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2000–01 Valencia CF season
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valencia CF once again reached the Champions League final. Finishing only 5th in La Liga, Valencia focused most of its resources on the international competition, a late goal from new signing John Carew helping them knock Arsenal out of the tournament in the quarter finals. The semis consisted of going against Leeds United, not present at that level for more than 25 years. Winning 3-0 at home following the goalless draw in the first match, Los Che became one of the relatively few clubs reaching consecutive finals, facing Bayern Munich.
Edward Mortlock Donaldson
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Air Commodore Edward "Teddy" Mortlock Donaldson CB, CBE, DSO, AFC & Bar (12 February 1912 – June 1992) was an RAF Second World War Flying ace, and former holder of the airspeed World Record.
1991 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1991 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 April 1991 at Eastern Creek Raceway.
Eleanor Bumpurs
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Eleanor Bumpurs (August 22, 1918 - October 29, 1984) was an African-American woman who was shot dead on October 29, 1984, by police officers called to assist her city-ordered eviction from her apartment in the Bronx. The New York City Housing Authority was evicting her because she was four months behind in her rent of $96.85 per month. In requesting NYPD assistance, housing authority workers told police that Bumpurs was emotionally disturbed, had threatened to throw boiling lye, and was using a knife to resist eviction. When Bumpurs refused to open the door, police broke in. In the struggle to subdue her, one officer shot Bumpurs twice with a 12-gauge shotgun.
English College, Douai
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The English College, Douai (also previously spelled Douay, and in English Doway, referring to a city now in Northern France) was a Catholic seminary associated with the University of Douai . It was established in about 1561, and was suppressed in 1793. It is known for a Bible translation referred to as the Douay-Rheims Bible.
Ian Schrager
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ian Schrager (born on July 19, 1946) is an American hotelier and real estate developer. Often associated with co-creating of the Boutique Hotel genre. Originally, he gained fame as co-owner and co-founder of Studio 54.
U.S. Route 1A
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! U.S. Route 1A is the name of several highways found in the United States:
Mathematical universe hypothesis
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In physics and cosmology, the mathematical universe hypothesis (MUH), also known as the Ultimate Ensemble, is a speculative "theory of everything" (TOE) proposed by the theoretical physicist, Max Tegmark.
1909 World Series
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1909 World Series featured the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers. The Pirates won the Series in seven games to capture their first championship of the modern Major League Baseball era and the second championship in the club`s history.
South Fremantle Football Club
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). It was formed in 1900 and plays its home games at Fremantle Oval.
Hanover Square, Syracuse
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hanover Square in Downtown Syracuse, New York, is a triangular-shaped public park located at the intersection of Warren, Water, and East Genesee streets. The triangle was originally named Veteran`s Park.
Hotel (novel)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hotel is a 1965 novel by Arthur Hailey. It is the story of an independent New Orleans hotel, the St. Gregory, and its management`s struggle to regain profitability and avoid being assimilated into the O`Keefe chain of hotels. The St. Gregory is supposedly based on the Roosevelt Hotel, although the old St. Charles Hotel is also cited as the basis for the novel.
List of state leaders in 1768
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 1767 state leaders – Events of 1768 – 1769 state leaders – State leaders by year
Reverberation
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Reverberation is the persistence of sound in a particular space after the original sound is removed. A reverberation, or reverb, is created when a sound is produced in an enclosed space causing a large number of echoes to build up and then slowly decay as the sound is absorbed by the walls and air. This is most noticeable when the sound source stops but the reflections continue, decreasing in amplitude, until they can no longer be heard. The length of this sound decay, or reverberation time, receives special consideration in the architectural design of large chambers, which need to have specific reverberation times to achieve optimum performance for their intended activity. In comparison to a...
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pawleys Island is a town in Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States, and the Atlantic coast barrier island on which the town sits. The population was 138 at the 2000 census. The post office address also includes an unincorporated area on the mainland adjacent to the island, which includes a commercial district along the Ocean Highway (US Route 17) and a residential area between the highway and the Waccamaw River. The island is on the southern end of The Grand Strand and is one of the oldest resort areas of the US East Coast. The town of Pawleys Island, though, is only on the island. The island lies off the Waccamaw Neck, a long, narrow peninsula between the ocean and the river. The...
Carterville, Illinois
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Carterville is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, in the United States, and is geographically situated between Carbondale, Illinois and Marion, Illinois. The city is located next to Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge`s 44,000 acres (180 km2) of land and water contain a wide diversity of flora and fauna . As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,496. Carterville`s long serving Mayor is Bill Mausey . The city is part of the Carbondale-Marion combined statistical area and city has grown considerably as a residential community of Marion.
2011 Sacramento Mountain Lions season
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 Sacramento Mountain Lions season was the third season for the United Football League franchise. The team finished with a 1–3 record and fourth in the league.
James Crutchfield
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James Crutchfield (May 25, 1912 – December 7, 2001) was an American St. Louis, Missouri based, barrelhouse blues singer, pianist, and songwriter, whose career spanned seven decades. His repertoire consisted of original and classic blues and boogie-woogie and depression-era popular songs.
Lindsay Vickery
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lindsay Vickery (born 1965) is an Australian composer and performer.
North Eastern Football Union
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The North Eastern Football Union (NEFU) is an Australian Rules football competition in North-Eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Rocco Rossi
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rocco Rossi (born February 6, 1962) is a Canadian businessman, executive and former candidate for Toronto municipal and Ontario provincial office. From 2004 to 2009 he was the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. In 2009 he became national director of the Liberal Party of Canada. Rossi was campaign manager for John Tory`s bid to become Toronto`s mayor in 2003 and was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election.
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