Melanotis Mimodes Mimus Nesomimus Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds best known for the habit of some species of mimicking the songs of other birds, often loudly and in rapid succession. Most species are tropical; the Northern Mockingbird is the species familiar throughout the United States and Canada. It is the state bird of Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi, and Florida. There are 17 species in four genera. Genus Melanotis Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens Blue-and-wh ...

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To Kill a Mockingbird, To Kill a Mockingbird - Primary cast of the movie, To Kill a Mockingbird - Awards for the movie, To Kill a Mockingbird - Award nominations for the movie, To Kill a Mockingbird - Analysis of important characters, To Kill a Mockingbird - Trivia

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Adults are grey on the head and upperparts with pale yellow eyes and a slim black bill with a slight downward curve; the underparts are light. They have a long dark tail with white edges and long dark legs. They have white wing bars and show white wing patches in flight. Their breeding habitat is areas with a mix of open areas and dense shrubs from southern Canada to Mexico, but is most common in the southern United States. They build a twig nest in a dense shrub or tree. This bird aggressively defends its nest against other birds and ...

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Northern Mockingbird, Northern Mockingbird - General information, Northern Mockingbird - Mockingbird in US culture

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Killing is a family name and the name of several things. People with the family name Killing include: Wilhelm Killing — a German mathematician Things commonly called Killing or killing include: killing — the ending of life, see death. The act of killing an animal or plant life form can be said to have occurred when an outside force, usually another life form, has done something to cause it to die. This may be a result of several actions:

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A View to a Kill, released in 1985, is the fourteenth entry in the James Bond series of films made by EON Productions, and the last to star Roger Moore as British Secret Service Agent, Commander James Bond. It was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Wilson also co-authored the screenplay along with veteran screenwriter Richard Maibaum. The title itself is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From A View to a Kill", contained in the For Your Eyes Only collection of short stories released in 196 ...

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• A View to a Kill - Soundtrack
• A View to a Kill - Track listing
• A View to a Kill - Vehicles & gadgets
• A View to a Kill - Locations
• A View to a Kill - Film locations
• A View to a Kill - Shooting locations
• A View to a Kill - Trivia
• A View to a Kill - Video game

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Curiosity killed the cat - Curiosity killed the cat.. This is a well-known proverb to warn against being too inquistive lest you come to harm. The earliest printed reference to the origin of this proverb is attributed to British playwright Ben Jonson in his 1598 play, Every Man in His Humour (performed first by British playwright William Shakespeare). ...Helter skelter, hang sorrow, care will kill a cat, up-tails all, and a pox on the hangman. In this instance, "care" was defined as "worry" o ...

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• Curiosity killed the cat - Curiosity killed the cat.
• Curiosity killed the cat - Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back.

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Wilhelm Karl Joseph Killing (1847 May 10 – 1923 February 11) was a German mathematician who made important contributions to the theories of Lie algebras, Lie groups, and non-Euclidean geometry. Killing invented Lie algebras independently of Sophus Lie around 1880. He made important contributions to the classification of simple Lie algebras, inventing the notions of a Cartan subalgebra and the Cartan matrix. He also introduced the notion of a root system. He is the discoverer of the exceptional Lie algebra g2 (in 1887); his root system classification showed up all the exc ...

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Eleanor Roosevelt established Val-Kill Industries in 1927 with Nancy Cook, Marion Dickerman, and Caroline O'Day, three friends she met through her activities in the Women's Division of the New York State Democratic Party. Val-Kill was located on the banks of a stream that flowed through the Roosevelt family estate in Hyde Park, New York. Eleanor and her business partners financed the construction of a small factory to provide supplemental income for local farming families who would make furniture, pewter, and homespun cloth using trad ...

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Militaries use the term killed in action (KIA) as a casualty classification. They generally use it to describe the homicides of their own forces by other hostile forces while in combat. Someone killed in action dies on the battlefield whereas someone who died of wounds (DOW) survived to reach a medical treatment facility. Common sense indicates that the side with the most KIA loses the conflict. However, cases exist where the opposite happens. The American Civil War provides one example of where the ...

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A contract killing (also contract murder or murder-for-hire) is a murder in which the killer is hired by another person for material reward, usually money. A person who carries out a contract killing is sometimes known as a contract killer or hit man. In all countries with functioning judicial systems, contract killings are examples of a situation in which contracts are unenforceable at law (in the sense that the customer cannot sue for specific performance and the contract killer cannot sue for his pay). Both a hi ...

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In 1948 Frank Wisner was appointed director of the Office of Special Projects (OSP). Soon afterwards OSP was renamed the Office of Policy Coordination (OPC). This became the espionage and counter-intelligence branch of the Central Intelligence Agency. Wisner was told to create an organization that concentrated on "propaganda, economic warfare; preventive direct action, including sabotage, anti-sabotage, demolition and evacuation measures; subversion against hostile states, including assistance to underground resistance groups, and support of ...

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Operation Mockingbird, Operation Mockingbird - History, Operation Mockingbird - Part of the Directorate of Plans, Operation Mockingbird - Guatemala, Operation Mockingbird - First exposure, Operation Mockingbird - Church Committee Investigations, Operation Mockingbird - Carl Bernstein Article, Operation Mockingbird - Has Mockingbird Been Closed Down?, Operation Mockingbird - Media Controlled, Operation Mockingbird - Sources

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According to researchers such as Steve Kangas [28], Angus Mackenzie [29] and Alex Constantine [30], Operation Mockingbird was not closed down by the CIA in 1976. For example, in 1998 Kangas argued that CIA asset Richard Mellon Scaife ran "Forum World Features, a foreign ...

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Operation Mockingbird, Operation Mockingbird - History, Operation Mockingbird - Part of the Directorate of Plans, Operation Mockingbird - Guatemala, Operation Mockingbird - First exposure, Operation Mockingbird - Church Committee Investigations, Operation Mockingbird - Carl Bernstein Article, Operation Mockingbird - Has Mockingbird Been Closed Down?, Operation Mockingbird - Media Controlled, Operation Mockingbird - Sources

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The Arthur Kill (from the Middle Dutch word kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel") is a tidal strait separating Staten Island from mainland New Jersey, USA. Throughout history, it has also been known as Staten Island Sound. The channel is approximately 10 miles long and connects Raritan Bay on its south end with Newark Bay on the north. Along the New Jersey side it is primarily lined with industrial sites, whereas on the Staten Island side, it is primarily lined with salt marshes. A heavily used marine channel, it provides access for ocean-going container ships to Port Newark and to indu ...

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Arthur Kill, Arthur Kill - Description, Arthur Kill - Geology of Arthur Kill, Arthur Kill - Tributaries

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Mosshart had been in Floridian punk rockers Discount and Hince in British rock band Scarfo. When these groups disbanded, the duo, who first met when Mosshart heard Hince practicing in the hotel room above hers, struck up a songwriting partnership. For months, the pair air mailed work tapes across the Atlantic; after this proved to test the patience of both artists, as it took days or weeks to get each others tapes, Mosshart upped sticks fro ...

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The Kills, The Kills - Career, The Kills - Discography

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While the name of the game is taken from Kill Dr. Coté, it is originally a play on the title of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. Even the title screen resembles the cover of the Kill Bill films. Each weapon that can be picked up is upgradable with the exception of the Armageddon "X" Laser and the bombs. All enemies attack by dashing into the player, therefore they are incapable of shooting. The two exceptions ...

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Kill Monty, Kill Monty - Basics, Kill Monty - Game Modes, Kill Monty - Normal Mode, Kill Monty - Survival Mode, Kill Monty - Practice Mode, Kill Monty - Levels, Kill Monty - Difficulties, Kill Monty - Weaponry, Kill Monty - Units, Kill Monty - Unlockables, Kill Monty - Nothing in Particular, Kill Monty - Level 11 Volume, Kill Monty - Levels, Kill Monty - Insane and Excessive Difficulties, Kill Monty - Secret Characters

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Initially Eric Clapton and Vic Flick were asked to write and perform the theme song to Licence to Kill. The theme was said to have been a new version based on the James Bond Theme. The guitar riff heard in the original recording of the theme was played by Flick. The prospect, however, fell apart and Gladys Knight's song and performance was chosen. The music video of "Licence to Kill" was directed by Daniel Kleinman, who later took over the reins of title designer from Maurice Bi ...

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Licence to Kill, Licence to Kill - Reception, Licence to Kill - A third Dalton film, Licence to Kill - Plot summary, Licence to Kill - Cast & characters, Licence to Kill - Crew, Licence to Kill - Soundtrack, Licence to Kill - Track listing, Licence to Kill - Vehicles & gadgets, Licence to Kill - Locations, Licence to Kill - Film locations, Licence to Kill - Shooting locations, Licence to Kill - Trivia, Licence to Kill - Novelisation, Licence to Kill - Comic book adaptation

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Basic Units (100 points) These tend to swarm in groups and their only means of attack is to lunge at the player Exploding Units (250 points): These units explode on contact, blowing up anything in its radius. These enemies are always a red hue. Specter Units (500 points): These units can instantly teleport on top of the player, causing sudden death. These enemies ...

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Kill Monty, Kill Monty - Basics, Kill Monty - Game Modes, Kill Monty - Normal Mode, Kill Monty - Survival Mode, Kill Monty - Practice Mode, Kill Monty - Levels, Kill Monty - Difficulties, Kill Monty - Weaponry, Kill Monty - Units, Kill Monty - Unlockables, Kill Monty - Nothing in Particular, Kill Monty - Level 11 Volume, Kill Monty - Levels, Kill Monty - Insane and Excessive Difficulties, Kill Monty - Secret Characters

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This is a well-known proverb to warn against being too inquistive lest you come to harm. The earliest printed reference to the origin of this proverb is attributed to British playwright Ben Jonson in his 1598 play, Every Man in His Humour (performed first by British playwright William Shakespeare). ...Helter skelter, hang sorrow, care will kill a cat, up-tails all, and a pox on the hangman. In this instance, "care" was defined as "worry" or "sorrow." William Shakespeare used a similar quote in his circa 1599 play, Much Ado About Nothing: What, courage man! what t ...

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Curiosity killed the cat, Curiosity killed the cat - Curiosity killed the cat., Curiosity killed the cat - Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back.

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The theme tune "A View to a Kill", performed by Duran Duran, was written by Duran Duran and John Barry and peaked at #1 and #2 in the US and UK charts respectively. Although the movie underperformed commercially, "A View to a Kill" is considered the most successful Bond theme to date. The song was the last track that the original five members of Duran Duran recorded together until 2001. During the opening teaser, a cover version of the 1965 Beach Boys song California Girls, performed by an unidentified artist, i ...

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A View to a Kill, A View to a Kill - Plot summary, A View to a Kill - Cast & characters, A View to a Kill - Crew, A View to a Kill - Soundtrack, A View to a Kill - Track listing, A View to a Kill - Vehicles & gadgets, A View to a Kill - Locations, A View to a Kill - Film locations, A View to a Kill - Shooting locations, A View to a Kill - Trivia, A View to a Kill - Video game

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Kill Bill - DVD release. In the United States Kill Bill: Volume 1 was released as a DVD on April 13, 2004 while Volume 2 was released August 10, 2004. Before the release of Volume 1, Rick Sands, chief operating officer at Miramax, commented on future multiple releases of the Kill Bill DVDs: "This is the beauty of having two volumes—Vol. 1 goes out, Vol. 2 goes out, then Vol. 1 Special Edition, Vol. 2 Special Edition, the two-pack, then the Tarantino collection as a boxed set out for Christmas. It's called multiple bites at the apple. A ...

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Kill Bill, Kill Bill - Cast, Kill Bill - Overall plot, Kill Bill - Volume 1, Kill Bill - Plot, Kill Bill - Details, Kill Bill - Volume 2, Kill Bill - Plot, Kill Bill - Releases, Kill Bill - DVD release, Kill Bill - Plans for a theatrical re-release, Kill Bill - Planned sequel, Kill Bill - Soundtracks, Kill Bill - Influences, Kill Bill - General, Kill Bill - Specific allusions to other works, Kill Bill - Details

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