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JP Miller
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James Pinckney Miller (December 18, 1919, San Antonio, Texas - November 1, 2001, Flemington, New Jersey), known to friends and associates by the nickname Pappy, wrote under the name JP Miller. He was a leading playwright during the Golden Age of Television, receiving three Emmy nominations. A novelist and screenwriter, he was best known for Days of Wine and Roses, directed by John Frankenheimer for Playhouse 90 (1958) and later a motion picture (1962) directed by Blake Edwards.
1998 Milwaukee Brewers season
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Milwaukee Brewers` 1998 season was the first season for the franchise as a member of the National League. The Brewers finished in fifth in the NL Central, 28 games behind the Houston Astros, with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. Before the 1998 regular season began, two new teams—the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays—were added by Major League Baseball. This resulted in the American League and National League having fifteen teams. However, in order for MLB officials to continue primarily intraleague play, both leagues would need to carry a number of teams that was divisible by two, so the decision was made to move one club from the AL Central to the NL Central.
Libel tourism
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Libel tourism is a term first coined by Geoffrey Robertson to describe forum shopping for libel suits. It particularly refers to the practice of pursuing a case in England and Wales, in preference to other jurisdictions, such as the United States, which provide more extensive defences for those accused of making derogatory statements. According to the English publishing house Sweet & Maxwell, the number of libel cases brought by people alleged to be involved with terrorism almost tripled in England between 2006 and 2007.
Orakzai Agency
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Orakzai Agency is one of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. It has a population of 450,000 and an area of 700 square miles (1,800 km2).
Serbia national rugby league team
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Serbia national rugby league team represents Serbia in the sport of rugby league football, has been participating in international competition since 2003.
Common Riding
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Common Riding is an annual event celebrated in Scottish Border towns and in some other places, to commemorate the times of the past when local men risked their lives in order to protect their town and people.
Philip Johnston (code talker)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Philip Johnston (September 17, 1892, Topeka, Kansas – September 11, 1978, San Diego, California) proposed the idea of using the Navajo language as a Navajo code to be used in the Pacific during World War II.
La Libertad, Negros Oriental
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! La Libertad is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 35,122 people in 7,024 households.
Gossip (album)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status. There was commercial success for "Before Too Long" which peaked at No. 15 and "Darling It Hurts" reached No. 25 on the related Singles Chart.Gossip was released in different forms, initially as a double album with 24 tracks, it was edited down to a single 15-track LP for North American and European release on A&M Records, when released on CD in North America, it featured 17 tracks.
Rook (card game)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards. Sometimes referred to as "Christian cards" or "missionary poker", Rook playing cards were introduced by Parker Brothers in 1906 to provide an alternative to standard playing cards for those in the Puritan tradition or Mennonite culture who considered the face cards in a regular deck inappropriate because of their association with gambling and cartomancy.
United States House Committee on the Judiciary
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, also called the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts, administrative agencies and Federal law enforcement entities. The Judiciary Committee is also the committee responsible for impeachments of federal officials. Because of the legal nature of its oversight, committee members usually have a legal background, but this is not required.
Lullaby (novel)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lullaby is a horror-satire novel by American author Chuck Palahniuk, published in 2002. It won the 2003 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 2002.
2011 European Tour
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 European Tour will be the third edition of the Race to Dubai and the 40th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.
Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Finn
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Enoshima. Seven races were scheduled. 33 sailors, on 33 boats, from 33 nations competed.
American football coverage shells
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In American football, coverage shells describe the alignment and responsibilities of defensive backs.
National Dance Association
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The National Dance Association (NDA), headquartered in Reston, VA, is an association within the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). The oldest of dance education organizations, NDA develops programs, publishes books and materials and sponsors professional development conferences for dance educators in a broad range of disciplines.
Table (parliamentary procedure)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In parliamentary procedure, a motion to table has two different and contradictory meanings:
Kiowa phonology
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The most thorough treatment of the Kiowa sound system is by Laurel Watkins in a generative framework. A consideration of prosodic phenomena with acoustic analysis is in Sivertsen (1956). Earlier discussions of phonemics are Trager (1960), Merrifield (1959), Wonderly et al. (1954), and Harrington (1928).
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