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- Jupiter-C IRBM
bolts fired and springs separated the instrument section from the first-stage tankage. The instrument section and the spinning tub were slowly tipped to a horizontal position by means of four air jets located at the base of the instrument section. When the apex of the vertical flight occurred after a coasting flight of about 247 seconds, a radio signal from the ground ignited the eleven-rocket cluster of the second stage, separating the tub from the instrument section. The third and fourth stages were fired in turn to boost the satellite and fourth stage to an orbital velocity of 18,000 miles per
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- Julio Iglesias
Julio Iglesias Julio Iglesias (born September 23, 1943) is Spain's best selling singer in history and one of the best selling hispanic singers of all time. He was a professional soccer player with Real Madrid, where he played as goalie. During this time, he also enrolled in law school. He had an accident that dashed his hopes of becoming a great soccer player, but during his period in bed, he started to compose songs. He received a certificate as a lawyer from Cambridge University a little later. In 1968, he won a songwriter's contest in Spain and signed a contract with
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- Judah (biblical figure)
one and put to flight the rest. Of Jashub's army he killed 1,000 men (comp. Test. Patr., l.c.), or, according to "Sefer ha-Yashar" (l.c.), forty-two men. Great exploits were said to be performed by him at Hazar and Gaash, where he was the first to jump upon the wall and create havoc among the enemy. Midrash Wayissa'u describes also the battle between the children of Jacob and those of Esau, in which the chief part was taken by Judah. When Judah interfered in behalf of Benjamin (Gen. xliv. 18-34), he at first had a heated discussion with Joseph, which is given
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- Julie Brilliart
was confined to the rudiments obtained at the village school which was kept by her uncle, Thibault Guilbert. In spiritual things her progress was so rapid that the parish priest, M. Dangicourt, allowed her to make her First Communion and to be confirmed at the age of nine years. At this time she made a vow of chastity. Misfortunes overtook the Billiart family when Julie was sixteen, and she gave herself generously to the aid of her parents, working in the fields with the reapers. She was held in such high esteem for her virtue and piety as to be commonly
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- Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay Ian Hamilton Finlay (born 1925) is a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener. Finlay was born in Nassau in the Bahamas but was educated in Scotland. At the age of 13, with the outbreak of World War II, he was evacuated to the Orkney Islands. In 1942 he joined the army. At the end of the war, Finlay worked as a shepherd before beginning to write short stories and poems. He published books including The Sea Bed and Other Stories (1958) and The Dancers Inherit the Party (1960), and some of his work was broadcasted by the BBC.
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- Immorality Act
of apartheid legislation. In 1949 mixed marriages were banned in South Africa. In 1950 the act was followed up with a ban on sexual relations between blacks and whites. One of the first people convicted of the immorality act was a Cape Dutch Reformed minister; he was caught having sex with a domestic worker in his garage. He was given a suspended sentence and the parishioners bulldozed the garage to the ground. On the grounds of the Immorality Act, the police tracked down mixed couples suspected of being in relationships. Homes were invaded and doors were smashed down in the process.
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- Vitalogy
a description of the scene of Kurt Cobain's suicide ("Scrawl dissolved, cigar box on the floor"). Many of the other songs on the album seem to based on the pressures of fame. "Betterman" is a song from Eddie's previous band, Bad Radio. Vitalogy was a #1 hit on Billboard's Top 200 album chart. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charting singles 4 External Links Track listing "Last Exit" (Pearl Jam) - 2:54 "Spin the Black Circle" (Pearl Jam) - 2:48 "Not for You" (Pearl Jam) - 5:52 "Tremor Christ" (Pearl Jam) - 4:12 "Nothingman" (Ament) - 4:35
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- Yenisei River
E. Thence the river makes its way across the Alpine region that borders the Sayan Mountains on the N until it emerges upon the steppes at Sayansk (53° 10' N). Augmented by the Abakan on the left and the Tuba on the right, it traverses the mining region of Minusinsk, approaches within 6 m. of the Chulyni, a tributary of the Ob, intersects the Trans-Siberian railway at Krasnoyarsk, and is joined first by the Kan and then by the Upper (Verkhnyaya), the Stony (Podkamennaya), and the Lower (Nizhnyaya) Tunguska, all from the right. The Upper Tunguska, known also as the Angara,
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- Insomnia
is extremely detrimental to the sufferer's well-being. Insomnia interrupts the natural sleep cycle, which can be hard to restore. Some insomniacs unwittingly perpetuate their complaint by napping in the late afternoon or early evening, leading to wakefulness at bedtime and more insomnia. Others push their bodies to the limits, until their sleep deficit causes severe physical and mental effects. Many people who feel they are suffering from insomnia may actually have a lower physical need for sleep than they believe they do. A normal part of the ageing process is to sleep more lightly and for shorter periods of time, and
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- Intercourse, Pennsylvania
on thousands of tourists that visit the region each year. Most of the land surrounding the town is farmland. History Intercourse was founded in 1754. The town was originally named after the Cross Keys Tavern. Intercourse became the official name in 1814. The origin of the name is disputed. One possibility is for a race course at the intersection of the two major roads the cross in the center of town. Sites of Interest Museums and Historic Sites American Military Edged Weaponry Museum People's Place Quilt Museum The People's Place Attractions Intercourse News Intercourse Pretzel Factory Restaurants Best Western Intercourse Village
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- Inverness
1835 and is now a Sheriff Court—an older wooden castle was located further east in the 11th century, and may have been the basis for the castle in Shakespeare's Macbeth. St Andrew's Cathedral has a curiously square-topped look to its spires, as funds ran out before they could be completed. Islands in the River Ness, and the river banks, form a pleasant series of walks. The town is well served with shops, as it is the shopping centre for an area of nearly 10,000 square miles. Inverness was granted city status by the Queen in December 2000, and celebrated its new
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- Innerleithen
a town festival called "The Cleikum Ceremonies", and saw this as a way to stop the legends and folktales of the region from dying out. The festival continues to this day as part of "St. Ronans Festival", which also includes the St. Ronans Borders Games. These happen in the first or second week in July and still draw significant local and tourist participation. The first written accounts of the town date from the 15th century when it is referred to as "Henderleithen", and at this point it is a hamlet within the Parish of Traquair, which with its major Baronial house,
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- In Old California
drink. That sets them to sleep. When they recover they find themselves in the California of 1848. They soon manage to befriend a local Spanish-speaking family, owners of a cattle ranch, and the workers of the ranch. As visitors they both observe the family's life and try to help with the family problems. They visit the San Francisco of the age and acquire lands cheaply, but soon they are swindled out of them by Americ
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an settlers. Then they get involved in the Gold Rush and as goldminers partner with a friend from the rush. The Ducks do the digging, his fists
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- Indulgence
souls in Purgatory. Obtaining an indulgence for another living person is disallowed by canon law. To successfully apply an indulgence to your own sins, you must be a baptised Christian, a member of the Roman Catholic Church, not subject to excommunication, and have the intention of performing the work for which the indulgence is granted. The doctrine of indulgences is founded on three doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church: The treasury of merit in the communion of saints; The infinite merit of Jesus Christ Himself; and The merit of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Under the Roman Catholic concept of merit, the
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- Indiana University at Bloomington
Native American, and 1,474 (87.0%) were "other." More males (68.1%) than females held academic appointments at the university. Professors at IUB were better-paid than their counterparts in the IU system. A full-time professor earned an average of $118,100, an associate professor $81,700, and an assistant professor $69,400. Campus IUB's 1,931 acres includes copious green space and historic buildings dating to the university's reconstruction in the late nineteenth century. The Works Progress Administration built much of the campus's core during the Great Depression. Many of the campus's buildings were built and most of its land acquired during the 1950s and 1960s, when
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- Inflatable
of Volume, not Pressure. The pressures involved are under six pounds per square inch. Inflatables can be powered by one or more outboard motors fitted on the wooden transom. For example, a twenty-five-foot Zodiac(TM) may be powered with twin fifty-five horsepower outboards. Zodiacs(TM) are manufactured in various shapes and fabric-weights from dinghys to Boston-Whalers(TM) to huge ship-tenders, so are used extensively in tending operations in port and at sea, recreational water skiing, commercial fishing, and in the military, for example, with US Navy SEALS. The size-to-strength ratio of these vessels make them exceptionally portable and valuable in covert operations. Without the
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- International Phonetic Alphabet for English
Alphabet for English Symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Abbreviations below: AmE = American English; BrE = British English (Received Pronunciation) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Vowels 1.1 English 'Plain' vowels 1.2 Reduced vowels 1.3 R-colored vowels 1.4 Diphthongs 2 Consonants 2.5 Stops 2.6 Nasals 2.7 Fricatives 2.8 Affricates 2.9 Approximants 3 Suprasegmentals 4 IPA examples Vowels English 'Plain' vowels [iː] bead [ɪ] bid [eɪ] play * [ɛ] bed [æ] bad [ɑː] cot [ɒ] hot - BrE only [ɔː] caught [ʌ] cut AmE [oʊ] BrE [əʊ] coat * [ʊ] put [uː] hoot * The English [o] and [e] vowels are realized
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- Iris (plant)
flowers. Along with some other species, as I. reticulata and I. persica, both of which are fragrant, they form great favourites with florists. All these just mentioned differ from those formerly named in the nature of the underground stem, which forms a bulb and not a strict creeping rhizome as in I. Pseudacorus, germanica, florentina, etc. Some botanists separate these bulbous irises from the genus Iris, and place them apart in the genus Xiphium, the Spanish iris, including about 30 species, all from the Mediterranean region and the East. The iris flower is of special interest as an example of the
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- Vickers Viscount
design and asked that the plane carry 32 passengers instead, but remained otherwise similar. The Type IIA was to be a piston powered version of similar performance, and was built as the Airspeed Ambassador. The resulting Vickers Type 630 design was completed in 1945, a thiry-two seat plane powered by four Rolls-Royce Dart engines for an improved cruising speed of 275mph. An order for two prototypes was placed in March 1946, and construction started almost immediately. Originally to be named Viceroy, the name had to be changed after the partition of India in 1947. There was some work on replacing the
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- Iron Crown of Lombardy
Iron Crown of Lombardy The Iron Crown of Lombardy is both a reliquary and one of the most ancient royal insignia of Europe. It is kept in the Cathedral at Monza, Lombardy. The Iron Crown is so called from a narrow band of iron within it, said to be beaten out of one of the nails used at the Crucifixion. This very thin band is about three-eighths of an inch broad. According to tradition, the nail was first given to Emperor Constantine by his mother Helena, who discovered the Cross. How it fell
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