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Произведения автора582007
Richard Tauber
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948) was an Austrian tenor acclaimed as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Some critics commented that "his heart felt every word he sang".
USS George F. Elliott (AP-105)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS George F. Elliott (AP-105) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name (the first being the transport AP-13, which was lost to enemy action in August 1942).
Wildlife Conservation Society
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) based at the Bronx Zoo was founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society (NYZS) and currently manages some 200 million acres (810,000 km2) of wild places around the world, with over 500 field conservation projects in 60 countries, and 200 scientists on staff. It also runs five facilities in New York City: the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, New York Aquarium, Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo which together welcome over 4 million visitors per year. All of its New York City, USA facilities are accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
Pasta
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, now of worldwide renown. It takes the form of unleavened dough, made in Italy, mostly of durum wheat (more rarely buckwheat flour), water and sometimes eggs. Pasta comes in a variety of different shapes that serve for both decoration and to act as a carrier for the different types of sauce. Pasta also includes varieties, such as ravioli and tortellini, that are filled with other ingredients, such as ground meat or cheese. Pasta is eaten in Italy only as first course or nowadays as "piatto unico".
Nelson Piquet
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (Portuguese pronunciation: , born August 17, 1952), known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian former racing driver. He was Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983 and 1987. He is one of eight drivers to win three or more world championships, the others being Jack Brabham, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna (3 each), Alain Prost (4), Juan Manuel Fangio (5), and Michael Schumacher (7). In 1983, he became the only driver to win the F1 championship in a BMW engined car.
Stagflation
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In economics, stagflation is a situation in which the inflation rate is high and the economic growth rate slows down and unemployment remains steadily high. It raises a dilemma for economic policy since actions designed to lower inflation or reduce unemployment may actually worsen economic growth. The portmanteau stagflation is generally attributed to British politician Iain Macleod, who coined the phrase in his speech to Parliament in 1965.
USS Key (DE-348)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Key (DE-348) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home proudly with one battle star to her credit.
Wild water buffalo
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) also called Asian buffalo and Asiatic buffalo is a large bovine native to Southeast Asia. The species is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1986 as the remaining population totals less than 4,000, with an estimate of fewer than 2,500 mature individuals.
Parliamentary system
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A parliamentary system is a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch get their democratic legitimacy from the legislature and are accountable to that body, such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined.
Wikimedia Foundation
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is an American non-profit charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, and organized under the laws of the state of Florida, where it was initially based. It operates several online collaborative wiki projects including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity, Wikimedia Incubator, Meta-Wiki and owns the now defunct, Nupedia. Its flagship project, Wikipedia, ranks among the top ten most-visited websites worldwide. The creation of the foundation was officially announced on June 20, 2003 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, who had been operating Wikipedia under...
USS George E. Badger (DD-196)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS George E. Badger (DD-196/CG-16/AVP-16/AVD-3/APD-33) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II; she was named for Secretary of the Navy George E. Badger (1795-1866).
Peapod
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Peapod, LLC is an online grocery delivery service owned by Royal Ahold and operating only in a select number of US cities. The company is based in Skokie, Illinois.
Nanchang CJ-6
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Nanchang CJ-6 is an aircraft designed and built in China for use by the People`s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) as a basic trainer.
Royal Opera House
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house`s original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Originally called the Theatre Royal, it served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history. In 1734, the first ballet was presented. A year later, Handel`s first season of operas began. Many of his operas and oratorios were specifically written for Covent Garden and had their premieres there.
USS George Clymer (APA-27)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS George Clymer (APA-27) was an Arthur Middleton-class attack transport that saw service with the US Navy in four wars - World War II, the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Namsos Campaign
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In April and early May, 1940 Namsos and its surrounding area were the scene of heavy fighting between Anglo-French, Polish and Norwegian naval and military forces on the one hand, and German military, naval and air forces on the other. It was one of the first significant occasions during World War II when British and French land forces fought the German Army.
WikiLeaks
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! WikiLeaks is an international self-described not-for-profit organisation that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whistleblowers. Its website, launched in 2006 under The Sunshine Press organisation, claimed a database of more than 1.2 million documents within a year of its launch.Julian Assange, an Australian Internet activist, is generally described as its founder, editor-in-chief and director.Kristinn Hrafnsson is the only other publicly known acknowledged associate of WikiLeaks as of 2011. Hrafnsson is also a member of the company Sunshine Press Productions along with Assange, Ingi Ragnar Ingason and Gavin MacFadyen.
USS Gentry (DE-349)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Gentry (DE-349) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.
Negro Colleges in War Time
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Negro Colleges in Wartime was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1943. Other than in the screentitle no reference is made to the students` race.
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