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Sometimes criticized as redundant, the B-1B was given new life as the new threats of the 21st century emerged, and now fills an important niche in the Air Force inventory. It is worth noting that the project finished on budget, and has higher survivability and speed when compared to the older B-52, which it was intended to replace. With the arrival of limited numbers of B-2s in the 1990s and the continuing use of B-52s, its value has been questioned. However, the capability of a high-speed strike with a large bomb payload for time-sensitive operations is useful, and no ...

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B-1 Lancer, B-1 Lancer - Development, B-1 Lancer - Technology, B-1 Lancer - Operational History, B-1 Lancer - Crashes and malfunctions, B-1 Lancer - Specifications B-1B Lancer, B-1 Lancer - General characteristics, B-1 Lancer - Performance, B-1 Lancer - Armament, B-1 Lancer - Units, B-1 Lancer - Trivia, B-1 Lancer - Related content, B-1 Lancer - Designation sequence, B-1 Lancer - Related development, B-1 Lancer - Similar aircraft, B-1 Lancer - Related lists, B-1 Lancer - External links

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Only 20 Concordes were built, six for development and 14 for commercial service. These were: Two prototypes Two pre-production aircraft 16 production aircraft The first two of these did not enter commercial service Of the 14 which flew commercially, 12 were still in service in April 2003 All but two of these aircraft - a remarkably high percentage for any commercial fleet - are preserved. The two which are not are F-BVFD (cn 211), which was withdrawn from service in the 1980s and scrapped in 1994; and F-BTSC (cn 203), which crashed in Paris. See C ...

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Concorde, Concorde - Origins, Concorde - Technological features, Concorde - Scheduled flights, Concorde - Passenger experience, Concorde - Paris crash, Concorde - Withdrawal from service, Concorde - Air France, Concorde - British Airways, Concorde - Aircraft histories, Concorde - Cultural and political impact, Concorde - Dimensions and specifications, Concorde - Trivia, Concorde - Possible replacement, Concorde - Films and Television

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In November 2003, European aviation company EADS (the company behind Airbus) announced that it was considering working with Japanese companies to develop a larger, faster replacement for Concorde [5]. However, recent news reports suggest only $1m is being invested every year into research, much less than the $1bn needed for the development of a viable airliner. In October 2005, JAXA, the Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency, undertook aerodynamic testing of a scale model of a plane designed to carry 300 passengers at Mach 2. If pursued to commercial deployment, it would be ...

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Concorde, Concorde - Origins, Concorde - Technological features, Concorde - Scheduled flights, Concorde - Passenger experience, Concorde - Paris crash, Concorde - Withdrawal from service, Concorde - Air France, Concorde - British Airways, Concorde - Aircraft histories, Concorde - Cultural and political impact, Concorde - Dimensions and specifications, Concorde - Trivia, Concorde - Possible replacement, Concorde - Films and television

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The NAACP's headquarters is in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional regional offices in California, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Georgia, Texas, and Maryland. Each regional office is responsible for coordinating the efforts of state conferences in the states included in that region. Local, youth, and college chapters organize activities for individual members. The NAACP is governed nationally by a 64-member board of directors led by a chairman. The board elects one person as the president and chief executive officer for the organizat ...

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NAACP, NAACP - Organization, NAACP - History, NAACP - Fighting Jim Crow, NAACP - Desegregation, NAACP - The 1990s: Crisis and restored strength, NAACP - Critics and supporters, NAACP - Bush declines to speak to the NAACP, NAACP - Timeline, NAACP - Influential court cases, NAACP - Sources and further reading

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De Niro was born in New York City, the son of Robert De Niro, Sr., an abstract expressionist painter, sculptor, and poet of Italian descent (De Niro's grandfather was an Italian immigrant from Molise), and Virginia Admiral, also a painter. They had met at the painting classes of Hans Hoffman in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His parents divorced when he was two years old. A biographer, John Baxter, claims that his father was homosexual, and had relationships with poet Robert Duncan, playwright ...

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Robert De Niro, Robert De Niro - Early career, Robert De Niro - Film career, Robert De Niro - Personal life, Robert De Niro - Trivia, Robert De Niro - Filmography, Robert De Niro - Salary

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One of the most recent examples of a micronation is the "Königreich Kreuzberg" (Kingdom of Kreuzberg) which was founded in 2002 by Christel Göritz and her son Rick in Zweibrücken, Germany, on land previously occupied by a U.S. military base. Rick took the title of King, his mother that of "King Mum". Eberhard Bayer, a Prosecutor in Zweibrücken, declared that he would not prosecute the Göritzs for the offence of abuse of titles, as the title of 'King' had been abolished in Germany, "and is therefore not protected". The town of Zweibrücken was t ...

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Micronation, Micronation - Definition of micronation, Micronation - Evolution of micronationalism, Micronation - Micronations from the 1960-70s, Micronation - Micronations in Australia, Micronation - Impact of the Internet, Micronation - Recent examples, Micronation - Categories of micronations, Micronation - Social economic or political simulations, Micronation - Exercises in personal entertainment or self-aggrandisement, Micronation - Exercises in fantasy or creative fiction, Micronation - Vehicles for the promotion of an agenda, Micronation - Entities created for allegedly fraudulent purposes, Micronation - Historical anomalies and aspirant states, Micronation - New country projects, Micronation - Academic literary and media attention, Micronation - General entries, Micronation - Specific examples

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In 2005, with the release of their live album with Paul Rodgers, Queen moved into third place of the acts with the most aggregate time spent on the British record charts, outranking The Beatles. Current rankings: Elvis Presley (2,574 weeks) Cliff Richard (1,982) Queen (1,755) The Beatles (1,749) ...

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Queen band, Queen band - Members, Queen band - History, Queen band - 1968-1970, Queen band - 1970s, Queen band - 1980s, Queen band - 1990s, Queen band - 2000s, Queen band - Historical success, Queen band - Influence on modern music, Queen band - The Digital Realm, Queen band - Queen Live, Queen band - Members Of The Band As Instrumentalists, Queen band - Queen in film, Queen band - Documentary, Queen band - Queen in musical theatre, Queen band - Discography, Queen band - Studio albums, Queen band - Live albums, Queen band - Compilations, Queen band - Tribute albums, Queen band - Singles

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In between Adams's first trip to Madagascar with Mark Carwardine in 1985, and their series of travels that formed the basis for the radio series and non-fiction book Last Chance to See, Adams wrote two other novels with a new cast of characters. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was first published in 1987, and was described by its author as "a kind of ghost-horror-detective-time-travel-romantic-comedy-epic, mainly concerned with mud, music and quantum mechanics." ^{See also:}

Douglas Adams, Douglas Adams - Early life, Douglas Adams - Education and early works, Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams - Doctor Who, Douglas Adams - Music, Douglas Adams - Pink Floyd, Douglas Adams - Procol Harum, Douglas Adams - Other musical links, Douglas Adams - Computer games and projects, Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently, Douglas Adams - Personal beliefs, Douglas Adams - Religion, Douglas Adams - Environmentalism, Douglas Adams - Technology, Douglas Adams - Personal life, Douglas Adams - Adams's death, Douglas Adams - Biographies, Douglas Adams - Douglas Adams's works, Douglas Adams - Novels in the HHGG series, Douglas Adams - The Dirk Gently series, Douglas Adams - Other works, Douglas Adams - Tributes and honorifics, Douglas Adams - Notes

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A disaster (from Latin meaning, "bad star") is the impact of a natural or man-made event that negatively affects life, property, livelihood or industry often resulting in permanent changes to human societies, ecosystems and environment. (It may be noted that event itself is not a disaster, it is the impact which is called disaster.) Disasters manifest as hazards exacerbating vulnerable conditions and exceeding individuals' and communities' means to survive and thrive. Most events included herein are compiled from United States Federal Emergency Management Age ...

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• Disaster - Natural disasters
• Disaster - Avalanche
• Disaster - Cold
• Disaster - Disease
• Disaster - Drought
• Disaster - Earthquake
• Disaster - Famine
• Disaster - Fire
• Disaster - Flood
• Disaster - Hail
• Disaster - Heat
• Disaster - Hurricane
• Disaster - Impact event
• Disaster - Limnic eruption
• Disaster - Landslide
• Disaster - Mudslide
• Disaster - Sink hole
• Disaster - Solar flare
• Disaster - Storm surge
• Disaster - Thunderstorm
• Disaster - Tornado
• Disaster - Tsunami
• Disaster - Volcanic eruption
• Disaster - Waterspout
• Disaster - Winter storm
• Disaster - Man-made disasters
• Disaster - Aviation
• Disaster - Arson
• Disaster - CBRNs
• Disaster - Civil disorder
• Disaster - Crime
• Disaster - Data loss
• Disaster - Dam failure
• Disaster - Hazardous materials
• Disaster - Processing interruption
• Disaster - Liquidity shortage
• Disaster - Power outage
• Disaster - Public relations crisis
• Disaster - Radiation Contamination
• Disaster - Space Disasters
• Disaster - Telecommunication outage
• Disaster - Terrorism
• Disaster - War
• Disaster - Surviving a disaster
• Disaster - Personal and family disaster preparation
• Disaster - Local government and emergency services disaster preparation and management
• Disaster - Business disaster preparation and management
• Disaster - National disaster preparation
• Disaster - Humanitarian disaster preparation
• Disaster - Information security disaster preparation

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Littlejohn frequently denounces asylum seekers, homosexuals and single parents, whom he sees as part of a "politically correct" elite, and is also against closer ties between Britain and the European Union, both these standpoints being in keeping with the viewpoint of his most recent employers, the Daily Mail and Sun. He was also very much in favour of the Iraq war in 2003, as was The Sun ...

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Richard Littlejohn, Richard Littlejohn - Career, Richard Littlejohn - Journalism, Richard Littlejohn - Radio, Richard Littlejohn - Television, Richard Littlejohn - Books, Richard Littlejohn - Opinions, Richard Littlejohn - Controversy and criticism, Richard Littlejohn - LBC radio programme, Richard Littlejohn - The Michael Winner incident, Richard Littlejohn - The Will Self incident, Richard Littlejohn - Attitudes to homosexuality, Richard Littlejohn - Johann Hari, Richard Littlejohn - Viz Magazine

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June 5 - 535 to 1899. 535 - Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople 1017 - Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (b. 976) 1118 - Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester 1296 - Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245) 1316 - King Louis X of France (b. 1289) 1383 - Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324) 1568 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (b. 1522) 1625 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer ...

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June 5, June 5 - Events, June 5 - Births, June 5 - 1341 to 1899, June 5 - 1900 to 1999, June 5 - Deaths, June 5 - 535 to 1899, June 5 - 1900 to 1999, June 5 - 2000 onwards, June 5 - Holidays and observances

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In 1983, over two years after the breakup of Yes, Chris Squire and Alan White met guitarist Trevor Rabin (late of the band Rabbitt) and formed a new group, dubbed Cinema, which also included original Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye. Formerly a solo artist with three albums to his credit, Trevor Rabin's writing contributions included the catchy riff-oriented "Owner of a Lonely Heart," but Rabin also played a role in the making of music which fit the MTV era while retaining certain aspects of Yes' original style - particularly the vocal harmonies. O ...

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Yes band, Yes band - Founders, Yes band - Early days, Yes band - The classic lineup, Yes band - Perpetual change, Yes band - A Ridiculously Successful Comeback Album, Yes band - Union and reunion, Yes band - The 90s and beyond, Yes band - Discography, Yes band - Official albums, Yes band - Singles, Yes band - Homeworld computer game, Yes band - Tribute bands

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Björk and her contemporary media artist boyfriend Matthew Barney have a daughter, Isadora, born October 3, 2002. Björk also has a son, Sindri, born June 8, 1986, by Þór Eldon who was her bandmate in the 1980s post-punk group "The Sugarcubes". Her son Sindri Þórsson now has his own band called "Desida", where he plays bass. They garnered some positive reviews after their performance at Iceland_Airwaves in 2005. On the negative side, Björk has complained of being hounded by paparazzi in England and in 1996 two separate incidents ...

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Björk, Björk - Early Career, Björk - Popularity, Björk - The Sugarcubes, Björk - Solo career/Debut, Björk - Post, Björk - Homogenic, Björk - Vespertine, Björk - Family Tree/Greatest Hits, Björk - Medúlla, Björk - Army of Me-Xes, Björk - Drawing Restraint 9, Björk - Currently, Björk - Björk in Film, Björk - Her Name, Björk - Personal Life, Björk - Partial Discography, Björk - With The Sugarcubes, Björk - Solo studio albums, Björk - Other releases, Björk - Television, Björk - Films / Shortcuts, Björk - Bibliography, Björk - Related Bibliography

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On October 16th, 1973, as part of the political strategy that included the Yom Kippur War, OAPEC cut production of oil, and placed an embargo on shipments of crude oil to the West, with the United States and the Netherlands specifically targeted. Also imposed was a boycott of Israel, and price increases. Since oil demand falls little with price rises, prices had to rise dramatically to reduce demand to the new, lower, level of supply. Anticipating this, the market price for oil immediately rose substantially. A world financial system already ...

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1973 oil crisis, 1973 oil crisis - Origins of the 1973 world oil shock, 1973 oil crisis - World competition over resources, 1973 oil crisis - Founding of OPEC, 1973 oil crisis - The Yom Kippur War, 1973 oil crisis - Arab oil embargo, 1973 oil crisis - Chronology, 1973 oil crisis - Immediate economic impact of the embargo, 1973 oil crisis - Price controls and rationing, 1973 oil crisis - Conservation and reduction in demand, 1973 oil crisis - Search for alternatives, 1973 oil crisis - Macroeconomic effects, 1973 oil crisis - Perception of the oil industry, 1973 oil crisis - Effects on international relations, 1973 oil crisis - Decline of OPEC, 1973 oil crisis - Notes and references

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Claudius married four times. His first marriage, to Plautia Urgulanilla occured after two failed betrothals, one of which ended with the bride's death. Urgulanilla was a relation of Livia's confidant Urgulania. During their marriage she gave birth to a son, Claudius Drusus. Unfortunately, Drusus died of asphyxiation in his early teens, shortly after becoming engaged to the daughter of Sejanus. Claudius later divorced Urgulanilla for adultery and on suspicion of murdering her sister-in-law Apronia. When Urgulanilla gave birth after the divorc ...

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Claudius, Claudius - Claudius' affliction and personality, Claudius - Family and early life, Claudius - Accession as emperor, Claudius - Expansion of the empire, Claudius - Judicial and legislative affairs, Claudius - Public works, Claudius - Claudius and the Senate, Claudius - The Secretariat and centralization of powers, Claudius - Religious reforms and games, Claudius - Marriages and personal life, Claudius - Death deification and reputation, Claudius - Scholarly works and their impact, Claudius - Claudius in fiction, Claudius - Footnotes

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In the October 1993 election, Jean Chrétien became Prime Minister of Canada by leading his party to a majority victory, ousting Prime Minister Kim Campbell and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 1997 and 2000 elections. During Chrétien's term as prime minister, no party emerged as a viable challenger to the supremacy of his Liberal party, in part due to vote-splitting between the Prog ...

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Jean Chrétien, Jean Chrétien - The Early Stages of His Life, Jean Chrétien - Prime minister, Jean Chrétien - Retirement, Jean Chrétien - Supreme Court Appointments, Jean Chrétien - Legacy, Jean Chrétien - Quotes

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Robertson Davies - Early life. Growing up, Davies was surrounded by books and language. His father, Senator William Rupert Davies, was a newspaperman, and both his parents were voracious readers. He, in turn, read everything he could. He also participated in theatrical productions as a child, where he developed a lifelong interest in drama. He attended Upper Canada College in Toronto from 1926 to 1932 and then studied at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 1932 until 1935. At Queen's he was enroll ...

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Robertson Davies, Robertson Davies - Biography, Robertson Davies - Early life, Robertson Davies - Middle years, Robertson Davies - The 1960s, Robertson Davies - The 1970s, Robertson Davies - The 1980s and 1990s, Robertson Davies - Awards and recognition, Robertson Davies - Bibliography, Robertson Davies - Essays, Robertson Davies - Novels, Robertson Davies - Short stories, Robertson Davies - Plays, Robertson Davies - Libretto, Robertson Davies - Letters, Robertson Davies - Collections

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Studio albums by Pet Shop Boys include: Please (1986) Actually (1987) Introspective (1988) Behaviour (1990) Very (1993) Bilingual (1996) Nightlife (1999) Release (2002) Battleship Potemkin (2005) Fundamental (due 2006) Compilation albums by Pet Shop Boys include: Disco (1986) Discography: The complete singles collection (1991) Disco 2 (1994)< ...

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Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys - Before Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys - The Early Years, Pet Shop Boys - Sound and image, Pet Shop Boys - Sexuality, Pet Shop Boys - Discography, Pet Shop Boys - Other Ventures, Pet Shop Boys - Trivia

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1977 - January. January 10 - Major eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in eastern Zaire. January 17 - Gary Gilmore executed by a firing squad in Utah January 18 - Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious "legionnaire's disease" January 18 - Australia experiences its worst railway disaster at Granville, near Sydney, in which 83 people died. January 19 - President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (aka "Tokyo Rose"). January ...

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1977, 1977 - Events, 1977 - January, 1977 - February, 1977 - March, 1977 - April, 1977 - May, 1977 - June, 1977 - July, 1977 - August, 1977 - September, 1977 - October, 1977 - November, 1977 - December, 1977 - Unknown dates, 1977 - Births, 1977 - January-March, 1977 - April, 1977 - May, 1977 - June, 1977 - July-November, 1977 - December, 1977 - Deaths, 1977 - January-March, 1977 - April-August, 1977 - September-December, 1977 - Nobel Prizes

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1977 - January-March. January 2 - Errol Garner, American musician (b. 1921) January 14 - Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897) January 14 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916) January 14 - Anaïs Nin, French author (b. 1903) January 17 - Gary Gilmore, American murderer (executed) (b. 1940) January 19 - Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (b. 1895) January 29 - Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (b. 1902) J ...

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1977, 1977 - Events, 1977 - January, 1977 - February, 1977 - March, 1977 - April, 1977 - May, 1977 - June, 1977 - July, 1977 - August, 1977 - September, 1977 - October, 1977 - November, 1977 - December, 1977 - Unknown dates, 1977 - Births, 1977 - January-March, 1977 - April, 1977 - May, 1977 - June, 1977 - July-November, 1977 - December, 1977 - Deaths, 1977 - January-March, 1977 - April-August, 1977 - September-December, 1977 - Nobel Prizes

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1977 - January-March. January 7 - Dustin Diamond, American actor January 8 - Amber Benson, American actress January 13 - Orlando Bloom, British actor January 22 - Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer January 26 - Vince Carter, American basketball player January 28 - Daunte Culpepper, American football player January 28 - Joey Fatone, American musician February 2 - Shakira, Colombian musician February 3 - Daddy Yankee, Latin Reggaeton m ...

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1977, 1977 - Events, 1977 - January, 1977 - February, 1977 - March, 1977 - April, 1977 - May, 1977 - June, 1977 - July, 1977 - August, 1977 - September, 1977 - October, 1977 - November, 1977 - December, 1977 - Unknown dates, 1977 - Births, 1977 - January-March, 1977 - April, 1977 - May, 1977 - June, 1977 - July-November, 1977 - December, 1977 - Deaths, 1977 - January-March, 1977 - April-August, 1977 - September-December, 1977 - Nobel Prizes

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