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Произведения автора580880
SCOJ 2005 No.1977
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Overseas Hibakusha Case was a landmark case of the Supreme Court of Japan. The Court found that the government`s refusal to provide health-care benefits to hibakusha living abroad was illegal. The plaintiffs were 40 South Koreans who were exposed to radiation in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It was the first time the Court declared a government order illegal and upheld a ruling mandating the payment of damages.
Convoy SC 121
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Convoy SC-121 was the 121st of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. Ships departed New York City 23 February 1943; and were met by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group A-3 consisting of the USCG Treasury Class Cutter Spencer, the Wickes class destroyer Greer, Flower class corvettes Dianthus, Rosthern, Trillium and Dauphin, and the convoy rescue ship Melrose Abbey. Three of the escorts had defective SONAR and three had inoperative RADAR.
Adam Kossowski
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Adam Kossowski (1905–1986) was a Polish artist, born in Nowy Sacz, notable for his works for the Catholic Church in England, where he arrived in 1943 as a refugee from Soviet labor camps and was invited in 1944 to join the Guild of Catholic Artists and Craftsmen.
1967 Oakland Raiders season
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1967 Oakland Raiders season was a breakthrough one for the franchise. The team captured their first Western Division title, and advanced to the American Football League Championship game for the first time. Head coach John Rauch led the team to a 13–1 finish and an appearance in Super Bowl II.
Gunbar, New South Wales
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gunbar is in the Riverina district of south-western New South Wales in Australia, on a wide bend of the Mid-Western Highway between Goolgowi and Hay. It is part of the Carrathool Shire local government area, administered from Goolgowi. At the 2006 census, Gunbar had a population of 97 people.
James Laurinaitis
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James Richard Laurinaitis (born December 3, 1986) is an American football linebacker for the St. Louis Rams. Laurinaitis was a three-year starting middle linebacker at Ohio State University. He was selected by the St. Louis Rams with the 35th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. He is the son of former professional wrestler Joe Laurinaitis, better known as Animal, one half of the tag team The Road Warriors. He is also the nephew of John Laurinaitis, better known as Johnny Ace, who currently is the on-screen General Manager of WWE Raw.
Airto Moreira
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Airto Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
Compostela, Compostela Valley
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Compostela is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Compostela Valley, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 61,667 people in 12,151 households.
Chicago Auto Show
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Chicago Auto Show is held annually in February at Chicago`s McCormick Place convention complex. It is among the largest auto shows in North America.
Lancashire Fusiliers
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Lancashire Fusiliers was a British infantry regiment that was amalgamated with other Fusilier regiments in 1968 to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Beauty and The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is a 1997 animated holiday special produced by The Walt Disney Company. It is a midquel that takes place within the timeline of the original Beauty and the Beast (after the fight with the wolves, before the Beast gives Belle the castle library, and before the fight with Gaston). In this movie the Beast forbids Christmas (because his transformation from the Prince occurred on Christmas) until Belle, Cogsworth, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Chip convince him that Christmas is a good holiday. The film also shows the time that the enchantress put the spell on the castle in the first film in more detail.
London Wall
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! London Wall was the defensive wall first built by the Romans around Londinium, their strategically important port town on the River Thames in what is now the United Kingdom, and subsequently maintained until the 18th century. It is now the name of a road in the City of London running along part of the course of the wall. Until the later Middle Ages the wall defined the boundaries of the City of London.
Donald Byrd
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Donaldson Toussaint L`Ouverture Byrd II, (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a pop artist.
Project SEED
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Project SEED is a mathematics education program which works in school districts across the United States. Project SEED is a nonprofit organization that works in partnership with school districts, universities, foundations, and corporations to teach advanced math to elementary and middle school students as a supplement to their regular math instruction. Project SEED also provides professional development for classroom teachers. Founded in 1963 by William F. Johntz, its primary goal is to use mathematics to increase the educational options of low-achieving, at-risk students.
Indian Underwater Robotics Society
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Indian Underwater Robotics Society or IURS (registered as Intelligent Unmanned Robotics Society) is India`s first and only non-profit research organization NGO for the advancement of low-cost robotics and intelligent systems research in developing countries. IURS also imparts education in it is focus areas to improve understanding of and representation in intelligent systems research within developing countries.
Orwell`s list
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Orwell`s list, prepared in 1949 by the English author George Orwell, shortly before he died, comprises names of notable writers and other individuals he considered to be unsuitable as possible writers for the Information Research Department`s anti-communist propaganda activities.
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