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Ofelia Zepeda
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ofelia Zepeda (born in Stanfield, Arizona, 1952) is a Tohono O`odham poet and intellectual. Zepeda is a professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and is well known for her efforts in the preservation of her native language and promotion literacy in it. She is also known for her work as a consultant and advocate on behalf of a number of American indigenous languages. Her book A Papago Grammar is the standard textbook used to teach the Tohono O`odham language. She was a student of MIT linguistics professor Ken Hale.
Raging Bull
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from the Jake La Motta memoir Raging Bull: My Story. It stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, a middleweight boxer whose sadomasochistic rage, sexual jealousy, and animalistic appetite destroyed his relationship with his wife and family. Also featured in the film are Joe Pesci as Joey, La Motta`s well-intentioned brother and manager who tries to help Jake battle his inner demons; and Cathy Moriarty as his abused wife. The film features supporting roles from Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, and Frank Vincent.
Raging Bender
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Raging Bender" is the eighth episode in the second production season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on February 27, 2000 as the twelfth episode of the second broadcast season. The episode was written by Lewis Morton and directed by Ron Hughart. The story focuses on Bender becoming a professional wrestler and his initial success, followed by his downfall as his popularity wanes.
HMCS Magog (K673)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMCS Magog (K673) was a River class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1944.
NLRB v. Truck Drivers Local 449
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NLRB v. Truck Drivers Local 449 ("Buffalo Linen Supply Co."), 353 U.S. 87 (1957), is an 8-0 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that a temporary lockout by a multi-employer bargaining group threatened by a whipsaw strike was lawful under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Taft-Hartley Act.
Walt Disney Comics Digest
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walt Disney Comics Digest was one of three digest size comics published by Gold Key Comics in the early 1970s. The other two were the Mystery Comics Digest and Golden Comics Digest.
Pacific East Airlines
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pacific East Airlines (IATA: 6P, ICAO: PCE) was a short-lived airline that ceased operation in 1984.
USS Brilliant (1862)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Brilliant (1862) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways.
HMS Bootle (1918)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Bootle was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Buckie, but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location.
NLPI
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NLPI Limited (NLPI) is an investment-holding company, registered in Mauritius, whose main investment focus is infrastructure-related projects on the continent of Africa. The Nedbank, Old Mutual and Sanlam Groups, all major South African financial institutions, are partnered by the shareholders of NLPI, together with New Limpopo Bridge Projects Limited (NLP), an investment company controlled by Mr. Mordechai Tager and Mr. Zion Elani, both entrepreneurs with extensive project development experience. With a cumulative market capitalization exceeding US$15 billion, all NLPI shareholders are experienced in financial engineering, management, implementation and operation of infrastructure-related...
Raging Bull Nation
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! RagingBullNation, formerly known as MetroNation, is a supporters group for the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. It is a New Jersey non-profit corporation (Corp. ID #0400085504.) MetroNation was founded on February 21, 2005 in Wayne, New Jersey by Marc "Chief Metro" Bernarducci as a way of fostering increased support for the predecessor to the Red Bulls, the MetroStars.
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walt Disney Cartoon Classics was a series of cartoon compilations from Disney. It was their first attempt to put cartoons on home video. The first 14 volumes, from 1983–1986, came with 6 or 7 cartoons and ran from 30–60 minutes. The titles of all 14 volumes are as follows.
Walt Disney Classics
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walt Disney Classics was a brand name used by Walt Disney Home Video on their American, Japanese, European and Australian home video releases of Disney animated features. The first title arrived in stores on December 6, 1984. With the October 28, 1994 release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the existing titles in the Classics series became part of the new Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection and the Classics line was retired in the United States and Canada. Cassette copies of the original Classics series became much sought-after, and are very popular with collectors, since most retailers had the first home video release for Disney animated features in their stores up to the time when the...
Pacific Drive
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pacific Drive is an Australian television series made by Village Roadshow in association with New World International for the Nine Network between 1996 and 1997.
Pacific Division (United States Army)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pacific Division of the U. S. Army was created on October 10, 1848, as the Army reorganized its administration for the new territories acquired during the Mexican American War. Military Department 10 (California) and Military Department 11 (Oregon Territory) were subordinated to the new Division that had its headquarters at Monterey. In June 1849 division headquarters moved to the California, for a month then moved to Benicia and the Benicia Arsenal in the upper San Francisco Bay in July 1849.
List of Walt Disney and Buena Vista video releases
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released several hundred titles to home video since 1978, as well as direct-to-video features. They have been released on VHS, Beta, Laserdisc, CED Videodisc, CD Video, DVD, Universal Media Disc (UMD), and Blu-ray Disc. These are most of the notable releases that Disney put out on home video.
NLP University
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NLP University (not an accredited university) is a neuro-linguistic programming training organisation that is based on the campus of University of California, Santa Cruz. What this rather ambiguous description means in practice is that the "NLPU" is NOT an official part of the university, but simply makes use of the university`s conference services from time to time.
Walt Disney Attractions Japan
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walt Disney Attractions Japan is a wholly owned subsidiary of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, one of four sectors of the American entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company.
NLO (Russian magazine)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NLO (Russian: НЛО, shortened from Невероятное, Легендарное, Очевидное (Incredible, Legendary, Evident)) is a Russian weekly magazine, printed by Kaleydoskop publishing house and featuring paranormal phenomena-related articles. Founded in 1994, the magazine have been repeatedly published as a newspaper. The name alludes to the Russian abbreviation of UFO (НЛО).
HMS Bonne Citoyenne (1796)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bonne Citoyenne was a 20-gun corvette of the French Navy, which the Royal Navy captured and recommissioned as the sloop-of-war HMS Bonne Citoyenne. Her most famous action was her capture of the French frigate Furieuse on 6 July 1809 for which her crew would earn the Naval General Service Medal. Her lines were used as the basis for the Hermes-class post ships. She was sold in 1819.
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