An alley or alleyway is a type of road found in densely populated urban areas. Alleys usually run between or behind buildings to allow for delivery and collection. Originally they were required for waste collection, delivery of coal (before the widespread adoption of central heating), or rear access for fire engines and parking. Blind alleys have no outlet at one end. The reduced usage of alleys has resulted in their decline. Under use, poor maintenance, poor night time illumination and narrow width has contributed to an ...

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Alley Oop is the title character in a syndicated comic strip created in 1932 by American cartoonist V. T. Hamlin, who wrote and drew Alley Oop through four decades for NEA (Newspaper Enterprise Association). Initially, Alley Oop was a daily strip which had a run from December 5, 1932 to January 3, 1933. Beginning August 7, 1933, the early material was reworked for a larger readership. A mix of adventure, fantasy and humor, the strip added a Sunday full page, on September 9, 1934. It also appeared in half page, tab ...

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• Alley Oop - Characters and settings
• Alley Oop - Oop in pop culture
• Alley Oop - Reprints

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Agroforestry combines agriculture and forestry technologies to create more integrated, diverse, productive, profitable, healthy and sustainable land-use systems. -National Agroforestry Center (NAC) The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) made this definition in 1993: "Agroforestry is a collective name for land use systems and practices in which woody perennials are deliberately integrated with crops and/or animals on the same land management unit. The integration can be either in a spatial mixture or in a temporal sequence. There are no ...

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Castle Solitude in Germany was built as a hunting lodge between 1764 and 1769 under Duke Karl Eugen of Württemberg. It is not a true castle, but rather a rococo palace. Since 1956 the area has belonged to the urban district of Stuttgart, Germany. The castle lies on a long-drawn-out plain between the cities of Leonberg, Gerlingen and Stuttgart. The castle offers views to the north. Castle Solitude - History. The construction period of the castle was characterized by political and financial difficulties. Kar ...

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• Castle Solitude - Use of the Castle today
• Castle Solitude - Building Style
• Castle Solitude - Solitude Alley
• Castle Solitude - Race Track
• Castle Solitude - Suburb

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Bowl could relate to any of these : bowl - a vessel bowl, a cup-like structure, as, for example, holding all the seats in a stadium bowl - an unevenly-weighted black-coloured ball used to hit the "jack" in the game of bowls bowl - in cricket, the action of bowling performed by a bowler Super Bowl - the championship game of the National Football League bowl games - post-season college football games Quizbowl - quiz game College Bowl - College Bowl format of quizb ...

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Starting with the birth of recorded music, American popular music has had a profound effect on music across the world. The country has seen the rise of popular styles that have had a significant influence on global culture, including ragtime, blues, jazz, rock, R & B, doo wop, gospel, soul, funk, heavy metal, punk, disco, house, techno, salsa, grunge and hip hop. In addition, the American music industry is quite diverse, supporting a number of regional styles like zydeco, klezmer and slack-key. The appeal of these styles lies in t ...

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• American popular music - Tin Pan Alley
• American popular music - Broadway
• American popular music - Ragtime
• American popular music - Early recorded popular music
• American popular music - Popular jazz and swing
• American popular music - Blues diversification and popularization
• American popular music - 1950s and 60s
• American popular music - Country: Nashville Sound
• American popular music - Soul
• American popular music - 1960s rock
• American popular music - 1970s and 80s
• American popular music - 70s funk and soul
• American popular music - 80s pop
• American popular music - Birth of the underground
• American popular music - Punk and alternative rock
• American popular music - Heavy metal
• American popular music - 1990s to the present
• American popular music - International and social impact
• American popular music - Notes

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Best Comic Book - Justice League of America; Best Adventure Hero/Heroine with own book - Green Lantern; Best Adventure Hero/Heroine not in own book - Hawkman; Best Supporting Character - Elongated Man; Best Cover - Flash #123; Best Single Issue - Flash #123, "Flash of Two Worlds", by Gardner Fox & Carmine Infantino; Best Artist - Carmine Infantino Best Story - "Flash of Two Worlds," by Gardner Fox & Carmine Infantino, from Flash #123 Best Adventure-Hero Group - The Justice League of America Hero/Heroine Most Worthy of Revival - Spectre Worst Comic Book ...

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Best Comic Book of the Year - Fantastic Four Best Editor of a Comics Group - Julius Schwartz Best Script Writer - Gardner Fox Best Pencil Artist - Carmine Infantino Best Inker - Murphy Anderson Best Hero - Hawkman Best Group of Heroes - Fantastic Four Best Villain - Sub-Mariner (Fantastic Four) Best Supporting Character - The Thing (Fantastic Four) Best Short Story - "Origin of Spider-Man," by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko, from Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel) Best Book-Length Story - "The Planet that Came to a Standstill," by Gardner Fox & ...

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Founders/ Shop keepers: Mr Ollivander Founded in: 382 BC Sells: Magic wands Descriptions: Narrow and shabby, sign with peeling gold letters over the door, a single wand lying on a purple cushion in the dusty window; inside - thousands of narrow boxes piled neatly right up to the ceiling. Signs: Ollivander's: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC Known Customers: Harry Potter, Lily Evans, James Potter, Tom Riddle, Rubeus Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Cedric Diggory, ...

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Diagon Alley, Diagon Alley - Borgin and Burkes, Diagon Alley - Cauldron Shop Unnamed, Diagon Alley - Daily Prophet, Diagon Alley - Eeylops Owl Emporium, Diagon Alley - Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, Diagon Alley - Flourish & Blotts, Diagon Alley - Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop, Diagon Alley - Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Diagon Alley - The Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley - External links, Diagon Alley - Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, Diagon Alley - Magical Menagerie, Diagon Alley - Ollivander's, Diagon Alley - References, Diagon Alley - Quality Quidditch Supplies, Diagon Alley - Slug & Jiggers Apothecary, Diagon Alley - Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, Diagon Alley - Items Developed or Sold, Diagon Alley - Minor Shops, Diagon Alley - WhizzHard Books, Diagon Alley - Terrortours, Diagon Alley - Twilfitt and Tatting's, Diagon Alley - Obscurus Books, Diagon Alley - Junk shop

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Alley won a supporting role in the 1982 movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, playing Vulcan officer Lieutenant Saavik. Alley turned down the role of Saavik in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock because the producers would not meet her salary demands and because she didn't want to be typecast as a science fiction actress. Alley also co-starred in a short-lived secret agent television series, Masquerade and the acclai ...

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Founders/ Shop keepers: Mr Ollivander Founded in: 382 B.C. Sells: Magic wands Descriptions: Narrow and shabby, sign with peeling gold letters over the door, a single wand lying on a purple cushion in the dusty window; inside - thousands of narrow boxes piled neatly right up to the ceiling. Signs: Ollivander's: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC Known Customers: Harry Potter, James and Lily Potter, Tom Riddle, Rubeus Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Cedric Diggory, ...

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Diagon Alley, Diagon Alley - Borgin and Burkes, Diagon Alley - Cauldron Shop Unnamed, Diagon Alley - Daily Prophet, Diagon Alley - Eeylops Owl Emporium, Diagon Alley - Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, Diagon Alley - Flourish & Blotts, Diagon Alley - Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop, Diagon Alley - Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Diagon Alley - The Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley - External links, Diagon Alley - Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, Diagon Alley - Magical Menagerie, Diagon Alley - Ollivander's, Diagon Alley - References, Diagon Alley - Quality Quidditch Supplies, Diagon Alley - Slug & Jiggers Apothecary, Diagon Alley - Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, Diagon Alley - Items Developed or Sold, Diagon Alley - Minor Shops, Diagon Alley - WhizzHard Books, Diagon Alley - Terrortours, Diagon Alley - Twilfitt and Tatting's, Diagon Alley - Obscurus Books, Diagon Alley - Junk shop

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Kirstie Alley was married to Bob Alley from 1974-77 whom she met as a student at Kansas State University. She was married to actor Parker Stevenson (Richard Stevenson Parker, Jr.) from December 22, 1983, until 1997. During their marriage, the couple adopted two children--Wlliam True (born September 9, 1992) and Lillie Price (born June 15, 1994). Alley also experienced a miscarriage as well as a stillbirth. According to media reports at the time of the couple's divorce, Stevenson walked away from the marriage with a healthy $6,000,000 (USD) s ...

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In the main screen, the "alley", the player is presented with the outer façade of a house with several windows, which periodically open to throw out random objects. By climbing trash cans, fences, and clotheslines, the cat can enter various rooms through these windows, and each room contains one of several challenges: There may be a table with a birdcage in the middle of the room. Here, the object is to push the birdcage off the table, and then catch the bird (which escapes from the then-broken cage). In another room, ...

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The PC version was designed to be run under PC DOS or MS-DOS, but still works on its successors, including Microsoft Windows (although not the x64 variants which lack MS-DOS support). It runs at 320x200 resolution, features four-colour CGA graphics (the most common colors to be onscreen at once are black, white, cyan and magenta or black, red, yellow and green) and PC speaker sound and music. It is often nostalgically referred to as one of the classic computer games of the "old CGA times". The game was very compact, stored entirely ...

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