many people believed that the party had become stale and there was a strong desire for a fresh change. Although World War II had ended three years earlier, rationing continued,


During World War II, Operation Herbstreise (Autumn Journey in German) was a planned series of deception


World War II at the Casablanca conference when American President Franklin D. Roosevelt sprang it on the other Allies and the press as the objective of the war against the


established earlier outside of Ukraine (in Moscow (1908), and Prague (1924)), continuous serial manufacture of banduras was started in Ukraine in sometime in the 1930s. After World War II, two factories dominated the


by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company, but the curtailment of U.S. Navy construction programs in the closing days of World War II resulted in the suspension of further construction on 12 August 1945. The


Tyrol, Austria, located along the river Inn, in the lower Inn valley, near the border with Bavaria, Germany, and is the site of a post World War II French sector United


disease that became a characteristic of his scientific method. During World War II, Burnet's research moved to influenza and scrub typhus. His first book, Biological Aspects of Infectious Disease, was published in


an operation of World War II conducted by the Canadian Captain Buck McDonald and a small team of Special Air Service troopers in January, 1945. Operating in northern Italy,


American manufacturers for use in Europe during World War II.


Cowpens during the American Revolutionary War. The, was a light aircraft carrier active in World War II and decommissioned in 1946. The, is a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1991 and currently


aircraft carrier that saw action in the latter half of World War II and was decommissioned in 1947. The third is a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1988 and is


national railways (SNCF). Moreover, at the end of World War II, SNCF inherited more than 200 units of German decapods built in France, mostly BR 44. The last decapod, a SNCF 150P,


Sheffield after the city and county borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. HMS Sheffield (C24) (1936) - a Town class light cruiser which saw service in World War II from


World War II. A version dating from approximately 1946 is published in Garland's book. His second version is published for the first time in Ovenden's book about the Paris Metro (see below) and is


day. History: 1939–1983. The outbreak of World War II greatly hindered the growth Phi Iota Alpha in the United States. After the war the Fraternity drafted and implemented a new expansion strategy. As


Huhnrain dance hall, and later at a rented workshop in Remmerz. Schleicher continued to design aircraft for the firm until the outbreak of World War II, and again when German civil


not ravaged by American and Japanese military forces during World War II. Though fighting and approximately 50 civilian deaths occurred on Iheya Island, Izena's close neighbor to the North,


The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 was a World War II Luftwaffe high-altitude fighter-interceptor. The Ta 152 was a development of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft,


was a Highflyer-class light cruiser. She served in World War I and was scrapped in 1923. Hyacinth (K84), launched in 1940, was a Flower-class corvette. She served in World War II,


instrument". Upon returning from World War II, the boys' father found a music teacher who gave the boys steel guitar lessons. When Santo was a teenager, he was able to get a local


and was posthumously put on a U.S. Stamp. Part of the decline of Jeffers popularity was due to his staunch opposition to the United States' entering World War II. In fact,


World War II included Francesco Tamagno (who studied the work with Giordano), Giovanni Zenatello, Giovanni Martinelli, Aureliano Pertile, Francesco Merli, Beniamino Gigli, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi and Antonio Cortis. Enrico Caruso also gave


HMS Premier. She served in World War II as an ASW escort carrier in European waters and additionally as a ferry carrier. She was returned to United States custody 2


United Kingdom 10 June 1943; reclassified CVE-44 on 15 July 1943; and transferred to the United Kingdom under lend-lease 22 October 1943. During the remainder of World War II, she served the


carrier employed by the Royal Navy in the second half of World War II. The class design was derived from the. Design. The Implacable-class ships were built some 30 months after the Illustrious-class


missing World War II. As with HMS Pioneer, the design of Perseus was altered during its construction to that of an aircraft maintenance ship. In 1949, Perseus served as a trial


informally sometimes called the European Baikal), is a lake on the border between Lithuania (Marijampolė district) and Russia (Kaliningrad oblast). Prior to World War II it marked part of the border between Germany


period and during the early period of World War II. Hood had served in the Royal Navy for over two decades before her sinking in combat with the German battleship


Ulmanis was a prominent political figure in Latvia before World War II, and was the last president of Latvia before it became absorbed into the USSR in 1940.


the Hitlerjugend. On August 23, 1939 Albert Forster was named head of state and took full control of the free city. A week later World War II started when the German cruiser


8 January 1949) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Biography. Umezu was born in Ōita Prefecture. He graduated from the 15th class of the Imperial


The station was closed during World War II, and did not reopen until September 1968. For a period of time whilst closed, it was used to experiment with advertising schemes which could be


William Franklin "Frank" Knox (January 1, 1874 – April 28, 1944) was the Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II


was an infantry division of the South African Army during World War II. History. This division was formed in South Africa on 23 October 1940 with its headquarters based in Pretoria. The


World War II. References.


Pinter had to receive it in absentia, due to ill health, and he died two weeks later. History. Before World War II, the Central School of Speech and Drama was


was tested by the Royal Air Force shortly after World War II. Design and development. The SR.A/1 was directly inspired by the (modest) successes experienced by the Imperial Japanese


Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II. 1992


village site. Baker's abandoned World War II runway, long, is completely covered with vegetation and unusable. The U.S. claims an Exclusive Economic Zone of and territorial sea of around Baker Island.


in Italian East Africa. In June 1940, during the early stages of World War II, France fell and the colony was then ruled by the pro-Axis Vichy (French) government. British and


Royal Arctic Line and Arctic Umiaq Line. While Germany occupied Denmark during World War II, the United States controlled Greenland and built airports there. The airports were codenamed Bluie


World War II, and the Soviets during the Cold War--and a geography of regional instability and separation from Hungarian minorities living in neighboring countries. Hungary's foreign policy priorities, largely consistent since 1990, represent


of the thirteen Bezirksämter (counties) of the Bavarian Rheinpfalz.In 1840 famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast was born in Landau. Following World War II, Landau was an important barracks city for the


Republic as the Polish Corridor in 1920, Pomesania remained in Germany as part of the exclave and province of East Prussia. After World War II ended in 1945, Pomesania returned to Poland according


in occupied Allied countries which collaborated with Axis occupiers in World War II, as well as for their members and other collaborators. The term was coined by the British


city of Krakow in 1936, and were living there when the World War II began with the invasion of Poland. Kraków was soon occupied by the German forces. Nazi racial and religious


larger role, the new Spitfire caught the popular imagination and became the aircraft associated with the battle. Other well-known planes from World War II were the Seafire (a naval version of the Spitfire).


individual republics in Yugoslavia and provinces in Serbia. Ethnic tensions and the economic crisis. The post-World War II Yugoslavia was in many respects a model of how to build a multinational state.


European Migration (ICEM) to help resettle people displaced by World War II. It Is the principal intergovernmental organization in the field of migration. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and


a Bofors design which was produced and used by both sides during World War II, and often called simply the Bofors gun. The gun saw service on land and sea, and


to the American Civil War. The Third Great Awakening was a major influence in guiding the U.S. through the Great Depression and World War II. The New Deal originated in that same


he developed heart trouble in a few weeks and was given a desk job, writing camp records and sports certificates in fraktur. World War II broke out in September,


World War II, when the first modern hotel was built (i.e. H Cerna, 1930) it remained a popular destination with Western Europeans, who lent the town a refined elegance. During the


to the Army rank of (Full) General. However, this wasn't always the case; for example, in some European countries prior to the end of World War II, Admiral was


the Battle of San Pietro Infine during World War II. It was shot by Jules Buck. The film is unflinching in its realism and was held up from being


condition that the country remain strictly neutral. This policy of neutrality ended after the experience of German occupation during World War I. In the years preceding World War II,


shipyards to form Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG. The facilities at Bremen produced World War II ships and U-boats, with the target still called AG Weser during the Bombing of


real York was originally against the idea of making a movie of his experiences, but relented when World War II broke out, on the condition that Gary Cooper play him. Cooper went


of Action Comics. During World War II, Fox took over a variety of characters and books of several of his colleagues who had been drafted. He worked for numerous companies including Marvel Comics'


World War II brought him to the United States where he began his most successful days as a musician, and frequently toured with the dancer La Argentina. Settling in New York City during


Construction. Following the end of World War II, high speed rail was forgotten for several years while traffic of passengers and freight steadily increased on the conventional Tōkaidō Main Line along with the


the town to air strikes (such as Operation Bellicose) by the Allied Forces in the latter part of World War II which almost completely destroyed its historical centre. During the war, a subcamp


Concord, produced cement. The first post office opened in 1872. Port Chicago disaster. The munitions on board a Navy cargo ship exploded while being loaded during World War II, resulting in


(now Hawthorne Blvd.) until 1933. In 1927 the Santa Fe railroad arrived. After World War II, the immense demand for housing from returning veterans and California newcomers resulted in Lawndale's


was located on the northeast corner of South 5th Street and Florida Avenue. The, on South 7th Street, operated from 1948 until 1999. Both theatres have been demolished. During World War II, a


has been a significant employer since World War II. Other manufacturers in the city have included Frito-Lay, Heileman Brewing Co., and Cemex, Inc. (formally Penn-Dixie Cement and Medusa Cement Company). Tourism has


memorial for all American war dead. The location had been selected by Lieutenant Sanderson Sloane and his wife as the place to build their home when he returned from World War II. A


and, of course, the beaches. 1947. This year was a landmark year of change for the sleepy little Hamlet; noteworthy accomplishments include the following: Returning service men from World War II


to “city” on September 16, 1921. In the years following World War II, the region’s manufacturers, especially the steel industry, found it harder to compete, leading to a period of employment cutbacks.


Depression, the Englewood mills were forced to close, and many of the town's residents joined various federal work programs. During World War II, the Eureka Cotton Mill was refurbished by the


mid-1930s. A number of businesses closed after World War II as agricultural prices decreased and residents moved to other cities with greater employment opportunities. Cuney had a population of


NFL player for the Hammond Pros and Green Bay Packers. Lt. Col. James Megellas - member of the 82nd Airborne during World War II. Charles Rutkowski - professional football


The 24th Philippine Scout Field Artillery Regiment (24th FA (PS)) was part of the US Army's Philippine Division, during World War II. History of the 24th Field Artillery Regiment. The


City, Metro Manila, Luzon, the Philippines. During the World War II era, it was the location of the Far East Air Force's U.S. 20th Air Base Group. Also, based


The 43d Philippine Scout Infantry Regiment (43d INF (PS)) was part of USAFFE's Philippine Division, during World War II. History of the 43d Infantry Regiment. The


the Battle of Midway, during World War II. The game is designed for 2 or more players and details the battle primarily at the squadron level. The object of the game rests


RAF during World War II, he resumed his literary career, while also running an antiques business near Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Having begun with drama, Delderfield decided to switch to


and Hanomag, under parentage of Stoewer. Together the three manufacturers made a total of ca. 10.000 units. After World War II, the Red Army seized the remaining production facilities,


fish and fish-products. The industry was however one-sided which left it vulnerable to changes in demand and was therefore particularly hard hit by the economical depressions between World War I and World War II


World War II, as many big bands did due to the shift in music economics following the war, but Tommy Dorsey's album for RCA, "All Time Hits" placed in the top ten records in


World War II, Sphagnum mosses were used as first-aid dressings on soldiers' wounds, as these mosses are highly absorbent and have mild antibacterial properties. Some early people used it as


was inaugurated. The lighthouse burned down in February 1945 during an allied air attack during World War II. The lighthouse was reconstructed from 1948 – 1952. The lighthouse itself took on


1930 census. In the 1950 census, all but a handful declared themselves Norwegian. During the Nazi occupation during World War II, a temporary work camp was established at Kvænangen. In large part due


World War II, when regional broadcasters had been merged into one national network by the Nazis to create a powerful means of propaganda, the Allies insisted on a de-centralized, independent structure for German


in Gau Westphalia-South. World War II struck Soest with greatest fury in early April 1945, starting when Allied forces captured the town at the beginning of the month. They


in World War II, coming only hours before Japan announced its surrender. Heisei Era. On April 1, 1997 Akita was designated as a core city in Japan. In August 2001 The World


to writing and political activism. He gradually became the leading theorist and philosopher of the right-wing movement in pre-World War II Japan. State socialism. Kita first outlined his philosophy


(including a rock through the family window as the Goldbergs made their Passover Seder); other World War II-era episodes alluded to friends or family members trying to escape the


have borne the name Dace, for any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. The USS Dace (SS-247), a Gato-class submarine, saw action during World War II


in New York City Harbor; named USS Hauoli. , a motor patrol boat in San Francisco Harbor during World War I. , a active in World War II. , the lead ship


daughter, during World War II. Amid Allied bombing of Rome, Cesira and her daughter flee from southern Lazio to her native Ciociaria, a rural, mountainous province of central Italy. Once they


and the water tower. Both of them received their current appearance after World War II, as their predecessors were either damaged or destroyed by the Soviet Armed Forces. Scandlines serve the link between


short stories. Biography. Miller was born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Educated at the University of Tennessee and the University of Texas, he worked as an engineer. During World War II,


in the country, but it was at that point that Corby was re-designated an urban district (see the Local Government section below). The 1940s and 1950s. During World War II


The present county Pest was formed after World War II, when the former county Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun was split in two parts (the other part is presently part of. Pest County also existed in the


World War II and later became Prime Minister of Japan in 1941. He served under Emperor Hirohito, who ruled as a deified figurehead. Another example is the rule of Pol


but it would be unlikely to be used at extreme range. History. Electrical Wire guidance was first employed by the Germans during World War II. Most German guided missile projects


in periodic use until 1929. , a light cruiser of World War II, recommissioned in 1960 as the guided missile cruiser CLG-8, with service in the Vietnam War before decommissioning in


Sargo-class submarine, was the first United States submarine to sink a Japanese ship during World War II. , a Skate-class submarine, is accused by Russia of ramming and sinking the Soviet


online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots. It is a Ketsujin Studios game, and players must make an


second submachine gun the Italian army fielded. Beretta manufactured rifles and pistols for the Italian military until the 1943 Armistice between Italy and the Allied forces during World War II.


and Izhorian were suspended. Both Ingrian Finnish and Izhorian populations all but disappeared from Ingria during the Soviet period. 63,000 fled to Finland during World War II, and were


II years. The SWP opposed U.S. entry into World War II, arguing that the U.S. would be conducting an imperialist war for redivision of the world's colonies and spheres of influence,


the vacancy caused by the death of her husband. She served on the House Naval Affairs committee during World War II. As co-chair of a subcommittee that investigated problems


During World War II, Operation Chestnut was a failed British raid by 2 Special Air Service, conducted in support of the Allied invasion


literally means "Pacifying the Nation" and was chosen by the Meiji Emperor. The name is formally written as 靖國神社, using obsolete (pre-war) kyūjitai character forms. After World War II, the US-led Occupation


Municipal Airport.” World War II Wartime needs meant the unfinished airport was pressed into government service. The airport was opened in July 1942 as Alamo Field and was used by


Slutsk to Kletsk in Poland. With the outbreak of World War II, Rabbi Kotler and the yeshivah relocated to Vilna, then the major refuge of most yeshivoth from the occupied areas.


that is truly a derringer design is the FP-45 Liberator, a.45 ACP insurgency weapon dropped behind Axis lines in World War II. See also. .41 Rimfire Cartridge. Garrucha. National Arms


hospitals as a Red Cross nurse during World War II. She served in the 61st Field Hospital, Bari, Italy in 1944, where many wounded American airmen flying out of air bases around Foggia


Žerjavić's (and Bogoljub Kočović's) calculations of war losses in Yugoslavia during World War II were accepted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, together with other typically higher estimates: "Due to differing views


aerial combat tactic developed by naval aviator John S. Thach of the United States Navy soon after the United States' entry into World War II. Thach had heard, from


Confession and interest in Calvinist scholasticism, particularly as expressed in Common Sense Realism and later the Princeton Theology. However, in the immediate years after World War II, many ministers and


World War II, they were increasingly mass produced and became more affordable. Children's dollhouses during the 20th century have been made from a variety of materials, including metal (tin litho), fibreboard, plastic, and


of the Duke of Kent as Governor-General to succeed Lord Gowrie in early 1945. However, the Duke died in an aircraft crash in Scotland in 1942 while on active service in World War II


least until the end of World War II. In 1908, Rockefeller retired and Bush became President of Buckeye, a position he would hold until 1927, becoming one of the top industrialists of


World War II created a huge demand for inexpensive, mass-produced products. In 1946, American inventor James Watson Hendry built the first screw injection machine, which allowed much more precise control over the speed of


William Thaw (25 October 1910 - 6 May 1984) was a racing pilot who fought in World War II. Early Years. Thaw was the son of Evelyn Nesbit and,


Delaunay continued to work in a mostly abstract style. During the 1937 World Fair in Paris, Delaunay participated in the design of the railway and air travel pavilions. When World War II


China in Modaoxi by Zhan Wang; due to World War II, these were not studied further until 1946 and only finally described as a new living species of Metasequoia in


Trend Records was a post-World War II


broadcasts into the 1940s, as Americans turned their attention to World War II. Roosevelt's first fireside chat was March 12, 1933, which marked the beginning of a series of 30 radio


was added sometime before 1898 (incorporating a swing-bridge). A small road-bridge now joins the islands at the same point. Before World War II Whale Island was home to a Zoo which


settlements founded by them in the southern Spiš were mainly mining settlements (later towns). Consequently, until World War II Spiš had a large German population (see Carpathian Germans). Many smaller settlements were populated


Catholic himself, to his former pastor, a French missionary. The Sea and Poison (1958): Set largely in a Fukuoka hospital, during World War II, this novel is concerned with lethal


he played a key role, along with his close friend Vannevar Bush, in ramping up the Manhattan Project which developed the first nuclear weapons. After World War II he was


in 1940 merged with Lewis Institute to become the Illinois Institute of Technology) to develop his work. Before and during World War II Camras' early wire recorders were used by the


Panzer General is a computer wargame published by Strategic Simulations in 1994 and set in World War II. Overview. Panzer General is turn-based,


Federal government, Hudson ceased auto production from 1942 until 1945 in order to manufacture war materiel during World War II, including aircraft parts and naval engines, and anti-aircraft guns. The


World War II and participation in the Korean War, this ship was involved in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident that led to the start of the Vietnam War.


Much of the campus was destroyed in the fire bombings of Tokyo during World War II, but the university was rebuilt and reopened by 1949. It has grown to


the local populace, but soon recovered by the Polish Army. After the invasion of Poland beginning World War II in 1939, the town was annexed by Nazi Germany back


began in 1938, but it was never completed because of World War II. Education. Wyższa Szkoła Hotelarstwa i Turystyki. Notable people. Born in the area: Henryk Dobrzański. Ignacy Kruszewski.


The Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen is a non-profit organization for Germans who were evacuated or expelled from East Prussia during World War II and its


during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the first US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the 1944 Battle of


balance of power". Some political scientists use this phrase as a means of differentiating the world situation that followed World War II from that which preceded it. Previously, the empires had


First developed prior to World War II, the R-3350's design required a long time to mature before finally being used to power the B-29 Superfortress. After the war, the engine had matured sufficiently


saw Caracal experience significant growth and the region become one of the most important agricultural regions in Romania. Caracal was this region's capital and seat of Romanaţi County. World War II


World War II. From 1982 until his death, he was active in the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Society for Air and Spaceflight - DGLR), an aerospace research and


The Verein für Raumschiffahrt ("VfR",) was a German amateur rocket association prior to World War II that included members outside of Germany. The


ships, aircraft and submarines operating in the Caribbean, and Central and South America. History. 1947-present. The U.S. Second Fleet traces its origin to the reorganization of the Navy following World War II in


by country; light carriers typically have a compliment of aircraft only ½ to ⅔ the size of a full-sized or "fleet" carrier. In World War II, the United States Navy produced


bridges and airfields during world war II. The battle. The operation began with the drop of 700 Special Air Service troopers of 3 and 4 SAS (French) on the night


Operation Basalt was a small British raid conducted during World War II on the German occupied British Channel


Scales of Injustice names the latter as Major-General Fergus Lethbridge-Stewart. The Brigadier also says in The Dying Days that his father died in World War II, fighting alongside Field-Marshal


in 1946. William Joyce (also known as Lord Haw Haw) stood accused of levying war against King George VI by travelling to Germany in the early months of World War II and


division fought at Gallipoli and in the Middle East. Remaining active during the interwar years as a peace-time formation, the division again saw action in World War II, fighting in North-West


both bridges were also suppressed due to the effects of the Great Depression and World War II. The Outerbridge Crossing carried 32,438,000 vehicles (both directions) in 2006, or approximately 90,000 each day.


as a parody of Jane, a British comic strip character popular during World War II who was always losing her clothes, and constantly being captured or found in lingerie. She says: "When he's


the platforms. The station has 219 steps. Deep-level air-raid shelter. Belsize Park is one of eight London Underground stations which have deep-level air-raid shelters underneath them. The shelter was constructed in World War II


London Underground stations during World War II. Each consists of a pair of parallel tunnels 16 feet 6 inches (5.03 m) in diameter and 12,000 feet (3.7 km or 2.3 miles)


rocket as a weapon. He died in an Essen hospital shortly before the end of World War II as a result of stress experienced during the intense Allied bombing of


World War II. The patrol began with a 14,000-mile submerged, high-speed transit across the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean to the Red Sea. Shortly after noon on 19 January, she


subjectivity of British poetry around the end of World War II. His first book, Title Illegible, was published by Bob Cobbing's Writers Forum in 1965. Harwood's Crossing the frozen river: selected poems appeared


he took up pole vaulting. He won the NCAA championships in 1941, the year before he graduated as a history major. During the remainder of World War II, Guinn


(see: The Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas). It was also used semi-officially in Czechoslovakia before World War II, by the Slovak Republic during WWII, and finally adopted (without the seal)


before being transferred to the Pacific. Following World War II, she returned to the United States 21 December 1946, stricken for disposal on 28 January 1947 and sold into merchant service 30 December


December 20, 1946 – June 27, 1949. Operational History. World War II. During World War II First Air Force initially provided air defense for the eastern Atlantic Ocean coastline


fully automatic paintball markers on the market. Notable for its similarity to the British Sten of World War II, and for the clouds of CO2 produced when fired, because it ran


after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates for the use of tanks in battle.


spent World War II working as a scriptwriter for the BBC in London, where he became a friend of George Orwell. He was a friend of Picasso and had


many of the children of the German rocket scientists that moved to Huntsville with Wernher von Braun after World War II. Other notable alumni include: Bill Holbrook – illustrator, On


unit arrived. It gained considerable fame as the home of photographic reconnaissance for the remainder of World War II. In June 1943, No 1 P.R.U. was formed into No


World War II; this became the civil airport after the war. There was also an RAF Chain Home radar station at Kilkenneth and an RAF Chain Home Low radar station


two tankers in the convoy who had collided. Edsall searched for survivors and helped extinguish fires which broke out. Edsall sailed for the Pacific on 24 June 1945, but World War II ended


The was a Japanese jet fighter project designed during the final stages of World War II but which was never completed. Development.


grew up on the island of Zlarin, which is off the coast of Croatia (then Yugoslavia). Born during the Great Depression, his family returned to their homeland. World War II


she was ultimately cannibalized for spare parts. Honors. In addition to her squadron's Presidential Unit Citation, Claxton received eight battle stars for World War II service. References. External links. at.


than 40,000 Jews came to China for business development or for a safe haven. Late 20th century. After World War II and the establishment of the PRC in 1949, most of


Navy Crater-class cargo ship during World War II. USS Swerve (AM-121) was a United States Navy Auk-class minesweeper during World War II. Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron VMFA(AW)-121


small Asiatic Fleet for war. World War II. See USS Whipple (DD-217) World War II Service, 1941-1945 for information on Whipples World War II service. Post-World War II. Arriving


too hot in summer and too cold at night. These grounds were once used as a Wartime Civilian Control Administration assembly center during World War II. Japanese Americans were held


hostage during World War II.


the team. Strandlund was most noted for inventing and promoting the porcelain-enameled steel Lustron house to help address the housing shortage after World War II. The homes were built


list on 28 January 1947. Honors. Somers earned two battle stars during World War II. See also. List of United States Navy destroyers. References. Notes. External links. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/dd381.htm. http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/381.htm.


a 40-seat, four-engine airliner developed for and used by Lufthansa shortly before World War II. It was based on the rejected Ju 89 bomber. During the war, the Luftwaffe impressed them as


during World War II. See also: Conscription Crisis of 1944.


(140,000); today the figure is around 25,000. In 1901, Copenhagen expanded further, incorporating communities with 40,000 people, and in the process making Frederiksberg an enclave within Copenhagen. During World War II, Copenhagen

1939–1945 global war between the Allied and Axis Powers


waterfront at North Coast Harbor downtown. Neighboring attractions include Cleveland Browns Stadium, the Great Lakes Science Center, the Steamship Mather Museum, and the USS Cod, a World War II submarine.


identity formation (see: Law of Common Fate). During World War II, a US submarine, the USS Puffer (SS-268), came under several hours of depth charge attack by a Japanese


ashore on occasion and have done so periodically when special capabilities are needed. This precedent was established during World War II in the Battle of Guadalcanal and still remains viable today. Regardless of


I and World War II. More than 5,000 American soldiers, including U.S. Army General George S. Patton, are buried at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial near the capital


Africa, primarily the country of Mozambique. It was a World War II clashpoint during the Battle of Madagascar. The channel is approximately 460 kilometers across at its narrowest point between Angoche, Mozambique,


World War II. This allowed him to participate in gatherings of The Inklings with Lewis and Tolkien. The volume of essays was intended to be presented to Williams upon the return


but his unit was never called to combat. Career. Following the conclusion of World War II, Desmond started working in Palo Alto, California at the Bandbox. He also worked some


end of World War II, when it was converted to a vocational and adult education institution for the benefit of veterans who wanted to finish high school but no longer fit


to do with both post World War II anti-German sentiment among the Dutch, and/or etymological obscurity of the word "Duytsch". There have long been doubts on the exact meaning of "Duytsch".


Coins of the British Isles was published in 1958. In the 20th century as well the coins were seen more as archaeological objects. After World War II in Germany a project, Fundmünzen


to be played until after its collapse after World War II. The Second Viennese School, and particularly 12-tone composition, was taken by avant-garde composers in the 1950s to be the foundation


for his play The Skin of Our Teeth. World War II saw him rise to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Force and he received several awards. He


(AO-133) — a Buenaventura Class fleet oiler built during World War II. External links. , via Calisphere, California Digital Library.


began in the mid to late 1800s, but had little importance or controversy until the post-World War II era of the Cold War and of petroleum exports from the


on the personal staff of Major General William P. Upshur since the end of World War I. In 1943, during World War II, both Upshur and Paddock died in a plane crash near


shut down during World War II. From 1959 to 1961 the Texas League and the Mexican League formed the Pan American Association. The two leagues played a limited interlocking schedule


in with teams in Bartow, Bradenton, Lakeland, Orlando, Sanford, and. The league closed down in and resumed play in. It has continued uninterrupted, except for a four-year (–) suspension during World War II.


Mountain Dancers, courses for square dance teachers. The square dance boom. Keywords: World War II's returning veterans and the home/family culture of the 1950s, "transition from the traditional, visiting couple


year, they sent their son to a preparatory school, creating an additional expense for Heyer. During World War II, her brothers served in the armed forces, alleviating one of her monetary


after the original fourteenth century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid on the night of 14 November 1940. The reconsecration was an occasion for an arts festival,


projects of the 19th century and those of the period following World War II. The Protestant church was restored after a fire in 1890. The Roman-Catholic Mariakerk is a national


completed until after World War II. The breakthrough (1960-68). Rosenborg's youth team has been one of the best in the country ever since the club was founded and an


had outpaced Galveston as major ports. The oil boom in Texas began in 1901 and soon pipelines and refineries were built in Texas City. Industrial growth blossomed, especially during World War II


(1914-1999), World War II United States Army officer; Republican congressional candidate, 1964. Presidential elections. Jackson Parish was historically part of the Solid South with Al Smith receiving 100 percent of


end of World War II, he returned to Paris where he resumed abstract painting and writing poetry. A large retrospective of his work was held at the Galerie René Drouin


began the book while a student at Oxford before World War II - imagined herself into the situation of a middle-aged spinster, living with her sister in the country. Plot summary. Many


Hawaiian Islands Territory. Wheeler Field continued in this role through World War II, as the Army Air Corps became the Army Air Forces. With the establishment of the U.S. Air Force


on August 1, 1946, and completed work in November 1952. The new artificial lake, Harlan County Lake, became one of Alma's top recreation destinations. During World War II, Alma hosted


of quality in housing and services. During World War II, the Runnymede Playhouse in Oakwood hosted Unit IV of the Dayton Project. The Dayton Project was a little-known part of the


River Rumble was the oldest continuous-running rivalry game in the state of Oklahoma, until it was discovered the two schools did not play each other one season during World War II. The


Richard T. James, Inventor of the slinky. Stan Jones, football player. Robert Jubelirer politician. Henry Kloss, engineer. Robert E. Laws, Medal of Honor recipient, World War II. James Loy,


only recipient of the Medal of Honor from the United States Coast Guard for service during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. The Smith family of S


World War II. In 1961, the name was again changed, this time to Eastern Washington State College. It was increasingly evident that the region needed professionals in many fields; in


brilliant scientists and engineers released during and after World War II, continued independent careers and became world-famous. History. In 1934 Leonid Ramzin and other engineers sentenced in the Industrial Party Trial


World War II, Western expanded into a large regional airline, introducing service on the Lockheed Constellation, Douglas DC-6, and Lockheed Electra. Its pivotal president at this time was a


viable community until 1942 when gold mining was made illegal by Federal Public Law 208 during World War II. In later years, the old Greenhorn Jail (dating to 1910)


was officially incorporated by 1936. Population growth and economic development resumed to some extent in the decades immediately after World War II. But it was the opening of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport


division again, where they have remained since. First major successes (1935-1968). National competitions. Anderlecht reached fifth place again in 1939. The championship was then suspended due to World War II for


the motion picture Lying Lips, directed by Oscar Micheaux. After the United States entered World War II, Julian volunteered to train for combat with the 789th, the famous Tuskegee


technological changes that were taking place as a part of the industrial revolution were polluting their cherished view of nature as being perfect and pure. After World War II, a fear of technology


he stayed until after World War II. He was married to Märta von Wendt and had three children with her. After a divorce he became editor of Österbottningen in Karleby. Then he remarried


The Yugoslav period was marked by renewed progress. The chemical factory "Zorka" was opened in Šabac in 1938 and marked the city development. However, this was interrupted by World War II


the school moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Military career. World War I -- Coast Artillery Office. World War II. Staff officer to General MacArthur. Commander of the 14th


the structure of both friendly and enemy forces. Operation Quicksilver, part of the British deception plan for the Invasion of Normandy in World War II, fed German intelligence a


Nazi Gauleiter, whom he knew personally. After World War II, he was one of the co-founders of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and the party chairman from 1951 to


a bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground. Aircraft delivered bombs. World War II. In World War II the British designer Barnes Wallis, of bouncing-bomb fame, designed two bombs


reconciliation and a peaceful settlement with Norway. Swedish socialists sang Ja, vi elsker dette landet to demonstrate their support for the Norwegian people’s right to secede from the union. During World War II


was a German automobile manufacturer before World War II whose headquarters were in Stettin (Szczecin). The first company was founded by the Stoewer brothers, Emil (lived 1873 - 1942) and