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Robin Cook (American novelist)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dr. Robin Cook (born Robert Brian Cook on May 4, 1940 in New York City, New York) is an American physician and novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health.
Keith Haring
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Keith Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s.
Colpophyllia natans
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Colpophyllia natans, known as boulder brain coral and large-grooved brain coral, is a species of stony coral found primarily in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It inhabits the slopes and tops of reefs, to a maximum depth of fifty metres. It is characterised by large, domed colonies, which may be up to two metres across, and by the meandering network of ridges and valleys on its surface. The ridges are usually brown with a single groove, and the valleys may be tan, green, or white and are uniform in width, typically 2 centimetres. The polyps only extend their tentacles at night.
The Gangster of Love
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Gangster of Love is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published by Houghton Mifflin in 1996.
Mucking excavation
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Mucking excavation was a major archeological dig that covered an area of 18 hectares (44 acres) near Mucking, in southern Essex, England. The excavations took place between 1965 and 1978, prior to (and during) gravel extraction. At the time it was the largest excavation in Europe and it was the first opportunity to excavate a Saxon settlement site and the associated cemetery simultaneously. It uncovered features from the Neolithic to Medieval, a period of some 3,000 years, although the finds were predominately from the Bronze Age to the Saxon. To date, excavation reports have been published covering the Anglo-Saxon period. Reports covering the Roman and pre-Roman periods are in preparation.
List of mills in Longdendale and Glossopdale
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mills in Glossop, Derbyshire and Tintwistle, Cheshire, England.The first mills were built in the 1760s, and were powered by the water of the River Etherow and its tributaries. As the industry developed, the mills changed hands, were demolished, were converted to use steam,or consolidated into larger units. They changed their names and their functions. Water powered mills were smaller than the later steam powered mills found in Greater Manchester.
1997 Anaheim Angels season
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Anaheim Angels 1997 season involved the Angels finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses.
1968 New York Yankees season
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1968 New York Yankees season was the 66th season for the team in New York, and its 68th season overall. The team finished above .500 for the first time since 1964, with a record of 83-79, finishing 20 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. The 1968 season was notable for being Mickey Mantle`s final season before he announced his retirement the following spring.
Bipolar disorders research
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! More than two-thirds of people with bipolar disorder have at least one close relative with the disorder or with unipolar major depression, indicating that the disease has a genetic component. Studies seeking to identify the genetic basis of bipolar disorder indicate that susceptibility stems from multiple genes. Scientists are continuing their search for these genes using advanced genetic analytic methods and large samples of families affected by the illness. The researchers are hopeful that identification of susceptibility genes for bipolar disorder, and the brain proteins they code for, will make it possible to develop better treatments and preventive interventions targeted at the underlying...
Chief Winnemucca
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Winnemucca, (ca. 1820–1882)(also called Wobitsawahkah,Bad Face,Winnemucca the Younger,Mubetawaka, and Poito), was born a Shoshoni around 1820 in what would later become the Oregon Territory. He married a Kuyuidika woman, the daughter of Old Winnemucca, and thus was a Paiute himself by tribal rules. His father-in-law honored him by giving him his own name. Winnemucca or Wuna Mucca has been translated as The Giver of Spiritual Gifts. This name is part-English and part-Paiute. Winnemucca the Younger became war chief of the Kuyuidika (bird eaters), a Northern Paiute band.
Directory of Public Worship
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Directory for Public Worship (known in Scotland as the Westminster Directory having been approved by the Scottish Parliament in 1645) was a manual of directions for worship approved by an ordinance of Parliament early in 1645 to replace the Book of Common Prayer (and which was denounced by a counter-proclamation from Charles I).
Jackal (The Day of the Jackal)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Jackal is the main character and protagonist in the novel The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, which features a storyline centred on an assassin who is contracted by the OAS French terrorist group of the early 1960s, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. The book was published on 7 June 1971, in the year following Charles de Gaulle`s death and became an instant bestseller. In the original 1973 film adaptation, he is portrayed by Edward Fox. A revised version of the character was portrayed by Bruce Willis in the 1997 remake, The Jackal, which shared little in common with its original.
Irish Republican Police
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Irish Republican Police (IRP) was the police force of the 1919-1922 Irish Republic and was administered by the Department for Home Affairs of that government.
Pete Price
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pete Price (born Peter Lloyd Price on 25 January 1946) is a British media personality and radio presenter, based in Merseyside, England. He is best known for the Sunday night talk radio show Pete Price: Unzipped, broadcast across sister stations City Talk 105.9 and Radio City 96.7. The show is aired live from 10pm to 2am and follows an open forum format. Price`s weeknight phone in, Late Night City airs live between 10pm and 2am, from Monday to Thursday and is simulcast on City Talk 105.9 and Radio City 96.7.
Matteo Brighi
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Matteo Brighi (born February 14, 1981 in Rimini, Rimini, Italy) is an Italian football player. He currently plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta. Brighi was named Serie A Young Footballer of the Year in 2002. Brighi is noted for his stamina, tackling, and aerial abilities.
Aviano Air Base
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Aviano Air Base (IATA: AVB, ICAO: LIPA) is a NATO Air Base under U.S. Air Force administration in northeastern Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. It is located in Aviano municipality, at the foot of the Carnic Pre-Alps, or Southern Carnic Alps, about 15 kilometers from Pordenone.
Nissan Xterra
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Nissan Xterra is a compact SUV built on the Nissan F-Alpha platform. The Frontier-based vehicle is named after the XTERRA off-road triathlon race series that Nissan sponsored through the end of 2006.
Queen Elizabeth High School (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Queen Elizabeth High School was established in September 1942, at the corner of Bell Road and Robie Street, on Camp Hill, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. "QEH" was always known for its high academic standards, competitive sports teams and distinguished extra-curricular activities such as the annual Model Parliament and musicals. Its Reach for the Top team won the CBC-TV national championship in 1975. Queen Elizabeth High School was part of the Halifax community for 65 years. QEH offered many services including a 1280 seat performance auditorium that opened in 1951. In February 1969, the Board of School Commissioners opened an addition that made Queen Elizabeth High more than double its area.
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