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2003 in baseball, 2003 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings, 2003 in baseball - Postseason, 2003 in baseball - Other Champions, 2003 in baseball - Events, 2003 in baseball - January-June, 2003 in baseball - July-December, 2003 in baseball - Awards and honors, 2003 in baseball - Books, 2003 in baseball - Movies, 2003 in baseball - Births, 2003 in baseball - Deaths, 2003 in baseball - January-March, 2003 in baseball - April-June, 2003 in baseball - July-September, 2003 in baseball - October-December

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Robert Oppenheimer - On Oppenheimer's first initial. The meaning of the "J" in J. Robert Oppenheimer has been the source of confusion among many. Historians Alice Kimball Smith and Charles Weiner sum it up best, in their volume Robert Oppenheimer: Letters and recollections (Harvard University Press: Cambridge, 1980), on page 1: "Whether the 'J' in Robert's name stood for Julius or, as Robert himself once said, 'for nothing' may never be fully resolved. His brother Frank surmises that the 'J' was symbolic, ...

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Robert Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer - Early life and education, Robert Oppenheimer - Europe, Robert Oppenheimer - California, Robert Oppenheimer - Radical politics, Robert Oppenheimer - The Manhattan Project, Robert Oppenheimer - Los Alamos, Robert Oppenheimer - Trinity, Robert Oppenheimer - Japan, Robert Oppenheimer - Postwar activities, Robert Oppenheimer - Atomic Energy Commission, Robert Oppenheimer - Security hearings, Robert Oppenheimer - Institute for Advanced Study, Robert Oppenheimer - Final years, Robert Oppenheimer - Legacy, Robert Oppenheimer - Notes, Robert Oppenheimer - On Oppenheimer's first initial

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Music of Brazil - Colonial music. The earliest known descriptions of music in Brazil date from 1578, when Jean De Léry, a French Calvinist pastor, published Viagem à Terra do Brasil (Journey to the Land of Brazil). He described the dances and transcribed the music of the Tupi people. In 1587, Gabriel Soares de Sousa wrote Tratado Descritivo do Brasil about the music of several native Braz ...

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Music of Brazil, Music of Brazil - Brazilian music history, Music of Brazil - Colonial music, Music of Brazil - Independent Brazil, Music of Brazil - Classical music, Music of Brazil - Folk music, Music of Brazil - Indigenous music, Music of Brazil - Eastern Amazônia, Music of Brazil - Popular music, Music of Brazil - Música Popular Brasileira, Music of Brazil - Choro, Music of Brazil - Bossa nova, Music of Brazil - Tropicalia, Music of Brazil - Música nordestina, Music of Brazil - Repentismo, Music of Brazil - Frevo, Music of Brazil - Forró, Music of Brazil - Rock, Music of Brazil - Heavy Metal, Music of Brazil - Raggamuffin Dancehall, Music of Brazil - Afro Brazilian music, Music of Brazil - Samba, Music of Brazil - Capoeira music, Music of Brazil - Maracatu, Music of Brazil - Afoxê, Music of Brazil - Samba-reggae, Music of Brazil - Music of Salvador: Late 60s to mid-70s, Music of Brazil - Other Afro-Brazilian music genres

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She was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, the third child of Thomas E. LeSueur (1868-1938) and Anna Bell Johnson (1884-1958), who was of Irish and Scandinavian descent. Her older siblings were Daisy LeSueur, who died as a very young child, and Hal LeSueur. Her father, who was born in Tennessee, was of distant French Huguenot extraction. His ancestors immigrated from London, England, in the early 1700s to Virginia, where they lived for several generations. LeSueur was said to have abandoned the family in Texas; Crawford later said she had been ...

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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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(all dates are for release) Alfred Hitchcock - Silent films. No. 13 (Unfinished, also known as Mrs. Peabody) (1922) Always Tell Your Wife (Uncredited) (1923) The Pleasure Garden (1925) The Mountain Eagle (1926) The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) Downhill (1927) Easy Virtue (1928), based on a Noel Coward play The Ring (1927), an original story by Hitchcock. The Farmer's ...

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Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock - Biography, Alfred Hitchcock - Early life, Alfred Hitchcock - Pre-war British career, Alfred Hitchcock - Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock - Peak years and decline, Alfred Hitchcock - Themes and devices, Alfred Hitchcock - His character and its effects on his films, Alfred Hitchcock - His style of working, Alfred Hitchcock - Awards, Alfred Hitchcock - Quotations, Alfred Hitchcock - Other notes, Alfred Hitchcock - Filmography, Alfred Hitchcock - Silent films, Alfred Hitchcock - Sound films, Alfred Hitchcock - Television episodes, Alfred Hitchcock - Frequent collaborators

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Music of Brazil - Samba. Main article: Samba By the beginning of the 20th century, samba had begun to evolve out of choro in Rio de Janeiro's neighborhood, inhabited mostly by poor blacks descended from slaves. Samba's popularity grew through the 20th century, especially internationally, as awareness of samba de enredo (a type of samba played during Carnival) has grown. Other types of samba include: Samba de breque - reggaeish and choppy Samba-canção - typical variety of nightclubs. Samba pagode - modern popular variety.

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Music of Brazil, Music of Brazil - Brazilian music history, Music of Brazil - Colonial music, Music of Brazil - Independent Brazil, Music of Brazil - Classical music, Music of Brazil - Folk music, Music of Brazil - Indigenous music, Music of Brazil - Eastern Amazônia, Music of Brazil - Popular music, Music of Brazil - Música Popular Brasileira, Music of Brazil - Choro, Music of Brazil - Bossa nova, Music of Brazil - Tropicalia, Music of Brazil - Música nordestina, Music of Brazil - Repentismo, Music of Brazil - Frevo, Music of Brazil - Forró, Music of Brazil - Rock, Music of Brazil - Heavy Metal, Music of Brazil - Raggamuffin Dancehall, Music of Brazil - Afro Brazilian music, Music of Brazil - Samba, Music of Brazil - Capoeira music, Music of Brazil - Maracatu, Music of Brazil - Afoxê, Music of Brazil - Samba-reggae, Music of Brazil - Music of Salvador: Late 60s to mid-70s, Music of Brazil - Other Afro-Brazilian music genres

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Early disc records were originally made of various materials including hard rubber. From 1897 onwards, earlier materials were largely replaced by a rather brittle formula of 25% "shellac" (a material obtained from the excretion of an Indian beetle, a natural plastic), a filler of a cotton compound similar to manila paper, powdered slate and a small amount of a wax lubricant. The mass production of shellac records began in 1898 in Hanover, Germany. Shellac records were the most common until about 1950. Unbreakable records, usually of celluloi ...

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Gramophone record, Gramophone record - Basics, Gramophone record - Common formats, Gramophone record - Less common formats, Gramophone record - Structure of a typical record, Gramophone record - Early history of the medium, Gramophone record - History of the materials, Gramophone record - History of the speeds, Gramophone record - Progress and the War of the Speeds, Gramophone record - Stereo and beyond, Gramophone record - Other developments, Gramophone record - The record mastering and pressing process, Gramophone record - Recording the disc, Gramophone record - Mass producing records, Gramophone record - Packaging and Distribution, Gramophone record - Record Labels, Gramophone record - Disc limitations, Gramophone record - Recording medium comparison, Gramophone record - Beyond the 1990s: Records versus the digital media, Gramophone record - Arguments about sound fidelity, Gramophone record - Disc jockeys, Gramophone record - Creating homemade records, Gramophone record - Studios, Gramophone record - Personal recording devices, Gramophone record - Preservation of disc recordings

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Main article: Supporterklubben Änglarna Before the foundation of IFK Göteborg, the dominant club in the Gothenburg area was Örgryte IS, which was considered a middle class club, and in later years an upper class club, like most clubs of that time. IFK became popular amongst the working class which created a fierce rivalry as the supporters not only supported different teams, they were also belonging to different social classes. During this time, in the early 20th century, supporters were supposed to act as gentlemen, applaud ...

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IFK Göteborg, IFK Göteborg - History, IFK Göteborg - Colours and badge, IFK Göteborg - Stadium, IFK Göteborg - Supporters, IFK Göteborg - Current squad, IFK Göteborg - Noted players, IFK Göteborg - Noted managers, IFK Göteborg - Achievements, IFK Göteborg - Records

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Yankee - Origins. Other origins of the term are disputed. One theory customarily held by persons not from New England claims that it originated from the Dutch in old New Amsterdam (today known as New York City) in the Mid-Atlantic States. It then was adopted by the British as a pejorative for (Northern) colonists. The origin might have been the phrase Jan Kees ("John Cornelius") (two very common Dutch names), which the English-speaking people picked up as "yankees", a wor ...

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Yankee, Yankee - History, Yankee - Origins, Yankee - The American Civil War, Yankee - Contemporary uses, Yankee - In the United States, Yankee - In other parts of the world

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Embalming as practiced in the funeral homes of the Western World uses several steps. Modern embalming techniques are not the result of a single practitioner, but rather the accumulation of many decades, even centuries, of research, trial and error and invention. A standardized version follows below but variation on techniques is very common. The first thing an embalmer should do is verify the identity of the deceased (normally via wrist or leg tags) and perform basic tests for signs of death, such as clouded-over corneas, lividity, an ...

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Embalming, Embalming - History of embalming, Embalming - Modern embalming, Embalming - Embalming chemicals, Embalming - Specialist embalming, Embalming - Embalming and different religions, Embalming - Embalming in popular culture

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In modern versions of the legend, Robin Hood is said to have taken up residence in the verdant Sherwood Forest in the county of Nottinghamshire. This is a matter of some considerable contention. The original ballads speak of his being in Barnsdale (the area between Pontefract and Doncaster), some fifty miles north of Sherwood in the county of Yorkshire. This is reinforced for some by the similarity of Locksley to the area of Loxley in Sheffield, where in nearby Tideswell, which was the “Kings Larder” in the Royal Forest of the Pea ...

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Robin Hood, Robin Hood - The Robin Hood legend, Robin Hood - Possible locations, Robin Hood - Modern interpretations, Robin Hood - Other trivia, Robin Hood - Movies and TV series, Robin Hood - Appearance in other arts, Robin Hood - Music, Robin Hood - Video games

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Centre Province - Land. The Centre's soil is primarily composed of Precambrian deposits of metamorphic rocks, such as gneiss, mica, migmatites, and schists. Granite dominates from about 4˚ N and to the Adamawa border. Faults along the border with the South Province have deposited metamorphic schists and quartzites, with some granite. Laterites are also common, caused ...

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Centre Province, Centre Province - Geography, Centre Province - Land, Centre Province - Drainage, Centre Province - Relief, Centre Province - Climate, Centre Province - Plant and animal life, Centre Province - Demographics, Centre Province - Settlement patterns, Centre Province - People, Centre Province - Religion, Centre Province - Economy, Centre Province - Agriculture, Centre Province - Industry, Centre Province - Transportation, Centre Province - Tourism, Centre Province - Administration and social conditions, Centre Province - Government, Centre Province - Education, Centre Province - Health, Centre Province - Cultural life, Centre Province - History, Centre Province - Early population movements, Centre Province - European contacts, Centre Province - German administration, Centre Province - French administration, Centre Province - Post-independence

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Portugal has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by homo sapiens. In the early first millennium BCE, several waves of Celts invaded Portugal from central Europe and intermarried with the local Iberian people, forming the Celtiberian ethnic group, with many tribes, such as the Lusitanians, the Calaicians or Gallaeci and the Conii (amongst others less significant tribes such as the Bracari, Celtici, Coelerni, Equaesi, Grovii, Interamici, Leuni, Luanqui, Limici, Narbasi, Nemetati, Paesuri, Quaquerni, Seurbi, Tamagani, Tapoli, Turduli, Tur ...

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History of Portugal, History of Portugal - Portugal, History of Portugal - Early history, History of Portugal - Roman Lusitania, History of Portugal - Germanic kingdoms, History of Portugal - Moorish rule and the Reconquista, History of Portugal - Affirmation of Portugal, History of Portugal - Discoveries Odyssey: Glory of the Empire, History of Portugal - Decline of the Empire, History of Portugal - Pombaline Era, History of Portugal - Crises of the Nineteenth Century, History of Portugal - The First Republic, History of Portugal - New State Estado Novo, History of Portugal - The Third Republic, History of Portugal - Timeline

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Stop motion animation is almost as old as film-making itself. The first instance of the technique can be credited to Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackman for The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898), in which a toy circus of acrobats and animals comes to life. The Haunted Hotel (1907) is another stop motion film by James Stuart Blackton, and was a resounding success when released. Segundo de Chomons (1871-1929), from Spain, released Hotel Electrico later that same year, and used similar techniques as the Blackton film. The earliest clay animation film was ...

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Stop motion, Stop motion - History, Stop motion - Current Work, Stop motion - Software, Stop motion - Compare with, Stop motion - Stop Motion Movies

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See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. 1998 in literature - Events. November 18 - Alice McDermott wins the National Book Award with her novel Charming Billy. Following the death of Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, there is a gap of several months before a successor is appointed. 1998 in literature - New books. About a Boy - Nick Hornby African Exploits - Roy Ma ...

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• 1998 in literature - Events
• 1998 in literature - New books
• 1998 in literature - Births
• 1998 in literature - Deaths
• 1998 in literature - Awards

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Dorsetshire was in some ways a victim of the lack of British intelligence about the capabilities of the Japanese fleet. Neither Agar nor Admiral Somerville had any idea that the range of Japanese naval dive bombers was almost twice that of comparative British aircraft. To survive after getting a second warning of the presence of a large westbound Japanese Fleet in the Indian Ocean he would have had to leave ...

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Augustus Agar, Augustus Agar - Victoria Cross, Augustus Agar - Early Life, Augustus Agar - Character, Augustus Agar - World War One: The Grand Fleet, Augustus Agar - The Dardanelles and Guard Duty, Augustus Agar - North Russia, Augustus Agar - Coastal Motor Boats, Augustus Agar - The Baltic and the Bolsheviks, Augustus Agar - Between the Wars, Augustus Agar - World War Two: HMS Emerald and the North Atlantic Convoys, Augustus Agar - Operation Lucid, Augustus Agar - Coastal Forces, Augustus Agar - HMS Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Japanese in the Indian Ocean, Augustus Agar - End of the Dorsetshire, Augustus Agar - Discussion of the Loss, Augustus Agar - Later Life, Augustus Agar - Assessment, Augustus Agar - Reference

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Modern scuba sets are of two types: open-circuit (often called an "aqualung", see Aqua-Lung™). Here the diver breathes in from the set and out to waste. This type of equipment is relatively simple, making it cheap and reliable. The duration of open-circuit dives is shorter than a dive with a rebreather, in proportion to the weight and bulk of the set. It can be uneconomic when used with expensive gas mixes such as heliox and trimix. Most divers use standard air (i.e. 21% Oxygen / 79% Nitrogen) The cylinder is nea ...

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Scuba set, Scuba set - Types of scuba set, Scuba set - Open circuit scuba sets, Scuba set - Rebreathers, Scuba set - Duration of a dive, Scuba set - Underwater alternatives to scuba, Scuba set - Breathing sets used out of water, Scuba set - History, Scuba set - Accessories

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The colonial rulers attempted to assuage Indian discontent by providing for one of their number to be nominated to the Legislative Council from 1916 onwards. Badri Maharaj, a strong supporter of the British Empire but with little support among his own people, was appointed by the Governor in 1916. His appointment did little to redress the grievances of the Indian community. Buttressed by the Indian Imperial Association founded by Manilal Maganlal, a lawyer who had arrived in Fiji in 1912, the Indians continued to campaign for better work and ...

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Indo-Fijian, Indo-Fijian - Origins, Indo-Fijian - Political participation : early 1900s, Indo-Fijian - Religious and social divisions : 1920 - 1945, Indo-Fijian - Developments since 1945, Indo-Fijian - Demographic factors, Indo-Fijian - External link

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Korean family names are influenced by Chinese family names, hence, as in Chinese, the term the hundred family names (baekseong; 백성; 百姓) means "the people" or "commoners." As with Chinese family names, almost all Korean family names have just one Hanja (hence are one syllable). There are only roughly 250 family names (seongssi; 성씨; 姓氏) in use today. Each family name is divided into one or more clans (bon-gwan; 본관; 本寬), identified by the city that the clan office is located in. The most populous clan is ...

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Korean name, Korean name - Family names, Korean name - Westernized pronunciations, Korean name - Given names, Korean name - Historical names, Korean name - Native names, Korean name - Mongolian names, Korean name - Japanization of names

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Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. He commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlords and emerged victorious in 1928 as the overall leader of the Republic of China (ROC). Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, during which Chiang's stature within China weakened but his international prominence grew. During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang at ...

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• Chiang Kai-shek - Early life
• Chiang Kai-shek - Rise to power
• Chiang Kai-shek - Tutelage over China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Wartime leader of China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Losing China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Presidency in Taiwan
• Chiang Kai-shek - Death and legacy
• Chiang Kai-shek - Names
• Chiang Kai-shek - Notes

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March 6 - 1252 to 1899. 1252 - Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235) 1490 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458) 1531 - Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador 1627 - Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580) 1754 - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1694) 1758 - Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician 1764 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690) 1796 - Guillaume ...

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March 6, March 6 - Events, March 6 - Births, March 6 - Deaths, March 6 - 1252 to 1899, March 6 - 1900 to 1999, March 6 - 2000 onwards, March 6 - Holidays and observances

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Rainier's official shortened title was His Serene Highness Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco; this does not include the many other hereditary titles acquired by the Grimaldi family (see Prince of Monaco for a complete list). His other non-hereditary titles and awards included: Knight Grand-Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta with Cross of Honorary Professed Member Colonel in the French Army Grand Master of the Order of Saint-Charles Grand Master of ...

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Rainier III Prince of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco - Early life, Rainier III Prince of Monaco - Marriage and family, Rainier III Prince of Monaco - Actions as Prince, Rainier III Prince of Monaco - Illness and death, Rainier III Prince of Monaco - Titles, Rainier III Prince of Monaco - Philately

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