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The drive-in theater was the creation of Camden, New Jersey, chemical company magnate Richard M. Hollingshead, Jr., whose family owned and operated the R.M. Hollingshead Corporation chemical plant in Camden. In 1932, Hollingshead conducted outdoor theater tests in his driveway at 212 Thomas Avenue in Camden. After nailing a screen to trees in his backyard, he set a 1928 Kodak projector on the hood of his car and put a radio behind the screen, testing different sound levels with his car windows down and up. Blocks under vehicles in the drivew ...

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Drive-in theater, Drive-in theater - History, Drive-in theater - Concession stand, Drive-in theater - Drive-ins in films and paintings, Drive-in theater - Surviving drive-in theaters, Drive-in theater - Arkansas, Drive-in theater - California, Drive-in theater - Canada, Drive-in theater - Connecticut, Drive-in theater - Delaware, Drive-in theater - Florida, Drive-in theater - Georgia, Drive-in theater - Illinois, Drive-in theater - Indiana, Drive-in theater - Iowa, Drive-in theater - Kansas, Drive-in theater - Kentucky, Drive-in theater - Maine, Drive-in theater - Maryland, Drive-in theater - Massachusetts, Drive-in theater - Michigan, Drive-in theater - Minnesota, Drive-in theater - Mississippi, Drive-in theater - Missouri, Drive-in theater - Nevada, Drive-in theater - New Jersey, Drive-in theater - New York, Drive-in theater - North Carolina, Drive-in theater - Ohio, Drive-in theater - Oklahoma, Drive-in theater - Oregon, Drive-in theater - Pennsylvania, Drive-in theater - South Carolina, Drive-in theater - Tennessee, Drive-in theater - Texas, Drive-in theater - Vermont, Drive-in theater - Virginia, Drive-in theater - West Virginia

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Main article: History of Yemen The port's convenient position on the sea route between India and Europe has made Aden desirable to rulers who sought to possess it at various times throughout history. Known as Arabian Eudaemon in the 1st century BC, it was a transshipping point for the Red Sea trade, but fell on hard times when new shipping practices by-passed it and made the daring direct crossing to India in the 1st century AD, according to the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. See also:

Aden, Aden - History, Aden - British Rule, Aden - Little Aden 1955 to 1967, Aden - Federation of South Arabia and the Aden Emergency, Aden - Independence

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Joan adopted six children, according to L.A. Times articles from the time, though she kept only four. The first was Christina (born June 11, 1939), whom Crawford adopted in 1940 while she was single. The second was Christopher (born April 1941), whom Joan adopted in June of that year. In 1942, Christopher's biological mother found out where he was and managed to get him back. The third child was an 8-year-old named Phillip Terry, Jr. (born 1935), whom Joan and then husband Phillip Terry adopted in April 1943, but did not keep. The fou ...

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Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford - Early life, Joan Crawford - Career, Joan Crawford - Marriages, Joan Crawford - Adopted children, Joan Crawford - Religion, Joan Crawford - Work at Pepsi, Joan Crawford - Final Years, Joan Crawford - Legacy, Joan Crawford - In pop culture, Joan Crawford - Filmography

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He was born Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson in Edmonton, North London, into a Salvation Army family who owned a local garage. He attended The Latymer School in Edmonton and started in showbusiness aged 14, with a song, dance, and ukulele act called "Boy Bruce, the mighty atom". Bruce made his television debut in 1939 when a child, singing and dancing on a talent show introduced by Jasmine Bligh (This was probably an episode of "Come and be Televised" (BBC, 1939), broadcast from Radiolympia). He spent many years performing on stage, with little success; he travelled the UK working seven days a we ...

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Like most other speech disorders, stuttering begins in early childhood, when a child is first developing his or her speech and language skills. The vast majority of stutters develop between the ages of two and five, with many stutterers outgrowing their stutter before adolescence. Most stutters manifest before the age of 7, although there have been rare cases of a stutter developing later. Almost all children go through a stage of disfluency in early speech, but when a child displays signs of a serious stutter, it is wise to seek professiona ...

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Stuttering, Stuttering - Causes, Stuttering - Genetics, Stuttering - Childhood development, Stuttering - Neurophysiology, Stuttering - Other causes, Stuttering - Onset and development, Stuttering - Characteristics, Stuttering - Fluency, Stuttering - Blocking, Stuttering - Avoidance behavior, Stuttering - Severity, Stuttering - Treatments, Stuttering - Behavioral and cognitive therapy, Stuttering - Medication, Stuttering - Electronic fluency aids, Stuttering - Stuttering and society, Stuttering - Stuttering in Music, Stuttering - Resources, Stuttering - Notes, Stuttering - References, Stuttering - External links

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In 1929 at the time she wed her first husband, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Crawford bought a mansion at 426 North Bristol Avenue in Brentwood, midway between Beverly Hills and the Pacific Ocean, which was her primary dwelling for the next 26 years. Over the years she had her home decorated and redecorated by William Haines, her former silent movie co-star and lifelong friend, who was much in demand as an interior designer ...

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Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford - Early life, Joan Crawford - Career, Joan Crawford - Marriages, Joan Crawford - Adopted children, Joan Crawford - Religion, Joan Crawford - Work at Pepsi, Joan Crawford - Final Years, Joan Crawford - Legacy, Joan Crawford - In pop culture, Joan Crawford - Filmography

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"I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and become an architect." — Paula Hitler, Hitler's younger sister, during an interview with a U.S. intelligence operative in late 1945. At the time of Hitler's death most of Germany's infrastructure and major cities were in ruins and he had left explicit orders to complete the destruction. Millions of Germans were dead with millions more wounded or homeless. In his will he dismissed other Nazi leaders and appointed Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as Reichspräsid ...

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Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Early years, Adolf Hitler - Early adulthood in Vienna and Munich, Adolf Hitler - World War I, Adolf Hitler - The early years of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's entry and rise, Adolf Hitler - The Hitler Putsch, Adolf Hitler - The rebuilding of the party, Adolf Hitler - The road to power, Adolf Hitler - The Brüning administration, Adolf Hitler - The cabinets von Papen and Schleicher, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, Adolf Hitler - Reichstag Fire and the March election, Adolf Hitler - The Enabling Act, Adolf Hitler - Removal of remaining limits, Adolf Hitler - The Third Reich, Adolf Hitler - Economics and culture, Adolf Hitler - Repression, Adolf Hitler - Rearmament and new alliances, Adolf Hitler - The Holocaust, Adolf Hitler - World War II, Adolf Hitler - Opening moves, Adolf Hitler - Path to defeat, Adolf Hitler - Defeat and death, Adolf Hitler - Legacy, Adolf Hitler - Medical health, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's family, Adolf Hitler - The origin of the name Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Trivia, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's associates, Adolf Hitler - Documentaries, Adolf Hitler - Dramatizations, Adolf Hitler - Media, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's speeches

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Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his political role in the development of the atomic bomb, and idea of the memex—seen as a pioneering concept for the World Wide Web. His name was pronounced Van-NEE-var as in "receiver". He was unrelated to the Bush political family. Vannevar Bush - Career. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Bush was educated at Tufts College, graduating in 1913. He earned a doctorate in engineering from Harv ...

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• Vannevar Bush - The Memex
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Main article: History of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia arose in October 1918 as one of the succession states of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I. It consisted of the present-day territories of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and (until 1939/29 June 1945) the Carpathian Ruthenia (Carpatho-Ukraine). Its territory included some of the most industrialized regions of the former Austria-Hungary, it was a democratic republic throughout the pre-World War II period, but was characterized by ethnic problems. The ethnic problems wer ...

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Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia - Basic characteristics, Czechoslovakia - Official names, Czechoslovakia - History, Czechoslovakia - From creation to dissolution — overview, Czechoslovakia - Heads of state and government, Czechoslovakia - International agreements and membership, Czechoslovakia - Administrative divisions, Czechoslovakia - Population and ethnic groups, Czechoslovakia - Religion, Czechoslovakia - Health social welfare and housing, Czechoslovakia - Politics, Czechoslovakia - Government, Czechoslovakia - Constitutional development, Czechoslovakia - Society and social groups, Czechoslovakia - Education, Czechoslovakia - Resource base, Czechoslovakia - Economy foreign trade and financial system, Czechoslovakia - Transportation and communications, Czechoslovakia - Mass media, Czechoslovakia - Sports, Czechoslovakia - Culture, Czechoslovakia - Postage stamps

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More than 7 million Germans, including at least 3 million civilians, died during World War II. After the war, the German people were often viewed with contempt because they were blamed for Nazi crimes by other Europeans. Germans visiting abroad, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, attracted insults from locals, and from foreigners who may have had their families or friends live through or perish in the attrocities. Today in Europe and worldwide (particularly in countries that fought against the Axis), Germans still might get scorned ...

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Consequences of German Nazism, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on Germany, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on Jewry, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on Austria, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on Poland, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on Central Europe, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on the Soviet Union, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on Western Europe, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on Greece, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on world politics, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on international law, Consequences of German Nazism - Impact on racism

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During the period of 1939-1941, the FBI compiled the Custodial Detention index ("CDI") on citizens, "enemy" aliens and foreign nationals which might be dangerous. On June 28, 1940, the Alien Registration Act of 1940 (or "Smith Act") was passed. Among many other "loyalty" regulations, Section 31 required the registration and fingerprinting of all aliens above the age of 14, and Section 35 required aliens to report any change of address within 5 days. Within 4 months, 4,741,9 ...

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Japanese American internment, Japanese American internment - Terminology: Internment relocation or concentration camps?, Japanese American internment - History, Japanese American internment - Internment results, Japanese American internment - Conditions in the camps, Japanese American internment - Other camps, Japanese American internment - Hawaii, Japanese American internment - Compensation and reparations, Japanese American internment - Criticisms then and now, Japanese American internment - Support for the internment then and now, Japanese American internment - Legal legacy, Japanese American internment - Precedent, Japanese American internment - List of internment camps, Japanese American internment - United States government documents

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His cosmology, which has echoes of Sufism and Vedanta, as well as Christian mysticism is summarized in the 1954 book, GOD SPEAKS, much of which Meher Baba dictated using an English language alphabet board. He personally recommended the book to a number of his followers, saying it was the most important book for this age. Meher Baba - Evolution and Involution. Meher Baba's cosmology is based on divine unity, the concept that diverse creation, or duality, is an illusion. “I tell you all, with my ...

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Meher Baba, Meher Baba - Meher Baba's Life, Meher Baba - Early years, Meher Baba - Manzil-e-Meem and Meherabad, Meher Baba - Prem ashram, Meher Baba - Silence, Meher Baba - First contacts with the West, Meher Baba - The Discourses, Meher Baba - Work with 'masts', Meher Baba - The New Life, Meher Baba - Automobile accident in U.S.A., Meher Baba - Highest of the High, Meher Baba - Automobile accident in India, Meher Baba - Seclusion and East-West Gathering, Meher Baba - God in a Pill, Meher Baba - Final Seclusion and Amartithi, Meher Baba - Last Darshan, Meher Baba - Cosmology, Meher Baba - Evolution and Involution, Meher Baba - Sanskaras, Meher Baba - The Avatar, Meher Baba - Role of the Avatar, Meher Baba - Followers of Meher Baba, Meher Baba - Influence on Pete Townshend

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The Daily Mail, devised by Alfred Harmsworth (later Lord Northcliffe and his brother Harold (later Lord Rothermere), was first published on May 4, 1896 and was an immediate runaway success. It cost a halfpenny at a time when other London dailies cost a penny and was more populist in tone and more concise in its coverage than its rivals. Soon after its launch it had more than half a million readers. Controlled editorially by Alfred, with Harold running the business side of the operation, the Mail from the start adopted a ...

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Daily Mail, Daily Mail - History, Daily Mail - Editorial stance, Daily Mail - Criticism, Daily Mail - Moral Issues, Daily Mail - Immigration, Daily Mail - Pseudoscience, Daily Mail - Conservative appearance, Daily Mail - Satire, Daily Mail - Daily Mail writers, Daily Mail - Current writers, Daily Mail - Past writers, Daily Mail - Mail on Sunday writers, Daily Mail - Current writers, Daily Mail - Past writers

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A film crew is a group of people hired by a film company for the purpose of producing a film or motion picture. Crew are distinguished from cast, the actors who appear in front of the camera or provide voices for characters in the film. Film - Production Team. These are the senior personnel responsible for the creation of a film: Film producer A person or persons responsible for accepting or creating, securing or providing financing for, and controlling from a business p ...

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Film, Film - History of film, Film - Origins of motion picture arts and sciences, Film - Protean developments, Film - The silent era, Film - The Sound Era & The Golden Age of Hollywood, Film - The 1940s: the war and post-war years, Film - The 1950s: Widescreen 70mm Stereo and even 3D, Film - The 1960s, Film - The 1970s, Film - The '80s: sequels blockbusters and videotape, Film - The Digital Age, Film - The '90s and new Millenium: technical advances, Film - Film theory, Film - History, Film - Specific theories styles and movements in film, Film - Film criticism, Film - The motion picture industry, Film - Stages of filmmaking, Film - Development, Film - Preproduction, Film - Production, Film - Post-production, Film - Distribution, Film - Film crew, Film - Production Team, Film - Primary Production Artists, Film - Camera and lighting, Film - Production sound, Film - Postproduction picture, Film - Postproduction sound, Film - Independent filmmaking, Film - Animation, Film - Film venues, Film - Development of film technology, Film - Endurance of films, Film - Wikibooks, Film - Basic types of film, Film - Lists, Film - Other

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Adolf Hitler's medical health has long been a subject of popular controversy. There has also been speculation regarding his mental health. Adolf Hitler's medical health - Doctors and drugs. Unbeknownst to most people today, and especially to many Germans at the time, Hitler suffered from several medical ailments. In 1934, the young Schutzstaffel officer and surgeon Dr. Karl Brandt, assisted by Professor Werner Haase, was assigned as his escort physician. Professor Theodore Morell, who was reputed for ...

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• Adolf Hitler's medical health - Diet
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• Adolf Hitler's medical health - Autopsy comment on anatomy

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Frank Lloyd Wright - 1880's. Hillside Home School I, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1887 Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois, 1889 Frank Lloyd Wright - 1890's. Louis Sullivan Bungalow, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 1890 Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina James Charnley Bungalow, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 1890 Gutted by Hurricane Katrina, with much of the structure moved 3 to 4 feet from its foundation. Restoration would be in the mi ...

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Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright - Early years, Frank Lloyd Wright - Europe and personal troubles, Frank Lloyd Wright - Taliesin and beyond, Frank Lloyd Wright - More personal turmoil, Frank Lloyd Wright - Enduring legacy, Frank Lloyd Wright - Quotations, Frank Lloyd Wright - Works, Frank Lloyd Wright - 1880's, Frank Lloyd Wright - 1890's, Frank Lloyd Wright - 1900's, Frank Lloyd Wright - 1910's, Frank Lloyd Wright - 1920's, Frank Lloyd Wright - 1930's, Frank Lloyd Wright - 1940's, Frank Lloyd Wright - 1950's, Frank Lloyd Wright - Other, Frank Lloyd Wright - Unbuilt works

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The first specific Los Angeles police force was founded in 1853 as the Los Angeles Rangers, a volunteer force that assisted the existing County forces. The Rangers were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group. Neither force was particularly efficient and Los Angeles became known for its violence, gambling and "vice". The first paid force was not created until 1869 when a force of six officers under City Marshal William C. Warren were hired. Warren was shot by one of his officers in 1876 and, to replace h ...

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Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department - History, Los Angeles Police Department - LAPD organization, Los Angeles Police Department - Force composition, Los Angeles Police Department - LAPD in the media, Los Angeles Police Department - Books, Los Angeles Police Department - Novels, Los Angeles Police Department - Motion pictures, Los Angeles Police Department - Television programs, Los Angeles Police Department - Video games, Los Angeles Police Department - LAPD Chiefs of Police, Los Angeles Police Department - External link

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This article is about the mid-20th century North American airline, not to be confused with the late 20th-century Capitol Air Lines. A different "Capital Airlines," formerly Brown Air International, operated in the United Kingdom 1983–1990. It is also the name of a charter and air ambulance service in Kenya. Capital Airlines was an airline serving the eastern United States which was merged into United Airlines in 1961. Its primary hubs were National Airport near Washington, DC and Allegheny County Airport near Pittsburg ...

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• Capital Airlines - Pennsylvania Central Airlines
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Accounts that may relate to symptoms of schizophrenia date back as far as 2000 BC in the Book of Hearts, part of the ancient Ebers papyrus. However, a recent study1 into the ancient Greek and Roman literature showed that, while the general population probably had an awareness of psychotic disorders, there was no recorded condition that would meet the modern diagnostic crite ...

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Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia - Overview, Schizophrenia - History, Schizophrenia - Diagnosis, Schizophrenia - Criteria signs and symptoms, Schizophrenia - Subtypes, Schizophrenia - Presentation, Schizophrenia - Diagnostic issues and controversies, Schizophrenia - Causes, Schizophrenia - Genetic and environmental influences, Schizophrenia - Neurobiological influences, Schizophrenia - Incidence and prevalence, Schizophrenia - Treatment, Schizophrenia - Medication and hospitalization, Schizophrenia - Therapy and community support, Schizophrenia - Prognosis, Schizophrenia - Schizophrenia and drug use, Schizophrenia - Hallucinogens, Schizophrenia - Cannabis, Schizophrenia - Tobacco, Schizophrenia - Schizophrenia and violence, Schizophrenia - Violence perpetrated by people with schizophrenia, Schizophrenia - Violence against people with schizophrenia, Schizophrenia - Alternative approaches to schizophrenia, Schizophrenia - Notable people affected by schizophrenia, Schizophrenia - General reading

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1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1) All-Star Game, July 12 at Ebbets Field: American League, 11-7 1949 in baseball - Other champions. First Caribbean World Series: Almendares (Cuba) College World Series: Texas Little League World Series: Hammonton, New Jersey ...

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1949 in baseball, 1949 in baseball - Champions, 1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball, 1949 in baseball - Other champions, 1949 in baseball - Awards and honors, 1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings, 1949 in baseball - Events, 1949 in baseball - January-March, 1949 in baseball - April, 1949 in baseball - May, 1949 in baseball - June, 1949 in baseball - July, 1949 in baseball - August, 1949 in baseball - September, 1949 in baseball - October, 1949 in baseball - November, 1949 in baseball - December, 1949 in baseball - Births, 1949 in baseball - January-June, 1949 in baseball - July-December, 1949 in baseball - Deaths

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1851 - Undated. Dictator Rosas overthrown in Brazil. New government recognizes independent Paraguay. New Blanco government in Uruguay Florida State University is founded. Gold discovered in Australia. St. Paul's College, Hong Kong is founded. Macy's department store founded by R.H. Macy. ...

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