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Alfred Bester (born December 18, 1913 in New York City, died September 30, 1987) was a science fiction author and the winner of the first Hugo Award in 1953 for his novel The Demolished Man. Alfred Bester author - Career. Bester attended the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1936 married Rolly Goulko. His first short story, "The Broken Axiom", was published in Thrilling Wonder Stories (April 1939) after winning an amateur story competition. This competition was arranged so he could have a sta ...

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Alfred Frenzel (1899-1968) was a Czechoslovakian spy who was given the code name Anna by the StB. He was the most important StB spy during the entire Cold War. During World War II, after the invasion of his homeland by Nazi Germany, Frenzel worked as an agent for the government in exile in the United Kingdom. After the end of the war, Czechoslovakia became a communist state, and Frenzel emigrated to West Germany. The new state intelligence service in Czechoslovakia, the StB, examined the files of pre-war intellige ...

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Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (born January 18, 1966) is a Russian chess player. He gained the International Grandmaster title in 1990 with one particularly good early result being his first place in the 1990 New York Open ahead of a host of strong players. Perhaps his most notable achievement was winning the FIDE World Chess Championship in 1999, a title he held until the following year. On the April 2005 FIDE list, he had an Elo ...

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Axum, properly Aksum, is a city in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, located at 14°07.475′N 38°43.975′E near the base of the Adoua mountains. It was the center of the Axumite Kingdom, which emerged around the time of the birth of Jesus and declined in the 12th century due to the shift of the power center of the Ethiopian Empire further south. Seventy-five percent of the people in the city are Ethiopian Orthodox Christians. The remainder of the population is Sunni Muslim and P'ent'ay. Due to its historical value, the ruins ...

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The Airbus A340 is a long-range widebody commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus. It is similar in design to its sister, the A330, but uses four engines rather than two. It was initially designed as a smaller replacement for early generation Boeing 747s, but the latest variants now compete with Boeing's 777 series of aircraft on long-haul and ultra long-haul routes. Airbus A340 - History. Airbus' new aircraft was launched in 1988 as a long-range complement to the short-range A320 and the medium ...

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Airbus A340 - A340-200 series Airbus A340 - A340-300 series Airbus A340 - A340-500 series Airbus A340 - A340-600 series
Airbus A340 - Accident summary
Airbus A340 - Hull loss accidents Airbus A340 - Other incidents
Airbus A340 - Specifications Airbus A340 - Related content

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An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for land-based aircraft. Modern navies, who operate such ships, treat aircraft carriers as the centerpiece of the fleet, a role previously played by the battleship. The change, part of the growth of air power as a significant part of warfare, took place during World War II. Unescorted carriers ...

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Aircraft carrier - Flight deck configuration Aircraft carrier - Common types
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Aircraft carrier - Light Aircraft Carriers Aircraft carrier - Escort Carriers and Merchant Aircraft Carriers Aircraft carrier - Catapult Aircraft Merchantmen Aircraft carrier - The Angled Deck Aircraft carrier - Post-War Developments
Aircraft carrier - Aircraft carriers today
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Aircraft carrier - French Marine Nationale Aircraft carrier - Indian Navy Aircraft carrier - Italian Marina Militare Aircraft carrier - People's Republic of China Aircraft carrier - Royal Navy Aircraft carrier - Russian Federation Aircraft carrier - Spanish Armada Española Aircraft carrier - US Navy
Aircraft carrier - Aircraft carriers in fiction

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2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Freshwater European Disability Year Blog Year 2003 - Events. 2003 - January. January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. January 1 - Pascal Couchepin becomes President of the Confederation in Switzerland. January 3 - The Ohio State Un ...

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2003 - Nobel Prizes 2003 - 2003 in Fiction

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Constantine Karamanlis (Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής in Greek; March 8, 1907 - April 23, 1998) was a Greek politician. Constantine Karamanlis - Early Life. He was born in the town of Küpköy, Macedonia, Ottoman Empire (now Proti, Macedonia, Greece). He became a Greek citizen in 1913, after Macedonia was liberated in the aftermath of the Second Balkan War. His father was Georgios Karamanlis, a teacher who fought during the national struggle of the Greeks in Macedonia, in 1904-1908. A ...

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Winter Quarters, Nebraska, was an encampment formed by approximately 3,500 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they awaited better conditions for their trek westward during the winter of 1846-1847. Over 800 shelters were built at the settlement just outside of Omaha and it remained populated until 1848. Today, Winter Quarters is a tourist attraction. It is the home of the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Cutler's Park, and the Mormon Pion ...

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A winter storm is a storm in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm where ground temperatures are cold enough to allow ice to form. In temperate continental climates, these storms are not restricted to the winter season, but may occur in the late autumn and early spring. Also, there are very rare occasions that they form in summer, though it would have to be an abnormally cold summer, such as the summer of 1816 in the Northeast United S ...

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Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French impressionist painter. Claude Monet - Life. Monet was born in Paris, but his family moved to Le Havre in Normandy when he was five. His father wanted him to go into the family grocery store business, but Claude Monet wanted to become an artist. He first became known locally for his charcoal caricatures, which he would sell for ten to twenty francs. On the bea ...

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 - City (2001)  - Metro (2004 est) 619,544 (6th) 702,400 (9th) Latitude: Longitude: Winnipeg (49°53′N 97°09′W, CST) is a Canadian city and the provincial capital of the province of Manitoba. Located in Western Canada, Winnipeg plays a prominent role in transportation, finance, manufacturing, agriculture and education. It is known as the Gateway to the West. The city is located near the geographic centre of North America. It lies in a flood pl ...

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Winnipeg Manitoba - Neighbouring communities

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Xanga (IPA: [ˈzæŋə]) is a Web site that provides users with weblog or "blog" hosting. It is operated by Xanga.com, Inc., and is based in New York City, USA. Users of Xanga are referred to as "Xangans". With over 31 million worldwide users, it is one of the most popular online blogging sites. As of 20 December 2005, Alexa Internet rated Xanga the 20th most popular English-language website, and the 41st most popular website in the world. Xanga - Overview. Xanga is a free Web-based journal-hosting service. ...

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Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army lieutenant general, diplomat, and presidential candidate. He served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history and most historians rate him the ablest American commander of his time. Over the course of his fifty-year career, he commanded forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War, conceiving the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan that ...

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Chicago is a rock band that was formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. Well known for being one of the first (and, indeed, one of the few) rock bands to make extensive use of horns, Chicago started as a politically-charged, sometimes experimental rock band and later moved to a softer sound and became famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had a steady stream of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Chicago band - Beginnings. The band was formed when a group of DePaul University music students began ...

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Chicago band - Official albums Chicago band - Unreleased album Chicago band - Official singles Chicago band - DVDs Chicago band - Other appearances

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The Virginian Railway (AAR reporting mark VGN) was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The VGN was created to transport high quality "smokeless" bituminous coal from southern West Virginia to port at Hampton Roads. Founders William N. Page and Henry H. Rogers quietly built the "Mountains to Sea" railroad right under the noses of the big railroads and the elite group of a few industr ...

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Virginian Railway - A partnership: The idea man from Ansted meets a millionaire Virginian Railway - Deepwater Railway and Tidewater Railway Virginian Railway - Victoria is created Virginian Railway - 1907: Virginian railway is born Virginian Railway - Last spike celebrations
Virginian Railway - Operating and Electrifying the Richest Little Railroad in the World Virginian Railway - End of steam: decline at servicing points Virginian Railway - The VGN-N&W Merger Virginian Railway - Heritage: There will always be a Virginian
Virginian Railway - The VGN in the 21st century Virginian Railway - Preservation activity & gatherings Virginian Railway - VGN lives on through the Internet

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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English astrologer, philosopher, statesman, spy, freemason and essayist. He was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Albans in 1621; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death. He began his professional life as a lawyer, but he has become best known as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. His works establish and popularize an inductive methodology for scien ...

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World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., or WWE, is a professional wrestling promotion, currently the largest in North America. The company was previously known as TitanSports, Inc. and has previously done business as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). World Wrestling Entertainment is a publicly-traded company, but 70% of voting shares are owned by Chairman Vince McMahon, his wife, CEO Linda McMahon ...

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World Wrestling Entertainment - Early history
World Wrestling Entertainment - World Wide Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment - World Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment - The Golden Age World Wrestling Entertainment - Monday Night Wars World Wrestling Entertainment - The Montreal Screwjob World Wrestling Entertainment - WWF Attitude World Wrestling Entertainment - The death of Owen Hart World Wrestling Entertainment - Business advances World Wrestling Entertainment - The end of the Attitude Era
World Wrestling Entertainment - World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment - The Brand Extension
World Wrestling Entertainment - Championships

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In some types of Neopaganism, particularly those influenced by Wicca, the Wheel of the Year is celebrated as the natural cycle of the seasons, commemorated by the eight Sabbats. Because one tenet of Neopaganism is that all of nature is cyclical, the passing of time is also seen as a cycle, a wheel which turns and turns. The course of birth, life, decline, and death that we see in our human lives is echoed in the seasons. The eight Sabbats are re ...

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Wheel of the Year - Antiquity of the Wheel Wheel of the Year - Gregorian months in the wheel of the year Wheel of the Year - Astrological signs in the wheel of the year

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Germany This article is part of the series: Politics of Germany Constitution Bundestag (Parliament) Bundesrat (Federal Council) Federal Convention Constitutional Court Federal Court of Justice President: Horst Köhler Chancellor: Angela Merkel Cabinet States of Germany Districts of Germany Elections Politic ...

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The Vision for Space Exploration is the United States space policy announced on January 14, 2004 by President George W. Bush. It is seen as a response to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the state of human spaceflight at NASA, and a way to regain public enthusiasm for space exploration. The Vision calls for the space program to: Complete the International Space Station (by 2010) Retire the Space Shuttle (by 2010) Develop the Crew Exploration Vehicle (by 2008) and conduct its first manned missi ...

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Vishu (വിഷൂ) is a festival held in the state of Kerala (and adjoining areas of Tamil Nadu) in India around the first day in the Malayalam month of Medam (March – April). This occasion signifies the Sun's transit to the zodiac Mesha Mesha Raasi as per Indian astrological calculations. This day is celebrated in almost all places in India by the Hindus albeit by different names. In Bihar this day is called Bihu, in ...

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